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Balance-Sheet. —Scholarship Account. 1882. £ s. d. 1882. £ s. d. Jan. 1, To Balance for 1881 ... ... 5,213 13 10 Jan. 1. By Scholarships ... ... 1,200 0 0 Transfer from General Account 2,250 0 0 Transfer to General Account ... 323 11 3 Refund from General Account... 700 0 0 Interest ~,' ... ... 0 3 4 Interest ... ... ... 202 11 2 Balance on fixed deposit ... 6,700 0 0 Balance in bank... £243 15 5 less unpresented cheques ... 101 5 0 £8,366 5 0 142 10 5 To Balance brought down, Ist Jan., £8,366 5 0 1882 ... ... ... £6,842 10 5 _— Balance-Sheet.—Bowen Prize Account. 1882. £ s. d. 1882. £ s. d. Jan. 1. To Balance for 1881 ... ... 125 8 7 Jan. 1. By Balance in bank ... ... 131 1 1 Interest ... ... ... 5 12 6 ] £131 11 £131 1 1 To Balance brought down, Ist Jan., 1883 ~. ... ... £131 1 1 GrENEEAL BALANCE-SHEET. 1882. £ s. d. 1881. £ 8. d. Jan. 1. To Balance from 1881 ... ... 5,745 14 11 Jan. 1. By Expenditure—Beceipts — General Account ... ... 2,241 11 4 General Account ... ... 5,549 5 0 Scholarship Account ... 1,200 3 4 Scholarship Account ... 202 11 2 Balances— Bowen Prize Account ... 512 6 General Account ... ... 1,087 17 5 Scholarship Account ... 142 10 5 Bowen Prize Account ... 131 1 1 Fixed deposits ... ... 6,700 0 0 £11,503 3 1 m £11,503 3 7 To Balance brought down, Ist Jan., 1883 ... ... ... 8,061 811 I have audited this account and have compared the items with the various vouchers and find it correct. The balances are accurately stated. J. Ollivieb, 10th February, 1883. Provincial District Auditor.

Sub-Enclosure 2 to Enclosure in No. 5.

Statute amending Statute "Of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts." I. Section I. of the statute " Of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts " is hereby repealed so far as relates to subsection 10, "Natural Science, B. Biology," and the following enacted in lieu thereof:— "B. Biology. — (Two papers.) — (a.) General principles of biology, including those of physiology, of distribution, and of classification. (5.) One of the following : (1.) Zoology : Animal morphology, the principal characters of the chief groups of animals, and the main facts of their distribution in time and space. (2.) Botany: Vegetable morphology, including histology, the principal characters of the chief groups of plants, and the main facts of their distribution in time and space. (3.) Anatomy and Physiology : Human anatomy and physiology. A candidate in natural science will be required, on presenting himself for examination, to furnish to the supervisor a certificate from a teacher of the subject or branch subject that he has passed a practical examination in such subject, as follows : For Geology .- Determinafion by physical characters of minerals and rocks; determination of fossils; construction of geological sections. For Zoology: Dissection and microscopical examination of types of four different groups of invertebrate animals and of two different groups of vertebrate animals. For Anatomy and Physiology: Dissection of the human body. For Botany .- Dissection and "microscopical examination of types of four different groups of cryptogamic plants and of eight different orders of phanerogamic plants. The certificate must be given by a teacher in an affiliated institution shall have been authorized by the Chanceljojl to grant certificates. A fee of one guinea shall be paid fry the candidate to the teacher for conducting the practical examination, unless the candidate be attending the lectures of such teacher. 11. Section 111. of the same statute is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: —

The examination may be passed in two sections. Either two or three subjects of examination, one of which must be either Latin or mathematics, sball constitute the first section, which may be taken after two years' terms have been kept by the candidate, and the remaining subjects shall constitute the second section, which may be taken after three years' terms have been kept; or, at the option of the candidate, all the subjects may be taken together after three years' terms have been kept. 111. Section VII. of the same statute is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof : — Teachers in affiliated institutions and certificated teachers of good repute in any school established or conducted under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly or of a Provincial Council of this colony, having been in the practice of their profession for at least five years, may be admitted on the recommendation of the Chancellor or of the Vice-Chan-cellor to the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, to be passed either in one or two sections, on payment of the ordinary fees, without matriculation and the keeping of University terms ; and on passing that examination shall be entitled to all the other privileges of graduates of the University of the same standing, anything in other statutes of the University notwithstanding: Provided that under this clause no teacher sball be admitted to the first section of his examination beyond the B.A. examination of the year 1884: Provided also that every teacher admitted to examination under this clause shall give three months' notice to the Chancellor of the subjects in which he shall elect to be examined. Statute amending Statute " Of Admissions ad eundem." I. Sections I. and 11. of the statute "Of Admissions ad eundem " are hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof :— I. Any person may be admitted without examination as an undergraduate member of the University who shall have passed