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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 543.
CHINA SEA.
CHEFOO DISTRICT.
Derelict Junk Reported.
NOTICE is hereby given that the master of the S.S. Shengking reports having sighted a drifting derelict junk on the 16th September, 1919, in latitude 36° 38' N., longitude 122° 43′ E.
H. E. HILLMAN, Deputy Coast Inspector
(for Coast Inspector).
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 19th September, 1919.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 249.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the Blood and Hair Contract, Ma Tau Kok", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 30th September, 1919, for the daily collection and removal of blood and hair from the Slaughter House situated at Ma Tau Kok in the Kowloon Peninsula, for the period of one year from the 1st January next.
The contractor shall at all times keep the Slaughter House in a thorough state of cleanliness, for which service he shall maintain as many coolies as may, in the opinion of the Sanitary Board, be necessary, but the number shall in no case be less than three, one of whom shall be employed as a fireman. The contractor shall also provide the necessary
brooms and baskets.
For full particulars apply at this Office.
No tender will be considered unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Treasury the sum of $50 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer.
The successful tenderer will be required to sign a formal contract containing conditions to be prescribed by the Board and also to give security by depositing a sum of $500 in the Treasury failing compliance with these requirements the sum deposited by the tenderer will be forfeited.
For form of tender apply at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
A. GIBSON,
Head of the Sanitary Department.
12th September, 1919.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 250.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the supply of Head Stones", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 30th day of September, 1919, for the supply of Head Stones for use in the Government Cemeteries, for the period of one year from the 1st January next.
Tenderers must produce a receipt that they have deposited in the Treasury the sum of $50 as a pledge of the bonâ fides of their tender, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if any tenderer fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
For full particulars apply at the Office of the Secretary to the Sanitary Board.