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London, England, 1867-05-16 00:00:00

SOAP, 300,000 Pounds par 100 Pounds.

Half to be delivered in ono calendar month from dato of
Contract, and the remainder in one calendar month after-
wards.

OATS, 15:000 lmp. Bushels.
COCOA, 400,000 Pounds 1 per 100 Pounds.
PEPPER, 15,000 Pounds

One-half of each to be delivered in three weeks from
date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three
weeks afterwards ; or earlier if preferred by the party
tendering.
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
gre 'ter quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Cocoa and Pepper to be exempted from the Cus-
toms' Duties, and parties tenderiog are to state where they
are lying.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar), of the Oats
(not less than 2 quarts), and of the Pepper (not less than
2 lbs.), must be produced by the parties tendering..
Each Tender for Cocoa must specify the mark and land-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im-
ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce,
and an average sample (not less than 2 lbs. for each import
mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and
not an average of different marks or several imports, and
any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or
average quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will
be rejected by the Officers.
No Oats tendered aro to be of less weight than 42 lbs.
per bushel.
The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
not accepted are to be taken away by them immediately
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to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates, excepting those for Oats, which
are to he in pounds, at per 100 pounds.
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
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 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 re-
ceived from each person will he communicated to him and
to his proposed sureties in writing.
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Somerset House. _ _

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

CONTRACT FOR AS ti 'GOODS.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET
HOUSE, May 12, 1867.
rififlE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
a. the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
11th June next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such persons a% may be willing to CONTRACT
for!supplying her Majesty's several Dock Yards with