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NATURE 



[November 14, 1918 



NOTICE. 



In consequence of the greatly 

 increased cost of production it 

 has been found necessary to 

 raise the price of NATURE to 9d. 

 The Subscription rates are now 

 as follow:— 



For resid ents in the British Isles. 



Yearly £2 2 



Half-yearly 119 



Quarterly 11 3 



For residents Abroad, 



Yearly £2 5 



Half-yearly 1 3 



Quarterly 12 



ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON, W.C. 2. 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH FUND. 



A meeting of the Research Fund Committee will he held in December 

 next. Applications for grants, to he made on forms which can he obtained 

 from the Assistant Sim it- i ary, ( hemical Society, Burlington House, W., 

 must be received on, or before, Monday, December 2, 191S. 



All persons who received grants in December, 1917, or in December of 

 any previous year, whose accounts have not been declared closed by the 

 Council, are reminded that reports must be returned to the Assistant 

 Secretary by Monday, December 2. 



The Council wish tu draw attention to the fact that the income arising 

 from the donation of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is to be more 

 or less especially devoted to the encouragement of research in inorganic and 

 metallurgical chemistry. Furthermore, that the income due to" the sum 

 accruing from the Perkin Memorial fund is to he applied to inve-tualions 

 relating to problems connected with the coal tar and allied industries. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



BROWN ANIMAL SANATORY INSTITUTION. 



A Course of Five Public Lectures on "Experimental Work on 



(a) Alcohol, (t) Rickets," will te delivered by E. MELLANBY, 



M.D., M. A., Acting-Superintendent of the Institution, on Wednesdays, 



I I ember 4 and 11, 1918, at 5.-50 p.m., in the Theatre 



of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W . C. 2. Admission 



ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE. 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.) 



The College prepares Women Students for the London Degrees in Science 

 and Arts. 



Twelv. I CI CHOLARSHIPS, from £50 to j£6o a year, and 



ft certain nunn , , ! 1, , 1, , of not more than /30, tenable for three years, 

 will be offered for Competition in June, 1019. Inclusive fee £v 



iply to ihe Secretary, Royal Holloway 



College, Englefield 



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BRIDGWATER SECONDARY SCHOOL 

 FOR GIRLS AND PUPIL TEACHER CENTRE. 



REQUIRED in Jam hool, an ASSISTANT 



MISTRESS to leich eithei ,.| suliary suhject, or French, 



with English. Secondary -, !,.. ntial. Salary according to 



qualifications and pn viou 



Applications, stating clearly winch subjects an off. red, should reach 



BIRKBECK COLLEGE, 



BREAMS BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, E.C. 4 



COURSES OF STUDY (Day and Evening) for Degrees of the 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON in the 



FACULTIES OF SCIENCE & ARTS 



(PASS AND HONOUKS) 



Under RECOGNISED TEACHERS of the University. 



SCIENCE. - Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics (Pure and 



Applied), Botany, Zoology, Geology. 



ART8.— Latin, Greek, English, French. German, Italian, 



History. Geography, Logic. Economics, Mathematics (Pure 



and Applied). 



Evening Courses for the Degrees in Economics and Laws. 



Geography Diploma and Matriculation. 



POSTGRADUATE AND RESEARCH WORK. 



„„,„„,, „„,|%: Science, £17 10s. ; Arts, £10 10s. 

 SESSIONAL FEES | Ar ,;.„,„., ; s , ini „ f ArtSj or i, ton ,, mics £5 5s . 



, Calendar 6,1 (by post 8,1.), from the Se 



C. H. BOTHAM1.EY. Esq 

 County Education Urn 

 nber 30, 1918. 





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SOUTH-WESTERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, CHELSEA, S.W. 3. 



Day and Evening Courses in Science and Engineering. 



Technical Courses in Analytical ami Manufactuiing Chemistry. 



Pharmacy, Dispensing, ami Food and Drug Courses. 



Metallurgy, Assaying, and Foundry work. 



Botany, Geology, and Zoolog) Courses. 



Three years' college course in Physical Education. 



SIDNEY SKINNER, M.A., Principal. 



Telephone : Western 899. 



CITY AND COUNTY BOROUGH 

 OF BELFAST. 



The LIBRARY and TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE 

 invite APPLK ATIONS for the position of LECTURER and DEMON- 

 in PURE and APPLIED CHEMISIRY at the 

 MUNIi IPAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, BELFAST. 



Salary ^2co per annum, with 1 onus of ,£40 per annum. 



Particulars of the duties and conditions of appointment, together with 

 form of application, may be obtained from the undersigned, with whom 

 on 1 he special form provided for the purpose, must be lodged 

 not later than NOON on TUESDAY, November 19, 1918. 



Applications should he accompanied by copies of three recent testimonials 

 (original ti stimonials must not be sent). 



Canvassing is strictly forbidden and will disqualify. 



FRAS. C. FORTH, Principal. 

 Municipal Technical Institute, Belfast. 



UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. 



APPOINTMENT TO THE LECTURESHIP OF 

 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



Applications are hereby invited for the position of LECTURER of 

 NAT! 1 VI PHILOSOPHY al the 1 niversity of Melbourne, Victoria, 

 Australia. 



Salary ^4:0 per annum. Appointment for five years. Allowance for 

 travelling expenses to Australia, ,£100. 



Full parti, 11I. lis in regard to this appointment have recently been posted 

 from M. Ibourne, and will be supplied to applicants upon receipt. 



Applications, together with testimonials, should reach the Acent- 

 Generai. for Victoria," Melbourne Place, Strand, London, W.C. 2, not 

 later than February 1, 19119. 



STAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 

 WHITEFIELD, Nr. MANCHESTER. 



REQUIRED, for January next— 



(i) An ASSISTANT MISTRESS, with special qualifications in 



French. 

 (ii) An ASSISTANT MASTER or MISTRESS, with special 



qualifications in Geography 

 (iii) TWO GENERAL FORM MASTERS or MISTRESSES— 

 Mathematical qualifications with subsidiary Geography would 

 he a recommei dation for on<i uf tlie-e posts. 

 In each case salary in accordance \mi ' Inty Cot] 



ins should be sent to the III ,DMASTER not later than 

 November 2<, 1018. 



KENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 



JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL, MAIDSTONE. 



kl hi III I > immediately, chief!) the Iuumi Technical 



is I \\ I MAS! EK n MIS I KESs 



and Mathematics, Initial salary— woman, .£200; man, with Engineering 



lions, ^2so. 



A,. ' icdiatel) to Principal, i h cal Institute, Maidstone. 



E SALTER DAVIES, 

 September, 1918. Director of Ed 



