The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-23
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 90 1858
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re.
~ ceived at the Office of the Secretary of the Navy
untll three O'Clock p, m. of Tuesday the 2sth Of
June next, for furnishing all the stationery and ex-
&c an the binding that may be required by
Tue navy Department and lis several bureaus for
the year commencing the lst of july 1853. and
ending on the 30th of June, 1854.
All the articles furnished and work executed
must De OF the best quality delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the satisfaction OF the
head of the Office for which thew are required
lfit be required, each bidder for stationery mpst
furnish with his proposal a sample of each article
bid for
To insure uniformity in the proposals. blank
forms will be furnished to those disposed to bid
AND no bid Will be considered which does not fully
CONFORM 10 the advertisement, and in which each
and every article is not bid for and in which more
than one price is named for any one article
Bonds IN sufficient amount, with two or more
approved sureties for the faithful execution of the
contract will be required of the person or persons
contracting The authorized names of the sureties
that Will be given, as also satisfactory testimonials
10 fulfil the contract, must accom- pany the bid;
otherwise, it will not be considered.
The Department reserves to itself the right of
ordering a greater less quantity of each and
every article contracted for, as the public service
may require.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, it is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
flirting Paper, of Linen Stock
realms folio post, blue or white. satin finish,
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
II pounds per ream per ream
5 do heavy blue laid despatch cap. hand
made, stop ruled: weighing is pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing - pounds per
10 do Owen & Hurlburt's wove foolscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man
ufacture OF equal quality per ream
III do first class, hand made quarto post,
wove or laid, blue white, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
~ do Platner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress 4to
post ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
s. pounds per ream per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
royal fiat. weighing "a pounds per
ream per rean
4 do best sup. roy. writing paper do '''''
do best French 4to post ruled do
Go note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue per, foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, ID by Is
inches, per sheet
8 reams blottng paper, royal, per ream
81 quifes patent plotting paper, medium, per
qure
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Tur-
key Mills" from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 900
l,500 do do note size do
. 500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes So nv
inches, per 200
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes. 81 by 80
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 81
inches, per $50
1000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
official size per 200
5000 best buff envelopes, Government natfern
letter size, per 900
6,0G0 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 1000
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of select
lag from all the different kinds manufac.
tured, English or American, per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted. per card
do engineers pens, do
do photographic pens, do
% gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts Princes record and copying Ink
10 m IN po,tles' per quart
ink, in bottles, do
Sc do best London copying ink
Arnods or Terry's, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guvott & O. > .
superane carmine. per bottle
zoe swan quills, best quality, per 100
i,uOo quiiis, No. 81. opaque clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quills, do
Is dosen red tape, No Is to 25, per dozen
6 do silk taste, do
do penknives, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles in cases, Rodg-
ers's best do
do pairs of shears and scissors do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
40 CarrlngtonS parallel rulers. do
do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
do wafer stands, do do
l dc pounce boxes, do do
40 90 ivory, do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's
best, assorted do
do best American drawing pen
ellis, assorted 10
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do camel's hair brushe1, assorted do
do white French pump i1kstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent alright ink
stands do
do sticks best India ink per stitch
30 pounds extra superfne scarlet seal
Ing wax per pound
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
do best pounce do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do best linen Irvine do
1000 large office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper weights of brass, composition,
or lead per weight
50 quarts pest back sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber
per pound
do unprepared do do
BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
10 volumes OF newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
Is volumes of newspapers, weekly, tri or semi
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes Of books, 12mo., svo., 4to. or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
STA, per volume
l50 volumes of books, half bound in Russia,
calf, sheep, morocco, or cloth, per volume
Blank books for Record, &c.
Similar in form to those now in use, which may be
examined, TO be made of the best linen paper
binding, paper indices, &C., all included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, hail. bound as
per pattern per volume