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When to be delivered—Half in three weeks, and the re-
mainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by
ths 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 rum 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 ten-
dered 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 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 contract, 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, as 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.

THE AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS.

The population of the island of St. Helena, so
famous from its association with the name of Napo-
leon the Great, is not given in the blue book before
us, but it is stated that the births in the island in
1856 we: 101, the marriages 81, and the. deaths
158. As the deaths had considerably exceeded the
births for three years, it would seem to follow that
the island is being gradually depopulated. There
were 13 schools and 740 scholars. The public in-
come amounted to £18,035, and the public expendi-
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to £17,910. £11,177 accrued to the revenue
establishment
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cost £1,458 ; the judicial department, £2,992 ;
public buildings and roads, £2,133 ; and education,
£495. 331 vessels, of 171,007 tons, entered in-
wards, and 49, of 17,980 tons, cleared outwards.
The imports of 1856 are valued at £101,562, and
the exports at £24,925 ; of the exports whalebone
figures for £BOO, oil for £21,795, and wool for
£3BO. The island contained 1,625 horned cattle,
4,230 sheep,' and 670 goats. Wheat flour cost £3
per barrel of 1961 b ; wheaten bread, 4d per lb ;
horned cattle, £lO to £l5 each ; horses, £l5 to
£4O ; sheep, £1 to £2 ; swine (alive), 8d per lb ;
milk, 3d per quart; fresh butter, 2s 6d per lb;
cheese, 2s per lb ; beef, ls per lb ; mutton the same;
pork, 10d per lb ; rice, 1-44 per lb ; coffee, is per
lb ; tea, 2s 6d per lb ; sugar, 8d per lb ; Cape wine,
6s per gallon ; brandy, 25s per gallon ; beer, is per
bottle ; and tobacco, is per lb. Domestic servants
earned £2 a month, predial 2s a day, and trades 5s
to 6s 6d a day. We now turn to the Gold Coast
Settlement. Here there were 43 schools and 1,534
pupils. The revenue was £12,917, and the expendi-
ture £10,772, including the item of £1,102, as
" stipends" to native chicfs,and £7Ol as compensa-
tion to natives in riots. 105 vessels, of 27,152 tons,
entered inwards. There arc no returns of those
that cleared outwards in the year 1856. The im-
ports are valued at £105,634, and the exports at
£120,999. The exports included gold dust,
£59,360 ; palm oil, £54,471 ; ivory, £1,984 ; gum,
£390 ; Guinea grains, £824 ; and ground nuts,
£2,420. The prices of various kinds of produce
were—lndian corn, ls per basket ; yams,-,d per lb ;
plantains, 2s per dozen; bananas, 3d per dozen ;
palm wine, Id per bottle ; palm oil, 2s 6d per gal-
lon ; sugar cane, la 'per stick ; and pineapples, lid
each. The wages of domestic helps were 10s. per
month, predial the same, and trades 15s. per month.
At Sierra Leone there were 62 schools and 7,903
scholars. The rc enue was £35,601, and the ex-
penditure £34,457. 300 vessels, of 35,555 tons,
entered, and 324, of 38,672 tons, cleared.
The imports were valued at £151,907, and
the exports at £180,384. The exports included
55,0671 b of arrowroot, 9,0101 b of beeswax, 18,004
bushels of benneseed, 449 packs of cotton goods,
1,139,2551 b of ginger, 84,1721 b of gum copal, 226,349
bushels of ground nuts, 1,069,6581 b of hides,lo,B39lb
of ivory, 451,313 gallons of palm oil, and 2,562
loads of ti mber. The rate of wages was for domestic
servants 16s 8d per month, predial 9d per day, and
trades.2s Gd per day. Of Gambia the public income
was £17,375, and the expenditure £14,097. 221
vessels, of 31,938 tons, entered, and 224, of 33,189
tons, cleared. The imports were £108,852, and the
exports £176,577. Among the latter, ground nuts
figured for £130,497, and clean wax for £21,416.
The soil produces Indian corn, millet, beans, sweet
potatoes, pumpkins, ground nuts, cassada, and rice.
There were 180 horses, 360 horned beasts, 110 sheep,
and 200 goatg. Domestic wages (in 1856) were at
the rate of £1 12s per month, predial is per day,
and trades 3s Gd per day.

A FRENCH EXECUTION.

The execution of Parang, lately condemned for
the double crime of violating and then murdering
his own niece, a girl of 16, took place yesterday
morning on the open space in front of the prison of
La Roquette. Both at the trial and ever since, he
constantly denied his guilt, although the evidence
was of the clearest character. He was frequently,
since his condemnation, visited by his wife and
mother, both of whom, particularly the latter, im-
plored him to pay attention to the exhortations of
the chaplain, the Abb6 Hugon. The prisoner always
received the reverend gentleman with satisfaction,
but always maintained that his condemnation was
a judicial mistake. " Que voulez-vous ?" he was
accustomed to say, " I'm now going to be punished
for others' bad conduct. If I had not been formerly
condemned for other things I should not now be
here." When the chaplain yesterday morning en-
tered Parang's cell he found him in bed, but awake.
The prisoner said quietly, "I have heard a good
deal of noise during the night ; I presume that it is
for to-day." The chaplain having admitted that
such was the case the prisoner rose, and with the aid
of the turnkeys dressed himself, saying to one of
them, " I shall ascend the scaffold bravely, for I
have nothing to reproach myself with." Ile then
remained about a quarter of an hour in the cell
alone with the chaplain. Immediately after, M.
Bonnyfoy, the examining magistrate, presented
himself, and implored the prisoner to make an
avowal of his crime, but without effect. In pro-
ceeding to the room where the last toilette was to
be made, the prisoner entered the chapel for a few
minutes, accompanied by the chaplain, and prayed
with apparent fervour. In coming out he expressed
regret that in consequence of the building being
under repair it was impossible for him to hear
mass before he died. On arriving at the room
where the executioner's men were waiting for him,
one of these latter proceeded to cut off his hair
sthhuatdde
snakes me
short behind, as is usual on such occasions. On
the steel of the scissors touching Parang's neck, he
immediately
tremble,
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any
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feeling o
the co ldf
fear." Shortly after, the
executioner led the way,
and the prisoner proceeded
to the place of execu-
tion. In going
through the gate he saluted the
turnkeys, and after he
had
passed outside he
saluted the p rsons bowing present, ' his head to
the right and the left. He ascended the steps
firmly, and kneeling down on the ff ld sea o , prayed
for a few seconds. He then kissed the crucifix and
delivered himself up to the executioners. In a
moment after he had ceased to liTe.— Galignani.