Enclosure 3.
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of the next evening examination will be published in the Government Gazette
With reference to paragraph 18 of the above Amended Regulations for Government Scholarships for the study of Law, Medicine, or Civil Engineering in the United Kingdom, notice is hereby given that the following additional details of subjects, selected by the Inspector of Schools for the purposes of the next examination to be held in October, 1888, have been provisionally approved by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-
History. In addition to general questions regarding the outlines of English History, special questions will be set with reference to the period of the Plantagenets (from Henry II to Richard II).
English Literature.-The period from the Conquest to Chaucer's death (Morley's First Sketch of English Literature). General questions will also be set with reference to the History of English Literature (Stopford Brooke's English Literature Primer).
Play of Shakespeare. Julius Caesar (with simple questions on the history of the words and the construction of sentences, and other questions arising out of the subject).
Latin.-Cæsar de bello Gallico, liber I. Grammatical and other questions will be set on the language and subject matter of the book. One or more easy passages, not contained in the book, will be set for translation into Latin, & vocabulary of the less familiar words being given.
Chemistry. Hydrogen and the Oxides of Hydrogen (Roscoe's Lessons on Elementary Chemistry).
Elements of Euclid.-Book II (with questions, deductions and algebraical applications) and Book IV (text of Euclid only).
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Amended Regulations for Government Scholarships for the Study of Law, Medicine, or Civil Engineering, in the United Kingdom, (18th May, 1887.)
1. The Government of Hongkong offers, for the study of Law, Medicine, or Civil Engineering in the United Kingdom, two Scholarships of £200 (two hundred pounds) each, per annum, for four years, to students of Victoria, St. Joseph's, and St. Paul's Colleges in the Colony of Hongkong, on the following conditions :-
2. One Scholarship will be awarded in each alternate year.
3. The holder of a Scholarship can select the Collegiate course he wishes to follow or the Institution where he is to study, subject to the approval of the Governor or the Secretary of State for the Colonies, but King's College, London, is recommended as the best suited for finishing the education of boys and beginning the course of study required by men in the same establishment.
4. The Scholarships will be awarded, after competitive examination, to the Candidate who obtains the highest marks, but subject to the restrictions mentioned below in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7.
CANDIDATES.
5. The Candidates will be students previously approved by the Governor from Victoria, St. Joseph's, and St. Paul's Colleges in the Colony of Hongkong, and will be required to bring the following certificates from the Head Master of the respective College :-
(a.) Certificate of good moral character.
(b.) Certificate of age. Candidates must not exceed 20 years, nor be below 17 years.
(c) Certificates stating that they have been students, for at least the three (3) years last past previous to the Examination, at the College that presents them or at any two of the above named Colleges.
6. Every Candidate will be required to undergo a Medical Examination with a view to ascertaining that he is in a sound state of health.
7. The successful Candidate will be required,
(a.) To proceed to England within two months of his election.
(b) On his arrival there to report himself to the Colonial Office as having entered his name at the College or Institution, approved by the Governor or Secretary of State, forwarding in proof thereof a letter from the Principal.
(c.) To forward quarterly to the Crown Agents for the Colonies a certificate of good conduct and proficiency in study from the Principal or Head, upon receipt of which the quarterly instalment of his Scholarship will be paid to him.
8. The holder of the Scholarship will cease to be entitled to draw any money if he fail in any of these requirements.
9. Passage will be paid to England by the Government, and in special cases, where the Headmaster certifies it to be absolutely necessary, an advance of $150 will be made for purposes of outfit, but the whole amount must be repaid through the Crown Agents, in quarterly instalments, during the first year of the Scholarship.
10. Return passage will also be paid, if nothing shall have occurred to disqualify the holder of the Scholarship.
11. The holder of the Scholarship will not be allowed to remove to another College or Institution without the permission of the Secretary of State.
EXAMINATION.
12. The time of examination will be within the last fourteen days of the month of October.
13. The next examination will take place in October, 1888, and due notice of the day and hour will be given in the Government Gazette.
EXAMINERS.
14. The Examiners will be the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.
15. The Inspector of Schools will act as local Presiding Examiner and may associate with himself for the purpose such person or persons as may be approved by the Governor.