The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-15 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS FOR SEAMEN'S

CLOTHING.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House,
March 12, 1867.

THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
11 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND DO HEREBY GIVE. NOTICE, That on MON-
DAY, the Ist April next, at twelve o'clock at noon, they
will be ready to treat with such persons as may he willing
to CONTRA.CT for Supplying and Delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermen-
tioned article; viz.:--
Quantities.
142 Inches wide ... ... 6,500 Yards.
140 do. 17,500

.osson 36 do.
j3O (10.

127 do.
Black Verona Serge
Royal Canvas
Padding Cloth
White Calico
- Tape

35,000
17,000
_„

Stay

'ooo' ~
3.500
. 3,000 ~
▪ 11. 500 ~
• ... 4,000 „

..
••• ••• 33 000
-• .__,___ vl

White Tape, half-inch ... 436,000
Osnaburgh , ▪
... 7,500 ~
Linen 4,000 „
Black Silk Twist ▪ .
... 52,000 „
Blue Worsted Tape 185,009 „
White Dutch Tape .„ • 36,000 Pieces
Raven Sewing Silk 52,000 Skeins
White Thread ▪
.„ 2,200 Lb.
Whited Brown Thread. ... 1,800 „
Black Thread ... 1,200 „
Blue Worsted ... 5,000 „
Sewing Cotton ...
••• •• ••• 200
Buttons, Stained Bone 5,300 Gross
Do. White Metal, Large 12,000 -
Do. do. Small ... 3,500 ~„
Do. - Crown and Anchor, Middling 400 „
Do. do Small 150 „
Linen Thread for Shirts (Reels of
750 }
7,500 Reels
To be Y
deliveredard
within
four calendar months from the
each)
date of the acceptance of the Tender.
Yards

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 fora
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the tenders.
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 tho Department of the Control-
ler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and at the
Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above
quantities.
Separate tenders must be made for each article, as none
will lie entertained unless so made.

Samples of the articles may be seen in the Lobby above
mentioned, between the hours of ten and two only ; and
also at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Particular attention is called to thorevised conditions of
the Contracts (especially as regards the penalty for non-
delivery in time), which may also be seen in the said
Lobby, as well as at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and
Plymouth.
o 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 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 ," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset
House.

The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on their contracts and bonds.
By Order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.