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REEORT UNDER " NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY ACT, 1870."

Clause 17. New Clause to follow Clause 17. The University Council, in session assembled, shall convene and appoint the time and place of meeting of the said Council, and of the Senate, when constituted, for each succeeding session, and so on from session to session. New Clause. The Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor, or in the absence of both the Registrar, shall convene a meeting of the Council upon the written requisition of not less than ten members, setting forth the objects for which the meeting is required to be convened, and the meeting shall be convened not less than thirty days after the receipt of such requisition. New Clause. The University Council shall appoint the time and place of all examinations, but the degrees shall be conferred at the place where the University shall be constituted. New Clause. That the Chancellor have power to delegate to the Vice-Chancellor all or any of his powers or duties. New Clause. That for the purpose of the tenure of Scholarships, Professorships, Lectureships, &c., incorporated Colleges in the Colony may be affiliated which shall fulfil these conditions : — (a.) They may possess suitable buildings, class-rooms, and apparatus. (b.) That they have a curriculum of study, embracing systematic instruction in Classics, English, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Mental Science, Moral Philosophy, and at least one branch of the Physical Sciences, say Chemistry, and that University Scholars be required to attend classes and lectures on these subjects. (c.) That all Professors and Lecturers in affiliated Colleges drawing their stipend in part or in whole from the University, as also University Scholars, and all Students, have the protection of a conscience clause. Clause 18. To strike out all the words after " Otago " in line 5 down to " such " in line 8, and insert ** on " in lieu thereof. To strike out " consistently with the provisions of this Act " in line 9. To strike out all the words after " dissolved "in line 15 to the end'of the clause. Clause 19. In line 2 to strike out " six months " and insert " two years " in lieu thereof. In lines 3 and 4 to strike out " and for the transfer of its endowments.'" New Clause. That provision be made for granting degrees to any Students who may present themselves for examination on their duly satisfying the Examiners, and paying such fees as the Council may determine. G. Maurice O'Rorke, Chairman.