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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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section of “The Rating Act, 1876,” and every other power thereunto him enabling, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the sittings of the said Court to the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, at the hour of ten of the clock in the forenoon, to be held at the above-mentioned place, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the valuation list or lists for the above-named district.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Varying Date of Trial of Maori Prisoners under “The Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners’ Trials Act, 1879.”

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council bearing date the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, made under the authority of “The Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners’ Trials Act, 1879,” Monday, the fifth day of April next, was fixed as the date, and the Supreme Court at Wellington as the place, of trial of the said Natives:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Order in Council should be varied, and that the date of the trial of the said prisoners should be fixed as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby vary the hereinafter in part recited Order in Council, so far as concerns the date of trial therein mentioned, and doth also order that the date of trial of the Natives mentioned in or affected by the said Order in Council shall be Monday, the fifth day of July next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Statute and Regulations of the New Zealand University.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

1. Statute amending Statute—“Government and Discipline of the University.”

I. The following clause is hereby added to the above statute:—

“The Chancellor, or in his absence from the colony the Vice-Chancellor, may of his own proper motion convene special meetings of the Senate.”

2. Regulation amending Regulation—“Admission of Graduates in Arts, Medicine, Law, and Music to ad eundem Degrees.”

Any person who shall have been admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Laws, Bachelor of Music, Doctor of Music, in any of the following Universities, namely, Oxford,

Cambridge, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Dublin, Durham, London, Queen’s University of Ireland, Sydney, or Melbourne, may be admitted by the Senate to the same degree in the University of New Zealand. In all cases of application for ad eundem degrees, candidates shall be required to furnish as evidence a diploma or calendar of the University to which they have formerly belonged, or a certificate of the Registrar or other recognised officer of the said University or college of the said University, together with proof of their identity by means of a statutory declaration or a certificate from a member of the Senate.

3. Regulation repealing Regulation—“The Entrance Examination for Matriculation and Junior Scholarships,” and making other provision in lieu thereof.

I. The regulation, “The Entrance Examination for Matriculation and Junior Scholarships,” is hereby repealed.

II. Candidates for matriculation shall, before they are admitted as matriculated students of the University, be examined in six or more of the following subjects:—

1. Latin.
2. English.
3. Greek.
4. French.
5. German or Italian.
6. Arithmetic.
7. Algebra.
8. Euclid.
9. History.
10. Geography.
11. Elementary chemistry.
12. Elementary physics.
13. Elementary natural science.

III. Each candidate will be required to pass in at least six subjects, of which Latin, English, and arithmetic must be three.

IV. The junior scholarships shall be awarded for excellence in any number not exceeding five of the following subjects:—

1. Latin.
2. English.
3. Greek.
4. French.
5. German or Italian.
6. Mathematics.
7. History and geography.
8. Natural and physical science.

V. Candidates shall be held to have passed the matriculation examination who shall have obtained the minimum number of marks prescribed in the A Schedule hereunto appended in the compulsory subjects and in three of the optional subjects.

VI. The successful candidates for junior scholarships shall be held to have passed the matriculation examination, and unsuccessful candidates shall be held to have passed the same examination, if they shall have obtained on the junior-scholarship papers one-tenth of the marks in each of the three compulsory subjects, and also in each of three other subjects prescribed for the matriculation examination.

VII. The marks allotted to each subject of the matriculation examination shall be in accordance with Schedule A annexed to this regulation, and the number of marks obtained by each successful candidate in each subject shall be reported by the examiner.

VIII. The junior scholarships shall be awarded to those candidates who shall have obtained the highest aggregate of marks in any number not exceeding five of the subjects prescribed in Section IV. of this