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Otago Daily Times, Issue 111, 25 March 1862, Page 3

Government Notice". 1 groceries. The ration to consist of the following articles: — J oz. tea X „ salt •J „ coffee, roasted and ground 2 „ sugar 1-36,, pepper ground. The tenders to'state the rate per ration as above, delivered in packages of suitable sizes to be made direct to the Acting Quarter-Master. Articles especially imported or taken out of bond for his service will be free trom colonial duties. HOSPITAL SUPPLES. Choice pieces of every description of Fresh" Meat, without bone Fine bread. (fancy if required) Fine flour ' Arrowroot Sago Rice ■ Pearl barley Tea 2 Coffee gNo. 1 Company's best moist sugar g. Best loaf sugar >■ 3 Oatmeal £5 Black lead >-j Salt • White or black l Fine mustard Fresh butter Potatoes Mixed vegetables Yellow soap Preserved meats and soups (exclusive of tins) Fresh eggs, at per dozen Fowls, each Bath bricks Milk, vinegar, lime juice, at per imperial pint English ale or porter, at per dozen quart bottles, containing 5 gills each Sherry, port wine, and brandy, at per bottle of 1J pints each Lemonade and soda water, at per dozen bottles. These supplies are to be delivered at the expense of the Contractor, direct to the Hospital Sergeant, at the Hospital, upon the written order of the Medical Officer. Each article to be of the best quality that can be procured. The Medical Officer to have the power of rejecting any article offered, and if proper supplies are not immediately substituted, of purchasina; at the expense of the Contractor. PRISON SUPPLIES. Rations for. Military Prisoners, confined in the garrison cells to consist of the following articles, which are to be of the best description— NO. 1 lIATION. NO. 2 RATION, COTi--8 ozs. oatmeal tinned 1 ~ salt ... 1 lb. potatoes \ „ soap 4 ozs. onions 1J lbs. bread no. 3 ration. , 1 j pints milk 6 ozs. oatmeal ' • no. 2 ration. 1 „ salt 8 ozs. oatmeal i ~ soap 8 „ bread 1J pint milk 1 „ salt lo ozs. bread J „ Sbap NO. 4 RATION. 1 pint milk 1 lb. bread 8 ozs. meat i oz. soap . These supplies to be delivered upon his requisition to the Acting- Quarter-Master, who is to have the power of rejecting any article offered, and if proper supplies are not immediately substituted, of purchasng at the contractor's expense. Each tender must contain the four rations, and state the price per ration for each of the four. General Conditions. 1. —All the articles to be of the best marketable quality of their several kinds. 2.—Each tender to be accompanied by a statement signed by two approved persons becoming securities for the due performance of the contract, should the tender be accepted. The penalty in each case will be the estimated amount of three months' contract. 3. No transfer of a contract will be permitted without the previous consent of the undersigned, or his successor in office. 4. In the event of a contractor failing to have his supplies ready for inspection and issue at the time and place appointed, the Commissariat Officer on duty to have the power of immediately purchasing the articles required at his expense, and in the event of such failure occurring, or any portion of his supplies being rejected three times during any one calendar month, ie shall be optional with the undersigned, or his successors in office, to end the contract at once, and to enforce the penalty of the bond. 5. The contractor to prepare his own aceouut monthly, according to the prescribed form, and on producing the same, with the requisite vouchers, in a complete state, at this office, payment will be made n cash. 6. It shall be in the power of either party to limit the duration of the Contract by giving, in inritivg,.a, notice of three calendar months to the opposite party, and to end the Contract at the expiration of that period. Such notice to be given only on the first day of a month, and within the period for which the Contract is made or agreed to be made. Each tender to be in duplicate, sealed in one envelope, and endorsed, " Tender for ," as the case may be. A tender once sent in cannot be withdrawn or altered. Notice of the Acceptance of a Tender will be given as soon as practicable, and the bond must then be completed without delay. Forms of Tenders and any further information that may be required will be afforded on application at this Office, at the Military Camp, Cemetery Hill, from ten to twelve o'clock daily. No tender will be accepted unless upon the proper form. ■ FRANCIS INNES, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. " GOLD DISCOVERY. I TWO THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD. Superintendent's Office, Auckland 4 March 4th, 1862. npHE following Resolution, adopted by the ProJL vincial Council of the Province of1 Auckland, is published for- general information. J. Williamson, ' Superintendent, " Resolved —That an address be presented to His Honor the Superintendent requesting him to offer a reward not exceeding Two Thousand Pounds to be awarded to any person or persons who shall discover an available gold-field in the Province of Auckland, and make the same known to the Provincial Govern* nient, this Council pledging itself to vote such sum when necessary, subject to the following conditions :— " 1. Claim or claims to be sent into the Provincial Government. " 2. An available gold-field shall be considered to exjst whenever such a quantity of gold shall be obtained from it, as shall have afforded employment to not less than 500 diggers for three months at fair average wages, . ~,'„, " 3. All matters relating to any claim shall be referred to and decided by three commissioners, to be appointed for that purpose by the Superintendent, by I and with the advice and consent of his Executive Council. " Commissioners' award to be made not later than nine months from the date of reception of claim," ELECTION NOTICE. MAJOR RICHARDSON, haying learned that them was an illegality in his nomination as a candidate for the House of Representatives, returns his thanks to the electors of Dunedin for the assurnnccs of support which he has received on the occasion, and only withdraws from the contest with the intention of soliciting the honor of their support in a few days, when a new election writ Js expected for another vacancy. UTLER, BROTHERS," &f WHITEHOUSE, Wholesale Saddlers, Harness Makers and Saddlers' Ironmongers. , Walsall, England ; and Pitt street, Sydney, near the Metropolitan Hotel. M'LANDRESS & CO. have for SALE a large Cooking Range, 4 feet 6, with all the necessary apparatus, capable of cooking for an immense number of people , . ~A~USTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COM- _\ PANY'S COAL, screened or smithy, delivered at shortest notice, in city or suburbs, by the undersigned. JAMES L . &C . B URKE, : Princes-street, opposite Barracks. ~~" FOR SALE, " ~ DWELLING HOUSE of Six Rooms, well finished, Stables, Well, &c, &c. Ben. Shith Architect, Princes-street. Immediate possession. DUNEDIN RACES. NOTICE. ALL HORSES entered for the Dunedin Races are allowed to Train on the Course, on and after Monday, 24th inst. wp gIMpsON) Hon. Sec. TO THE RACES ! ! HARDY'S "EXPRESS" will leave every morning at 9 a.m., carrying goods and passengers. Orders received at Messrs. Wilson and Jones, Staf-ford-street^ - CAFE ROYAL SUBSCRIPTION BALL,' _ THE proprietor has great pleasure in announcing: that the second Quadrille assemblage of the series, will take place on Tuesday evening, March 25th. A committee of gentlemen has been formed, who will direct the entertainment, and ensure its re- ■ SPThe-band, which is under the direction of Mr. Joseph Moss, will be as usual.