Town.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 17th February, 1873.

NOTICE.—Thereby give notice that I have applied to the Warden at Roxburgh, in conformity with the provisions of “The Waste Land Act 1872,” for permission to construct a Head Water Race for machinery purposes; such Race being situate near the junction of the Switzers and Tuapeka roads, and commencing and terminating upon land occupied by me, and held under Agricultural Lease.

JAMES BENNETT.

Any objection to the granting of the above application must be lodged with me, at my office, Roxburgh, within sixteen days from the date hereof.

February 12, 1873.

J. B. BOLTON, Warden.

West Taieri, 10th February, 1873.

To His Honor the Superintendent.

I HAVE the honor to inform you that the following gentlemen have this day been elected the Board of Conservators for the West Taieri River District, namely—

MR JOHN DOW,
WILLIAM SNOW,
PETER GRANT, Cray,
P. GRANT, Gourie,
JAMES SHAND,
MICHAEL TYNAN,
GEORGE NICHOL.

Signed — JAMES SHAND,
Chairman.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

THE Third Session will be opened on 1st May, 1873.

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—
   I. Junior mathematics.
   II. Mathematics and natural philosophy.
   III. Mathematics and natural philosophy.
   Professor: John Shand, M.A.

4. Mental and Moral Science—Classes for logic and psychology, moral philosophy, 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 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 class is three guineas per session.

Matriculation.

The matriculation examinations for 1873 will be held at Dunedin on the 2nd and 3rd days of May.

The following are the subjects of examination:

Latin.

• Cicero—“De Amicitia.”
• Xenophon’s Anabasis, Book I.

Greek.

• Portions from the works of two verse and two prose authors; selections to be made from year to year from the works of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon.

English.

• Writing and dictation.
• Translation from French or German into English; translation from English into French or German.
• Questions on Grammar, History, and Antiquities.

Arithmetic.

• The compound rules, essentially 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, Australasia 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 attendance upon the prescribed lectures during three sessions, and 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 attendance on the prescribed lectures for at least one session after taking the B.A. degree, and 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 of one year from the B.A. degree, or at the commencement or end of any subsequent session. There will 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.
2. Philosophy.
3. Pure and applied mathematics.
4. Natural science.

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

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. Candidates for the B.A. degree may elect one of the two following courses—

Literary Course.

1st year.—Latin, Greek, Mathematics, *English.

2nd year.—Latin, Mathematics, Mental Science, Natural Science.

3rd year.—Latin, including (Moral Philosophy), *English (Political Economy), Natural Philosophy.

Scientific Course.

1st year.—Latin, Mathematics, Natural Science.

2nd year.—Latin, Mathematics, Natural Science, Mental Science.

3rd year.—Natural Philosophy, Natural Science.

Classes marked * are taught only three days a week.

In the Scientific Course students will not be required to attend both the English classes and the Moral Philosophy class, but must take one or the other.

Though students are recommended to adhere to one or other of the above courses, if they wish to graduate at the end of three years, the Council desires it to be understood that they are at liberty to take the prescribed classes in any order, and to spread them over a longer period.

Syllabus of Examination for the B.A. Degree.

Latin.—Portions from the works of two verse and two prose authors; selections to be made from year to year from the works of Lucretius, Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, Cicero, Livy, and Tacitus. Questions on Grammar, History and Antiquities.

Greek.—Portions from the works of two verse and two prose authors; selections to be made from year to year from the works of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon. Questions on Grammar, History and Antiquities.

English.—A general knowledge of the structure and history of the English Language and of the principal periods of English Literature, with their representative authors. Portions from the works of the following authors:—Chaucer, Langland, Spenser, Shakespeare.