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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Bacterium, Saccharomyces, Mucor, Penicillium, Saprolegnia, Peziza, Sticta or any lichen, Agaricus, Funaria or any moss, Marchantia or Lunularia, Pteris or any fern, Azolla, Selaginella, Pinus or Thuja, Lilium or Hyacinthus, Vicia. 4. The outlines of vegetable physiology. 5. Modifications of flowers to insure fertilization, and of fruits to insure dispersal. 6. The main facts of the distribution of plants in space and time. The chief characters of the phyto-geographical regions. Order of appearance in time of the classes of plants.

Practical Work: (a.) The dissection and microscopical examination of the types enumerated under 3. (b.) The dissection and description of typical plants belonging to any of the natural orders enumerated in 2.

(ii.) Zoology.—1. The principal characters of the chief classes and orders of animals. 2. The structure and life-history of the following types: Amœba, Paramœcium or Vorticella or any ciliate infusorian, Hydra or any hydroid polyp, Actinia or Alcvonium, Asterina, Earthworm, Parane-phrops or Palinurus, Blatta or Periplaneta or Bacillus, Mytilus or Mesodesma or Chione or Unio, Helix or Limax or Arion, Boltenia or any simple Ascidian, Agonostoma or Lottella or Pagrus or any Teleost, Columba, Lepus. 3. The elements of comparative embryology. 4. The main facts of the distribution of the vertebrata in space; the animals most characteristic of the zoo-geographical regions; the order of appearance in time of the classes of animals. 5. The definition and significance of the following terms: Parasitism, Commensalism, Symbiosis, Parthenogenesis. Alternation of generations—Metamorphosis, Polymorphism.

Practical Work: The dissection and microscopical examination of the types enumerated under 2.

(iii.) Geology (defined as follows):—

Physical Geology.—The texture and composition of the principal rocks, and the characters of rock-forming minerals. The origin and classification of rocks; metamorphism and decomposition of rocks. The physical structure of rock masses, and their position in the earth-crust. Movements of surface of the earth. Chronological classification of rocks. Origin of the surface features of the earth.

Paleontology.—The structure and chronological distribution of the classes of plants and animals found in a fossil state. The characteristic fossils of the three geological eras. The generalizations of palæontology.

Section II. of the same statute is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—

II. No candidate shall be admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts unless he shall have passed in at least six of the above subjects of examination, of which two must be Latin and Pure Mathematics.

Sections III. and IV. of the same statute are hereby repealed, and the following are enacted in lieu thereof:—

III. The examination may be passed in two sections. Either three or four subjects of examination, one of which must be either Latin or Pure Mathematics, shall constitute the first section, which may be taken after two years’ terms have been kept by the candidate; and the remaining subjects shall constitute the second section, which may be taken after three years’ terms have been kept: or, at the option of the candidate, all the subjects may be taken together after three years’ terms have been kept.

IV. No student shall be admitted to the final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts who has not kept three years’ terms at some institution affiliated to the University of New Zealand, unless he shall have been admitted as an undergraduate under the Statute of Admissions ad eundem, or unless he shall be an undergraduate exempted under the Statute of Terms and Lectures, or unless he be a teacher who has passed prior to 1885 the first section of the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts under the provisions of the statute formerly in force in that behalf.

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Statute amending Statute “Of Honours.”

Section III. of the statute “Of Honours” is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—

III. Candidates for Honours shall be examined in one or more of the following groups of subjects: Group 1. Languages and literature: any two of the following subdivisions, of which Latin must be one—(A) Latin; (B) Greek; (C) English; (D) one modern language other than English. Group 2. Political science, including general history, political economy, jurisprudence, and constitutional history. Group 3. Mathematics and mathematical physics. Group 4. Chemistry and experimental physics. Group 5. Natural science. Group 6. Mental science. The subjects shall be divided as follows:—(The rest as at present in force, subject to the following amendment:—)

Paragraph D (Modern Languages) of subsection (1) of Section III. of the same statute is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—

D. Modern Languages. (Three papers in each.)—French or German or Italian. (a.) Origin, history, and structure of the language; questions on philology and etymology; the

periods of literature, and the principal authors of each period. (b.) Detailed examination in the literature of some one or more periods, and in the works of one or more authors. Selections to be made from year to year. (c.) Essay (to be written in the language chosen) on some subject arising out of the works selected under (b).

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Statute amending Statute “Of the Degree of Master of Arts.”

Section II. of the statute “Of the Degree of Master of Arts” is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—

II. Candidates for the degree of Master of Arts shall be examined in any one of the following groups of subjects: 1. Languages and literature: any two of the following subdivisions—(A) Latin; (B) Greek; (C) English; (D) one modern language other than English. 2. Political science, including general history, political economy, jurisprudence, and constitutional history. 3. Mathematics and mathematical physics. 4. Chemistry and experimental physics. 5. Natural science. 6. Mental science. The papers set for the examination for the degree of Master of Arts shall be the same as those set for the Honours examination, and candidates will be required to show a degree of proficiency satisfactory to the Examiners, but not necessarily higher than that required for the third class in Honours.

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Statute amending Statute “Of Junior Scholarships.”

Section VII. of the statute “Of Junior Scholarships” is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—

VII. All junior scholars, unless for any reason specially licensed by the Chancellor, shall, as a condition of holding their scholarship, be required at the end of their second year after matriculation to pass in one section of their examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science.

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Statute amending Statute “Of Senior Scholarships.”

Sections II., V., VI., and VII. of the statute “Of Senior Scholarships” are hereby repealed, and the following are enacted in lieu thereof:—

II. The senior scholarships shall be distributed as follows among the under-mentioned subjects or groups of subjects:—

Latin and Greek .. .. One scholarship.
Latin and English, or Latin and one modern language other than English .. .. One scholarship.
Mathematics .. .. One scholarship.
Experimental science, namely, physical science and chemistry .. .. One scholarship.
Natural science .. .. One scholarship.
Political science or mental science .. .. One scholarship.

V. The senior scholarship examination shall be held at the same time as the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts and of Bachelor of Science, and shall be open to competitors who are taking the whole examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, or who are taking the second section of one of those examinations.

VI. A candidate may present himself for a senior scholarship in any of the subjects or groups of subjects prescribed in Section II. of this statute, although he may not at that time be taking that subject or any subject of that group for his examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science; but no senior scholarship shall be awarded to a candidate unless he shall have passed, at the time of his candidature, the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, or the second section of one of those examinations.

VII. For the purpose of awarding senior scholarships there shall be given separate papers containing questions of a higher character than those set for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, and not necessarily confined within the limits of the subjects as defined for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science. The following shall be the papers set, and where the Honours papers are prescribed a lower standard of work will be accepted:—(The rest as at present in force.)

The following additional section to the same statute is hereby enacted:—

IX. The fee for the examination for senior scholarships shall be one guinea.

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Statute repealing Statute “Of the Medical Scholarship.”

The statute “Of the Medical Scholarship” is hereby repealed.

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Statute amending Statute “Of the Preliminary Examination of Medical Students.”

Section III. of the statute “Of the Preliminary Examination of Medical Students” is hereby repealed, and the following is enacted in lieu thereof:—