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NATURE 
[Marcu 11, 1897 
BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON. 
MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL. 
APPOINTMENT OF HEAD MASTER. 
The Council of the Borough of Brighton invite Applications for the post 
of Head Master at their New Technical School, Richmond Terrace, 
Brighton. Salary, 4350 per annum. Duties to commence on May 3 
next. ¥ i : f 
Particulars of the Qualifications required, the Duties to be performed, and 
the Conditions upon which the appointment will be made, together with 
printed Forms of Application, may be obtained on application at my Office 
at the Town Hall, Brighton. é 
Applications for the Appointment must be made upon the Form supplied, 
and must reach my Office before 10 o'clock in the forenoon of Friday, 
March 10, 1897- 
FRANCIS J. TILLSTONE, Town Clerk. 
Town Hall, Brighton, February 24, 1897- 
BIRKBECK INSTITUTION, 
BREAM’S BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, E.C. 
Day CLASSES. 
LONDON UNIVERSITY and SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS. 
BIOLOGY.-MATHEMATICS.—PHYSICS. 
CLASSES are held daidy in the above Subjects, conducted by experienced 
Teachers and Graduates. 
Particulars on application. 
A PROFESSOR of NATURAL SCIENCE 
is required for the Thomason Engineering College, Rurki, in the 
North-West Provinces of India. He should be a practical Electrical 
Engineer, and qualified to lecture in and teach Electricity, Magnetism, 
Heat, Sound, Light, and the Elements of Chemistry, Geology, and 
Mineralogy. He should understand Telegraph Engineering. The 
Salary will be Rupees 500a month in the first year, rising by Rs. 50 
a year to Rs. joo. If retained on termination of five years’ agreement, 
Salary Rs. 750 a month, rising to Rs. 1000, with benefit of Leave and 
Pension Rules from date of first appointment. Applications should be 
addressed to the SECRETARY Judicial and Public Department, India 
Office, London, not later than the end of March. 
A. GODLEY, Under Secretary of State for India. 
India Office, February 25, 1897- 
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS, 
1897-—CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.— 
Application Forms for the Examinations in Technology to be held on 
April 24, May 1, 3, 4) 5) 6) 7, 85 &c., can be obtained by applying, not 
later than March 22, to the Examinations Department, City and 
Guilds of London Institute, Exhibition Road, London, S.W. 
TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS, 
1897,—-CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.— 
Candidates in Technology not being students of any registered 
class, desirous of sitting for the Institute's Examinations, should apply 
at once to the Secretary of the nearest Technical or Science School. 
Failing to arrange with any Local Secretary, Candidates should apply, 
not later than April 17, to the Examinations Department, City and 
Guilds of London Institute, Exhibition Road, London, S.W. 
LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
FOR WOMEN, 
HANDEL STREET, BRUNSWICK SQUARE, W.C. 
trato The Salary is 
Applications should be sent to the SECRETARY before 
The post of Demonstrator of Physiology is now Vacant. 
430 per annum. 
the 23rd inst. 
LONDON MATRIC. INTER. SC. AND 
B.Sc. CLASSES AND TUITION, Practical and Theoretical Work. 
Special HONOURS CLASS IN BOTANY for the Inter. Sc. and 
B.Sc.—Apply, R. Kerin, B.A. London (First First-Class Hons. 
Classics), Carlyon College, 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, W.C. 
WANTED, a Position as ASSISTANT in 
a Laboratory, to a Scientific Lecturer, or in a Private Workshop, by a 
young man of mechanical skill, with a knowledge of Electricity and 
Experimental Work. High-class Testimonials.—‘*A. R. L.,” c/o 
Nature, 29 Bedford Street, Strand, W.C. 
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Sale by Huction. 
MONDAY NEXT. 
THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF SHELLS FORMED BY THE 
LATE REGINALD CHOLMONDELEY, ESQ., REMOVED 
FROM CONDOVER HALL, SHREWSBURY, INCLUDING 
MANY FINE AND RARE SPECIES, ESPECIALLY IN 
MUREX, CONUS, VOLUTA, PECTEN, AND SPONDYLUS, 
&e ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL EBONIZED PLATE-GLASS 
CASES IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTAINED. 
MR. J 
.C. STEVENS has received Instruc- 
tions to Sell the above by Auction at his Great Rooms, 38 King Street, 
Covent*Garden, on MONDAY, MARCH 15, at Half-past 12 o'clock 
precisely. 
On view the Saturday prior, 12 till 3, and Morning of Sale, and Catalogues 
had. 
WATKINS & DONCASTER, 
NATURALISTS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF ENTOMOLOGICAL AND OTHER 
SCIENTIFIC APPLIANCES AND CABINETS. © 
Plain Ring Nets, wire or cane, including Stick, rs. 3¢., 2s., 25. 6d. Fold- 
ing Nets, 3s. 6d., 4s. Pocket Boxes, 6d., gd., 15., 15. 6d. Zinc relaxing 
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Breeding Cage, 2s. 6d., 4s., 5s., 75: 6d. Botanical Cases, japanned double 
tin, 1s. 6d., 25. gd., 38. 6d., 45. 6d., 7s. 6d. Botanical Paper, from 1s. 14. 
to 2s 2d. per quire. Insect Cases, 2s. 6d. to 11s. Forceps for removing 
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doz. Nested Willow-chip Boxes, 4 doz. 8¢.—Our new Label List of British 
Micro-lepidoptera, with English and Latin names, rs. 6¢. Improved Pocket 
Pupa-Digger in leather sheath, rs. 9¢@. Taxidermists’ Companion, contain- 
ing most necessary implements for skinning, ros. 6d. ; Scalpels, with ebony 
handles, rs. 3¢.; Fine Pointed Scissors, 2s. per pair; Egg Drills 2d., 3¢., 
ts.; Brass Blowpipes, 4d., 6d. A large stock of British, European, and 
Exotic Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Birds’ Eggs —Entomological Pins of 
every kind.—Benzoline and Oil Lanterns for sugaring, &c. (new and 
improved pattern), 2s. 6d. and 5s. each. 
A LARGE STOCK OF INSECTS AND BIRDS' EGGS. 
Cabinets.—Special Show Room. For Particulars and Measurements see 
our Catalogue (66 pp.), which will be sent post free on application. 
Birds, Mammals, &c., Preserved and Mounted by First-class Workmen 
36 STRAND LONDON W.C. (Five doors from Charing Cross.) 
PROF. A, LOISETTE’S 
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Not sold elsewhere. 
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ESTABLISHED 1782. 
MODERATE RATES. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. 
ELECTRIC LIGHTING RULES SUPPLIED. 
LIBERAL LOSS SETTLEMENTS. 
PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. 
SEcRETARIES—W. C. MACDONALD and F. B. MACDONALD. 
LOSSES PAID OVER £20,000,000. 
MAURITZ KARTEVOLD, 
SANDNES, NORWAY. 
From a Mine recently discovered in Ryfylke, Norway, various Minerals, 
containing rare Earths, have been obtained. The Minerals can be sold at 
the following prices :— 
CLEVEITE... es op 38 £2 per kilo. 
ALVITE Be 15s. ,, 
MONAZITE os on : 10s. ,, 
Professor Ramsay permits M. KarTevotp to state that his Cleveite 
yields from 1°5 to 2 cub. cents. per gram of Helium. 
OPTICAL & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 
Spectrometers, 
Benches, &c., &c. 
own designs, 
Spectroscopes, Goniometers, Cathetometers, Optical 
Instruments for special purposes constructed to Clients’ 
Price List on application. 
W. WILSON (formerly Foreman at Messrs. ELLIOTT Bros.), 
56 Crogsland Road, Chalk Farm, London, N.W. 
