The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-24
STATIONERY AND BINDING,

WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
STATIONERY AND BINDING.
Navy DEPARTMENT, May g. 1858.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceved at the office of the Secretary of the Navy
unti three O'Clock p. m. OF Tuesday, the 2sfh Of
June next, for furnishing all the stationery and ex-
ecutlng all the binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the let of july, 1853. and
ending on the Both of June, 1854
All the articles furnished and work executed
must be of the best quality, delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the Satisfaction Of the
head of the office for which they are required.
If be required each bidder for stationery must
furnish with his proposal 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 to the advertisement, and in which each
and every article is not bid for, and in which more
than one price is med for any 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
to fulfil the contract, must accompany the bid;
otherwise. it will not be considered.
The Department reserves TO itself the right of
ordering greater or less quantity of each and
every article contracted for, 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.
Writing Paper, of Linen Stock.
reams folio post, blue white, satin finish
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
II pounds per ream per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing l6 pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing 10 pounds per
10 do Owen Hurlburt's wove fooIscap,
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
50 pounds per ream per ream
40 do Platner & Smiths extra superiRe, blue
white, laid wove, Congress 4to
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra auperfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
s. pounds per ream per ream
90 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
royal, fiat, weighing "a pounds per
ream per ream
5 do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, 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, Ia by Is
inches, per sheet
reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
60 quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Tur.
key Mills" from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 200
do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, So by 4
inches, per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 80
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 3.
inches, per $50
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
official size, per 200
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 1000
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per l 900
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, 1.-THE
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac-
tured, English or American, per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted, per card
s do engineers pens, do
do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts princes record and copying INK
IN ootties, per quart
10 do Maynard & Noyes's black
ink, in bottles, do
SO do best London copying ink,
Arnods or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine Guyott & Co
superfne carmine per bottle
200 swan euills, best quality, per 100
1000 quilts. No 80, opaque or clarified do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
rs dozen red tape, No. Is to %, per dozen
do silk taste, do
do penknives, Rodgers's best
II hon To-
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles, in cases, Rodg-
ers's best do
2 do pairs of shears and scissors do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
l do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
2 do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
2 do wafer stands, do do
l do pounce boxes, do do
do DO ivory. do
2 do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's
best, assorted, dc
do best American drawing pen.
ellis, assorted do
l do Cohen's red lead pencils. do
2 do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
2 do white French pump lnkstands,
large size do
do Drsper's patent alright ink.
stands do
do sticks best India ink Der stick
50 pounds extra supertlne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
20 do second quality sealing wax do
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 twine do
1000 large office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper weights Of brass, composition.
or lead per weight
SO quarts best black 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, lamo., svo. 4to., or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rue
STA, per volume
$50 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
ono .,.I,,roo. mo nuacrint letters ha IL. bound