The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset House, 12th May, 1860.
pHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN 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 supplying
(under separate Contracts); all such quantities of FRESII OX
BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Maje Sty's Ships
and VessAs at the following- places, from the Ist July to the
31st December, 1860, both days included, TIZ.
ENGLAND,
171111
Jersey and Guernsey
Littlehampton
Liverpool
London Bridge to
Woolwich, inclu-
. sivc_
Lymington
North Shields
Penzance
Plyniouth (Oxen)
Portland and Port-
land-Roads
SCOTLAND.
Granton I Leith '• I Stornoway
,Greenock I Queensferry , .

Chatham to Gilling-
ham, inclusive
COW'S
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the
Down s
Dover
Falmouth
Gravesend
Greenhithe
Grimsby
Harwich
Holyhead

'PortSmouth (Oxen)
Vurtleet
flamsp:ate
heerness,from be-
low : Gillingham
to the Great Nore
inclush,e
Staithampton
Torbay - •
Weymouth
Yarmouth

I RELAND.
Kingstown and Hill Cove) Bere-. I Queenstown and
Dublin . . _haven) . F • Kinsale
Rathmullen
N.B.—The Contractors are to supply-Good, Fat, Well-Fed
Ox Beef as NO HEIFER HEAT will be admitted.
Separa/te 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
Chltham and Sheerness to be taken by persons residing on
the spot, and the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be.
_,sfaughtsted on the spot.. •
Partienlar 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
Hitulbowline ; 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 HerMajesty' Customs at
Cowes (Tull - Ilemsgate
Dartmouth Jersey and Guern- Weymouth
Falmouth sey Greenock
Grimsby Yarmouth Stornoway
Harwich Penzance Shields
And to the Postmaster at Torquay (for lorbay) and each of
the 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 .E 590 for
the due performance of each of the Contracts for Sheerness,
Chatham. Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Queenstown and Kin-
sale; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other Contracts.

rt 4 ETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
29, Rei,rent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
'Life Assurance, Antinities,T4lndowments and Loans.
F. FERGUSON. CAMRQU.y, Manager.

THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
14.2, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliament., for LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
• DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
John Elliotson,M.D.,Cantab., John Moss, Esq.
F.R.S. John Symes, Esq.
Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Illondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford.
Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
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ASSISTANT ACTUARY. •
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BANKERS.
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SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-
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Th-

Ae next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared
in May, 1860.

Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 :

Policy Sum Bonus in Permanent
taken Age. Assured. addition Bones in
Reduction
out in to-Sum Cash.
of Annual
Assured. Premiums.
----- -,--- • c---- —--
.£ £s. d. .£ R. d. .£ s. d.
1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8
1841 48 4,000 719 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
1615 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
184851 60 2,000 lt4 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7

£ s. d.
56 3 8
32 0 4
16 6 0
10 15 2
6 7 7

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the
International Life Assurance Society:—
The Society was established in 1838.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured
every five years.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the
Chairman, 142, Strand.

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