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of the scholarship to be, to "follow the precedent of other Colonies sending in accordance with Regulations to be submitted to the Council, two of the "most promising students of our chief colleges, selected by competitive examination, to complete their professional "education in England, especially for Law, Medicine and Civil Engineering." But in a Minute of May 1887, contained in C.A.O. 1024 of 1886, it is recorded that "Dr Bowen, before he left, recommended that the scholarship (1885-70-1888) be awarded. At the second examination was held, also by the Board of Examiners on 7th December 1886, but the scholarship was not awarded because neither of the two candidates who competed satisfied the examiners. Thereupon objections were raised to the local conduct of the Examinations and the third examination was held; the papers set by the Cambridge University Syndicate, on 10th October 1888, when the Scholarship (1889 to 1892) was awarded. It was regretted that the Government Central School (Victoria College) did not benefit from the Scholarship.
The working of this Scholarship Scheme commenced with the first competitive examination held by the Board of Examiners on 8th December 1884 when one of two competitors was awarded the scholarship to the first of three competitors. A fourth Examination was held, in the same way, on 10th October 1890, when the first of three competitors was appointed Government Scholar (1891 to 1894). The next Examination, for which five candidates have entered their names, is to be held on 15th October, 1892.
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