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The Regulations foe Cotjese op Study and Annual Examinations. 1. Every student, upon matriculation, shall obtain the approval of the Chancellor as to the course of instruction to which he will attend during the terms of the University prior to taking his degree, and the Chancellor shall be satisfied that he will obtain adequate instruction in at least three of the following branches of education, viz.:— (1.) Classics. (2.) Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. (3.) Modern Languages other than English. (4.) Physical Science. (5.) English Language and Literature. (6.) General History. (7.) Moral Philosophy and Logic. (8.) Jurisprudence. 2. The following Eegulation of the Council is hereby repealed:—"That persons who have matriculated shall be required to present themselves annually for examination by the University at Lent Term ; and if any absent themselves from such examination, or fail to pass it satisfactorily, they shall, at the discretion of the Council, be required to keep additional terms before proceeding to the B.A. degree,"—and the following substituted : — (1.) All students shall be required to pass an examination, in each year, in such subjects and before such Examiners as may from time to time be appointed under a resolution of the Council; and if any absent themselves from such examination, or fail to pass it satisfactorily, they shall, at the discretion of the Council, be required to keep additional terms before proceeding to a B.A. degree. (2.) Such examination shall be made, so far as possible, to coincide with the annual examination for scholarships, the subjects for which will be given out one year previously. (3.) This examination shall be open to others than members of the University and those qualified to hold scholarships, and two classes (the first to be arranged in order of merit, and the second alphabetically) shall be formed out of those examined ; the first consisting of those who have passed their examination with credit, and the second of those to whom the Examiners have only not refused their certificate of approval. (4.) Any student who shall have satisfactorily passed the annual examination shall be deemed to have kept the three terms of the previous year. Approved in Council, 4th June, 1873. Eotister Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council. Regulations foe the General Examination foe the Degeee of Bacheloe of Acts. 1. No student can be admitted to the final examination for the ordinary degree of Bachelor of Arts who has not entered upon his ninth term, having previously kept eight terms, or unless he shall have kept three years' terras in the University of Otago. 2. The subjects of this examination shall be— (1.) Classics : portions of Greek and Latin authors, to be previously determined upon, with critical, historical, and grammatical questions. (2.) Mathematics, Arithmetic, Euclid (four books), Elementary Algebra, definitions and explanations of algebraical signs and terms, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of algebraical quantities and algebraical fractions, the elementary rules of ratio and proportion, easy equations of a degree not higher than the second, involving not more than two unknown quantities, and questions producing such equations; and also the proofs of the rules of arithmetical and geometrical progression, with simple examples. Elementary Mechanics, treated so as not necessarily to require a knowledge of Trigonometry —viz., the composition and resolution of forces acting in one plane at a point; the mechanical powers, and the properties of the centre of gravity. And Elementary Hydrostatics —viz., the pressure of non-elastic fluids, specific gravities, the properties of elastic fluids, and the principal instruments and machines whose action depends on the properlies of fluids. (3.) Modern Languages, other than English, French, or German.—A portion of some author previously determined upon. (4.) English Language and Literature.—A portion of some standard English author, and an English Essay on some subject to be given. (5.) (Jeneral History. —Some period to be previously determined upon. (6.) Physical Science. —One or more of the following branches : —(<j.) Chemistry ; (J.) Geology and Mineralogy; (c.) Botany ; (d.) Zoology, including Anatomy and Physiology, as defined in extent by a schedule to be determined upon. The examination to have reference to books on each subject which shall be determined upon by the Council of the University. (7.) Moral Philosophy and Logic —viz., Moral and Political Philosophy, Mental Philosophy, Logic, and Political Economy. The examination to have reference to books on each subject, as may be prescribed by the Council of the University. (8.) Law and Constitutional History, with reference to books and periods of history to be determined upon. 3. No person shall be approved by the Examiners unless he show a competent knowledge of three of the above subjects of examination, one of which must be Classics or Mathematics. 4. Every person intending to present himself for final examination shall, at least six months previously, signify to the Chancellor the subjects, not being more than four of the above subjects, in which he shall elect to be examined.