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No. 31. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimbeeley to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. (No. 44.) Sir, — Downing Street, 29th December, 1880 I duly caused to be forwarded to the Registrar of London University a copy of your Despatch No. 60, of the 11th September last, enclosing the exami-nation-papers of one candidate for the Gilchrist Scholarship. I have now the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Gilchrist Educational Trust, stating that the scholarship has been awarded to Mr H. W. Herbert, of Canterbury College. I request that you will cause a communication to be addressed to Mr Herbert, in the sense of Dr Carpenter's letter, forwarding the copy of regulations enclosed therein. I also enclose a copy of a letter from the Registrar of the University, relating to the examination, and returning the certificate of Mr Herbert's birth. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KIMBERLEY. of New Zealand.

Enclosure 1 in No. 31. Dr. Carpenter to the Colonial Office Gilchrist Educational Trust. Sir,— 4, Broad Sanctuary, S.W., 22nd December, 1880. I have the honor to request that you will inform the Government of New Zealand by the next mail that the Gilchrist Scholarship has been awarded to Mr. Henry William Herbert, of Canterbury College, and that he will be expected to present himself at the office of the Trust on the Ist October, 1881 I have to request also that you will be good enough to transmit for his use the enclosed copy of regulations relating to his scholarship. I remain, &c, R. G W. Herbert, Esq William B. Carpenter.

Enclosure 2 in No. 31. The University of London to the Colonial Office. University of London, Sir, — Burlington* Gardens, W., 17th December, 1880. With reference to the matriculation examination recently held in New Zealand in connection with this University, I have the honor to inform you that the only candidate who presented himself at that examination (Mr. H. W Herbert, of Canterbury College, Christchurch) has passed in the Honors Division, and that the marks assigned to him. by the Examiners place him next to the seventh of the candidates in the original Honors List, and would have entitled him to a prize if he had been examined in this country I will communicate this result to the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust, and you will no doubt hear from him that the Gilchrist Scholarship is awarded to Mr H W Herbert. I enclose a few pass lists for transmission to New Zealand, together with the candidate's certificate of birth (which we do not require), and remain, Sir, &c., Arthur Milman, R. G W Herbert, Esq. Registrar

No. 32. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. (Circular) Sir, — Downing Street, 29th December, 1880. With reference to my predecessor's circular despatch of the 24th of December, 1879,1 have the honor to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an Order in Council dated the 16th of December, giving effect to a Convention between this country and Switzerland, which was