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THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDA EVENING, AUG UST 14, 186%-3.

INDIA-OFFICE, 27TH JULY, 1868.
rrHE SECRETARY of STATE for. INDIA in
1_ COUNCIL having confirmed the following RULES
fromulgated by the Governor-General of India in Council,
regarding LEAVE of ABSENCE to COVENANTED
CIVIL SERVANTS, publishes the same in supercession
of all previous Rules and Orders on the subject.
These Rules will tako effect from the let July, 1868, and
are not intended to apply to Covenanted Civd Servants,
who are Members of the Councils of the Governor-General,
or of the Governors of Bombay and Madras, or who are
Judges of.a. High Court.
RULES REGARDING LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO .
COVENANTED CIVIL SERVANTS.
DEFINITIONS.

I. In the following Rules—
" Actual Service" includes the period during which an
officer is on duty, also periods spent on privilege and sub-
sidiary leave, and periods during which an officer, not on
leave, may be out of employ on subsistence allowance in
India.
"Extraordinary Leave" moans any leave granted other-
wise than under these Rules.
" Long Extraordinary Leave" means extraordinary
leave extending beyond a period of three month".
" Long Furlough" means furlough extending beyond a
period of three months.
" Salary" includes acting allowances.
An Officer's "Station" means that station to which he
stands appointed; or such other place as the Government
to which he is subordinate may dotermine.
CHAPTER I.
FURLOUGH. •

11. The maximum period of furlough, which can be
granted to any officer during the whole period of his ser-
vice is limited to six years.
111. Subject to the above limit., one year's furlough shall
be placed to the credit of each officer for every four years
of actual service.
IV. No furlough shall be taken before the completion
of eight years' actual service, except under Rule VIII.
V. Furlough shall not be repeated until three years from
the date of the last return from long extraordinary leave,
or long furlough, except under Rule VIII. Leave taken
under Chapters 11. and 111., but no other leave, shall be
reckoned as part of the said three years.
VI. The maximum term of furlough to be taken at any
one time shall be two years.
VII. Except as hereinafter provided, an officer when on
furlough shall retain a lien on his substantive appoint-
ment, or on an appointment of similar character and not
less salary, and he shall be granted allowances at the rate
of 50 per cent. of his average salary for the previous three
years, or for the period which has elapsed since his last
return from long furlough, or long extraordinary leave, if
that period be less than three years.
In calculating such average, the time spent and the
allowances drawn under any leave, excepting privilege
leave under Chapter 11., shall bo omitted.
Provided that no officer on furlough shall draw more
than £1,200 or less than £3OO per annum.
VIII. Under Medical Certificate—
(a.) Furlough may be taken on the above-mentioned
conditions, without reference to the amount at credit under
Rule 111.

(b.) Furlough for a period not exceeding one year my
be tah:en, even if less than three years have elapsed since
the last return from long extraordinary leave or long fur-
lough. When on farlcugh under this clause an officer
will not retain a lien on 'his appointment, and will be en-
titled only to subsistence allowance, unless he has com-
pleted six months actual service since his last return from
long extraordinary leave or long furlough, and there re-
main some leave to his credit under Rule 111., in which
case the offer will retain a lien on his appointment, and
will draw allowances as calculated under Rule VII., until
that credit be exhausted, but in no case for a period ex-
ceeding one year.
(c.) Furlough taken without medical certificate, or under
clause (a) of this Rule, may be extended beyond fwo
years for a period not exceeding one year. Wben ou fur-
lough under this clause an officer will not retain a lion on
his appointment, and will be entitled only to subsistence
allowance.

IX. Furlough taken or extended under Rule VIII. is
subject to the provision of Rule 11.
X. Furlough taken in India will be reckoned from the
date of the officer quitting his station to the date of his
return thereto. Furlough taken out of India will be'
reckoned from the date of embarkation to the date of
return.

In the event of the furlough being taken partly in India,
and partly out of India, the commencement and termina-
tion of the furlough will be determined by the above Rules,
according as the furlough begins or ends in or out of
India.

XL For the interval elapsing between departure from
his station and the commencement of furlough, and be-
tween the termination of furlough and the re-arrival at his
station, an officer shall be allowed subsidiary leave not
ordinarily exceeding in each case thirty days. During
those periods his allowances: will be calculated in the same
way as his furlough allowances, but without limitation as
to maximum and minimum. Provided that, if the officer
has, under these Rules, lost his lien on his appointment, he
shall draw subsistence allowance of his rank. Subsidiary
leave shall count as service and residence.

