of May next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s per acre.

FRIDAY, 10th May.

NOTICE is hereby given that the depasturing right over sections 21 and 31, block II, Otakia district, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 10th day of May next, at noon, at the upset rent of 6d per acre.

FRIDAY, 17th May, noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 1 to 37, Block IV, Benger District, recently withdrawn from Mr Clarke’s application, averaging from 40 to 60 acres each, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Court-house, Roxburgh, on Friday, the 17th day of May next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

FRIDAY, 17th May, noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following sections in the Township of Queenstown, will be exposed for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Friday, the 17th day of May next, at noon. Those fronting Ballarat street and Frankton road at the upset price of £5 each, back sections £3 each.

Sections 6, block XXXI; 1 to 11, block XXXII; 1 to 14, block XXXIII; 1 to 14, block XXXIV; 1 to 18, block XXXV; 1 to 14, block XXXVI; 1 to 10, block XXXVII; 1 to 19, block XXXVIII; 1 to 22, block XXXIX; 1 to 18, block XL; 1 to 23, block XLI; 1 to 13, block XLII; 1 to 12, block XLIII; 1 to 8, block XLIV; 1 to 14, block XLV; 1 to 11, block XLVI; 1 to 7, block XLVII; 1 to 6, block XLVIII; 1 to 9, block XLIX.

FRIDAY, 17th May, noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following sections in the Township of Greytown will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1872, at noon, at the upset price of £3 each for back, and £5 for front sections.

Sections 1 to 40, block XIV; 1 to 18, block XV; 1 to 18, block XVI; 1 to 20, block XVII; 1 to 20, block XVIII, and 1 and 2, block XXI.

Immediately thereafter, section 59, block XXXII, Dunedin, will be offered at the upset price £12 10s.

MONDAY, 3rd June, noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 2 of 2, block II, Clarendon, containing 53a. 2r. 15p, sections 24, 33 and 34, block VIII, Clarendon District, containing respectively 143a. 1r. 2p., 131a., and 103a. 3r. 17p, and sections 38 and 48, block VIII, Akatore district, containing 177a. 2r. 31p. and 33a. 1r. 35p. respectively, will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. Capstick at his Auction Rooms, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 3rd day of June next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

EDUCATION RESERVES.

FRIDAY, 17th May.

THE following Reserves will be leased by auction at the Land Office, Dunedin, immediately after the sale of Crown Land there, on Friday, the 17th May, 1872:

Section 1 of 53, block IV, Maungatua, 40 acres
,, 32 and 33, ,, 85 ,,
,, 2 of 30, block II, ,, 40 ,,

The lease of the last-mentioned Section will be sold subject to valuation for improvements.

Copies of Regulations and Condition of Lease may be had on application at the Education Office.

JOHN SPERREY, Secretary.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

(AMENDED NOTICE.)

THE SESSION for 1872, will be opened on Wednesday, 1st May, with an introductory Lecture (open to the Public), by Professor Black, at 7 p.m.

On the two days following, the Matriculation Examinations will be held, beginning at 10 a.m.

On Monday, 6th May, the different classes will be opened as follows:

Latin, 8 a.m.: Professor Sale, M.A.
Greek and English, 9 a.m. Do
Latin, 10 a.m. Do
Greek, 11 a.m. Do
Mathematics, 4.30 p.m.: Professor Shand, M.A.
Natural Philosophy, 5.30 p.m. Do
Chemistry and Mineralogy, 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.: Professor Black, M.A., D.Sc.
Logic, 6.30 p.m.: Professor M’Gregor, M.A.
Moral Philosophy, 7.30 p.m. Do

Further information, and tickets for the classes, may be obtained on application to

A. LIVINGSTON, Registrar.

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.