NATURE 



[June 15, 1905 



COUNTY OF LONDON. 



EDUCATION ACTS, 1S70 to 1903. 



THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL invites APPLICATIONS 

 for two appointments of ASSISTANT-INSPECTORS under the Chief 

 Inspector (Education). They will be required to assist the CouncH's dis- 

 trict inspectors in the inspection of public elementary day schools and 

 evening schools and, if required, any other educational institutions within 

 the areas allotted to them. 



The salary in each case is ^250 a year, rising by annual increments of 

 ;£i5 to a maximum salary of ;^400 a year. 



The persons appointed will be under the control of the Chief Inspector, 

 and will be required to give their whole time to the duties of the office, and 

 will in other respects be subject to the usual conditions attaching to the 

 Council's service, particulars of which are contained in the form of appli- 



In connection with these appDintments there is no restriction with regard 



Applications should be made on the official form to be obtained from the 

 Clerk of the London County Council, at the County Hall, Spring Gardens, 

 S.W., or at the Education Offices, Victoria Embankment, W.C. The 

 applications must be sent in not later than 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, 

 1905, addressed to the Clerk of the Council at the Education Offices, as 

 above, and accompanied by copies of not more than three recent testi- 

 monials. 



Canvassing, either directly or indirectly, will be held to be a disqualifi- 

 cation for appointment. 



G. L. GOMME. 

 Clerk of the London County Council. 

 The County Hall, Spring Gardens, S.W., 

 June 7. 1905- 



COUNTY OF LONDON. 



LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL PAD- 

 DINGTON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. 



SUiMMER COURSES OF LECTURES. 



Short Courses of Lectures in the undermentioned subjects will be given 



at the L.C.C. Paddington Technical Institute, Saltram Crescent (near 



Westbourne Park Station), provided a sufficient number of students be 



enrolled :— 



Gas and Oil Engines. 

 Practical Workshop. 



The work of some great Brilibh Physicists. 

 Chemistry of Alkaloids. 

 Mathematics. 

 Slide Rule. 

 House Sanitation. 

 Land Surveying. 



Experimental Mechanics for Building Trades. 

 Railway Economics and Mechanics. 

 Botany. 

 Art. 

 A fee of 2j. will be charged, and this will admit students to all or any of 

 the classes. 



Full particulars as to the lenglh of the courses, evenings and time of 

 meeting of the classes, may be obtained on application to the Secretary 

 of the Institute, 



G. L. GOMME, 

 Education Offices, Clerk of the London County Council. 



Victoria Embankment, W.C, June i, 1905. 



METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD. 



DIRECTOR OF WATER EXAMINATIONS. 



The Metropolitan Water Board are about to appoint on their permanent 

 staff a Chief Officer who will be styled DIRECTOR OF WATER 

 EXAMINATIONS, and whose duties will be to advise the Board as to 

 the buildings, equipment and staff to be provided (under section 25 of the 

 Metropolis Water Act, 1902), and subsequently to take charge and super- 

 vision thereof. The Director will also be required to give his whole time to 

 the work, and to superintend and be responsible to the Board for all examin- 

 ations, analyses, experiments and reports, and to undertake such research 

 work and chemical analyses and bacteriological investigations, whether of 

 water or otherwise, as may from time to time be required of him by the 

 Hoard. The appointment will be held during the pleasure of the Boaid, 

 and the salary will be ;£iooo per annum. 



Applications for the appointment must be made in wriiing, and must state 

 ihe age, qualifications, experience and present occupation of the applicants. 

 Official forms of application may be obtained from .the undeisigned, and 

 should be used if practicable. 



Applications must be enclosed in sealed envelopes endorsed " Director " 

 and addressed to the undersigned ; the last day for receiving them is 

 Tuesday, July 11, 1905. 



Canvassmg members of the Board will be strictly prohibited and will be 

 regarded as a disqualification. 



A. B PILLING, 



Savoy Court. Strand, W.C, Clerk of the Board. 



May 31, 7905. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH 



WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE, 



CARDIFF. 



