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r ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY.
PRESIDENT.
Sir WILLIAM FRASERy Bart., M.A., F.S.A.
On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in
the Rouse of Commons that the condition of London, as
regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful.
No improvement has taken place.
The Traffic of London becomes every day more un-
manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of
Provincial and Continental Cities.
This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten-
tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to
point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at,
Present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par-
liament on these e.ubjects.
The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to
suppla any specific change in the Government of the
Metropolis.
• Those who may wish to join the Society are requested
to write to J. S. Tilly, Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St.
James's-street, S. w

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CONTRACT FUR BARRACK STORES FOR THE
ContrPs'eOtYDAepLlr3t MAL, AFASm.irattv, Somerset

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9th Jan. 1867.
TILE COMMISSIONERS for, EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD 'HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
DAY, the 23,1 inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will
be .ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of
Long-Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long
Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded
for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for
twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi-
ration of three calendar months' warning.
I'atterns of the articles may bo seen at the Royal Marine-
°Mee, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form Provided for the pu-pose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required
that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should
attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result
of the offer received from each person will be communi-
cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and. Public
Securities.

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE-

TABLES AT FOYNES.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 27th December, 1866.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN andof IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th
January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con-
tract for supplying all such quantities of
FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES,
for the we of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as
may be demanded from the 15th January to the 30th June,
1867, both days included.
The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef,
as no Heifer meat will be admitted.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Tenders must be made at rates per 1001 b., and to atten-
tion will be paid to any offers not so made.
The Contractor in claiming payment for the supplies, is
to make out his invoices in pounds at per 100 lb.
• Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department
2f the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset
Youse,ecome signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
£3OO bd with the person tendering in the sum of
for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox
Baer, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables.
The Contractor to
the Contracts and Bonds pay half the amount of the stamps on
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

0 GUNMAK ER S and Others.

The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receivinz PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
BREECH-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating
repeating, Which may or not
replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufacture.

11.
The following are the co ditions considered essential in
military non-repeating Rifles:—
Not to exceed 91b A. 'WEIGHT.
. soz, without bayonet.
hollow
B LENGTH.
.To be 51 i
butt- nches, with short stock, measured from the
of the plate to muzzle.
C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

CARTRIDGE
M D.
Must carry thbir own ignition. S.
. SIGHT
The foreßizilt mustE bo such asS. to admit of a bayonet
fixed according. to the present system.
P. STOK
11/41 C
b
I,q e such as to carry a light. motal cleaning.rod, and
allow a slig to bo usod.

G. .
Alhist not exceed that ofRECOIL the Enfield Rifle b more than
lu per cent. y

R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on tho Snider system. To be as capable.
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
leen, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.
I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
Suiler's converted Enfleht rifle—also as little liable to acci-
dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. M. THE LOCK.

is. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being lwranged on a table.
o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must. give a mean figure of merit o' not more
than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and fin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

r. TRAORY.
Not to require at 500 yards aan T
elevation of more than 1
deg. 30 min.

Q. FOULING.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.

R. PENETRATION. •
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—
viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.. R MOAT lON.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.
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o ms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Pecifications, and drawings of the methods prposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
..nlcc‘' Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
xvho will be selected by the Secretary of State for
War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
select and recommend for further trial such of the systems
as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
Int their being included in the competition, the con-
.,nts of which are stated in this advertisement.
for e‘ accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
to thezPeriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per arm, within four months after date of de-
mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
Ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
competitor; to cover the expense of the six rifle; and of
the supply of ammunition req.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A third reward of .£4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities which will be principally taken into consideration in
awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
various climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair • but
as they may depend upon the
rifling of the arm with Which
the cartridge is Associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
service.

MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
°ailing Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
aches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91lb. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the abevo
conditions • and in the absence of experience does not at
present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm.

V
The Secretary of State will. take care that no ingenious
novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be
adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
nates shall be recorded in connection with it.
_ll the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
nto the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General l Director
War Office
:of Ordnance
, Oct. 22 1866