The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-30 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 KINGPOM 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 as may be willing
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD,
50,000 Gallons of RUM.
When to be delivered.—Witbin three weeks from date
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 be 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 itis
Payment for the Rum 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 Printed
Form provided, for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the ,Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, 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 House.

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

AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN
1,4 EFIi'EUT UAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects art truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes after taking it. Preparea oniy and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13:d., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.