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G. P. Bowen, Governor. D. —Eegulation. That persons who have been admitted to the degree of Bachelor or Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Laws, or Bachelor of Music, in any one of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Dublin, Durham, London, Queen's University of Ireland, Sydney, or Melbourne, may, on producing evidence of the same satisfactory to the Council, be admitted to the degree of Bachelor or Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Laws, or Bachelor of Music, as the case may be, in the New Zealand University, on attaining the standing and fulfilling the conditions, except as to fees, which would entitle them to that degree in their own University. Approved in Council, 31st July, 1872. Forster. Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council. No. 2. Mr. H. J. Tancred to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaey. (No. 1,304.) Sib, — University of New Zealand, Wellington, 16th April, 1873. I have the honor herewith to enclose a Statute passed by the Council of this University, defining the conditions on which a B.A. degree may be conferred. This is a Eegulation amending a Eegulation submitted to the Government on the 20th April, 1872, and from which His Excellency's approval was withheld, on the ground that it appeared as originally worded to dispense with the examination required by the 13th section of " The University Act, 1870," in the case of students of the Otago University. The form in which the present Eegulation has been passed, makes it clear that this examination ia required in every case, and I have therefore to request that His Excellency may be advised to approve of the same. I have, &c, Heney John Tanceed, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Chancellor.

No. 3. The Hon. W. H. Eeynolds to Mr. H. J. Tancbed. (No. 267.) Sib, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1873. I have the honor to forward a copy of a Despatch No. 8, of the 3rd of January last, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply to the petition of the University of New Zealand to Her Majesty the Queen, praying that Letters Patent may be granted to that Institution. I have, &c, H. J. Tancred Esq., William H. Beynolds. Chancellor of the New Zealand University, Christchurch.

No. 4. The Hon. W. H. Eeynolds to Mr. H. J. Tancbed. (No. 272.) Sib,— Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1573. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant, forwarding Eegulations passed by the Council of the University of New Zealand, for the disposal of the Bowen Fund, and requesting that the Governor's assent to the same may be obtained. In reply, I have to inform you that the Eegulations in question will be submitted to His Excellencj at the next meeting of the Executive Council. I have, &c, H. J. Tancred, Esq., W. H. Eeynolds. Chancellor of the New Zealand University, Christchurch.

No. 5. The Hon. W. H. Eexnolds to Mr. H. J. Tanceed. (No. 282.) Sib, — Colonial Secretary's Office, "Wellington, 2nd May, 1873. Adverting to my letter No. 272, of the 28th ultimo, I have the honor to transmit to you the accompanying Eegulationa which have heen approved by His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council, and also a New Zealand Gazette, No. 26, of the Ist of May, in which the Eegulations are published. I have, &c, H. J. Tancred, Esq., William H. Eeynolds. Chancellor of the New Zealand University, Christchurch.