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London, England, 1869-01-21 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, &c.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Jan. 13, 1869.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY,
the 2d February, at Two o'clock, they will he ready to
treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for Supplying and Delivering into Store at her Majesty's
several Dockyards, all such quantities of
BRUQHES, BROOMS, HAIR PENCILS, and
TOOLS, &c,
as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract
for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Months' warning.
Patterns of the articles may be seen, the average annual
expenditure of each article during the last three years may
be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender (including a
Schedule of the Articles), and Conditions of Contract,
may be obtained on application at this Department.
go Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of Treaty; nor will any be noticed unless the party at-
tends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
"Tender for Brushes, &c.," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
person tenderinc, in the sum of £5OO for the due per-
formance of the Contract.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trast.
Chairman - General Sir FREDERIC Sarrrn, LIT.,
Policies payable during Life—Tudisputable— Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LASE, General Manager.
316, Re,gent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETYery Policy effected with this Societb the 31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual
Bonus.

The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be-
come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except
payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained
unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed
his 30th year.
The bonus additions allotted by the Society-are highly satisfac-
tory. In a recent claim the addition to a .£3,000 assurance, dated
1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010.
CHARLES INQALL, Actuary. 3
No. 39, King-street, Cheapside,
London, December, 1863.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVITJS WIGRA3
JAMES STEWART 111DGSON, :
CHARLES JOHN MANNING,
DIRE,

Esq Governor.

:sq ................ Sub-Governor.
Esq ....... Deputy-Governor.
'TORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
iel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of Is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
FA r MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may bo insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Aseured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.
India Office, Ist December, 1868.
NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination
of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons
in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at
Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869.
Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi-
dates, together with information regarding the pay and
retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob-
tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India
Office, Westminster, S.W.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General, "'""""
Military Secretary.