The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-16 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset House, 12th May, 1860.
I rilE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
-I- OFFICE of LORD IR of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT HBRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 31st
inst, at half -past One o'Clock,•they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplyinz
'filmier separate Contracts), all such quantities of FRESH OX
BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to the
31st December, 1860, both days included,' viz. :
ENGLAND, &c.
Hull
Jersey and Guernsey
Littlehampton
Liverpool • 1
London Bridge b:i
Woolwich, inclu-
sive
,Lymington
North Shields '
Penzance
Plymouth (Oxen) ,
Portland and Port-
land Roads
SCOTLAND.
Cranton - ' Leith - I Stornoway
I
Greenock Queensferry
IRELAND.
Kingstown and Mill Cove) Bere- I Queenstown and
Dublin haven) I Kinsale
Rathmullen
N.B.—The Contractors are to supply Good, Fat, Well-Fed
Ox Beef, as NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted.
Separate tenders must be made for each port, and no at-
tention will be paid to any offer not so made.
None of the contracts to be sub-let, and the contracts for
Chatham and Sheerness'to be taken by persons residing on
the spot, and ,the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be on the spot.
Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of
the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at this
'Office. or by applying to the superintendents of 'the Victual-
ling 'Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ;
the Superintendents of Her Majesty's Dock-yards at Wool-
wich, Chatham, and Sheerness ; the Clerk in charge of Her
Majesty's Yard at Deal; the Agent for the Victualling at
HaulbOwline ; the Agent for Transports at Leith ; the Offi-
cers conducting: the Packet Service at Dover, Liverpool, and
Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General
Dublin;, to the Collectors of Her Majesty' Customs at
Cowes Hell Ramsgate
Dartmouth Jersey and Guern- Weymouth
Falmouth sey Greenock
Grimsby • Yarmouth Stornoway
Her wich ' Penzance. • Shields
And to the Postniaster at Torquay (for 'iorbay) and each of
, e other Places. •
Forms of Tender -May also be obtained, on application to
the proper Officer at either-of the above Places.
No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on
the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the Printed
Form provided for the purpose; but it will not be necessary
that the party, tendering, or an agent appointed by him,
should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be 'delivered at the above Office, and
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering in the sum of £390 for
the due performance of each of the Contracts for Sheerness,
Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and 9ueenstown and Kin-
sale; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other Contracts

TII E INTERNA:TIONAL LIFE
' ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
142, Strand, London.
Empowered hy Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMONO SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
John Elliotson,M.D.,Cantab, John Moss, Esq.
F.R.S. John Symes, Esq.
Henry J.AcOgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, E3q.
•s ,:IinICRETABYTO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Eaq.
• CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.
ProfeSsor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford.
'Young. •
. MEDICAL REFEREE GENEAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37,R
Conduit-street.
. ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Mcgsrs• Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-
row.
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