Petrol Quotations Received at Portsmouth.
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The tramways committee of the Portsmouth Corporation was recently in the market for supplies of motor spirit, and received tenders from the following companies at the rates given :—Shell-Mex, Ltd., 11d. per gallon ; British Petroleum Co., Ltd., lid, per gallon ; Carless, Capel and Leonard, 11d. per gallon ; Red-Line Motor Spirit Co., 11d. per gallon ; Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., 11d, per gallon ; Blue Bird Motor Spirit Co., 11. 7-16d. per gallon ; London General 032 Oil Co., Md. per gallon ; Phillips and Son, 11id. per gallon ; Wm. Bray (Silver Spirit Co.), 11id. per gallon ; B. Hill and Co., 114d. per gallon. After consideration of the various tenders, the committee recommended the acceptance of those from Shell-Max, Ltd. ; The British Petroleum Co., Ltd. ; the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. ; and the Red-Line Motor Spirit Co., Ltd., these being the lowest, and as each of these companies is a ratepayer in the borough, an order for the supply of 40,000 gallons of spirit is being given to each.