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MARINE BARRACK CANTEENS AT PORTSMOUTH AND

PLYmo-trii:

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-house,
16th November, 1855.

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NOTICE is hereby given, that on. THURSDAY,
the 6th December next, at One o'clock, the CANTEEN in
the above•mentioned Barracks W ill be LET from the 31st December
next to the Ist January, 185.4 by order of the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty. _ _ _

No person but of unexceptionable character, no any person for
more than one Canteen, or who will not undertake bona fide to reside
in or occupy the Canteen, and conduct the business thereof in his own
person, will be approved ; and two sureties will be required for the
regular payment of the rent, and of all sums which may become dile
in respect of the said Canteen, and for the due performance of the
several conditions and stipulations of the indenture of lease. The
revenue or other licences to be paid by the tenant.

The person whose proposal shall be accepted, and his sureties, must
execute an Indenture of Lease and Covenants relating thereto, the
particulars whereof may be known by applying to this Office, or to
the Barrack Masters at Portsmouth and Plymouth
The Christian and Surnames of two respectable persons, with their
Prtdessions and Places of Abode who will join the Tenant in exe-
cuting the Indenture of Lease as his t,ureties, must be inserted in the
Proposals. Ihe Tenant is to pay half the value of the Stamps on
the Indenture of tease upon executing the same, and it is to be un-
derstood that the said Commissioners will not Undertake to procure
the Tenant a Licence. .

A printed Form of the Tender and Indenture of Lease may be had
at this Office, or on application to the said Barrack Masters. No
Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, and
it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his
beha'f, should attend at the office on the day of treaty, as the result
of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him
and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Marine Bar-
rack Canteen," and must also be delivered at the Office of the Coo,p-
troller for Victualling, at Somerset-house.
By the Mutiny Act, Canteens are not liable to have Troops blileted
on them.

As the persons becoming Tenants of the Canteens will be bound to
the strict performance of the Covenants of the Indenture of Lease,
and to the full payment of the Rent and Privilege of Sale to the Troops,
without any remission or reduction under any circumstances what-
ever, they are hereby cautioned to make themselves fully acquainted
with the conditions of letting, prior to th ir making a proposal.
The Rents of the Canteens as Tenements or Dwellings are to be
proposed at the sums stated below ; therefore the Biddings will
be upon what is offered for every Ton Men per Month, ex-
clusive of , Sergeants occupying the Barrack, the number
being ascertained _ from the Barrack Master's Returns, made
up at Twelve o'clock at noon on the First day of every Month, and
nc changes in the occupation of the Barracks which may take place
in the progress of the Month', either for or against the Tenant, will
be taken into account. No less number than Ten will be charged
against the Tenant, nor will any odd number be calculated—thus, if
the Barrack should be occupied by 144 men on the First day of the
Month, only 140 will be calculated for that Month. The Bidders are
also desired to introduce no fractional parts of a Penny in their offers,
as they wi!l not be noticed, nor will any Tenders be noticed except
such as are strictly according to the Form furnished.
Portsmouth—MAßlNE ARTILLERY CANTEEN.. Lie 0 0
Plymouth—•CANTEEN and SHOP .......... •• .. 10 0 0