The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-24 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Tae Services, Somerset-place, Aug. 13, 1847.
';ollnissioners for executing the Office of Lotd iligh Admiral
that Kingdom of Gret Brtain and leland, do hereby give
tildee on THURSDAY, thea 30thi Septemberr next, at One o'clock,
c 83,: will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
-,TRACT for the supply of a quantity of
Or th_ SALT MEAT,
to e cure of the United Kingdom, or elsewhere, equal to 5,000
finders),
of Navy Beef, 'and 11,000 tierces of Navy Pork (in separate
Ber;rrs), Rll to be cured in the ensuing season, their Lordships re-
eon 'nfg. to themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of
tti tracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only, as
lahel may deem fit, or of not contracting for any part ; and also an
The
power of selection, according to quality.
th e tenders, both fcr Beef and Pork, to specify the place where
',Meat is intended to be cured.
„,,'_ll Beef to be delivered in tierces, and a quantity of Pork
made)
to 150 tierces (and for which separate tenders are to be
r, 61), to be delivered in casks, containing 1001 b. each, and of the
inaifling quantity of Pork three-fourths to be delivered in tierces,
Lthe remaining one-fourth in barrels, into her Majesty's Vic-
117“ing Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Haulbow-
in such proportions as shall hereafter be directed, and within
me following periods:—
REEF Two-thirds 31st March,
One-third 31st May 1848
PORK, One-third On or before the
313 t March
Two-thirds 3lst May
Owlkid to
Denod be paid for by bills payable at sight, but not during the first
of delivery, for any quantities beyond those specified.
4`,00 conditions of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
orPhlYlng to the-Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors
_r
toer
o --aiesty's Customs at Limerick, elfast, Waterford, and Newry,
)4_
_the Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or to the
"Telent Agent for Transports at Leith.
0 tender will be admitted for a less quantity than shall be equal
750 tierces of Beef, or to 300 tierces of Pork, except for the Pork,
delivered in casks containing 100 lb. each.
to; 0 tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
Isp_arlY noticed unless the party attends, or some person on his
)asi.alf duly authorised in writing; and it is to be expressly under-
el that that the tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef, and
tryParate price for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe-
stip the prices both in figures and words at length, or the tenders
be rejected.
kiravierY ten ler must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
" T.`t3', and bear In the left-hand corner of the envelope the words
iptiiincier for Salt Meat," and "Comptroller for Victualling," and
lett„4l,o be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a
irith' ',gned by two responsible persons, engaged to become bound
the Person tendering, in a sum equal to 251. per cent. on the
nt of the contract, for the due performance of the same.

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