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No. 3.—SALE CONDITIONS GOVERNING TENDERS FOR 
THE PRODUCE OF THE TINNEVELLY CHANK 
FISHERY. 
Sale of Chank Shells. 
TENDERS are invited for. the purchase in two separate lots of the 
undermentioned chank- shells :— 
(1) The whole of the catch made during the rg10—1g9II season 
(ending 30th June 1911) from the Tinnevelly banks, except 
any shells retained by Government. 
(2) The catch to date from the Tanjore banks, not exceeding 
15,000 shells. 
Both lots will be delivered at Tuticorin. 
Tinnevelly Chanks- 
At the present date, about 14 lakh of Tinnevelly shells have been 
collected and it is estimated that the total catch will amount to from 
3 to 34 lakhs. The Tinnevelly shells are being sorted from day to 
day into nine sizes from 24-inch gauge upwards, which should prove 
a great convenience to the successful tenderer, saving him both delay 
and expense. 
Sale Conditions, Tinnevelly Shells. 
1. Tenders must be at one rate per 1,000 shells of 24-inch gauge 
approximate and upwards, and at a separate rate per 1,000 for those 
under 22-inch gauge approximate and for wormed. 
2. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of Rs. 1,000 
and will be received up to noon of Wednesday, the rst March ro1t. 
3. Tenders (which must be sealed) must be addressed to the 
Superintendent of Pearl and Chank Fisheries, Tuticorin, who will 
open and submit them to the Honorary Director, Madras Fisheries, 
who reserves to himself the right to reject any or all without assigning 
any reason for so doing. 
4. The successful tenderer must be prepared to accept delivery of 
any quantity of shells not exceeding four lakhs in number. 
5. Previous to the date mentioned for the sale, every facility will 
be given to intending purchasers to inspect the shells in the godown 
and their attention is particularly called to this. 
6. Delivery.—One lakh or more of classified shells will be ready 
for delivery in No. 1 godown immediately after acceptance of tender 
and a second lakh (or more) will probably be ready in No. 2 godown as 
soon as the purchaser clears all the shells from No. 1 godown. The 
remainder will be delivered at the close of the fishing season which 
will be duly intimated by the Superintendent. The purchaser shall 
have the option of taking delivery in three lots as above, or he may 
postpone taking delivery till the close of the season. 
4. Additional deposit.—The successful tenderer to remit into the 
treasury an additional deposit of Rs. 2,000 within one week of the 
intimation to him of the acceptance of his tender as guarantee for the 
due fulfilment of the contract. The total deposit of Rs. 3,000 will be 
refunded when payment in full for the shells is completed. 
