The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-27 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR WINE.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET
HOUSE, April 17, 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 FRIDAY, the
3d May next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned ar
tidies, viz. :

Quantities. To bo tendered for at
WHITE WINE 1,500 Gallons... rates per Gallon.
PORT WINE 1,000 „ 77
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
tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Wine.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each description of
Wine.

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 fur
a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any,' and also
an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
Tile Wine to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and
parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Samples of the Wino (in pints) from each cask must be
produced by the parties tendering, and not samples only
for each import mark.
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 aro to make out their in-
voices in accordance therewith, both as to quantities and
rates.
No Tender will be -receivectunless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, ,which.rnay be obtained on
application in the Lobby of • th'e' DePaitment of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty,-Somerset House.
Particular attention is called to the conditions of the con-
tracts, which may be seen in Vie said lobby. No Tender
will be received after 12 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 pro-
posed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
14 Tender ." and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset house.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, TEA, SPLIT PEAS,
WHEAT, AND TOBACCO.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET
HOUSE, April 17, 1867.
rrum COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
_AL the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
2d May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may bo willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned Articles,
viz.:— _ _

Quantities. To be tendered for at Rates
SPLIT PEAS MOO Imp. bushs. per 100 Galls.
WHEAT 15,000 ditto per 100 Pounds.
SUGAR _ 500,000 Pounds