FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE TO

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G. F. Bowen, Governor. Regulations for Matriculation. Any candidate for Matriculation may be admited as a student in the University on producing to the Registrar a certificate from some person to be appointed on that behalf by the Chancellor, that he has received systematic instruction in the following subjects : — English Grammar and Composition. Arithmetic. Ancient and Modern History. And at least one of the following subjects : — French or German Languages. Greek and Latin Languages. Algebra, to Simple Equations, inclusive. Geometry, first book of Euclid. Mental Philosophy and Logic. Natural Philosophy. Experimental Physics. Political Geography. Physical Geography. Jurisprudence. Approved in Council, Ist February, 1872. Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.

No. 8. Mr. H. J. Tancred to the Hon. W. Gisborne. gi R University of New Zealand, Christchurch, Bth February, 1872. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, in reference to the representations made in my letter of the 23rd. I understand that the sole objection on the part of the Government to advising His Excellency to assent to the regulations passed at Dunedin is, that those regulations do not limit the tenure of scholarships and professorships to a definite time ; and you state, that in view of the action taken by the House of Representatives during last Session, the Government will not assent to regulations involving appropriations for a longer period than one year. You remark further, that although the Council, out of three alternatives proposed by the Government, elected to pass a regulation by which a limitation of time should be fixed, yet no regulation has been submitted for approval to effect this. The Council, by a resolution, pledged itself to do this, and I assumed that, on the strength of that pledge, the Government would have procured the Governor's assent. I may remark, however, that your letter did not specify any definite time for the duration of the tenure, but only that some limit should be fixed. The limit which the Council, as I believe, contemplated, was three years; but it now appears that that limit would not have been assented to, as the Government has resolved upon a limit of one year. The practical result would therefore have been the same. Such being the case, and considering the pressing importance of the case, I would respectfully but earnestly urge upon the Government to adopt the second alternative suggested by you, and that in the Order in Council approving of the regulations in question, namely : —" Conditions of Affiliation/ " Regulations for Scholarships/ and " Appropriation of Funds," the required limitation as to the time during which they shall be in operation should be final. I have, &c., Henry John Tancred, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Chancellor.

No. 9. The Hon. W. Gisborne to Mr. H. J. Tancred. (No. 138.) Sir, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 27th February, 1872. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth instant, and, in reply, to enclose a New Zealand Gazette, No. 10, of 26th February, 1872, containing an Order in Council assenting to certain regulations of the Council of the New Zealand University, with the limitation that such sanction and approval shall continue in operation only for one year from the 12th day of October last. I also enclose the original Order in Council. Since I suggested, on the 17th of October last, a limit as to the tenure of scholarships, &c, the House of Representatives passed the resolution to which I referred in my letter No. 83, of the 31st January last, and it became necessary to guard as much as possible, in the event of probable changes affecting the position of the New Zealand University, against the creation of