The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-20 00:00:00

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be in tho same proportion, but

will b© necessarily smaller in amount, in considoration of
the shorter time, that is to say, of the eighteen months
only in which they have accrued.
The Directors consider that these results are satisfactory,
and they trust that the Proprietors will be of the same
opinion; looking at the progress which the Company has
made during the last twenty years and the position which
it has now attained they fool themselves justified in anti-
cipating that its future career will be a successful ono.
They will only add, that they hope in a few weeks to be
enabled to remove from their Temporary Offices to the now
premises in Pall-mall, and thenceforth to have more suit-
able accommodation for the carrying on of the Company's
business than it has been their good fortune of late years to
enjoy.
The direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :
Col. CHAS. WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman.
Right. Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Deputy-
Chairman.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Ralph Charles Price, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thomas Godfrey Sambrooko,
Esq.
Captain L. S. Tindal, R.N.

Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
William F. Do La Rue, Esq.
SirJ.BullerEast,Bart.,D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray, Esq.
W illiam Augustus Guy,M.D.,

• • F.R.S.
Charles Thomas Holcombe,
Esq.

SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, &C.
Admiralty, 26th July, 1867.
The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY
hereby give notice that the arrangements for the ADMIS-
SION of PERSONS, not already in the Government ser-
vice, to the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering, as Admiralty Pupils, will, for the present
year, be as follows :
Candidates must not be less than 18 nor more than 21
years of ago, and must have served at least two years in
private shipbuilding or engineering establishments, or
must give satisfactory proof that they have in some way
been so connected with shipbuilding or engineering opera-
tions as to become well-grounded in the elementary prin-
ciples and practices thereof.
The pupils will be selected by competitive examination,
the subjects for which, and numbers of marks assigned
for each, are as follows : 3larks.
Pure Mathematics, including—Arithmetic, mensu-
ration, geometry (plane and descriptive), piano
trigonometry, and the elements of the differential
and integral calculus 2,500
Applied Mathematics, including mechanics and
hydrOstatics
Practical Shipbuilding, including laying-off (for
shipwright's candidates only) 2,500
Practical Marino Engineering (for engineer candi-
dates
only) 2,500
French 5OO
Elements of Physics and Chymistry 750
English Grammar and Composition
Geography and History
No candidate will bo admitted who does not obtain at
least two-thirds of the full number of marks in the two
first-named subjects, and three-fifths of the full number,
either for practical shipbuilding or marine engineering.
The last four subjects, although counting iu the com-
petition, will not be considered obligatory.
Tho candidates who nwy bo selected will be treated,
while attached to the school, in all respects as the Admi-
ralty pupils; they will receive wages the same as dock-
yard apprentices, commencing at Is. 6d. per day for six
days per week for the first year, and increasing yearly 3d.
per day till it reaches 2s. per day; and in addition a sub-
sistence allowance of 3s. per day for seven days p©r week
while away from their homes, either at the school or intho
Dockyards.
Six months of each year, viz., from November till May,
will be devoted to study at the School, and the remaining
six months to active work and the acquirement of practical
knowledge in the dockyards.
It is to be understood that the Admiralty make no en-
gagement to employ these pupils after the completion of
their course of study ; and they must rely on their own
worth as educated naval architects for obtaining employ-
ment in their subsequent career. The number of such
pupils to be selected this year is one shipwright and one
engineer. Persons desirous of competing must forward
their names, with a certificate of birth, and of the grounds
on which they consider themselves practically qualified,
enclosing proper certificates to that effect, to the Secretary
of the Admiralty not later than the Ist of September.
The candidates should also state whether they wish to
be examined as engineers or shipwrights.
The examination will take place on the 23d September
and three following days.
By 0921mand of their Lordships,
iiENRY Gi(2lo)9li