EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In continuation of E.-7, 1895.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1896 Session I, E-07

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1896. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In continuation of E.-7, 1895.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

ANNUAL STATEMENT OP THE CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OP GOVERNORS. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College held on Monday, the 13th July, 1896, the Chairman's statement of the progress made and the work done in the several departments during the year was read, as follows :— The College. At the first ordinary meeting of the Board held during the past year, on the 29th July, the proceedings came to an abrupt conclusion in consequence of the sudden death of Mr. J. V. Col-borne-Veel at the meeting, during the progress of an important debate in which he had just taken part. For nearly twenty years he bad assisted in the deliberations of the Board. At the election By the graduates "continuing on the books of the College," held on the 19th October, to fill the vacant seat, Mr. John Lee Scott was elected. During the period under review, Mr. Edward Jermyn Mathew, M.A., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, has been appointed to the chair of English literature and history. In March, at the beginning of the session, he entered upon the duties of the position. The thanks of the Board have been given to the members of the Commission in England who kindly accepted the responsibility of selecting a candidate to fill the position so long and ably held by Mr. J. Macmillan Brown. The financial position of various departments under the control of the Board has been prejudicially affected by the low rate of interest on capital now current throughout the colonies, and the diminished rents obtainable from pastoral reserves, the severe snowstorms experienced during the winter of 1895 having occasioned heavy loss of stock throughout the district. The number of matriculated and non-matriculated students who have attended lectures during the academic year from March to November, 1895, is as follows : Matriculated, 177 ; non-matriculated, 130: total, 307. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as follows : — Classics. —Pass Latin: Translation, 28; composition, 41. Greek: Translation, 3; composition, 3. Honours Latin : Translation, 6 ; composition, 7. English Literature. — Pass lectures: George Eliot (" Eomola"), 50; Shakespeare ("King Lear," "The Tempest"), 47; composition, 19; literature (Eeign of Elizabeth), 52; philology, 42. Honours lectures: George Eliot (" Middlemarch "), 6; Shakespeare (" Cymbeline," "Winter's Tale"), 8; philology, 10; literature (Eeign of Elizabeth), 5. History. —(Accession of Charles I. to 1688), 34. Political Economy. —l 9. Mathematics. —Pass lectures : Pure mathematics, 29 ; mechanics and hydrostatics, 17. Honours lectures : Section 1., 4; Section 11., 4; Section 111., 1; Section IV., 2 ; elementary mechanics and hydrostatics, 6. Chemistry and Physics. — Pass chemistry, 14; honours chemistry (organic), 2 ; chemical physics, 5; pass physics, 13; physics (problems), 6 ; honours physics, 1; practical chemistry (junior and pass), 27 ; practical physics (junior and pass), 20; practical physics and chemistry (honours and research), 1. Geology. —Junior, 3 ; senior, 2. Biology. —General biology (Part I.), 10; botany (Part I.), 14 ; pass zoology (Part I.), 8 ; honours zoology (Part II.), 6. Laboratory work : General biology (Parti.), 8 ; botany (Part II.), 5 ; botany (Part I.), 14; zoology (Part I.), 7; zoology (Part II.), 6." French. —Pass lectures : Composition, 34 ; authors, 27 ; grammar, 23 ; literature, 25. Honours lectures: Composition, 5; authors, 7 ; essay and literature, 7; philology, 10; literature, 8. German. — 2. Jurisprudence and Law. — Pass jurisprudence, 15; honours jurisprudence, 7; constitutional history, 17 ; LL.B. (2nd section), 6; LL.B. (3rd section), 5. Music. —Eudiments of music and harmony (first-year students), 10 ; harmony (intermediate second-year students), 17; harmony (intermediate third-year students), 8 ; harmony (intermediate third-year students, evening class), 4. Successful Students. —Seven students from the College have this year obtained the degree of M.A. G. J. Lancaster gained at the same time first-class honours in mathematics and first--I—E. 7.

