CXXXVIIil NATURE 
[ Sept. 3, 1885 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE 
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
ABERDEEN MEETING, SEPTEMBER 9g to SEPTEMBER 16. 
PRESIDENT-ELECT, 
The Ricut Hon. Sir LYON PLAYFAIR, K.C.B., M.P., Ph.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S. L. and E., F.C.S. 
The Journal, President’s Address, and other Printed Papers issued by the 
Association during the Annual Meeting will be forwarded daily by post to 
Members and others unable to attend, on application and prepayment of 
2s. 6d. to the Clerk of the Association, Mr. H. C. Srewarpson, Reception 
Room, Aberdeen, on or before the first day of the Meeting. 
T. G. BONNEY, Secretary. 
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. 
This University confers Degrees in Arts, Science, Law, and Medicine on 
those who have pursued prescribed Courses of Study in a College of the 
University, and have passed the necessary Examinations. 
A Preliminary Examination (Faculties of Arts, Science, and Law) and an 
Entrance Examination in Arts (Faculty of Medicine) will take place in 
October, commencing on Monday, the sth. 
Particulars as to these and other Examinations and as to Courses of Study 
may be obtained from the Registrar. 
A. T. BENTLEY, M.A., Registrar. 
Manchester. 
OWENS COLLEGE, VICTORIA 
UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER. 
SESSION 1885-86, 
I, DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND Law. 
II. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 
Candidates for admission in these Departments must not be under 14 Years 
of Age, and those under 16 will be required to pass an Entrance Examination 
in English, Arithmetic, and Elementary Latin, to be held on October 2. 
III. DEPARTMENT oF MEDICINE AND SuRGERY (including the Dental and 
Pharmaceutical Courses). 
Students are required before entering to have passed either the Entrance 
Examination in Arts, or the Preliminary Examination in the Victoria Uni- 
versity, or some other Preliminary Examination prescribed by the General 
Medical Council. 
IV. DErpARTMENT FOR WoMEN (223, Brunswick Street). Particulars of 
Scholarships tenable in this Department are included in the prospectus. 
The Session in DEparTMENntTs L, II., and IV. will commence on the 6th, 
and in III. on the rst October. 
V. EventinG CiassEs. 
The Session in Departments I., IJ., and IV. will commence on the 
6th, in III. on the rst, and in V. on the 12th October. 
Prospectuses of the several Departments, and of Entrance Exhibitions and 
Scholarships (14 in number, and varying in value from £12 to £roo per 
annum) may be obtained at Mr. Cornisu’s, Piccadilly, Manchester; and 
they will be forwarded from the College on application. 
HENRY WM. HOLDER, Registrar. 
OWENS COLLEGE, VICTORIA 
UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER. 
I, Arts, Science, and Law Department. 
II. Medical Department (including the Dental and Pharmaceutical 
courses). 
III. Department for Women. 
IV. Evening Classes Department. 
Prospectuses of the above, and of Entrance Scholarships and Exhibitions 
14 in number, and varying from £12 to £100 per annum), will be forwarded 
free on application to the Registrar of the College, or may be obtained from 
Mr. Cornish, 33, Piccadilly, Manchester. 
HENRY WM. HOLDER, Registrar. 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC (M.B.) EXAMINATION OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 
The following Classes meet the requirements of Candidates :— 
Chemistry.—Prof. W1LL1aAmson, Ph.D., F.R.S. 
Experimental Physics.—Prof. G. C. Fostrr, F.R.S. 
Zoology.—Prof. Ray Lanxester, M.A., F.R.S. 
Botany and Vegetable Physiology.—Prof. Oriver, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
The Courses of Chemistry, Practical Chemistry, and Botany enter into 
the Ordinary Medical Curriculum. 
Prospectuses, including information as to Classes for Matriculation, may be 
obtained from the College, Gower Street, W.C. 
TALFOURD ELY, M.A.. Secretary. 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 
FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including the Departments of ENGI- 
NEERING and CHEMICAL and MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. 
The SESSION will open on OCTOBER 5. 
For detailed Prospectuses of the Courses of Instruction, Exhibitions, 
Scholarships, &c., apply to the College, Gower Street, W.C. 
TALFOURD ELY, M.A., Secretary. 
LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE, 
GOLD MEDAL awardedat the FISHERIES EXHIBITION to 
THOMAS BOLTON, 57, NEWHALL STREET, BIRMINGHAM 
who has last week sent to his subscribers Zoothamnium arbuscula, with 
drawing and description. He has also sent out Cristatella mucedo, — 
Alcyonella fungosa, Plumatella repens, Cordylophora lacustris, Lacinularia 
socialis, Leptodora hyalina, Spirulina, Volvox globator; also Hydra, q 
Ameeba, Vorticella, Crayfish, and other Specimens for (Huxley and Martin’s) 
Biological Laboratory work. 
Weekly Announcements will be made in this place of Organisms T. B. is 
supplying. 
Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post free. 
Twenty-six Tubesin course of Six Months for Subscription of £1 15. 
or Twelve Tubes for 1058. 6a. 
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Portfolio of Drawings, Eleven Parts, 1s. each. . 
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THE MASON COLLEGE, 
BIRMINGHAM. | 
SESSION 1885-86. | 
FACULTIES OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. 
The SESSION COMMENCES on THURSDAY, October 1. 
Ali Departments of the College are open to both sexes on the same terns. — 
Special arrangements are made for the conventence of Ladies. 
Syllabuses, containing full information as to the Admission of Students, 
Courses of Instruction, Fees, Entrance and other Scholarships, &c., are now 
ready, and may be had from Messrs. CornisH, New Street, Birmingham, 
price 3d. (by post 44d.). 
GEO. H. MORLEY, Secretary. 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
The NEXT SESSION will VEGIN on TUESDAY, October 6. 
Students are specially prepared for the Arts and Science Examinations of the 
University of London. ‘Tuition Fee (including all Lecture Courses) £10. 
Physical, Chemical, or Biological Laboratory Fees from Three Guineas 
per Session of Three Terms. F 
For further information apply to 
1VOR JAMES, Registrar. 
Cardiff, August 25, 1885 
SHEFFIELD TECHNICAL SCHOOL. 
The SESSION 1885-6commences OCTOBER 6, 1885. Day and Evening 
Lectures and Courses of Instruction will be given in METALLURGY and 
METALLURGICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE, also in MECHAN- 
ICAL ENGINEERING and MACHINE DRAWING. The Prospectus 
may be had on application. 
ENSOR DRURY, Secretary. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 
ENGLAND. 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
The Examination of Candidates for the SOCIETY’S JUNIOR SCHO- 
LARSHIPS, value £20 each, will take place simultaneously in the Society’s 
Rooms and at the Schools from which Pupils are entered by the Head 
Master on NOVEMBER 1o and rz. 
Entries close on OCTOBER 15. - 
Copies of the Regulations may be had on application to 
12, Hanover Square, London, W. H. M. JENKINS, Secretary. . 
KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON. 
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES. 
NEW STUDENTS will be admitted on TUESDAY, September 29. 
The Course of Study provides practical education for those who intend to 
engage in Engineering, Surveying, Architecture, Velegraphy, and the higher 
branches of Chemical and Manufacturing Art. 
For the Prospectus apply, personally or by post-card, to J). W. CunNING- 
HAM, Esq., Secretary. 
DURHAM COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. 
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
SESSION 1885-6. 
President—THE WaARNEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DuRHAM. 
This College represents the Faculties of Science and Engineering in the 
University of Durham, and the degrees and titles of the University are open 
to its Students. All Students who have passed the Matriculation Examina- 
tion are Members of the University of Durham, but the Classes are open to 
all persons not under fifteen years of age, irrespective of Sex. 
The Day Classes include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology. 
Natural History, Mining, Mechanical Drawing, and Modern Languages. 
Evening Classes at nom‘nal Fees will be held during the forthcoming Session 
in Mathematics, Applied Mechanics, Steam, Elementary Chemistry, including 
Laboratory Work, Applied Chemistry, and Mining. 
The Examinations for Open Exhibitions and for Matriculation will 
commence on MONDAY, September 28. The Classes will open on _ 
MONDAY, October 5. Candidates for Exhibitions must send in their 
Names on or before SATURDAY. September 19. 
Prospectus (Post Free) or Calendar (price 4¢.) may be had on application 
THEO. WOOD BUNNING, C.E., Secretary. 
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