The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-19 00:00:00

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
ant Dintnz-room. eonsistinz of a new and eiegontassort-
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Imosrtert and msnufaqtared by JA*5OlB TICNNA.IfT. Mine.
ralvist to her Walesty, 149, Strand, W.C.. London.

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ALS, and FOSSILS, to Illustrate the new edition
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the intereatlng atndv of MINERALOGY nod UROLOGY.
and oan be had at 2,5, 10, 20. 53. to 500 frailness ea,,.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In fIICOLOGT and It INK.
kLOO Y 1s given by Mr.TRICIAI4I.F.G.S.. at 149. Strand

CONTRACTS FOR VINEGAR, SOAP, AND OATS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, August 13, 18G7.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD 111GLI ADWRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Givo Notice, that .On MONDAY,
the 2Gth instant, 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 Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned
articles, viz.:—

Quantities. To be tendered for
at rates.
VINEGAR 20,000 Ga110n5........per 100 Galls.
SOAP 300,000 Pounds , Pounds.

When to ho Delivered— half in one calendar month
from date of Contract, and the remainder in one calendar
month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by tho party
tendering.
OA TS 2,500 Imp.Bushels..per 100 Pounds.

When to be Delivered—One-half of each in three weeks
from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three
weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party ten-
dering.

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

Separate Tenders are to be made for each article.
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.
Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a quart) which the
parties tendering may purpose to supply must accompany
their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to bo made in
accordance with tho samples which may be accepted, and the
Vinegar tendered is OW of No. 20 trade denomination.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar), and of the
Oats (not less than 2 quarts), must be produced by the
parties tendering.
No Oats tendered to be of less weight than 421bs. per
bushel.
The samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
not accepted are to be taken away by them immediately
after the Contracts have been decided.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates • and
Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as
to quantities and rates, excepting those for Oats, the in-
voices for which are to be in pounds, at per 100 pounds.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and 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
contracts, which may be seen in the said Lobby.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, and it will not bo 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 and to his proposed sureties in waiting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and boar in the loft-hand corner the words
"Tender for ," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Register of Contracts and Public Securities.