INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY, Preliminary Examinations. College of Preceptors: Examination for a Second Class Certificate in the First or Second Division. A iy of the following Exnmimtioizs will be accepted ;f passed in all of thc! COPI~~Z~SOVYsu~ectsnt one nitd the sniiie Exnncittn-tioiz firm fo 31st DecemtzBer, 1901: The Junior Local Examinations of the Universities df Aberdeen, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Oxford. The Examinations for the Lower Certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, of the Scotch Educational Department, and of the Inter-mediate Educational Board of Ireland. The Preliminary Examination in Arts for graduation in Medicine and Science in the University of Durham. The Entrance or Matriculation Examination in the Uni- versities of Allahabad, Calcutta, Madras, Punjaub, and of King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia.The followiqg Exntninntion will be nccekted if pnssed in all of the com~ulsory subjects at ofte and the sniize Exnritinntion prior to 3rd IJecember, 1902 : The Preliminary Medical Examination of the Educational Institute of Scotland. .“,The follozomg Regidations will come imto operation on 1st October, 1902. Candidates who pass one of the Examinations mentioned in Clause 2 of Section 7, after 1st October, 1902, will be exempted from passing the IntermeJiate Examination of the Institute provided that they pass the exempting examination in the Division or Class specified below :-,4 First or Second Class in the Final Honour School of Natural Science of the University of Oxford iiz the stbbject of Chenzistry. A First or Seco?td Class in Part 11.of the Natural Science3 Tripos at the University of Cambridge, with Chemistry as the priitcipal subject. The Final Examination for the Degree of B.Sc., with Eirst or Second Class IIonours in Chemistry, iu either of the following Universities :-London (if passed under the Regulations of the University in force prior to January, 1903), Victoria University, and the IJniversity of Wales. The Final Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, with SpecialDistinctioih iri Cl~emistry,in the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrevvs. The Final Examination for the Degree of B.A., with the Final Examination for B.Sc.or &I A. (involving Inorganic and Organic Chemistry) in the Royal University of Ireland. The Senior Uodera torship i?t Ezperimerttal Science in the University of Dublin. The Final Examination for the Degree of B.Sc. in the University of Durham, or in the University of Birmingham, in the subjects of Chemist)y nnd Ph+sics, the Candidate’s name being placed in either of’ the j&st two I?ividons, with Cken&try as Ais principal subject, including l‘heoi etical and Practical Illorganic and Organic Chemistry. Candida.tes who gain one of the following diploinas after 1st October, 1902, will be exempted from passing the Inter-mediate Examination of * the Instil,nte provided that, they pass, in addition, an appyored Preliminary Examination in accordance with the Regulations (p.5) :-The Associateship of the City and Guilds of London Central Institute (A.C.G.I.), in the Department of Chemistry ; the Associateship of the Royal College of Science (Assoc. R.C.Sc.). London, in the Division of Chemistry ; and the Associateship of the Royal College of Science, Duhlin (Assoc. R.S.Sc.I.), in the Faculty of Manufactures, together with a Certificate from the Profesror of Chemistry in the R.C.Sc., Dublin, or in sgme other University or College recognised by the Institute, that the Candidate has spent an additional period of six months exclusively in the Chemical Laboratory of such College. N.B.--The Regulation requiring dssociates of the Royal Colleges of Science (London and Dublin) and Sssociates of the City and Guilds of London Institute, to pass an approved Preliminary Examination, will not be enforced, howe-oer, in the cases of those who produce evidence satisfactory to the Council that they entered on a systematic course of training in Chemistry at a recognised College prior to 1st July, 1902.