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5. All provisions will be delivered by the Contractors free of charge for carriage
and in good condition at such stations as may be required.
6. All articles shall be of the best quality of their several kinds. The supplies shall be subject on delivery to the inspection and approval of the Inspector General of Police or officer acting for him and if any article shall be found not of the quality contracted for, it shall be rejected, and the Inspector General of Police or such officer as aforesaid may either require the Contractors to replace the articles rejected by supplies of unobjection- able character or he shall be at liberty to purchase supplies in lieu of those rejected and to deduct the cost of such purchase from any monies payable to the Contractors.
7. In case the Contractors fail to deliver the supplies demanded as and when directed, the Inspector General of Police shall be at liberty to purchase the necessary supplies and deduct the expenses which may be incurred on account thereof from any monies payable to the Contractors.
8. The weights and measures shall be in all cases standard weights and
measures as required by the Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1885.
9. The Contract shall not be sub-let or assigned wholly or partially without the written consent of the Inspector General of Police having been first obtained.
10. The Inspector General of Police and the Contractors may determine this Contract at any time upon giving three months previous notice in writing or the Inspector General of Police may determine it forthwith in the event of repeated failure to supply by the Contractors.
11. The Contractors shall deliver their accounts monthly and such accounts shall be paid by the Inspector General of Police within seven days after they have been verified.
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 Inspector General of Police shall be at liberty to cancel the same forthwith and the Contractors shall thereupon forfeit to the Inspector General of Police the sum of $500 as and for liquidated damage and such sum shall be applied by the Inspector General of Police to such object connected with the Police Force as His Excellency the Governor may direct. 14. Empty packages, bags, tins, etc., will 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 Inspector General 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.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector General of Police.
18th August, 1933.