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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 199

The University of London and the Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st December, 1881.

A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per
annum, and tenable for three years, is biennially
awarded to the highest among those candidates at the
London University June Matriculation Examination
held in New Zealand, who pass either in the Honours
or in the First Division, are not less than sixteen nor
more than twenty-two years of age, and are desirous
of prosecuting their studies either at the University
of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London,
with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of
the University of London.

If any candidates offer themselves, the June ex-
amination for New Zealand will be held some time
in the month of June, 1882, or as soon after as the
examination papers arrive in the colony, and at such
place or places as may be hereafter fixed, having
regard to the candidates' places of abode.

Candidates will not be approved by the Examiners
unless they have shown a competent knowledge in
each of the following subjects, according to the details
specified under the several heads :-

1. Latin.
2. Any two of the following languages: (a) Greek,
   (b) French, and (c) German.
3. The English language, English history, and
   modern geography.
4. Mathematics.
5. Natural philosophy.
6. Chemistry.

Particulars of the foregoing subjects of examina-
tion will be found in the Calendar of the University
of London, under the head of "Regulations-Matri-
culation." The special Latin and Greek subjects for
June, 1882, are Livy, Book II.; and Homer, Iliad,
Book XVIII.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing
from the 1st July, 1883, but the first quarterly
instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in
the first week of October, 1883, at which time he
will be expected to present himself to the Secretary
of the Gilchrist Trust in London. Subsequent pay-
ments will depend on attendance at three courses of
lectures in every session, and on good conduct; and
the scholar must present himself for the first ex-
amination in one of the Faculties of the University
of London before the end of the second year of the
currency of his scholarship.

Every candidate will be required to give satis-
factory evidence that he is between the ages of six-
teen and twenty-two years, and either that he is a
native of New Zealand, or that he has resided in
New Zealand for the last five years.

Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as
to personal character, and the London matriculation
fee of £2, must be sent to the Secretary for Educa-
tion, Wellington, so as to reach his office not later
than the 1st June, 1882.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Deaf-and-Dumb Institution, Sumner, Christchurch.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th January, 1882.

THE above Institution will be reopened on Mon-
day, the 6th February next.

The system of instruction is that which is known
as "The Articulation System," by which deaf-mutes
are trained to the use of the organs of speech, and
learn both to speak-in the ordinary sense of the
word-and to understand (from the motion of the
lips) the speech of others. The use of finger-signs
or other conventions used as substitutes for speech
is strictly excluded.

The course of instruction includes reading and
writing in the first instance, followed by English
composition, arithmetic, geography, history, drawing,
&c.

The result of the complete course of instruction
will, in almost all cases, be to enable the pupil to read
with thorough comprehension, and to hold oral con-
versation with relatives and friends, and even with
strangers.

The charge for board and education will be £40
per annum. Persons unable to pay this rate are
invited to communicate with the Minister of Edu-
cation.

For full particulars application may be made to
the Director of the Institution, the Secretaries and
Inspectors of Education Boards, and the undersigned.

JOHN HISLOP.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1882.

PATENT for an Invention for Gorse-cutting.

JAMES WILSON MANSFIELD, of Christchurch,
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday,
the 14th day of April next, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at this office, to hear the said application and
all objections thereto; and I require all persons
having an interest in opposing the grant of such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 10th day
of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise
they will be precluded from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. - CHARLES JAMES BARROW, of Mel-
bourne, in the Colony of Victoria, a solicitor
of the Supreme Court of the said colony, has been
appointed this day, by his Honor the Chief Justice,
a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zea-
land, in the said colony, under the second section of
"The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act,
1875," for the purpose of administering and taking
all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the
said section mentioned.

A. S. ALLAN,
Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Wellington, 1st February, 1882.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

NOTICE.-Mr. HENRY TODD, of Wellington, has
been appointed, by his Honor the Chief Justice,
a Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy within the
Wellington Judicial District, under "The Debtors
and Creditors Act, 1876."

A. S. ALLAN,
Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Wellington, 31st January, 1882.