The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-29 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR STAVES AND IRON HOOPS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, June 24, 1867.
rifinE COAIMISSIONPtS for EXECUTING
the tgrrrrft of L(iltil MGR ADM=llO,4OAbe
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and i.RE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY,
the 11th July next, 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, Gosport, and Ply-
mouth, the undermentioned articles. viz.:—

DEPTFORD.
Baltic Pipe Staves (New Fresh)
Do. Hogshead do. do.
Quebec Pipe Staves do.
Fiume Barrel Staves do.
Length.
'8 2"
7 10
7 6
7 0!
6 7
'9 0'
8 3
6 9
6 3
5 11
6 1
5 9
5 5
5 1
4 10_,
'6 8
6 2
5 11
6 1-
5 9
5 5
5 1
4 10
9 6-
9 2
8 8
8 2
7 0
5 5'
it 0 S P
5 11-
6 4
6 9
5 9
6 8.
'5 5
1
4 10} '"5 "• 411
".
-6 15 1
,YMOUTIT.
13 1;

New Iron-Butt Hoops.

Do. Stout-Plato Hoops

.. F

Do. Bliteit Plate Hoops

New. Iron Stout Plato
Y4oiips

Wire. Width.
Gauge. In.

Do. Slight Plato Hoops

... 13 ... 11 ..

13 ... 11 ...

... 15 ... 11 ..

New lrou Butt Hoops..

... 11 ... li ..,

... 15 ... 11 ...

- 15 - li ...

6 7
"6 9
6 3
5 11

15
'ORT. -

Quantity.
No.
.. 46,000
.. 87,000

Do. Stout Plate Hoops

44,800
24,455
28,000
8;760
14,562
3,192
2,900
4,840

... 11

13 ... 1}

5,900
/ 5,200
5,000
9,600

One-half of each of the said quantities to bo delivered'
within two months from the date of the acceptance of the.
Tender, and the remainder within two months afterward;
or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
The Staves are to be tendered for at por 100 No., and
the Irvin Hoops at per I,ooolb.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles, but separate tenders must be made for each
port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so
- a
made.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the polvei,
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 articles may be seen at the Victualling-
yards at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
contractors in claiming payment for supplies are to make
out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to
quantities and rates.
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, and at
the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Particular attention is called to the conditions of the
contracts, which may be seen in the said Lobby, and at the
Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
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 wilting.
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 Rouse.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Register of Contracts and Public Securities.