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27.-A candidate shall not be admitted to the Degree of 8-10-89 Bachelor of Engineering unless he shall produce a certificate from the Dean of the Faculty of Science that he is of nine terms' standing, that he has passed all the examinations, and has satisfactorily complied with all the other conditions required of him since his admission to the University.

28. The candidate who shall most distinguish himself in 11-9-93 the Honour Division of the Third Annual Examination shall, if of sufficient merit, receive a bronze medal.

29.-The examination for the Degree of Master of Engineer- 8-10-89 ing shall take place once a year. This degree shall not be conferred until after the expiration of three Academic years from the granting of the B.E. Degree.

30. Every candidate shall be required to produce to the 9-2-92 Board of Examiners satisfactory certificates or other evidence of having been engaged during three years in the practice of one of the four branches of Engineering specified in By-law 31, one year at least of which must have been spent in acquiring a practical knowledge of the branch or branches selected, under the direction of an Engineer or Architect practising the branch or branches in which he wishes to be examined.

31.-Candidates for the Degree of Master of Engineering 13-12-92 shall have taken Honours in the Professional subjects of the examination for the Degree of B.E.; or must attain the standard for Honours at some subsequent B.E. Examination, and shall be required to pass examinations in one of the following divisions or branches :

I. Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel, Timber,
Masonry, and Concrete.

II. Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering.

III. Railway Engineering, including Railway Location,
Permanent Way, Locomotives and Rolling Stock,
and Railway Appliances.

IV. Architecture, Building Construction, and Sanitation.
V. Mechanical Engineering and Machine Construction.
VI. Mining and Metallurgy.

VII. Electrical Engineering.

Candidates must give at least twelve months' notice of their intention to proceed to the Master's Degree.

Candidates shall be required to prepare a complete set of working drawings and specifications of such works or machinery as the examiners may require in the particular division or branch of Engineering selected.

8-10-89 32.-The diplomas for the Degrees of Bachelor and Master of Engineering shall specify the branch or branches of Engineering for which they are granted.

8-10-89 33.-The fees for the Degrees of Bachelor and Master of Engineering shall be ten pounds respectively; no candidate shall be admitted to either examination unless he shall have previously paid this fee to the Registrar. If a candidate fail to pass the examination the fee shall not be returned to him, but he shall be admissible to one subsequent examination for the same Degree without the payment of an additional fee.

8-10-89 34.-Graduates in Engineering in any branch may, upon passing the Degree Examination in any other branch or branches, and producing satisfactory evidence of practical work therein, receive a certificate for such additional branch or branches.

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35.-The fee for such additional examination for the Degrees of Bachelor and of Master of Engineering shall be ten pounds. 11-9-98 36. The candidate who shall most distinguish himself in the examination for the Degree of Master of Engineering shall, if of sufficient merit, receive a bronze medal.

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CHAPTER XIX.- ADMISSION AD EUNDEM GRADUM.

1.-Admission ad eundem gradum in the University may, at the discretion of the Senate, be granted without examination to Graduates of the following approved Universities, that is to say, the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, the Victoria University, the Universities of St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dublin, the Queen's University of Ireland, and the Royal University of Ireland, lately established in its place; and the Universities of Melbourne, New Zealand and Adelaide; and may also be granted to Graduates of such other Universities as the Senate may from time to time determine; provided always that they shall give to the Registrar, to be submitted to the Senate, sufficient evidence of their alleged Degrees respectively, and of their good fame and character. Upon the approval of his application each candidate shall pay to the Registrar a fee of two pounds for the entry of his name on the University books, in addition to the prescribed fee for his Degree.

CHAPTER XX.-REGISTER OF GRADUATES.

1.-A Register of Graduates of the University shall be kept 6-7-87 by the Registrar in such manner as the Senate shall from time to time direct.

2.-A Register of the Members of Convocation shall be kept 5-7-87 by the Registrar in such manner as the Senate shall from time to time direct, and such Register shall be conclusive evidence that any person whose name shall appear thereon at the time of his claiming a vote at a Convocation is so entitled to vote.

CHAPTER XXI.—SUBSTITUTES FOR OFFICERS.

1. Any act required by the By-laws to be performed by 5-7-87 any officer of the University may, during the absence or other incapacity of such officer, unless otherwise provided, be performed by a person appointed by the Senate to act in his place.

CHAPTER XXII.-ACADEMIC COSTUME.

