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ships and exhibitions which might be taken would be limited only by the total 

 numbers, and depend entirely on colonial competition, but the local exhibi- 

 tions would be only held by the boys of the individual school , so that local 

 exhibitions would provoke competition among the boys of the school, the 

 colonial exhibitions among State schools, and the colonial scholarships would 

 be State schools against each other, and against private and other schools. In 

 these examinations less than 40 per cent, in any subject should be considered 

 a failure in that subject, and the marks should not count. 10. University 

 fellowships: the competitors who stand highest in the University examinations 

 for B.A. and B.Sc. should have fellowships to enable them to assist professors 



in original research, or to undertake research themselves. The fellows should 

 be allowed to choose the college they would attend. They should hold the 

 fellowships only on the condition of being at the college during its regular 

 hours, or being engaged on some investigation elsewhere, with the knowledge 

 of the Board of Governors. The fellowships should not depend upon the 

 holders being or remaining single. They should be granted for two years, and 

 should be renewed if the work done by the fellow was of a valuable kind. 

 It would further be desirable to have some provision made whereby all 

 original work done by the professors, lecturers, fellows, or students of a 

 college might be published in a quarto volume with the necessary illustrative 

 engravings. Those engaged in original research, together with the chairman 

 of the college, should form a committee of publication. If the papers were of 

 a valuable kind the transactions could be exchanged for the transactions of 

 other learned societies. This would be of immense value to original workers. 



Prize Medals, etc. 

 1. Local prizes given by persons in the neighbourhood, or out of the 

 individual school funds, to be given on the result of the master's quarterly 

 examinations. 2. Small Government prizes should be given on the result of 

 the inspector's examination of the junior boys. 3. In the senior examinations 

 of both elementary and advanced schools there should be prizes awarded on 

 absolute knowledge, and medals awarded on both comparative and absolute 

 knowledge. In each subject of examination every boy who obtains 90 per 



cent, of marks should have first-class prizes, 75 per cent, second class, GO 

 per cent, third class, 40 per cent, should pass a boy without a prize. Provided 

 the examiner considers that a sufficient standard is reached the first boy in 

 each subject should have a gold medal, the two next boys silver medals, and 



three 



next boys bronze medals. The examinations upon which the 

 scholarships and exhibitions were awarded would be only intended for the 

 boys whom the master considered competent to pass into the higher schools or 

 colleges. The masters should be paid capitation fees upon all successful 

 students, but a small fee sufficient to cover the expenses of the examination 



