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Provincial Secretary's Office, i Nelson, December 7, 1860. TENDERS will be received at this Office, '. J- until MONDAY, the 14th January, 1861, from persons desirous of EXECUTING the undermentioned WORKS, viz. :— Improving Roads at Clifton; Improving Ford at Waitapu; Erecting a Landing Stage, at Motupipi. [ Specifications of the above may be seen at this office and at the house of Mr., George Taxlob, Takaka. ALFRED DOMETT, ] 484 Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, , ; Nelson, 10th December, 1860.' SEALED TENDERS will be received at this office until WEDNESDAY,the 26thinstant, from persons desirous of contracting to execute the un-der-mentioned SERVICES for the six months ending the 30th June next, viz: , Supplying STATIONERY to the several Government Offices. . Also, SPIRITS, WINES, BOTTLED ALE and PORTER, and COLONIAL ALE to Hospital Also RATIONS to the Gaol, Lock-up, Hospitals, and Destitute Poor. Also the undermentioned articles, viz.: Beef (fresh), free from bone at per lb. Mutton ~ „ „ Suet ■ . , . „ Flour (fine) . . , , „ Bread. . • „ Bice . . ~ Tea . . . „ Sugar Qatmeal . . „ Arrowroot . . „ Sago . . „ Butter (fresh) . . „ „ (salt) . • . „ Salt (fine) . „ Pepper (ground) . » Soap . . ■ • „ Candles (mould) . .. ~ ~ (sperm) , „ Whiting . . . ~ Potatoes (good) . . „ Tobacco . . • i» Linseed Meal ■ ■ . „ Eggs . . per dozen Matches . . per dozen boxes Milk . . per quart Vinegar . . „ Wick . . . per oz. Samples of Stationery and Rations will be required to be left at this office with the Tenders. Rations to be sent to Hospitals and Gaol as required. Scale of Rations and List of Stationery required may be seen at this office. ALFRED DOMETT, 1497 Provincial Secretary. PRINTING. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, 10th December, 1860. 'FENDERS will be received at this office -*- until WEDNESDAY the 26th instant for Printing the Government Gazette, and for such other Printing as may be required for the service of the Government, during the twelve calendar months commencing the Ist day of January nest. The Printing will be divided into the following portions:— 1. The Government Gazette. 2. Bills, Acts, and Estimates. 3. Votes and Proceedings, and Daily Notices of the Provincial Council. 4. Statistics and similar Returns, chiefly comprising figures. 5. Blank Forms, and other Jobs not included in the above portions. j Tenders for the first portion to specify a price per sheet demy Bvo, as well as per sheet of foolscap folio. Tenders will be received for the whole or any separate portion of the above. ALFEED DOMETT, 1496 Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, 10th December. TENDERS will be received at this office *- until WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, from persons desirous of contracting to supply good hard dry FIREWOOD at per cord, to the several Government Offices, Hospitals, Gaol, and Lock-up, for the six months ending 30th June, 1861. ALFRED DOMETT, 1495 Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, 10th December, 1860. 'TENDERS will be received at this office -*- until WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, from j persons desirous of contracting to supply COFFINS for the Hospitals, Destitute Poor, &c, for Twelve months ending 3lst December, 1861. ALFEED DOMETT, 1494 . Provincial Secretary. CAUTION. STEELYARDS OR SPRING BALANCES. attention of the public is called to -*■ the following clauses of the Weights and Measures Ordinance, prohibiting, under certain circumstances, the use of Steelyards, or Spring Balances, in weighing goods. " If any person shall bargain, sell, or deliver in payment, barter, or exchange, any goods, wares, or merchandise, or other thing by any other weights or measures than by such as shall agree with the said standard weights or measures, or the copies or models thereof as aforesaid (except as herein excepted), or shall so bargain, sell, or deliver by any steelyard or spring balance, or by any unstamped or unmarked weights or measures, every person so offending shall, for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of forty shillings." " Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed to prevent the use of * * * steelyards in the weighing of goods riot exposed for sale in the ordinary course of trade; provided that no such steelyard be used within the limits of any town which shall be brought under the operation of this ordinance." HENRY CBOUSTEN, 4175 Inspector. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. A LEXANDER SCOTT begs to inform -£*- the public that the PARTNERSHIP hitherto subsisting between himself and Mr. PRATT has been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. A. S., in continuing the business of BUTCHER at the shop lately occupied by Mr. W. Matthews, Lower Bridge-street, is prepared to supply the public who have hitherto so kindly supported him, with MEAT o f the best quality, at the lowest rates. 1472 NEW MARKET. JOHN PERCIVAL, in returning thanks »* for the liberal patronage, he has experienced since opening the butcher's shop in Waimea-street, opposite the Fleece Tavern, takes this opportunity to apprise the public that he has taken a stand at the New Marketj where he will continue to supply beef, mutton, veal, pork, lamb, &c, &c, of tne best description at the lowest rates. 1505 A SCOTT, BUTCHER, begs to inform ■-£*•• the public that the following are his PRICES fur MEAT of the VERY BEST QUALITY procurable :—' • ... ; Beef and Mutton s£d. per lb., best joints Veal, Pork, and Lamb equally low. ! ■ ■■■' ■•■■''■'; -OBSERVE—- '■ ■■'■■'■ /'. :' '• ' j Lower Bridge-street, near Symons and Co.'a Stores. 1543" ■■.:■■ ■ ■■