vided that there are three unmarried Official Fellows resident in College.

An Official Fellow is entitled, after thirty-five years' service, to retain for life a Fellowship and to receive £100 a year in addition to the emoluments of that Fellowship; and the College may also confer this right on a Fellow who has served it for twenty-eight years: but not more than two Fellowships shall at any time be held on these terms.

Wadham.

(1) Ordinary Fellowships. These are to be not fewer than two, if the whole number be eight, nor fewer than four, if the whole number be ten.

Candidates must have passed the Examinations for the B.A. degree; and there is a property disqualification.

One Fellowship is to be given for the encouragement of the study of Medicine.

The tenure of two Fellowships, and not more at any one time, may be prolonged for a period not exceeding two years, provided that the holders have for that period been resident and employed in the educational work of the College.

(2) Official Fellowships. These are to be not more than five, tenable by persons holding any of the offices of Tutor, Lecturer, or Bursar during their tenure of office.

The qualifications for these Fellowships are the same as those for Ordinary Fellowships: but in certain specified cases the usual qualifications may be dispensed with at the election of a Tutor or a Bursar to a Fellowship renewable from time to time on the same conditions.

Tutors are appointed by the Warden subject to the approval of the College; they are appointed for any period not exceeding ten years, and are re-eligible for similar successive periods.

The yearly emoluments of an Official Fellow who is Tutor are (1) £200, (2) a sum paid out of the Tuition Fund beginning at £200 and rising to £600.

Provided that there are resident in the College two Fellows who are College officers, an Official Fellow having held his Fellowship for seven years may marry and yet retain his Fellowship;

moreover, if by marriage within seven years after election he vacate his Fellowship, he may be elected to fill the vacancy.

The Warden and Fellows may assign a pension to any Tutor who has served the College for twenty-five years as Tutor or Lecturer.

Pembroke.

(1) Ordinary Fellowships. The number is to be not less than three.

Candidates must have passed the Examinations for the B.A. degree.

The tenure of a Fellowship may be prolonged for not more than three years, provided that the holder has for that period been resident and employed in the educational work of the College or as Bursar: but this prolonged tenure may be granted to not more than one Fellow at any one time.

(2) Tutorial Fellowships. The number is to be not greater than five; they are assigned to Tutors or Lecturers.

The election may be either after or without an examination. These Fellowships are tenable for ten years, and renewable for successive periods of not more than ten years.

The yearly stipend is (1) £200, (2) a sum not exceeding £50 out of the Corporate` Revenue, (3) such payment out of the Tuition Fund as may be allotted.

A Tutorial Fellow vacates his Fellowship by marriage.

After thirty years' service a Tutorial Fellow may be transferred to an Ordinary Fellowship, which he may hold for life, by way of pension.

(3) Sheppard Fellowships. These are two in number: the holder of one must be called to the Bar as soon as he lawfully can; the holder of the other must proceed, as soon as he lawfully can, to the degrees of B.M. and D.M.

Worcester.

The number of Fellowships is to be not less than nine nor greater than ten.

They are tenable for seven years with a stipend not below £150 nor above £200 a year.

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Candidates must have passed the Examinations for the B.A. degree; and there is a property disqualification.

In certain specified cases the usual qualifications may be dispensed with at the election (or re-election after seven years) of four persons, and not more at any one time, qualified for any of the offices of Tutor, Lecturer, or Bursar. The appointment of a Tutor or Lecturer under these provisions is for a period of not more than fifteen years in the first instance, and afterwards for successive periods of not more than ten years.

A Fellow, if unmarried when thus elected or re-elected as Tutor or Lecturer, vacates his Fellowship by marriage: but he may be elected to fill the vacancy, provided that there are resident within the College two unmarried Fellows being Tutors or Lecturers.

A Tutor may receive, besides the emolument of his Fellowship, a yearly sum not exceeding £100 out of the Corporate Revenue, as well as any stipend paid to him out of the Tuition Fund.

Two Fellows, and not more at any one time, after thirty years' service are entitled to retain their Fellowships for life.

Hertford.

