il NATURE 
[ NoveMBER 5, 1896 
THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. 
EXTERNAL EXAMINERSHIPS. 
The following External Examinerships will fall Vacant in December 
1896. Each is tenable for three years, at the expiration cf which the 
Examiner is not eligible for re-election. 
Examinership. Retiring Examiner. 
(7) ANATOMY Prof. ALEXANDER MACALISTER. 
(2) eas MISTRY Prof. SypNEY YOUNG, 
(3) G Prof. BonNEY. 
(y) H i Prof. Rye. 
(5) Ne GasE tee Prof. BURNSIDE 
(6) MEDICINE - Dr. THomas Bartow. 
(7) OBSTETRICS & ‘DISE:! ASES | Del Gontinaworne 
OF WOMEN.. 
(8) PHYSICS 5 
(9) PHYSIOL! OGY 
Applications, which may be 
in on or before November 25, 
Further particulars may be obtained from 
ALFRED HUGHES, Registrar. 
The Victoria University, Manchester. 
BALLIOL COLLEGE, CHRIST 
CHURCH, AND TRINITY COLEEGE, 
OXFORD. 
NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. 
A Combined Examination for Natural Science Scholarships and Exhibi- 
tions will be held by the above Colleges, beginning on TUESDAY, 
NOVEMBER 17, 1896. 
Three Scholarships and two Exhibitions will be offered, the Scholarships 
being worth £80 a year. 
The subjects for Examination will be Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, 
but Candidates will not be expected to offer themselves in more than two of 
these. 
Particulars may be obtained by application to 
A. VERNON HARCOURT. 
Prof. FirzGERALD. 
Prof. SCHAFER. 
companied by Testimonials, should be sent 
Christ Church, Oxford: 
NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. 
KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
A SCHOLARSHIP of the annual value of £60, together with Laboratory 
fees, not exceeding £20 per annum, will be awarded at this College in 
December 1806. 
The Examination commences Tuesday, December 8 
Subjects : Chemistry or Biology, with Elementary Mechanics and Physics 
for all Candidates, and Elementary Chemistry for those who offer Biology. 
For full particulars apply to W.Harcuetr Jackson, Keble College, 
Qxford. 
LECTURES ON CELLULOSE AT 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. 
Mr. C. F. Cross, of the firm of Cross and Bevan, will deliver a Course 
of Fifteen Lectures, at University College, on Cellulose : the Chemistry of 
the Vegetable Fibres, and of their industrial preparation and uses. The 
Lectures will be held on Friday evenings, from 7.15 to 9.30, commencing on 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 
The Course will deal especially with the Cellulose Group of Carbon Com- 
pounds, thereby covering a very wide field, and will include Wood, Cotton, 
Peat, Lignite, Coal, Textiles, Paper, Celluloid, Artificial Silk, the Willesden 
Process, and other industrial applications. 
Fee for Course, £1 15. t xs. (payable by Artisans in two instalments). 
QUEEN’S S COLLEGES, IRELAND. 
The PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY in the 
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST, being about to become vacant, 
Candidates for that Office are requested to forward their Testimonials to the 
Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, on or before NOVEMBER ar next, in 
order that the same may be submitted to His Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant. 
The Candidate who may be selected for the above Professorship will have 
to enter upon his duties forthwith. 
Dublin Castle, October 29, 1896. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH 
WALES, SYDNEY. 
MACLEAY BACTERIOLOGIST. 
Applications for the position of Bacteriologist to the Society are invited 
by the Council, and must be forwarded by mail leaving London not later 
than December 11. Salary, £350 per annum. Full particulars on appli- 
cation to DuLtau & Co., 37 Soho Square, London, W. 
ABERYSTWYTH INTERMEDIATE 
SCHOOL. 
The Local Governing Body are prepared to appoint a JUNIOR ASSIS- 
TANT MASTER to teach Experimental Science, at a Salary of £100 per 
annum. Applications, stating Age, Qualifications, and Experience, with 
one copy of not more than four recent Testimonials, must reach me on or 
before Wednesday, November 18, 1896. 
SAMUEL EVANS, 
Clerk to the Local Governing Body. 
6 Portland Street, Aberystwyth. 
tH E TEAC hee Rk Sy ‘GU 1p: 
74 GOWER STREET, W.C. 
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT FOR MEN. 
SCHOLASTIC AGENCY WORK at lowest charges to cover expenses. 
Registrar—W. H. Fricker, M.A., who attends daily (3 to 5 p.m. at 
ory) except NSS 
MINERALS, FOSSILS, ROCKS, | 
NEWLY PU BLISHED CATALOGUES. 
No. 54.—Collection of 396 Crystal Models in Wood, in 32 Classes, 
according to Professor Groru’s Lehrbuch der Physikalischen ‘Krystalio- 
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No. 11r.—Collection of 280 Crystal Models in Paste-board, according to 
Professor URBA, Prague. 
No. 12.—Collection of 102 Crystal Models in Table Glass, in 30 Classes, 
according to Professor RAUMHAUER, Friburg, Switzerland. 
Collection of 32 Models for Tectonical Geology, according to Professor 
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