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No. 4. The Secretary- of Education to the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand. Sic, — Education Department, Wellington, 17th May, 1878. Eeferring to your letter of the Bth instant, I have the honor, by direction of the Minister acting for the Minister of Education to return to you the regulations {vide Enclosures to No. 3) of the Senate, duly approved by the Governor in Council, together with a copy of the Gazette in which they have been published. I have, &c, The Chancellor, University of New Zealand, Christchurch. John Hislop.

No. 5. The Hon. the Colonial Secretart to the Agent-General, London. Sir,— Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 22nd May, 1878. _ The Senate of the University of New Zealand has forwarded a recommendation that application should be made to the authorities of the University of Loudon for the extension to this colony of the Scholarships established by the Gilchrist Educational Trust. I have to request you to be good enough to place yourself in communication with the authorities of the University of London, and to take such other steps as you may deem advisable for securing to this colony the advantages of the Scholarships referred to. I enclose an extract from " The Sydney University Calendar," which furnishes information as to the terms upon which the Scholarships are held. I forward also copies of the New Zealand University Calendar, and other papers, which will enable you to inform the authorities of the University of Loudon as to what is doing here in regard to University education. I may mention that Dr. Hector, when in England, had a conversation with Dr. Carpenter, the Eegistrar of the London University, on the subject of the Gilchrist Scholarships, and ascertained from him that these are open to New Zealand in common with the other Australian colonies. I have, &c, The Agent-Gener_tl for New Zealand, J. Ballance, London. (in the absence of the Colonial Secretary). • Enclosure in No. 5. Extract from "The Sydney University Calendar," IS7O, p. 125. 11. Gilchrist Scholarship. A Scholarship of the annual value of £100 per annum, and tenable for three years, has been established by the Gilchrist Educational Trust to be awarded to a candidate who shall have graduated in arts either iv the University of Sydney or in the University of Melbourne, and who shall have been resident in Australia for the five years immediately preceding his graduation. The award of the Scholarship will be made alternately by the authorities of the two Universities. The holder of the Scholarship is allowed an option as to place of study between the University of Edinburgh and University College, London, but is expected to pursue his studies with a view to graduation in one of the four faculties of the University of London. By Authority : Geoege DiDSBrKT, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7B. [Price 6d.