EDUCATION: THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. [In Continuation of E.-8, 1892.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1893 Session I, E-08

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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. [In Continuation of E.-8, 1892.]

Presented in pursuance of Section 25 of " The Auckland University College Act, 1882."

The Eegistbab to the Hon. the Minister of Education. Sib,— University College, Auckland, 29th April, 1893. I have the honour to forward the following report for the year 1892 : — 1. The three members of the College Council who retired by reason of effluxion of time on the 21st of May were the following: Mr. James Dilworth, appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council; Dr. Joseph Giles, E.M., elected by the constituent graduates; and Mr. John H. Upton, elected by the constituent members of the General Assembly. Mr. Dilworth was reappointed; Miss Margaret Lilian Florence Edger, M.A., of the University of New Zealand, was elected by the graduates; and Mr. Jackson Palmer, M.H.E., was elected by the members of the General Assembly. In April, 1892, Mr. Samuel Luke was again elected to be Chairman of the Auckland Board of Education, in succession to Mr. Udy, and thereby became ex officio a member of this Council. Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A., and the Hon. Colonel Theodore Minet Haultain were respectively re-elected to be Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Council. 2. The teaching-staff consists of the following : Four Professors—viz. (1) of Classics and English, (2) of Mathematics, (3) of Experimental Physics and Chemistry, (4) of Biology and Geology ; and a Lecturer on Music. 3. In the year 1892 the degree of M.A. was awarded by the Senate of the University of New Zealand to two gentlemen who were students of this College, with honours of the first-class in Chemistry and Mathematics respectively. The degree of B.A. was awarded to seven students— viz., four male and three female. Two of these—one male and one female —gained University Senior Scholarships in mathematics and political science respectively. The degree of B.Sc. was awarded to one student (male). 4. The persons who attended term lectures in 1892 were 144—viz., fifty-seven male and eighty-seven female. Of these, the graduates were seven—viz., four male and three female; undergraduates, fifty-seven—viz., forty-one male and sixteen female; and non-matriculated students, eighty —viz., thirty-nine male and forty-one female. 5. Occassional lectures of a more popular character on scientific subjects have been delivered, and have been numerously attended. 6. The audited statement of the receipts and expenditure has been transmitted. I have, &c, Eobt. B. Kidd, Eegistrar.

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Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee of the Auckland University College for the Year ended 31st December, 1892. Receipts. S s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1891 .. 1,423 9 7 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,618 0 8 Statutory grant .. .. .. 4,000 0 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 23 7 6 Income from endowments .. .. 125 0 0 Repairs to buildings .. .. .. 38 14 0 Examination fees .. .. .. 21 0 0 Advertising.. .. .. .. 19 4 6 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 90 0 0 Cleaning and lighting .. .. 52 19 8 Refunds .. .. .. .. 014 0 Printing .. .. .. .. 127 10 4 Refund from Sinclair and Gillies Trust Lecture requisites .. .. .. 227 3 8 Account .. .. .. .. 53 1C 2 . Office expenses .. .. .. 24 17 5 Transferred from Opera Club Account.. 18 14 1 Opera Club Exhibition expenses .. 5 15 6 Memorial ,to Sir P. Whitaker's family .. 6 11 6 Insurance .. .. .. .. 47 11 0 Rates .. .. .. .. 13 9 0 Furniture and fittings .. .. 30 18 9 Endowment expenses, Taupiri .. 33 2 6 Raglan .. 31 4 6 Whakatane .. 131 14 6 Waitemata .. 3 7 9 Library expenses .. .. .. 64 1 3 Scholarships .. .. .. 100 0 0 Scholarship expenses .. .. 36 11 9 Interest on overdraft - .. 12 16 10 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 4 2 0 Balances, 31st December, 1892— On fixed deposit .. £1,500 0 0 Cash in hand .. 11 15 6 1,511 15 0 Less overdraft, £345125. lid., and unpresented cheques, £86 13s. 4d. 432 6 3 1 f~I7Q Q o. . x, \j i j y o . £5,732 13 10 £5,732 13 10

Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditube of the Sinclaie and Gillies Tbust Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1892. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in Bank of New Zealand, 31st De- By Balance due to Auckland University cember, 1891 .. .. .. 35 5 3 College Council, 1891 .. .. 177 2 5 Eents .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Rates .. .. .. 24 310 Balance due to Auckland Uni- Insurance .. .. .. ..1800 versity College Council, after Commission for collecting rent .. .. 2 10 0 deducting refund from gene- Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. 1 10 0 ral account, £53 16s. 2d. £123 6 3 Less balance in bank, 31/12/92 35 5 3 88 1 0 £223 6 3 £223 6 3

Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditueb of the Opeba Club Exhibitions Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1892. Receipts £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1891 .. .. 124 17 11 By Opera Club Exhibitions .. .. 110 0 0 Interest on deposits .. .. .. 31C 2 Transferred to General Account .. 18 14 1 £128 14 1 £128 14 1 Bobebt B. Kidd, Eegistrar.

Examined and found correct. —James Edwabd Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Gout of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,525 copies), £1 10s.

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