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Practical WorJc. —The farm* will be conducted on economic principles. The students will be required to take part in the regular daily work of the farm, to acquire a practical knowledge of ploughing and every other kind of farm work, the use of implements and machinery, the management of stock, and the making of cheese and butter. Students will also receive practical instruction in agricultural chemistry in the laboratory. Ifield Work. —Land surveying and levelling will be undertaken at suitable times for practice in the use of instruments, and in measuring land, harvest, and other piece-work, and for taking levels for drainage purposes. Lectures and instruction will be given on the following subjects :— Agriculture. Principles of construction and use of implements ; origin and physical properties of soils ; general cultivation of soils ; effects and cost of cultivation by the various implements ; effects of air and rain on fallowed soils ; use of manures ; draining. Cultivation of and harvesting the various cereal and other crops; habits and peculiarities of the cereals; rotation of crops; cost of cultivation and value of root and fodder crops generally; laying down to grass; grasses in general; cultivation of crops occupying small areas, as dye-plants, fibreplants, &c.; fences and fence-plants ; diseases of crops. Labour; task-work; the management of stock; farmhouses, sheep, cattle, pigs ; wool; baconcuring ; dairy management. Chemistry. Agricultural chemistry; the constituents of the soil; their condition; the plant and its constituents ; the food of plants, whence derived, in what condition it must exist for absorption and assimilation by the plant; fertile and infertile soils; chemistry of vegetable products; composition of cereal grain, of hay, roots, and other farm produce; composition of flesh, of fat; chemistry of the growth and fattening of animals; manufacture of starch, of sugar, of vinegar, &c.; the chemistry of milk, butter, and cheese; of food ; of manures, &c. Biology. Physiological Botany. —Food of plants ; absorption ; diffusion of fluids in plants; elaboration of the food; reproduction of plants; influence of external agents on plants ; distribution of plants; diseases of plants. Entomology. —Principal divisions of the animal kingdom; structure of insects; character of the orders and more important families of insects ; life histories of injurious and beneficial insects ; proposed remedies against the injurious effects of insects. Geology and Physical Geography. — Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. — Mathematics, Surveying, and Boole-keeping Entrance Examination. Candidates for admission as resident students to the School of Agriculture are required to pass a preliminary examination in the Fifth Standard of Education (see Regulation under Education Act, 1877), or to produce a certificate from the Board of Education that they have already passed such standard. Candidates must be between the ages of fifteen and nineteen years. The examination will be held on Tuesday, the Ist June next, at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin. As there is accommodation for only fourteen resident students (in addition to those who may obtain scholarships), the fourteen candidates who pass a successful examination will be received according to their places on the examination list. Tuition fees, £9 9s. per annum. Board and lodging, £50 per annum. Candidates must forward their names to the Registrar, Canterbury College, on or before Saturday, the Bth May next. School of Agriculture Scholarships. An examination of candidates desirous of competing for the above scholarships will be held on Tuesday, the Ist June next, at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchureh, and Dunedin. The scholarships now offered for competition are five in number —one tenable for three years, two for two years, and two for one year —are open to candidates from all parts of New Zealand, and entitle the holders to board, lodging, and instruction at the School of Agriculture, Lincoln. Candidates must be between the ages of fifteen and nineteen.* Candidates for the scholarships shall be examined in the subjects of the Sixth Standard of Education (see Regulations under Education Act, 1877). Conditional on the papers being satisfactory to the examiners, the three years' scholarships will be awarded to the candidate who stands first on the result list, those standing second and third securing the two years' scholarships, the one-year scholarships falling to the candidates occupying the fourth and fifth places. Ail scholarships will be tenable only during good behaviour and strict observance of such regulations as may from time to time be made, and on the successful passing of such periodical examinations at the school as may be determined upon by the Board of Governors. Candidates must forward their names to the Registrar, Canterbury College, on or before Saturday, the Bth May next. Any further information required may be obtained on application to the Registrar, Canterbury College. F. Gr. Stedman, Registrar.

* A scholarship for three years was awarded at the examination held in February. Five scholarships were awarded at the examination held in June.