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

CONTRACTS FOR COCOA, TOBACCO, AND WINE.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset Housp, 17th February, 1868.
THE COMMISSIciIsTERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 2d
March next, 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, the undermentioned
articles, viz.:—

To be ten-
Quantities. dered for at
Rates.
TOBACCO
COCOA 400,000 lb. } Der 100 lb.
...... -
WHITE WINE 2,000 Gals. per Gallon.
When to be Delivered.—One half of each quantity in three
weeks from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof
in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the
party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles.

Separate Tenders are to be made for each article.
Their Lordehips reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the
or fee a e'ogrrfeoarter suchq u
apnatrittyt,hoerr thereof f
noton only as
for any, and as they may deem fit,
also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
The Cocoa, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the
Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Each Tender for Cocoa must specify the mark and land-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im-
ported, and the country or place of their growth or pro-
duce, and au average sample (not less than 21b. for each
import mark) must be produced by the parties tendering,
and not an average of different marks or several imports,
and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or
average quality as the samples tendered and accepted, will
be rejected by the officers.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its
growth or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of
each cask or package must be produced by the parties ten-
dering ; and any cask or package that is found not be of
the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered
and accepted, will be rejected by the officers.
Samples of the Wine (two pints) for each import mark
must be produced by the parties tendering.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and
Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed
Form provided for the purpose,.which may be obtained oa
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contracts 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 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 to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Seertearyof the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for ;" and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House. a
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.