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12. The Contractors shall not on any account advance any money to any member of the Police, nor receive any supplies from any members of the Police in exchange for money.
13. Should the Contractors commit any breach of the agreement the Superin- tendent shall be at liberty to cancel the same forthwith and the Contrac- tors shall thereupon forfeit to the Superintendent the sum of $500 as and for liquidated damage and such sum shall be applied by the Superintendent to such object connected with the Police Force as His Excellency the Governor may direct.
14. Empty packages, bags, tins, etc., must be returned to the Contractors three
days before the next issue.
No tender will be received, unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $100 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such person fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
Form of tender may be obtained at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
For further particulars apply at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
No tender will be received unless written on the required Form.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
5th November, 1926.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 324.It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for Medical Department Contract", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Saturday, the 13th day of November, 1926, for the supply of Aerated Waters: Bedding and Clothing: Milk, etc., Provisions: Sundries and Washing, (Schedules Nos. 1 to 6), required locally by this Department, for the period of one year from the first of January next inclusive.
Tenders may be made for the 6 Schedules, or for each separately.
No tender will be considered; unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, should his tender be accepted.
The Contractor will be required to enter into a bond for the due fulfilment of his contract, and for the supply of articles of the best quality.
The Contractor for Schedules Nos. 3 and 4 will be required to deliver the supplies for the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, The Peak Hospital at the Hospitals on the Peak and Kowloon Hospital in Kowloon.
The Contractor for Schedule No. 4 will be required to supply store accommodation, both in Victoria and Kowloon ample enough for the housing of provisions, and this store must be kept in a sanitary condition.
The Contractor for Schedule No. 6 will be required to collect the bedding and clothing at the Civil Hospital, Victoria Hospital for Women and Children in Barker Road, Peak, and Kowloon Hospital at Kowloon, returning the same to these institutions when washed.