"XTOTICE is hereby given that TEN .131 SCHOLABSHIPS, of the annual value of, Forty Pounds each, and tenable for two years, will be AWARDED upon examination in the month of June next as follows :— ' (a) Two Scholarships open to all children whose age does not exceed eleven yeare on the Ist day of June, 1880. (b) Two Scholarships open to all whose age vetoes not exceed twelve years on the let of June.- .. ■ - :. ■. -■:■■ (0) Two Scholarships open to all whose age does not exceed thirteen years on the Ist of June. (d) Two Scholarships open to all whose age does not exceed fourteen years on the Ist ef June. And Two Scholarships to-be applied to the three classes a, b, and c, according to the respective merit of the candidates in those classes. <■ ■ • Candidates muafc enter their names by giving notice in their own handwriting to the Chairman of the Board on or before the 10th day of May next, in every case,, stating the day and year; of birth, and the school at which the candidate is receiving instruction. The Board will not publish the name of the school'from which a •andidate comes without the consent of the principal teacher of the sohool, which may be sent with the notice of entry. Any candidate not attending eehool must give his or her address. The Board reserves the right of ac quiring proof as to age. : The examinations will be held at Christchurch, beginning on Tuesday, the Ist day of June, for 7 classea (a), Qα), arid (c), and on Tuesday, the Bth day of June, for. olasi (d). Necessary expenses of travelling, and of board and.lodging, will be defrayed by the Board. The subjects in which candidates in classes (a), (b), and (c) will be examined are the follow ing :—Reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, English grammar and composition, geography, and British history. -, -'.-.-: -', ■ The subjects for class (d) are as follows v— Arithmetic KnglishTgrammar and composition, (including spelling), physical and political geography and history (ancient and modern), geometry, and algebra. A Scholarship will not be awarded to any can- Aidate who has not obtained 25 per cent, of the possible number of marks in each subject, and 50 per cent, of the possible total. J. V. COLBOBNE-VEEL, Secretary. Chriatohurch, March 6th, 1880. 