The' time allowed for each paper was three hours.'". • Competition for the Masonic scholarships, offered by tbe fraternity iu the Wellington district, were held on Monday last in this city and in the Wairarapa, tbe examiners being the Rev. Mr Paige and Mr Kenneth Wilson. There were in all'thirteen candidates. The prize is a scholarship, valued at £ls, for two years, and the competitors have also the - advantage of a subsidiary inducement offered them. In the event of the examiners reporting favorably as to the qualifications of the second candidate in order of merit, Messrs Wilson and rChnrlewood, of Thorndon, offer free pupilage to such oaudidate for two years at their school, and the Rev. B. W. Harvey makes similar offer, provided the parents.of the competitor will pay usual rates for board and lodging. .... The Agent-General has received a large number of applications for the professorial Chairs of the Auckland College. For classics and English, .87 ; for mathematics, 61 ; for chemistry, .43 ; and for natural science, 23. For the head mastership of the Waitaki High ■ School, 700 applications were made for forms, and out of these-230 were returned filled up iu due form. The Aaent-General expected to make his final selection ir November, but the result has not yet been received here. The .Government have received a report of [‘the result of the matricu'ation uxomin ition, held in 1 New Zealand, in connection with the New Zealand University. There were three candidates, one. from the Canterbury College, one from the Otago University, and one from the Nelson College. Of these the first-named was unsuccessful, being rejected by the ex aminers on account of weakness in German and Latin. The other two candidates have passed in the ” honors division. Number 1207 (Mr J. W. Salmoud, Otago University) is placed equal with the first candidate iu the original honors list. The place of the other candidate (Mr T. R. Fleming, of Nelsou Col lege) is next to the 24th candidate in tbe original honors list. The result of the ex aminations has been communicated to tbe Gil christ Trustees, and they, no doubt, will forward to the New Zealand Government an official notification that the Gilchrist scholarship has been awarded Mr Salinond. -■ j. Yesterday was expected to he l<juite a gala day at tbe Terrace School. 