The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-29 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Nov. 28, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY,
the 11th December next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they
will be ready to treat with such persons ae may' be willing
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD,
50,000 Gallons of RUM.

When to bo delivered.—Within threo weeks from dato
of Contract.

Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Rum. _ _ _ _

All the casks, except such as may be required for her
Majesty's Service, are to bo taken away from the said
Stores by and at the expense of the party whose Tender
is accepted.
Their Lordships reserve 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 quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also
an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Rum to be exempted from the Customs' Duties,
and parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Payment for the Runi will be made for the Proof Gal-
lons to one-tenth of a Gallon, the liquid contents being
ascertained to the half Gallon.
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 Rum
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.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Print9d
Form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the. Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victuallitig, Admiralty, Somerset House.
Particular attention is called to the Conditions of the
Contract, which may be seen in the said Lobby. No
Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock Noon on the
day of Treaty, and it will not be required that the Party
tendering or an Agent on his behalf should attend at the
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer
received from each Person will be communicated to him
in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are
to be removed.

Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
"Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset Rouse. _

By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

itueTuaEs.-11Y R.../YAL LETTERS PATIOTT
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TUE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS of ISM and 1812), is allowed by upwards of
Cwo Hundred Ale final Gentlemen to be the moat effective
invention in cte curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so o.te.a hurtful in its eireats, is hete
avoided—a soft bandage heint; worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting. power supplied by the Moe-Slain
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so ,nuon ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
deep. A descriptive circular may be had, end tits truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two Indies below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,

Mr. WRITE, 228, Nandilly.
A Single Truss, lac, 218., 268 Bd., and :11s. 64 Postage, Is
A Double Truss,
31s. 6d„ 425., and 628. 6d. Postave, ta. Bd.
An Umbilical Trues, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, le. 10d.
Poet-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
dice,

NEW PATENT
riLASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNE r.-CA P1,.t0., for Varioose Veins and alt eases .1
Weakness and Swell,n; of the Legs, 'sprains t tic. They are
porous, light .n texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 78. 6d.,105. aa.l 165.
each. Postage 61.