The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR PORTER.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, September 6, 1867.
rilflE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN andof IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
3d October, 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

PORTER
as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract
for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Calendar Months' warning.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
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 and the regulations re-
specting the drawback may be seen.
No Tender will be received after noon on the day of
treaty; and it will not be required that the party tender-
ing, 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 communicated 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 Porter," and must also bo delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering in the
sum of £5OO for the due performance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, &c.
Admiralt 26th July, 1867.
The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of' the ADMIRALTY
hereby give notice that the arrangements for the ADMIS-
SION of PERSONS, not already in the Government ser-
vice,. to the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine
year Eng, be as foineering,
llows :
as Admiralty Pupils, will, for the present
Candidates must not. be less than 18 nor more than 21
years of age, and must have served at least two years in
private shipbuilding or engineering establishments, or
must give satisfactory proof that they have in some way
been so connected with shipbuilding or engineering opera-
tions as to become well-grounded in the elementary prin-
ciples and practices thereof.
The pupils will be selected by competitive examination,
the subjects for which, and numbers of marks assigned
for each, are as follows
Pure Mathematics, including—Arithmetic, mensu Marks.
- ration, geometry (plane and descriptive), plane
trigonometry, and the elements of the differential
and integral calculus 2,500
Applied Mathematics, including mecb.anics and
hydrostatics l,OOO
Practical Shipbuilding, including laying-off (for shipwright's candidates only) 2,500
Practical Marine Engineering (for engineer candi-
dates only)
French 2,500
Elements of Physics and Chymist 500
ry .........
English Grammar and Composition.......
750
Geography and History
No candidate will be admitted who does not obtain at
least two-thirds of the full number of marks in the two
first-named subjects, and three-fifths of the full number,
either for practical shipbuilding or marine engineering.
Tho last four subjects, although counting in the com-
petition, will not be considered obligatory.
- The candidates who may be selected will be treated,
while attached to the school, in all respects as the Admi
ty pupils; -
will receive wages the same as dock-
yard apprentices, commencing at Is. 6d. per day for six
daysl p
year,
and increasing yearly 3d
raer
weekf
they
•
per day till it reaches 2s. per day; and in addition
a sub-
sistence
allowance of 3s. per day for seven days per week
o r the first
while away from their homes, either at the school or in the
Dockyards. _ _

Six months of each year, viz., from November till May,
will be devoted to study at the School, and the remaining
six months to active work and the acquirement of practical
knowledge in the dockyards.
It is to bo understood that the Admiralty make no en-
gagement to employ these pupils after the completion of
their course of study; and they must rely on their own
worth as educated naval architects for obtaining employ-
ment in their subsequent career. The number of such
pupils to be selected this year is one shipwright and one
engineer. Persons desirous of competing must forward
their names, with a certificate of birth, and of the grounds
on which they consider themselves practically qualified,
enclosing proper certificates to that effect, to the Secretary
of the Admiralty not later than the Ist of September.
The candidates should also state whether they wish to
be examined as engineers or shipwrights.
The examination will take place on the 23d September
and three following days.
By command of their Lordships,
HENRY GORDON LENNOX.

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THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—The offic:al return issued
yesterday states : For the week ending the 14th September
no case of cattle plague has been repqtecl from any
part of England, Wales, or scotland,