The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

London.

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11U
GUNMAKERS and Others.
I.
yeti e SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
B$ ling PROPOSALS from' Gunmakers and Others for
tepea-LO &DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
future ng, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
manufacture.

The n.
knit following are the conditions considered essential in
rY non-repeating Rifles:—
A. WEIGHT.
19.0 t to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.

To B. LENGTH.
110110 be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
°f the butt-plate to muzzle.
le. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
4ervest not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for

)4. D. CARTRIDGES.
dust easy thair own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.
LI foresight must bo such as to admit of a bayonet
4,nneording to the present a3-stem.
F. STOCK...
4110148 t be such as
be to c
darry a light metal cleaning. rod, and
W a sling to use. •
• G. RECOIL.
10 Lust not exceed that of the Enfield Rillo by more than
Per cent.

THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
foitilitst be as little liable to injury by long:continned firing,
bremill'nge, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
also, -loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
rth 4f being used without accident by imperfectly trained
for and of being manufactured in quantities ana of uni-
a y.
r• THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
444 list be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
Iliice,ll3ostire in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
dental 8 converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
tei,2 explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
qtlai',llllanufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
°
43% x. CALIBRE.
Mow.
0 1.• TIIE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Ptionai.

°Atioti,j.

M. THE LOCK.

Ca N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
attn. Pablo of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
0.41„,48'. the cartridges being arranged on a table.
Th'elißAOY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
tli,th" arra must give a inean figure of merit of not more
ati,cAn. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
T,":11-1. at 300.
OtoCB Mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
8 each.

P. TRAJECTORY.
tier. t
orequire at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
FOULING.
et 10, shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
""cl Yards after firing 250 rounds.
ThF, R. PENETRATION.
'hat "' the tneau penetration of five shots not to be less than
present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—
ho? 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
bt6/ in water.
ist
Mice 30 yards.
Wa S. LUBRICATION.
blay, on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricantt
by 4ecesZ snPeradded ormp applied to the cartridge, if thought
-47 the th
IST
le,lenle will be received without tho usual proof marks.
tatib44eations, and drawings of the methods proposed,
114140,,t110 probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
Ufespecimenhtt arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ftnimu-
eTh noutd be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
he, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
,e3P the specifications and specimen arms will be considered
6 Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mei-li-
g-4 who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
Ne'is`nd who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
ill," and recommend for further trial such of the systems
&chi appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
,Terra-8 may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
'ltic) 'hilt their being included in the competition, the con-
, 4:,8,,nf which are stated in this advertisement. .
pted competitor will then be required to furnish
the went, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
mll4l,;Pobrien arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
`ekilecel Per arm, within four months after. date of de-
'4'k Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
piosraittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-_-
etqh sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
th Petit°
e I.; to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
1, I, PP/5, of ammunition required.
Li,n4 ~,,el,B,eeretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
'"Y th"•ch, on combination of all qualities, is considered
A committee to be the best submitted.
i'tih,--e4nicl reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
'are, ig a satisfactory degree of excellence in other part!cu-
1, Vnieoted for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
'414 reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
%‘tlircif "Ich will he principally taken into consideration in
sti,,n,R this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
retlo,724ning rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
Th„" ,climates, and 5 eneral serviceability.
the ;scooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
m',„e depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
-'"ere,r Lugo is associated, they will not be so much con-
dill /t 48 those above-mentioned.
Bchclearly to be understood that under no circumstances
-,,e2tePetitor be entitled to more than one prize; but
Rivelitin'ze will be irrespective of any reward which may be
the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

