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LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY.
PRESIDENT.
•
Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M.A., F.S.A.
On the 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in
he Rouse of Commons that the condition of London, as
(yards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful.
improvement has taken place.
The Traffic of London becomes every day more un-
nanageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of
?rovincial and Continental Cities.
This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten-
tion ; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to
)(lint out defects in the law •, to enforce provisions at
resent neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par-
lament on these subjects.
The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to
'rapport any speei4c change in the Government of the
kietropolis.
LThose who mly wish to join tho Sne,Totv nro rrgiv.stel
) write to J. S. Hats' Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St.
James's-street, S. W.

LJust published, leap. Bvo., cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d.,
ONDON SELF-GOVERNED
BY Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., M. A. F.S.A.
Lord • Francis Harvey, 4, St. James's-street.

CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE
ROYAL MARINES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
T"' COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING-
IINI' the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
theTED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND
1) Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
DAY, the 23d 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
v
L tualltag" Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of
r,"g-Hair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long
Icrubbing.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.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
'Pc', New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
'oral provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
912 application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
TAler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
NNo Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
oon on the day of Trea and it will not be required
the Party tendering, organ 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.
A,PlPry Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
'licalty, 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 of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and 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 use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as
may be demandel 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.
1110 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 no'atten-
Lion 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.
Afdln
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
'iiralty, and must also be delivered at the department
tothe Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
become'
_„„, bound with the person tendering in the sum of
-,4u9 for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox
Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables.
the he Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on
ui Contracts and Bonds.
By order, ANTONIO BRADT,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.
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0 GIINMAKERS and Others.

I.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from Gnnmakers and Others for
REEC-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
futuretPe atinHg, Which ma re lace the
manufacture. y p present Service Rifles in

The following are the conditions considered essential in
11.
military non-repeating Rifles:—
A WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. A.
without bayonet.

To be 51 inche E. LENGTH.
hollow of the butt-plateh tom wit srt stock, measured from the
uzzle.
c. WEIGHT OP AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

Must D. CARTRIDGES.
carry their own ignition.
E SIGHTS.
The f ' h E.
to admit
oresig t must be such as
fixed of a bayonet
d according to the present system.
P TOK.
Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
allow a sling to be used.

G. Must not exceed that of RECOIL. •
the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.

blast HE AR AS A WHOLE.
be as littTle liable toM injurybylong-continued firing,
bpechusage, and exposure as the naval r
To be asifles converted to
-loaders on the. Snider system. capable,
4180, of being used Without accident by imperfectly trained
Ineors
and st of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
quality.
I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
An
exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
duler's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
i ental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
°Sing manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.

No. 23,273

KIN lIIAN S_
EXIILILBITIIOVIIBc6KSY. --DUBLIN
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained tho
Dublin Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;
by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
tchniesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Khaahan's LL Whisky."

IaUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
LV anoorporAted by Act of Parliament, 1850),
4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON.
Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. F.zms
free on application by letter to
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the
month at their
AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES,
5, Agar street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

mANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF
of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY
EXPLOSIONS.

COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow.
Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett.
Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley.
J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin.
Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq.
Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq.
It. A. Gray, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq.
Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton.
The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the
suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by
the recent colliery explosions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the
numerous families made destitute thereby.
The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley
Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204
men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance
double that number are known to have perished, there-
fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen-
dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the
final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund,
£3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present
accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards
the fund now being raised.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ......... ......... .ClOO
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ................... 0
The Corporation of London ..................... 300
Amount already advertised ................ £15,531 11 11
Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay,
Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., gtrand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-
street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street;
Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street;
Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon-
dpn and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.; the London Joint-
Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ;
London and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank
of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival,
and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of
the Committee.

JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary.
Mansion Houso, Jan. 7, 1867.

DUNVILLE'S V. R. OLD IRISH WHISKY.
BELFAST,
Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

"V.R." IRISH WHISKY.
DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISI
WHISKY, BELFAST.

London Offices and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the "Times."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, 11C.. the only house in the
square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
brinz the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next
best, and IP 6d per gallon and bs. 6d. a m.se o er the lowest
(rotation. Always on hand ^ large supply of ye y old
mellow whisky in the finest e indition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable teriks.

IikTANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps). London.

SPLENDID .SPECULATIONS
GREAT SUCCESS
With a single stake of £l, you can realise £25,0001 1
With a single stake of £?, you can realise £27,5",01 I
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For .prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to
Mr. MJGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey.