The title of each book should here be given in short, with number and size of volumes, place, and date.

2. Translate (from the Latin, French, and Italian) the titles of the books which are marked with a pencil-mark in the accompanying (Bohn's) catalogue, from p. 274 to p. 288. 3. Also, of all books named in pages 849, 923, 1,015.

PRÉCIS OR ABSTRACT.

The following Directions are placed in the hands of the candidates, along with the Correspondence of which a Précis is required:— Having read the accompanying Correspondence

1. Make a short Abstract, Schedule, or Docket of the several letters.

2. Draw up a Memorandum or Précis, i.e., a brief and clear statement of what passed, not letter by letter, but in the form of a narrative.

DIRECTIONS.

(1.) The object of the Abstract, Schedule, or Docket, is to serve as an Index. It should contain the date of each letter; the names of the persons by whom and to whom it is written; and, in as few words as possible, the subject of it. The merits of such an Abstract are (1) to give the really important point or points of each letter, omitting everything else; (2) to do this briefly; (3) distinctly; and (4) in such a form as readily to catch the eye.

(2.) The object of the Memorandum or Précis, which should be in the form of a narrative, is, that any one who had not time to read the original letters might, by reading the Précis, be put in possession of all the leading features of what passed. The merits of such a Précis are—(1) to contain all that is important in the Correspondence, and nothing that is unimportant; (2) to present this in a consecutive and readable shape, expressed as distinctly as possible; (3) to be as brief as is compatable with completeness and distinctness.

You are recommended to read the whole Correspondence through carefully before beginning to write, as the goodness both of the

Abstract and of the Précis will depend very much on a correct appreciation of the relative importance of the different parts.

Brevity should be particularly studied.

The Abstract should occupy 1 page only, or 2 at the most. The Précis about 2 pages, or 3 at the most, of ordinary handwriting.

KERTCH AND YENIKALE PRIZE MONEY.

Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27th May, 1862, for "Copy of any Correspondence that 66 may have passed between the Board of Admiralty and the "Treasury Board and the Queen's Proctor, on the subject of "Prize Money claimed by the Army and Navy for the capture of Kertch and Yenikale."

Treasury Chambers, Whitehall,

4th June, 1862.

F. PEEL.

No. 1.

SIR,

Mr. F. H. Dyke to Mr. W. G. Romaine.

Doctors' Commons, 19th June, 1861.

I have the honour to state, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that an application has been made to me, as Her Majesty's Procurator-General, to apply to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, to condemn a large quantity of stores captured at Kertch and Yenikale by the combined forces in 1855; but before so doing, I feel it to be my duty to call their Lordships' attention to the subject.

The following extracts from the despatch of the late Admiral Lyons, Commander-in-Chief, detail the circumstances of the operations, dated "Royal Albert," Straits of Kertch, 26th May, 1855:

"The fleet, which consisted of Her Majesty's ships named in the margin, and a French fleet of nearly equal force, under the command of my very gallant and energetic colleague, Vice-Admiral Bruat, assembled off the Straits of Kertch, at early dawn, on the birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and both armies and navies confidently anticipated a successful celebration of that auspicious day.

"The fleets steamed rapidly up to Kameish, where the army landed, under cover of the guns of the steam frigates, and immediately ascended the heights, without opposition, whilst the steamers of light draught of water pushed on towards Kertch and Yenikale; and the enemy, apparently taken by surprise at the rapidity of these movements and at the imposing appearance of the expedition, blew up his fortifications on both sides of the Straits, mounting not less than 50 guns (new, and of heavy calibre), which have fallen into our possession, and returned, after having destroyed three steamers and several other heavily armed vessels, as well as large quantities of provisions, ammunition, and stores, thus leaving us masters of the entrance into the sea of Azof, without our having sustained any loss whatever.

"Of the 40 vessels sunk last year some still remain, and a French steamer touched upon one of them yesterday. It appears the enemy did not succeed in destroying the coals, either at Kertch or Yenikale, so that about 17,000 tons remain, which will be available for our steamers."

It will be observed that, a considerable time since, the stores were captured, but the delay is to be accounted for by the supposition that Her Majesty's Government would make a grant in lieu of prize money, and the absence of some of the officers on distant stations, whose evidence it was necessary to obtain.

I beg to suggest that, after the lapse of so much time, the most convenient mode of proceeding would be by way of grant from the Crown, instead of by application to the Prize Court for a sentence of condemnation of the above stores, as the stores themselves have been applied to the public service.

I am, &c.,

SIR,

Mr. C. H. Pennell to Mr. F. H. Dyke.

Admiralty, 20th June, 1861. Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 19th ult., stating that you have received an application, as Her Majesty's Procurator-General, to apply to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty to condemn certain stores which were captured at Kertch and Yenikale by the combined forces in 1855,

and suggesting that, after such a lapse of time, it would be more convenient for Her Majesty's Government to make a grant than that an application should be made to the High Court of Admiralty for a sentence of condemnation, the stores in question having been applied to the public service, I am commanded by their Lordships to request that you will stay proceedings as proposed.

SIR,

No. 3.

Mr. C. H. Pennell to Mr. F. H. Dyke.

Admiralty, 8th July, 1861. With reference to your letter of the 19th and my reply of the 20th ultimo, relative to a grant being made by Her Majesty's Government in lieu of prize money, for certain stores which were captured at Kertch and Yenikale by the combined forces in 1855, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, that in the absence of any record of the actual amount of stores taken for the use of Her Majesty's ships from captures made at those places, it will be necessary, before their Lordships can come to any decision on the subject, that they be informed of the nature and amount of the stores of which you have been asked to procure the condemnation, and also as to the persons by whom the application is made.

(1.) Parliamentary Paper. Correspondence with the United States Government respecting Blockade. April, 1861.

(2.) Do. Treasure Trove. July, 1861.

(3.) Do. Prorogation of the Assembly of the Ionian Islands. 1861. (4.) Do. Imprisonment of Mr. Shaver, at Fort Warren. 1862.

(5.) Parliamentary Paper. Emperor of Morocco's Loan. 1861. (6.) Do. Kertch and Yenikale Prize Money. May, 1862. (7.) Do. Employment of British Officers under Government of China. 1862.

(8.) Do. Assassination of Dr. McCarthy. 1862.

[Any of the above, or other Parliamentary Papers, may be obtained of the Publisher, 34, Parliament Street.]

EUCLID.

Set to candidates for the Admiralty who selected Euclid as a subject for Examination.

No. 1.

1. If two triangles have two angles of one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz. the side adjacent to the equal angles in each; then shall the other sides be equal, each to each, and also the third angle of the one to the third angle of the other.

2. To a given straight line apply a parallelogram, which shall be equal to a given triangle, and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.

3. If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point; the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced, together with the square of half the line bisected, is equal to the square of the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.

4. The diameter is the greatest straight line in a circle; and, of all others, that which is nearer to the centre is always greater than one more remote: and the greater is nearer to the centre than the less.

5. A segment of a circle being given, describe the circle of which it is the segment.

6. If the outward angle of a triangle made by producing one of its sides be divided into two equal angles by a straight line which also cuts the base produced, the segments between the dividing