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DEPARTMENT OF THEINTERlOR
u Office Of Indian Affairs. Washington,
March 30, 1885. Sealed proposals. IN
dorsed Proposals for Beef, lbids for
beef must be submitted in separate cnvel-
opes,) Bacon. Flour, clothing or transpor-
tation, &c las the case may be- and di-
rected 10 the Commissioncr of Indian aft
airs, Nos. 65 dnd67 Hoosfer street Neir
York. will be received until | p. NJ. of 7ncx
day, May ,, 1888, for furnishing for the
Indian service about ! $50, 600 pounds Ba
con, no. 0O0,000 pounds Beef on the hoof,
$50, 900 pounds Beans, 1000 pounds Ba-
king powder, LOCO. 600 pounds Corn
100000 pounds Coffee. 10000 o pound.
Flour 5000 pounds Feed. $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 5000 pounds HON
my. 25,0N pounds Lard, LOO barrels
mess pork, i45, 900 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea. 50O pounds Tobacco, 100, 1000
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
10000 pounds Sugar, and 800. 600 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Woolen and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking.
1000 yards: Standard Calico. $4,000
yards, Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; DENNIS.
II, 200 yards; Bingham, 2l0,Up0 yards.
Kentucky Jeans. 20,000 yards; 'Cheviot,
1900 yards; Brown Sheeting, 5000
yards; Bleached Shceting. $1,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting 900 wards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards: Winsey. 1900
yards:) Clothing, Groceries, Notions.
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list Of miscellan-
eous articles, such as Harness Flows.
kakes, Forks, &c, aud for about 305 Wa
CONS required for the service, to be deliy-
cred at Chicago, Kansas City. and Sioux
City. Also for such Wagons as may be
required, adapted to the climate of the
Pacific Coast, with California brakes, de
livered at San Francisco4 nrr-fR
Also transportation for such ofthc ar
ticles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for. to be delivered at the
Agencies
Bids must be made out on GOVERN
MENT BLANKS. .ltfr4 nt.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each Agency, and the kinds and quantities
in gross of all other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals, conditions to
be observed by bidders, time and place OF
delivery, terms Of contract, and payment,
transportation routes, and all other neces-
sary instructions will be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos. 65 and 6T Wooster street.
Ntlo lorh; VIM. II. Lyon. No. 49,
Broadway, New York; the Commissarics
Of subsistence, U. 5. A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago. Leavenworth. Omaha, st. Louis.
St Paul, and San Francisco; the Post
masters at Souix City, and Yankton; and
to the Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling-
ton, Caldwell, Dodge City, Emporia. Eu-
reka, Great Bend, Howard. Hutchinson,
Iarned, MCPHERSON. Marion. Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City. Sedan. Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, and
Winfield.
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
fed checks upon some United States De-
pository or the National Bank ofL0s An
geles, Cal, for at least fire per cent ofthe
amount of the proposal.
J. D. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.