517
Elevation.-30 feet.
Visibility.-10 miles. 220° through 0° to 40°.
Structure.-Wooden Mast.
Power.-About 100 Candle power.
Authority.-Port Officer, Pamban.
Remarks. Intended as a guide to the anchorage.
W. B. HUDDLESTON, Commander, R.I.M.,
Offg. Presidency Port Officer.
PRESIDENCY PORT OFFICE,
MADRAS, 3rd September, 1912.
No. 46 of 1912.
INDIA-WEST COAST-COCHIN.
WITH reference to this Office Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1912, information has been received from the Port Officer, Cochin, that the bar, spit, and quarantine buoys at Cochin were placed in position on the 3rd September, 1912, and that the light at Mallipuram will be discontinued after the 30th idem as usual.
H. S. BROWN,
for Offg. Presidency Port Officer.
PRESIDENCY PORT OFFICE,
MADRAS, 6th September, 1912.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 332.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders, which should be clearly marked "Tender for Medical Department Contract", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Thursday, the 31st October, 1912, for the supply of Aerated Waters; Bedding and Clothing; Beers, Spirits, Wines, etc.; Spirit of Wine; Chemicals, Drugs, Surgical Instruments and Sundries; Furniture, etc.; Milk, etc.; Provisions; Sundries; and Washing; (Schedules Nos. 1 to 10), required locally for this Department, for the period of one year from the first of January next inclusive.
Tenders may be made for the 10 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, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person shall refuse to carry out his tender, should the 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 all articles of the best quality.
The Contractor for Schedules Nos. 7 and 8 will be required to deliver the supplies for the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children at the Hospital on Barker Road (Peak).
The Contractor for Schedule No. 8 will be required to supply store accommodation, ample enough for the housing of provisions, and such store must be kept in a sanitary condition.
The Contractor for Schedule No. 10 will be required to collect the bedding and cloth- ing at the Civil Hospital and Victoria Hospital for Women and Children on Barker Road (Peak), returning the same to these institutions when washed.
Except where otherwise stated, the Contractor will be required to deliver all supplies at the Civil Hospital.