The New Zealand University Calendar, Volume 21

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Page 164 - ... and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of...
Page 164 - And, lastly, We do hereby, for Us, our heirs and successors, grant and declare that these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things valid and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be...
Page 166 - Academic distinctions and rewards of merit, and be entitled to rank, precedence, and consideration in our United Kingdom and in our Colonies and possessions throughout the world as fully as if the laid Degree had been granted by any University of our said United Kingdom.
Page iv - Council or Senate to report annually to the Governor. 18. The said Council or Senate shall, during the month of January in every year, report the proceedings of the University during the previous year to the Governor, and such report shall contain a full account of the income and expenditure of the said University, audited in such manner as the Governor may direct, and a copy of every such report, and of all the statutes and regulations of the University, allowed as aforesaid by the Governor, shall...
Page 169 - Calcutta for the purpose of ascertaining, by means of examination, the persons who have acquired proficiency in different branches of Literature, Science, and Art, and of rewarding them by Academical Degrees as evidence of their respective attainments, and marks of honour proportioned thereunto...
Page 102 - Acoustics. Sensation and external cause of Sound. Mode of its transmission. Nature of wave-motion in general. Application of the wave-theory to Sound. Elements of a musical sound. Loudness and extent of vibration. Pitch and rapidity of vibration. Measures of absolute, and of relative, pitch. Resonance. Analysis of compound sounds. Helmholtz's theory of musical quality. Motion of sounding strings. The pianoforte and other stringed instruments. Motion of sounding air-columns. Flue and reed stops of...
Page 109 - May respectively, an application to be examined, accompanied by the following papers : — (a.) An extract from the register of his birth ; or in default, a declaration made by one of his parents or guardians before a magistrate, giving his exact age.
Page 165 - Letters Patent under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland bearing date at Westminster the...
Page 61 - Logarithms. The elementary parts of Plane Trigonometry, so far as to include the solution of triangles.
Page 168 - Colony and shall be capable in law to take purchase and hold all goods chattels and personal property whatsoever and shall also be able and capable in law to receive take purchase and hold for ever not only such lands buildings hereditaments and possessions as may from time to time be exclusively used and occupied by the immediate requirements of the said University...

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