The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

GAME LICENCES.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND
REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the
Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL
and DEAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last
inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection.
A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, may be obtained
GRATIS on application at the Offices of the respective Collectors
or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu-
tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued.
The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have
been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps to prefer
informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of
or dealing in Game without license.

WU. CORBETT, Secretary.

Inland Revenue, Somerset House,
London, October 29, 1868.

TRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F EMAL PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN •
STITIITION.

President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 18GS aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon-
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, Ka ; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

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 £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 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 baud 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.
Moro 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.
P()
LICE NOTICE.

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 bo 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 tho Metropolis.
Metropolitan Police Office,
December 10, 1868.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.

Bankers-Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon.
Sec., Y. Smith, Esa. Gm. REID, SOC.