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 of Institution without the permission of the Secretary of State. In the event of the holder of the Scholarship. being articlest his personal approval and consent,
Exament of the firm proposed should be first.
oblamed in writing.
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 dne 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 of for the purpose such person or persons as may be approved by the Governor,
SUBJECTS.
16. The subjects, with the maximum marks attached, will be the following:-
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Latin, or Chemistry, or both, may be offered instead of Euclid, or Mensuration, or both, and will be allowed 100 marks cach.
17. No candidate will be elected who fails to get 400 marks in the four English subjects, together with 300 marks in the remaining subjects.
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DETAILS OF SUBJECTS.
18. History.--An epoch to be selected from time to time by the Inspector of Schools. Literature.---A hand-book on English literature, and a special play of Shakespeare, or work of any
other English poet, to be selected from time to time by the Inspector of Schools.
Geography-General, political, and physical geography, but special knowledge of the British Isles,
of the British Colonies and Dependencies, and of Chiun, will be required.
Arithmetic. All the subjects included in the usual standard text books. Algebra.-To quadratic equations (inclusive).
Euclid-Books I to IV.
Mensuration.-Lengths, areas, volumes, and areas of the surfaces of solids.
Latin. A book of Cæsar, with grammar and translation of short simple sentences into Latin. Chemistry.--Elementary.
19. Within a month after the conclusion of an examination, the details concerning the subjects of the uext ensuing examination will be published in the Government Gazette.
RESULT OF EXAMINATION.
20. Immediately after the receipt of the decision of the Examiners, the names of the first six Candidates will be published, in each case, in the Government Gazette in the order of merit, with the number of marks obtained and the names of the Schools where they were educated.
CORRESPONDENCE.
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21. All correspondence with the Government and with the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, on subjects connected with the Government Scholarships, must be sent through the Inspector of Schools for the time being.
22. Candidates who intend to compete at the next examination should file their applications at the Office of the Inspector of Schools, not later than 1st May next, by using the printed formus approved, for the purpose, by the Governor. The complete list of Candidates, to be submitted for the approval of the Governor, will be open for the inspection of Headmasters during the first week in May.
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