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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1895. 1297

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 543.

The following is published.

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By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th December, 1895.

No. 193 T.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET, LONDON,

4th November, 1895.

The Crown Agents for the Colonies bave the honour to forward, at the request of the Com- mittee of Management of the Imperial Institute, a circular relating to the "Ouseley" Scholarships in connection with the School for Modern Oriental Studies.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

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&c.,

&c.,

HONGKONG.

SCHOOL FOR MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES.

ESTABLISHED BY

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE

of the United Kingdom, the Colonies and India,

IN UNION WITH

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

Committee of Management:

THE LORD HERSCHELL, CHAIRMAN (ex-officio).

SIR FREDERICK ABEL (Acting Chairman).

MR. M. M. BнOWNAGGREE. PROF. J. W. BLUMHARDT.

PROF. R. K. DOUGLAS.

SIR FREDERIC GOLDSMID.

SIR PHILIP Magnus.

PROF. MAX MULLER. THE REV. HENRY WACE. LIEUT. COL. C. M. WATSON. SIR CHARLES Wilson. SIR GEORGE YOUNG.

"OUSELEY" SCHOLARSHIPS.

1. The "Ouseley" Scholarships of the above-named School and the expenses connected with their administration are provided for by the annual produce of £5,000 stock and £100 cash, which amounts were vested in the names of the Duke of Fife, K.T., Lord Rosebery and Lord Herschell as Trustees by the Misses Ouseley, in memory of their father the late Colonel Jasper W. J. Ouseley.

2. The Scholarships are to be given for proficiency in Arabic, Persian, Hindustani and other Oriental

Languages, or in some or one of such languages.

3. The value of each Scholarship will be £50 per aunum.

4. The examinations will be held in July of each year, as follows:-

An examination for one Scholarship in July, 1892.

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two Scholarships

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1893.

three Scholarships 1894, and in each subsequent year.

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5. The Scholarships are tenable for two years provided that the conduct of the Scholar is considered to be satisfactory by the Trustees, and power is given to the Trustees to extend the tenure to three years in special cases.

6. Candidates must either have been Students of the Imperial Institute School of Oriental Studies or they must become Students therein if elected, for so long a period as the Scholarship is tenable, and in no case for less than one year.

7. The ages of Candidates are to be within the limits prescribed for admission to competition for the Indian Civil Service, viz: above 21 years and under 23 years on the 1st of April of the year of examination.