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from South Africa, presented by Mr. G. C. Barnes ; an American 
Badger ( Zaxidea americana § ) from North America, presented 
by Mr, F. J. Thompson; a Common Fox (Canzs vulpes 2), 
British, presented by Mr. Christopher Heseltine ; a Rufous Rat- 
Kangaroo (Hypsifrymnus rufescens 2) from New South Wales, 
presented by Miss Laidlaw ; a Red-throated Amazon (Chrysotzs 
collarta) from Jamaica, presented by Mrs. S. Waite; three 
Rufous-vented Guans (Penelope cristata) from Central America, 
presented by Mr. G. H, Hawtayne, C.M.Z.S.; a Leopard 
Tortoise (Zestudo pardalis) from South Africa, presented by 
Mrs. Henrietta Hodges ; two Crowned Horned Lizards (Phry- 
nosoma coronatum) from North America, presented by Master 
Chas. E. Napier; a Cinereous Vulture (Vul/ur monachus), 
European, a Nonpareil Finch (Cyanosfiza ciris) from North 
America, deposited; an Axis Deer (Cervus axis 6), a Mule 
Deer (Cartacus macrotis $6), three Long-fronted Gerbilles 
(Gerbillus longifrons), seven Mandarin Ducks (@x galericulata), 
four Chilian Pintails (Dafila spinicauda), bred in the Gardens. 
ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE 
WEEK, 1885, FULY 19-25 
(For the reckoning of time the civil day, commencing at 
Greenwich mean midnight, counting the hours on to 24, is here 
employed. ) 
At Greenwich on July 9 
Sun rises, 4h. 7m. ; souths, 12h. 6m. 1'2s.; sets, 20h. 5m. ; 
decl. on meridian, 20° 47’ N.: Sidereal Time at Sunset, 
15h. 56m. 
Moon (at First Quarter) rises, 13h. rom. ; souths, 1Sh. 28m. ; 
sets, 23h. 38m, ; decl. on meridian, 10° 33’ S. 
Planet Rises Souths Sets Decl. on meridian 
m. h. m. . m. oot 
MieLcinve sn Om Se s-5i T3340... 21 | 7 16 27 N. 
WER: ae JELGS" cay TBI SOG 07, (GIN 
WES ey TE Gay OSS 7 ed 23 23. N. 
Jupiter WEAAL ss 14, AT 21 38 10 23 N. 
Saturn 2 Cue TOLTOM se LG) 25. 7.22 uaor Ne 
Occultations of Stars by the Moon 
Goreng 
om angies from = 
July Star Mag. Disap. Reap. {ee io Tighe tae 
inverted image 
Rata h. m. h. m. 3 o 
2ORr 05 Labreeic. =. 6 ... 22:58 ... O I... 136 272 
22... 29, Ophinchi ... 6 ....22 30 ... 23 1... 33 356 
* Occurs on the following day. 
Phenomena of Fupiter’s Satellites 
July h. m. July h. m. 
20 ... 21 21 III. tr. egr. 2z ... 21 4 Ii. tr. egr. 
22... 20 55 I. tr. ing. 23... 21 9 - I. ecl. reap. 
The Occultations of Stars and Phenomena of Jupiter’s Satellites are such as 
are visible at Greenwich. 
A TEACHING UNIVERSITY FOR LONDON 
AN extracrdinary meeting of the Convocation of London 
University will be held on the 28th inst., when the report 
of the Special Committee appointed on February 24 to consider 
the question of a Teaching University for London will be pre- 
sented by Lord Justice Fry, who will also move the following 
resolutions :— 
1. That the report of the Special Committee and the scheme 
therein comprised be received and adopted. 
2. That the Senate be requested to consider and approve the 
said scheme, and to take such steps as they may think fit to carry 
the same into effect. 
3. That a Committee of this house, consisting of five mem- 
bers, be appointed to confer with the Senate in respect of the 
said scheme in case the Senate shall desire such conference. 
