The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-11
NAVY SUPPLIES.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

March Is, iS4A.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
- Proposals for Navy supplies, will be received al
inns Bureau until O'Clock, r. NJ, on Monday the
"a DAY April next for furnishing and delivering al
inc United States Navy Yards al Charlestown, Mass
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Gosport, Va, such quantities
oi The following articles may be required or or
dered from the Contractors by the Chei of the Blu
reau OF Provisions and Clothing, by the respective
commanding officers Of the said Navy Yards during
the fiscal year ending June 30 lS45 for the use OF
the Navy OF the United States, viz:
Flour, Biscuit, Whisky, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa,
Butter, Molasses Beans Vinegar Pickles, Raisins,
dried Apples, and Tobacco.
The said Flour shall be of the manufacture OF
wheat grown IN the year l643, or 1874, perfectly
sweet, and in all respects of the best quality and
when required for shipment abroad, shall be fully
equal 10 the best description Of Richmond Flour, in
all the qualities essential TO it's preservation in tropi-
cal climates; and shall be delivered in good, sound
bright barrels, with lining hoops at each head, and
in good shipping ORDER free of all charge to the United
States.
The sand Biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet
superhne hour OF the manufacture of the year lS43
or lo44 and shall be fully equal in quality and con-
form in size, to the samples which are now lodged in
the said Navy Yards: Shall be thoroughly kiln dried
well packed and delivered free of charge to the United
States In good sound, well dried, bright -four bar
rels, with the heads well secured; in tight whisky
or spirit casks or barrels, when required.
The said Whisky shall be made wholly from grain,
OF which at least twothrd parts shall be ryeshali
be copper distilled and full first proof according to
the United States Custom House standard-t shall be
delivered IN good, sound, bright, well hoped white
oak barrels, with white oak heads, and each barrel
shall, when required, be coopered with four good and
sufficient iron hoops and the whole shall be put in
good shipping ORDER free of all charge to the United
States.
The Sugar shall be equal to the best Havana brown
TIE Tea shall be of good quality, Young Hyson,
equal to samples at said Navy Yards.
The Coffee shall be equal TO the best Cuba Coffee.
The Cocoa shall be perfectly clean and sound, two
third parts to be equal quality to the best Para and
ne-third part equal in quality to the best Caracas
The Butter shall be of first quality table Butter,
worked clear of all fluids, and be delivered in sea-
The Molasses shall be the best quality New Or
leans Molasses and the casks shall be thoroughly
coopered and placed in the best shipping condition.
The Vinegar shall be of first quality, Cider Vine
gar and when required for shipment, shall he tho
roughly coopered, and placed in the best shipping
The Beans shall be sound and good, and when re-
CURED for shipment, shall be delivered in tight spirit
or whisky casks, air and water proof
The Raislns shall be best quality bunch Raisins ;
and when required for shipment, shall be delivered in
good strong, substantial boxes.
The Dried Apples shall be of approved quality ;
and when required for shipment, they shall be dey
cred in tight spirit casks whisky barrels or half
barrels.
The Pickles shall be put in kegs not exceeding ff-
teen gallons each the kegs be of seasoned white
oak or hite ash and when required for shipment
they shall be delivered in strong salt brine or vine
gar, may be required
The Tobacco shall be equal in quality to the sam.
piles at the said Navy Yards none Of it shall be man
ufactured during the winter months all shall have
undergone natural sweat, and be branded with the
name OF the manufacturer year when, and the place
where II was manufactured and be delivered in
strong boxes containing about fifty and one hundred
pounds each.
All the foregoing described articles shall be sub
ect to such inspection the Chief Of the Bureau Of
Provisions and Clothing may direct and be in all
poets perfectly satisfactory to the Inspecting Officer
said Officer to be appointed by the Navy Depart
ment All inspections to be at the place Of delivery.
Biscuit may, however, il il be the with Of the Con
tractor be inspected at the place Of manufacture
10 its quality but will be subject to inspection as TO
it, condition, at the place of delivery.
The quantity Of these articles, which will be
CURED, cannot be precisely stated-they will proba
bly, be about