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Enclosure in No. 4. Eesolutions. 1. That the Government be moved to ascertain whether the University has acquired the right of absolutely nominating one cadet every year; whether such nominated cadet would be admitted to the Eoyal Military College without further examination; whether the University is at liberty to nominate any one of its students, whatever may be his standing in the University; and whether the three rules laid down in the letter from the War Office to the Colonial Office of 29th July, 1880, and the conditions prescribed in the same letter with regard to geometrical drawing, are applicable to cadets absolutely nominated by the University. 2. That the preliminary examination being of such a character that it seems quite unnecessary to establish any organisation other than that which is already in operation for conducting University entrance examination, and the expense attending a journey from New Zealand to Melbourne or any other distant centre being so great as practically to exclude all New Zealand candidates from participation in the advantage which it is proposed to offer, the Government be moved to secure the recognition of the entrance examination of this University as equivalent to the preliminary examination. 3. That the Government be moved to take steps to have the first examination for the B.A. degree of this University recognised as sufficient to exempt candidates from the "further" examination for admission to the Eoyal Military College. 4. That the Government be moved to take steps to obtain a relaxation of the rule requiring a cadet to enter the Military College within six months of his passing the requisite qualifying examination, by the substitution of " twelve " instead of " six."

• ' * No. 5. The Secretary for Education to the Eegistrar. Sir, — Education Department, Wellington, 12th July, 1881. I have the honour, by direction of the Minister of Education, in reply to your letter of the 13th May, to inform you that His Excellency the Governor has been advised to communicate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies the four resolutions of the Senate respecting cadetships at the Eoyal Military Academy. I have, &c., The Eegistrar, University of New Zealand, John Hislop. Christchurch.

No. 6. The Secretary for Education to the Eegistrar. Sir, — Education Department, Wellington, 16th February, 1881. I have the honour, by direction of the Minister of Education, to forward, for the information of the Chancellor and Senate of the University, the accompanying correspondence relating to the awarding of the Gilchrist Scholarship^ Mr. W. H. Herbert, a graduate of the University of New Zealand. I have, &c, The Eegistrar, University of New Zealand. John Hislop.

Enclosure 1 in No. 6. The Eegistrar, London University, to the Colonial Office. University of London, Burlington Gardens, W., Sir,— 17th December, 1880. With reference to the matriculation examination recently held in New Zealand in connection with this University, I have the honour to inform you that the only candidate who presented himself at that examination (Mr. W. H. Herbert, of Canterbury College, Christchurch) has passed in the Honours Division, and that the marks assigned to him by the Examiners place him next to the seventh of the candidates in the original Honours List, and would have entitled him to a prize had he been examined in this country. I will communicate this result to the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust, and you will no doubt hear from him that the Gilchrist Scholarship is awarded to Mr. W. H. Herbert. I enclose a few pass lists for transmission to New Zealand, together with the candidate's certificate of birth (which we do not require). I have, &c, Arthur Milman, E. G. W. Herbert, Esq., Colonial Office. Eegistrar.

Enclosure 2 in No. 6. Dr. Carpenter to the Colonial Office. Gilchrist Educational Trust, 4, Broad Sanctuary, S.W., Sir,— 22nd December, 1880. I have the honor to request that you will inform the Government of New Zealand, by the next mail, that the Gilchrist Scholarship has been awarded to Mr, William Henry Herbert, of