The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-06 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave SClsFazalreOit the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japar..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

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
_DepartmentF for the conserva-
tion and management of the orests 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.

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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 in them :-
1, English writing from dictation and English corn-
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 band 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 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 India.
More detailed information as to those appointments may
be had on application tp the Under Secretary of State for
India, India Office, Westminster.
(Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND A.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 penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A another License is not transferable from one person to
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, In the neigh-
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps }-
Revenue,
bourhood of the
Or
sidence.
A Money Order Post Office.
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue. applicant's re-
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the ror
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue
for
the District, will receive a license in return by post.
*WM. CORBETT,
Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, Secretary,
Ist January, 1869.

INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, yiz.
11. Babington, W. Tf, Assistant Surgeon, Madras
Medical Department.
12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishment.
17e. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native
Infantry.
20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran
Battalion.
21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native infantry.
26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 30th Madras Native In-
fantry.
33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi-
ment.
48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras
Native Infantry.
52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry.
63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot.
65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In-
Infantry.
69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
75. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment.
79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In-
fantry.
83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In-
fantry.
85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
117. Owen, M. Lieutenant, 88th Madras Native Infantry.
128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
134 e. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
150 n. Stothert, R., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry.
154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment.
165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Sappers and Minors.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
-of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased. _

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

PRINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.
The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, dm., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for
reply. Address—The Manager, "San" Printing Offices,
8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Odice, 54, Cheapside, London, EX/

cI,AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only froo Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard. Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott. Bert.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

HE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital ,is now open on tlondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation. _ _

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.