Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-25
Posf OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Nav 10, 1855,


l do best handmade royal paper, plain, per
1 do b:ss handmade d.mi paper, plain, per
ream
do best hand inside medium p.per plsiu
do bet handmade d,ub'e esp parer, p ain.
per ram
10 do note paper. gill, per ram, large size
do note paper, p ain, per ream, large size
10 do note paper, gilt, per ream, 81 all size
do note paper, plain, per ream small size
100 do envelope psper, yellow or buff, royal,
per realm
20 do blot ng paper. royal, per resm
25 d-zea calds ftrry's st metallic PEGS and
holders, per dozen cards
Is d. cards Of all other manl features In U.s.,
par dozen cards
A. gross metallic p ms, per gross
do lsrg. barrel pen handles, rosewood, psr
do small barrel zen hacdles, rosewood, per
gross
6 Do steel.tippsd pen handles, per gross
eco opaque quilis, No. so, or
% dCzsa Ccntses bes: back lsad pencils, gradu.
ated, per dozsn
Is do Monroe's or other manufac tured, grad
aied, per dozen
10 co best rel lead pencils. per dozen
90 40 folders, ivory, inch do
400 do red linen tape, assorted do
10 do sils ta5te. cc!ors and widths, In hanks,
per dozen
do Iouncc boxes, cccos, per dOzsn
20 DO paper vel Shts, aSso: ted do
1 do best gold pens do
Il 90 sand boxes Of cocoa, per gen
Is do wafer stands, or boxes, cocoa, par dozen
do erasers. Rodgers Sons ivory handles,
genuine, per dozen
90 p.nHniTes, Rodgers Sons, four bls6es
buckhorn handles, genuine, per dozen
do wefer-stamps ivory handles, per dozen
do wafe;-seanps, liguum1ta handles, per
d, ofiee shears, IL inches, Per dozen
4 do Office scissors, per dozen
IL do inkstands, Diapers patent, movable
tops, per dozen
do inkstands, cast iron, large, double, per
dozen
do inkstands, cast iron, large, single, per
2 do bronze spring op inkstsnd., per dozen
eco 10 ties ink black Hsyr ard Neyes's, IN quart
bottles per botlle
rs do ink, Cooper Philips's, or equal, per
quart bottle
100 do ink, red, hrnolfs or equal in pint bot
ties, per bottle
lcO pounds waf rs, com : on sizsF, red, per pound
10 do sealing-wsx. best extra supsrfne, scar.
let, per pound
20 do India rubber, prepared, Fer pound
do IDdia rubber, InprepsTed, per pouni
800 qua Is black sand per quart
20 ounces pounce, per ounce
4 pounds tTine, linen, per p12nd
100 do tTine, cotton per pound
dozen rulers, MAHOGANY, round or fiat, per
dozen
do do lisnumvi:e, round, per dozen
POUNDS az onge, best. per pound
~ do gum arabic, b,st per pound
$500 extra large size white adhesive envelopes very
smoo' and thick, FL by II ilchss square per
hundred
5000 long buff adhesive envelopes, very smsoth
ard thick, ct by 80 inches. per hundred
70 ,OoO losg white OF buff adhesive envelopes, very
smooth ard thick, for letters and circulars,
eA By 355 inches, Fer hundred
3,ccO buff or white adhesive letter envelopes, y0ry
smooth and thick, per hundred
900 m.N-size white note adhesive enyelOres, Der
hundred
1000 large size white note adhesive envelopes per
hundred
1000 letter size white adhesive envelopes per bur-
dred
The adhesive envelopes must be thickly gum ed
Il fourth of sn inch wide, round the leppSls.
Each bidder must furneh with his proposals a
sample, and but one sample of each article bid for
Each srtic!e must be bid for, and 10 more ttan
one price named for any rticle.
Bids not fully conforming to the advertisement
viii not be considered
TIE terms and conditions of the advertisement
Tor stationery, are to be Incorporated in the
tract fer stationery; and he head Of the depart
ment will, in sli cases, judge whether the articles
teDdereJ by the contractor are Of the quality re-
CURED by the CO. tract
The contract will be awarded to the lowest and
best bidder and bond az security will be required
for its faithful performance.
The stationery is to be furnished al il may b. or.
deTed by tie department, and at the contract pri-
those estimated.
Each pToposal must be signed by the 'ndividu sl
or nrm making 1t, and must specify price and
On! one price, for each and every article named in
tbs schedule. Should any articles te repaired
which are not enumerated, they to be furnished
at the lowest market prices If the department all
zee at to order them from the contractor having the
contract for emil srticlss and if the contractors
and the department do not agree, then the depart
rnent may have the article furn shed by gay othe.
person or persons who will furnish it price lower
than that demanded BY the contract r. Blank 70 ms
for proposals will be furnished At the Department.
persons applying for them; and, without uni.
formlty therein the department would fini it diff
cult TO make q decision, will be taken into con-
sid ration unless substantially agreecg herewith
The departm ent reserves to itself the r ght of or
dsing greater less qoaptitY of each and eyerv
article contracted for as the ublc service may re-
quire.
The head of the d. partment VIII In ali cases de-.
coz piled with, and the power to aunrl the
contract upon any failure to comply in reas0na.
bic time
Bonds, with approved security are to be given
OF failure to supply the articles the contractor and
his surees shall be liable for the FORFEITURE specified
in such bond as EQuidatet damages.
The contract will be awarded to the loYest and
best bidder, the best bid to be determined after
car. ful examination for the purpose ofascertanp
VII CD lid will, in ts practical results be most ad
vantageous to the dep, rtment,
he depar ment reserves to itself the right to
-et sry bid whe-e Ii is apparent that part CT tn
articles are bid for at very low and part at very
each, for the purpose OF affecting the aggregate Of
the bids under the estimate contained in the adver
tiscment. JAMES CAMPBELL,
may 1l-1awfw Postmaster General.
NLOCKs. WATCHES AND JEWELRY
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