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Gallons.,
•".•• " ' • ' """" •2. I One-half of each to be delivered

VINEGAR . • .

M one month, and the re-
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41.8* i mainder in one month after-
OATS (for making Oatmeal) 500 wards, or earlier if preferred
Tons. by the party tendering.
MUSTARD (in Flour) ..... 6 t
PEPPER (whole 81ack).... 3i
The Ruin and. Pepper to he exempted from the Customs Duties.
No tender will be received for a less quantity of Rum than 4,000
gallons—of Vinegar than 3,000 gallons—of Oats than 100 quarters—
of Mustard than 2 tons—and of Pepper than 1 ton.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
the average strength of each mark ex to be stated, and
not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports,
and any parcel of Ruin that is found not to be of the same quality,
mark, or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will
be rejected by the officers; and samples of the Oats (not less than 2
quarts), and of the Mustard and Pepper (not less than 21bs. of each),
must be produced by the parties tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted,
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts have been decided.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at
Bristol.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for
him, duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset•place, and those for Rum,
Vinegar, Mustard, and Pepper, must be accompanied by a letter
signed by a responsible person, engagibg to become wind with
the person tendering, in a sum of 20/. per cent. on the value, for
the due performance of each of the contracts.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT BEEF AND SALT PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 21st July, 1853..
Commissioners for t xecti the Office of
A.- Lord Iligla Admiral of the United Kinugdong m of Great Britain
and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THIIRSDAT, the 15th
8-ptember next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de-
livering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned
Ports, the following quantities of
SALT MEAT,
of the cure of any country, and all of the cure of the ensuing sea",
viz.:—

Navy Beef.

----Navy Pork.

I'llerces.

Barrels. (Tierces• I

Deptford -
Gosport -
Plymouth -
11aulbowIlie

650 2OO 2250 '-1300
550 200 2250 1300
550 200 2250 1300
1550 500 2600 1000

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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 be given for Beef and a separate T ender
for Pork, and every Tender must specify where 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 •a, 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, 1854, or any greeter 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 coatracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at this office, or by applying to the Agent
Victualler at Ilaulbowline, or to the Collectors of her Majesty's
Customs at Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry, or to
the Secretary of the Postmaster-G,neral at Dublin, or to the Com-
mander conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool; or to the Resi-
dent Agent for Transports at Leith.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100 Tierces
or 100 Barrels.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day oft eaty.
but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or n agent
appointed by kim, should attend at this office, as the result of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to him in
writing.
Bills in payment for any Beef or Pork delivered into her Ma-
jesty's Stores will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual Cer-
tificates of receipt.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words "Tender
for Salt Meat," and "Comptroller for Victualling," and must alas
be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging is become bound with
the person tendering, in a sum equal to 201. per cent. on the amount
of the contract, for the due performance of the same.