stick, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 19th day of June next, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

Kaitangata District;
Sections 3, 4, 5, 1 of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15. 16, Block VI; sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, Block VII.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Sale of the Township of Ophir (Black’s), advertised to take place at the Shamrock Hotel there on Friday, the 26th of May next, is postponed till further notice.

LAND OPEN FOR SALE on 22nd February 1871.—See Gazette of 23rd February, 1871, which may be had at the various Survey and Police Stations throughout the Province; and at the Land Offices, Dunedin and Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 60, Block IV, Oamaru District, part of Quarry Reserve, containing 61a. 2r. 20p. will be offered for sale by public auction at the Auction Rooms of Mr. Shrimski, Oamaru, on Monday, the 5th day of June next, at the upset price of £2 per acre, reserving the right to the present licensees to quarry thereon to the expiry of their leases.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Sections 4, 5, and 6, Block XVI, Waihola District, 50 acres each, more or less, will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Auction Rooms of Mr. W. Capstick, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 5th day of June next, at the upset price of 10s. per acre. And that, on and after that date, Section 31, Block VI, Maungatua, containing 39a. 3r. 30p. will be open for application as ordinary Rural Land, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the lease for seven years of Sections 57, 58, and 59, Block VIII, Otepopo, containing severally 44 acres, 45 acres, and 49 acres, will be offered for sale, by public auction, separately, at the Auction Room of Mr. S. Shrimski, at Oamaru, on Friday, the 26th day of May next, at noon, at the upset rent of £10 each per annum.

40,000 ACRES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Hundreds of Crookston and Wairuna, including Greenvale, Blocks 1, 2, 4, and 5; Crookston, Blocks 2 and 3; and Waipahi, Blocks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, Ranklburn, block 9, and Glenkenich, block 15, surveyed into Sections of from 50 to 300 Acres each, will be open for application at the Waste Lands Board Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 21st day of May next. Lithograph maps may be had at this Office, at the Survey Office, Lawrence; and of Messrs. Hibbard and Co., Tokomairiro.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the sales of Cromwell, Bendigo, Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone, formerly advertised to be held on the 18th and 19th of May next, will be held instead,—Cromwell on the 19th, and Bendigo, Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone, on the 20th of May.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS for UNSURVEYED LAND, under "Otago Waste Land Act, 1866."—It is hereby notified to the applicants whose names appear in the subjoined Schedule, that the Waste Land Board has declared them to be the purchasers of the sections set opposite their names in the Schedule, and that the purchase money of these sections must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in Dunedin, on or before Wednesday, the 24th day of May, 1871, otherwise the applications will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled and void, and the deposit made at the time of lodging the application will be forfeited.

John Duncan, Section 9, Block VIII, Waikouaiti.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 10th May, 1871.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

Professors:
Classics and the English Language and Literature—Prof. SALE.
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—Prof. SHAND.
Moral and Mental Philosophy—Prof. M’GREGOR.
Chemistry and Mineralogy—Prof. BLACK.

Owing to unavoidable delay in the departure of the Professors from Britain, the classes will not be opened till about the first of July. Classes will then be opened in the University Building, Dunedin, for Latin, Greek, the English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, the Physiology of Mind, and Elementary Psychology. Professor Black’s classes will not be opened till May, 1872.

The term will last for six months continuously, during the entire course of which instruction will be given to each Class by the Professor, by means of Text books, Lectures, and oral and written Examinations.

The Fee for each Professor is Three Guineas per Term.

There will be no Matriculation Examination at the opening of the first Session.

Every effort will be made by the Vice-Chancellor and the University authorities to ensure the proper supervision of young men from a distance who may attend the University.

The following suggestions by the Professors have been approved of by the University Council, and they will be carried out as far as practicable, subject to such amendments as may from time to time be found advisable:

1. Matriculation—That it is not advisable that any matriculation examination should be held for the admission of students at the opening of the Session of 1871; but that in future years there should be an examination in the following subjects:

   (1.) English writing from dictation.
   (2.) Latin accidence, and translation of a portion of a Latin author.
   (3.) Arithmetic.
   (4.) Algebra—elementary rules.
   (5.) Euclid, Book I.

   It seems probable that some such examination as that proposed would have a good effect upon the schools, especially if the candidates were placed in two classes, according to the results of their examination.

2. Degree of B.A.—That there should be a degree of B.A. attainable by (1) attendance upon the prescribed lectures during three sessions, and (2) passing an examination in certain subjects either at the end of the third or at the beginning of the fourth session after matriculation; or at the beginning or end of any subsequent session. That there should be no honour examination in connection with the B.A. degree.

3. Degree of M.A.—That there should be a degree of M.A., attainable only by those who have already taken the B.A. degree. That the ordinary M.A. degree should be attainable by (1) attendance upon the prescribed lectures for at least one session after the taking of the B.A. degree, and (2) by passing a further examination similar in kind to that required of candidates for the degree of B.A., such examination to be held at the end