The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS-
ATLA TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris.

NEW YORK, via lIAVRE and BREST.
The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol
lows:—
. NAPOLEO II Paddle
VILLE DE PARIS Screw
PEREIRE Screw
ST. LAtat E A T Screw
EUROPE Paddle
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, .£33 0 0
~ 24 class, 17 0 0
3d class, 14 0 0
Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
8 Austinfriars, E.C.

DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)-
Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have
been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the

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"EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,"
and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli-
cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. Gd.
upwards. Family Tea, 25.: in half-chests, Is. 10d. Tea for the
million, ls. Id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great
St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street.

CONTRACT FOR RUM.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 17th February, 1864.
1111 HE CONIMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
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 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, are to be taken away from the said stores
by and at the expense of the party whose Tender is ac-
cepted.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders aro oponot 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 bo 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 cf 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 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.