to undergo a course of training (about six months) in the duties of Inspector and in subjects of a professional nature, and at the conclusion of such course to pass a qualifying Examination in professional subjects, hereinafter referred to as the Professional Examination. The Professional Examination will be conducted by the Officers of the Commissioners, and the course of training and the programme of the Professional Examination will be prescribed by the Commissioners from time to time. 9. Any Candidate unsuccessful at the Competitive Examination in 1896 will receive a second nomination if he continues otherwise qualified, provided his answering shall have been, in the opinion of the Commissioners, sufficiently meritorious. Under special circumstances, a third nomination may be granted, but no Candidate will be admitted to compete more than three times. COURSE OF EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR INSPECTORSHIPS UNDER THE BOARD OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, IRELAND. There will be Two Examinations, viz. : I. The Competitive Examination with two partsElementary and Advanced-in Subjects of general culture, to be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners. II. The Professional Examination in Professional Subjects, to be conducted under the immediate direction of the Commissioners of National Education. In the case of each Candidate the Commissioners constituting the "Committee of Selection" must be satisfied 1. That his testimonials as to character and health are 2. That he expresses himself correctly and distinctly. 4. That he spells accurately. 5. That, in the judgment of the Committee, he is a suitable Candidate for the office of an Inspector of National Schools. SUBJECTS FOR THE LIMITED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION HELD BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS. PART I.-ELEMENTARY COURSE. 1. English Composition, 2. English History and General Geography, 3. Elementary Mathematics, viz. : (a) Arithmetic, (6) Algebra, up to and including the Binomial (c) Euclid, Books I. to IV. and VI., (d) Plane Trigonometry, up to and including 4. Latin, 300 5. French, 6. German, One or other of these Languages must be 7. Physics, Elementary Properties of Electricity, Magnetism, Heat, Light and Sound, Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners in the subjects mentioned above. 300 Natural Science, i.e. any number not exceeding three of the following subjects Elementary Chemistry, (N.B. This subject may not be taken up by those who offer Higher Chemistry). Higher Chemistry, 300 600 Animal Physiology, 600 400 400 500 Greek History (Ancient, including Constitution), General Modern History (period to be selected by Can- Logic and Mental Philosophy (Ancient and Modern), 500 400 500 Candidates are at liberty to name any or all of those branches of knowledge. All Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners in English Language and Literature. The marks assigned to Candidates in each branch, except in Mathematics and English Composition, will be subject to such deduction as the Civil Service Commissioners may deem necessary, in order to secure that "a Candidate be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer." J. C. TAYLOR, M. S. SEYMOUR, Secretaries. OFFICE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, VII.-COUNTY SURVEYORSHIPS. Regulations (framed in pursuance of the Acts 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 106, and 25th and 26th Victoria, cap. 106) for Examinations for County Surveyorships or for District Surveyorships in Ireland. I. The Examination consists of two parts, and will be in the following subjects, viz. : PART I. MATHEMATICS-including Geometry Trigonometry, Algebra, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, No Candidate will be eligible who does not show some pro- PART II. Maximum of Marks. } 100 Strength and other Properties of Materials, and the Calculation} and Strains, (A.) RAILWAY AND CANAL ENGINEERING, and Reclamation Works, (C.) HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING--Including Water Supply, Sew age, and Irrigation, (D.) COUNTY WORKS-Including Architecture, Roads, Drainage, and River Works, } 100 100 40 100 140 140 140 140 1000 Each of the groups lettered A, B, C, D, to include Designs, Estimates, Specifications, and the mechanical contrivances connected with it; and Candidates will be required to show that they have been engaged in the practice of their profession in a responsible position, in charge of important works, for not less than four years, one of which, at least, shall have been spent in Ireland. Applications must be sent in before 18th September, 1896: the Examination will be held in Dublin, in October, 1896. II. No Candidate will be eligible whose age on the first day of the Examination is less than 26 or more than 40. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, 16th October, 1896. VIII.—MEDICAL COMMISSIONS IN THE NAVY, AND INDIAN SERVICES. Limits of Age, 21-28 at date of Examination. ARMY, Candidates, who must be registered as qualified to practise Medicine and Surgery, will be examined in the following compulsory subjects, and the highest marks attainable will be distributed as follows: FOR THE ARMY. Marks. (a) Surgery, (b) Medicine, including therapeutics, and diseases 1200 of women and children, 1200 (c) Anatomy and physiology, 600 (d) Chemistry and pharmacy, and a practical knowledge of drugs, . 600 A candidate may not present himself for exami- and Children, (b) Surgery, (a) Medicine, including the Diseases of Women (c) Anatomy and Physiology, (d) Chemistry and Materia Medica, with a practical knowledge of drugs, 300 300 300 300 1000 1000 1000 1000 The N.B.-The Examination in Medicine and Surgery will be in part practical, and will include operations on the dead body, the application of Surgical apparatus, and the examination of Medical and Surgical patients at the bedside. Examination in Chemistry will be limited to the elements of the science, and to its application to Medicine, Pharmacy, and Practical Hygiene; and the Examination in Materia Medica will include a knowledge of the Physiological actions and Therapeutical uses of drugs. |