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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE AGENT appointed under the thirty-fifth
clause of "The Westland and Nelson Coal
Fields Administration Act, 1877,"
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.
J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The SECRETARY, SOUTH CANTERBURY BOARD of
EDUCATION,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.
J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

New Zealand University Regulations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1878.
THE following regulations of the New Zealand
University, passed during the session of 1878,
are published for general information.
G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Education.)

NORMANBY, Governor.
Regulation amending Regulation specifying Value
and Tenure of Scholarships, and Subjects and Condi-
tions of Scholarship Examinations.
I. Section VII. of the regulation specifying value
and tenure of Scholarships, and subjects and condi-
tions of Scholarship examinations, is hereby repealed.
II. For the purpose of awarding Senior Scholar-
ships, there shall be added to the examination papers
for the B.A. degree questions on the subjects of
examination, for the express and sole purpose of
awarding Scholarships, and no Senior Scholarship
shall be awarded unless the candidate exhibit a
degree of proficiency satisfactory to the Examiners.
III. There shall be four Scholarships, to be called
third-year Scholarships, of the value of £60 each,
tenable for one year. Two of these Scholarships
shall be awarded for excellence in Greek; one for
excellence in Chemistry and Experimental Physics;
one for excellence in Natural Science. These Scholar-
ships shall be awarded to students who shall have
obtained the highest number of marks in the several
aforesaid subjects at the examination for the degree
of B.A., provided always that at least half-marks
shall have been obtained, and that the student shall
have passed for the degree.
Approved in Council,
11th May, 1878.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NORMANBY, Governor.
Regulation amending Regulation specifying the Terms
to be kept and Examinations to be passed for the
B.A. Degree.
I. Sections X. and XI. of the regulation specify-
ing the terms to be kept and examinations to be
passed for the B.A. degree are hereby repealed.
II. The examination for the B.A. degree shall be

fixed by the Chancellor for some day in the month of
December in each year.
III. Students of the Otago University who matri-
culated before affiliation with the New Zealand Uni-
versity may, at their option, be and be deemed to
have been matriculated students of the University
of New Zealand, and the terms which they have
kept at the former University may be recognized by
the latter.
Approved in Council,
11th May, 1878.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NORMANBY, Governor.
Regulation amending Regulation specifying Conditions
to be fulfilled and Examinations to be passed for
obtaining Honors.
I. Section VI. of the regulation specifying condi-
tions to be fulfilled and Examinations to be passed
for obtaining Honors is hereby repealed.
II. The examination for Honors shall be fixed for
some day in December in each year.
Approved in Council,
11th May, 1878.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NORMANBY, Governor.
Regulation amending Regulation specifying the Terms
to be kept and Examinations to be passed for ob-
taining the Degrees of Bachelor and Doctor of
Laws.
I. Section II. of the regulation specifying the
terms to be kept and examinations to be passed
for obtaining the degrees of Bachelor and Doctor
of Laws is hereby repealed.
II. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws
shall pass four University examinations—two at the
end of their first year, namely, one in Arts, in the
compulsory subjects of examination for the degree
of B.A., and one in Law, of which the subjects shall
be:-1. Jurisprudence. 2. English language and
literature. 3. History of the British Empire. 4.
Political economy. The subjects of the third exam-
ination shall be:-1. Roman law. 2. Constitutional
law. 3. The law of property. 4. The law of obliga-
tions. The subjects of the fourth examination shall
be:- 1. International law 2. The law of wrongs
(civil and criminal). 3. The law of procedure.
III. Students who have passed in the compulsory
subjects of examination for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts at the end of their second year may proceed
to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, by completing
two additional years, and passing the second, third,
and fourth examinations prescribed by Section II. of
the regulation—viz., the second and third at the end
of the first of such additional years, and the fourth
at the end of the second of such additional years:
Provided that any candidates who shall have attained
the degree of B.A., either after examination or "ad
eundem," shall be at liberty to pass the third and
fourth examinations prescribed in Section II., either
together or in two separate years.
Approved in Council,
11th May, 1878.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NORMANBY, Governor.
Regulation repealing Regulation permitting certain
Teachers to proceed to the B.A. Degree.
I. The regulation permitting certain teachers to
proceed to the B.A. degree is hereby repealed.
II. Teachers in affiliated institutions and certifi-
cated teachers of good repute in any school established
or conducted under the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly or of a Provincial Council of this