The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1868.`1,:

METROPOLITAN AND ST. . JOHN'S-
WOOD RAILWAY.

This Lino IS NOW OPENED for TRAFFIC.
MYLES FENTON, General Manager.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS-
ATLANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS,
CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC,
AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeh upe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco; China, and Japan.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO."
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each: month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago do Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
NEW YORK •
—Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New
York.
From HAVRE.—ApriI 9th and 23d, May 7th and 21sr,
June 4th and 18th, July 2d and 16th;
From BREST —March 28th, April 11th and 25th, May
9th and 23d, June 6th and 20th, July 4th and 18th.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From HAYRE or BREST to NEW YORK. •
First Class
700 Inc Cabin.,
Second Class
Third Class 275 fr.
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, includ-
ing railway ticket, 8501 r. and 725 fr., according to cabin ;
second class, 440 fr.; third class, 285 fr.
Hand-books, with full details of all the routes of this
Company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, D.C.

CONTRACT FOR VULCANISED INDIA RUBBER,

&c.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, April 9, 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 TUESDAY, the
28th instant, 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, all such quantities of

VULCANISED INDIA .RUBBER, and PACKING, and
TUBING,
as may from time to time be ordered under a Contract for
twelve months certain, and further until the expiration of
three months' warning.
The average annual expenditure for the last three years
may be ascertained, Patterns of the Articles m-ty be seen
and a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract may
be obtained at the above Department.
No Tender will be 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 Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
"Tender for Vulcanised India Rubber, &c.," and must also
be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General,
Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed
by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due per-
formance of the Contract.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

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