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London, England, 1868-03-25 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR PIG IRON.

Coutract Department, Admiralty,
Somersetßouse, March 23, 1.868.
TIDE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND Hereby Give Notice that, on TUESDAY, the
7th of April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to
treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering into store at her Majesty's
several dockyards

600 Tons of Soft Melting PIG IRON,
according to a distribution which, with a form of the
tender and conditions of contract, may be seen in the lobby
of . the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty.
'Somer,et House.

No. tender will ba received after Two o'clock on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends,
or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tmder must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and boar in the left-hand corner the words,
"Tender for Pig Iron," an :1 must also be delivered at the
Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter, signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
person tendering in the sum of £25 per Cent. on the value,
for the due performance of thy, contract.

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

CONTRACT FOR TOBACCO.
Contract Dapartmaqt, Admiralty,
Somerset House, March 24, 1868.
rriliE -COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
tht OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do Hereby Give Notice that, 3a TUESDAY, the
31st inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will bo ready to
treat with.such persons as may bo willing to CONTRACT
for supplying and deliverieg into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford the undermentioned article, viz.:—

. - -
• To be Tendered for
Quantities. at Rates.
TOBACCO 50,000 Pounds per 100 Pounds.
One half to be delivered in tliree weeks from date of
Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks after-
wards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Tobacc

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the tenders are opened, of contracting ei; her 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 Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs' Duties,
and parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its
growth or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of each
cask or package must be produced by the parties tendering;
and any cask or package that is found not to be of the same
mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered and ac-
cepted, will be rejected by the officers.
No tenders will be received union made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
the contractor in claiming payment is to make out his in-
voice in accordance therewith.

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, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No 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 its behalf should attend at
the office the day of contract, as the re.ult of the offer re-
ceived from each parson will be communicated to him and
to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before,
the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
Tender for Tobacco," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of the Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

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

CONTRACTS FOR VINEGAR AND SOAP.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 24th March, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDON of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give notice, that. on THURSDAY, the
2d April 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 Deptford the undermentioned
Articles, viz. :
Quantities. To be Tendered for
Rates
VINEGAR 20,000 Gallons per lat
00 Ga.
lls.
SOAP 300,000 Pounds „ Pounds.
When to be Delivered.— One-half in One Calendar Month
from date of Contract, and the remainder in One Calen-
dar Month 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 lit,
or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any,
and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
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 be ac-
cepted, and the Vinegar tendered is to be of No. 20 trade
denomination. The casks will be supplied by the officers,
but are to be eent for and returned to the Victualling
Stores when tilled by and at the expense of the Con-
tractor.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar) must be pro-
duced by the parties tendering.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and
Contractors in claiming payment of Articles supplied are
Ito make out their invoices in accordance therewith.
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 Control-
ler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the
Conditions of the Contracts may be seen.
No 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 to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be remov. d.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary cf the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for p," and must also be delivered at the Depart-
ment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset
House.

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