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London, England, 1854-09-15 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services, Somerset llou ie, 11th September, 1854.

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THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY,
the 20th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing io contract for suPplying, and delivering
into her Majesty's Victuailing Stores at Deptford,
delivered
em
re a
nder in 3
i Gallons. Half in 3Wwheeenkst,o be
ed
RUM .......... 5,003 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering.

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such
part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or
of not contracting for any and aso to unlimited power of selec!inn.
The Ruin to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties
tendering are to state where it is lying.
Tenders will be received from any firm for any portion of the total
quantity not le s th•in 2,000 gallons
. . .

Samples of the Num to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
the averaze strength of each mark ex to be stated, and not an
avarice of cifferent marks or strengths of several imports, and any
parcel of Rum that is found not to b of the s Line quality, mark, or
average strength of the sample tendered ani accepted will be rejected
by the officers.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
are requested to he taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts hive been decide!.

No tender sill be received unless made on the printed form pro-

sided for the purpose, and which m ,y be obtained on application at
the said Office, or to Commander Bev's, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised comtracts, to which particular atten-
tion is c.:Ped, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
Bristol. No tender will be received atter One o'clock or. the day of
treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an
agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of con-
tract, a+ the resuit of the offer received from each person will be
communicated to him in writing.

Ev,ry tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Ram," and
must also be delivered at S merset house.

ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in Bottles,
genuine and in fine condition, as recommended for 1n-
v31,-,s and the Tab .e by Beaori LIEBIG The undersigned has
always a supply at his Stores of the finest quality and character.
Apyly to NATHAN' 'L EASTLY, Wine, Beer, and Brandy
Merchant, 132, Upper Thames-street.

THE eIIOLER A!!!
Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia.

CREW'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col-
lege of Physicians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest
and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, Is., Half-
pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and ihipping Agents, and
at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London.
N.B.—CRE WS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and
finer preparation.—Medical Circular.

DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD-
LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP-
TION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all
SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain-
ing all its most active and esgential principles—effecting a cure much
more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent
medical men, and supplied to the leading hospitals or Europe. Half-
pint bottles, 2s. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE.

- Wholesale and Retail depot, INSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77,
Strand.

Four Half-pint Bottles sent (carriage paid) to any part of
England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings.

PATENT SELF- A.DJUSTING TRUSSES.

SALMON, ODY, & CO., most respectfully in-
form thp Public, that their PATENT SELF'-ADJUSTING
TRUSSES afford more ease and security for the relief of HERNIA

than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for
right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage.
Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of
the Body one inch below the Hips.

CAUTION.—As many mercenary Druggists are vending an inferior
article, Purchasers are requ .sled to observe, that SAL EON, ODY,
& CO., 292, Strand, London, is marked upon the Leather Case.
Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town
in the. United Kingdom.

GR AVESEND STAR
PACICETS.
No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers.
NOTICE.—D tY TICKETS are i.sued upon the Gravesend Star
Packets, available for return by them ,r by the Lon ion and Tilbury
Railway; the Return Tickets by the Raiiway will also be available
for return by the Star Packets.
The Packets ',ill at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).
FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.