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ficiency at a Competitive Examination, to be held at
the High School on the day above specified; and such
Competitive Examination shall be by written papers,
and shall embrace the following subjects:—

I. Arithmetic and Algebra, as far as Simple Equa-
tions, inclusive.

II. English Grammar, including the Analysis of
Sentences.

III. Geography—The definitions; New Zealand
and North America; the drawing from memory
of an outline map of a Country to be named
by the Examiners.

IV. British History—The Four Georges.

V. Dictation.

VI. A simple Narrative, selected by the Examiners, to be read aloud to the Competitors and
reproduced by them.

VII. An Original Description or Account of some
familiar object or operation, the subject to be
selected by the Examiners.

VIII. Penmanship, as shown by the Competitors’
Papers on the subjects before mentioned.
Preference will be given to a plain round
hand.

IX. Marks will be given for the reading of Prose
and Poetry, and for Recitation.

X. For High School Competitors—French, Latin,
Euclid—Book I, and Algebra.

4. It shall not be necessary to award a Scholarship
   to the best, or any other candidate, unless he shall have
   gained, in the aggregate, at least 75 per cent, of the
   maximum number of marks attainable; and the Board
   shall be at liberty to suspend or terminate any Scholarship on account of wilful misconduct or neglect of
   studies on the part of the holder.

5. Each holder of a Provincial Scholarship, in addition to a free education at the High School, shall
   receive free board and lodging, or a payment of £30
   per annum in lieu thereof.

6. Free education, for terms not less than two years,
   nor more than five years may, at the discretion of the
   Board, be granted to the unsuccessful Competitors for
   Scholarships who shall have gained a satisfactory per-
   centage of the whole number of marks attainable.

7. Competitors residing in Dunedin and suburbs,
   entitled to free education under the preceding regulation, must attend the High School. Competitors
   residing beyond reach of Dunedin may attend the
   nearest Grammar School, or approved Main District
   School, at their option.

8. Certificates of merit will be granted to those
   Competitors who, though failing to gain the Scholarships, distinguish themselves greatly.

9. Schoolmasters must forward to the Secretary of
   the Education Board, before the 26th February, 1872,
   the names and ages of intending competitors belonging
   to their several schools.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

Richardson Scholarship.

THE Competition for the Richardson Scholarship
will take place in the first week of May.

The subjects for examination, with the marks show-
ing the relative value attached to each, are the following:—

English, 100; Arithmetic, 150; Geometry, Euclid,
Books I and II, 100; Algebra, 100; Latin,
200; Greek, 100; Geography and History of
England, from the Revolution to the Accession
of Queen Victoria, 100; Natural Sci-
ence, 100; French, 50.

Competitors must have attended for two years some
Provincial School, and for one year the High School of
Dunedin; and their age must not be over 18.

The Scholarship is tenable for three years, and the
value is about £50 per annum.

The names of competitors must be sent in to the
Secretary of University Council before 1st May.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

THE SECOND SESSION will be Opened on 1st
May, 1872.

CLASSES.

1. Classics—Separate Classes for Junior and Senior
   Latin and Greek. Professor: G. S, Sale, M.A.

2. Class for English Language and Literature. Pro-
   fessor: G. S. Sale, M.A.

3. Mathematics—Separate Classes for Junior Mathe-
   matics, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
   Professor: John Shand, M.A.

4. Mental and Moral Philosophy—Classes for Logic,
   Mental Science, Moral Philosophy, and Political
   Economy. Professor: D. Macgregor, M.A.,
   M.B.

5. Natural Science—Classes for Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology. Professor: J. G. Black,
   M.A., D.Sc.

The session 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,
Matriculation fee, £1; Laboratory fee, £1.

The fee for each Class is Three Guineas per session.

MATRICULATION.

The Matriculation Examinations for 1872 will be
held at Dunedin on the 2nd and 3rd days of May.

The following are the subjects of examination:—

Latin:

Cicero—"De Amicitia".

Greek:

Xenophon’s Anabasis, Book I.

English:

Writing from dictation.

French or German:

Translation from French or German into English;
translation from English into French or German.

Arithmetic:

The compound rules, especially square and cubic
measures; vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, ex-
traction of the square root.

Algebra:

Meaning of the Algebraical signs, the four elementary
rules, simple equations.

Geometry:

Euclid, Book I.

Geography:

The chief physical features and principal towns of
Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America; to-
gether with more minute details of the geography of
Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Candidates will be entitled to matriculate who shall
have passed in Latin, English, and Arithmetic; and in
any two at least of the other subjects of examination.

DEGREES.

The degree of B.A. will be attainable by (1) atten-
dance 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 begin-
ning or end of any subsequent session. There will be