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The Civil Engineer and Architect’s Journal.] v [January 1 1868. NOTICE. TO CIVIL ENGINEERS, AND OTHERS. The Harbour Trustees of Greenock, having acquired the lands of Garvel Park, and having in contemplation the construc tion of a Graving Dock and two Tidal Harbours or Wet Docks therein, with Railway communication, are desirous, before commencing any part of the proposed works, to have a comprehensive plan shewing how the ground can best be laid out and utilized for said purposes. To secure the best possible plan, the Trustees have resolved to offer two pre miums, one for .£300 for the best plan, and another of <£100 for the second best; the Trustees to be the judges. The plan of each competitor is to be accompanied by an explanatory description and a statement of what he considers to be its advantages. Plan of the ground, with printed memo randa, expressing in a general way the views of the Trustees in regard to the pro posed works, will be had by intending competitors, at the office of the Clerk of the Harbour Trust. EY ROYAL COMMAND; JOSEPH GILLOTT’S CELEBRATED STEEL FEKTS. Sold by all Dealers throughout the World- SMITH’S PATENT DOOR SPRING, ALL ARE STAMPED WITH NAME AND ADDRESS. ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF A CENTURY. 69, PRINCES STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W. TORBAY MINIUM OR The plans and relative explanatory de scriptions, when sent in, are not to bear the name of the sender, but a motto, which, with the name of the competitor, is to be also specified in a sealed letter, to be sent to Mr. Gray, the Clerk of the Trust, along with the plans and descriptions, on or before the 31st March, 1808. By Order, JOHN KERR GRAY, Clerk of the Trust. Council Chambers, Greenock, January, 1868. OXIDE OF IRON PAINTS. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PRESERVATIVES FOR ALL KINDS OF IRON AND GENERAL OUT-DOOR WORK. Samples, Testimonials, &c. sent on application. References can be given to some of the largest consumers in the Kingdom. Note—Competitors will please conform to the scale of the lithographed plan of the Garvel Park ground. ASHTED PAINT, COLOUR, & VARNISH WORKS, BIRMINGHAM.