The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-30 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR VINEGAR, SPLIT PEAS,
RAISINS, AND TEA.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 26th October, 1867.
ril-IHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUIING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
sth November next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may bo willing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her 'Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned
Articles, viz. :

To be tendered for
Quantities. at rates.
VINEGAR 20,000 gallons per 100 galls.
When to be clelivered.—lrralf in" one calendar month
from date of contract, and tho remainder in one calendar,
month afterwards. Or earlier if preferred by the party
tendering.

To be tendered for
Quantities at rates.
SPLIT PEAS 5,000 imperial bush. per 100 galls.
RAISINS 50,000 pounds per 100 pounds.
TEA .....100,000 pounds per pound.
When to bo delivered. —One half of each in three weeks
from the 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 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.
The Raisins and Tea to be exempted from the Customs
duties, and parties tendering are to state where they aro
lyi Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a quart) which
the parties tendering may purpose to supply must accom-
pany their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to be
made in accordance with the samples which may bo ac-
cepted, and the Vinegar tendered is to be of No. 20 trade
denomination. The casks in which the Vinegar is to be
supplied will be furnished by the Government, but are to
be sent for and returned when filled by the contractor.
Samples of the Split Peas (not less than two quarts),
and of the Raisins (not loss than 31b), must be produced
by the parties tendering.
Each Tender for Tea must specify the import mark and
number of each parcel, the ship in which imported, the
dook or warehouse where lying, and must be accompanied
by an average sample (not less than 21b.) of each parcel.
Tenders failing in any of these conditions will not be en-
tertained.

The samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
not accepted aro 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 for articles supplied aro
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates, excepting those for Peas, which
are to be in gallons at per 100 gallons.
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 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 Ten-
der will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the
day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party ten-
dering, 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 writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and boar in the loft-hand corner the words,
"Tender, ," and must also be delivered at the
Department of tho Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

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