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London, England, 1868-12-16 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Dec. 5, 1868.
%/ HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
11. the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED-
NESDAY, the 23d inst., 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 SIGNAL AND

FIGHTING LANTERNS,
And of 24 to the lb,
as shall 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 61bs. of each) must be produced
by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma-
terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees
Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees
for Candles for Fighting Lanterns, or 120 degrees for
Candles of 24 to the lb. _ _

Their Lordships 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 to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
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 £1,500 for the due performance of the Con-
tract.

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

INDIA OFFICE, DECEMBER 10, 1868.
By order of the SECRETARY of STATE for
INDIA in Council.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to
send to India annually a certain number of YOLNG
MEN, trained and educated for ultimate employment in
the higher branches of the Department for the conserva-
tion and management of the Forests under the Govern-
ment of India.

Eight young men will be selected in February next to
go to India at the end of 1871.
The salary will be at first £3OO a year, and the salaries
of the appointments in the three Presidencies range be-
tween that sum and £1,900 a year. Promotions will de-
pend upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in
the higher grades.
Applicants must be British subjects above 17 and under
25 years of age.
As active habits and a strong constitution are most im-
portant, candidates will have to undergo a strict medical
examination.

They must send to the Revenue Department of the
India Office, on or before the Bth of January, 1869, a
statement of their names and parentage, with a certificate
of birth, and of being posssesed of a competent knowledge
of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o
undergo an examination to..thezn:—
. 1. English writing from dictation and English com-
position.
2. Arithmetic in all its branche's:
3. Algebra, elementary prindipla6 simple and quadratic
equations, ratios and proportions, I.4M3hms, arithmetical
and geometrical progression.
4. Geometry (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th books of Euclie
and plane trigonometry

5. Free hand and plan drawing.
6. A good colloquial knowledge of either French or
German, with the facility to read and translate the works
of some classical writer in the language.
A preference will be given to those candidates who
obtain a certain proficiency in,-
1. Surveying and land measuring.
2. The elements of any of the following natural
sciences :

Mechanical and natural philosophy.
Chemistry.
Botany.
Geology.
If selected, they will ba further required to go through
a courso of training and instruction in Forestry and cog-
nate sciences for two years and a half, in France or Ger-
many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec-
retary of State will contribute £5O at the end of each half
year towards the expenses of their training, in the'capeof
such candidates as are favourably reported on by their in-
structors. In addition to this, if it should be found prac-
ticable, the young men will be required to place them-
selves under an approved forester in Scotland for a few
months before they go out to India.
More detailed information as to these appointments may
be had on application to the Under Secretary of State for
India, India Office, Westminster.
(Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE.
pOL I C E Nom E.

STREET CROSSING SIGNALS.
BRIDGE-STREET, NEW PALACE-YARD.

CAUTION. STOP.
The Semaphore Arms I The Semaphore Arms
lowered, and by Night with extended, and by Night
with a Green Light. with a Red Light.
By the Signal " CAUTION," all persons in charge of
Vehicles and Horses are warned to pass over the Crossing
with care, and due regard to the safety of Foot Passen-
gers.

The Signal "STOP," will only be displayed when it is
necessary that Vehicles and Horses shall be actually
stopped on each side of the Crossing, to allow the passage
of Persons on Foot ; notice being thus given to all Per-
sons in charge of Vehicles and Horses to stop clear of the
Crossing.

RICEIARD MAYNE,
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Metropolitan Police Office,
December 10, 18G8.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly,
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
•
JAMES BLYTH, Secretary.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The " ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Oonstituents
than now.
FIRE BRANOR.
PRbEmi
gu £460,553
Sin
r6revenue than :a any preceding
e
year.
LOSSES by Firo in 1867.. £292,125
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-

penses —156,373
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of new 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 effected 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.