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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 849, 14 June 1906, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND-NEW CALEDO-NIA-FIJI-COOK ISLANDS STEAM SERVICE. Tenders are invited by the New Zealand Government for a Steam Service, New Zealand to Cook Islands, via Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga and Niue. CONDITIONS. Tenders to provide for (a). Four-weekly Service (b). Six-weekly Service. Loading and discharging in New Zealand at Auckland and Wellington. Wellington to be the terminal port and Auckland to be the final port of departure in New Zealand. Contract to be for a period of one, two, or three years, at Government’s option. Steamers, after departure from New Zealand, to call at Norfolk Island, Noumea. Port Vila, Suva, Tonga, Niue and Rarotonga, thence to Wellington, New Zealand, direct. Steamers to be not less than 1400 tons gross register, and to be able to load and discharge cargo at ports specified above. Lighterage, when necessary, to be paid by Contractors. Speed of steamers to be stated by tenderers. Steamers are required to be fitted and well equipped for passenger and cargo trade, and generally adapted for the Island Service. Steamers to contain accommodation for not less than 40 saloon and 20 steerage passengers. Steamers to have sufficient cool space or refrigerator on board to supply at least the above number of passengers with fresh food throughout the voyage. Steamers to have suitable space on board for carriage of H.M. mails. Steamers to have accommodation to carry Dairy and Farm Produce to port of destination in good order and condition, and if required to be able to carry Live Stock to Norfolk Island, Noumea, or New Hebrides. Tenderers to state Rates of Freight and Passenger Money required between all ports specified. No tender will, however, be entertained if rates of freight or passage money are in excess of those ruling from Sydney to specified ports at the present time. Tenderers to make their schedule of freights on an equal basis from the ports of Auckland and Wellington. Tenderers to state what period of time before berthing the first steamer in New Zealand, such time to count from the date of acceptance of the tender. Tenderers are requested to state the amounts of subsidy required per annum for either of the above services, and on a basis of one, two, and three years’ contract. A tender and its acceptance are to be considered the establishment of a contract binding on both sides, the cardinal points to be consistent with this advertisement, the tender and its acceptance. Should any dispute arise over minor points, the matter in dispute shall be referred to arbitration. A deposit of ,£lOOO is to accompany each tender and in the case of a successful tenderer to be returned upon completion of contract, and on the lodgment of a satisfactory bond. Marked, written, or telegraphic tenders addressed to the Secretary for Industries and Commerce, Wellington, New Zealand, will be received up to and including the 15th day of July, 1906. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. C. R. C. ROBIESON, Acting-Secretary. Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, June 1, 1906.