The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-04 00:00:00

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

CANDIDATES intending to present themselves
at the Open Competition, commencing on March 16, 1869,
are reminded that Certificates of Birth, Health, and Character
should be sent to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commis-
sioners, London, S.W., on or before the Ist of February. Regu-
lations may be obtained on application. •

irliDIA 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 YOUNG
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 plrentago, with a certificate
of birth, and of being posssesod of a competent knowledge
of the following subjects, and they must be prepared o
undergo an examination in them :-
1, English writing from dictation and English com-
position.
2. Arithmetic in all its branches.
3. Algebra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic
equations, ratios and proportions, logarithms, arithmetical
and geometrical progression.
4. Geometry (Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid)
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.
obtainS uarvceerytianign
apnrodfilcainedncmy
A preference will be given to those candidates who
2.
scieThe elements of any of the following natural
nm cech
—anical and natural philosophy.
Mechanical
Chemistry.
Botany.
Geology.
If selected, they will be further required to go through
a course 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 case of
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 I ndi a.
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.

DOG LIC ENSES.—CAUT lON.
THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
-1 VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog withuut License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland'
Revenue,
O
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps } bour hood of the
r
apcant,s re-
of Inland Revenue.
A Money Order Post Office. In the neigh-
.] sideplince.
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
Persons residing stn distance from any of the above
offices, by transmittig with their application Inland
(Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
eof duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
tarihmeevoDeunnisuttrict, will receive a license in return by post.
Inland Revenue, Somerset M. CORBETT, Secretary.
Ist Januar House, London,
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