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SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS.
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The examination will be held daily from 10 A. M. to 1½ P. M., and from 3 to 5½ P. M. precisely, at which hours all answers to the morning and afternoon papers, respectively, must be given in. Candidates are recommended to be in attendance a quarter of an hour earlier than the beginning of each examination, in order that no time may be lost in taking their places.

2. The subjects for the essays will be set, and the papers of questions will be prepared, in strict accordance with the scholarship rules, by the gentlemen whose names are appended to each:

English Scholarships.

Senior.

English Essay J. Kerr, Esq., M. A.

Rhetoric, R. Jones, Esq.

Literature Proper, J. Kerr, Esq., M. A.

History, H. Woodrow, Esq., M. A.

Pure Mathematics

R. Thwaytes, Esq., B. A.

Mixed Mathematics,

Vernacular Essay, The Revd. K. M. Banerjea.

Latin Essay, H. Woodrow, Esq., M. A.

Junior.

English Grammar, A. S. Harrison, Esq., B. A.

History, G. Lewis, Esq.

Geography, W. Brennand, Esq.

Mathematics, V. L. Rees, Esq.

Translation, Babu Ram Chuuder Mitter.

Arabic Scholarships.

Calcutta Mudrissa,

Senior and Junior,

Dr. A. Sprenger.

Hooghly Mudrissa, Senior and Junior,

Sanscrit Scholarships.

Senior and Junior Major G. T Marshall.

3. The following subjects were selected in 1850 as the standard in Literature, History, Pure and Mixed Mathematics, from which the examination papers of the present year will be prepared.