NOTICES. 
Will the author of an MS. Essay, with the Motto e{ Fine caret 
progressio—opertet mutare , fyc. y fyc.” be good enough to communicate 
confidentially with the Secretary ? 
In consequence of the numerous enquiries addressed to the 
Secretary as to the books required for the examination for promotion 
from the rank of Captain to that of Major, the following list is 
published for general information :— 
Gorham's Military Law. 
Instructions in Military Engineering; vol. I., part I., sects. 13-14. 
Col. Schaw, Attack and Defence of Positions, chaps. 5, 7, 8, & 9. 
Clery's Minor Tactics. 
Home's Tactics. 
Instructions in Duties of Military Reconnoitring. 
The forthcoming Manual of Military Topography. 
In addition to the foregoing books, Captains will be expected to 
be acquainted with the contents of the usual Official Books shewn 
at Inspections, in so far as they are concerned with the subjects of 
the examination, and also with the Army Discipline Act. The 
regulations for the Examination are contained in G. 0., No. 130 of 
1st October, 1880. 
Admiralty, 
November 23, 1859. 
Sir, 
With reference to your letter of the 19th inst., requesting 
on the part of the Committee of the Royal Artillery Institution that 
boxes or parcels addressed to the Institution may be forwarded by 
Government vessels, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty to acquaint you, that the Commanders-in-Chief on all 
the Foreign Stations have been directed to comply with this request 
as far as possible without inconvenience. 
I am, &c., 
(Signed) W. G. ROMAINE. 
Maj.-Gen. Sir R. Dacres, K.C.B. 
Woolwich. 
To avoid loss of time, business letters should be addressed to the “ Secretary” 
and not to “ Major Hime.” 
H. W. L. Ho 
