8 6 RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
II., introduction to art. 34 inclusive; arts. 86—146, omitting 106, 107; arts. 153—159, 105—179. E. Clarke on Britannia Bridge, pages 155—205, 239—248, 2 6 8 ; omit 35, 30, 42, 43, to 274, 280—285, 303 to 396, 675 to 753. Mahon's Civil Engineering; Latham on Wrought-Irou Bridges ; Buck on Oblique Bridges : Rankine's applied Mechanics; Rankine's Steam En- gines and Prime Movers ; Rankine's Civil Engineering ; Ferguson's Handbook of Architecture.
THE VICE-CHANCELLOR'S PRIZE.
Tho Vice-Chancellor offers a Prize of Twenty Guineas for the best English Essay, open t o all Matriculated Students of the University not of standing lor the Degree of Master of Arts.
The Essays are to bo sent in to the Registrar on or before the first day of March.
Every Essay is to bo distinguished by a motto, and to bo accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name of the Author, and bearing upon its exterior the same motto.
No Essay is to be in the handwriting of the Author.
1859. Subject:—" The past and the future of Australian Exploration."—R. THYNNE, B.A.
1860. Subject:—History of the Australian Goldfields from their discovery to tho present time, including a concise de- scription of the various Implements which have been used in Mining for Gold in Victoria."—NOT AWARDED.
1801. Subject:—" A comparison of the poems of Chaucer with those of Milton, as illustrating the state of the English language at the two periods."—J. J. B. BOWMAN, B.A.
1802. Subject:—"Tho History of Arctic Exploration."—
J . N. FLOWER.
1863. Subject:—"A comparison of the advantages resulting from the invention of Printing with those resulting from the invention of the Steam Engine."
LAW P R I Z E S . — M R . BILLING'S MEDAL FOR LAW.
Mr. Billing, Law Reader to the Second Year Class, offers a gold medal, to be competed for by Members of his class.
1858. HENDERSON, PERCY.
• 1859-00. GRAVE, HENRY.
1860-61. SNOWDEN, EDWARD GREENE.
1801-02, CILLOTT, SAMUEL.