1 v:
ku.„I4IiGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
jelver2olo and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
thN' examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
'ellienCi''ifies• They must not be less in length than 48
'.ooluding the stock.
limit of vreiobt for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
, tt ,e of the charges in the magazine.
14./%l;Bli.ilidisPoosit ble that the arms be made to take a
-a.:.-ocretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
bec:46(l.kil„e Repeating Arm produced that fulfils tho above
and in the absence of experience does not at
gat
"fine the standard of accuracy or other conditions
f4lfiLled beforesuch an arm can-be adopted.
t3t fkil' 4Lagazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
itQuer is will be paid fo rounds rate of £6O. each.
41To. 84to is to include, 1,000 of ammunition per
•

c,
d°el6
Th
4-ot;,eretary of State will. take care that no ingenious
aad Dte-d L...-,,uuced in answer to this advertisement shall bte
th.:+litto the service without proper acknowledgmqn.,
40a be
/lame of the individual with whom it °rip-
ullaall be recorded in connection with it.
lilt° the raft° to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
—rvice, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
far
of Ordnance.
Oct. 22, 1866.

PROVIDENCE ROPORW NIGHT REFUGE,
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, audhave
to spend night after night in the cold, 'wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is prop sed,_as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D, N 0722,

By WILLIAM ItAi SMEE, Esq., F.S.A.
Also, by the same Author, Second Edition, price 6d.,
JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Proposal to secure
Deposits.placed at Interest.
Mann Nephews, Cornhill,

OSBORNE'S STILTON

Is THE Cheese !

MANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers
and who:esale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps), London. • •

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. Gd ,
2a.. 2s. 6 I. per lb. arc the prices at which PHILLIPSS
and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon-
don, E.C., bre sellimr good and fine BLACK TEA. A price
current post free, 90s worth carriage free to any railway
-t<Ltion or market town in the United Kingdom.—Obs(rve—
PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worcester or Swansea. sugars are supplied at
market prices.

The 14th annual meeting of this society, at. which Vis-
count Ranelagh presided, was held to-day for the first time
in the.new and spacious prentifies, being 11, Howard-street,
and 33, Norfolk-street, combined in onevast edifice by Mr:
Wylson, architect. The entrance to the building is in
Norfolk-street, and the frontage extends to near:y the
whole of. the northern side of Howard-street. The lower
part is devoted to the Society's offices for investments and
the sale of land. On the first floor is a capacious board-
room, in which the quarterly and annual meetings will be
held, and to which room the Secretary's dikes are at-
tached. The upper portion of the edifice is devoted to the
offices of the legal and surveying departments. The
fagade of the building is simple yet imposing, having the
title of the Society and the date of its formation extending
along its entire length. It is another large edifice added
to the many erections which have of late years sprung up
in the metropolis,showing the great improvements made in
street architecture. The Secretary (Mr. Gruncisen) having
read the advertisement convening the meeting, the fol-
lowing annual report was submitted:—
The Executive Committee, in presenting to the share-
holders of the Conservative Land Society their annual re-
port, are enabled to submit for their approval the audited
statement of accounts and balance-sheet, showing that the
completion of the fourteenth financial year on the 30th of
September, 1866, has been attended with the most satisfac-
tory results, and that no cessation in the society's success
has arisen from the adverse times in the monetary world
of the present year. It is a significant fact that, during
the period of the greatest pressure, public confidence in the
Conservative Land Society was even more strongly mani-
fested than previously, by increased investments.
The Boari can refer with pride and pleasure to the sub-
joined tabular returns, showing the shares issued, the total
cash receipts for the respective quarters of the year 1865-6,
and the grand totals since the commencement of the society
in September, 1852.

Shares in Shares Total
AVALUABLE C HRISTMAS PR E SENT. - Qrs. ending progress. Complete. Shares. Receipts.
A CHINESE CADDY. containing 161bs. of really --
good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or £ s. d.
market town in Entriand, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on. re- Dec. 24, 1865 .... 503 .84 5>;7 28,181 11 8
ceipt of 10s., by PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, March 25, 1886 .. 639 00 765 25,623 13 8
King William-street, City, E.C. June 24, 1 • 66.... 5(9 41 550 34,246 ll 8
Sept. 3,, 1866.... 726 121 817 3%918 10 11
--- --- -
SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. Four. Quarters 1
GREAT SCCOESS. end( ,g
.3.14-
chaelmas, 1-66 2,437 312 2,719 12',97) 10 I 1
With a single stake of £l, you can realise £25,(W0! ! Totals to Sept.
With a single stake of X?, you can realise £27.5 0! ! • 30, 1865 18,224 4,6)9 22,925 862,619 15 11
With a single stake of £B, you can realise £37.0001!
With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £15,0001! Grand totals to
For rospectuses and particulars apply without delay to Michaelmas, IE6 i 20,653 5,011 25,674 983, - 610 613
)Yr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey.
rm..... 1.....4. ..v....- 4.........-1 ...,.. 4" Viiralettalvvt.,, 1 Oen ....... KT...

