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

CONTRACTS FOR VINEGAR, SOAP, AND OATS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somorset
House, August 13, 1867.
TIIE 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 MONDAY,
the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will bo
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her ATQ-
-404,03,, wet...tiling Stowe at Deptford; the undermentioned
articles, viz.:— • _ . _ _ _

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

When to be Delivered—Half in ono calendar month
from date of Contract, and the remainder in one calendar
month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the 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.
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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 be made in
accordance with the samples which may be accepted, and the
Vinegar tendered is tube of No. 20 trade denomination.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar), and of tho
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 bo 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 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 and to his proposed sureties in waiting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-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.