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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

subjects and before such Examiners as may
from time to time be appointed under a
resolution of the Council; and if any absent
themselves from such examination, or fail
to pass it satisfactorily, they shall, at the
discretion of the Council, be required to
keep additional terms before proceeding to
a B.A. degree.
(2.) Such examination shall be made, so far as
possible, to coincide with the annual exami-
nation for scholarships, the subjects for
which will be given out one year previously.
(3.) This examination shall be open to others
than members of the University and those
qualified to hold scholarships, and two
classes (the first to be arranged in order of
merit, and the second alphabetically) shall
be formed out of those examined; the first
consisting of those who have passed their
examination with credit, and the second of
those to whom the Examiners have only not
refused their certificate of approval.
(4.) Any student who shall have satisfactorily
passed the annual examination shall be
deemed to have kept the three terms of the
previous year.
Approved in Council, 4th June, 1873.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

as defined in extent by a schedule to be deter-
mined upon. The examination to have refer-
ence to books on each subject which shall
be determined upon by the Council of the
University.
(7.) Moral Philosophy and Logic—viz., Moral
and Political Philosophy, Mental Philosophy,
Logic, and Political Economy. The examina-
tion to have reference to books on each sub-
ject, as may be prescribed by the Council of
the University.
(8.) Law and Constitutional History, with
reference to books and periods of history to
be determined upon.
3. No person shall be approved by the Examiners
unless he show a competent knowledge of three o
the above subjects of examination, one of which must
be Classics or Mathematics.
4. Every person intending to present himself for
final examination shall, at least six months previously,
signify to the Chancellor the subjects, not being more
than four of the above subjects, in which he shall
elect to be examined.
5. The subjects of the final examination shall be
determined by the Council, and published by the
Chancellor one year previously.
6. The plan of examination, indicating the days
and hours of examination, and the places where
the examination shall be held, and the marks which
shall be given for each subject, shall be determined
by the Chancellor, and by him notified to the Ex-
aminers.
7. To conduct the examination there shall be not
less than three Examiners, to be appointed by the
Council.
8. The names of the students who pass the exami-
nation shall be placed in four classes, the names in
the first class being arranged in order of merit, and
the remainder alphabetically; and those classes shall
be published by the Chancellor as soon as is con-
venient after the receipt by him of the reports of the
Examiners.
9. The report of each Examiner shall state the
number of marks obtained by each person in the
several subjects of examination, and no person shall
be deemed to have shown competent knowledge in
any subject unless he shall have obtained half the
prescribed number of marks.
Approved in Council, 4th June, 1873.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

REGULATIONS FOR THE GENERAL EXAMINATION FOR
THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS.

1. No student can be admitted to the final exami-
   nation for the ordinary degree of Bachelor of Arts
   who has not entered upon his ninth term, having
   previously kept eight terms, or unless he shall have
   kept three years' terms in the University of Otago.
2. The subjects of this examination shall be—
   (1.) Classics: portions of Greek and Latin
   authors, to be previously determined upon,
   with critical, historical, and grammatical
   questions.
   (2.) Mathemtics, Arithmetic, Euclid (four
   books), Elementary Algebra, definitions and
   explanations of algebraical signs and terms, ad-
   dition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
   of algebraical quantities and algebraical frac-
   tions, the elementary rules of ratio and propor-
   tion, easy equations of a degree not higher
   than the second, involving not more than two
   unknown quantities, and questions producing
   such equations; and also the proofs of the
   rules of arithmetical and geometrical progres-
   sion, with simple examples. Elementary
   Mechanics, treated so as not necessarily to
   require a knowledge of Trigonometry—viz.,
   the composition and resolution of forces
   acting in one plane at a point; the mechanical
   powers, and the properties of the centre of
   gravity. And Elementary Hydrostatics—viz.,
   the pressure of non-elastic fluids, specific
   gravities, the properties of elastic fluids, and
   the principal instruments and machines whose
   action depends on the properties of fluids.
   (3.) Modern Languages, other than English,
   French, or German.—A portion of some author
   previously determined upon.
   (4.) English Language and Literature.—A
   portion of some standard English author, and
   an English Essay on some subject to be given.
   (5.) General History.—Some period to be
   previously determined upon.
   (6.) Physical Science.—One or more of the fol-
   lowing branches:—(a.) Chemistry; (b.) Ge-
   ology and Mineralogy; (c.) Botany; (d.)
   Zoology, including Anatomy and Physiology,

REGULATIONS FOR HONOR EXAMINATIONS.

1. At the conclusion of the B.A. degree examina-
   tion, additional papers will be given to such of the
   persons examined as may desire to obtain honors in
   any of the subjects selected by them for examination,
   provided that notice shall be given by such persons
   of their intention at least six months previously.
2. In Classics, the additional paper shall comprise
   a passage for translation from English into Latin
   prose, and passages selected from the best Greek
   and Latin authors for translation into English. In
   Mathematics, the additional paper shall comprise the
   following subjects of examination, treated with the
   Differential Calculus, and without the methods of
   Analytical Geometry:—Euclid: Books I. to VI.;
   Book XI., props. 1 to 21; Book XII., props. 1, 2.
   Arithmetic and the elementary parts of Algebra,
   namely, the rules for the fundamental operations
   upon algebraical symbols, with their proofs; the
   solution of simple and quadratic equations; arith-
   metical and geometrical progression, permutations
   and combinations, the binomial theorem, and the
   principles of logarithms.