The Royal Society mace Size:Standard: 6 x 4in This refers to the trial

This refers to the trial of the former members of the firm of Overend

View over the fissure in Mount Tarawera

The house was used as a school from the 1820s until its demolition in the 1880s

(the criminal)

The Royal Society mace Size:Standard: 6 x 4in This refers to the trialThe silver gilt mace was a gift from King Charles II in 1663. It is decorated with a running pattern of roses and thistles on the stem, and the embossed figures of a rose, harp, thistle and fleur de lys on the head, emblematic of Engladn, Ireland, Scotland and France. The letters 'C. R.' denote Charles II, and an inscription on a shield at the base describes Charles as the Society's 'founder and patron'. 1663