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class honours in chemistry; Miss Jane Mulholland, first-class honours in languages and literature (English and French) ; J. M. Waddell, second-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and English); H. 0. Craddock, second-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and Greek); A. Gray, second-class honours in physics ; H. Williams, third-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and English) ; and F, H. Bakewell, third-class honours in political science. Twenty-four students of the College have passed the final section of their B.A. examination— viz., Misses B. Black, J. E. Ourrie, E. Graham, K. M. Gresson, M. E. Lawrell, B. Martin, T. M. Max, and C. B. Mills, and Messrs. E. G. Atkinson, S. A. Atkinson, A. Bell, A. E. Flower, A. G. Henderson, B. H. Low, E. L. Mcllroy, J. McLeod, E. Milner, J. Montgomery, T. A. Murphy, H. Purchas, T. E. Quill, A. W. Shrimpton, H. G. Wake, and A. H. E. Wall; whilst twenty-two have passed the first section of their B.A. examination —viz., Misses E. E. Bell, M. A. M. Gibson, C. S. Howard, E. Low, C. E. Sanders, E. J. Sievwright, M. Walker, and Messrs. J. J. Adams, W. D. Campbell, C. J. Cooke, W. Corrie, G. Cromie, E. Dixon, J. K. H. Inglis, C. C. Oldham, H. A. Parkinson, J. G. Eeid, E. B. Eyder, H. M. Smyth, G. T. Western, F. J. Wilkes, and C. W. Wright. Amy H. Large and G. W. I. Maclaverty gained certificates of proficiency. A. G. Muir obtained the degree of B.Sc.; and A. E. Craddock and G. H. White passed the first section of their B.Sc. examination. The following were recorded as having passed the second LL.B. examination : H. D. Muff, T. A. Murphy, A. T. Ngata, F. J. Eolleston, and W. C. H. Wigley. G. T. Weston and W. Corry passed the first LL.B. examination. L. F. Watkins passed the first examination in music for the Mus. Bac. degree. The degree of B.Sc. in engineering has for the first time been conferred this year, G. A. Julius having obtained this degree ; whilst J. Parr, having passed the fourth examination, is qualified to receive it on completion of his term of practical work. A. E. Craddock and A. G. Muir passed the second section of the B.Sc. (engineering) examination. Nine senior scholarships were offered by the University for competition in 1895 ; of these, eight were awarded, and five and a half were gained by students of this College. The details are as follows : F. Milner gained the senior scholarship in Latin, Maud E. Lawrell that in Greek, Clara B. Mills that in English and French, A. Bell that in mathematics, T. A. Murphy that in political science, and A. E. .Flower was equal for that in physical science. The John Tinline scholarship of the year also was awarded to A. G. Henderson of this College. W. Wilson gained the Bowen prize for 1895 for an essay on " The Political and Constitutional Significance of the Eeign of Edward III." The College exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the College annual examinations, were awarded as follows : For Latin, F. Milner; for mathematics, J. K. H. Inglis; for English, Miss C. B. Mills and A. G. Henderson equal; for French, Misses M. E. Lawrell and C. B. Mills equal; for experimental science, W. D. Campbell (chemistry) and A. E. Flower (physics) equal; for natural science (biology), Miss E. Low; for political science, T. A. Murphy. The various degrees awarded by the University of New Zealand to students who have been educated at this College are as follows : M.A., seventy-nine; 8.A., 125 (some of whom are still eligible to compete for the M.A. degree); LL.B., six; B.Sc., three; B.Sc. in engineering, one. Two art graduates have also obtained the degree of LL.D., seven .that of LL.B., and eight that of B.Sc. Of the Masters of Arts, one gained a double first-class and a second, five gained double first-class honours, one a firstclass and a second, one a first-class in arts and a second-class in science, thirty-four first-class honours, two double second, twenty-nine second, and eighteen third-class; and of the Bachelors of Science one gained second-class. Of the 121 senior and third year and John Tinline scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last nineteen years —the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force—seventy-four have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. Since 1892 a science scholarship, founded by the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition, to enable the holder to continue his studies in Europe, has been awarded four times, and on two of these occasions to members of this College. Of the twenty-one Bowen prizes which have been awarded by the University for an essay on a subject connected with English history, and open to all undergraduates of the University of New Zealand, fifteen have been gained by students trained in this College, whilst the only three mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College. Biology. —The new building for the biological department has been completed, and is now in use. It is a handsome stone building, comprising lecture-room, junior and senior laboratories, professor's room, preparation-room, and store-rooms. The lavatories have been very completely fitted up with work-benches, provided with sinks and cupboards, and a very complete gas- and water-supply. The other rooms are also very completely fitted up. A large quantity of apparatus, models and specimens, has been imported from Europe, and arranged in museum cases in the laboratories and lecture-room. The apparatus includes microscopes, microtomes, and an incubator for embryological work. A large collection of botanical and embryological models has been secured for the purpose of illustrating the lectures, and also a collection of marine animals from the Naples Zoological Station. In the large laboratory an extensive series of animal types has been mounted and systematically arranged in museum cases in illustration of the zoology lectures. There is now laboratory accommodation for about thirty students working simultaneously, and the lectureroom will hold about fifty students taking notes, and considerably more if they do not require to write. The attendance at the lectures and laboratory work has largely increased this year, there being at present thirty individual students. The courses have been so arranged as to enable intending medical students to take their intermediate examination from Canterbury College, and several students are availing themselves of the facilities thus offered. Music. —Thirty-nine students are attending the lectures. In consequence of ill-health, Mr. G. F. Tendall obtained leave of absence, and it is hoped that he will be able to take up his work before the end of the second term. Mr. H. Wells is carrying on the lectures in the meantime. Examinations in music have been held at Timaru and Westport on the same days as those held at the College. Eighty-five candidates sat for examination in music. They were divided as follows : (1) First year (junior), 41 candidates ; (2) second year (intermediate), 28 ; third year (senior), 16.

