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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 32, 6 February 1874, Page 2

Programme of Examination for Provinciaj. and Governors' Bcho-arships, December, 1874. a. English History. — The portion of History taken this year wil le from the accession of Henry VII to the death of Anne, thus including the Tudor and Stutrt dynasties. This period occupies 87 puges of Miss Corner's History, tyhich may be used as a text-book,* though no question will be put that cannot be answered from any popular school historr, b. The third and fourth epistles of" Pope's Essay on Man " c. Arithmetic. — ColenEo's smaller arithmetic and the school arithmetics published by Cornwell and Chambers may be used as text- > books. d. Writing. — This wiil be judged by the ' History paper, f. English Composition. — This will be decided as' hitherto, on the literary and historical papers apart from their other merits. f. Spelling. — The History paper will be made the test of spelling. Sad spelling will in this, as in former examinations, disqualify ' any candidate, however good in other respects his papers may be.

Nelson College Scholarships. Instructions to Supervisors, Teachers, and Candidates. 1. All answers must be written on quarter sheets of ruled foolsnap supplie i for examination. The name of the candidate must bo written oi) the right-hand upper corner of each sheet, and each paper must be numbered on the left-hand upper corner, A margin equal to one-sixth of the breadth of the paper must be allowed on the top and the left hani side, and the numbep of the question must be written on the margin opposite the first line of the answer. The neglect of this regulation inevitably causes loss of marks. 2. The question papers will be enclosed in an envelope, which must not be opened until the candidates are assembled, and then only