NATURE 



[February 6, 19 13 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



An Advanced Course of Five Lectures on " The Permeabilily of 

 Protoplasm in Plants" will be delivered by F. F. Riackman, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., at University College, Gower Str-et, W.C, on Tuesdays, February 

 II, iS, 25, March 4 and 11, at 5 p.m. Admission free, without ticket. 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Registrar. 



ROYAL INSTITUTION OF 

 GREAT BRITAIN. 



ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. 



Saturday next (February 8), at Three o'clock, Professor Sir J. J. 

 Thomson, O.M., LL.D.. D.Sc, F.R.S. First of Six Lectures on "The 

 Properties and Constitution of the Atom," One Guinea the Course; 

 subscription to all the Courses in the Season, Two Guineas. 



NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. 



KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



A SCHOLARSHlPof the annual value of .£60, together with Laboratory 

 Fees not exceeding ^^a per annum, will be awarded at this College in 

 March, 1913. 



The Examination commences Tuesday, March 4. 



Subjects; Chemistry or Biology, with Elementar>' Mechanics and Physics 

 for all candidates, and Elementary Chemistry for those who offer Biology. 



For full particulars apply to Dr. Hatchett Jackson, Keble College, 

 Oxford. 



INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



Founded 1877. IncOkporatkd bv Roval Chartek, 1885. 



The next INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION will commence on 

 TUESDAY, APRIL i, 1913. 



FINAL EXAMINATIONS in («) Mineral Chemistry, (/)) Metallureical 

 Chemistry, (, ) Physical Chemistry, {d) Organic Chemistry, and (f) The 

 Chemistry of Food and Drugs, &c., will commence on MONDAY, 

 MARCH 31, or on MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1Q13, 



The List of Candidates will be closed on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 

 >9'3- 



Forms of application and further particulars can be obtained from the 

 Registrar, Institute of Chemistry, 30 Bloomsbury Square, London. W.C. 



The Regulations for the Admission of Students, .\ssociates, and Fellows, 

 Gratis. Examination Papers : Annual Sets, dd. each. 



" A List of Official Chemical Appointments." Fourth Edition, 2S. 

 (post free, 2s. jd.\ 



APPOINTMENTS REGISTER.— A Register of Fellows and Associates 

 of the Institute of Chemistry who are seeking appointments is kept at the 

 Offices of the Institute. Applications for the services of professional chemists 

 should be forwarded to the Registrar, stating the requirements. 



ESSEX EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 



EAST ANGLIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, 



CHELMSFORD. 



LECTURER IN AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY. 



■WANTED, a LECTURER in AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY, who 

 ^liould be specially qualified In ZOOLOGY and BACTERIOLOGY. 

 Experience in advisory work among Farmers is desirable. 



Salary /150 to j£2oo per annum according to qualifications and 



Applications must be made in accordance with the printed Application 

 Form which can be obtained from me, the undersigned, and must be sent 

 in., accompanied by copies of three testimonials, so as to arrive by Febru- 

 ary lo, igi3, at the latest. 



A. MALINS SMITH, Principal. 

 East Anglian Institute of Agriculture, 

 Chelmsford, 



January 27, 1913. 



SALOP COUNTY COUNCIL. 



AGRICULTURAL ORGANISER. 



Applications are invited for the post of AGRICULTURAL ADVISER 

 and ORGANISER to the Salop Agricultural Committee in relation to 

 Higher Agricultural Education. 



Applicants must be skilled and experienced both in the Science and 

 Practice bf Agriculture, so as lo be able to advise Farmers as to their 

 requirements. 



The qualifications of the candidate appointed must be approved by the 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Salary /350 per annum, rising by £,is annually to ;^4oo. 



Forms of Application and lists of duties may be obtained from the under- 

 signed, to whom applications must be returned not later than Saturday, 

 February 22, 1913. 



W. H. PENDLEBURY. M.A., 



Secretary for Higher Education. 



