The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-07 00:00:00

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 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 .ElOO 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 parontage, 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 ifigonometry.
5. Free Laud 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,—
Surveyingl. 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 course of training and instruction in Forestry and cog-
nate sciences for two years and a half, in Franco or Ger-
many, previous to their departure for India, and the Sec-
retary of State will contribute A: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, tho young men will be required to place them-
selves under an approved forester in Scotland for a few
months beforo 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.

DOG LIC ENSES.—CAIITION.
THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
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
s penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
.

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
The Office of the Collector of Inlandl
dog is kept, on application at
Revenue,
In the neigh-
The Office of the Distributor
of St bourhood of the
Or applicants } e-
A Mosey Order Post Office. sidence.
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Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue
of (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the District, will receive a license in return by post.
34. CBETT, Secretary.
Inland Revenue, Somerset H ousOße, London,
Ist January, 1869.
poLICE

NO T I C E.

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

CAUTION•
STOP.
The Semaphore Arms 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.

RICHARD MAYNE,
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Metropolitan Police Office,
December 10, 1868.