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School of Engineering. —-During the year the erection of the various testing-machines in the engineering laboratory has been completed, and the department of testing and engineering research has been established. Eegulations for the conduct of outside testing business have been adopted. The report of the professor in charge of the department is attached. Examinations for exempted students have been held during the year at Wellington, Wanganui, Napier, and Nelson. Mr. W. S. Marris, formerly of Canterbury College, passed first in the Indian Civil Service examination for 1895, beating all other competitors by about 900 marks out of a gross total of 3,738. This is the most difficult examination that there is for any public service in the British Empire. Mr. Marris was easily first in classics out of 154 competitors, and some of these were men who had taken first-class honours at Oxford or Cambridge. A few years ago it was found that there was money remaining in hand from the Exhibition of 1851, and it was determined with the money to found scholarships for the promotion of scientific research. A certain number of these scholarships was reserved for colonial universities, the University of New Zealand included. The scholarship is worth £150 a year, and is tenable for two years, with the possibility of extension to a third year, and a holder of the scholarship must during its currency devote himself entirely to scientific research, in those branches of science the extension of which is especially important to the national industries, and he must spend at least one year beyond New Zealand. These conditions are laid down by the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition, but the New Zealand University makes the nomination to the scholarship placed at its disposal by the Commissioners. The New Zealand University requires candidates to have taken either first- or second-class honours in chemistry, in physics or in mathematics, and subsequently to write an original paper embodying the results of the candidate's own investigation or research in some branch of physics or chemistry; the merits of which papers are decided only by the University examiners in England. The scholarship has been four times awarded, but on one occasion the successful candidate was unable to comply with the Commissioners' condition that he should not occupy any position of emolument during the tenure of his scholarship. The last two awards have been made to students of this College, Mr. Ernest Eutherford and Mr. J. A. Erskine. Both of these gentlemen obtained firstclass honours both in mathematics and in physics. Mr. Eutherford is at the University of Cambridge, where special regulations have been made for students of his class, and is devoting himself to the study of electricity. Mr. Erskine intends to study at one of the German Universities, and will also devote his work to electricity. Observatory Tower. With a view to provide easier access to the telescope chamber of the observatory tower, certain alterations are in progress. So soon as the work is completed the erection of the telescope can be taken in hand. Girls' High School. There have been no changes in the permanent staff during the past year, and the advantage of the full provision of teachers now made for the classes is more and more apparent. The illness of Mr. Tendall compelled him to resign his appointment as teacher of class-singing, and Miss Nora Gardner was selected to fill the vacancy. Miss Gardner commenced work in the middle of the first term of the present year, and the singing-classes are progressing in a very satisfactory manner under her guidance. The necessary appliances for practical teaching of science have been provided, and a quantity of apparatus has been procured from England for the same purpose. The school now contains all that is necessary in this direction. The number of girls attending the school last term was 133. The teachers of cooking and dress-cutting conduct their classes with the same excellent results as heretofore, and the size of the classes attests their popularity. The report of the examiners in these subjects, as well as in drill, calisthenics, drawing, and the usual school course of languages, literature, mathematics, science, and needlework, were very satisfactory, testifying to thorough and careful work throughout the classes. The swimming-classes were well attended during the summer months, and the results were satisfactory in every way. Two pupils, Ethel Gibson and Ethel Jacobsen, won Junior University Scholarships, and a third, Elsie Sinclair, took a very good place in the honours list. Two girls won scholarships given by the North Canterbury Board of Education. One girl sat for the Senior Civil Service examination, and passed it, and one passed the medical preliminary examination of the University of New Zealand. Eight pupils entered their names for matriculation to the Dniversity of New Zealand, and all passed the examination. Boys' High School. The chief event of the past year has been the completion of the new wing, which contains two class-rooms up-stairs, and a large room with raised benches below, capable of being used as a lecture-room. One of the class-rooms up-stairs can, by raising a shutter, be made to increase the size of the present large school-room. Below the lecture-room is a basement with a small laboratory, &c. The buildings were formally opened on the 20th February. The accommodation afforded by them is fully occupied, but the orderly-room has been set free from its use as a class-room, and is now devoted to its original purpose and to gymnastics. Some gymnastic apparatus has been fixed in it, and large voluntary classes are held under the direction of a master daily. Elementary sloyd has been introduced for the junior boys. The contract for the new outbuildings has been signed, and the work will be completed in September. The main change in the staff consists in additional work having this year been given to Mr. T. Cane. The numbers on the roll last term were 258. The reports of the school examiners in December last were of a very satisfactory character. At the University December examinations J. S. Cooper, H. Maddison, and A. H. Cutler won Junior Scholarships, obtaining the first, the fifth, and sixth places respectively. H. P. Eichmond and C. E. Klingenstein obtained places on the "credit" list of the same examination. J. Guthrie, E. H. Milsom, G. W. Eussell, and J. Thompson passed the preliminary medical examination, and eight

