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140 MEDICAL DEPARTMEN Γ By the 22d section of the Act of Parliament no rejected candidate for certificate to practise as an Apothecary can be re-examined until the expiration of six months from his former examination and no rejected candidate as an Assistant until the expiration of three months The Court meet in the Hall every Thursday where candidates are required to attend at quarter before four o'clock The following sums are paid for certificates -For London and within ten miles thereof ten guineas For all other parts of England and Wales six guineas Persons having paid the latter sum become entitled to practise in London and within ten miles thereof by paying four guineas in addition For an Assistant's certificate two guineas Section XXI regulations of the medical department of the army candidate for an Assistant-Surgeoncy in the Army is required to till up blank form of certificate which may be obtained at the office by written application to the Director-General specifying by whom he is recommended his Christian and surname at full length the course of study he has pursued viz -the lectures the lecturers' names places where the lectures were delivered and the number of mouths during which he attended in accordance with the regulations together with any others iu his possession If he possess any University degree he must also state its nature whether or diploma in Surgery and when and at what College or University it was obtained The number of mouths' attendance at hospital or infirmary must also be stated and if he have attended at hospitals for mental derangement and diseases of the eye or lying-iu institution particulars of such attendance must also be furnished The candidates must be unmarried not beyoud twenty-six years of age nor under twenty-one years Candidates who have had an University education and have the degree of or as well as that of will be preferred but liberal education and competent knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages are indispensably requisite in every candidate and the greater the attainments of the candidates in various branches of science iu addition to competent profes- sional knowledge the more eligible will they subsequently be deemed for pro- motion iu the service for selections to fill up vacancies will be guided more by reference to such acquirements than to mere seniority Before promotion from the rank of Assistant-Surgeon to any higher rank every gentleman must be prepared for such other examination as may be ordered before board of medical officers