The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR PLATE GLASS.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
• House, May 6, 1868.
COMMISSIONERS .for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
TTNITED KI.NGDO3I of GREAT BRI CAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
26ith instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to OONTRAGT for
supplying and delivering into Store, at her Majesty's
several Dockyards, all such quantities of

PLATE GLASS .
as may from time to time b ordered under a Contract for
twelfe months certain, and further until the expiration of
three months' warning.
The average annual expenditure for the last throe years
may be ascertal.ued, and a Form of the Tender, a Schedule
of the Articles, and Conditions of Contract may be obtained
at the above Department.
No Tender will. be received after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any he noticed unless the party
attends, or an agent( or him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
"Tender for Plato Glass,'' and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,Somer-
set_House, accompanied by- a letter signed by two respon-
sible persons, engaging to become bound- with the person
tendering in the sum of £1,030 for.the due performance A f
the Contract. --
. _

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

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somersot House,
May 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 June next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will
be rea 'y 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' liajesty's Ships
and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to
he 31st December, 1868, both days included, viz.:
ENGLAND, &c.
Jersey and Guern-
sey
Littlehampton
Liverpool
Ldpdon Bridge to
..elusive,
,Lytaington
-11a-Ven,
J'imbrolce
Pater.
- '
Newliaven
'North 'Shields
Penzanee

Berwick
Cowes
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the
Down •
Dovei*
Exmouth
Falmouth
'Fleetty'ond
FoweAr
firavesend
.Gteinhithe
Harwich
golyhead '
Hull,Hawkeßoads,
and in the Hum-
bar

Portland and Port-
land Roads
Plymouth (Oxen)
Portsmouth (do.)
Sheorness (dp.)
Rigns4ate • .
SeglT`
Si4harapton"
wansea ,
,TOrguay--
Weyinouttt
WiV,en hoe-

`Ygrilloutla (North)

SCOTLAND.

Greenock
Leith. Leith Roads,
& Frith of Forth
IRELAND.
Bantry Kenmare
Belfast I Kilrush
Buncratia (Lough Killibegs
Swilly) Kingstown and
Castletownsend Dublin
Crookhaven Lough Foyle

Aberdeen
Ardrishaig

Queansforry

Granton

Queenstown and

Kiusalo
Rathmullen
Valentia
Waterford
Westport

Foynes Mill-Cove (Bare-1
G al way haven)
N.B.—The Contractors are to supply good, fat, well-fed
Ox Beef, as NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Particular attention is called to the revised conlitions
of the' Sheerness Contract, which is to include supplies to •
all ships and vessels between Chatham and the Great
Nora, 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 the Beef to be delivered in the cal-
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 off-rs
not so made. Contractors, in claiming 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 Weymauth; the Contractors for
Portland and Dartmouth are also to deliver tile 31e t ou
board IL NI .'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.
Thq-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 Ten&r.
No tender will ke received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of Tratty, nor any noticed unless .9:rade 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 :um of £3OO for each of the other
Contracts.
Conditions of the Contracts may be seen in theAzobby
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-
testy's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, and
Pembroke; the Agent for the Victualling at Ilaulbo reline ;
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 Scilly
Belfast Shields
Berwick Swansea
Cowes I Waterford
Dartmouth I Westport
Falmouth Wexford
Fleetwood Weymouth
Fowey Yarmouth
Galway
And to the posti
Forms of Tender
at the Lobby of thi
the proper officer at
The Contractors
on their Contracts !
By Order,
Regisi

Greenock
Harwich
Hull
Jersey & Guernsey
Londonderry. . (for.
Lough Foyle)
Newhaven
Penzance
Ramsgate
aasters at each of the other places.
c may also be obtained on application
Le Department above mentioned or to
t either of the above places.
to pay half the amount of the Stamps
and Bonds.

ANTONIO BRADY,
,rar of Contracts and Public Securities.