The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-28 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR COCOA, TOBACCO, AND WINE-
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 17th February, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for RXECUTING
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-
TRAOT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores, at. Deptford, the undermentioned
articles, viz.:— _ _

To be ten-
Quantities. dered for at
Rates.
COCOA 400,000 lb.
TOBACCO
WHITE WINE 2,000 Gals. per Gallon.
When to be Delivered.—One half of each quantity in thkee
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 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 in accepting the
Tenders.
The Cocoa, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the
Customs' duties, and rarties 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 an 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
the officers.
average quality as the samples tendered and accepted, will
be rejected by
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 on
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, whore
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 require 1 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 Socrestaryof 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.

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

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD,
VEGETABLES, Ac., FOR THE ROYAL MARINE IN-
FIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 17th February, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for executing the
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 One
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
shall from time to time be required 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,
Samples of the Soap, together with the Conhidnaigttihotaonmst.ho
the Contracts, may be seen at the Office of the Director-
Generalru rveyoor fatthtehelnfirmariesMedical Depaartmt wenot,olowriebhyaanpdpley
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,
wAidemhiamuldtyc, Shaotmhearm.
set House, and to the Purveyors atWool-
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 Department, 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,

SOAP, YELLOW
VEGETABLES. ,

--•-By
order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F ftIMAL ta PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITIITION. _

President —Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are oar
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
,whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other-
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them. . _ _

The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.

HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer]
W. a WAINICK, Secretary.
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