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London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

COMPANY.
All natural-born subjects of her Majesty may be candidates for
admission into the service of the East India Company as Assistant.
Surojeons. They must, however, be between 22 and 28 years of age,
alri of sound bodily health.
They must subscribe and send into Dr. Sc-tt, the Physician to the
-Honourable East India Company, before the 10th day of December,
1981, a declaration to the to lowing effect :
" / (chrlstian and surname at full length), a candidate for em•
ployment as an Assistant-surgeon in the service of the East India
Company, do hereby declare, teat 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
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-
ments :

1. 'Proof of age, ether 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 r, (mired for such degree, from some body
competent by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree.
3. A certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, or six
months each, on the practice o; physic, and of having attended for
six Months the practice and clinical instruction of the physicians at
some hospital, containing at least, on an average, one hundred in-
patients ; or of hay ng attended one course or lectures of six months
en 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-
stitutions or wards of an l ospital especially devoted to the treat-
ment of ophthalmic disease.
6. A certificate of h tying attended a course of lectures on mid-
rery, and of having conducted at least six labours.
7. A certificate of having acquired a practical ktowledge 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, 1855.
The examination will include the following subjects :-
1. Surgery is all its departments.
2. Medicine, including the Distance of Women and Children,
Therapeutics, Pharmacy, and Hygiene.
3. Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy.
. _ _

4. liataral History. inclndinfs Botany and Zoology,
The examination whi be condtictednib-
1. By means of written questions and apsyrers, •
2. By object examinations and experiments, when the tared 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 qaalified in all respects shall be appointed to 1111 the requisite
number of ao,ointments as assistant surgeons in the East India
Company's service.
a,,sl,tant 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 three months
from the date of their appointment, will be considered as having for-
Celled them, unless special cirLumstances shall justify a departure
from this regulation.
Can tidates 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 elle requirements of Candidates for future
examinations will be issued ate, the tag examination.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

Nora.-4th October, 1854 —Candidates who may hot have been
able to attend the practice of an asylum for the insane, or of an
ophthalmic hospital, for three mouths previous to cffering 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 appointments will be awarded.
J. D. DICKINSON,' Deputy Secretary.

SEBASTOPOL. GENERAL ILLUMINA-
iIoN.—Oct. 2d, 1854.—1 n comm. moration of this grand
achievement, the METROPOLITAN Liairr C,M PAN Y have
determined upon giv ng their ordinary Thirty Shilling MODERA-
TRUE LAMPS for O\E GUINEA, complwe, iu order that the
Public 'may more generally comely with the spirit of the times.
About 17,000 Bronze Lamps have just arrived. Another consign-
ment of China Lamps wilt be ready in a few days. The public are
invited to an early inspection. Every Lamp guaranteed. Old Lamps
taken.in uachatage.—Note the address, 447, West Strand. John Clark,
Iteaident Proprietor.

TURKISH EXHIBITION and ORIENTAL
MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner,
riccaditly —MICHAELMAS HOLIDAYS. - OPEN DAILY, from
Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. Admis-
sion, 2s. 6d. ; children, ls. 6d. ; 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 Gas
Shilling.

LAUR T'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS,
(Lessee, Cues. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road),
—The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON,
and will continue oven every evening, with L AURENT'S
CELEURATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, ultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'..A.lbert ; also, by R.
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.