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vested interests, which would embarrass the Legislature in dealing with the subject, and with that view the limit specified in the Order in Council has been prescribed. It would be advisable that the Council should, in order to remove possibility of question, pass, in accordance with its pledge, a limiting regulation, and, if so, the limit should of course te the same as in the Order in Council. I have, &c, The Chancellor of the New Zealand University, W. Gisbobne. Christchurch.

No. 10. Mr. H. J. Tancbed to the Hon. W. Gisbobne. Sib, — University of New Zealand, Wellington, 12th April, 1872. I have the honor to draw your attention to the form in which " Regulations for Scholarships," for " Conditions of Affiliation," and for " Appropriation of Funds," have received approval of His Excellency the Governor. The instrument on which that approval is notified consists of a printed slip from the Government Gazette, setting forth the Order in Council. You will observe that, by the 12th section of the New Zealand University Act, it is provided that regulations passed by the Council require, in order to become valid, to be reduced to writing. It is true that these regulations have been reduced to writing, but it appears that the Governor's approval was given on the printed and not on the written copy. I should feel obliged if you would request the Attorney-General to advise as to whether the I printed copy transmitted in your letter of the 27th February last fulfils the requirements of the - 1 section above alluded to; also whether it is one to which the seal of the University should be affixed. I have, &c, Henby John Tancbed, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Chancellor.

No. 10, of Feb. 26, 1872.

No. 11. The Hon. W. Gisbobne to Mr. H. J. Tancbed. (No. 282.) Sib, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 24th April,-1872. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, requesting the opinion of the Attorney-General as to whether the mode of approval of the regulations fulfils the requirements of the 12th section of the New Zealand University Act, and, in reply, to inform you that your letter having been submitted to the Attorney-General, his opinion is, that the Act provides that " the regulations, when sanctioned by the Governor in Council," shall be reduced to writing, and that the instrument by which the Governor's approval is notified is sufficient, although partly in print, but that now these statutes should be reduced by the Council to writing, and sealed. I have, &c, The Chancellor of the New Zealand University, W. Gisbobne. Wellington.

No. 12. Mr. H. J. Tancbed to the Hon. W. Gisbobne. Sib, — University of New Zealand, Wellington, 13th April, 1872. I have the honor to state that the question has heen raised whether the ad eundem degrees which, by the 13th section of the New Zealand University Act, the Council of this University is empowered to confer, gives to graduates so admitted the right to sit as members of the Senate, and to participate in the exercise of the functions and powers of that body, and to request that you will submit the question to the Attorney-General for his opinion. I have, &c, Henry John Tancbed, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Chancellor.

No. 13. The Hon. W. Gisbobne to Mr. H. J. Tanceed. (No. 279.) Sib, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 22nd April, 1872. I have tlie honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, transmitting a question, for the opinion of the Attorney-General, relative to ad eundem degrees, 3

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