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5. I venture further to express a hope that the
Government will provide the necessary funds for
endowing a sufficient number of Professors of
Mechanics throughout the United Kingdom.
6. In conclusion I inform you that the necessary
arrangements for securing the Endowment have been
made, and I have given instructions for the prepara-
tion of the draft of a deed of trust, which will be
sent for the approval of the Lord President.
I am, &c.,
JOSEPH WHITWORTH.
To Henry Cole, Esq.,
Secretary of the Science and Art Department.

MEMORANDUM ON SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MECHANICAL
SCIENCE.
To be competed for in May, 1869.

I. Having offered to the Lords of the Committee of
Council on Education to "found thirty Scholarships
of the annual value of one hundred pounds each, to
be applied for the further instruction of young men,
natives of the United Kingdom, selected by open
competition for their intelligence and proficiency in
the theory and practice of mechanics and its cognate
sciences, with a view to the promotion of Engineering
and Mechanical Industry in this country," I propose
that the following should be the general arrangements
in the first instance which may be modified after the
first competition has taken place in May, 1869.

II. That the thirty Scholarships of one hundred
pounds each should be open to all of Her Majesty's
subjects, whether of the United Kingdom, India, or
the Colonies, who do not exceed the age of twenty-
six years, and be held either for two or three years,
as experience may prove to be desirable; that ten
Scholarships should be competed for and awarded in
May 1869, at the annual national examinations in
Science, provided that a sufficient number of candi-
dates prove themselves to be competent; that the
successful candidates should be required to spend
the period of holding the Scholarships in the further
satisfactory prosecution of the studies and practice
of Mechanical Engineering, and pursue their studies
according to the spirit of the Endowment, making
periodical reports of them; that the student should
state where he proposes to pursue his studies, the
Lord President of the Council deciding if the proposal
can be allowed, also if the student's progress be
satisfactory, and the manner in which it shall be
tested from year to year. In deciding if the plan
of study proposed by the student be satisfactory,
as much latitude as possible may be allowed. If the
student wish to complete his general education
instead of continuing his special scientific study, he
may be permitted to do so. He may go to the
Universities or Colleges affording scientific or
technical instruction, or he may travel abroad. The
successful artisan should be encouraged to study
theory, and the successful competitor in theory aided
in getting admission to machine shops and other
practical establishments. All further details would
be hereafter prepared and issued by the Science and
Art Department.

III. The candidates must be of sound bodily
constitution.

IV. The first competition should be in the follow-
ing theoretical subjects:-

1. Mathematics (elementary and higher).
2. Mechanics (theoretical and applied).
3. Practical, plane, and descriptive Geometry,
   and mechanical and freehand Drawing.
4. Physics.
5. Chemistry, including Metallurgy.
   And in the following handicrafts :-
6. Smith's-work.
7. Turning.
8. Filing and fitting.
9. Pattern making and moulding.
   V. No candidate should obtain a Scholarship who
   has not shown a satisfactory knowledge of all the
   following theoretical subjects:-
10. Elementary Mathematics.
11. Elementary Mechanics.
12. Practical, plane, and descriptive Geometry,
    and freehand Drawing.
    With the power to use one or more of the following
    classes of tools:-
    a. The axe.
    b. The saw and plane.
    c. The hammer and chisel.
    d. The file.
    e. The forge.
    I propose that the maximum number of marks
    obtainable in the theoretical subjects, and those
    obtainable by the most skilled workman, should be
    about equal.

VI. My object in devising the foregoing scheme
has been, while requiring a practical acquaintance
with a few simple tools as a sine qua non, to render
the competition accessible on fairly equal terms to
the student who combines some practice with his
theory, and to the artisan who combines some
theoretical knowledge with perfection of workman-
ship.

PREPARATORY EXHIBITIONS OF £25 FOR THE
YEAR 1868.

VII. As the Scholarships scheme can only come
into full operation by degrees, I propose from the
fund ultimately available for the scheme at once to
create sixty Exhibitions or Premiums, of the value of
£25 each, tenable until April, 1869, and to place them
at the absolute disposal of the governing bodies of
the following Educational Institutions and Towns, in
order that they may award them to youths under
twenty-two years of age, who may thus be aided to
qualify themselves, and must undertake to compete
for the Scholarships of £100 in May, 1869.

VIII.
8 Exhibitions to Owens College, and 2 to the
Grammar School, Manchester, the seat of my
Workshops.
3 University of Oxford,
3 University of Cambridge,
3 University of London.
And one to each of the following Universities,
Colleges, and Public Schools:-
University of Durham,
University of Dublin,
University of Edinburgh,
Watt Institution, Edinburgh,
University of Glasgow,
Andersonian University, Glasgow,
University of St. Andrews,
University of Aberdeen,
To each of the Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork,
Galway, Ireland,
King's College, London,
University College, London,
Eton,
Harrow,
Rugby,
Charter House,
Westminster,
Winchester,
St. Paul's, London,
Merchant Tailors,
Christ's Hospital,
City of London,
Shrewsbury,
Marlborough,