The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-05 00:00:00

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THE SUN, lAOND ON, MO_N DAI E V ENING, fOCTOB4 IL 5, 1368.

QOUTH'AUSTRALTAN GOVERN:, lIINT SIX
Li y PER CENT. BONDS PAYABLE IN LO.!TDON.
The Bank of South AustralLi, 54, Old Broad-stroet,
E. 0., is autl.orised by the undersigned to • receive TEN-
DERS for BONDS of- the SOUTII AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT, to the amount of £400,000.
The Bonds, havicg from 2G to 35 years to run (1891 to
1903), are of the following denominational values:-
50 Bonds, for £l,OOO each £50.000
300 77 500 „
.2,000 100 „

£400,000

And ere issued under the authority of Act No. 28, of I
19th December, 1867, of the South Australian Parliament,
entitled "Au Act to authorise the raising of Money f
Railway purposes." A copy of the Act may be inspected
at the office of the undersigned,
Both principal and interest are made payable in London
at the dates specified in each Bond, the interest by Coupon
on the Ist July and Ist January of each year.
The Bonds boar interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, from the Ist July, 1868.
The above quoted act authorises the "issue of £Bll,OOO.
The present issue is the firstportion thereof,the remaining
half will not be issued till some time next year. Clause 5
of the Act duly provides for the _payment of the interest,
and the redemption of the Bonds of this Loan, as they fall
due.
The Bonded Debt of South Australia, including the
£400,000 now issued, will amount to £1,568,000, and is
secured on the general revenue of the colony, which was
as follows, according to the latest Government official
statistics in the Agent General's aposse3sion 1862,
£548,709 ' • 1863, £631,700 ; 1864, £775,837 ; 1865,
£1,089,128 ; 1866, £949,774. The high estimation in
which the South Australian Government Bonds have al-
ways-been held is sufficiently proved by the current quo-
tations in the market. The existing Bonded Debt is an-
nually reduced by redemption of Bonds falling due, to the
extent of about £lO,OOO each year.
Sealed Tenders, made in accordance %int the annexed
ern; will be received by the Bank of South Australia for
he whole or any portion of these Bonds —not being less
ban £loo—until noon on Tuesday, the 13th October, and
he allotment will take place at that hour in the presence
of such of the applicants as may desire to be present.
The Bonds will be allotted to the highest bidder; pro-
vided the rates offered are not below the minimum which
will be fixed by the Agent General and placed in a sealed
envelope on the table b fore the Tenders are opened, but
the sealed envelope will only be opened in case the Agent
General declares that the whole amount has not been ten-
dered at or above his minimum.
Tenders at a price including, a fraction of a shilling other
than sixpence will not be preferentially accepted, and iu
the event of an equality of Tenders beyond the amount of
these Bonds, a pro rata distribution on such Tenders will
bo made. In the same way the Bonds falling due at the
different dates will be distributed, as regards the dates, as
near as possible, amongst the successful tenddrers.
Ten per Cent. on the nominal value of these Bands must
be paid to the Bank of South Australia as soon as the al-
lotment is made, and the balance not later than Tuesday,
the 10th November, when the Bonds will be delivered.
Tenderers to whom allotment may be made can have their
Bonds earlier, if they desire it, by paying the balance less
the discount at the then rate of the Bank of England.
Forms of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the
Bank of South Australia, or of the undersigned.

FRANCIS S. DUTTON,
Agent General for the Government of South
Australia.
37, Great George- street, Westminster, Oct. 3, 1863.

PR INT I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.
The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, Ste., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. -Else of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for
reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices,
3, Church-raw, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

jANE HUNDRED & SEVENTY D Esri ru r ft;
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPII 4. ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £2.5 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Ollce, 54, Ohaapside, Lonlon, E.O

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden:square W.
President —His Gra,...,e the Duke of GIiA.FTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help theca to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

‘,l A MARITA N FILE E' HOSPITAL for WO MEN
IJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will bo received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

JONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
4 institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coats, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
The WESTERN EXTENSION is NOW OPEN.

ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
kVA. THE AVES'rEBN EXTENSION.
BROMPTON (Gloucester-road) to the CITY in 33 minutes. •
Single Journey Tickets. Returu Tickets.
let Cl. 2d CL 3d Cl. Ist Cl. 2d Cl. 3d Cl.
Fares 9d. Oa. sd. ' Is. td. 9d. " Bd.

METROPOLITAN iL
THE WESTERN EXTE
KENSINGTON (High-street) to the err.
Single Journey Tickets.
. Ist Cl. 2d CI. 3d Cl. let
Faros 9d. 61. sd. le.

COIVIPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIqUg.
4, Rue de la Pair, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and IWitt. for New York.
RATES 'OP PASSAGE',
From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Ulass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to Now York, vice 'lava) or Brest, including
railway tiekot, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class,
285 fr.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
noYAL INSURANCE. BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The " ROYAL" has never bad a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.

PREMIUMS in 1867 - £160,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding
year.
LOSSES by Fire in 1867 .£292,125
NET PROFITtI, after paying all losses and ex-
penses 1,56,373
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of now business in 1865-6-7 £Bol,ooo
Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583
LIFE PROPOSALS now effoctod will participate in the
increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders.

PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1868.

ASSISI ANT SC HU 0 TAIASTE It, AT
SHEERNESS.
ADMIRALTY, 231 Sept.. ISGS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES, 1 hat aVACA NOY exists fur
au ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard.
Candidates who may wish to undergo a Competitive Examina-
tion for such an appointment are invited to apply, either per-
ron3.lly or by letter, to the Civil Service Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard, Westminster, on or before the Bth of October, fur-
nishing certificates of age and health, togethervvith testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The examination will
commence on Tuesday, the 13th October. Candidate's meet be
between the ages of 20 and 35, and will be examined in the' fol-
lowing subjects; in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-
dates to pass:— .

1. Exei•cises as to Handwriting ant Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and ensuration.
3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences.
4. English Composition.
5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially
of England and Europe.
6. English History.
7. Euclid—first four and sixth hooks aad first twenty-one pro-
positions of the eleventh hook.

8. Algebra.
9. Plane Trigonometry.
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary).
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Differential Calculus.

They will also be competitively examined in the following sub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:—

12. Elementary Chemistry and Physics.
13. Plano Trigonometry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metry.
11. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (inure advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
16. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution. • •

The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock-
yard commences at £lOO per Annum, increasing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the uertilleade of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid to to the benedt of the Super-
annuation Act.

Assistant Dockyatd Schoohnlsters are eligible for promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster o.ul Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from .£l5O to £250 per annum.

A LDERSHOT. --.-ARMY

W. G. ROII.IINE.

CONTRACT.-FLOUR AND
DiEAT.

Commissariat-Office, South Camp, Aldershot,
16th September, 186 S.
MENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon on Thursday, the 22d Octobcr, from persons who
may be willing to enter into CONTRA.Crs for the SUPPLY of
FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), Cones, for dusting Leaves
and FILLS a MEAT,

for six months, from Ist December next to 31st May, 18G9, for
the use of her Majesty's Forces at Aldershot, and within the
command.
Separate tenders are required for each of the above articles.
Forma of Tender and conditions of Contrast can be obtained
on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further information that
may be required will be furnished.

It. ROUT IT,
Deputy Commissary-General.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 10th Sept., 1868.
TTHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give Notice that ou TUESDAY, the
13th October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, thy will be
ready to treat with such Persons as may be wiLing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned Ports
the following quantities of
• SALT PORK,
all of the cure of the piesent season, viz. :

Navy Pork.
DEPTFORD 4,800 tierces 4,800 barrels.
HAULBOWLINE l,BOO „ 1,800 „
Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. each, and
each barrel 50 pieces of 41135. each, instead of the number
of pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels.
The Pork to bo delivered into the respective Stores as
follows, viz.—one-third of each quantity for each place by
the 15th day of January, 1869; another third thereof by
the sth day of March, 1869; and the remainder thereof by
the 30th day of April, 1869 ; or any greater portion, or the
whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party ten-
dering, and to be paid for by bills at three days after date,
which will be sent to parties as usual.
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 an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
Every Tender must specify the name of the person by
whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the
Meat, and the place of cure.
Tenders for Pork of the cure of the United States of
America will not be admitted.
Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a
separate Tender for each Port.
Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for
each surety proposed ; and they are desired to take special
notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolished, and that
Iron Hoops only will bo required for the Casks in accord-
ance with the conditions of the Contract.
A Form of the Tender may be obtained, and the recently
altered conditions of the Contract, to which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen in the Lobby of the Depart-
ment of the Controller of Victualling; Somerset House ; at
the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth ; or by ap-
plying to the Victualling Storekeeper at Haulbowline ; or
to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol, Lime-
rick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary
to the Postmaster-General at Dublin i • or to the Comman-
der conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100
tierces, or 100 barrels.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be
necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend, as the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and to his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the enve-
lope the words " Tender for Salt Pork," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling, Somerset House.
The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.