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NATURE 
[Fuly 23, 1885 
UNIVERSITY COLLLEGE. LONDON. 
The Session of the Faculty of Medicine will commence on OCTOBER t. 
Introductory Lecture at 4 p.m. by Prof. E. A. Schafer, F.R.S. 
The Examinations for the Entrance Exhibitions will be held on SEPT- 
EMBER 28 and 29. 
Scholarships, Exhibitions, and Prizes of the Value of £800 are awarded 
Annually, 
In University College Hospital over 3000 In-patients and 30,000, Out- 
patients are treated during the year. Thirty-six Appointments, eigkteen 
being resident, as House-Surgeon, House Physician, and Obstetric Assistant, 
&c., are filled up by competition during the year, and these, as well as all 
Clerkships and Dresserships, are open to Students of the Hospital 
without extra Fee 
Prospectuses with full information as to Classes, Prizes, 
obtained from the College, Gower Street, W.C. 
G. V. POORE, M.D., Dean of the Faculty. 
TALFOURD ELY, M.A., Secretary. 
OWENS COLLEGE, VICTORIA 
UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER. 
F The Council invite applications for Five Berkeley Fellowships of the value 
of £100 each for the year 1885-86, to be awarded in one or more of the follow- 
ing subjects :—x. Classics. 
4. Philosophy.. 5. Pure Mathematics. 
gineering. 8. Physics. 9. Chemistry. 10. Biology (including Physiology). 
1x. Geology (including Palzontology). The appointments will be made not 
on the results of examination, but on evidence of ability to prosecute some 
special study or research. 
Applications must be sent to the Registrar on or before September 25. 
A fuller statement of the conditions of the Fellowships will be forwarded 
on application. 
&c., may be 
2. English Language and Literature. 3. History. 
6. Applied Mathematics. 7. En- 
HENRY WM. HOLDER, M.A., Registrar. 
THE MASON SCIENCE COLLEGE, 
BIRMINGHAM. 
APPOINTMENT OF DEMONSTRATOR IN PHYSIOLOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 
The Council invite Applications on or before AUGUST 26, 1885. for the 
above Appointment, the duties of which will commence on OCTOBER t. 
Particulars of the Stipend and Conditions will be sent on application to the 
Secretary, Mr. G. H. Mortey, the Mason Science College, Birmingham, 
to whom all applications for the Appointment should be sent. 
J. THACKRAY BUNCE, President of the Council. 
OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS in NATURAL 
SCIENCE of the value of £100 and £60 are awarded annually in 
OCTOBER at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, Albert Embank- 
ment, S.E. 
For particulars apply to Mr. G. RENDLE, Medical Secretary. 
W. M. ORD, Dean. 
SHEFFIELD SCHOOL BOARD. 
CENTRAL HIGHER SCHOOL. 
A Whitworth Scholar or other competent person is required to teach 
Machine Drawing and Construction, Practical, Plane, and Solid Geometry, 
as well as the practical work in the workshop at the Central Higher 
School. | ‘ 
Candidates to state Salary required. Forms of Application (which should 
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JNO. F. MOSS, Clerk 
School Board Offices, July 16, 1885 
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