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London, England, 1867-09-23 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR PORTER.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, September 6, 1867.
HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
3d October, 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 Majesty's Victualling
Stores, at Deptford, all such quantities of

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PORTER
as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract
for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Calendar Months' warning.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
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, where
the Conditions of the Contract and the regulations re-
specting the drawback may be seen.
No Tender will be received after noon on the day of
treaty; and it will not be required that the party tender-
ing, 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 his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Porter," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering in the
sum of £5OO for the due performance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, August 24, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
111 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
Ist October 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 the undermentioned Ports the
following quantities of
SALT PORK,
all of the cure of the present season, viz.:—Navy Pork.
DEPTFORD ............ 4,800 tierces 4,400 barrels.
HAULBOWLINE 2,400 ~ 2,400 ,'
Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. each, and
each barrel 50 pieces of 41bs. each, instead of the number of
pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels.
The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as
follows, viz.:—One-third of each quantity for each place
by the 15th day of January, 1868 ; another third thereof
by the sth day of March, 1868; and the remainder thereof
by the 30th day of April, 1868 ; or any greater portion, or
the whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party
tendering, and to be paid for by bills at three days after
date, which will be sent to parties as usual.
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.
Every 'render must specify the name of the Person by
whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the
Meat, and the place of cure.
Tenders for Pork of the cure of the United States of
America will not be admitted.
Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a
separate Tender for each Port.
Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for
each surety proposed ' • and they are desired to take special
notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolishe and that
Iron Hoops only will be required for the Cashed, accord-
t
ance with the conditions of the Contract.
A Form of the Tender may be obtained, and the recently
altered conditions of the Contract, to which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen in the Lobby of the Depart-
ment of the Controller oat ictualling,
and Som
Plymouth erset House; at
the Victualling Yards Gosport ;or by
applying to the Agent Victualler at Hat aulbowline ; or to the
Collectors Collectors of her Majesty's Customs Bristol, it
Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary to the
Postmaster-General at Dablin ; or to the Commander con-
ducting the Packet Service at Liverpool.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corn most also of the envelope
the words "Tender for Salt Pork," and
livered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling,
Somerset House.
• The Contractors will have to pay. one-half the amount
of the Stamps on the Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.