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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 42, 18 February 1881, Page 4

and bright garlands interwoven with scarlet gleam everywhere in honor of the Christ King. On the tables of almost every housd the Christmas morn sees numerous presents, costly and elegant, for tbis is the season of love and friendship, wherein each seeks to display itself in tender remembrance. Truly Christmas is a happy time in the golden city of the South Pacific: The churches are decorated with singularly beautiful designs, wowen by the industrious and loving hands of the younger branches of the congregation. In the Btreets.the scene baffled description. Numbers of happy-looking children; with their parents, hurry from store to fetore^ nor is there, with few exception^ a person who does not carry fin tormxul of parcels." Laden with tbefr treasures, care is forgotten, debts, too, slip memory, and every, available dollar 13 scraped up to spend in gifts for this joyful season, and in the middle of the joy and gladness the stream of crime wends its way slowly but surely through the city, filtering its baleful drops through and through the crust of society. . „...„, _____

The results of the late Civil Service examination may, the Governors think, be justly referred tt> as evidence of the character of the teaching work, for which they are indebted to the Principal and masters of the College, Of the thirteen candidates, who, from all paibs of the Colony, passed the senior examination, seven, and of the thirty-six who passed the junior examination, twelve, were pupils of the Nelson College. As none of the endowed scholarships fell in this year, the competition was confined to six Foundation, four Governor's Fees, and six 'Provincial Scholarships. The annexed table gives the names of the present holders and the date at which each scholarship in connection with the College will be free for competition : —