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CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE

ROYAL MARINES.

Contri; Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
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 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
*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.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
office, 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 purpose, 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,
°Pgaging 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.

1O GUNMAKERS and Others.
I.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
,
iice„bring PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
ECIT-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
lePeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
luture manufacture.

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

B. LENGTH.-
hollow O f th
To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
e butt-.
...C. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.
The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet
fixed according to the present system.

'F. .
Must be such as to carry aSTOO
light metal cleaning rod, and
allow a sling to be used.

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

R. THE AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liableAßM to injury bylong-continued firing,
rough Usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
4180, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
prtaquality.
en, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-

t. 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
Snider's converted Enfield 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. x. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. M. THE LOOS.

N. RAPIDITY FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 roOFunds 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 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and bin. at 300.
shots
The
each mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
.
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.

The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle--
viz., 12 half-inoh elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.
s. LN.
Wax on bullets is indisUpensaßßlCAT IO
ble, but any other lubricant
may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

- 111.
Sp No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
cifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
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
Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
T• he specifications and specimen arms will be considered
,cy the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
"ars, who 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
Sclay appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
ell as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
• Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
torteio periment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
he specinaen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
clunition per arm, within four months after date of de-
Maud- 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
Tmopetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
BcPpiy of ammunition required.
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-
'aicil?g 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 mere than one prizo ; 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;
IMAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
olding Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
riches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9}lb. 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 Ann produced that fulfils the above
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
ann.

The Secretary of State will. take care that no ingenious
bovelty 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 berecorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
la to the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
IWof Ordnance
ar Office, Oct. 22 1866

PIMPLE REMOVER—AII diseases of the
skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VE ;ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, die. 2s 9d and 7s ed ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifully -perfumel Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes lts original colour, and remains
so by an occistonal 10s ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 24k, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to do. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form world be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of S to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
11r. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen -street Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard street
.

ROYAL FREE 110SPITAL, Grady o
Northern
t
in the immediate vicinity of the t=reat
nerarliaall!
way Terminus, King's-otos&

Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QTJHEN.
Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. 1i G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sink poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' order,, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and es .
It affords relief to a large number of in-parnnts, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the pr mises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several h.ndred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown,
.Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Cu.; Lerummona and Co. • GLyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co.; PresoOtt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williaras, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co.. Berners-street : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
--- STANFORD SMITH. Regret try,

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR

HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really' homeless, and food to the really
starving? ,The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D.,
Finsbury-circus, 8.0. _ •

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