Notices and University Announcements




TO COLIN HOLMES, OWNER OF SECTION 22, BLOCK IV, SUTTON DISTRICT.

TAKE NOTICE, that I desire the boundary between section twenty-one and twenty-two, block four, Sutton District, be made immediately, and that such fence shall be a bank two feet six inches high, with ditch on each side two feet six inches wide and two feet deep; posts (wooden), four feet six inches out of the ground, and two feet in the ground, nine feet apart, and four wires.

JOHN ROBERTS,
Owner of section 21, block IV, Sutton District.
Dated, 8th day of April, 1873.
3t—15s

TO DESIRE COSTA, OR OWNER OF SECTION 4, BLOCK IV, NORTH MOLYNEUX.

TAKE NOTICE, that I desire that the boundary or separating fence between sections four and five, block four, North Molyneux, excepting six chains or thereby at the southern end thereof, be made immediately, and that such fence shall be a sod bank, with ditches on either side.

ADAM ROLLAND,
Owner of part of section 5, Block IV, North Molyneux.
Dated the 4th day of April, 1873.
3t 15s

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 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 the taking of 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 degree of M.A. 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 academical 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 select one of the two following courses:—

LITERARY COURSE.

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

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

3rd year.—{Greek { Moral Philosophy, } Natural
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English { Political Economy } 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.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION FOR THE M.A. DEGREE.

Attendance on two additional classes—both literary or both scientific. Additional subjects in Latin and Greek: portions from authors not included in the examination for the B.A. degree. Additional subjects in mathematics: elements of differential and integral calculus. Natural Philosophy: electricity and magnetism, as far as explained in the class. Astronomy as in Herschel’s Outlines.

Mental and moral science and natural science; The examination more extended than for the B.A. degree.

Intending students and persons desirous of obtaining further information are requested to communicate with

A. LIVINGSTON,
Secretary.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick and Co., of Stafford Street, Printers to the Provincial Government for the time being.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1873, No 843





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🗺️ Boundary Fence Notice for Sutton District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
8 April 1873
Boundary fence, Sutton District, Section 22, Section 21
  • Colin Holmes, Owner of Section 22
  • John Roberts, Owner of Section 21

🗺️ Boundary Fence Notice for North Molyneux

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 April 1873
Boundary fence, North Molyneux, Section 4, Section 5
  • Desire Costa, Owner of Section 4
  • Adam Rolland, Owner of part of Section 5

🎓 University of Otago Third Session Announcement

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
University of Otago, Third Session, Classes, Matriculation, Degrees
  • G. S. Sale, Professor of Classics and English
  • John Shand, Professor of Mathematics
  • D. Macgregor, Professor of Mental and Moral Science
  • J. G. Black, Professor of Natural Science

  • A. Livingston, Secretary