The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-09
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior,
WAsHINeroN, May IA, 1858.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the Sta
~ tionery of this Department during the fiscal
year ending Both June, 1854, will be received
I'll 3 O'Clock p. m. on the 18th day Of June next.
Those unaccompanied by satisfactory testimonials
of ability to fulfil contract will not be consid-
cred.
Al the articles must be Of the pery best qualify,
samples OF which must accompany the bids; and
the Department reserves the right to retain sui
samples and pay for the same at the prices stated
in the offer, or to return them at its option.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and must specify price, and
but price, for each and every article named
in the schedule. Should articles be required not
enumerated, they are to be furnished at the low
est market prices, according to quality. Blank
forms for proposals will be furnished at the De-
partment to persons applying foe them; and as,
without uniformity therein, the Department
would find 1t difficult to make decision, none
will be taken into consideration unless subsanti-
ally agreeing herewith.
All the articles TO be furnished and delivered
without delay when ordered, and to the satisfac-
tion of the head of the office for which they
required
The Department reserves the right of ordering
a greater or less quantity of each and every
ticle contracted for as the public service may
require.
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by
the person persons contracting; and in CAGE Of
a failure to supply the articles, the contractor
and his surcties shall be liable for the forfeiture
specified in such bond hquidated damages.
The subjoined list specifies as nearly as now
can be done, the quantity and description of the
articles that will be wanted.
STATIONERY.
Writing paper, made of linen, laid wove,
white or blue
Is reams folio post, satin or plain finch, faint
lined, and trimmed, to weigh not less
than II lbs. per ream
80 reams foolscap, hand made, faint lined, and
trimmed, to weigh not less than IL lbs
per
10 rsams foolscap, plain machine, faint lined ,
and trimmed, to weigh not less than IL
lbs per
10 reams foolscap, blue laid, hand made, faint
lined, garden pattern, commonly known
as despatch or consular paper, to weigh
not less than 10 lbs per ream
$50 reams quarto post, hand made, plain, faint
lined three sides, per ream
l25 reams quarto post, machine, plain faint
lined three sides, per ream
reans quarto post, hand made, plain, faint
lined four sides. per ream
reams quarto post French, faint lined three
sides, per ream
Is reams note paper, gilt, per rcam, large size
do do plain, do do do
10 do do gilt do do small size
do royal paper, for books
do medium paper, for books
40 do copying do do
100 do envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal,
per ream
so do envelope paper, fiat cap, white or
blue per ream
10 do large brown envelope, per ream
30 do blottiug paper, royal do
% dozen patent blotting paper
20 sheets drawing paper, antiquarian, per
sheet
25 do drawing paper, double elephant, per
sheet
so do drawing paper, elephant, per sheet
so do tracing paper, largest size French,
per sheet
"a do drawing paper, royal, per sheet
5000 binders boards, 8. by 0s inches, per 900
$50 dozen cards ferry's Sest metallic pens, per
dozen cards
$50 dozen cards of all other manufacture in use,
per dozen cards
40 gross metallic pens, per gross
$4,000 quilts, No so, per thousand
10 dozen ever-Pointed pencils, silver, per
dozen
10 dozen eyer-pointed silver desk pencils with
rosewood handles, per dozen
10 gross of leads for ever-pointed pencils,
assorted sizes, per gross
rs dozen Contee's best black lead-pencils
graduated
100 do Monroe's or other manufactured
pencils, graduated
10 do rcd lead pencils, per dozen
do drawing pencils, assorted
20 do folders, ivory, 9-inch, per dozen
600 do red linen tape, assorted, per dozen
90 do silk taste, assorted colors aud widths,
in hanks, per dozen
do pounce boxes, of ivory, per dozen
10 do do do cocoa do
40 90 paper weights, assorted do
do quarto portfolios, with locks, per
dozen
do cap portfolios with locks per dozen
do do do without lock
do best gold pens, with silver cases, per
dozen
IL do sand-boxes of cocoa, per dozen
10 do do tin, do
Is do wafer stands boxes, cocoa, per
dozen
25 do erasers, Rodgers Sons, ivory ham
dies, per dozen, genuine
80 do penknives, Rodgers & Sons, blades,
buck-ho handles, per dozen, gen.
uine
10 do penknives Abbott's American, four
blade, buck horn handles, per dozen,
genuine
do desk knives, Rodgers & Sons,
blade. ivory handle, per dozen,
genuine
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, per
dozen
5 do wafer stamps, lignumvitn handles,
per dozen
do Office shears, IL inches, per dozen
do office scissors, per dozen
IL do ipkstands cut 50, recently invented
foun ain, movable tops, per dozen
do iukstands, cast iron, large, double
do do do do single
do French pump china inkstands
lo gallons ink, black, Maynard Noyes, per
gallon
600 bottles ink, black, Maynard & Noyes, in
bottles, per quart
10 quarts ink, red. per quart
10 bottles of ink, black, Cooper & Philips, or
or equal, per quart bottle
80 bottles ink, blue, Stephens's. per quart bot
800 bottles ink, red, Arnold's,. equal, in
pint bottles, per bottle ....r.