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London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

COINIRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE

ROYAL MARINES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
,the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
YAITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND,, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
L'u4Y, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will
Contract"° to treat with such Persons as may he willing to
victualling
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
,rvletualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
'4°flg-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.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
oe, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
le Evennd Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
;34 application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
of Victualling, of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
N°oll 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 bo communi-
cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
A,„very Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
'r'lraity, 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-
ra. lty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
e stun of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract.

By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

11 GUNMA K E R S and Others.
I.
~T,lt3. SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
tit—Divi,ng PROPOSALS from Ganmakers and Others for
re '-'zell-LOADING RIFLES, either repenting or not
f,Teating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
me manufacture.

11.
ilaiThe following are the conditions considered essential in
itarY non-repeating Rifles:—
A. WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
n. LENGTH.
hoil be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
ow of the butt-plato to muzzle.
3TC. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
-ust not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

Must carry their D. CARTRIDGES.
own ignition.
E. SIG HT S.
A The foresight must be such as to admit. of a bayonet
'zed according to the present system.
F. STOCK.
llust be s h to a light metal cleaning-rod, and
a_ uc as carry g
Row a sling to be used.
Must
Per
G. RECOIL.
not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
cent.
as. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
tMust be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing,
,'"gh usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
areeh-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
Rix
of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
re., and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
°tit quality.
THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
anztust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
8 exposure in 4li all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
er's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
!ital explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
l'ing manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.

L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.

Optional.

M. THE LOCK.

it RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
than 3Gin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and Gin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

P. TRAJECTORY.
Not to require at 500 yards an 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.
Tho mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—.
1'1,14'1 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
...ours in water.
Distance 30 yards.
LUBRICATION.s.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
tnaY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competito.
I
slto arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Itpecification; and drawings of the methods proposed,
ating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
a,,,ished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to tie "Director of Ordnance, War
Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
b 'he' specifications and snecimen arms will be considered
athe Ordnance Select COmmittee and its associate mem-
writs, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
select and recommend for further trial such of the systems
tes TRY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
--e" as may not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to
wanttheir being included in the competition, the con-
anions of which are stated in this advertisement.
?tor Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
"Periment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
0 t he specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
clunition 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
trPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
the supply of ammunition required.
Ele Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
'"To which, on combination of ll ualities, is considered
IT the committee to be the besta subqmitted.
t second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
ialuieg a satisfactory degree of excellence in other partial-
ars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
ati-A. third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
es 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
us climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
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 clearlyto 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.

1V:
'MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
eliding Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
/aches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
elusive 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 NO for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the abave
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 aro accepted
tor 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.
If the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the sorviee, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Afgjor-General, DiriTtor
War Office, Ordnance Office, Oct. 22 1866 j

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