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC -BALSAM.-AN
EFFMTUAL ItEIIEIY, without confining the bowels
or alfecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the beat medicine tor immediately relieving'
coughs, colds, .onfirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. it frequently cures persons wh.'m the faculty
oronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
ptovnkes trequelt coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects arm trulv beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
,n•en lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on re'iet
An a twm sn3outee-aitore.**ll49----

L A .1111,; i;hem!st. k)liaring-
cross, London, itnd by all drugg sts, in botties, 13,d., and
three qinintitiel in one, 2.i. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
;or I.a..iibert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on t .e st

ltUt*TU !t1:8.-11Y )YAL lETTP:ItS PA.TMNIT.
MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
'(PERFECTED AND EXITTRITED TN TILE GREAT
of Issl and 1862,, is allowed by upwards of
l'wo hundred Me 101 l Gentlemen to be the mO4 rfrectlre
,nventhn in rte curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a kteel spring, so o'tea hurtful in its eff,3,ts. is !tete
avoided—a solt b %tillage -; worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Aloc-Main
I'ad and l'atent Lev r, fitting witlt so unclL ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and mty be worn during
deep. A descriptive circular may be hal, and th truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
'erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, '_2B, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 115., 215., ?Gs ad., an 1 31s. Gd Poatage,
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s ant 525. Gd. Postag.e, Is. Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. GI P,stage. Is. 10d.
lost-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Ploeaddly.

NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &a, for Varicose yeins and alt cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, 4prains, fi.c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpen4ive, aud are drawn on
ike an ordinary stocking. Price Is. 6d., is. 6d., 10s. and 16s.
each. Postage, 6d.

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
4-0 ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair, as Bd, 5s kl, and 108 ad;
sent by pod for 54, 84, and 144 41-I.:lps. AL Pa. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn. London, and all Chemists.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by usitw ALEX. Ross's CHIROPO.
Thi, preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
removing the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 80 stamps.
—248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

EirAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is apoded. Sold
tt as td, 55 td, and 10s fld ; sent free for sf, 81, and 141 stamps.
—Had of all Chemists.

faREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
iiJAI ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
tmmecliatelyit is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe t. Price 35 ed. 5s ed. and :os ed ; sent by post
for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists.

HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—AL KX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and lOs 6d; sent for 51, 94,
and 144 stamps.—Had of till Chemists.

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS,'S
VE ;ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove re.inoss, sal-
lowness, &u. 2s 9d and 78 ed ; or post for 43 and iOO stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
heal with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, end remains
so by an occislonal Will. lOs Fd; scut for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 24R, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

Just published, 2d; sent by the author fort stamps,
ITGUNESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
the appearance. By ALEX. BOSS, 248, High Holborn,
London.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to acid another
Lome to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, frem the age ofd to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Daniel Cooper, Q 5, Queen •street,Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

The last share issued up to Michaelmas, 1866, was No.
25,674.
The Reserve Fund to Michaelmas, 1866,
amounts t 0... £12,561 18 1
Sale of land from the formation of the

society to Michaelmas, 1866 £493,091 5 0
The total withdrawals since the formation
of the society to Michaelmas, 1866, are... 286,364 16 4

The returns of the register of the order of rights (for tho
next. Selection of plots In riltation on the order of .rights)
are as follow :

Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,207 2,aoa 1.758 11.270
Deduct rights exercised on estat6,' ~ 8,649

