The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-21 00:00:00

Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Princo of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEIICII, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co, ;
Hurries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernors-street i and at
the UeoPital trom 10 till 5.

31UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCiATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament,
14. RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LOSDON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills
of Sale, Free-
hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three Tears, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
• EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR RUM'.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 17th February, 1868.
COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN- and Int,
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
27th inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford
50,000 Gallons cf RUM,
to be delivered within three weeks from date of Contract.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Rum.

All the casks, except such as may be required for her
Majesty's service, hre to be taken away from the said stores
by and at the expanse of the party whose Tender is ac-
cepted.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders aro 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.
Payment for the Ruin will be made for the proof gallons
to one-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer-
tained to the half gallon.

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 re-
jected by the officers,
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may bo 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 bo required
that t'le party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should
attend at the office on the day dcontract, 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 removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the De-
partment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

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

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD,
VEGETABLES, &c., FOR THE ROYAL MARINE IN-
FIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 17th February, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for executing the
Office of Lord High Admiral of the United King-
dcm of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby Give Notice
that on THURSDAY, sth March next, at Half-past One
o'clock, they will be ready, at the Office of the Director-
General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Somerset
House, in London, to treat with such persons as may be
willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of all such
quantities of all or any of the following ARTICLES as
shall from time to time be required for the use of either
one or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich
and Chatham, from the first day of April next to the 31st
day of March, 1869, viz.:—
BEEF and MUTTON,
BREAD,
MILK,
Samples of the Soap, together with the Conditions of
the Contracts, may be seen at the Office of the Director-
General of the Medical Department, or by applying to the
Purveyor at the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Medical Department,
Admiralty, Somerset House, and to the Purveyors atWool-
wich and Chatham.
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 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 ," and must also be delivered at the
Medical Department, Somerset House, accompanied by a
letter, signed by a responsible person, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for
the due performance of the Contracts for Beef and Mutton,
for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of £5O for
each of the other Contracts.

SOAP, YELLOW,
VEGETABLES.

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

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