_ The following is the scheme for the constitution of the Univer- 
sity proposed by the Special Committee :— 
_I. The University to consist of—-(1) Senate; (2) Convoca- 
tion ; (3) Constituent Colleges ; (4) Faculties; (5) Boards of 
Studies, with the Queen as Visitor. 
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I.—SENATE 
2. To consist’of :—(1) Chancellor ; and (2) Vice-Chancellor 
(to be appointed and retain office as at present) ; (3) the Chair- 
man of Convocation ex officio; (4) and not more than thirty 
ordinary members (including the Vice-Chancellor), of whom six 
shall be nominated by the Crown, six shall be elected by Convo- 
cation, and three shail be elected by each of the four Faculties. 
And if and when the following bodies respectively shall become 
Constituent Colleges—one shall be nominated by the President 
of University College, London; one shall be nominated by the 
Principal of King’s College, London; one shall be nominated by 
the President of the Royal College of Physicians of London ; one 
shall be nominated by the President of the Royal College of 
Surgeons of England ; one shall be nominated by the Chairman 
of the Council of Legal Education, and one shall be nominated 
by the President of the Incorporated Law Society. 
3. The nominating bodies to determine for themselves on 
what recommendation the nominations shall be made. 
4. One-third of each of the groups of six and three members of 
the Senate to retire each year; such one-third to be those who 
have been longest in office, or, when several have been in office 
for the same period, to be ascertained by ballot. 
5. The six representatives of colleges to serve for three years. 
6. Power to fill up occasional vacancies. 
7. Power to re-nominate and re-elect. 
8. In the first place, the faculty and college members to be 
added to the existing Senate ; but no new members to be ap- 
pointed by the Crown or Convocation till the number of Crown 
and Convocation members respectively has fallen below six, and 
then only so as to bring the number up to six. 
II.—CoNnvVOCcATION 
g. To remain unchanged. 
III.—CoNSTITUENT COLLEGES 
10. The Constituent Colleges to consist of the following 
bodies in or near London ;—(a) such bodies as may be named 
in a schedule to be settled by a joint committee of the Senate 
and Convocation ; (4) such other bodies being colleges or insti- 
tutions incorporated by Royal Charter, or otherwise established 
on a permanent and efficient footing, in which the majority of 
the students are of the age of seventeen years at least, as the 
Senate with the concurrence of the faculty or faculties interested 
may from time to time admit. : 
Ir. Admissionas a constituent college shall be subject to such 
terms as may be agreed upon between the body becoming a con- 
stituent college and the joint committee or the Senate with the 
concurrence aforesaid (as the case may be). : 
12. The constituent colleges shall be arranged in three groups 
—viz. (a), those colleges which are principally intended to occupy 
the entire time of their students; (4) those colleges in which 
lectures are given of the most advanced kind, whether profes- 
sional, literary, or scientific; (c) those colleges which are in- 
tended to aid the evening studies of persons engaged in 
business, or otherwise do not fall under either of the preceding 
groups. it 
13. By the terms of agreement on the admission of such con- 
stituent college the following points shall be determined :—(@) 
The group to which it shall belong ; (4) the faculty or faculties 
to which it shall belong; (c) the number of members of the 
faculties to represent the college ; (@) the class or classes of pro- 
fessors or teachers in the college who are to take part in the 
election of members to represent the college. 
14. In a college of the first and second group the number of 
its representatives on the faculties shall prima facie bear a larger 
proportion to the total number of professors and teachers in the 
college than in the case of a college in the third group. 
15. A constituent college and the Senate with the concurrence 
of the faculty or faculties interested may revise the terms of the 
agreement between the University and the constituent college. 
16. No person shall be eligible as a member of a faculty re- 
presenting a college unless he be in the class of professors or 
teachers in that college and capable of taking part in the election 
of members to represent that college. 
17. Power to be given to the Senate with the concurrence of 
the faculty or faculties interested—(a) to diminish or increase 
the number of teachers in a college who shall be members of a 
faculty or faculties ; (6) for good cause to remove any college 
from being a constituent college. 
18. The affiliation of colleges to the University to cease. 
