Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1093

Research Scholarships.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th March, 1912.

THE following revised regulations governing the award and tenure of New Zealand Research Scholarships are published for general information.

THOMAS MACKENZIE,
Acting Minister of Education.

REGULATIONS FOR RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS.

1. ONE Research Scholarship shall be offered each year for each of the four University Colleges affiliated with the University of New Zealand.

2. Any holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Engineering, or Bachelor of Agriculture, or Bachelor of Medicine, or Bachelor of Veterinary Science, or any other graduate of the University of New Zealand who has satisfied the requirements for a certificate of proficiency in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, or physiology, shall be eligible for the scholarship, provided in any case that he has given evidence of his power to carry on original work.

3. The Research Scholarship Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) for each University College shall consist of the professors of natural science and applied science at such College: Provided that if there be no professor in any branch of natural or applied science in any University College, then the lecturer (if any) in such branch shall be a member of the Board.

As soon as any person is elected to a Research Scholarship, the Minister of Education (hereinafter called “the Minister”) shall nominate an expert in the particular branch of research concerned to be a member of the Board for the purpose of assisting in its supervision of the work of the scholar.

4. Between the 1st November and the 31st May following the Board shall forward to the Minister the name of the candidate (if any) whom it recommends for election to the scholarship, together with the proposed subject of research; and, as soon as the Minister has signified his approval of such recommendation, the said candidate shall be deemed to be elected.

5. At its first meeting in each year the Board shall elect a Chairman, who shall keep the minutes of the business of the Board, and shall communicate with the Minister of Education as occasion may arise. The number that is to form a quorum at its meetings shall be fixed by each Board.

6. Each scholarship shall be of the value of £100 per annum, together with the College Laboratory fees, the cost of special apparatus or special books required for the purpose of the research, and the actual travelling-fares or cost of transit while the holder is engaged on the work of research. All such expenditure in addition to the allowance of £100 per annum must be previously approved by the Board and the Minister.

7. Each scholarship shall be tenable for two years if the holder shall so long fulfil the prescribed conditions, but the tenure of the scholarship may be extended to a third year on the recommendation of the Board, approved by the Minister.

8. The holder of the scholarship shall enrol his name at the College in connection with which the scholarship is held, and shall begin his work within a period to be named by the Board, but in no case later than six months after his election to the scholarship except with the approval of the Minister.

9. With such exceptions as may be previously approved by the Board and the Minister, the holder shall be required to devote his whole time during the tenure of the scholarship to the work of research in a subject or subjects to be selected by him at the time of application from an approved list of subjects in which research is likely to be of economic value to the industries of the Dominion. The research shall be conducted under the supervision of the Board, which, however, may delegate its powers of supervision to one or more of its members.

10. The Minister shall pay the amount of the scholarship to the holder in quarterly instalments, each instalment being paid at the end of the quarter on the receipt of a satisfactory report from the Board signed by the Chairman and one other member of the Board. The scholarship shall be payable from the date on which the holder begins his work.

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