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

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR BATHURST, RIVER
GAMBIA.

Department of the Storekeeper General of the wavy,
- Somerset-place, 14th May, MO.
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 TUESDAY, the
22d inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as maybe willing to CONTRACT for supply-
ing and delivering into store at Bathurst, River Gambia,

400 TONS OF SOUTIt WALES COALS,
Fit for. the service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels.

A form of the tender may be seen at the said.otEce.
No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or
as 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" Ten-
der for Coals." and must be delivered at Somerset-place,
accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the
sum of £2OO, for the due performance of the Contract.

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
• Somerset House, 12th May, 1860.
'FHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
EINGDOM 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 FRESH OR
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. : 1
ENGLAND, &c.
Hull
Jersey and Guernseyl
Littlehampton
Liverpool
London Bridge to
Woolwich, inclu-
sive
Lymington
North Shields
Penzance.
Plymouth (Oxen)
Portland and Port-
land Itpacl4
SCOTLAND.

Chatham to Gilling-
ham, inclusive -
Cowes
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the

Portsmouth (Oxen)
Purfleet
Ramsgate
She erness,from
Cr
_crham
to the Great Nore
inclusive
Southampton
Torbay,
Weymouth
Yarmouth

Do'wo a
Dover
Falmouth
Gravesend
Greenhithe
Grime/5y
Harwich
Holyhead

Granton I Leith
Greenock Queenaferry

IStornoway

IRELAND.

Rhigstown. 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
slaughtefed on the spot.
Particular-attention is called to the recent modifications of
tha-Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at this
Office, or by applying'to the surintendents or 'the Victual-
ling Establishments at Dentforpe d,Gosrt, and Plyznentll-;-
the Superintendents of Her Majesty's Dock-yards at Wool-
Nvich, Chatham, and Sheerness •, the Clerk in charge of Her
Majesty's 'Yard at Deal ; the Agent for the Victualling at
Baulbowline ; 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 Hull • Ramsgate
Dartmouth Jersey and Guern- Weymouth
Falmouth sey Greenock
Grimsby Yarmouth - Stornoway
Harwich Penzance Shields
And to the Postmaster at Torquay (forTorbay) and each of
te other laces.
Forms of Tender -may P 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 noticedunless 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 £590 for
thg 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.

ETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
.111 GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities,-Endowments and Loans.
P. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

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142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliament. for LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, JCI.D., Chairman.
F.R.S.
John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., I John Moss, Esq.
John Symes, Esq.
Renry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS. •
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford.
Youncf,
MEDICAL REET...a.i.E GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., RMS., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUAY.
IV. S. B. Wor4i R house, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Viroolhouse, Esq.
BANRERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs.7.Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-
row.

'The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared
In May, 1860.

Examples of Bonus up to-May, 1855 :

Policy Sum
Bonus in Bonus in Pernianent
taken Age. Assured. addition cash. Reduction
out in
to Sum of Annual
Assured. Premiums.
---- —_-- —._....____ ------ -----
X £s. d. Xs. d. £s. d.
1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 .3 8
1841 48
1845 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
1848 50 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
1851. 55 2,800 120 17 0172 14 6 67 7

The ioilusving arc amongst the advantages offered by the
Intenintiollai Life Assurance Society:—
The Society 'was established in 1838. Two-thirre of the profits are divided amongst the assured
every five years.
For r;rospectuses and every other information, apply to the
Chairman, 142, Strand.

142, Strand, London, W.C.
EDMOND S. STMES, Chairman

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