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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1323, 16 February 1859, Page 2

AWrtfTJAL CONTRACTS. FOR PROVISIONS, £r. Coinmisariat Office, Wellinylon, 15th January, 1800. ' T\l OTiCE-IS HEREBY GIVEN, thut Seai.ii XN Tes-dehh, (in duplicate,) will ho received at this Oflico by llie Undersigned, until Thuhsiuy the 24ili February next, at 13 o'clock Noon, for furnishing the Coiiimisnrint at Wellington and Wanganui, with ihe undermentioned articles in ouch quantities ns mnybo required duriug the twelve calcudar months commencing the Ist of April next, under tthe conditions hereinafter specified, viz :— Bread, at peril) Fresh Beef or Mutton, peril) on The nations uf Bread and M eat, consisting of one pound each, may bo Tendered for at per lliuiou Mould nud Dip Candles at per lb l- - iou' \ Ilico I Sugar 1 Tea Chocolate or Cocoa j Salt Pork Prcseived Meals I Biscuit ) at per lb .Suet / Salt Pepper iM uslard linisius Tobacco Mined Vegetables j Soap / On-Lal },atpcrWi,l. Vhfllf* nUra }at per ImpC " Rl S ' m ° n - Tliusc articles will only.bo required at Wellington, -and for the. most pnrt for Ships of War, but tlie parties obtaining this contract will be bound to supply litem fur any other servico if required. . CONDITIONS. QUALITIES OF THE SUPPLIES. Ist.—All tho Articles to bo of tho best quality of their several lands. Snd.—'.(.'he Flour to ho the produce of clean sound Colonial Wheat, from which 20 per cent, in bran lins been extracted. ;)rd.—-Tlie Bread to be made from flour ofthe same quality as described in tho prccoeding para•gruph, and to bo baked 2-1 hours before being issued in loaves of 2 lb each. 4lb.—The Fresh meat to lie issued daily, to be delivered in fore nnd hind quarters alternately, •wlieiittho quantity admits, of it. When Beef is issued, six 'inohca lo be cut of thu hough and nook hones. ■ Dili.—The mixed vegetables shall be supplied in ■ reasonable proportions of greens, onions, &o. Parties tendering are requested to observe that llie most rigid adheriince to theso conditions will be invariably enforced. * MODE OF DELIVERY. 'Oth;—No part whatever of the supplies above spocilied shall bo received, in charge of the Commissnriiit, but shall lie dclivorcd by the Contractor direct to the persons entitled thereto nt any place within the limits of Wellington and Wanganui, upon llio written order of the Commissariat Officer in charge, or of any person authorised by him for that purpose: GENERAL CONDITIONS. :7ib—Each tender sont in, in conscqueiico of this -Advertisement to be accompanied by a statement signed by two competent persons, expressing tboir readiness, in the event of such tender being aocoptcd, to become security for its duo performance. The penally of the bond to ho given will bo equal to tho estimated amount of three months supply, and it is loho understood that the sureties will bo hold strictly responsible for the fulfilment of the Contractor's engagements, any failure iv which will be immediately followed by the enforce ment of tho penalty of tho Bond. "Bth—Separata tenders will ho received for supplying either of tho abovo mentioned districts. Dili—Tenders for iho supplies required at Wellington ns above specified may bo sent iv for the whole or any portion of thorn excepting those under llio head of Ships of War, &o„ which must in oaoh case be inoliided in ono tender. 10th—The Contractor to prepare his own account according to llio prescribed form; and on the production thereof nt this office, with the requisite vouchers, in a complete state, will receive payment monthly, hy a Bill or Dills upon' tho Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, at par, when tho amount is Fifty pounds or upwards; when under that amount, payment will be made in cash. .Uln—ln the event of any Articlo offered being ohjuotoii to ns not being in compliance with these conditions, it will he submitted to a P.inird of Officers, to bo appointed by tho ofli-cci-.i-onimanriing tho troops, if condemned by tho Hoard, and if tho Contractor shall not immediately furnish an unobjectionable Artiole in hen of the ono rejected, the Commissaiiat Uhoi-i may either cause tho sumo to bo supplied nt iho Contractor's expense, or forthwith ■ ( enforce the penalty of tho Bond. .ivsli—-it. shall bo in tho power of either parly to limit the duration of tho Contract, by giviugin writing u'notice of tlireo calendar months to the other party, and to end the Contract at the expiration of that period, it being understood (mil such notice can be givon only from tho urn day of a month, nud within the period for winch the Contract is made or agreed to be made. .'.:Hh.-Etieli tender to be enclosed in a separate envelope marked Tender for Bread, Tenders ior .Ment, &c, as the esse may bo. l-Stn—No tender onoo sent in is to bo withdrawn or a'lercd, and notino of those acocptcd will be given within tlireo days of the time of opening, provided the Sureties named by the persons mailing the Tender are satisfactory' to the Commissariat Officer. The Bond for securing the due execution ofthe Contract is to bo complciei! forthwith. , 15th-Tn nil cnses whore'persons who have tendered refuse to fulfil their offers upon light or - Involoiis excuses, it will be competent for the i:-;-.ieisigned, or his successor in offioe, to "docinie to receive tenders from them at any •future perir.d. v '. , •18tli--'l iie Contractors .for' the different articles" •villliu required to supply siioh quantities as mtiy he directed by tlie Commissariat Officer ni-charge, without reference to.any particular i whether Military „N aval, or othor. : IVi-aons desirons, of tendering 1 requested- to i , apply at this offioe,' where they will be' furnished f with j'-irms.of tender, imd any 'other information' ■ /icy iuuy require. -'-.;- ---,'.-; i. . . \'''A.'-t. ADAMS, D.A.C.G. ■ ' '■' TKANSPOT&'T.* •' ■--'■ { ' •foil LAND CARRIAGE. I -ti.- ■■ Commissariat Office, II Wellington, loth January, 1859. J r '•'..'! OTICK IS HKREIiY GIVEN that Seaikii ... .: S I'i-siikm ill duplicate, will he received at ■ thm Oi-iee by the Undersigned, until TutinsiuY, th 4 M:h i'V-hrmirynext, at 12 o'clock Noon, for furnish- < ju:: tii'i Commissariat Department with Land Trans- <"