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London, England, 1854-10-09 00:00:00

All natural-born subjects of her Majesty may be candidates for
zeirnission into the service of the East India Company as Assistant-
Surgeons. They must, however, be between 22 and 28 years of age,
,an i of Sound bodily health.
They must subscribe and send into Dr. Scott, the Physician to the
Ilononrable East India Company, before the 10th day of December,
Igsls a. declaration to the following effect :
"I (Christiin and surname at full length), a candidate for ern.
Tployment as an Assistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India
Company, do hereby deciare;that I was years of age on the
day of last, and that I labour under no constitu-
tional disease or phyllcal disability that can interfere with the due
discharge of the duties of a medical officer ; and I also attest my
readiness to proceed on duty to India within three months of receiv-
ing* my appointment.

This declaration must be accompanied by the following docu
merits:

I.• Proof of age, either by extract from the register of the parish
in which the candidate was born,-or by his own declaration pursuant
to the Act 5 and 6 Wm. IV., c. 62.
2.' A diploma in surgery, or a degree in medicine, provided an ex-
amination in surgery be required for such degree, from some body
competeat by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree.
3. A certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, or six
rnonths each, on the practice of physic, and of having attended for
niVaths the practice aid clinical instruction of the physicians r t
son*. hospital, containing atleast, on an average, one hundred in-
Pa*.ients ; or of having attended one course of lectures of six months
asn the practice of physic, and clinical instruction for twelve months.
4. A certificate of having attended for three months the practical
Instruction given at one of the public asylums for the treatment of
the insane. _ .

5.,A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in-
stitritions or wards of an hospital especially devoted to the treat-
ment of ophthalmic disease.
6. A certificate of h Lying attended a course of lectures on mid-
wifery, and of having conducted at least six labours.
7. A certificate of having acquired a practical keowledge of cup-
ping.
Candidates may also, at their option, send in certificates of attend-
ance at any hospitals, or any courses of lectures in addition to the
above. Attendance on a course of military surgery is recommended.
Candidates producing satisfactory certificates will be admitted to
an examination to be held in January, 1835.
The examination will.include the following subjects :-
1. Sureery in all its departments.
2. Medicine, ineluiing the Diseases of Women and Children,
Therapeutics, Pharmacy, and Hygiene.
3. Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy.
4. Natural History, includinx Botany and Zoology.
The examination will be conducted :-
1. By means of written questions and answers.
2. By object examinations and experiments, when the subject ad-
mits of such tests.

3. By practical examination at the bedside of the patient, and by
dissr,ctions and operations on the dead body.
21._ By viva 'voce examination.

The persons who shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the
best qualified in all respects shall be appointed to 1111 the requisite
number of appointments as assistant surgeons in the East India
Company's service.
All assistant surgeons are required to subscribe to the Military or
Medical, and Medical retiring funds at the Presidencies to which
they may be respectively appointed, and to the Military Orphan
Society also, if appointed to Bengal.
All assistant surgeons who shall neglect or reflise to proceed to
India under the orders of the Court of Directors, within three months
from the date of their appointment, will be considered as having for-
Jetted them, unless special circumstances shall justify a departure
from this regulation.
Candidates may apply to Dr. Scott, 13, Stratton-street, for further
information if needed. . . .

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N. 13. The certificates and notices as to examination herein con-
tained apply only to the examination to be held in January next.
Regulations regarding the requirements of Candidates for future
examinations will be Issued after the first examination.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

NOTE.-4th October, 1854.---Candidates who may not have been
able to attend the practice of an asylum for the insane, or of an
ophthalmic hospital, for three months previous to offering themselves
for examination in January, 1855, will not be excluded from exami-
nation, but will if successful in obtaining recommendation for appoint-
ments, be required to produce certificates of having attended such
practice during the interval between the examination and the time
of proceeding to India.

The Board of Examiners of Candidates for the appointment of
Assistant Surgeons in the East India Company's service, give notice
that on the Bth January, 1855, they will hold Examinations at the
East India louse for the selection of Assistant Surgeons. The selec-
t on will be made according to merit, and it is expected that about
30 appointments will be awarded.
J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
THREE DAYS' EXCURSION to OXFORD, BANBURY,
LEAMINGTON, WARWICK, and BIRMINGHAM—On SUNDAY,
October 15th, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., returning
the same evening, or Tuesday evening, from Birmingham, at 6.30;
Warwick, 7.5 ; Leamington, 7.18; Banbury, 8 ; and Oxford, 8 50.
FareS there and back—Oxford, 6s. and 3s. 6d. ; Banbury, 7s. and 4s.
6d. ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 6s. ; and Birmingham,
12s. and 7s. Tickets may be previously obtained at the Paddington
station ; at 27, King-street, Cheapslde ; 269, Strand; 63, Bridge-road,
Lambeth; and 351, Oxford-street.

REAT-WESTERN RAILWAY. —THREE
n._74" DAYS in BATH or BRISTOL.—A Train will leave Pad-
dington on SATURDAY EVENING, October 14th, at 6.30,
returning on T (7E3DAY EVENING, October 17th, from Bristol, at
6.30 p.m., and Bath at 7 p.m. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and 6s. ; Bath,
9s. and ss. A single package of luggage rilowed to each passenger.
Tickets (not trans.-cab e) are available only by the Excursion Train,
end may be previously obtained at the Paddington Station, or at
the Company's Offices, 27, King-street, Cheapside; 63, Bridge-road,
Lambeth; 351, Oxford-street; and 269, Strand.

SEBASTOPOL. - GENERAL • ILLITMINA-
TION.—Oct. 2d, 1854.—1 n commemoration •f this grand
achievement, the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY have
determined upon giving their ore nary Thirty Shilling MODERA-
TEUR LAMPS .or ONE GUINEA, complete, in order that the
Public may mo-:•e generrily comply with the spirit of the times.
About 17,000 Bronze Lamps have just arrived. Another consign-
ment of China Lamps will 13 ready in a few days. The public are
Invited to an early inspection. Every Lamp guaranteed. Ohl Lamps
taken in exchange.—Note the address, 447, West Strand. John Clark,
Resident Proprietor.

TURKISH EXHIBITION and ORIENTAL
MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner,
PiccadiIIy.—MICHAELMAS HOLIDAYS.— OPEN DAILY, from
Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. Adults-
Mon, 2s. 6d. ; children, Is. 6d.; Saturdays, 55.; children, 23. 6d.
Family Tickets for live, 10s. Schools admitted at Half-price. Mr.
J. Osborne Williams will preside at the Grand Pianoforte and Patent
Harmonium. An Illustrated Handbook is published, price One

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
(Lessee, Cues. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON,
And will continue open every evening, with LATI RENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. ronstantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by 11.
Laurent , the following Waltzes La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi-
kins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8.
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.