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guarantee that they would teach the subjects upon which they claimed their 
annuity. This is corrected by the new regulations, which, whilst they still hold 
out inducement to teachers to become proficient as teachers, afford a guarantee 
to the tax-payer that he is receiving value for his money. 
On the other hand, it seems to us that the new code is calculated to lower 
the tone of the movement whilst extending its sphere. 
The holders of certificates of all grades being now placed on the same 
footing, there is no moral nor pecuniary inducement to young men to become 
proficient in scientific knowledge beyond what is needful for teaching pur- 
poses ; and men already eminent in science (whose support it is even now 
difficult to enlist) will probably have greater objections than before to co- 
operate in the movement. 
Again, as it will be the interest of teachers to pass as many pupils of the 
industrial classes as possible, so it will be the aim of committees to secure 
the largest attendance of these, even if they must give gratuitous admission. 
And, although this may serve the end of diffusing useful knowledge amongst 
the masses, yet it will militate strongly against the foundation of a “ self- 
supporting system of scientific instruction.” 
However, the operation of the code will soon decide which predominate, 
its advantages or its disadvantages, as compared with the old code, which 
has already effected so much good throughout the three kingdoms. 
LIST OF GOLD MEDALLISTS. 
Science Examinations, May, 1862. 
PRACTICAL, PLANE, AND DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, MECHANICAL AND MACHINE 
DRAWING, AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. 
Student’s Name. 
Age. 
Residence. 
Name of Teacher. 
William H. Parker 
18 
Bristol 
William Rowden 
MECHANICAL PHYSICS. 
*E. P. Scryingour 
17 
London 
Thomas Hall 
EXPERIMENTAL 
PHYSICS. 
Jos. G. Clarke 
17 
London 
Dr. Mortimer 
CHEMISTRY. 
B. H. Demery 
30 
Cork 
, . J ohn Dowling 
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
*John Granger ... 31 ... Belfast 
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. 
Charles Taylor ... 12 ... Banbury 
BOTANY. 
-*W. W. Tyler ... 26 ... Coventry ... 
Ralph Tate 
J. H. Beale 
* Those marked with an asterisk are ineligible to receive the medal, being 
middle-class students over seventeen years of age. 
