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fees not exceeding £30 per annum. The scholarships will be tenable for three years, and subject to annual renewal. 2. The scholarships are intended to provide the means of obtaining advanced technical training in a university, university college, or technical institute of university rank for students (young men or women) of exceptional ability who would otherwise find it impossible to secure such training. 3. Candidates must, as a rule, be under twenty-two years of age on Ist June, 1898, but the Board reserves the right to give preference' to candidates under nineteen years of age. 4. The scholarships are offered with the view of encouraging the study of science and art with special reference to industrial requirements, and will be tenable at such institutions giving appropriate education within the statutory definition of technical instruction as may be selected by the scholars and approved by the Board. 5. Candidates must make application in writing, addressed to the secretary of the Board, not later than Monday, 16th May, 1898, and must give a full account of their educational career and financial position, particulars of any public examinations they have passed, and of the course of study which they propose to take up by the help of these scholarships. Each application should be supported by testimonials from teachers or other persons in public positions acquainted with the candidate's circumstances or ability, and the names of not less than three referees to whom the Board may apply for further information should be given. The date of the candidate's birth must also be stated. Applications should be made, upon forms which may be obtained from the secretary of the Board, on or after 18th April. 6. In the selection of scholars the Board will have regard, in the first instance, to the past achievements of the candidates, but the Board reserves the right to require any or all of the candidates to undertake an examination if it think fit. 7. No candidate will be eligible whose parents enjoy an income from all sources of more than £400 per annum. 8. The county scholarships are awarded under " The Technical Instruction Act, 1891," which enables a local authority to provide scholarships for " students ordinarily resident in the district of the local authority." It is therefore essential that candidates should be ordinarily resident within the Administrative County of London, including the County of the City of London. 9. Payments will be made to scholars in quarterly instalments on or about the usual quarterly days. The first payment will be made on or about 29th September, 1898. Sidney Webb, Chairman of the Board. Wm. Garnett, Secretary of the Board. St. Martin's Place, W.C, October, 1897. Regulations for Junior Scholarships in Practical Gardening. The Board will proceed in July, 1898, to award three junior scholarships in practical gardening, tenable at the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society in Regent's Park. These scholarships offer to boys who wish to become gardeners an opportunity of going through a thorough course of training. The following are the regulations relating to the award of the scholarships : — 1. The junior scholarships in practical gardening are tenable at the School of Practical Gardening which has been established in the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society in Regent's Park. 2. The scholarships will be awarded, not upon the results of a set examination, but upon a consideration of the record and qualifications of the candidates. Each candidate must furnish the Board with a statement as to his past career and his future intentions, and his application must be supported by specific recommendations from his headmaster and other teachers. 3. The scholarships are open to boys who are not less than fourteen and not more than sixteen years of age on the Ist May, 1897. 4. Candidates must be resident within the Administrative County of London at the time of the award of the scholarships, and must continue to reside within the county during the tenure of their scholarships. 5. The scholarships will provide free instruction in horticulture at the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society in Regent's Park. They will also provide a maintenance grant of £20 per annum to scholars under fifteen and £25 per annum to scholars over fifteen years of age. The scholarships will be awarded in the first instance for one year, but will be renewable for a second or even for a third year if the progress of the scholar is satisfactory to the Board. 6. No candidate will be eligible for these scholarships whose parents are in receipt of more than £250 per annum. 7. Applications for these scholarships should be sent in not later than the 7th May, 1898. The requisite forms may be obtained from the secretary of the Board, St. Martin's Place, W.C. Sidney Webb, Chairman of the Board. Wm. Garnett, Secretary of the Board. St. Martin's Place, W.C, December, 1897. Regulations for Evening Exhibitions in Science and Technology (1898). [Important additions and alterations have been marked *.] 1. The Technical Education Board will be prepared in June, 1898, to award not more than *120 evening exhibitions in science and technology, which are intended to defray the fees and travelling-expenses of persons occupied during the day in the ordinary avocations of life, and attending classes in science or technology in some polytechnic, school, or other institute approved by the Technical Education Board. The exhibitions will be open to persons of either sex. Candidates