Unexercised rights .:„ „. 2,621
The last share number on the registrar by seniority of
membership is No. 15,875.
The total receipts for 1865-6, the largest
since the formation of the Society, were £120,970 10 11
Receipts of 1861-5 ,„ 80,260 2 1

Total increase on tlio year Z 10,710 8 10

The following was the increase in each quarter:—
Christmas ... £8,952 5 0
Lady Day ' 9,374 8 8
Midsummer 15,893 13 0
Michaelmas 6,490 2 2

Increase for 1865-6, as above £40,710 8 10

The Committee, regarding the Reserve Fuud as the safest
guarantee for the society's permanent prosperity, have
raised that fund to £13,000, being an increase of £l,OOO
over the amount of the year 1864-5. The general healthy
features of the business of the year 1865-6 are, that the
actual annual income of the society has risen considerably,
owing to the largo sales of land, the advances to allottees
exercising the borrowing power having more than doubled
in about two years. The amount of the stock of land on
hand (unsold plots on estates) has been reduced from
£83,000 to £48,000, sales which indicate the value of the
properties acquired by the society. The committee can
also congratulate the shareholders on the insignificant
amount of losses accruing from the sales of property held
as security for advances. A reference to the balance-sheet
will show the increase of business in each department.
The four auditors appointed at the quarterly meeting, on
the 2d of October last, namely, Mr. Clemow and Mr. Goad,
elected by the shareholders, and Mr. Persd Stace and Mr.
Winstauley, nominated by the board, met on the 7th of
November and subsequent days, and verified the vouchers,
books, and securities, and signed the balance-sheet. The exe-
cutive committee are enabled, after increasing the reserve
fundto£l3,ooo, to provide for the interest of 5 per cent. per
annum on shares (completed or paid a year in advance),
and for the interest of 4 per cent. per annum on deposit
investments. The committee are also enabled to add to the
accounts of members holding uncompleted invested shares
(in respect of which no interest has been paid) a bonus
equivalent to 6 per cent. per annum. As regards the addi-
tional interest of 1 per cent., to which the holders of com-
pleted shares and shares paid a year in advance will be
entitled by the present declaration of bonus, the amount
will be included in the half-yearly Lady-day interest war-
rants, issued and payable on and after May 1 next. Thus,
after payment on the shares on the register at the present
annual meeting, not being in arrear, will realise 6 per cent.
per annum for the financial year, ending Sept. 30, 1866.
The rate of interest on shares (completed) and shares in
progress (paid a year in advance) will remain at 5 per
cent. per annum, for which the half-yearly warrants
up to Lady-day and Michaelmas will be issued at the
customary periods, namely, May 1 and November 1.
The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is, in-
vestors who are not members of the society, will remain
unchanged at four per cent. per annum, payable half-
yearly, at the same period as the interest warrants on
shares. The ordinary quarterly meetings were duly held
on the 27th of March, the 3d of July, and the 28th of
November. The following members of the executive com-
mittee retire by rotation, viz.:—Viscount Ranelagh, Col.
Brownlow Knox, M.P., Viscount Ingestre, Major Jervis,
M.P., and T. K. Holmes, Esq., and, being eligible, offer
themselves for re-election. The new estates and ground
rents allotted in 1865-6 were :—New Ferry (Cheshire),
opposite Liverpool, St. Austell (Cornwall), 30th Novem-
ber, 1865; Moorfield's Estate, Hereford (Herefordshire) 21st
February, 1866 ; Castle Church Estate, Stafford (South
Staffordshire), 28th March, 1866; West London Estate,
North End, Fulham (Middlesex), 25th July, 1866 ; Rams-
gate Estate (East Kent), Saudown Estate, No. 2 (Isle of
Wight), Ipswich Ground Rents (West Suffolk), 29th
August, 1866 ; and Deal Estate, 2d portion (East Kent),
14th November, 1866. Of the above properties, the West
London and the. Ramsgate estates, as also the Ipswich
The roads
and the greater
pGorrotui
onad Ro
fe nt
ht se, have
fboeredn
oe
snttai
troe 1 yhda s pn
boesecnd
and works on the St. Austell, Stafford, and Hereford
Estates have been completed ; those on the Deal estate are
on the eve of completion ; the contract for the Now Ferry
works is in progress; and tenders will be soon obtained
fdoorwtnh e
No. 2
roads. on
Deputationsthe
h e board have attended Ramsgate, and San-
at public meetings at Hereford (Viscount Ranelagh,
Colonel Knox, M.P., Colonel Meyrick, and Mr. Win-
stanley); at Stafford (Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount
Ingestre, and Colonel Knox, M.P.); at Ramsgate (Colonel
Knox, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. Talbot, and Mr.
Winstanley) ; and at Deal (Mr. Winstanley). Reso-
lutions of confidence in the society's system, after explana-
tions of the working thereof, were unanimously passed at
all these provincial meetings. The committee have given
a free site for the erection of a district church at Hereford,
in pursuance of a desire expressed by some of the leading
inhabitants of that city. The following estates have been
• 9
closed this year in the Aoclety s books—Sevett Sisters,

