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IR` IN ARAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXITIP.ITMN, a R., A.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
Dublin Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
some.
by Sold in Bottles, Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;
.the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
wonlAsalA at
GREAT WINDMILL-STREET LONDON, W.
ObservA thA Red Seal, Pink Label,
and Cork branded
" Xinahan's LL Whisky."

NIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
„ (Inclrporited by Act of Parliam 1410).
" Li.lit TSSE f.L-ST RE ET. COVE NT-GAR DEN. LONDON'.
ocapt ADVANCES on all description of Security. F,rms
1. e On application by letter to
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC • HOUSES,
Pu awl BUSINESSES.
n ,
,uN'F.:,S and KNEE'S List on application.
l'articalars for insertioa receivei until the 27th of the
Month at their
AUC:ION AND 'HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES.
5, Agar street Strand, Vtir.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cress Railway Station.

INDIA OFFICE, Bth NOVEMBER, MG.
EL, Order of Secretary of State for India
in Council.
Notice is hereby given that the Director-General of Stores for India will be ready on or before Monday, the
19th instant, to receive proposals in writing, sealed up,
from such persons as may be willing to Supply
- 200 Pieces of SERGE,
and that the conditions of the said Contract may be bad
°llaPplication at the India Store Office, Cannon-row,
degtninster where the Proposals are to be left any time
efore two o'clock p.m. of the said 19th day of November,
66, after Which hour no tender will be received.
GERALD C. TALnor, General Director.

CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 7th November, 1866.
E COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
, the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
NITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
;AND, do hereby give Notice, that, on MONDAY, the
December neat, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will
15e ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of
STEARINE CANDLES,
for the Ilse of Her Majesty's 'lndian Troop Ships, as may
f,,,r01n time to time be demanded under a Contract for
Twelve Calendar Months, certain and further, until the
expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
dSamples (not less than 6 lbs. of each description) must
produced by the parties tendering, and none to be ten
red the material of which is of a solidifying point below
125 degrees Fahrenheit.
ttne Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
,LhaeeinTseenlvdeesrst.tn unlimited power of selection in accepting
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed
''l4lll provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
°llaPplication in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
Nler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at
Itt,on on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that
12 et* Party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should
tat the office on the day of Contract, as the result of
the off
_offer received from each person will be communicated
t° him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Arer3r Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
„ iralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
PlTender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
tY, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
%gaging to become bound with the person tendering in
e sum of £l,OOO for the due performance of the Contract.
By order ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

111 U GUNMAKERS and Others.
rPcTh
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
tii6ng PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
e!, '2,01'1-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
hira
nufacture.tin, Which may replace the present Service Rifles in
mein ma

11/IlitalL
The fo
non-repeating Ri llowin are the condesitions considered essential in
rY fl

A. WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
n. LENGTH.
hoTlloo
be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
w of the butt-plate to muzzle.
Betc• WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
. not exceed Mb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for

D. CARTRIDGES.
dust carry their own ignition.

The E. 'SIGHTS.
foresight must be such as to admit. of -a bayonet
'ect according to the present system.
F. STCK.
Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
allow a Sling to be used.
G. l RECOIL
10 p
eirst not exceed that of tho Enfield Rifle by more than
cent.
R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
rontl,et be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
b o'°" 'lsage, and expo sure, as he naval rifles conerted to
air:eh-loaders on the Snider system. To be asv caj*le,
of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
%le
f n' gnat it ef &6
An manufactured in quantities and of uni-

AndL THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
11St be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
ShiinPosure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
b;
ewB converted Enfield rifle
rtalso as liable to ai-
explosion as the same caridge,little and as capayecc of
qiNktnanufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
K. CALIBRE.
"N fl
epal. TIIE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
°Ptional. M. THE LOCK.

tiblex. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
L--. 3 of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
0. 7; the cartridges being arranged on a table.
'l/RA-CY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
armol44 must give a mean figure of merit of
.not more
4,14601.1178..ta3t001.,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12m. at 500,
811ot8 eac mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty

Not ~... P. TRAJECTORY.
(leg. 30-I:equire at 500 yards an elevation of moro than 1
Min.

The h Q. FOULING.
at 1 0 8 ooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
, 00 yards after firing 250 rounds.
Th R. PENETRATION.
at e
of Mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
'llz 1 the present service muzzle-loading Enfold Rifle—
ho 2 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
11)1:8 in water
letanee 30 'yards.
s. LUBRICATION.
ba,l3, lel 04 bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
aeceg suPeradded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
No 111.
hy the competitor.
Speei allns will be received without the usual proof marks.
Kati),ficati oos, and drawings of the methods proposed,
Nish? the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
bitiehe4,BPecimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable aminu-
Offt "' snould be sent tO the "Director of Ordnance, War
TC3,
1, he on or before the 30th March, 186
by specifications and specimen arms will be considered
bens, e Ordnance Select Committee and its associate m f
Was; who Will be selected by the Secretary of State
dosr
select and
recommend will after firing the 20 eliminary
systems
tte and for further trials ch of the
such 4 itppear to them sufficiently promising,. rejecting. all
Ivarra may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
dntE ot their being included in the competition, the c0n-
a114,81., ef which are stated in this advertisemetit.
Pted Competitor will then be required to furnish
10 tiZ u
r ment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
baueli•sPeeilnen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
raatlctioe
Per arm, within four months after. date of de-
Noreit,'ach competitor will be required ti? disclose to the
Noy. ‘,OO the exact nature of the lubrication he may
Bum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
the .ILers, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
1,-1113131y of ammunition required.
allelic Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
tlZhih, on combination of all qualities, is considered
ee- ecklinittee to be the best submitted.
jahlin celld reward of £6OO for the arm which, while. at-
re, g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other part.lcu-
A!Velected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
ofwlo reward of £4OO for the best cartridge, Th?qu?.-
aWardi 'eh will be principally taken into consideration in
.44,Rthis prize will be economy of manufact.ure, power
Variel„lnlng rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
The' Lehmates, and general serviceability.
theva'°°thig qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
," 11a3r deyeed upon the rifling of the arm with which
'`clereeLdge is associated, they will not be so much con-
It
as
as those above-mentioned.
a elearlyto be understood that under no circumstances
alleh ~e{wel'etitor be entitled to mere than one prize ; but
tivealioze.will be irrespective of any reward which may be
tilo inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

IV
ti..14_41„34zi-kneGa.A.Zal-N.E AND REPEATING ARMS.
I ved a 11,-. Repeating Arms for Infantry
:'1541.11.1,114 examined in a manner similar to thweilEl
reljeelel:
41elllebi"itles. They
stock not be less in length than 48
Th:i including the
:til;:oi nye it:: of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilb. ex-
hale of the charges in the magazine.
ditiePonsable that the arms be made to take a
ka1.111,6 eeretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
ecat7uPoe o
preellite,oB
;raßndePnattihnegaAbrmsenpeeroodfuceexdpethriaetnfucelfidlsotehsonapbt.ovaset
t°,,eit'fittle the standard of accuracy or other condition
r h ""ed before such an arm can be adopted.
for f Ale lilag.azine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
This " trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O. e.ach.er
kria. 8414 is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition p
11'11,, t, V.
c)'`'elt.-'ectetarY of State will take care that no itngean.i.o.us
klopte., I?roduced in answer to this advortmemen shall be
aild that
tote the service without proper acknowledgment,.
hales X the name of the individual with whom it ongi-
,lf th 4',' be recorded in connection with it. .
'lit° the
sere to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
- "rviee, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST, GEORGE, Major-General, Director
, War fjo of Ordnance.
IL--_____.loe, Oct 22, 1866.
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