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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 
BROWN ANIMAL SANATORY INSTITUTION. 
A Course of Five Public Lectures on ‘THe Part pLAVED IN DISEASE 
ny WATER, SALTS AND OTHER SimpLe SupsTANces " will be delivered by 
the Acting-Superintendent of the Institution, Dr. E. MELLANBY, on 
Mon., Dec, 4, Thurs., Dec. 7, Mon., Dec. 11, Thurs., Dec. 14, and Mon., 
Dec, 18, 1916, at 5.30 p.m., in the Theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, 
Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. Admission free, without ticket. 
CHEMICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH FUND. 
A meeting of the Research Fund Committee will be held in December 
next. Applications for grants, to be made on forms which can be obtained 
from the AssisTANT SECRETARY, Chemical Society, Burlington House, W., 
iuust be received on, or before, Friday, December 8, 1916. 
All persons who received grants in December, 1915, or in December of 
any previous year, whose accounts have not been declared closed by the 
Council, are reminded that reports must be returned by Friday, 
December x. 
The Council wish to draw attention to the fact that the income arising 
from the donation of the Worshipful Company of G Jdsmiths 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 be applied to investigations 
relating to problems connected with the coal-tar and allied industries. 
COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERS- 
FIELD TECHNICAL COLLEGE. 
Principal: J. F. Hupson, M.A., B.Sc. 
DEPARTMENT OF COAL-TAR COLOUR CHEMISTRY. 
“BRITISH DYES” RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS. 
The Governors invite applications for two Scholarships of the value of 
475 each and tenable for one year in the first instance. 
The object of these Scholarships is to encourage and afford greater facili- 
ties for research upon problems in connection with the Coal-Tar Colour In- 
dustry in Great Britain. The Research is to be carried out in the 
Department of Coal-Tar Colour Chemistry of the Technical College, 
Huddersfield. 
Full particulars may be obtained on application. 
T. THORP, Secretary. 
PORTSMOUTH EDUCATION 
COMMITTEE. 
GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL. 
Headmistress—Miss A. M. Kenyon Hircncock, 
B.A. (Lond.), L.C.P. 
APPOINTMENT OF JUNIOR SCIENCE MISTRESS. 
Applications are invited for the position of JUNIOR SCIENCE 
MISTRESS. Salary to a University Graduate, £100, increasing to £110 
per annum by £5 annual increments. 
Applications must be received at once. Further particulars and appli- 
cation form may be obtained by forwarding stamped addressed foolscap 
envelope to the SECRETARY to the Committee, at the Municipal College, 
Portsmouth. 
LANCASTER GIRLS’ GRAMMAR 
SCHOOL. 
- WANTED in January, 1917 :— 
FORM MISTRESS, graduate, with special qualifications for teaching 
Mathematics. 
FORM MISTRESS, graduate, with English or History and Ele- 
mentary Mathematics. 
Applications will be considered which will be due according to scale to a 
commencing salary in one case up to £140, and in the other case up to £120, 
with subsequent £10 increments in each case to £170. 
The above appoin'ments are subject to the conditions and regulations 
respecting County Day Secondary Schools under the Lancashire Mducation 
Cornmittee. 
For forms of application and scales of salaries apply to 
GEO. H. MITCHELL, 
Town Hall, Lancaster, Clerk and Correspondent. 
November 9, 19t6. 
LINCOLN DIOCESAN TRAINING 
COLLEGE. 
LECTURER in MATHEMATICS, with knowledge of Drawing or 
Handwork if possible, required for the above residential College of 116 
students. Degree and experience essential. Apply to the Principat. 
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BOROUGH of KEIGHLEY EDUCATION 
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