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boys the matriculation examination. O. Gillespie, S. Steel, F. Kissel won Senior Scholarships given by the North Canterbury Board of Education. A. H. Cutler obtained second place in order of merit among those who passed the Junior Civil Service examination. Five others passed the Senior and eight the Junior Civil Service Examination. Among old pupils, A. G. Henderson won the John Tinline Scholarship of the New Zealand University, and T.. A. Murphy the Senior University Scholarship for political science. G. Lancaster obtained his M.A. degree with double first-class honours in mathematics and chemistry; H. Craddock his M.A. with second-class honours in Latin and Greek, and J. M. Waddell his M.A. degree with second-class honours in Latin and English. Museum. The annual report of the Curator of the Museum is attached, and, amongst other things, recounts a very valuable donation of Maori implements by E. W. Eoper, Esq. Through the liberality of the Hon. W. Eolleston, the following inscription has been cut in stone over the portico of the Museum building : " Lo, these are parts of His ways ; but how little a portion is heard of Him " — (Job xxvi., verse 14). School op Art. This department has been enriched by the presentation by the Maharajah of Jeypore of " The Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details," comprising six large volumes. Various economies have been found necessary in this department, as also a rearrangement of the fees. The Art Master's report is attached. The Public Library. Reference Department. —During the year ending the 30th June, a very valuable gift of books, consisting of 270 volumes, has been made by the executors of the late George Williamson Hall to this department. The Eev. Charles Turrell has also presented ninety volumes of the " New Monthly Magazine and Universal Begister," dating from the year 1814 to 1849. Dr. Hacon has contributed eighty-nine books to those previously in this department, while Dr. Ovenden has added five valuable works. The Eoyal Society has sent us several sheets of the " International Geological Congress Map of Europe," and Mr. P. Haultain has presented a work on " The Palaeontology of New Zealand," by Dr. F. yon Hochstetter. A handsome volume, "The Architectural Eemains of Anuradhapura," has been forwarded from the Government of Ceylon. The Smithsonian Society has forwarded two parts of the " Geological Survey of the United States." In all 597 volumes have been added during the year, bringing the total number of books up to 10,097. The new catalogue for this department is making fair progress. Additional shelving will shortly be necessary. The outer walls of the building have lately received three coats of composition to keep out the damp. Eighteen magazines are placed on the table. Circulating Department.— -The Board is aware that by the will of Mr. James Gammack, late of Springston, farmer, deceased, the testator, after bequeathing certain legacies, has vested the whole of his residuary estate in his trustees upon trust, "To pay the net annual income thereof to the Board of Governors, to be applied for the benefit of the Circulating Department of the Public Library." The total area of the lands subject to the provisions of the will is 1,678 acres 3 roods. It must, however, be borne in mind that, under the provisions of the will, the annuities at present payable out of the income of the estate aggregate between £700 and £800. Consequently, some little time must elapse before the finances of the circulating library are very materially benefited by the bequest. This department was closed from the 25th December to the sth January for the annual cleaning and stocktaking, when 150 books were found to be missing. The subscribers are steadily increasing in number, and now amount to 1,612. Additional shelving will shortly be required. Seventy-one magazines are placed on the table monthly, and twelve newspapers. The total number of volumes in this department is as follows : History, 1,205; fiction, 7,772; travels, 1,515; biography, 1,348; science, 806 ; literature, 936 ; poetry and drama, 345 ; architecture, 319; magazines, 917; miscellaneous, 1,037: total, 16,200. Catalogues are published every six months and are now up to the 31st March last. Beading-room. —The attendance continues large, and it has been found necessary to erect a new reading-desk. The following newspapers are filed : English, 6 ; Irish, 1; Scottish, 1; American, 1; Australian Colonies, 9; New Zealand, about 40; magazines, 15. School of Agriculture. The thanks of the Board are due to the members of the Board of Advice—Hon. W. Eolleston, Messrs. H. Overton, D. McMillan, W. Boag, and E. H. Ehodes—-for their continued zeal in forwarding the interests of the School of Agriculture, and for their frequent visits of inspection to Lincoln. A new schedule of duties and powers has been adopted for the Board of Advice, and it is proposed that the members should be more closely associated with the Committee of the School of Agriculture. School op Engineering and Technical Science. The professor in charge reported : — " For the first time the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering has been conferred in the colony, two students, Messrs. G. A. Julius and J. Parr, having very successfully passed the final examinations. The following table shows the number of students who have attended lectures since the school was founded in 1890, and the hour-attendances per week since 1893 :— Year. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. Number of students ... 53 63 62 64 59 67 77 Number of hour-attend-) Ar , -, nln „». „„„ „„.. , \ No accurate record 219 254 308 391 ances per week ) (The figures for 1896 are for the first term only.)