XII. Applications for furlough will in all cases be sub-
mitted to the Government to which the applicant is sub-
ordinate, and will be dealt with in such manner as the
Governor-General of India in Council may from time to
Limo proscribe.
XIII. Subject to the exigencies of the service, both as
regards the number of furloughs available at any one time,
and as regards individual applications, of hich exigencies
the Government of India, Madras, or Bombay, asthe case
may be. shall be exclusively the judge, furloughs will be
granted under these Rules.
XIV. All applications for furlough under medical certi-
ficate, in accordance with these Rules, will be granted
without restriction.
XV. lf, owing to the exigencies of the service, it may
be necessary to place any limit on the number of officers
who may be absent on furlough at the same time, applica-
tions not supparted by medical certificate will be granted
in the following order:—
The applicant to whose credit the greatest amount of
furlough remains under Rule 111. shall have the preference.
If two or more applicants are on an equality in this
respect, the preference shall be given to the applicant,
whose actual service in India is longest, reckoning, in the
case of an officer who has not taken long extraordinary
leave or long furlough, from the date of arrival in India,
and in the case of an officer who has taken long extraor-
dinary leave or long furlough, from the date of his last
return from such leave or furlough.
If two or more applicants are equal in both respects,
the preference shall be given to the senior in the Grada-
tion

XVI. The term of residence qualifying for pension shall
be 21 years, but no leave, except privilege leave and sub-
sidiary leave, shall count residence.
XVII. The term of service qualifying for pension shall
be 25 years.

CHAPTER 11.
PRIVILEGE LEAVE.
XVIII. Subject to the exigencies of the State, an officer
who has completed eleven months' continuous duty may
take privilege leave for one month without deduction from
his salary, retaining a lien on his appointment, whether
substantive or officiating. Provided that, in the case of
his holding an officiating appointment, such lien and his
acting allowance will cease on the resumption of charge by
the officer to whom the substantive appointment belongs.
XIX. In the same manner, and under the same condi-
tions, two or three months' privilege leave may be taken
when an officer has completed continuous duty of twenty-
two or twenty-three months respectively.
' XX. Privilege leave may, at the discretion of the local
Government, be taken in separate instalments. No second
instalment.shall be taken until after the completion of six
months' continuous duty from the expiry of the first in-
stalment. In this case the eleven months qualifying for
fresh privilege leave will be reckoned from the expiry of
the first instalment, the period of the second instalment
being omitted from the calculation.
Provided that the whole privilege leave taken at any
ono time shall not exceed three months, and that no
accumulation of privilege leave beyond that period shall
be admitted.

If an officer shall over-stay his privilege leave, he
shall forfeit all salary during the time of his remaining so
absent; and, if he shall so continue absent for more than
one week, his office shall become vacant.
XXII. Privilege leave shall be reckoned as residence
and service.

CHAPTER 111.
SPECIAL LEAVE.

XXIII. Special leave, on urgent private affairs, may be
granted at the discretion of the local Government for a
period not exceeding six months. In respect of retention
of a lieu on appointment, of allowances drawn during the
leave, and of subsidiary leave, the conditions of special
leave shall be the same as those prescribed for furlough.
Special leave shall not bo reckoned as residence.
XXIV. Rule XXI. shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to an
officer overstaying special leave.
XXV. Special leave may be repeated without allow-
ances after intervals of at least six years' actual service.
CHAPTER IV.
GENERAL.

XXVI. Furlough, privilege, leave, and special leave
shall not be taken as such iu continuation of each other;
but, if an officer absent on one of these classes of leave be
allowed to change it for another, the whole period of his
absence sh 11l be held to be under the class of leave for
which it was changed.
XXVII. Subject to considerations of State, there will
b 3 no restriction as to the places where an officer may
reside when on leave. _ _

XXVIII. Leave allowance shall be payable monthly, if
payment is taken in India, and quarterly if payment is
taken in England.

:CHAPTER V.
TEMPORARY RULES.

XXIX. Whatever aggregate amount out of the three
years' furlough and three years' sick leave, uuder the
Rules until now in force, at present remains to be taken by
an officer undcr the said Rules, shall remain to be taken by
him under Rules now promulgated.
XXX. Any officer now in the service shall, when next
proceeding on furlough, elect whether he will draw allow-
ances at the higher minimum-rato of .£5OO per annum (not
exceeding his total salary at the time). If he shall so
elect, he will, in any future furlough, be limited, as to
allowance, to the lower maximum rate of £I 000 per
annum.

