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, Of Professional Education and Examinations in Medicine. I. There shall be two degrees in Medicine, —Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine. 11. All candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine must keep terms for at least two years at a Medical School in New Zealand recognized by the Senate of the New Zealand University. 111. There shall be three professional examinations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. IV. These shall be conducted as far as possible both by written questions and by viva voce and practical examinations. V. There shall be two Examiners at every oral and clinical examination. VI. Excellence in one or more subjects at an examination shall not compensate for failure in others. VII. Rejected candidates must keep terms for one year before being readmitted to examination. VIII. The first professional examination shall be held at the end of the candidate's second year's terms, in November, and shall include Chemistry, Practical Chemistry, and Anatomy. Candidates must forward to the Registrar at least fifteen days before the date of examination the following certificates : — (1.) Of having attended a course of not less than one hundred lectures on Chemistry; (2.) Of having attended a three months' course of instruction in Practical Chemistry; (3.) Of having attended a course of not less than onejhundred lectures on Human Anatomy; (4.) Of having dissected the human body during two periods of six months each. Candidates will not receive certificates of having passed the first professional examination unless either previously or at the time of examination they shall have completed the preliminary examination. Candidates in Anatomy may be called on to perform actual dissections. IX. The second professional examination shall be held at the end of the candidate's third year's terms, in November, and shall include Physiology, Pathology (including Morbid Anatomy), Materia Medica. Candidates must forward to the Registrar at least fifteen days before the date of examination the following certificates :— - (1.) Of having passed the first professional examination ; (2.) Of having attended a course of not less than sixty lectures on Physiology; (3.) Of having attended a course of not less than sixty lectures on Pathology; (4.) Of having attended a course of not less than sixty lectures on Materia Medica; (5.) Of having practised the dispensing of medicines for three months at a public dispensary, or under the superintendence of a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand; (6.) Of having attended the post mortem examinations of a hospital containing not less than a hundred beds, for two periods of six months each. X. The third professional examination shall be held at the end of the candidate's fourth year's terms, and shall include Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, Clinical Surgery, Medicine (including Therapeutics and Insanity), Clinical Medicine, Midwifery and Diseases of Women, Medical Jurisprudence, and Public Health. Candidates must forward to the Registrar at least fifteen days before the date of examination the following certificates j—