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" A large proportion of evening students at present attending have entered on a three years' course, with a view to obtaining the College certificate in engineering. At the last annual examination thirty-nine certificates were granted —viz., seven for freehand mechanical drawing, eight for elementary mechanical drawing, five for mechanical drawing, eight for descriptive geometry and setting-out work, one for descriptive geometry (advanced), five for the steam-engine (elementary), four for applied mechanics, one for mechanics of machinery. The number of students who have obtained remunerative employment has largely increased. This employment has been readily obtained in the Australian and other British Colonies, in Great Britain, and in various vessels trading to New Zealand. The general equipment of the engineering laboratory has been completed, and a department of testing and research established. Manufacturers and others have already availed themselves of the facilities afforded for obtaining an accurate knowledge of the materials they use. Tests have been, or are being, made for the Government and private firms on cements, metals, oils, and stones. Several small additions are, however, required to adapt the plant for dealing with the varied description of work offered. The practical testing work carried on in this department has been of considerable value to students, and, to comply with the requirements of the English examiners, should be greatly extended, for at present, owing to lack of funds, experiments can be carried out only on those materials which are sent for test; and these experiments are not always of the kind most suitable for illustrating the lectures being given at the time. Although any further addition to the subjects taught is, with the present staff, not practicable, the lecture-hours per week being now forty, special instruction in the theory of various trades allied to engineering is most desirable, and such lectures would be largely attended. These lectures would comprise the theory of engine-smithing, boiler-making, founding and casting, pattern-making, railway-car and wagon building, and agricultural implement manufacture. The important field of electrical engineering is still not entered on. In view of the great success which has attended the work of the school in the subjects at present taught, I would suggest the desirability, when funds are available, of extending the scope of the work in the directions indicated. I have to express my thanks for assistance to the officers of the New Zealand Government Eailways, and to many of the engineering firms of Christchurch.—Eobt. J. Scott, M.1.M.E., A.M.1.C.E., Professor of Engineering." The Museum. The curator reported : — "During the last year good progress has been made in the museum collections, chiefly through the generosity of E. W. Eoper, Esq., who presented a large and valuable collection of Maori implements, kc, and through exchanges effected by means of moa skeletons made up from the material obtained in October, 1894, near Waimate. A description of this locality and of the bones found there has been published in the twenty-eighth volume of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Steady progress has also been made in printing labels, the whole of those in the ethnological room having been done during the year. At present Mr. Colclough is engaged printing labels foi the collection of coins. The guide-book, mentioned in my last report, was placed on sale in the museum on the Ist July, 1895. .During the year 157 copies have been sold. The following are the principal additions to the collections : — " Geological Booms. —A collection of Australian fossils, and a very interesting case containing specimens of sixty-five of the elementary substances of which the earth is composed. " Natural History Booms. —Stuffed specimens of a howling monkey, an aye-aye, a dolphin, and two tree-kangaroos ; the cast of the head of a small whale and the skeleton of a sea-lion from the Falkland Islands ; thirteen stuffed birds and sixteen bird-skeletons have been added; the skeleton of an iguana, two amphibians, and a frost fish from the Mediterranean ; also enlarged models of radiolarians. During the year the collection of land-shells has been remounted and arranged. " Antiquity Boom. —ln the antiquity room have been placed casts from the British Museum of the lid of the sarcophagus of the Queen of Amasis 11., a Babylonian boundary-stone, and other smaller objects ; also a collection of South African prehistoric implements and pottery. The collection has also been enriched by a metal cup and stand dug out of the Bog of Allan in 1859, as well as an old Irish spade. These were presented by Mr. H. McTipping. " Sculpture Boom. —The additions are casts of two bas-reliefs from Nineveh, two sides of the Harpy Tomb from Xanthos, eight slabs from the frieze of the Parthenon, and two slabs from the Temple of Apollo at Phigaleia. "Ethnological Boom. —Here the principal additions have been collections representing the domestic life of the Chinese and Japanese ; also, a very interesting collection of the Amos, who were the ancient inhabitants of Japan. The Indian collection has been added to by a plough, ancient weapons, and several old idols, which give a good representation of the Hindu Pantheon. I may also mention some Dyak swords and a blow-pipe, bow and