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Bursaries in Edinburgh University (Faculty of Arts)' for the Benefit of Orkney and Zetland Students.

The Orkney and Zetland Bursary, founded by the late Earl of Zetland in 1872, of the annual value of £40, and tenable for three years.

Candidates must be Natives of these Islands, or Children of Parents one or both of whom have been born in, or connected for a long period of years with, the Islands; and must be intending to commence as First-Year Students, and to prosecute their studies for the full curriculum preparatory to Graduation in Arts.

The Earl of Zetland's Bursaries 1877.—(There will ultimately be about seven Bursaries of the annual value of between £30 and £40 each.)

One of these, worth between £35 and £40, will be open for competition at the beginning of Session 1885-6.

Candidates must be Natives of these Islands, or Children of Parents one or both of whom have been born in, or connected for a long period of years with, the Islands; and must be intending to commence as First-Year Students, and to prosecute their studies for the full curriculum preparatory to graduation in Arts. They must also either have been wholly educated in the Islands, or, at least, they must not have attended any school elsewhere for the period of four years before being admitted as Candidates.

The first of these (£20 for three years) was held by—

1881. George William Reid

Further information may be had from Messrs H. G. & S. Dickson, W.S., 12 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, regarding both these Bursaries