XXXI. Any officer now absent on leave, who has no
appointment, may, on his return, and until ho again holds
an appointment carrying equal pay to that of the substan-
tive appointment which he last held, draw the subsistence
allowance of his rank, together with 75 per cent. of the
pay of any appointment in which he shall officiate. Pro-
vided that the total salary so drawn by him shall not ex-
ceed the pay of the appointment in which he is officiating.
This Rule shall apply to auy officer who may have already
returned from furlough..
XXXII. Any officer now absent on furlough, or under
medical certificate, may elect whether the remainder of his
leave shall be taken under these Rules from the date of
theirpromulgation. If he shall so elect, Rule XXX. shall
not apply to him.
RULES REGARDING ACTING ALLOWANCES.

I. An officer holding a substantive appointment, and
officiating in an appointment of a higher grade or class,
shall draw acting allowance calculated at 130 per cent. on

the first 2,000 rs., and 20 per cent. on the remainder of the
pay of the appointment iu which he is officiating.
Provided that, if the acting allowance so calculated do
not amount to two-thirds of the difference between the
pay of the two appointments, it shall be raised to two-
thirds.

Provided kirther, that in no case shall the whole salary
so drawn exceed the pay of the appointment in which the
officer Is officiating.
IL An officer holding no sub,iantive, but only an offi-
ciating, appointment, shall, subject to the provisoes in
Rule 1., draw, in addition to the subsistence allowance, of
his rank, 50 per cent. of the pay of the appointment in
which he is officiating. •
111. In the case of an officer officiating in an appoint-
ment the ply of which is progressive, his acting allow-
ances shall be calculated on the mean pay of the said
appointment, provided that the whole salary so drawn
shall not exceed the minimum pay of .the said appoint-
went. CLINTON.

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CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, TOBACCO, AND PORT
WINE.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, Gth August, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXEC U'FING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice. that on Thursday, the 20th
instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they .will be ready to
treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying ancklelivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz

To be ten-
dered
for at rates
SUGAR 500,000 Pounds t per 100
TOBACCO lOO,OOO f Pounds

Quantities.

PORT WINE 2,000 Gallons
When to be Delivered.

per Gal.

One half of each quantity in three weeks from date of
Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks after-
wards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Articles. _ _

Separate Tenders are to be made for each Article.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the who!',
or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or fur a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Sugar, Tobacco, and Wino to be exempted from the
Customs' Duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and laud-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im-
ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce ;
and an average sample (not less than 21b for each import
mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not
an average of different marks or several imports ; and any
parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average
quality as the samples tendered and accepted will be re-
jected by the officers.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth
or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of each cask
or package must be produced by the parties tendering ; and
any cask or package that is found not to be of the same
mark, number, or quality
as the sample tendered and ac-
cepted, will be rejected by the officers.
Samples of the Wine (two pints) for each import mark
must be produced by the parties tendering.
No Tender will be received unless mad on the printed
form provided for the purpose, 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 Contracts may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at
Noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not b 3 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 communi-
cated to him and to his propos,cl sureties in writing,
when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be re-
moved.

Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of
the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" 'render for ," and must also ho delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House. •
By order,
ANTONIO BRA.DY, Registrar of Contracts
and Public Securities.

CONTRACT FOR VEGETABLES AT PORTS-
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, July 31, 1868.
rUHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
I the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
17th August next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing
Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Gosport all such quantities of
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her
VEGETABLES
as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels from Ist October, 1868, to the 30th Septem-
ber, 1871, both days included.
The Contractor is to reside on the spot or to have an
agent resident there.
Tenders are to be made at a rate per 100 lb., and not at
per cwt., and no attention will ba paid to offers not so
made. The Contractor, in claiming payment for vege-
table supplied, is to make out his invoices in pounds at per
100 lb.
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,
which may be obtained on
application in the Lobby of the Department of "the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and
also by applying to the Captain Superintendent of her
Majesty's Victualling Yard at Gosport. The conditions
of the Contract may also be seen at the above places.
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 to his proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Vegetables at Gosport," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two respon-
sible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance
of the Contract.

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

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STOCKTON MEET ING—TuuBsDAY.

