The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-20 00:00:00

CONVEYANCE OP TROOPS.

Transport Department, Admiralty,
Somerset House, Oct. 17, 18:3.
THE COMMISSIONERS for Executing the
Office of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Cave
Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 20th instant, at Ball-past
One o'clock, they will be re;dy to treat under the Conditions
contained in the Regulations for her Majesty's Transport
Service and the form ot Charter Party, which may be seen
at the above office, for the conveyance, from Woolwich to
AUCKLAND, N.Z., in two fast-sailing
In one Ship. ships, of ab:ut
In the other Ship.
Officers
Ladies - 1415
; ..........
12
Officer-0 Children .• • • 4
Soldiers
Women
Soldiers' Children 5s
Stores (heavy) 10 tons •• •••• 25 tons
Stores (light) 106 tons.
Tenders are to be made at rates per head (officers and
'nen rAeparately), and per ton for Stores. The rates per head
are to include conveyance, freight of b'ggage according to
Government scale (App. XXII. of the Transport Regulations),
the supply of articles for the mess place, cabins, and berths
(App. XV.), articles for table use of Troops (App. XVI.), and
of cooking utensils, fuel, lights, and necessaries for their
use (App. XVII.), as well as of all such Stores (especially
those referred to in Art. 97), and other requisites as are re-
quired by the Transport Regulations to be provided by the
owners. Messin,g for officers or other first and second class
passengers is to be supplied by the owners, and will be paid
for, in addition to the above charges "per head," at the rates
specified in App. XXIII. of the Rer.,rulations, which rates are
to include the supply of bedding ,exclusive of bed inen and
towels), medical comforts, articles for table use, cooking
utensils, fuel, light, and other requisites free Art. 201 and
App. XV. to XVII. of the Regulations). Fittings will be
erected, and provisions, a supply of water, medical comforts,
and Bedding for the roldiers and their families, will be put
on board lay Government. The owners are to supply a dis-
tilling apparatus, and water casks or tanks. Drinking tanks
in the mess decks for the daily use of the troops will, how-
ever, be lent by Government, in lieu of the usual mess water
barrels.

The iressels are to be ready for immediate service, and to
Bail as soon as the Government fittings, &c., are completed,
Without any delay on account of the shipment of private
CaFgo.
No private passengers are to be conveyed.
All Tenders must be made on the printed form provided
Tor the purpose, which may be obtained on application at the
said office, and be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
Somerset House, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Transport Department."
No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on
the day of treaty. -

ARMY CONTRACTS.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November, from persons
Who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply

BREAD AND MEAT
in such quantities •s may be required, for the use of Her
Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places,
f'rom Ist December, 1863, to 31st May, 186 i :-
1. Broaipton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington.
2. Regent's-park and St. John's-wood.
3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace, and St.
George's Barracks.
5. The Tower.
6. Hounslow and Midler Hall.
7, Hampton Court.
8. Windsor.
9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore-
ham.
10. Croydon.
11. Sandhurst.

Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must he made for
each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa-
rately grouped and numbered.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tendera on the printed forms must be properly filled up
and si,ned, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered
at the under-mentioned t )ffice, under closed envelope (marked
on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before
12 o'clock noon on the 3d November next.
W. T. POWER,
Comm ,ssary-G eneral.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office,
J. New-street, Sprint;r-gardens,
London, S.W., 10th Oct., 1863.