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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 576, 12 May 1858, Page 5

TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH AND AVONSIDE. ONE Section with -frontage to Cambridge Terrace and Colombo Street, opposite tlie New Bridge. One section with frontage to Cambridge Terrace, near to above. One section with frontage to Town Belt. One section with frontage to Tuain Street and the Town Beit, Eleven sections with frontage on the road from Avonside to Stanmore. Titles—Unquestionable. Terms—For the property in Christchurch, cash. For the sections at Avonside, 20 \9- cent cash deposit—The remaindertobe secured on the property for a term of years. MR. OLLIVIER has received instructions to offer for sale by Public Auction,at the Rooms, in Cashel Street, on SATURDAY, MAY 22s n, at 12 for -| past, All those two quarter-acre sections of laud, situated in Cambridge Terrace and Colombo Street, and numbered 78 and 80. There is a comfortable four-roomed cottage, most substantially built of weather boards, and lined throughout, with a verandah surrounding it, erected thereon. Also, That very valuable quarter-acre section, situated in Cambridge Terrace, numbered 242. Also, That quarter-acre section fronting upon Tuam Street and Town Belt, being part of section 109. Also, That quarter-acre adjoining above, with frontage on Town Belt, Also, All those eleven sections of freehold land, situated at Avonside, fronting upon the road leading from the River to Stanmore, each containing by admeasurement 1 rood 39| perches or thereabouts. The whole of it is fenced and broken up, and is admirably adapted for building purposes. The demand for residences in or near tlie Town of Christchurch is daily increasing, and the allotments now offered for sale present an opportunity to persons of moderate capital, Avhich they will do well to avail themselves of. The extent of credit allowed on the Avonside property enabling purchasers to make their money at once available for building, leaving the ground to be paid for afterwards out of the rents gleaned from the buildings. Plans on view at the Rooms, Cashel Street.

CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CANTERBURY. SOMES SCHOLARSHIPS. "pfTOTICE is hereby given, that the First j -1-^1 Election of Scholars on tbe Somes FoundaI tion in Christ's College, will take place on j SATURDAY, the 25th of SEPTEMBER., jin the present year. Two scholarships will be offered for competition, one of the annual value of £4S, tenable for. three years aud a-half; the other of the annual value of £32, tenable for two years and a-half; the former amount to be raised to £60, the latter to £40, annually, provided the scholar shall pass a satisfactory annual examination in the studies of the precedingyear. All members of the United Church of England and Ireland, or of any branch of the said Church, or of any Church in communion therewith, wheresoever born or resident, who shall have attained on the day of election the full age of fifteen, and shall not have exceeded tlie age of nineteen years, are admissible .as candidates. Preference will-be given, coeteris paribus, to the kindred of Maria Somes, the foundress, or of her late husband, Joseph Somes, deceased. Candidates must bring or send their applications in writing to the Sub-Warden of Christ's College, at any time not later than the 20th of September, every such application to be accompanied by satisfactory certificates of ago and of good moral character. Any candidate claiming the privilege of-founder's kin will also be required to furnish satisfactory proof in writing of his consanguinity. Candidates must attend in person at the College, on Wednesday, the 22ud of September, at 10 a.m., to be examined on that and the following days. They will first be examined viva voce in the Church Catechism, Scripture History, History of England, Grammar, Geography, and Arithmetic; and such as exhibit a satisfactory knowledge of those subjects wili be farther examined: Firstly, in Latin and Greek Grammar, and in two or more of the Latin and Greek Authors most commonly read in schools. Secondly, in Algebra as far as Quadratic Equations, The First Four Books of Euclid. The Elements of Plane Trigonometry, especially in its application to Navigation and Land Surveying, and the Elements of Physical Scieuce. And, Thirdly, in History, Ancient and Modern, The History of the Church, Physical Geography, and one or more Modern Languages. In estimating the comparative merits of the candidates, marked proficiency in any one of the three branches, even if there should be great deficiency in Siie ; or both of the remainder, Avill be rated higher j than a superficial knowledge of a greater num- • ber of subjects. The successful candidates will be required to reside within tlie precincts of the College during the College terms (except where special exemption from residence shall have been granted by the Governing Body of the College) and to observe all the regulations, and the course of study, prescribed by the College. Further particulars may be obtained by applying personally, or by letter, to the Sub-War-den of Christ's College, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. By order of the Governing Body, HENRY. JACOBS, Sub-Warden. Christchurch, April 24, ISSB. X