The Wynyard Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes
of 5 sovs each ; winners extra; second saved stake. Six
furlongs. 18 subs.
Mr Eastwood' Evelina, by Kettledrum or Hubert
Evadne, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ............... . (Cradock) 1
Mr Johnstone's Donaldbain, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Hudson) 2
Lord Durham's Alruna, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Walker) 3
The following also ran :—Attache, Elvire, La Mousse,
and Bessie Dixon.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Alruna, 7to 2 agst Elvire, 9to 2
agst La Mousse, 5 to 1 agst Evelina. Won by two
lengths.
The Hardwicko Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100
added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld-
ings B.t 61b ; penalties and allowances ; second received
25 sovs. T.Y.C. 86 subs.

Mr Eastwood's Lord Hawthorn, by Kettledrum or King
of Trumps—Lady Alice Hawthorn 51b (J. Osborne) 1
Mr W. Sadler's Pretender, Bst 21b (Cameron) 2
Mr R. Bell's Dunbar, Bst 21b (Clement) 3
The following also ran: Fecialis, The Gowan, Duchess
of Athole, Thirlstane, Venetia, and Snider.
Mr Johnstone declared to win with Lord Hawthorn.
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Lord Hawthorn and Thirl-
stane, 6 to 1 agst Snider, 8 to 1 each agst Pretender and
The Gowan, 10 to 1 agst Dunbar. Won by half a length.
The Great Northern Leger. of 10 soya each, h ft, with
100 added, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and
geldings Bst 61b; penalties and allowances ; second re-
ceived 30 soya. One mile and a half. 50 subs.
Mr Bowes's The Spy, by Underhand—Victoria, Bst 101 b
(French) 1
Mr Eastwood's The Sawyer, Bst 61b (Snowden) 2
Mr W. Vaughan's Landscape, Bst 51b

Timara also ran.
Betting—G to 4on The Spy, 9to 2 agst The Sawyer.
Won by a short head.

The Lambton Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 25 sovs each, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies
Bst 61b; second received t 0 soya; third saved stake;

seven furlongs; 18 subs.
Mr Launde's Minaret, by Rataplan—Manganese, Bst 6lb
(J. Osborne) 1
Mr J. Johnstone's Thorwaldsden, Bst 101 b
(T. Chaloner) 2
Mr J. Johnstone's Pretender, Bst 10Ib (Cameron) 3
The following tran :—Lady Dewhurst, Glenalmond,
La Charantonne, tz.

Betting-6 to 17341 Thorwaldson, 4to 1 agst Minaret,
5 to 1 agst PretenCier, 100 to 5 each agst Lady Dewhurst
and Valtz. Won by a neck.
The Thornaby Selling Handicap of 50 sovs. Five fur-

longs. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs.
Mr Smithson's Lady Alleash, by Buccaneer--Bohemia,
3 yrs, 7st 91b
Mr Bowes's Thankful, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Wilson) 2
Mr W.'Cowen's sleeping Maggie, 2 yrs, sst 131 b
(M Ewen) 3

Holstein also ran.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Lady Alleash, sto 2 agst Holstein,
4to 1 each agst Thankful and Sleeping Maggie. Won by
two lengths.

Tho Elton Juvenile Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, 2

ft, with 50 added; winners extra; second received 10

sovs. Five furlongs. 21 subs.
Mr Jacques's Brothor to Shibboleth, by Marsyss—Le-
prosy, Est 71b (carried 6st 91b) (Cradock) 1
Mr J. Boynton's Masterman, 7st 41b

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(Mr G. S. Thompson) 2
Mr Bowes's The Olippr, 6st 31b (Wilson) 3
The following also ran:—Duchess of Athole, Pomfret,
and 011ie.

Betting-5 to 4on Brother to Shibboleth, 6to 1 apt
Duchess of Athole. Won by three lengths.

WINDSOR AUGUST MEETING—THURSDAY,
A Handicap Plate of 40 sous, for all ages; winners extra.
About 6 furlongs, straight.
Mr Chaplin's Ventuor, by Buccaneer—Maid of Der-
Went, 2 yrs, Bst 61b (Fordham) 1
Bic. J. Constable's c by Vedette —Bayßosalind, 2 yrs, 7st
101 b (J. Edwards) 2
Mr Morris's Glen Stuart, 2 yrs, 7st 121 b (Wyatt) 3
Mr Chaplin's Cores, 2 yrs, Bst 121 b ((instance) 4
Betting-4 to lon Ventnor. Won in a canter by six
lengths.

