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women’s bonnets, girls’ bonnets, men’s hats, and boys’ leather caps, at per dozen—
calico for shirts 80 inches wide, grogram, linsey wolsey, check (for aprons), and blue
printed cotton, at per yard—English worsted, (three or four thread), black and
coloured, at per lb.—thread, at per lb.—laces, at per doz—tape, at per piece.
Shoes.—Men’s strong shoes tipped and nailed, with laces, boys’ shoes, (progressive
sizes), nailed, men’s house shoes, women’s strong shoes, girls’ strong shoes, and
women’s house shoes, at per pair.
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And for the supply of the undermentioned, from the 24 of September instnt to the
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18 day of March, 1845.
Provisions, Grocery, &c.—Good home fed and home cured bacon, cheese, rice, moist
sugar, oatmeal, yellow soap, Irish batter, congou tea, coffee, pepper, starch, blue,
soda, and candles, each at per lb.—new milk, at per quart—split peas, salt, and
onions, at per bushel—potatoes, at per cwt.—vinegar, at per gallon—Bath coals, at
per ton—faggots, at per score—hair brooms, birch besoms and mops, at per dozen.
Bread, flour, and Meat.—Tenders will also be received at the same time for the
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supply, from the 24 September inst., to the 24 of December next, of the Workhouse
and the two districts of the Union, either altogether or separately, with best seconds
bread, at per 4lb. loaf, and best seconds flour, at per sack; and for supplying the
Workhouse only, with good beef (without bones) of the following descriptions—viz.,
shoulder clods, sticking pieces (without neck), thick and thin flanks, chuck ribs, the
tops of the briskets and the leg of mutton pieces, (to be delivered in equal
proportions,) at per lb.—beef suet, at per lb.—beef suet, at per lb.—legs and shins of
beef (to weigh 48lbs. per set) at per set--ox cheeks, each---mutton.,, viz., legs and
fore-quarters, in equal proportions, at per lb.,--mutton suet, at per lb.
The articles to be delivered respectively at the Workhouse at Wargrave, and at such
places within the Union, in such quantities and at such times as the Board of
Guardians, or their Relieving Officers, or Governor of the Workhouse shall direct.
The Bread to be not less than 12 hours, nor more than 36 hours old at the time of
delivery.
Each Contractor for Bread will be required to carry round a set of weights and
scales (provided by the Union,) to the several stations where the out-paupers are
relieved.
The Tenders must be accompanied by samples of such of the articles as can be sent,
and the carriage must be paid, or they will not be received.
The payments for the Bread, Flour, and meat, will be made monthly and for the
other articles quarterly, and the Contractor must give adequate security for the due
performance of the contract.
Each Tender must have the signatures of the proposed sureties affixed to the foot
thereof, and the contractors will be required to attend with their respective sureties at
my Office on the following Friday, and execute the usual bond.
N.B. This advertisement will not be repeated.
By order of the Board.
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Wokingham, Sept. 4 , 1844. J.R. WHEELER, Clerk.

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Sat 5 Oct (BC)
THE POLKA
“What is the Polka?” We have heard asked a thousand times within the last few
months; and very few to whom it was addressed have been able to answer it. All may
now find an answer in Mr. C. Mitchell’s new edition of “The Guide to the Ball
Room.” To that before popular work, the enterprising publisher has added an

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