arrows, fish-spears, and harpoon with line from Greenland, and a North American Indian bow and arrows. " New Zealand Boom. —Two petrels and two shags have been added to the collection, as well as several skeletons of birds and one of a cow-fish (Tursio). Several fishes were obtained from Otago, and Mr. W. Travers presented some lizards and insects from Stephen's Island in Cook Strait. " Maori Boom. —The Maori wax figures obtained from Sir Walter Buller have been put into a glass case. The collection presented by Mr. Eoper, already referred to, consisted of sixty-nine objects, many of considerable value, and eight others have been presented by other donors, making our Maori ethnological collection very complete. " Library. —Presentations of publications have been received from the British Museum, the La Plata Museum, the Harvard University Museum, the United States Geological Survey, the United States Agricultural Department, the Smithsonian Institution, the Eoyal Society of Victoria, and the Polynesian Society. The following books have been added by purchase: Goldfur's ' Petrifacta,' Cones's 'Key to North American Birds,' Michaelis's 'Ancient Marbles of Great Britain,' and Budge's ' Sarcophagus of Queen of Amasis ll.'—F. W. Hutton, Curator."

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School of Art. The Art Master reported : — "Morning Class. —Compared with the two previous years, the numbers attending have been as follows :— First Term. Second Term. Third Term. 1893 ... ... ... ... ... 28 31 32 1894 ... ... ... ... ... 32 35 32 1895 ... .. ... ... ... 38 32 38 This class is divided into four main divisions: Ist. The elementary in which they do freehand from the " flat," both with point and brush, elementary model, and light and shade in monochrome. 2nd. Light and shade in monochrome, more advanced model drawing, and drawing in outline from the cast and foliage and flowers from nature. 3rd. Light and shade from still life and from the cast, and elementary still-life studies in colour. 4th. Drawing and painting from life, both nude and draped, and advanced still-life work in colour, with occasional studies from the full figure in the antique. A class for modelling in clay is now held on Wednesday mornings from 11.30 o'clock to 1 o'clock, in charge of Mr. Kidson. The landscape class, under Mr. Walsh, has gone out once a week during the first and third terms. Life classes have been held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock, for the study of the draped model. These have been under the direction of the Art Master. I have mentioned in previous reports the trial we have been giving to the memory system, i.e.,. cultivating the faculty of memorising the main forms of the objects drawn as well as the power of imitating them. lam now firmly convinced of its excellence and benefit in art teaching, and have permanently adopted it in our course wherever it has been found feasible. In the annual exhibition a series of drawings was shown proving to what degree the memory may be cultivated even with beginners. "Evening Class. —Compared with previous years the numbers attending have been as follows : — First Term. Second Term. Third Term. 1893 ... ... ... ... ... 85 90 91 1894 ... ... ... ... ... 115 108 93 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 102 105 102 The work in this class is arranged more particularly to meet the wants of those engaged in industries, and has comprised, in addition to the second grade subjects, architecture, decorative design, modelling from the cast and from life, light and shade from the cast and still life, and drawing and painting from the human figure, both nude and draped. If the value of the instruction given in this class, in the various branches, were more thoroughly realised by employers and others, I am sure there would be a large influx of the right class of students, viz.—young tradesmen and apprentices. Mr. S. Hurst Seager has again successfully carried on the work in architecture and decorative design. In the latter, practical evidence was given of its value by the excellent designs for linoleums, submitted in competition for the prizes offered by Messrs. Strange and Co. Miss Clarke deserves special mention as the winner of the first and second prizes. Life-classes have been held on Mondays and Fridays for the study of the draped model, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the nude. These classes have been attended by the more advanced students in the various branches. The chief prize and medal were gained by Miss E. G. Deakin for a good set of paintings of heads from life. A special class for modelling in clay is now held on Monday evenings, attended by nineteen students. At the recent Industrial Exhibition held in Christchurch, a large series of drawings and objects, made by the students, was shown, and the application of art to industry was practically illustrated during the course of the Exhibition by some of the students. I mentioned last year, ana would again refer to one of the most important things required in connection with a school of this kind, i.e., a Students' Technical Museum, containing objects of industrial art. This will prove more and more a necessity. Our young inventors, designers, and tradesmen, up to a certain point, are occupied with general principles and studies common to all products ; but now some are reaching that stage when they must pay particular attention to and