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 showing 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 Science, 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 £30 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. Professor: G. S. Sale, M.A.

3. Mathematics.—Separate Classes for Junior Mathematics, 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, extraction 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; together 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) 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. There will be no honor examination in connection with the B.A. degree.

The degree of M.A. will be attainable only by those who have already taken the B.A. degree. The ordinary M.A. degree will be attainable by (1) attendance upon the prescribed lectures for at least one session after taking the B.A. degree, and (2) 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 of one year from the B.A. degree, or at the commencement or end of any subsequent session. There will also be an honor examination in connection with the M.A. degree. No one will be admitted to the degree of M.A. with honors, except such as have declared their intention of entering for honors at the time of taking the B.A. degree, or within six months afterwards. Candidates for the degree of M.A. with honors will be allowed to select one or more of the following subjects and will be examined in such subject or subjects only:

1. Classics and Philosophy.
2. Pure and applied Mathematics.
3. Natural Science (including Physics).

No candidate will be admitted to the degree of M.A. with honors after the expiration of three academical years from the date of his B.A. degree, nor after the expiration of six years from the date of his matriculation.

Attendance at Lectures.

All candidates for the B.A. and ordinary M.A. degrees will be required to furnish certificates of their attendance at the several courses of lectures prescribed for them. The courses of lectures will be somewhat as under:

(a.) For candidates in their B.A. degree in their:

1st Year—Junior Latin, Junior Greek, Junior Mathematics, Natural Science.

2nd Year—Senior Latin, Greek and English, Senior Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Natural Science, Psychology, and Logic.

3rd Year—Greek and English, Senior Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Natural Science and Political Economy.

(b.) For candidates of the ordinary M.A. degree:

Natural Science, Senior Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy.

The greater part of the subjects of the lectures will be the same as the subjects of examination for the B.A. and ordinary M.A. degrees.

Intending students and persons desirous of obtaining further information are requested to communicate with A. Livingstone, Secretary.

EDUCATION RESERVES.—The Reserves in blocks 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12, Fairfax Township, will be leased by auction at Mr. Capstick's Auction Rooms, Tokomairiro, immediately after the sale of Crown Lands there on Monday, the 25th March, 1872.

The following Reserves will be leased by auction at the Survey Office, Lawrence, immediately after the sale of Crown Lands there on Monday, the 25th March, 1872:

• Rankeburn—sections 34 and 36, block 1, comprising 200 acres; section 12, block 2, comprising 208½ acres; and section 1, block 5, and section 1, block 6, comprising 280 acres.
• Tuapeka East—section 635, block 3, comprising 44 acres.
• Tuapeka—sections 99 and 100, block 1, comprising 41 acres; sections 158,