BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4069, 11 March 1876, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Chbistchuboh March 18. > The following is the full t xt of the resolu- r ticm respecting examinations, &c.,,adopted by the Senate of the New Zetland University Committee; —‘ Tbit Government be requested to inform the Senate whether steps have been td;en to obtain I oyal Charter for University* Since the removal of diiliculties in the way of such oharter by the Uuiver ity Amendment Ac*-, 1875, end, if no st-ps have been taken, they bo respe tVully u ged to incur no delay in applying for such chart: r. Thatarrangement* ; should bi raa<ie f<r the conduct of examinations for degrees by exam'ners selected by the Chancellor, m t uecesiari'y outside the Colony, such examiners to be nt less, than , two m number in each separate department; that an examiaation for tse B.A. degree be held In M y next; that an examination fvr thesaid degr< e be bel l in November, 1876, but thai in 1877 and in futu e yet rs it be held in Novemter only. That the annual University examination for undergraduate' stil under oldrogur lations te con iucted by exami-.bra tor bft > appointel by the Chancellor,' and to be held ' between the Ist day of October an 1 the j3l*t . December in any year; that tiesi rxaml ers __ may be a: pointed from among the examined* t;' a-ting for th t r. spective »ffilia ed institutions. '% That the s of ex mina ion be «i< a?. . sics, mathefnaiics history, Eaglhhliteratn«| ' • modem languages, natural . aud physio*! science , That uudergraduates pafifeitg ln*tny

three of the ab ye subjects shall be deemed to bav pa.sed sit sfaeU riL». That arrangements respecting Mr Kirk’s suggestions be left to the discretion of the Chancellor. That * Odling’s Pratical v-'hemistry ’be re • oved fiexn the list of books recommended by the University to candidate*? for B.A. decree, aud ‘Frese ius’ Qualitative Analysis’ be. substituted fir the same. That the tenure of , scholarships gained prior to 1876 le condition, on holders pa sing the annual University examination appointed for undergraduates. That the period of history f- r the junior scholarships examination of 1877 be from the abdication of Charles V. to the beginning of the thhty years’ war. That no student who had rlre-.dy matriculated shall be counaered as entering upon Hs University course. I hat the amount for th? *B iw n piize be extended by the Univers ty !o LlO sterling. That 1 rofesror Sale be a pointed examiner Lr the f.owen prize for 1876 and I hat the student who shall have takeu his degree in arts in the University of INew Zealand may proceed to- a B. Mus. degree, by i-assirg several prescribed though he might not have d dared _ his intention of proceeding to that degn e in the kme of his matriculation ; and suebexamicat ons rnay b conducted at any conveniens time appointed by ( the Chancellor. That the Chancellor be requested to obtain info'mation as to the steps taken by any affiliated institution on the subject of a chair school of medicine. That in future examination papers of affiliated institutions be not published in the University calendar That Peter Seton Hay, having passed his examination fur B.A. degree, be admitted to that degree. That £he regulation permitting certa'n teachers to prb" ee d to degree be amended by omitting the >T ort * and inserting the word ‘ three’ in lieu thC re ™

Wellington, March 10. _ It isunderstood that the Government will pro vide passage? from the Th mes for men to woik on the Wellington and Masterton railway. Mr Oakes, contractor, ha?, through his Th*m*s agent en aged ( bout 150. A steamer wII pnbaby be s nt drect fr >m the Thames to Wellington if a suitable vessel can be chartered. March 11. The contractor for the Thorndon leclaraarion having got in odiffiou ties with his sureties, the latter yesterday drew fi om the Provincial chest about nine bundled-pounds duet* the contractor as pi ogress money, and immediately paid off all the workmen an 1 discharged them, stating that they would not be sureties any longer Bluff, March 11. The Ringa'ooma, with the Suez mail, arrive iab 4 a.m. to day. She left Melbourne on the 6i.h,a‘,5 p.m.,passed Swan island next day, and experie ced light IS.W wiuds and fine weather down. She brings 165 tons of carg •, thirty-two saloon and thirty steer-g* passengers f-r all pots. She sails at 4 pm. for Dune-rio.

Passencers ftr Dunedin: Messrs Gordon, Fraser, Bails, Brown, Smith, Capiain Fraser, Misses Mur ay and Ordille, Lyons, Dunni'igand f• >ur children, M* 1 and Mrs Herbert, Misses i-’fcttt (two), Mr Strang, Mrs J. Stra* g and son; fifte n in the steerage and seventy tons of cargo.

Christchubbh, March 11. The ‘Lyttelton Times’ this morning says the passengers by the Granada, on the trip from l*oit Chalmers, conu lained bitterly of the .manner in which they were treated ou boa d dnting the passage. The only word they can find to express their feelings is “ mean.” There We s no Innch the first day on getting on bnard, no tea, no blanket-', and no possibility of getting the’pangs of hunger relieved before retiring for the night. The General Government pu'pose erecting a ne’fv Resident Magistrate’s Comt.at aa early date, at a cost of i 4,500. The Senate of the New Zealand University yesterday resolved that their next mee ing should be held at Nelson, commencing on the first Wednesday in March; also, “That the Chancellor be requested to obtain information from the Senate of the Loudon University on the subject of the extension generally to New Zealand of their matriculation examinations, end bn that of enabling pe> sons in this Colony to compete for the Gilebrist scho’arships now understood to be open, of LIOO a-year, belong* ing to the London University.”

{From our own Correspondents. ) Queenstown, March 11. There are four entries for the six and fouroared events at the regatta. The booths realised L2O. Skelton’s land sold’ at 31s per acre. At the last sale L3.10s was reached.

fickness is veiy prevalent here. Doctor Douglas leaves for Europe, and a handsome testimonial to him is being subscribed.