have practice in designing for the special trade in which they may be engaged, and at this point it is highly important they should be provided with and surrounded by standard examples exemplifying the right application of those principles they have already acquired in their earlier training. The Museum at South Kensington is the envy of Europe, and is proving of inestimable value to England in the development of that without which all the good construction and cheapness of material would be in vain. " Saturday Students. —The teachers and pupil teachers under the North Canterbury Board of Education have attended on Saturday mornings from 9.30 o'clock to 12.30 o'clock, and have been taught freehand, model, geometry, perspective, and drawing on the black-board. One of them, W. E. Burley, has obtained the full second-grade certificate. Compared with the two previous years, the numbers have been as follows :— First Term. Second Term. Third Term. 1893 ... ... ... ... ... 80 94 102 1894 ... ... ... ... ... 95 86 98 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 75 79 84 " Boys' High School. —At the beginning of the year fresh arrangements were made for the teaching of the boys, whereby the School of Art has now only charge of the model drawing. Instruction in this is given on Monday and Friday afternoons. " Free Studentships and Prizes. —The six free studentships offered for annual competion by the Board on the past year's work were won by the following students : Landscape from nature, C. Bickerton; painting from still life, A. McLean ; painting from life (colour), E. G. Deakin ; drawing from life (monochrome), E. Thompson ; drawing from the antique, G. 0. Chaplin ; architectural work, C. Brunsden. The annual free studentships offered to the head boy in drawing in each of ten district State schools were competed for and awarded in February. The prizes given by the Board and by private gentlemen and firms were awarded last February on the past year's work. They were distributed by the chairman, Mr. H. E. Webb, on the occasion of the prize distribution,

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which was held on February 7th, in the College Hall, addresses being given by his Lordship the Bishop and Mr. J. L. Scott. In connection with the above I have to thank Messrs. Strange and Co., Whitcombe and Tombs, and Mr. A. J. White, for offering prizes for competition. " Annual Examinations. —The annual examinations were held in December, with results as already published. Several students have almost completed the work for the advanced second-grade certificate, and the first year in architecture and decorative design. "Annual Exhibition. —A large series of works was publicly exhibited the first week in February, illustrating all the various branches of study. It was well attended, and roused much interest in the work of the school. • "Judges and Examiners. —The following gentlemen kindly acted as judges and examiners in the various competitions and examinations : Mr. Woodhouse, Sydney, in decorative design ; Mr. Cutten, Dunedin, in advanced geometry; Mr. Mountfort, in architecture and perspective; and Messrs. Gibb and Van der Velden, in drawing and painting. " At the beginning of this term classes for wood-carving and sloyd or manual training under Mr. Hurst Seagar were started. They are at present held on Saturday mornings from 10 to 1 o'clock, and the attendance for the first term is encouraging. Owing to the increase of students, and for convenience in teaching, I have this term arranged for the lectures in decorative design to be given on Thursday evenings from 7to 9 o'clock. The school is thus open now four nights a week. The work of the past year has been most successful, and to this end the help rendered by my staff has materially contributed.—G. Herbert Elliott, Art Master." School of Agriculture. The director reported on the work done at the School of Agriculture, and on the stock and condition of the farm for the year ending 30th June, 1896 :— " School. —The number of students for the last term 1895 was forty-four, and for the present term forty-seven, one being non-resident. The cost of maintenance (which includes servants' wages, laundrywork, fuel, lighting) for each student and member of the teaching staff is £37 10s., as compared with £39 10s. 3fd. last year, thus showing a diminution in the cost of maintenance of about£2 per head. Some changes in the form of certificates given to students have been made : Students who pass both in scientific work and practical farm work receive a diploma, which is the highest distinction conferred; those who pass either in scientific or practical farmwork receive a certificate of merit; and those who stand first in any subject of scientific instruction receive a class or annual certificate. The diploma of the college has been gained by James Burnham Bowker, Timaru; William Cyrus Davie, Christchurch; Herbert Edwards, Oamaru; Bobert McQuorm Gairdner, Dunedin; Basil Henry Eoberton and Eric Butterfield Eoberton, Auckland; Ernest Cameron Smith, Greymouth; John Patrick Shaw, Balclutha; David Mitchell Tomlinson, Dunedin. Annual certificates have been gained by the following students of the second year : William Cyrus Davie, first in agriculture, agricultural chemistry, theoretical botany, practical botany, entomology, farm-books, land, surveying, mechanics, and veterinary science. Basil Henry Eoberton, first in book-keeping and