The Council of the College invites applications for the Post of 

 DEMONSTRATOR and ASSISTANT LECTURER in GEOLOGY. 



Further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned, to whom 

 applications with testimonials (which need not be printed) must be sent on 

 or before Tuesday, July 4, 1905. 



J. AUSTIN JENKINS, B.A., Registrar. 



June 6, 1905. 



NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



(Close to Holloway Stn. , G. N. R. , and Highbury Stn., N. L. R. ) 



LONDON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 



DEGREES. 

 Day and Evening Courses in the above under recognised teachers in— 



MATHEMATICS, 



PHYSICS, 



CHEMISTRY, 



ENGINEERING. 



Separate Laboratories for Elementary, Advanced and Honours students, 

 exceptionally large and well equipped. 



RESEARCH. 



Accommodation and apparatus provided for research in either Pure or 

 Applied Chemistry and Physics, and Engineering, in rooms specially 

 adapted for this purpose. 



Full particulars at the Institute or sent on receipt of postcard. 



REG. S. CLAY, D.Sc, Principal. 



HARTLEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 



SOUTHAMPTON. 

 Principal— S. W. RICHARDSON, D.Sc, B.A. 



A SUMMER COURSE OF BOTANY, for Teachers and others, will 

 be held at the above College, July 31 to August 13, 1905. This course, 

 which will consist chielly of practical work in the Botanical Laboratory of 

 the College with tield-excursions, will be conducted by Professor Cavers, 

 D.Sc. (Lond.), F.L.S. 



Fee for the course, 15^., payable in advance to the Registrar of the 

 College, Mr. D. Kiddt.e, from whom full particulars may be obtained on 

 application. 



NORTHAMPTON INSTITUTE, 



ST. JOHN STREET ROAD, LONDON, E.G. 



The Governing Body invite applications for the following vacant appoint- 

 ments : — 



MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 



DRAWING OFFICE and LECTURE ASSISTANT, full time. 

 Salary, .^120 per annum. 



PATTERN MAKER and INSTRUCTOR in PATTERN MAKING 

 full time. Salary, ;Ci2o per annum. 



JUNIOR DRAWING OFFICE INSTRUCTOR, full lime. Salarj- 

 ;£too per annum. 



LABORATORY DEMONSTRATOR for the Engineering Laboratories 

 full lime. 



JUNIOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, full time. 



EVENING INSTRUCTOR in AUTOMOBILE WORK, two < 

 ings per week. 



ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 



JUNIOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, full time. 



JUNIOR LECTURE ASSISTANT, full time. 



Further p.irliculars of any of the above, with forms of application, which 

 should be returned not later than 10 a.m. on Thursday. June 29, 190.1;, can 

 be obtained on application by letter to 



R. MULLINEU.X: WALMSLEY, D.Sc, Principal. 



INDIAN FOREST SERVICE. 



An Examination will be held by the Civil Service Commissioners on 

 August 29, 1905, for the selection of not less than nine candidates for 

 appointment as PROBATIONERS for the Indian Forest Service. 



Age limits: — 18 to 2r years, on January i, 1905. 



Subjects of examination : — Mechanics and Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, 

 and Botany. 



Applications for admission to the examination must be made on a printed 

 form to be obtained (with further particulars as 10 the appointments, &c.) 

 from the Secretary, Judicial and Public Department, India Office, White- 

 hall, London, S.W., and to be returned to him not later than Saturday, 

 July I, 1905. 



No applications received after that date will be considered. 



A. GODLEY, Under Secretary of State. 



India Office, London, 

 Maj' II, 1905. 



NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



REG. S. CLAY, D.Sc, Principal. 



The Governors of the above Institute invite applications for the following 

 appointments to date from September i, 1905 : — 



(i) CHIEF ASSISTANT in the Mechanical Engineering Department. 

 Drawing office and shop experience essential. Salary. £\^o per antmm. 



(2) CHIEF ASSISTANT in the Architectural and Building Trades 

 Department. Salary, ;£i25 per annum. 



Applications to be made on special forms, which must be returned not 

 later than June 19, to be obtained from 



W. M. MACBETH, Secretary 



