The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1868.

ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER AT
SHEERNESS. • . •
ADMIRALTY, 23d Sept.: 1868.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a VACANCY exists for
an ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard.
Candidates who may wish to undergo-a Competitive Examina-
tion for such an appointment are invited to apply, either per-
sonally or by letter, to the Civil Service Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard, Westminster, on or 'before th Sib of October, fur-
nishing certificates of age and health, together with testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The examination will
commence on Tuesday, the 13th October. Candidates must be
between the ages of 20 and 35, and will be examined in the fol-
lowing subjects, in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-.
dates to pass:-
1. Exercises as to Handwriting and Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and Mensuration.
3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences.
4. English Composition.
5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially
of England and Europe.
6. English History. •
7. Euclid—first four and sixth books, and first twenty-one pro-
- positions of the eleventh book.

8. Algebra.
9. Plane Trigonometry.
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary).
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Differential Calculus.

They will also be competitively examined in the following sub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary fer each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:—

12. Elementary Chemistry and Physics.
13. Plane Trigonometry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metry.
14. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
16. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution.

The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock.
yard commences at £lOO per annum, increasing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the certificate of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid .te to the benefit of the Super-
annuation Act.
Assistant Dockyaid Schoolmasters are eligible for promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster and Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from £l5O to £250 per annum.
W. G. ROMAINE.

41vr ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY.-WESTERN
IT-A: EXTENSION will OPEN= THURSDAY, October 1.

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MITFROPOLITAN RAILWAY-WESTERN
EXT.ENSION.--The LINE to PADDINGTON, Bays-
water, Notting-hill, Kensington, and BROMPTON will OPEN
on THURSDAY, October T.:

"VIE TROP OLITAN .RAILWAY.-WESTERN
Yl EXTENSION will OPEN on THURSDAY, October 1.
.• • • . MYLES FENTON, General Manager.
Sopteniberp, 1868.

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
RAILWAY.

• LEICESTER RACES, Ist and 2d October, 18E8.

RETURN TICKETS to LEICES TER, issued at LONDON
(Euston, Kensingfon, and Broad-street),, will be available from
WEDNESDAY, 30th September, and intervening days, to SATUR-
DAY, 3d October, inclusive.

W. CAWS WELL,
General Manager.
Enston Sta,tion, lath September, 1868.

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SPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
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SCIENTIFIC' AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
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PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
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