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-oroes.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majcaty the QTJEEN.

Vice- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 3,H G.
President-111s Grace the Duke of BUCCL KUGEL K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year :828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
;he delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary zontributions and 1,43C1ea
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
Addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benecolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
:ontaining several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutte and
Co.; Drummond and Co. ; (hyn and Co. r Berries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W 'Maras, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Berners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFOraD 8111T17, Bearetoy,

Tottenhaan, and Bishop's Stortford, Herts. The new
Kemp Town Railway, which crosses the Round Hill
Estate, Brighton, is progressing rapidly; and if a new
station be not placed on the society's property, the site will
be in close vicinity to it, as the neighbourhood has
recently much increased. The next estate to be allotted,
the day fixed being the 13th inst., is ono of the
most valuable building properties ever acquired by. the'
society in the suburban districts. It will be called the
East London Estate, and is close to the West Gate Station
on the Great Eastern Railway. This fine property is
adapted not only for villas and houses of a superior class,
but for dwellingsfor the working-classes, like the Society's
West London Estate. The allotment of the first portion
on the 13th inst. will be confined to the large field front-
ing the road leading to Wanstead-common, which is
within two minutes' walk of the land. As Forest Gate is
only five miles from the centre of the City, and there aro
22 trains daily, at cheap fares to and from theßishopsgate-
station, the committee anticipate that the East London
estate, bordering on Wanstead Flats and Epping Forest,
will meet the wants and wishes of all classes of the com-
munity. After the routine business of the annual and
quarterly meeting (this day) there will bo a drawing of
100 share numbers, to be placed on the Register of Rights,
to settle the priority of choice for plots on the society's
estates, should the holders of such rights elect to buy
land. Fifty share numbers will be taken from the
Seniority List, according to date of membership,
provided such shares be not in arrear, and be
added to the. Order of Rights. The Executive
Committee have to congratulate the purchasers of land
on the. Society's estates upon the marked success which
has attended the claims made by the allottees in the Regis-
tration Courts, supported, as usual, free of expense. The
executive committee confidently anticipate that, in enter
ing upon their fifteenth year, a new era of success is in-
sured for the prosperity of the Conservative Land Society,
by the opening for public business of the new offices at
33, Norfolk-street, Strand, with which the adjoining pre-
mises, 11, Howard-street, have been combined, so as to form
a large edifice, within which all the different branches of
the society's yearly extending operations can be carried on.
The opening in due course of the Thames embankment,
and of the new law courts, will render the Norfolk-street
neighbourhood a central position for metropolitan busi-
ness. In concluding their report, the executive committee
feel that they ought to renew their acknowledgments to
the shareholders, who have honoured them with theircon-
fidence and support on all occasions ; for it is owing to the
kindly feeling which has thus existed that the board has
been enabled to carry on .the society's affairs with such
permanent success financially, combined at the same time
with social, moral, and political advantage.