The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-28 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES,

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 7th November, 1836.
r[IHE 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
3d December next, 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
STEARINE CANDLES, _ _

for the use of Her Majesty's Indian TroOp Ships, as may
from time to time be demanded under a Contract for
Twelve Calendar Months, certain and further, until the
expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
Samples (not less than 6 lbs. of each description) must
be produced by the parties tendering, and nono to be ten•
dered the material of which is of a solidifying point below
125 del:rees Fahrenheit.
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 bo obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
trol'er 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 bo-required that
the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should
ationd at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of
the offer received from each person will bo communicated
to him and his propo3ed 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 Stearino Candles," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller 'of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering in
the sum of £l,OOO for the due performance of the Contract.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public securities.

110GUNMAI(ERS and Others.
I.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
BREECH-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.

m 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.

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D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.

The foresight must be such as to admit. ora bayonet
fixed according to the present system.
F. STOOK.

Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning.rod, and
allow a slifig to be used.
G. RECOIL.

Must not emceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 Per cent.
n. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.

Must be as little liable to injuriby long-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.
i. 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.