Examinations for Assistant in the Nautical Almanac Office.

Professor Edward C. Pickering, director of the Observatory, has received notice from the Nautical Almanac Office, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., that there will be an examination for the position of assistant for that office on the 29th and 30th inst. The subjects of examination are: Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, the Differential and Integral Calculus, and Spherical Astronomy.

The examination will be conducted by Mr. J. Morrison, of the Nautical Office, to whom all inquiries should be made.