The number of Fellowships is nineteen. Fifteen are tenable by unmarried persons only; of two the holders must be married at the time of their election; the other two are temporary and unendowed. All the endowed Fellowships are open to persons who have passed all the Examinations required for the degree of B.A. in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin. Most of them are limited to members of the Church of England, or of Ireland, or of the Protestant Episcopal Churches of Scotland, the British Colonies, or the United States of America.

III. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS,

AND CLERKSHIPS.

Scholarships are awarded after a competitive examination. The following limitations as to age and tenure exist in every College, unless some special difference is noted.

Candidates must not be more than nineteen years of age on the day of election.

The tenure is in the first instance for two years 1: it may then be renewed for a further period of two years, in case the conduct and diligence of the Scholar have been satisfactory; and the tenure may be extended on special grounds for one year longer. The stipend of an Open Scholarship in no case exceeds £80 a year inclusive of all allowances.

About two-thirds of the whole number are awarded for excellence in Classics, the remainder are divided between other branches of University study; Mathematics, Natural Science, Modern History and Modern Languages, have in certain Colleges Scholarships specially assigned to them. The examination-papers are not published, but copies of them can sometimes be procured from one of the officers of a College; and candidates who have not been at one of the larger Public Schools, where the standard required is usually well known, will do well to endeavour to ascertain the nature of what is required of them before entering into the competition.

Exhibitions differ from Scholarships partly in that the limit of age is often extended, and partly in that they are frequently confined to persons who produce evidence of their need of assistance. They are commonly given after an examination of the same kind as that which is held for Scholarships.

Bible-Clerkships are offices to which certain duties, such as those of marking the attendance of Undergraduates in Chapel and of saying Grace at dinner, are usually attached. They are in the free gift of the Head of a College or Hall, but it is not infrequent for him to open them to a competition among persons who produce evidence of want of pecuniary assistance.

At University there are

(1) Seventeen Scholarships of the annual value of £80. The election is held either in Michaelmas or in Hilary Term.

(2) Fifteen Exhibitions. Of these the Heron and the two Lodge Exhibitions (value not exceeding £70) are open to all persons in need of support at the University who are not over twenty-one years of age or six Terms of standing: the three Freeston Exhibitions (value £50) are confined in the first instance to

1 This period begins on the day of election in almost every case, if the Scholar be already matriculated; if not, most Colleges may, within specified limits, fix a day from which the two years shall be reckoned.

the Grammar Schools of Normanton, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Swillington, and the four Gunsley Exhibitions (value not less than £45) to the Grammar Schools of Rochester and Maidstone. All the above Exhibitions are held on the same tenure as Scholarships.

At Balliol there are

(1) Fifteen Foundation Scholarships, three of which are awarded every year in Michaelmas Term, after an examination in Classics. Their annual value is about £80 per annum during residence.

(2) Four Mathematical Scholarships, one of which is awarded every year. They are open to all persons who have not exceeded one year from their matriculation. Their annual value is £80.

(3) Four Modern History Scholarships, one of which is awarded every year. They are open to all candidates who have not exceeded two years from their matriculation. Their annual value is £80.

(4) Four Natural Science Scholarships, one of which is awarded every year. They are open to all candidates who have not exceeded two years from their matriculation. Their annual value is £80.

(5) Fifteen Classical Exhibitions, of which three or four are awarded every year. They are open to all persons who have not exceeded eight Terms from their matriculation, and are subject to the same limitations as to tenure as the Scholarships. Their annual value is £70.

(6) An Exhibition (called the Jenkyns Exhibition) is usually awarded every year, after a competitive examination in Scholarship, History, and Philosophy, to an Undergraduate of the College of not more than sixteen Terms' standing. Its annual value is £100, it is tenable for four years, and it may be held together with any other Scholarship or Exhibition in the College.

(7) It has also been the custom of the College to award two Exhibitions annually for proficiency in Classics, Mathematics, Natural Science, Modern History, or a combination of these,' according to the result of an examination held at the College. The annual value of these Exhibitions is £40, and they are tenable for four years.

(8) Fourteen Exhibitions (called the Snell Exhibitions), two or