The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-15 00:00:00

!FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

When filledup tci.); lodged, with a deposit of .£1 per
Share, at the Union Bank of London.

CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, TOBACCO, AND PORT
WINE.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 6th August, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD lIIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDUM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice. that on Thursday, the 20th
instant, at T welve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to
treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering hate her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz :
To be ten-
' Quantities. dered
toi,at rates
SUGAR 500,000 Pounds per 100
TOBACCO lOO,OOO , f Pounds
PORT WINE 2,000 Gallons per Gal.
When to be Delivered. _ _ _

One half of each quantity in three weeks from date of
Contract, and the remainder thereof in throe weeks after-
wards, 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 Sugar, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the
Customs' Duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and laud-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im-
ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce ;
and an average sample (not less than 21b for each import
mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not
an average of different marks or several imports ; and any
parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average
quality as the samples tendered and accepted will bo re-
jected by the officers.
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.
Samples of the Wino (two pints) for each import mark
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troller of Victualling, Admiralty, somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contracts may be seen.
day o f
tenderingt treaty toyr ;
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at
and it will not be required
an agent on his behalf should
attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result
that Noont
boen the
party
of the offer received from each person will be communi-
cated to him and to his Proposed sureties in writing,
when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be re-
moved.
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, Admiralty,
Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts
and Public Securities.

CONTRACT FOR VEGETABLES AT PORTS-
MOUTH-.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, July 31, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
*UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
with
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they will
VEGETABLES
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CONTRACT
Augustad v to next,
treat
for supplying
and delivering into h
as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels from Ist October, 1868, to the 30th Septem-
ber, 1871, both days included.
The Contractor is to reside on the spot or to have an
agent resident there.
Tenders are to be made at a rate per 1001 b., and not at
per cwt, and no attention will be paid to offers not so
made. The Contractor, in claiming payment for vege-
table supplied, is to make out his invoices in pounds at per
100 lb.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited
the Tenders. Power of selection in accepting

No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
applioation in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and
also by applying to the Captain Superintendent of her
Majesty's Victualling Yard at Gosport. The conditions
of the Contract may also be seen at the above places.
'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.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Vegetables at Gosport," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two respon-
sible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance
of the Contract.

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

li/LETR 0 P OLITAN RAILWAY.
GR EAT REDUCTION OF FARES

BETWEEN THE
ST. JOHN'S-WOOD RAILWAY AND THE CITY.
ON AND AFTER THE 17TH INSTANT TIIE FARES FROH
SWISS COTTAGE, MARLBORO'-ROAD,I To tho CITY,
and ST. JOHN'z-WOOD-ROAD.
will be—

Ist Class. 21 Class. 3d Class,
•
Single Journey Os. Bd. ... Os. Gd. ... Cs. 4d.
Return Journey
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.
August 12, 1839.

IIOUNSLOW AND ME FROPOLITAN
RAILWAY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next ORDINARY
HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the
HOUNSLOW and METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. COMPANY
will be held at No. 110, Cannon-street, in the City of London, on
MONDAY, the 31st day of August instant, at Twelve o'clock
noon precisely, for the purpose of the ordinary business of the
Company.

August 14, 1868.

CHARLES ELEY, Secretary.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
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Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC Sssmi, K.H., F.B.S.
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Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
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The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
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Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000
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-Third Class
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railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class,
285 fr.