Town. Section. Block. Upset price.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sections in the townships of Ettrick, Alexandra, Ophir, Manuherikia, Clyde, Cromwell, Bendigo, Neviscastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone, previously advertised for sale in the December Gazette, but postponed, will be offered on the dates and at the places undermentioned:—

• Township of Ettrick—On the ground, on Monday, the 10th day of March next, at noon.
• Township of Alexandra—At Mr. J. C. Chapple’s Auction Rooms, Alexandra, on Tuesday, the 11th March next, at noon.
• Townships of Ophir and Manuherikia—At Blacks, Manuherikia, on Wednesday, the 12th day of March next, at noon. (Ophir subject to valuations and at the upset price of £12 10s per quarter-acre).
• Township of Clyde—At the Survey Office, Clyde, on Thursday, the 13th March next, at noon.
• Township of Cromwell—At the Courthouse, Cromwell, on Friday, the 14th day of March next, at noon.
• Townships of Bendigo, Newcastle, Pembroke and Gladstone—At Bendigo, on Saturday, the 15th day of March next, at noon.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Department of Land and Survey,
Dunedin, Feb. 24, 1873.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, block X, Hawksbury District, containing respectively 316a 1r 32p, 312a, 259a 2r 38p, 307a 2r 30p, 304a or 16p, 271a 1r 16p, 267a 3r 10p, 247a 3r 20p, 319a 1r, 23a 2r 30p; and sections 32, 33, and 34, block XI, Hawksbury District, containing respectively 59a 3r 30p, 279 acres, and 65a 1r 16p, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Courthouse, Hawksbury, on Thursday, the 27th day of March next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s per acre, subject to repayment of survey expenses.

On that date section 80, block V, Hillend District, containing 26a 1r 24p, will be offered at Mr. Capstick’s Auction Rooms, Tokomairiro, at the upset price of 21s per acre.

NOTICE.

That portion of the section, presently a temporary Bush Reserve, on the flat between the Tomahawk and Kaikorai Creek and the Oreti, south and west of Mr. Morton’s property, Wallacetown, containing about 180 acres, will be open for application the 19th of March next.

WILL be open for application, the northern half of sections 19 to 27, Block XX, Invercargill Hundred, temporarily reserved under the timber regulations (being an extension of the Otatara Bush Reserve), will be open for application on Thursday, the 18th March, 1873.

NOTICE.—Section 13, block V, Mabel hundred, hitherto temporarily reserved, will be open for application on Friday, the 21st March next.

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 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 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.” Greek. Xenophon’s Anabasis, Book I.

• English. Writing and 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 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. 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 of any subsequent session.

There will be an honor examination in connection with the M.A. degree. No candidate 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.

Candidates for the degree of M.A. will be required to furnish certificates of attendance at the prescribed courses of lectures.

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

LITERARY COURSE.

1st year: Latin, Greek, Mathematics, English.
2nd year: Latin, Mathematics, Mental Science, Natural Science (Greek, Moral Philosophy).
3rd year: Latin, Mathematics, Mental Science, Natural Science (English, including Political Economy).*