(3) A Heep Exhibition of about £40 a year for the study of some Oriental language is given from time to time after special advertisement.

Close Scholarship and Exhibitions :—

(1) There is one Woodward of Dean Forest Scholarship, given usually for the same subjects as the ordinary Open Scholarships. Candidates must be natives of the county of Gloucester, or have been educated for two years at a school in that county. They must also be communicant members of the Church of England.

(2) There are two Philip Wright Exhibitions, now of the annual value of £50, for scholars of Manchester Grammar School. College Exhibitions:

(1) There is one Symons Exhibition of the annual value of £27 10s., to be given by the Warden to a Commoner.

(2) There is a general Exhibition Fund, from which assistance may be given to undergraduate members who need and deserve it. (3) A Prize (Dr. Hody's) is given yearly within the College for proficiency in the Greek language and literature, or in Greek archaeology. Worcester College.

Open Scholarships and Exhibitions :—

(1) There are one Scholarship on the foundation of Dr. Finney, five on that of Dr. Clarke, and three College Scholarships. These Scholarships are of the annual value of £80, and are open to all who have not exceeded the age of nineteen years on the day of election.

(2) There is one Scholarship (Barnes' Scholarship) of the annual value of £80 or £90, tenable for four years. There is no limitation of age, or restriction of any kind. The subjects of examination are Classics and the languages and subject-matter of Holy Scripture. (Last awarded in 1902.)

(3) There are one Kay and several College Exhibitions; the annual value is usually £35 or £21.

There are usually awarded each year :

In Classics. Two or three Scholarships, and not more than four Exhibitions. The examination is at present held in conjunction with Merton.

In Mathematics. One Scholarship, and one or two Exhibitions.

Close Scholarships and Exhibitions :—

(1) Five Scholarships (Sir Thomas Cookes' Scholarships), confined to persons who have been for two out of the three years next preceding the day of election educated at Bromsgrove School. Failing such candidates of sufficient merit, these Scholarships may be thrown open to general competition.

(2) Three Exhibitions (Sir Thomas Cookes'), subject to the same conditions as the foregoing Scholarships.

(3) Four Scholarships (Mrs. Eaton's Scholarships) for sons of clergymen who require assistance to support them at the University. Failing such candidates of sufficient merit, these Scholarships may be thrown open to general competition.

(4) Two Exhibitions (Lady Holford's), with preference for persons educated at the Charterhouse.

(5) Two Exhibitions (Prebendary C. Warner's), with preference in one for persons educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.

St. Edmund Hall.

(1) There is an Exhibition of the annual value of £24, to which the duties of Librarian of the Hall Library are attached.

(2) There is an Organistship of the annual value of £24.

Both the Librarianship and the Organistship are usually tenable for three years. There is no limit of age.

Non-Collegiate Students.

The following are offered to the Students:

(1) One Shute Scholarship of £50 per annum, tenable for two years, and renewable for a like period by resolution of the Delegates. Also one or more Exhibitions, to be awarded from time to time as the balance of the Shute Scholarship and Exhibition Fund shall permit.

(2) Three Clothworkers' Exhibitions of £30 a year, tenable for three years, one of which is given in the Michaelmas Term in each

year to a Student who is reading for Honours. The selection is left to the Censor, who submits the name of the Student selected to the Delegacy.

(3) Four Leathersellers' Exhibitions of £25 a year, tenable for four years from matriculation. Candidates must have resided two Terms at least, and must have passed Responsions. Examinations are held as vacancies occur.

(4) The Librarianship to the Delegacy, £30 a year, is also given by the Delegates on the nomination of the Censor to some one of the Students who is reading for Honours in one of the Final Schools.

Students holding any of the above-mentioned Exhibitions cannot compete for Scholarships or Exhibitions elsewhere unless they resign the Exhibition held under the Delegacy.

ABBOTT SCHOLARSHIPS.

In 1871 the University accepted, under the will of the late John Abbott, Esq., of Halifax, the sum of £6,000 sterling for the foundation of three Scholarships, one of which is to be competed for annually in Easter Term under certain regulations, of which the following are the most important :—

Candidates must be sons of clergymen of the Church of England who stand in need of assistance to enable them to obtain the benefits of an University education, and, if members of the University, Undergraduates who have not exceeded their third Term of residence.

For every election the Trustees appoint two or more Members of Convocation, not necessarily of their own body, to examine the claims of all persons wishing to become candidates. Every claim on which the judges so appointed cannot agree is referred to the Vice-Chancellor, and his decision is final. No person is received as a candidate without the consent of the Head or Vice-gerent of his College or Hall or of the Delegates of Non-Collegiate Students, or, if not already a member of the University, without sufficient testimonials. The names of those who have been found to be duly qualified are sent to the Examiners; and the election is then made upon the ground of merit only, except that candidates born in the West Riding of the County of York are ceteris paribus preferred.

Each Scholarship is tenable for three years from the date of election, and each Scholar receives a third of the dividends, after the necessary expenses of the Trust have been paid. If, however, a person not a member of the University is elected and his residence is deferred for more than one Term beyond the Term in which he was elected, he only has the profits of his Scholarship from the date of his coming into residence.

The Scholarships are not tenable with any Scholarship or Exhibition in any College or Hall the annual value of which exceeds the sum of fifty pounds.

SQUIRE SCHOLARSHIPS.

Two or more Scholarships on this foundation are awarded in Trinity Term.

The Scholarships are of the annual value of £50, and the tenure is for two or three years. The Board of Faculty of Theology has the power to extend this tenure for a longer period.

The holder of such a Scholarship is required to offer himself for the Final School of Theology, and must have the intention of seeking ordination in the Church of England.

The Scholarships can be held together with College Scholarships and similar endowments, provided that the Scholar's income does not thereby exceed £130 per annum.

The Founder's kin and persons born in the parish of St. Mary Newington have, under certain conditions, the preference in the election of one Scholarship on this foundation.

CHAPTER III.

EXPENSES.

THE Cost of living at Oxford varies greatly, and it is not possible to make any general estimate of it. Undergraduates of different means and tastes spend different amounts, and the figures which are unofficially published from time to time are usually based on limited experience, and are wholly untrustworthy for purposes of comparison. It is always well in examining such estimates to ascertain whether the 'expenses of residence at Oxford' are meant to include the cost of (1) tuition, examination, and degree fees, (2) board and lodging, (3) books, clothing, and other personal expenses, or only one or more of these items. The charges under the first head can be definitely stated, and some estimate may be made of those under the second, but those under the third depend wholly on individual taste. Such charges as are to some extent fixed and can be foreseen are given below, and any one who wishes to calculate his probable expenditure is recommended to take each item separately, and decide whether he will be able to reduce or avoid the corresponding expenditure.

PAYMENTS ON COMMENCING RESIDENCE.

The Matriculation Fee, payable to the University either through the College or at the time of presentation to the Vice-Chancellor, is (except for Bible-Clerks) £3 105.

The payments to Colleges and Halls consist, or may consist, for they are not universally charged, of—

(1) An Admission-fee, which does not usually exceed £5.

(2) Caution-money, which is returned in full when the name is removed from the books, and often in part when the B.A. or M.A. degree is taken. It is not required in some cases from Scholars, and in some Colleges and Halls Commoners are allowed the alternative of paying the fixed charges in advance and their College bills weekly. Where it is required the amount is in most cases less than the sum owing to the College for Battels at the end of each Term.