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i Woe BETWEEN rRE UNITED
sI STATks AND TIE HA-
WAIIAE ISLANDS
Posr OFFICE DspAnrxRsr,

WAsHINsroN, March 10, isa,S
Congress. Approved march ., 1867 which 10 in the
woros ans figures following. v1z:
mali stesmshp ser vice BET seen the United states
and the b waiian Islands
g e. yn.:s s'ss ses s1S Hers R
s1esS oSsembted, That the Postmaster General be,
public sdyertsenent fer the period Of sixty days.
H n we SI more nssspxDsTs II the CITIES
tween the port Il San Frsncisco, il TIE Gnissd
Islands, BY means Of o monthly line Of nrst clsss
American sea going sreamshi ps, to be of not less
nent. each. and Of sufficisnf number to perform
Ssxe !" T0upd riEs par spnum between :sd psr..
day q hs % ansa ssa
ess sss ssn
Prorided, That no bid shall be considered which
es
unless the same be from citizen or citizens Of the
United st.tesJ for the fsithful .serfornance OF
the Of The 81 sh. sE.
master General for the said service they shall be
ssss
by the Seer etarg Of the Navy. whose report shall
tract which the Postma.ser s aensra! may @ Execute
or before the nIst day Of January eighteen hun
ored ana sixty, eight and shall, IN addition to the
tracts, provide that the Governments of the Unired
81 sns be emitted to have free
agent to to @ take charge Of and a1rsns the mai mat
purpose shall be assigned that in case Of failure.
IRON any Ssass; to perform any Of the monthly
deuuotioR may be made from the CONF psnsstion On
account OF such omitted voyage or voyages; that
delsys and irreeulsrities in the performance OF
the service; and that the Postmaster Genera shall
tract in case Of its being underet nc or assigned to
Approved March 2. 1857 -r Eos
Will be received At he he Pos26foe Department in
the II eli city Of Wsshineton, until O'Clock p. m. Of
STATES Sy Of
monthly line of FIRST class American sea geiag
sh and of :uf
hciept number to perform twelve round trips per
81
Hawaiian Islands, for . contract term of not more
80 SeEn ns is fss the 81
san Francisco with the mails for the Hawaiian
Ssespisd In performing the passage each way be-
hs s ssaS aiSs; ssl
to the appro1ai 'o Of ths Post
master re General. and to alteration BY his order,
service may require;
The steamships offered for the service must be
American steamships of the first class in all re-
specfe, and before acceptance will be subject to
inspection and survey by an experienced naval
constructor 70 be detailed for that purpose by the
Proposals. must conform in all particulars to the
provisions and uirements Of the aforesaid &C T.
approved March 2, 1867, and must be properly
guaranteed, with satisfactory Testimonials, that
the bidder or bidders and their guarautors Ar
men Of properly and abundantly able to make good
snt1r tender and gusIantes: The bidders name
the firm when company offers. should be dis
tncty stated IN the proposals. if al incor porated
company, copy of the charter of fncorporatian
must also be annexed to the bid. :
=. Proposals shonla BE- sent, sealed under cover to
the address of'The Postmaster General, W ash-
ington, D. - euperseribed "FoREIGN DEsk,
with the words Mail Proposals, Foreign Mails''
written on the face Of the address, and they should
be despatched in time to be received at this De-
partm eat on or before the 10th day Of July. 1867
which will be the last day for receiving proposSls
under this advertisement.
ALEX. W. RANDALL,
mB 2O-wT Postmaster General.