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London, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9,1863.
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until
12 o'clock, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November,
1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Con-
tract to supply
PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL

ENGINEER SERVECE,
in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December,
18f3, to 30th November, 1801, for the use of her Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com-
mand.

Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed entrelope, marked on the
out,ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will
be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

(Incorporated b
ROYAL NAT
Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gy
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
the ruk sMe
Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral he K.G.,
F.R.S. of Northumberland,
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq. , M,p, F.RDEPIITY-CIIAIRIIIAN—Thomas Chapman, V.P.v
APPEAL. V.P.
The Committee of Management have to state that, nee,,
the beginning of' the year 1861, the Royai National I.,4:10-a-r.
Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishmentsb on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and ireland:The number of lives saved by the Life-boats ot the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13,220
tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, whinti can only be effected by a large and permanent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them In upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions:—

£ s. d
Eder Majesty the Queen •• •• •• annual 50 0 0
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm. Esq., 4th don.lo 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A.. K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, G. J., —sq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. ••don. 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0
Palmer, Sir Roundel], M.P., H.M.'s Solici-
tor-General •• .. annual 2 2 0
Royal Yacht Squatiron
.. annual 10 0 0
don. 100 0 0
'Tomes, 1;e don. collected by her
Ladyship • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord . annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Yerckial, and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts p•-•-
Co., 59, Strand ; Difessrs. Herries, Farquhar, and C"
James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collector-
and Bankers in the United Kingdom ;
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Oflic"
Jolla-street, Adelphi, London,

~., VS, St.

-0 of Customs

Dy tine Secretary,
of the' Institution, 14,

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