County Buildings, 

 Shrewsbury. 



INDIAN PUBLIC WORKS AND STATE 

 RAILWAY DEPARTMENTS. 



The Secretary of State for India in Council will, in the summer of 191 ^, 

 make about 23 appo'ntments of Assistant Engineers to the permanent estab- 

 lishment of ihe Indian Public Works and State Railway Departments. 



Candidates must be British subjects and must, -without exception on any 

 ground, have attained the age of 21 years, and not have attained the age 

 of 24 years, on the ist July, 1913. They must have obtained one of certain 

 recognised University degrees, or other approximately equivalent diploma 

 or distinction in Engineering, or have passed the Associate Membership 

 Examination of the ln>titution of Civil Engineers. 



A printed Form of Application, together with information regarding the 

 conditions of appointment, mav be obtained from the Secretary, Public 

 Works Department, India Offi :e, London, S.W., to whom applications 

 must be forwarded so -is to reach him not later than ihe ist May, 1913. 

 T. W, HOLDERNESS, 



Under Secretary of State. 



India Oftice, London, 

 January, 1913. 



UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS. 



LECTURESHIP IN SOCIOLOGY. 



The University Court invite applications for a newly instituted LEC- 

 TURESHIP in SOCIOL(;GY in the University of St Andrews. 



The salary attached ti the appointment is ^3 jo per annum. 



Candidates for the appointment should send in 20 printed or typewritten 

 coi>ies of their letter of application and of the testimonials which they 

 submit in support of 1 heir application. They are requested not to call on 

 members of the University Court. 



The applications and testimonials should reach the undersigned not later 

 than February 27, 1913- 



.•\ Staten-.ent of the Conditions of the Appointment can he obtained on 

 application to the undeisigned. 



ANDREW BENNETT, Secretary. 



The University, St. Andrews, 

 Februaty 3. 1013. 



THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Applications are invited for the LECTURESHI P in AGRICULTURAL 

 BOTANY. The work of the Lecturer will include the teaching of Botany, 

 Agricultural Botany, and Forest Botany, and opportunities will be provided 

 for research In associati>)n with the Department of Botany. 



Applications will be received up to February 28. 191 3, and should be 

 addressed to the Secretary, The University, Leeds, from whom further 

 particulars may be obtained. 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Applications are invited for an appointment in the new departmen: 



;tigati( 



for 



ippointment in 

 Research in Agricultural Entomology. 



Candidatt^s must be qualifi-^d to conduct independent in 

 Agricultural Entomology. Stipend ^400 per annum. Applications should 

 he sent not later than April 16 to the Registrar, from whom further par^ 

 ticulars may be obtained. 



COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERS- 

 FIELD TECHNICAL COLLEGE. 



Principal — J. F. HarisoN, M.A., B.Sc. 



ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. 



Applications are invited for the post of ASSISTANT LECTURER in 



ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and PHYSICS. Salary ;£iso. For 



further particulars apply to the undersigned. 



T. THORP, Secretary. 



SCIENCE MISTRESS required, Easter or 



before. General Elementary Science, Nature Study, Botany, practical 

 Hygiene. Thoroughly qualified and efficient teacher. Must be Church- 

 woman. Adequate stipend and board, rooms, &c. Apply to the Rev. 

 Principal, Training College, Norwich. 



GERMAN-ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. 



Wanted a REVISER for preparation of translations of both scientilic 

 and commercial optical matter.— Apply, E. Le[tz, iS Bloomsbury 



TUTOR &LECTURERatPublicInstitution 



coaches privately in Biology, Phy^ology and Hygiene. Every facility 

 for practical work. Terms moderate. — " C. A." c/o Nature. 



CHEIV|IST, 30, desires appointment, analytical and research, organic 



and inorganic chemistry, metallurgy, a^saying and physics ; varied ex- 

 perience ; cellulose thread & metallic filaments.- Box 2258, c/o Nature 



