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London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and S
PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, August 11, 1852.
The Commissioners for executing the Odice of Lord H igh Admiral
Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on THURSDAY, the ith October next, at One o'clock;
they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
QONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victual-
ling Stores at the undermentioned Ports, the following quantities of

_
SALT MEAT,
of the cure of any c3untry, and all of the cure of the 'ensuing sea•
•o;

- .
Barrels. Tierces.

Navy Beef.

Navy Pork.

Barrels,

Tierces.

Deptford - - - : -
Portsmouth - -
Plymouth - - -
Cork . - - -

No. No.
2000 3450
500 1000
400 500
150 100

No. No.
1001 700
200 400
100 501
100 100

Their Lordships reserving to themselves the power, when the
tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such
Part thereof only, as they may deem fit, or for a greater quan-
tity, or of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited power
of selection, according to quality.
A separate Tender must 133 given for Beef and a separate Tender
for Pork, and every Tender must specify whero the meat is intended
to be cured.
Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a separate
Tender for each Port. and every Tender must contain a separate
Price for tierces and a separate price for barrels.
The Beef and Pork to be delivered into the respective stores as
folio vs, viz. :—One-third of each by the 31st day of January, another
third by the 15th day of March, and the remainder by the 30th day
Of April, 1853, or any greater portion or the whole at any earlier
Period if preferred by the party tendering, and to be paid for by
bills Payable at sight.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at this office, or by applying to the Agent
for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Cus-
t?lns at Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry, or to
..he Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or to the Com-
reander conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool; or to the
Re-
Indent Agent for Transports at Leith.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than

300 Tierces, 1
er for Deptford.
450 Barrels
100 Tierces,
01 for Portsmouth.
150 Barrels
100 Tierce;, 1
or for Plymouth.
150 Barrels
50 TierceF, 1
or fcr Cork.
100 Barrels
ITo tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
1441 the party tendering, or an agent for him duly authorised in
..,
~ "ting, must attend at this. office on Friday, the Bth October next,
.4. Two o'clock, to learn the result of his Tender. • , _.
I,,?rery tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
.7"4„,altY, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words
....render for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and
i:st also be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a
Ivi.,tet signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound
..._,ll the person tendering, in a sum equal to 201. per cent. on the
"'mina of the contract, for the due performance of the same.

PARIS and ORLEANS RAILWAY, with its
EXTENSIONS.
Three per Cent. Loan of 75,000,000 franes.
The Board of Directors of the Paris and Orleans Railway, with its
it
Lenslons, have the honour to inform the Shareholders that they
roPose to ISSUE the FIRST PORTION of the LOAN authorised
,a General Meeting of the Shareholders, held in Paris on the 20th
44Pril, 1852, for defraying the cost of the works in progress, and of
g further extension of the railway comprised in the present con-
wtution of the company.
...The amount of the present issue will be 75,000,000 francs, repre-
nted by 150,000 obligations or bonds of 500 francs each, bearing in-
;rest after the rate of 3 per cent. per annum (15 francs per oblige-
-I,:* from the Ist day of October, 1852, and payable in London or
..,Interest for three months will be paid on the Ist January, 1853 ;
„Ter that period the interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of
aictarY and the let of J uly in every year.
obli and after the Ist of January, 1855, a certain number of the
gations will be drawn by lot annually, and paid off at par (boof.),
;7211at the whole shall be reimbursed within the period of the Cor-
al3' S concession.
rog the prior right of the loan contracted by the original Paris
Grleans Company, the present loan will be entitled to a pre-
ir4foltion before the shares of the Company, not only upon the net
setae of the railway, but also upon the minimum of 6,000,000 f.
".113', guaranteed by the State upon 150,000,000 f , the share capi-
" file
The ri Company.
fonowsi". ce of emission is fixed at 340 f., or 68 per cent., payable as

65f. within 10 days after notice.
75f. on the Ist of January, 1853.
100 f. on the let of July, 1853.
Tha 100 f. on the Ist of January, 1854.
rai ~AraYMents may be anticipated, sabject to a discount after the
"! 3 Per cent. per annum.
~,e subscription now open at the offices of the Company, No. 4,
ii7_9rouot, Paris, and No. 2, Capel-court, London, and will be defini-
ki:l7 closed, in Paris, on Saturday, the 2d of October, at midnight,
ithin London at four o'clock in the afternoon.
refit„,e, subscription is reserved to the shareholders of the Amalga-
CepT,. `-'olllPanies exclusively, namely, the Paris and Orleans, the
alld7e of France, the Orleans and Bordeaux, the fours and Nantes,
L 0 the subscribers of the 17,866 new shares recently issued.
toPPlicants must produce the shares in right of which they claim
,Lubscribe
(„re subsc.riptions will be entered, the shares marked with a punch
lqi.nP°rte piece"), and returned to the ho!der forthwith.
atiptei distribution of the loan will be pro rata upon the justified sub-
to th "'• Any portion not taken by the shareholders will be offered
e Public.
WILLIAM GLADSTONE,I The English
JOHN DAVID BARRY, 3
Directors,
London OCHARLES PONS, Secretary.
Offices, 2, Capel-court, 20th Sept., 1852.