The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

BARRACK CONTRACTS

For the of
COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES,SuppIy AND KINDLING WOOD

IN GREAT BRITAIN.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
NOTICE IS HEREBY2Ist .J anuary, 1869.
GIVEN, T hat te
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive
Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and
Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain,
for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each
day (Sundays excepted).
The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Direc-
tor of Contracts, marked on the outside " Tender for Coals, &c.,"
on or before Thursday, 11th February, 1869, after which day no
Tender will be received.

The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

DOG LICENSES.J6AUTION.
milE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
-1 VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 18G8 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.

The duty payable for each dog kept is Five
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.

A License is not transferable from ono person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where tho
dog
is kept, on application at

, . .
The Office of the Collector of Inland.)
Revenue,
, In the neigh-
The Office of the Distributor of Stam bourhood of the
ps }
Or applicant's ro-
A Money Order Post Office. Jr sidence. :
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
ev (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
iatmoeunnuteof duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the District, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. CORBETT, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

ROY AL 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.

OCTAVIUS IVIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART lI9DGEON, E:
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, E
DIREC

Esq Governor.
sq Sub-Governor.
2.sq 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, Dq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,

William Totlow Hilbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolrason,
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.
ael Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam,

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.
11/, '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 cont. 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 be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
Tho 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
RALF,
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
EQI3EIa r. STEEL, Secretary.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Groat Portland• street. wish.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Homo—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to
open'another house for this pitiable class.
Tho Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never road a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. ;DANL. CODPERL: Sec.V
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