The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-03 00:00:00

When to be delivered.
Fifty Thousand Gallons of RIT3I { Within Three Weeks
from date of Contract.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Rum.
All the Casks, except such as may be required for her
Majesty's service, are to be taken away from the said
stores by and at the expense of the party whose Tender is
accepted.
Parties tendering are to state a price per'proof gallon for
the
Rum, casks being removed, and also a price per proof
gallon for the Rum, in the event of the casks being re-
tained for her Majesty's service.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the 'renders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they may cleni fit, or for
a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also
an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Rum to be exempted from the Customs duties, and
parties tendering are to state where it is
, Payment for the Rum will be made for the proof gallons
to one-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer-
tained to the half gallon.
Samples of the Rumare to be sent in pintsfor each import
!nark, and the average strength of each mark ex to
be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths
of several imports, and any parcel of Rum that is found not
to te of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the
sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the
officers.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not
accepted aro requested to be taken away by them imme-
diately after the Contract has been decided.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed
Form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
Application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller or Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House.
Particular attention is called to the conditions of the
Contract, 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
°Mee on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person: will be corawunicated to him in
Writing.
, Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
.mdmiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the Do-
Partment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

T ° GUNMAKERS and Others.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
EREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufacture.

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

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

D. Must carry their own i T CARRIDGES.
nition._

The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet
fixed according to the present system.
r. OCK
lq ST
ust be such as to carry a light. metal cleaning-rod, and
allow a sling to be used.

G. .
Must not exceed that ofRECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.
x. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
b°gll usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
eechloaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
also of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
roermn,
qaunadliotfy.being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
.
1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
;tid "Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
nider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
,!elttal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
Ijelnr; manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional.