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VII.-NATURAL HISTORY.

Physical Geography:

Mrs. Somerville's Physical Geography.

Botany :

Henfrey's Botany.

Comparative Anatomy and Physiology:

Carpenter's Comparative Physiology.

The Classification adopted in the Lectures :

Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Vol. I., Book VII., Chap. I.; Book VIII., Chaps. I., II.; Book IV., Chap. VI.

Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences, Vol. III., Books XVI., XVII.

2.-The Degree of Master in Arts.

Bachelors in Arts of the Queen's University in Ireland, are admissible to the University Examination for the Degree of Master in Arts after the expiration of one academical year from the time of their having obtained their Bachelor's Degree.

Every Candidate for this Degree must attend, for at least two Terms subsequently to his having received the Degree of Bachelor in Arts, a Course of Lectures on some one of the subjects of the Course of Study in which he intends to proceed for his Degree.

For the four Courses from which he may select, see p. 31.

FACULTY OF LAW.

Diploma of Elementary Law.

Candidates for the Diploma of Elementary Law are required to pass a Matriculation Examination in the following subjects:

MATHEMATICS.

Arithmetic-Including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Rule of Three, Simple Interest, and the Extraction of the Square Root.

Algebra-Including Fractions, Proportion, and the Solution of Simple Equations.

Geometry-Euclid, Books I., II.

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One of the following authors :—

Cæsar-Gallic War, Book V.

Virgil-Æneid, Book I.

Retranslation from English into Latin of portions of Cæsar.

HISTORY AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

History Outlines of Grecian and Roman History.
Geography-Outlines of Ancient and Modern Geography.
English-English Grammar and Composition.

Students who have passed the Matriculation Examination, and have pursued, during three years, the following Courses of Study, are admitted to Examination for the Diploma of Elementary Law:

IN THE FIRST YEAR.

The Law of Property, and the Principles of Conveyancing.
Jurisprudence.

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Of the three Junior Scholarships appropriated to the Faculty of Law, one is awarded to a Student of the First Year, one to a Student of the Second Year, and one to a Student of the Third Year.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

FIRST YEAR.

LAW OF PROPERTY, &c.

Williams' Real Property; Warren's Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries, chaps. 35–53.

JURISPRUDENCE.

Lord Bacon's Tract on Universal Justice, translated by Heron; Principles of Law, by R. Jebb (Encyclopædia Metropolitana, part 17); Sir James Mackintosh's Discourse on the Law of Nature and Nations.

SECOND YEAR.

All the business of the preceding Session.

EQUITY.

Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence; Story's Equity Jurisprudence.

BANKRUPTCY.

The Bankrupt Acts, 20 & 21 Vict., c. 60.

LAW OF PROPERTY, &C.

Burton's Real Property; Williams' Personal Property; Smith's Lectures on the Law of Contracts; Smith's Mercantile Law, Book I., Chaps. 2 & 5, Book III., Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 & 13.

CIVIL LAW,

Professor Greaves' Roman Law (Encyclopædia Metropolitana, part 17); Sandars' Institutes of Justinian.

JURISPRUDENCE.

Reddie's Inquiries, Elementary and Historical, in the Science of Law (2nd edit.); Dumont's Bentham, de l'Organisation Judiciaire, et de la Codification.

THIRD YEAR.

All the business of the two preceding Sessions.

COMMON AND CRIMINAL LAW.

Broom's Commentaries on the Common Law; Smith's Lectures on the Law of Landlord and Tenant; Stephen's Commentaries on the Laws of England, Vols. III. and IV.

CIVIL LAW.

Bowyer's Civil Law; Warnkönig's Institutiones Juris Romani Privati; Lindley's Introduction to the Study of Jurisprudence.

THE DEGREES OF LL.B. AND LL.D.

Candidates for the Degree of LL.B. are admitted to Examination for that Degree from the Queen's University in Ireland, provided they have proceeded to the Degree of B.A., and have attended the Lectures and passed the Examinations prescribed for the Elementary Course, and have also pursued the following Course of Study in the

FOURTH YEAR.

A more extended Course of Study of the subjects appointed for the Elementary Course, together with a Course

of Study of the Law of Evidence and Pleading in the Courts of Common Law and Equity, of Medical Jurisprudence, and of Constitutional, Colonial, and International Law.

Candidates for the Degree of LL.D. are admitted to Examination for that Degree from the Queen's University in Ireland, at the expiration of two years after they have obtained the Degree of LL.B.

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP.

The College is empowered to award one Scholarship of the value of forty pounds, by Examination, to the most distinguished Student who shall have proceeded to the Degree of B.A., and who shall have completed the Course of legal study prescribed to Candidates for the Degree of LL.B. The following is the Course prescribed for Examination :

JURISPRUDENCE.

Reddie's Inquiries, Elementary and Historical, in the Science of Law (2nd edit.); Sir James Mackintosh's Discourse on the Law of Nature and Nations; Broom's Legal Maxims (Chaps. I.-IV.); Heron's Discourse on the Study of Jurisprudence (Law Review, Vol. XIV., No. XXVIII.); Lord Bacon's Tract on Universal Justice, translated by Heron.

CIVIL LAW.

The Institutes of Justinian (Sandars' Edition); Warnkönig's Institutiones Juris Romani Privati; Lindley's Introduction to the Study of Jurisprudence.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

Hallam's Constitutional History of England; Spence's Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, Vol. I.

COLONIAL LAW.

Mill's Colonial Constitutions; Heeren's Manual of the Colonial System of Europe.

INTERNATIONAL LAW.

Wheaton's Law of Nations; Story's Conflict of Laws.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

Works recommended-Smith's Analysis of Medical Evidence ; Beck's Medical Jurisprudence; Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence; Orfila, Médecine Légale; Christison on Poisons; Abercrombie on the Intellectual Powers; Guy's Medical Jurisprudence; Sedillot, Manuel complet de Médecine Légale.

ENGLISH LAW,

All the business of the preceding Sessions.

LAW OF PROPERTY, &c.

Fearne on Contingent Remainders; Jarman on Wills; Williams on Executors; Furlong's Landlord and Tenant; Sugden's Vendors and Purchasers (Ed. 1851).

EQUITY.

Spence's Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, Vol. II.

COMMON LAW.

Smith's Leading Cases; Smith's Mercantile Law.

CRIMINAL LAW.

Russell on Crimes; Lefroy's Analysis of the Criminal Law of Ireland.

PLEADING AND EVIDENCE.

Ferguson's Common Law Procedure Amendment Act; Stephen on Pleading; Broom's Practice of the Superior Courts of Common Law, Vol. I. Book II.; Taylor on Evidence; Archbold's Pleading and Evidence in Criminal Cases, by Welsby.

CERTIFICATE OF THE LAW PROFESSORS.

Students intending to proceed for the Certificate of the Law Professors, so as to entitle them to serve an apprenticeship of four years instead of five, under the provisions of an Act for amending the several Acts for the Regulations of Attorneys and Solicitors (14 & 15 Vict. cap. 88), are required to enter their names with the Registrar, either as Matriculated or Non-Matriculated Students, and pay the necessary College and Class fees to the Bursar before the commencement of the Law Lectures in each Session.

Such Students are required to attend all the Lectures and pass all the Examinations prescribed for the first and second years of the Course of Study for Candidates for the Diploma of Elementary Law.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

THE DEGREE OF M.D.

Candidates for the Degree of M.D. in the Queen's University are required to pass a Matriculation Examination in the following subjects:

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