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which should weigh, at most, a couple of ounces. In 

 devising modifications of old apparatus and constructing 

 new, I have been greatly aided by the mechanical ingenuity 

 and skill of Mr Ooghill, the Assistant in the Laboratory, 

 to whom I now wish to express my great indebtedness. 



The arrangements for conducting the work are somewhat 

 as follows : — The College has established and will maintain 

 the Laboratory for the prosecution of original research. To 

 facilitate such work the Council of the College "appoint a 

 scientific Superintendent, who must devote such portion of 

 his time as may be determined by the Council to the work 

 of the Laboratory; where, under the supervision of the 

 Curator and Committee, he shall himself undertake the 

 pu'osecution of original research, and be prepared to assist, if 

 required to do so, in the work of other investigators. Under 

 like supervision he shall also be prepared to furnish the 

 Fellows of the College with reports upon such matters as the 

 Histology of Morbid Specimens, and of the Chemical and 

 Microscopic characters of Urines," in which work he is 

 aided by the resident assistant. 



The Laboratory is open without fee to Fellows and 

 Members of the College, " to any Licentiate who shall obtain 

 the sanction of the Curator and Committee to use the 

 Laboratory for purposes of scientific research ; " and " to any 

 medical man or investigator, who shall obtain the sanction 

 of the Council of the College, as well as of the Curator and 

 Committee, to use the Laboratory for the purposes of 

 scientific research." 



The Institution is open for research work daily, Sundays 

 excepted, from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., except on Saturdays, when 

 it is closed at 1 p.m. 



A special arrangement may be made by those desirous of 

 working after the usual hours of closing, but for this the 

 written permission of the Superintendent must be obtained. 



Investigators are entitled to the assistance of the Labor- 

 atory officers or servants in the preparation of apparatus, 

 but the actual work of carrying on experiments, cutting 

 and mounting specimens, etc., must be done by the investi- 

 gator himself. 



