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provided that the former, awarded on the credit pass in the University Entrance Scholarship Examination or on a higher leaving-certificate qualification, should pass under the control of the University of New Zealand, while the latter were provided for by regulations under the Education Act, 1914. Any matriculated student is entitled to an educational bursary who— (i.) Has within the six months immediately preceding completed his term of service as a pupil-teacher or probationer in some education district in accordance with regulations and to the satisfaction of the Education Board and of the Senior Inspector of that district, and declares his intention of entering a recognized training college on the completion of the tenure of his bursary ; or (ii.) Has satisfactorily completed his course of training at a recognized training college and gained a trained-teacher's certificate ; or (iii.) Has otherwise gained a teacher's certificate of a class not lower than Class C. A University bursary is tenable for three years, with a possible extension "to a fourth, and the conditions applying to University national scholars apply also to University bursars, with some relaxation of the rule regarding the keeping of terms. An educational bursary is tenable for three years, with possibly two yearly extensions, at a University college or recognized school of agriculture. The classes taken must be such as to form part of a course in arts, science, or agriculture, and proof of satisfactory progress must be given. The number of bursaries held in 1914 was 286, of which number 110 were held under clause 1 (a) or 1 (b) of the older regulations, and 175 under clause 1 (c), 1 (d), or 1 (c) of those regulations. The total amount paid in fees on. account of the bursaries was £3,469, of which amount £2,574 was in respect of the former class of bursaries. Holders of bursaries under clause 1 (a) or 1 (&) will be eligible to continue as University bursars in 1915. There will be 155 such cases. Bursaries under clause 1 (c), 1 (d), or 1 (c) will be tenable as educational bursaries under the new conditions. There will be 100 such bursaries, distributed as follows : Auckland University College, 13 ; Victoria University College, 32 ; Canterbury College, 30; Otago University, 25. With the view of extending the sphere of usefulness of the special courses in home science and domestic arts inaugurated by the Council of the Otago University, regulations providing for the award of bursaries in connection therewith were issued in November, 1912, under the Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction. "* These bursaries may be awarded on the recommendation of the Council to students who have been resident in the Dominion for not less than twelve months. Applicants must have— (1.) Passed the Matriculation Examination or some other examination approved for the purpose ; or (2.) Obtained at least a partial pass in the examination for the Class D teachers' certificate ; or (3.) Gained a higher leaving certificate or, in the case of pupil-teachers or probationers, a lower leaving certificate. Applicants are required to make a declaration that they will on completion of their course engage in teaching for not less than three years. The term of a bursary is two years, but may be extended for one year longer. A bursar under these regulations receives £20 per annum, together with the fees for the course for the degree or the diploma in home science and domestic arts, and, if obliged to live away from home, an allowance of £30 per annum. These bursaries are not tenable by holders of any other bursaries or of any scholarship of the value of £20 and upwards. Bursaries of this kind have been awarded to six students for the current year (1915), making in all twenty-one bursars in attendance at classes. Fifteen bursars are taking the course for the degree, and six that for the diploma. The degree of bachelor of science in home science has been conferred on two students, while five have qualified for the diploma.