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and to the other questions which had been considered.Technological Examinations.—The results of the first technological examinations held by the newly-formed City Institute for promoting technical education has just been published. These examinations were established by the Society of Arts in 1873, and at the beginning of the present year they were transferred to the Institute. The number of candidates examined was 202, of whom 151 satisfied the examiners in technology, These candidates were examined in aeyen different subjects :—Cotton Manufacture;, Manufacture of Steel, c., Gas Manufacture, wool Dyeing, Alkali Manufacture, Telegraphy, and Qualitative Blowpipe Analysis. Besides these subjects there were nine other subjects m which it was announced that examinations would be held, viz., Paper Manufacture, Silk Manufacture, Carriage Building, Pottery and Porcelain, Glass Manufacture, Cloth^ Manufacture, Silk Dyeing, Calico Bleaching, c,, and Photography. In. these no candidates presented themselves. These candidates were examined at twenty-three different centres in various parts of the kingdom, including Oldham, Crewe, Manchester, )ublin, Liverpool, Preston, St. Helen’s, Halifax, Cardiff, Bolton, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Redruth and London. In the programme of examinations for next year, which will shortly be issued, many important alterations have been made, and it is expected that the offer of payment to teachers of successful candidates will attract many more candidates than have yet appeared.The Future Museum of America.—The Permanent International Exhibition of!Philadlt;*lnhifl tr niifirrnwf-h nf thf* Ppnlpuniftl TCxinHiHnn. At* nif crrAnf fair in
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London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Aug 23, 1879
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