The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 17th February, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
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 of RUM,
to be delivered within three weeks front date of Contract.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Rum.

An the casks, except such as may be required for her
Majesty's service, are 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 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.

The Rum to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and
parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Payment for the Rum 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 impost
mark, and the average strength of each mark Ex to
be stated, and not an average of
.different marks or
strengths a 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 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 Vie 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 tolhis 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 Fon FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD,
VEGETABLES, etc.. port THE ROYAL MARINE IN-
FIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
Rouse, 17th February, 1868.
9111-1 E COMMISSIONERS for executing the
1 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 Ono
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
p u
shall from time to time be rered 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,

SOAP, YELLOW,
VEGETABLES.

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 I 'epartment, 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.
B order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.