The Frogmore Handicap of .5 sovs each, with 50 added ;

winners extra. About three-quarters of a mile straight.
Mr Webb's Actwa, by Stockwell—Electra, 5 yrs, "ist
121 b

STAMPED 15,1,

Is Duke of Hamilton's Cobtempt, 3 yrs, Est lblb (Kenyon) 2
Mr Brayley's Itedivivus, 3 yrs, Est fib (Baron) 3
The following also ran:—The Vampire, Marquis of
Worcester, Risk, Musa, Maesllw ch, Nous Verrons.
Butting-5 to 2 agst Acta3a, 4to 1 each agst Contempt
and Marquis of Worcester, 5 to 1 agst Musa, 10 to 1 each
agst Risk and Redivivus. Won by three-quarters of a
length
Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for all ages; winners extra.
Th 3 winner to be sold fir 50 sovs. Abo'it half a mile.
Mr Heen's Redbreast, by Rataplan—Bridle, '2 yrs, Est
51b • . (Jeffery) 1
Lord Westmorland's icicle, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ...(J. Gower) 2
Mr Drewitt's Primula, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (Fordham) 3
Mr Hodgman's Diana, '2 yrs, Est (car. Est llb)...(Wyatt) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agat Primula, sto 2 agst Redbreast, 3to
1 agst Icicle, 4to 1 agst Diana. Won by. a neck.
The Castle Handicap of 100 sows, added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 soya each ; winners extra. About one mile.
Mr Merry's Miss Hayes, by Lord of the Isles—Catherine
Hayes, 4 yrs, Est 2lb (Fry) 1
Mr Graham's Huntsman, 4 yrs, Gat 51b (Killick) 2
Mr Pedwick's Ines, 4 yrs, Gat 91b.. (Mordan) 3
' The following also ran :—Distaff, Clairen, and Tribune.
Betting— 5 to 4 agst Claiton, 2 to 1 agst Ines, 6 to 1
agst Huntsman, 10 to 1 agst Hiss Hayes. Won by two
lengths.
-The Park Nursery Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 100
added, for two-yr-olds ; winners extra. About half a
mile, straight.
Lord Annesley's Memento, by Stockwell—Vergis-mein-
Nicht, ist 91b (Kenyon) 1
Mr C. Head's Vanbrugtt, Est 81b • (Mordan) 2
Duke of Hamilton's Albania, 7st 41b (H. Covey) 3
The following also ran :—Blairbuie, Esher, Kieksey
Wicksey, Ado'phus, and Gladice.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Memento, sto 2 agat Albania, sto
1 agst Vaubrugh, Bto 1 agst Adolphus. Won by three-
quarters of a length.
The Town Selling Stakes of 5 BOPS each, with 40 added,
for all ages ; weight for age; the winner to be sold ;
selling aLd other allowances. About a mile, straight.
Lord Westmorland's Fairfax, by Glenmasson—Bellona,
3 yrs (£10), Tat 11113
Mr Webb's Alberta, 5 yrs (£10), Bst Gib (Payne) 2
Mr England's Juanita, 2 yrs (£10), Gat 31b (Wyatt) 3
The following also ran:—Caroline, Lelia, Alabama,
Kamschatka, Simla c, Musa, and Primula.
Butting - 2 to 1 agst Alberta, 9 to 2 agst Alabama, 5 to
1 each agst Musa and Juanita, 6 to 1 agst Kamschatka, 8
to 1 agst Fairfax, 100 to 15 agst Lelia. Won by a neck.
The Forest Handicap Plate of 100 soya in specie, for all
ages; weight for age; winners extra. About half a
mile, straight.
Mr flodgmau's Problem, by Newminster—Triangle, 4
yrs, 7st (Quince) 1
Mr Rickard's Valeria, 5 yrs, Est lllb (Mordan) 2
Mr Hope's Hue and Cry, 3 yrs, Oat 61b (Killick) 3
The following also ran :—Seamew, Pantaloon, Fal-lal,
Zisca, Bliss, April Morn, Adjutant, Bonnie Katie, and
Rhododendron.
Betting-13 to 8 agat Problem, 6to 1 agst Seamew, 7to
1 each agst Pantaloon and Fal-lal, 8 to 1 agst Rhododen-
dron, 10 to 1 agst Bliss, 100 to 8 each agst Valeria and
Zisca, and 25 to 1 agst Hue and Cry. Won cleverly by a
length.
The Clower Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of
15 sovs each, 5 ft, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 12ib ;
fillies, Bst 71b; penalties and allowances. About half a
mile straight.
Mr Chaplin's Chanoinesse, by Newminster—Seclusion,
gat (Cu•tauce) 1
Mr Merry's Crocus, bat
Count La range's Bauco, 84 71b (Ranter) 3
Mr J. Johnson's Spider, Bst 71b (Payne) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Chanoiuesse, 2to 1 agst Crocus, 3'
to 1 agst Banco. Won cleverly by a head.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAIL WAY.

