Entrance Examinations.

1889.—4. That the entrance examination begin on the second Monday in November.

1888,—5. That the Senate of the New Zealand University be respectfully requested to give every encouragement to High Schools by cheapening and localising the Matriculation and Junior Scholarship Examinations so that they may be used to test the work of the ordinary Fifth and Sixth Forms.

1889.—6. That the University of New Zealand be again memorialised, to reduce the fee for matriculation to one guinea.

1888.—7. That in the Matriculation Examination for Arts and Medicine, the subject of Mechanics should be more clearly defined.

1888.—8. That in the University Entrance Examinations the subject under the head of Mathematics should be more clearly defined.

1889.—9. That the amount of Euclid and Algebra for matriculation be increased, and the degree of proficiency necessary for a pass in the other subjects be raised.

1889.—10. That Latin be again placed on the list of compulsory subjects for matriculation.

1888.—11. That it is desirable that no teacher engaged in teaching candidates should examine for scholarship or entrance examination.

1888-9.—12. That it is desirable that each examination paper in the entrance examination of the University of New Zealand should be approved by at least two Examiners in each subject.

1888.—13. That the Conference desires to call attention to the inequitableness of the present system of marking by examiners for the Junior University Scholarships, as practically undue preponderance is given to Science and Modern Languages over Latin and Mathematics in the interruption of the marking instructions.

1888.—14. That certificates be granted to all candidates who in the Junior University Scholarship Examination shall be "deemed to have passed with credit" (see Calendar, University New Zealand, 1888, page 29, § 5), and the subjects in which he has satisfied the Examiners be endorsed on the certificate with some sign appended if he has won distinction in any such subject.

1889.—15. That the certificates to be issued to candidates for Junior Scholarships 'who may be deemed to have passed with page 6 credit,' should be accepted for (1) D certificate:(2) senior Civil service; (3) law preliminary (solicitors): and (4) medical preliminary; if the subjects endorsed on these certificates include those prescribed for the particular examination.

1889.—16. That it is desirable that the number of junior University scholarships be increased.

1889.—17. That these scholarships be divided into two divisions, the object of one, A, being to promote special excellence in certain subjects, or pairs of subjects, and that of the other, B, being to encourage general proficiency all school subjects as at present.