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resolution of the Senate if the annual report be not made, or if the report shall fail to show that the three years' course of instruction required in the conditions of affiliation is duly supplied. Statute amending Statute " Of Junior Scholarships" I. Section 111., subsection 3, of the statute " Of Junior Scholarships" is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: — (3.) English. —■ (a.) The matriculation paper. (S.) Paraphrase, illustration and explanation of passages selected from the English historical plays of Shakspeare and from Milton's poetical works; certain plays and poems to be set from year to year; general questions on etymology, grammar, and the uses of words; also a short essay on some easily-understood subject. Statute amending Statute " Of the Degree of Bachelor of Laws." I. Section I. of the statute "Of the Degree of Bachelor of Laws" is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof :— I. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall pass the matriculation examination, shall keep terms for two years

in accordance with the statufe " Of Terms and Lectures," and after keeping such terms shall be required to pass three University examinations, at intervals of not less than one year from each other. The subjects of the first examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall be —(1) Latin language and literature, (2) English language and literature or mental science, (3) Jurisprudence and constitutional history. The second examination shall be in the following subjects: (1) Roman law —the institutes of Justinian, (2) International law and conflict of laws, (3) English law—contracts and torts. The third examination shall comprise the following branches of English law : (1) Real and personal property, (2) Evidence, (3) Criminal law, (4) Equity : Provided that candidates who have passed the first examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws under any repealed statute may in the year 1883 or 1884 proceed to their second examination under the same statute, and must then proceed to the final examination under the same Statute : Provided also that candidates who have passed the second examination under any repealed statute must proceed to the final examination for the degree under the same statute: Provided further that candidates proposing to be examined under repealed statutes must give notice to the Registrar not later than the 15th day of March in the year of examination, except that in the year 1883 notice may be given not later than the 15th day of April.

By Authority: George Didsbtjby, Government Printer, Wellington. —1883.