260 SAINT VINCENT, TUESDAY, 16 AUGUST, 1955.-(N1o. 49).


Beef, fresh with and
 without bone .... per pound


Firewood


.... per cord


 Gasolene and kerosene per gallon
 Mutton ..... per pound
 CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.
 1. The Contract to be from 1st Jan-
tary. to 31st December, 1P5.
 2. The Contractor undertakes to de-
livfwr at his own expense into the Stores
of Institutions the articles placed oppo-
site his name at the pricc stated, on
sunb days, at such times, and in such
quantities as may be stated on the
requisitions of the Head of Department
or Officer in charge.
 Firewood for the Extension Hospital,
 Montrose, Leper Asylum, Fort Char-
lotte, Mental Hospital, Villa and Pauper
Asylum, Glen, to be delivered stacked at
the respective places named.
 3. Every article supplied must be of
a round, good quality, and ;no article is
to be substituted for the one requisi-
tioned for without the consent of the
requisitioning officer first obtained.
 4. Any articles considered by the
Head of Department or Officer in charge
to he of inferior quality may be rejected
by him, and shall be immediately re-
moved and replaced by the Contractor
at his own expense, without any allow-
ance being made to him far such arti-
cles
 5. If the rejected article;, are not re-
moved within 9 hours from the time
notice shall have been given to the Con-
tractor, they will be returned to, and at
th- expense of the Contractor; pro-
vided that if the Contractor gives such
explanation as may be sati:dactory to
the Administrator, the ex'zen.se of such
return shall not be charged.
 1. Should the Contractor neglect or
refuse to replace rejected articles or to
supply any of the articles contracted
for at the times stated in the requisi-
tions, the Head of Department or Offi-
cer in charge, shall be at liberty to
purchase the said articles from other
persons; and the difference between
the price paid for such articles and the
contract price shall be deducted from
the next payment made io the Con-
tractor.
 7. The Head of Department or Offi-
cer in charge may, if. he should deem it
necessary, purchase articles of perish-
able food such as bread, meat, etc., at
once to replace rejected articles.
 8. All fresh meat contracted for
ml'.,t be slaughtered in the Slaughter-
house in Kingstown.
 9. If the Contractor should persist
in zuch irregularities as stated in para-
graph 6. the Administrato-, shall have
te power to terminate the contract
immediately or at such time as may
appear to him proper and convenient.


 10. The contract may be terminated
at any .time by one month's notice being
Sgr-ep either Oy the Contractor to the
Administrator or by the Administrator
to the Contractor.
 16th August, 1955.

 No. 338.
 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS, PARCELS,
 PASSENGERS AND CARGO (LEEWARD).

 Tenders will be received up to 3 p.m.
 on Friday 26th August, 1955, for the
conveyance daily of mails, including
Parcel Post mails from, to, and between
each and all the Post Offices of Kings-
town, Layou, Barrouallie, Cumberland,
Troumaca, Cliateaubelair and Questelles
on the Leeward Coast of the Island of
St. Vincent by Motor Launch from let
January to 31st December, 1966.
 2. The Motor Launch will be required
 to leave Clhateaubelair at abcut 7 a.m.
 daily except on the Thursday follow-
 ing the first Wed nesday of each month,
 and to return to Chateaubelair leaving
 Kingstown about 3.00 p.m. daily except
 on the first Wednesday only of each
 month. On: the first Wednesday of
 each month the Launch will be required
 to leave Kingstown for Chateaubelair at
 about 1.30 p.m. and return to Kings-
 town the same evening leaving Chateau-
 helair at 7.00 p.m. The hours of leav-
 ing Chateaubelaiir and Kingstown may
 he modified by the Colonial Postmaster.
 3. The Motor Launch will be required
 to provide a service for the carriage of
 passengers ani cargo at the present fixed
 rites wliich will 1h: supplied to intended
 Tenders, if require d, on application at
 Government Office and to call on the
 itinerary in each direction at Clare
 Valley for this purpose and for the pur-
 pose of collecting the mails from and
 deliverinisz the mails to Questelles Post
 Office.
 4. All mails will be delivered at and
 collected from the General Post Office,
 and District Post Offices except that
 where such provision is made mails
 m:iy be delivered to :nd collected from
 the mail carriers of' the District Post
 Offices.
 5. The contract will he for a period
 of one vye:r to 31st December. 1956.
 6. Tenders should state the amount
 of subsidy required and should be
 addressed to the Chair man, Tenders
 Bowird, Treas ry. and distinctly marked
 "Tenders f'or Conveyance of Mails,
 Passengers a d C(irgo (Leeward)".
 7. The Government does not hind
 itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
 26th July, 1955.
(Q. 511948.