The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
.use, 6th November, 1867.
riiHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
I the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
3d December next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may bo willing to
CONTRACT for SUPPLYING (under 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 January to
the 30th June, 1868, both days included, viz. :

Berwick
Cowes
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the

Downs •
Dover
Exmouth
Falmouth
Fleetwood
Gravesend
Greenhithe
Harwich
Hastings.
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Hull,llawkoßoads,
andinthoHumber

Ardrishaig
Granton
Greenock

Bantry

Belfast

Oastletownsend

Crookha,ven

Foynes
Galway

ENGLAND, &c.

Ilfracombe
Jersey and Quern-

sey
Littlehampton
Liverpool
London Bridge to
Woolwich, in-

clusivo
Lymiugton
Milford Haven,
Pembroke, and
Pater
Netley
NewhAven
North Shields

SCOTLAND.
Loitb,Leith Roads
and Frith of
Forth
IRELAND.
Killi begs
Kingstown and

Dublin
Lough Foylo
Lough Swilly
Mill Cove (Sere-
haven)

Orford
Penzance
Portland and Port-

land Roads
Plymouth (Oxen)
Portsmouth (do)
Sheerness (do)
Ramsgate
Scilly
Southampton
Swansea
Tillingham
Weymouth
Wivenhoo
Yarmouth (North)

Quoonsferry
Strauraer.

Queenstown and
Kinsale
Tarbert
Valentin
Waterford
Westport.

Kenmare
Kilrush
N.B.—The Contractors are to supply good, fat, well-fed
Ox Beef, as no Heifer Moat will be admitted.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves au unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Particular attention is called to the revised conditions of
the Sheerness Contract, which is to include supplies to all
ships and vessels between Chatham and the Great Nora,
both inclusive ; also the Naval Barracks at Sh•orness.
Parties Tendering for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and
Sheerness, are to specify in their Tenders a rate per 100
lbs. for live Oxen, delivered in the usual manner ; and also
a rate per 100 lbs. for fresh.Gx Beef, delivered in the car-
case, should the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
think proper to demand the Beef to be delivered in the
carcase, instead of live Oxen, during any period of the
contract ; and no attention will be paid to any offers not so
made. _ .

Separate Tenders must be made for each Port, and at a
rate per 100 lbs, and no attention will be paid to any offers
not so made. Contractors, in claiming payment for the
supplies of Beef, are to make out their Invoices in Pounds
at per 100 lbs.
The Cattle for Falmouth to be slaughtered on the spot,
and the Cattle for Portland to be slaughtered not farther
from that port than Weymouth ; the Contractors for Port-
land and Dartmouth are also to deliver the meat on board
her Majesty's ships and vessels.
The Contractor for Portland and Weymouth is to reside
at Weymouth.
The Contractor for any of the other places is to reside
on the spot, or to have an Agent resident there, whose
name and address must be given on the Tender.
Conditions of the Contracts may be seen in the Lobby
of the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad-
miralty, Somerset House, W.C.; or by applying to the
Superintendents of thoVictualling Establishments at Dept-
ford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her
Majesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness,
and Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbow-
line ; the Officers conducting the Packet Service at Dover,
Liverpool, and Southampton; the Secretary to the Post-
master-General at Dublin; to the Collectors of her Ma-
jesty's Customs at
Belfast
Berwick
Cowes
Dartmouth
Falmouth

Hull
Jertiey and Guern-
sey
Londonderry (for
LoughFoyle and

Fleetwood
Galway
Greenock

Scilly.

Shields
Swansea
Waterford
Westport
Wexford
Weymouth
Yarmouth

Harwich

Lough S willy)
Newhaven
Penzance

Ramsgate

And to the Postmaster at each of the other places.
Forms of Tender may also be obtained on application
at the Lobby of the Department above-mentioned, or to
the proper Officer at either of the aboNie places,
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
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 received from each person will be communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be delivered at the Department of
the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House,
and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to be-
come bound with the person tendering in the sum of
£1,500 for the due performance of each of the Contracts
for Sheerness, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Queenstown
and Kinsale; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other
Contracts.
The Contractors to pay half the amount of the stamps
on their Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
•
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

CONTRACT FOR FISHING GEAR AND TWINE.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, October 24, 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 TUESDAY, the
19th November next, at Two o'clock, they will bo ready to
treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering into Stores, at her Majesty's
Dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness,
Portsmouth, and Devonport, all such
FISHING GEAR and TWINE

as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract
for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Months' warning.
The average annual expenditure of the last three years
may be ascertained, Patterns of the articles may be seen,
and a form of the Tender and Conditions of the Contract
may be obtained upon application at this Department. No
Tender will bo received after Two o'clock on the day of
treaty ; nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends,
or an 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,
" Tender for Fishing Gear and Twine," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General,
Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed
by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the duo
performance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.