The following is a list of the Examiners :—

Mathematics. Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, M.A., Canon of Norwich, and late Professor at Haileybury College.-I. Todhunter, Esq., M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Classics.-Rev. G. Rawlinson, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College.-Rev. O. Gordon, B.D., Censor of Christ's Church College, Oxford, and Classical Moderator.

English and History.-G. W. Dasent, Esq., D.C.L.W. Stebbing, Esq., M.A., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.

French.-A. Esquiros, Esq.-C. J. Savoye, Esq., Graduate of the Universities of Heidelberg and Wurzburg, late Professor of the College of Louis le-Grand.

German.-Professor Max Müller, M.A., Fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford.-Rev. C. Schöll, Ph. D.

Experimental Sciences.-Professor G. D. Liveing, M.A.F. A. Abel, Esq., F.R.S.

Natural Sciences.-Warington Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.S. P. Woodward, Esq., F.G.S.

Geometrical Drawing.-Captain Scott, Royal Engineers, Establishment for Field Instruction, Chatham.

Landscape Drawing.-Rev. W. Kingsley, B.D., late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Hindustani.-Professor J. Dowson.-Rev. W. D. Maclagan,

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The following are extracts from the Reports of the Examiners:

Mathematics. Rev. Canon Heaviside, M.A.

In reading over the Candidates' Papers, it seemed to me, as a whole, that they were slightly, though not much, inferior to those of last July. It is still my opinion that sufficient attention is not bestowed on the more elementary subjects before the Candidates are pressed on beyond their depth. It is true that this evil has been much lessened since I first had the honour to examine but even now it extensively

exists, and it cannot be too strongly impressed on the Candidates and their tutors that they imperil success by too ambitious or too speculative a course of reading. Many Candidates have evinced an excellent knowledge of the subjects, and I doubt not that there are enough to be selected for the Academy, who, by exercising continued diligence, will prove themselves able to derive full advantage from their subsequent education, and ultimately, by their attainments, will do honour to the service into which they aspire to be admitted.

Mathematics.-I. Todhunter, Esq., M.A.

It will be seen from the marks assigned to the Papers of the Candidates, that a few of them have acquitted themselves so as to deserve special commendation, and that a large number of them have passed very creditably. The failure of those who have been unsuccessful may be traced principally to an insufficient acquaintance with the elementary parts of Pure Mathematics. My third and fourth questions in Pure Mathematics were very inaccurately treated by many Candidates, who had obviously extended their reading far beyond the limits which should have ensured the correct results for such simple examples. Although I have not been able to award many marks for the answers to the questions on the Differential and Integral Calculus, yet I think I see some improvement since the last examination, and I regard this part of the course as very beneficial. I may remark, that it is obvious that not a few Candidates the examination who have read so little that there is no possibility of their securing the required minimum of marks.

Classics.-Rev. George Rawlinson, M.A.

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The recent examination, so far as it has come under my notice, presents mingled features, partly satisfactory, but partly the reverse.

To begin with what is unsatisfactory. The proportion of Classical Candidates to the whole number has, I believe, a little declined. The number had risen so as to exceed one-third. has now once more fallen below that amount.

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The Candidates have shown less knowledge of Greek than usual.

The Roman History has been done exceedingly ill. Only one Candidate (No. 46) showed a really satisfactory acquaintance with the subject. It is evident to me that Candidates generally obtain their historical knowledge neither from the original