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London, England, 1867-08-15 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR VINEGAR, SOAP, AND OATS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, August 13, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY,
the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
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CONTRACT for Supplyin, and Delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned
articles, viz.:—

To be tendered for
Quantities. at rates.
VINEGAR 20,000 Ga110n5........per 100 Galls.
SOAP 300,000 Pounds Pounds.
When to be Delivered— Half in ono calendar month
iroin date of Contract, and the remainder in one calendar
month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party
tendering.
OATS 2,500 Imp. Bushels..per 100 Pounds.
When to be Delivered—One-half of each in three weeks
from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three
weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party ten-
dering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each article.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they may deem or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a quart) which the
parties tendering may purpose to supply must accompany
their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to be made in
accordance with the samples which may be accepted, and the
Vinegar tendered is tobe of No. 20 trade denomination.
Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar), and of the
Oats (not less than 2 quarts), must be produced by the
parties tendering.
No Oats tendered to be of less weight than 421bs. per
bushel.
The samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
not accepted are to be taken away by them immediately
after the Contracts have been decided.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and
Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as
to quantities and rates, excepting those for Oats, the in-
voices for which are to be in pounds, at per 100 pounds.
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.
Particular attention is called to the conditions of the
contracts, which may be seen in the said Lobby.
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 communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in wiiting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
“Tender for ," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Register of Contracts and Public Securities.

SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, &C.
Admiralty, 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
Engineering, as Admiralty Pupils, will, for the present
year, be as follows :
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 : Marks.
Pure Mathematics, including—Arithmetic, mensu-
ration, geometry (piano and descriptive), plane
trigonometry, and the elements of the differential
and integral calculus 2,500
Applied Mathematics, including mechanics and
hydrostatics
Practical Shipbuilding, including laying-off (for
shipwright's candidates only) 2,500
Practical Marine Engineering (for engineer candi-
dates only) 2,500
French 5OO
Elements of Physics and Chymistry 750
English Grammar and Composition
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.
The 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-
ralty pupils; they will reseive wages the same as dock-
yard apprentices, commencing at Is. 6d. per day for six
days per week for the first year, and increasing yearly 3d.
per day till it reaches 2s. per day; and in addition a sub-
sistence allowance of 3s. per day for seven days per week
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 be 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,
GOADON 14F4X0X.