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London, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset house,
ay 2, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY,
the Ist Juno next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying (under separate Contracts) all
such quantities of
FRESH OX BEEF

as may be demanded for the use of her Mijesty's Ships
and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to
the 31st December, 1863, both days included, viz.:
ENGLAND, dc.

Bea-wick
Cowes
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the
Downs
Dover
Exmouth
Falmouth
Fleetwood
Fowey
Gravesend
Greenhithe
Harwich
Holyhead
Hull,llawkeßoads,
and in the Hum-
ber

Jersey and Guern-1

sey
Littlehampton
Liverpool
London Bridge to
Woolwich, in-
clusive
Lymington
biiltord Haven.
Pembroke and
Pater
N ethAy
New haven
North Shields
Penzance

SCOTLAND.

Aberdeen Greenock
Ardrishaig Leith, Leith Roads,
G ranton & Frith of Forth

Ban t ry
Bulfast

Bancroft* (Lough
Srvilly)
Castiotownsend

ERELAND.
Konmaro
Kilrush

Killibegs
Kingstown anti
Dublin

Portland and Port-
land Roads
Plymouth (Oxen)
Portsmouth (do.)
Sheerness (do.)
Ramsgate'
Scilly •
Southampton
Swansea
Torquay
Weymouth
Wivenhoe
Yarmouth (North)

Queensferry

Qtieenstown and

Kineale
Rxtlimullen
Valontia
%Vaterfonl
Westport

Crookhaven Lough Foyle
Foynes Mill Cove (Bore-
Galwayhaven)
N.B.—The Contractors are to supply good, fat, well-fed
Ox Beef, as NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted.
Tho Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves au unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Particular attention is called to the revised coniitions
of the Sheerness Contract, which is to include supplies to
all ships and vessels between Chatham and the Great
More, both inclusive; also the Naval Barracks at Sheer-
ness. -

'Parties Tendering for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and
Sheerness, are to specify in their Tenders a rate per 100
lbs. for live Oxen, delivered in the usual manner; and also
a rate per 100 lbs. for fresh Ox Beef, delivered in the car-
case, should the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
think proper to demand tho Beef to be delivered in the car-
case, instead of live Oxen, during any period of the con-
tract ; and no attention will be paid to any offers not so

made.
Separate Tenders must be made for each Port. and at a
rate per 1001bs.' and no attention will be paid to any offers
not so made. Contractors, in claimintr, payment for the
supplies of Beef, are to make out their Invoices in Pounds
at per 1001bs.
The Cattle for Falmouth to be slaughtered on the spot,
and the Cattle for Portland to be slaughtered not farther
from that port than Weymouth ; the Contractors for
Portland and Dartmouth are also to deliver the Meat on
board H. M.'s. ships and vessels.
The Contractor for Gravesend is to be a resident there.
The Contractor for Portland and Weymouth is to re-
side at Weymouth.
The Contractor for any of the other places is to reside
on the spot, or to have an Agent resident there, whose
name and address must be given on the Tender.
Conditions of. the Contracts may be seen in the Lobby
of the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, W.C. ; or by applying to the Super-
intendents of the Victualling Establishments at Deptford,
Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her Ma-
jesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, and
Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling-at Haulbowline ;
the Officers conducting the Packet Service at Dover, Liver-
pool, and Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-
General, Dublin; to the Collectors of her Majesty's Gus-
toms at _ _

Aberdeen
Belfast
Berwick

Cowes

Greenock
Harwich
Hull

Jersey & Guernsey

Scilly
Shields

Dartmouth

Londonderry

(for

Swansea
Waterford
Westport
Wexford
Weymouth
Yarmouth

Falmouth Lough FOyle)
Fleetwood Newhaven •
Fowey Penzance
Galway Ramsgate
And to the postmasters at each of the other places.
Forms of Tender may also be obtained on application
a: the Lobby of the Department above mentioned, or to
the proper officer at either of the above places.
No tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose; but it will not be
necessary that the party tendering or an agent appointed
by him should attend at this Office, 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 delivered at the Department of
the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House,
and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for
the due performance of each of the Contracts for Sheer-
ness, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Queenstown and
Kinsale ; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other
Contracts.

The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps
on their Contracts and Bonds.

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