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

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 9TH AUG. AND 41.0 OCT.. 1854.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the an-
nexed CODE of REGULATIONS for the ADMISSION of
CANDIDATES at the FIRST EXAMINATION, to be held in
January next, for thea ApPOINTMENT of ASSISTANT SUR-
GEONS in the SERVICE of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, has
been framed by thB Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of
India, under the provisions of the Act 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 95,
sec. 38.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION IF CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINT-
MENT OF ASSISTANT•SURGEON IN THE EZIIVICE OF THE EAST INDIA

COMPANY.
All natural-born subjects of her Majesty may be candidates for
admission into the service of the East India Company as Assistant.
Surgeons. They must, however, be between 22 and 28 years of age,
and of sound bodily health.
' They 'lust subscribe and send into Dr. Scott, the Physician to the
Honourable East India Company, before the 10th day of December,
18.54, a declaration to the following effect:—
I (Christian and surname at full length), a candidate for em•
Tdoyment as an Assistant-:-urgeon in the service of the East India
Company, do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the
day of last, and that I labour under no constitu-
tional disease or physical disability that can Interfere with the due
di'charge 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-
ments : . .

1. Proof of age, e'ther 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
ct.impetent by law to gran-. or confer such diploma or degree.
3. A certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, or six
months each, on the practice of physic. and of having attended for
sit mouths the practice and clinical instruction or the I,hssictans et
some 1 ospital, containing at least, on an average, one hundred in-
patients ; or of having attended one cour,e of lectures of six months
on the practice of physic, and clinical instruction for twelve months.
4. A certificate of having attendrd for three months the practical
Instruction given at one cf the public asylums for the treatment of
the insane.
5. A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in-
stitutions or wards of an Pospital especially devoted to the treat-
ment of orhthalmic disease.
6. A certificate of having attended a course of lectures on m!cl-
wi.ory, and of having conducted at least MY labours.
7. A certificate of having acquired a practical knowledge of cup-
ping. ,
Candfdates may also, at their option, send in certificates ofattend-
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, 185 p.
The examination will include the following subjects :-
1. Surrery in all Its departments.
2. Medicine, including the Diseases of Women and Children,
Therapeutics, Pharmacy, and Hfgiene. '
3. Anatbmy and Physioidgy, including Comparative Anatomy.

4. Natural Elistory, including 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
dissections and operations on the dead body.

4. 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 fill the requ!site
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 refuse to proceed to
India under the orders of the Court of Directors, within thiee months
from the date of their appointment, will be considered as having for-
feited 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.
N.B. 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 filler the first examination.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

NOTE.-4th October, UM —Candidates who may not have been
able to attend the practice of an asylum for the insane, or of an
ophthalmic hospital, for three mouths 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 House for the selection of Assistant Surgeons. The selec-
tion will be made according to merit, and it is expected that about
30 arpointments will be awarded.
J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy Secretary.

BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
THREE DAYS' EXCURSION to OXFORD, BANBURY,
LEA 14I's GToN, WARWICK, and BIRMINGHAM—On SUNDAY,
Octooer 15th, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., returning
the same evening, or Tuesday evening, from Birmingham, at G. 30;
Warwick, 7.5 ; Leamington, 7.15; Banbury, 8 ; aad Oxford, 8 50.
Fares there and back—Oxford, 6s. and 3s. 6d. ; Banbury, 7s. and 4s.
Gd ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 6s. ; and Birmingham,
12s. and 7s. Tickets may be previously obtained at the Paddington
station ; at 27, Ring street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand; 63, Bridge-road,
i,ambeth; and 351, Oxford-street.

REAT-1N ESTERN RAILWAY. -THREE
,If DAYS in BATH or BRISTOL.—A Train will leave 'Pad-
dington on SATURDAY EVENING, October 14th, at 6.30,
returning on TUESDAY 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 allowed to each passenger.
Tickets (not transferab e) are available only by the Excursion Train,
and may be previously obtained at the Paddington Stati or at
the Company's ()Moos, 27, King-street, Cheapside; 63, Bridge-road,
Lambeth; 351, Oxford-street; and 269, Strand. .

SEBASTOPOL. GENERAL ILLUMINA-
TION.—Oct. 2d, 1654.—1 n commemoration of this grand
achievement, the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY have
determined upon giving their ordinary Thirty Shilling MODER A-
MUR LAMPS for ONE GUINEA, complete, in order that the
Public may more generally comply with the spirit of the times.
about 17,000 Bronze Lamps have just arrived. Another consign-
ment of China Lamps will be ready in a few days. The public are
'invited to an early inspection. Every Lamp guaranteed. Old Lamps
taken in exchange.—Note the address, 447, West Strand. John Clark,
Resident Proprietor.

TIJRKISH • EXHIBITION and ORIENTAL
MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-pack-corner,
IPiceadiIIy.—MICHAELMAS HOLIDAYS.—OPEN DAILY, from
lElevon till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. , Admis-
'Pion, 2s. 6d ; children, is. Gd.; Saturdays, ss. ; children, 2s. 6d.
Family Tickets for five, 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
Shilling.

AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
ALI (Lessee, CUAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham•road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON,
and will continue open every evening, with LAIMENT't,
IOELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H.
Laurent , the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi-
kins and his Dinah. Admission, ls. Doors open at half-past 8.
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.