The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-07 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUA. • CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset Ilouse, 31st. October, 1866.
rrIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
-•-• the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADIIIRAL of the
IJNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, do hereby give Notice, that, on MONDAY, the 12th November next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
.ntract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford,

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When to be delivered.
Fifty Thousand Gallons of RUM SWithin Three Weeks
from date of Contract.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Ruin.
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 fit, or for
a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also
as 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 lying.
to o
Payment for the Rum will be made for the proof gallons
ne-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer-
tained to the half gallon. -
Samples of the Rum are to be sent in pintsfor each import
mark; 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 Le of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the
sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the
olEcers .

The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not
accepted are 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
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person will be communicated to him in
„ very
E Tender must be addiessed to the Secretary of the
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
zi
'` Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the De-
partment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
emerset House.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
• Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

rU GUNMAKERS and Othcre.
IThe SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
3e-geiviliz PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
u,LECILLOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
fePeating, Which may replace the present Service Rifles in
tuture manufacture.

The followin
Military non-repg are the conditions considered essential in
at ing 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 butts late to muzzle.
c. WEIGHT OP AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

Must ea, D. CARTRIDGES.
rry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.
fizriellie foresi
dght must be such as to admit of -a bayonet
according to the present system.
F . STOCK.
allolv a sling to be used.
dust 12.1, such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
G. .
10 per not exceed that ofRECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than
Per cent.
Igh THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
I.olllllst be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
b usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
areal-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
1118°' of be, jug- used without accident by imperfectly trained
fnr:.! au'l 9f being manufactured in quantities and of
—a,
My.

-:;:' I- THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
otuder's
t,....Tust be as le liable to injury by rough .. 'la"it
"'! txPesure in all ‘A: 1,... „..... eitrta xylits-. or
converted Enfiecr. It re--•-ltso as little liable to acci-
dental,_ explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
"'lug Manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality.
x.. CALIBRE.
Optional.

Option LE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.

Optional,

M. THE LOCK

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
„Capable of tiring at least 12 rounds per minute, without
;"Iling. the cartridges being arranged on a table.
ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The
than „ arra must give a mean figure of merit of not more
°Gin. at 1,000 yards,Boin. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
44d fn. at 300.
shots each.l-he 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
dOl
30 min.

Q. FOLING.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.
B. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle-
-12 half-inch elm planks, which have. been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.

B. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant.
may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

- 111.
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable =mu-
11,,ition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
by specifications and specimen arms will be considered
~he Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
oer-
•,.„. 0, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
war, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
r„leet and recommend for further trial such of the systems
TaY appear to them sufficiently promising.,e re
nt jecting all
-" c" as m ay not be considered to offer suffici merits to
17_arrant their being included in the competition, the con-
uitions of which are stated in this advertisement.
f Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
f°r
h • exPerient,
a
-0 tt Wolwich, six arm in strict conformity
° specimmen armo submitted, withs 1,000 rounds of am-
anion per arm, within four months after date of de-
a4ll,- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
;Inniittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
ploy' -A- sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
thillPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
They of ammunition required.
arra whSecretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
by the committee
on combination of all qualities, is considered
taloue committee to be the best submitted.
n°olld reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
8' a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
-I's Is Selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
iitike third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
Ftwaspich -will be principally taken into consideration in
of 5t;,,,1°13 this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
"aining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
sous,„ climates, and general serviceability.
sidereartrid ge
41-113.10 shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
the, °Y may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
is associated, they will not be so much em-
it 9d as those above-mentioned.
18 clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
sucha cl.3naPetitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
o,ve_prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
41.40t° the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

Iv.
m MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
re-
loading and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be
1 vdtcl alld examined in a manner similar to the BreechB-
- -"les. They must not be less in length than 4
ipcluding the stock.
el "lunit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91.21 b. ex-
Ove of the charges in the magazine.
13,4-4 is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
141311azetiSi:eecretary of State offers a reward of 800 for the best
con diti or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
pre and in the absence of experience does not at
to be define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
Tulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
for fhof se Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted
Trher trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
arro, is sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

TiceV.
bov Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
arel ty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be
yted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
iluaithat the name of the individual with whom it origi-
intol abaft be recorded in connection with it.
the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
of Ordnance.
War_o Oct 22, 1866.

SALE OF OLD STORES AT TITE ROYAL
N ARII CLO t. if IN (I DEPOT, I'l3l LICO.
StatZleg IS HEREBY GIVES, that the Si eretary of
ets_,e or War is prepared to receive ['ENDERS for the pur-
6rothinof I.D STORES, now lying at the Royal Army
"vier
Depot, Grosveuor-road, Pimlico, NA here forms of
rnaY be obtain( d, and where the store• for sale may
Ceih.eWed• en the three days previous to the day fixed for the
fin, and two and four p. of the Tenders, between the hours of nine and eleven
venm.
obt,tj,B Inu*t be made on a printed form, which may be
Otte, pals above stated, and are to be delivered at the War
next,,....11-mall. on or before Thursday, the of November
the nqudresseel to the Director of Conirac,s, and marked on
Ilreireot4 !!de. " Tender for the Purchase of Old Store:,
The s
o
ail of
eiehree T
rzt
r eryndoefroState reserves the right of rejecting any

lirt T. HOWELL, Director of Contracts,
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8.W., 27th October, 1866.