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I am instructed to submit most respectfully the following questions : — Ist. Will the Senate make the matriculation examination uniform and general, instead of intrusting it to several separate local bodies ? 2nd. Will the Senate iv that case allow teachers to sit at the University examinations to qualify for certificates, though they may not bo able to keep terms or to take a degree ? I have, &c, Wm. Jas. Habess, The Chancellor of the New Zealand University. Inspector-General.

Enclosure in No. 7. Extract from Order in Council, dated 24th September, 1878.—Eegulation for Examination and Classification of Teachers. 10. Except as hereinafter provided, the special qualifications for the several classes of certificates shall be as follows : — For Class A. —To have graduated at tho University of New Zealand in first- or second-class honours. For Class JB. —To have passed tho examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the said University. For Class C. —To have passed the examination for the compulsory subjects, or for the optional subjects, for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the said University, and, except in the case of candidates who have passed the examination for Class D, to have passed an examination in the compulsory subjects for Class D. For Class D. —To have passed an examination in four compulsory and two optional subjects, as follows: — I. — Compulsory. 1. English Grammar and Composition. 2. Arithmetic. —Fundamental rules, vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, and square root. 3. Geography.— -The chief physical features and principal towns of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America, together with more minute details of the geography of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. 4. History. —Outlines of English history to the end of the eighteenth century. ll.— Optional (any two). 1. Greek. —Grammar, and very easy passages for translation at sight. 2. Latin —(As for Greek.) 3. Algebra. —To simple equations, inclusive, with easy problems. 4. Euclid. —Books I. and 11. 5. Elementary Chemistry. —The non-metallic elements, and the atomic theory. 6. Elementary Fhysics. —Any one of the following branches : (a) Electricity, (b) Sound and light, (c) Heat. 7. Elementary Natural Science. —Any one of the following branches : («) Botany, (b) Zoology, (c) Geology. 8. Modern Languages. —Grammar of one modern language (French, German, or Italian), and easy translation at sight. [Note. —If the University of New Zealand shall institute a general examination for matriculation, upon the same scale as the present matriculation examination, candidates will find that the requirements here specified for Class D fall in with the programme for matriculation ifl such a way that, by taking the four compulsory subjects here prescribed, together with Latin and one other optional subject, they can at one examination matriculate and qualify for Class D. The Senate will be requested in that case to allow candidates for Classes C and D to sit at the University examinations for the purpose of qualifying for a class, although they may not desire to sustain any relation to the University as undergraduates.] For Class E. —To have satisfactorily passed an examination in the following subjects : — Reading. Writing. —Including the setting of copies and writing on black-board. Spelling. English Grammar. —The subject generally, including derivation of words. English Composition. —Accuracy and facility, tested by exercise in dictation, paraphrase, and essay writing. Arithmetic. —The subject generally, including explanation of processes and rules. A somewhat lower standard in this subject will be accepted from females than from males. Geography. —The elements of mathematical and physical geography, and the general topography and political geography of the world, with map-drawing from memory of the European countries and the British dependencies. English History. —From 1603 to 1537, and a very brief outline of the chief events prior to 1603.

No. 8. The Eegistrar to the Inspector-General of Schools. Sir, — University of New Zealand, Christchurch, 7th November, 1878. I have the honor, by direction of the Chancellor, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo, and to state in reply that the questions therein contained will be submitted to the con-