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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

struction in at least three of the following branches
of education, or in such other branches as may be
determined upon by the Council, viz. :-

1. Classics.
2. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
3. Modern Languages other than English.
4. Physical Science.
5. Engish Language and Literature.
6. General History.
7. Mental and Moral Philosophy.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. - REGULATIONS.

Regulations for Scholarships.

1. That no candidate under sixteen years of age
   shall be admitted to the examination for a scholar-
   ship, and no successful candidate be entitled to hold
   a scholarship, unless he shall enter his name upon
   the books of some affiliated institution, and attend
   regularly the course of studies and lectures prescribed
   by that institution or the Council.
2. That all scholars shall be subject to the super-
   vision and control of the authorities of the institu-
   tions at which they have entered, in accordance with
   section 11 of "The New Zealand University Act,
   1870."

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND-REGULATIONS.

Appropriation of Funds.

1. That one thousand pounds (£1,000) be appro-
   priated for the establishment of twenty (20) scholar-
   ships, to be awarded for proficiency in one or more of
   the following subjects:-
2. Classics.
3. Mathematics.
4. Physical Science.
5. Modern Languages other than English, His-
   tory and English Literature.
6. There shall be one scholarship in each of the
   above-mentioned branches of study, of the value of
   £70, and that the remainder shall be of the value of
   £45 each; and that the tenure of each scholarship be
   for the term of the University course.
7. That in estimating comparative merits of
   candidates under examination, marked proficiency in
   any one branch of the examination, even if there
   should be marked deficiency in the remainder, be
   rated higher than a superficial knowledge of a greater
   number of subjects.
8. That fifteen hundred pounds (£1,500) be ap-
   propriated for the establishment or subsidising in
   the affiliated institutions of such professorships or
   lectureships as may be determined upon hereafter.
9. That scholastic or collegiate institutions desiring
   affiliation to the University, and aid in the establish-
   ment of professorships or lectureships, be invited
   to send in applications to the Council, stating how
   far they are prepared to fulfil the conditions pre-
   scribed in section 3.
10. That the balance of the £3,000 be appropriated
    to the payment of the incidental expenses of the
    Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Institute Act,
1867," provision is made for the appointment
of members of a Board of Governors of the New
Zealand Institute, and it is enacted that on the first
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and on the first day of November in each
succeeding year, three members of the said Board of
Governors (other than the Governor, the Colonial

Secretary, and the Superintendent of the Province
of Wellington, respectively, for the time being,)
shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-
appointment: And whereas W. T. L. Travers, Esq.,
F.L.S., and Charles Knight, Esq., F.R.C.S., two of
the members of the said Board of Governors, have
retired from office, and are eligible for reappointment
under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas by the said Act it is also provided
that, on the annual retirement of the said two mem-
bers, the successors of such retiring members shall
be appointed by the Governor:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby reappoint

W. T. L. TRAVERS, Esq., F.L.S., and
CHARLES KNIGHT, Esq., F.R.C.S.,
to be Governors of the Institution called the New
Zealand Institute.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public
Works Act Amendment Act, 1871,"
Governor is, among other things, empowered to
enter into arrangements for the acquisition of par-
ticular portions of land in the North Island, for the
purpose of mining for gold, for the establishment of
special settlements, or for the purposes of railway
construction: And by the said Act it is also pro-
vided that it shall be lawful for the Governor,
whenever he shall have determined to enter into
negotiations for the purchase of such land, to insert
a notice in the New Zealand Gazette that it is his
intention to enter into such negotiations, and after
such notice is inserted it shall not be lawful for any
one to purchase or acquire from the Native owners
any right, title, or interest, or contract for the
purchase or acquisition from the Native owners of
any right, title, or interest, in the lands specified in
such notice, unless the notice be cancelled by the
Governor: Provided that no such notice shall have
longer operation than for the period of two years:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the provisions of the hereinbefore in
part recited Act, do hereby give notice that it is my
intention forthwith to enter into negotiations for the
purchase from the Native owners of the block or
parcel of land situate in the Province of Wellington,
and described as follows (that is to say) :-

All that parcel of land commencing at the mouth
of the Patea River; and thence along the north-
western boundary line of the Province, until it
strikes the northern boundary of the said Pro-
vince, and along said northern boundary to its termi-
nation; thence along the eastern boundary of the
said Province until it strikes the Manawatu Gorge,
and thence along the Tararua Range to the northern
boundary of the Wainui and Waikanae Block; thence
westerly along the said northern boundary of the