The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM,

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services, Somerset-house,
25th May, 1859.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the
2d June next, at Half- past One o'clock. they will be ready
to treat with such Persons as may be swilling to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned article, viz. :
RUM lOO,OOO gallons.
' When to be delivered—Half in fourteen days, and the re
mainder in fourteen days afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Rum.

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.
The Ruin to be exempted from the Customs' duties,
and parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import
mark, and the average strength of each mark ex

to be stated, and not an average of different marks or
strengths of several imports, and any parcel of Rum that is
found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength
of the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the
officers.

The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac-
cepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately
after the Contract has been decided.

No tender will be received unless made on the printed form
provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said office, or to the Officer conducting the
Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs
at Bristol.

The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular
attention is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liver-
pool and Bristol.
No tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock 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, ft# the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and 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 " Ten-
der for Rum," and must also be delivered at Somerset-
house.

DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA
CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest
amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening
delicate persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs,
chest, or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious
breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa-
thic preparation, and may be eaten either alone or mixed with
Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to
rear Infants with. In 'Pins at ls. 6d ; 11b., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ;
51b., 12s. ; 121 b., 265. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, on
receipt of Post-office order. Du. Barry and Co., 77, Regent-
street, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists.