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Abstract

THE Lords of the Committee of Council on Education have, by a recent minute, decided to withdraw the prizes hitherto given to candidates in the Science Examinations who obtain a first class in the elementary stage of the various subjects of science, substituting certificates of merit, and retaining only the prizes given in the advanced stage. The money hitherto devoted to prizes will be employed in providing thirty-six National Scholarships—twelve each year—which will be offered in competition to students of the industrial classes, and awarded at the annual examinations of the department. The National Scholarship will be tenable, at the option of the holder, either at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington, or at the Royal College of Science, Dublin, during the course for the Associate-ship—about three years. The scholar will receive 30s. a week, during the session of about nine months in the year, second-class railway fare to and from London or Dublin, and free admission to the lectures and laboratories. This is a most important step in advance.