Lathe and other machine tools. The apparatus required for the testing of cements, and the tests used in determining the value of a cement. LENDING LIBRARY. In the Trinity College Lending Library there are copies of new and important books on Engineering. It is open for the lending and return of books on three days of each week during Term, from 1.30 to 2.30 o'clock. A Catalogue can be obtained for one shilling on application to the Clerk in charge. The Lending Library is situated in the Engineering School Building. FURTHER INFORMATION. Communications from persons desirous of further information should be addressed to the Registrar, Engineering School, Trinity College, Dublin. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS' SOCIETY. The object of this Society is to afford an opportunity for the discussion of subjects of interest to Engineers. Meetings are held fortnightly in the Engineering School. The Professor of Engineering is President of the Society. The Hon. Secretary will be happy to supply any further information regarding the Society. UNIVERSITY LECTURES IN ORIENTAL LANGUAGES FOR SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. On the 13th October, 1877, a communication was received by the Provost and Senior Fellows from the Secretary of State for India, stating that Trinity College had been placed on the list of the Institutions in which Selected Candidates for the Civil Service of India will be permitted to reside during their year of "Probation.' Arrangements have been made enabling selected Candidates for the Civil Service of India to complete their studies in Oriental Languages with the aid of Special Lectures given by Professors of the University. Candidates will be required to elect at the beginning of the Term the Languages in which they wish to be prepared. Three Lectures in each Language will be given weekly during each of the three Terms of the year, except in Sanskrit and Arabic, in each of which five Lectures weekly will be provided. Sophisters having credit for full attendance on two of these special courses of Lectures can claim professional privileges; see under "Professional Privileges." Students who desire to reside in Trinity College, Dublin, during their year of probation, after passing the Open Competition for the Indian Civil Service, will be allowed to put their names on the College Books without Entrance Fee; the College and University Fees during their residence will therefore be £8 8s. halfyearly. Candidates will further have to pay a fee of £2 2s. per Term for the Lectures in the History of India. They will be allowed Residence and Commons on the same terms as other Students, and will not be required to pass Terms in Arts while pursuing their special studies. The total cost of a year's residence should not exceed £120. The Lecturers appointed by the Board of Trinity College are as follows: Sanskrit and the Neo-Sanskritic Languages, History of India, Indian Law, . Professor R. Atkinson. The Board offer annual Prizes of £10 in Sanskrit, £10 in Arabic, £5 in Hindustani, and £5 in Persian. It may be added that the Law Courts, Police Courts, &c., in Dublin, afford ample opportunities for Candidates to observe the practice of the Law in its various branches. Candidates intending to reside in Trinity College are requested to communicate with E. H. Alton, M.A., F.T.C.D., 37, Trinity College, Dublin, who will give any further information which may be required. CLASSES FOR THE INDIAN, COLONIAL, AND HOME CIVIL SERVICE (CLASS I.). 1. These Classes are open to all Candidates for the Examination for the Indian, Colonial, and Home Civil Service (Class I.), whether those Candidates belong to Trinity College or not. 2. The Course of Study will be divided, during the current Academic year, 1907-1908, into two Sessions (a Winter Session, from October 21st to March 28th, and a Summer Session, from April 21st to July 4th); in each of which Sessions not less than two hours of teaching per week will be given in each Class, except during the Christmas Vacation (December 22nd to January 11th). This teaching will comprise not only specific instructions directed entirely to the requirements of the Examination, but also guidance to the several Candidates as to the course of private reading which will best suit the needs of each. 3. It is proposed, for the Academic year, 1907-1908, to offer instruction in the following subjects: 4. At the end of the Winter Session a General Examination will be held in all the subjects in which instruction has been given; and Prizes will be awarded by the Board, varying from £1 1s. to £4 48., to every Candidate who is considered to have shown werit of a high order. 5. A Student who belongs to Trinity College shall pay either (1) Five Guineas Entrance Fee to the Classes and a Special Fee of 2 guineas for each Class which he attends during the Winter Session, and 13 guinea for each Class he attends during the Summer Session; or (2) he may pay no Entrance Fee, but in that case he shall pay a Special Fee of 3 guineas for each Class which he attends during the Winter Session, and 2 guineas for each Class which he attends during the Summer Session. A Student who does not belong to Trinity College shall pay either (1) Five Guineas Entrance Fee to the Classes, and a Special Fee of 3 and 2 guineas for each Class which he attends in the Winter and Summer Sessions respectively; or (2) he may pay no Entrance Fee, but in that case he shall pay a Special Fee of 4} guineas and 33 guineas for each Class which he attends in the Winter and Summer Sessions respectively. Students who have once paid the Entrance Fee will not be required to pay it again for any subsequent year in which the Classes are continued. All Fees must be paid to the Registrar of the Classes previous to attendance at any Class. No Lecturer will receive the name of any Student unless he is shown the Registrar's receipt for the Fees. Students wishing to join these Classes are requested to communicate with the Registrar of them, E. H. Alton, M.A., F.T.C.D., 37, Trinity College, Dublin, who will supply any further information which may be required. |