Yesterday the lulf-yearly meeting of share.
holders was held at the Waterloo Terminus—Mr.
Mangles in the chair.

The report, the abstract of which has already
been published, was taken as read. It states that
the half-yearly accounts to the 30th June, 1868,
show the net revenue for the six months, after de-
ducting interest on loans awl all other preferential
charges, to be £156,263 2s. Id. ; add the surplus at
December, 1867, £10,303 9s. 10d.; balance avail-
able for dividend, £166,566 11s. 11d. From the
above sum the directors recommend that a dividend
be declared at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum,
payable on the Ist September, amounting on
£7,772,886 6s. 7d. of paid-up capital to £155,457
14s. 61, leaving to be carried over to the current
half-year £ll,lOB 17s. 51

Tile CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said that he hoped the accounts and report
would be considered satisfactory. They were the
only company in the metropolis, he believed, that
increased its dividend in the past half-year. The
question between capital and revenue met with the
greatest consideration, both from the board and the
auditors, and they adjusted as fairly as they could
the interests of the present and future. (Hear,
hear.) The steel rails were now paid out of re-
veaue. The capital expenditure this year was only
£38,000, as compared with £139,000 last year, being
a saving of £lOO,OOO. The board would do all they
could to keep down the capital account. The works
in prcgress would, he hoped, be finished by next
November, except the Aldershot line ; and there
was no intention of engaging in any new works.
The net revenue for the half year available for
dividend wos £166,000, out of which they proposed
to distribute £155,000, carrying over £ll,OOO.
This would give a dividend at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum. The net increase of traffic in the
half-year was £22,697. The chairman proceeded to
explain the different items of the expenditure ac-
count. He was happy to say that there existed a
good feeling between them and the Brighton and
the South-Eastern Boards—(hear, hear)—and as a
consequence of that he hoped that the Charing-
cross and Caunoq-street stations would be acces-
sible to passengers arriving at Waterloo from
all parts of the company's system. The company
was released from the obligation to make the Ilfra-
combe Railway, and the Parliamentary deposit had
been released. With regard to the future he thought
their prospects were good.

The motion having been seconded, the report
was adopted.

THE MOORS.

The opening day on the vast range of moors
between Sheffield and Manchester, and extending
into Derbyshire and Cheshire, was far from being
so successful as was anticipated, and, as a rule,
very moderate bags indeed were made. There were
plenty of sportsmen out from an early hour, but as
the birds generally were very strong on the wing
and wild shooting them was far from easy. It may
be said that on some of the most extensive moors,
such as those of Mr. Stanhope and others, extending
for miles from Dunford-bridge, they are so far un-
touched, and likely to be so, so as to allow for
stocking after the devastation of last year. On the
grounds of Sir Lionel Pilkington, near Hazlehead,
there were several guns shooting, and at the close of
the day there was a very poor bag made, seven
brace being the highest obtained by any gentleman
of the party. On the Midhope moors Mr. H.
Lonasson was stated to.have killed nine brace, Mr.
Garsett seven brace. On the Mickledon moors, in
a few hours, Mr. Peacock killed over four and a half
brace, and Mr. Wright three and a half brace. On
the Wessenden moors, in the neighbourhood of
Holmfirth, Mr. Clarke and party had very mode-
rate sport, and the same has been the case on the
Strines, Mosear, Bradfield, and other moors. Yes-
terday up to noon there were not very many birds
killed, and the rain in some parts rather interfered
with the sport. The prospects so far are rot so
encouraging as they appeared some time since, and
the course adopted by many of the owners of moors
to allow them to rest for another season, or to only
partially shoot over them, appears to be generally
ac luiesced in. Grouse were offered at from 7s. to
Bs. a brace yesterday.

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