1.-The Academic costume shall be for

The Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor—a robe and cap
similar to those worn by the Chancellor of the
University of Oxford. In undress, the silk gown
worn by other members of the Senate, black velvet
cap and gold tassel.

A Member of the Senate-the habit of his Degree, or
a black silk gown of the description worn by Gra-
duates holding the Degree of Doctor, with tippet of
scarlet cloth, edged with white fur, and lined with
blue silk, black velvet trencher cap.

Doctor of Laws, Medicine or Science-the gown worn
by Graduates holding the Degree of Doctor in the
Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, black cloth
trencher cap.

Doctor of Laws-hood of scarlet cloth, lined with
blue silk.

Doctor of Medicine-hood of scarlet cloth, lined with
purple silk.

Doctor of Science-hood of scarlet cloth, lined with
amber-coloured satin.

Master of Arts-the ordinary Master's gown of Oxford
or Cambridge, of silk or bombazine with black silk
hood lined with blue silk, black cloth trencher cap.

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Master of Surgery-the ordinary Master's gown of Oxford or Cambridge, of silk or bombazine, with hood of scarlet cloth lined with French grey, black cloth trencher cap.

Master of Engineering-a Master of Arts gown, with black silk hood, lined with light maroon-coloured silk, black cloth trencher cap.

Bachelor of Laws or Medicine-the black gown worn by civilians in Oxford or Cambridge holding Degrees, black cloth trencher cap.

Bachelor of Laws-hood of black silk, edged with blue silk.

Bachelor of Medicine-hood of black silk, edged
with purple silk.

Bachelor of Arts, Science, or Engineering-a plain
black stuff
gown, black cloth trencher cap.
Bachelor of Arts-hood similar to that worn by the
B.A. at Cambridge.

Bachelor of Science-hood of black stuff, edged with
amber-coloured silk.

Bachelor of Engineering-hood of black stuff, edged with light maroon-coloured silk.

An Officer not being a Graduate-a black silk gown of the description worn by civilians not holding Degrees, black cloth trencher cap.

Undergraduate a plain black stuff gown, black cloth trencher cap.

Scholar-plain black stuff gown, with a velvet bar and shoulder strap, black cloth trencher cap.

2.-Members of the University shall on all public occasions, when convened for Academic purposes, appear in their Academic

costume.

3.-The Undergraduates shall appear in Academic costume when attending lectures and on all public occasions in the University; and, whenever they meet the Fellows, Professors, or other Superior Officers of the University, shall respectfully 6-5-90 salute them. Provided that students in any Faculty shall be permitted, if deemed expedient by the Faculty, to wear at certain courses of instruction, in lieu of the ordinary Academic dress, a distinguishing badge to be prescribed by such Faculty.

CHAPTER XXIII.—PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

1.-Two Public Examinations shall be held every year, the 5-7-87 one to be called the Junior Public Examination and the other to be called the Senior Public Examination, and shall be open to all candidates, male or female, who may present themselves.

2.-The Public Examinations shall be held at such times and 5-7-87 at such places as the Senate may from time to time appoint.

3. The subjects of the Junior Public Examination shall be 5-7-87 the English Language and Literature, History, Geography, the Latin, Greek, French, and German Languages, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Natural Science, and such other branches of learning as the Senate may from time to time determine.

4. The subjects of the Senior Public Examination shall be 5-7-87 those mentioned in the foregoing section, together with higher Mathematics, Drawing, Music, Natural Philosophy and such other branches of learning as the Senate may from time to time determine.

5.-Every candidate who shall pass either of these examina- 5-7-87 tions, or such portions of either of them as may be required by the Rules or Orders of the Senate in force for the time being, shall receive a certificate to that effect, specifying the subjects in which he shall have passed, signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and by the Registrar.

6. No person shall be admitted to either of the Public 5-7-87 Examinations until he shall have paid such fees as may be required by the Rules or Orders of the Senate in force for the time being.

7.-The Professors and Assistant Professors not engaged in 18-7-93 tuition except publicly within the University, together with such other persons as the Senate may from time to time appoint, shall form a Board for conducting the Public Examinations; and of this Board the Chairman shall be elected at its first meeting in the year.

8. At the conclusion of each examination the Board shall 27-9-92 publish the result and transmit to the Senate a copy of it, signed by the Chairman and at least one other member.

9.-Subject to these By-laws, the Public Examinations shall 5-7-87 be conducted according to such Rules or Orders as the Senate may from time to time establish.

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