The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-27 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset Houge, 7th November, 1866.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
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 none to be ten•
dered the material of, which is of a solidifying point below
125 degrees 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 be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller 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 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 his proposed 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 Stearine 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.

0 GUNM AKE RS and Others.

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.
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 Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

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

The foresight must bo such as to admit of :a bayonet
fixed according to the present system. _
P. STOCK.

Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning•rod, and
allow 'ling to bo ugml.

G. RECOIL.

Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.
H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.

Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
rough wage, 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.
a. 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. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional.