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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND (PAPERS RELATING TO).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

No. 1. The Chancellor of the New Zealand University to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Sir, — University of New Zealand, Nelson, 21st March, 1877. I have the honor to inform you that the Senate of the University has passed the following resolution: — "That the Chancellor be requested to inquire from the Colonial Secretary why the RegistrarGeneral refuses to register ad eundem Degrees of Medicine granted by the New Zealand University."j In pursuance of the above resolution, I have the honor to ask you to be good enough to supply me with the required information. I have, &c, Henry John Tancred, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Chancellor.

No. 2. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to the Hon. the Chancellor of the New Zealand University. Sir, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1877. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st ultimo, asking why the Registrar-General refuses to register ad eundem Degrees of Medicine granted by the New Zealand University, and, in reply, to transmit to you a copy of a memorandum by Mr. Brown, explaining the reasons for such refusal. I have, &c, The Chancellor of the New Zealand University, Christchurch. Daniel Pollen.

Enclosure in No. 2. The Registrar-General to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. " The Medical Practitioners Act, 1869," section 12, specified certain qualifications which entitled the holder to be registered under that Act. The only part of the section that embraces other than qualifications of the United Kingdom or Ireland is the last subsection but one. It will be observed that the diploma or degree therein specified must be obtained after " due examination," and must bo one that, per se, entitles the holder to practise medicine. An ad eundem degree of the University of New Zealand does not come within the terms of the subsection. It is not obtained after due examination, but is merely an honorary degree given in consequence of a degree having been obtained elsewhere, nor does it, in itself, entitle the holder to practise medicine. I therefore refused to register the ad eundem degree as an additional medical qualification under the aforesaid Act. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. W. R. E. Brown.

No. 3. Mr. Maskell to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Sir, — University of New Zealand, Christchurch, sth April, 18.77. I have the honor, by the direction of the Chancellor, to forward to you herewith copies of the Regulations made by the Senate of the University at its recent session, and to request that His Excellency the Governor be respectfully requested to approve the same. I have, &c, W. M. Maskell, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Registrar. I—H. 7.