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SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 158. It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the Conservancy Contract, City of Victoria", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 22nd August, 1916, for the removal of excretal matters from the City of Victoria, the Hill District, Wong Nei Chung, Tai Hang, Tung Lo Wan, Whitfield, and Shaukiwan Road from the City boundary to the Joint Cable Houses, and the management of free public latrines, trough closets and urinals in the aforementioned places for a period of 5 years, commencing from the 1st October, 1916.
Tenderers must produce a receipt that they have deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $500 as a pledge of the bonâ fides of their tender, which sum shall be for- feited to the Crown, if any tenderer fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the same have been accepted.
The successful tenderer will be required to sign a formal contract containing con- ditions to be prescribed by the Board and to give security by depositing the sum of $10,000 in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the name of the Colonial Treasurer; failing compliance with these requirements the sum deposited with the tender will be forfeited.
For form of tender, particulars and conditions of contract apply at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
No. S. 159. It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked Tender for the Conservancy Contract, Kowloon", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 22nd day of August, 1916, for the removal of excretal matters from Kowloon, and the management of free public latrines, trough closets and urinals in the aforementioned place for a period of 5 years, commencing from the 1st October, 1916.
Tenderers must produce a receipt that they have deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $250 as a pledge of the bona fides of their tender, which sum shall be for- feited to the Crown, if any tenderer fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the same have been accepted.
The successful tenderer will be required to sign a formal contract containing condi- tions to be prescribed by the Board and to give security by depositing the sum of $5,000 in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the naine of the Colonial Treasurer; failing compliance with these requirements the sun, deposited with the tender will be forfeited.
For form of tender, particulars and conditions of contract apply at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender,
D. W. TRATMAN, Head of the Sanitary Department.
4th August, 1916,
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 160. It is hereby notified that the following Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department on Monday, the 21st day of August, 1916, at 3 pan.
Full Particulars and Conditions may be obtained at this Office.