practical chemistry; first (equal) with Ernest Cameron Smith in general chemistry. Also annual certificates have been gained by the following students of the first year: Douglas George Wright, first (equal) in agriculture and practical chemistry; first in meteorology, mensuration and land surveying, plotting, book-keeping, and farm-books ; John Christopher Eolleston, first (equal) in agriculture and practical chemistry, and first in theoretical chemistry and practical botany ; John Matson, first in physiography and entomology; Bertram Dawson, first in theoretical botany; Eupert Vivian Hosking, first in veterinary science. A change has occurred in the teaching staff—Mr. P. Marshall, Lecturer on Natural Science, having accepted the position of Science Master in the Auckland College and Grammar School. Messrs. Gray, Adams, and Charlton are still in charge of the chemical, mathematical, and veterinary departments, respectively. New servants' quarters have been built, and are now connected with the main building. A road to the main entrance of this department has been made, and two plain gardens are being laid off in front of the new buildings. The system of water-pipes in connection with the kitchen, scullery, washhouses and baths, &c, has been thoroughly overhauled, and other suitable internal changes have been made for the efficient working of the institution. Farm. —The farm is in good order. The cereal crops, though damaged much by the strong nor'-westers in February, gave a good yield; the root crops were good, beans and peas good, clover and hay good, clover-seed poor. Farmwork, owing to the open winter, is far advanced. All the winter wheat and oats are sown under the most favourable conditions. Experiments, more especially with the different wheats, turnips, potatoes, &c, have been tried. The results of these are in the course of preparation, and will be published during the ensuing month. The farm has been increased by the purchase of fifty acres adjoining the College property. A large vegetable garden has been made. Fowl-yards and adequate houses have been erected. Work has been begun for the systematic treatment of bees. The live-stock are looking well, and are much improved in quality. The numbers have been reduced owing to stud stock taking the place of unpedigree stock. The sheep now comprise five different pure breeds—Border Leicester, English Leicester, Shropshire Down, Eomney Marsh, and Lincoln, the last-named having been procured this year. The English Leicesters have been increased, and the best Border Leicester blood has been procured. A pedigree Clydesdale mare and a shorthorn bull have been bought. The nucleus of a herd of pedigree shorthorns has been formed. Stud Berkshire pigs have been imported from the Eoyal herd at Windsor. The dairy plant has been slightly augmented. The numbers of stock are as follows : Cattle, 79 ; sheep, 1,085 ; horses, 16; pigs, 56. The annual valuation of horses, sheep, pigs, and seeds took place on Tuesday, the 30th June, and was conducted by Mr. H. Overton and Mr. W. Boag. The valuation of cattle, farm implements, machinery, dairy plant and tillages, is fixed for Tuesday, the 7th July, and will be conducted by the same gentlemen, in conjunction with other members of the Board of Advice. The Board of Advice have held their monthly meetings, have conducted the examinations in practical agriculture, and have taken the deepest interest in all matters connected with the welfare of the institution and the management of the farm. —J. Bayne, Director."

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STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1895. Statement of Balances at 31st December, 1895. Accounts. C Bi £ s. d. £ s. d. School of Agriculture, Capital Account .. .. .. .. .. 18,609 1110 School of Agriculture, Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. .. 1,807 15 8 Boys' High School, Capital Account .. .. .. • • • • • • 455 5 0 Boys' High School, Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. .. 32 13 9 Classical School, Capital Account .. .. .. .. •• 1,110 2 1 Superior Education, Capital Account .. .. .. .. -. .. 2,713 11 2 College Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 488 4 10 Girls' High School, Capital Account .. .. .. .. •• •• 4,774 2 9 Girls' High School, Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. .. 1,167 14 11 Public Library, Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 218 12 10 Medical School, Reserves Account .. .. .. .. •■ •• 4,900 3 4 School of Technical Science, &c, Capital Account .. .. .. .. 19,765 2 6 Museum, Maintenance Account .. .. .. •• •• •• 144 14 0 Astronomical Department Account .. . . .. ■. •. .. 1, 139 14 11 Contractors' Deposit Account .. .. .. .. ■ • • • • • 134 0 0 Db. School of Art Account .. .. • • • • ■ • • • • • 263 19 8 Boys' High School, Loan Redemption Account .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Boys' High School, Buildings Account .. .. •• •• •• •■ 1,486 3 6 School of Engineering and Technical Science Account .. .. .. 564 310 Museum, Library, and School of Technical Science, Endowment Fund Account .. 128 8 5 Museum Loan Redemption Account .. .. •• •• •• -• 2,000 0 0 Biological Laboratory, Buildings Account .. .. .. .. ■• 2,113 19 5 ■ —■ 11,556 14 10 £45,904 14 9 Bank and Investments. Or. Drawing Account .. .. •• •• •• •• £3,952 9 8 Less outstanding cheques .. .. •• •• •• 89 11 8 Mortgages of freeholds .. •• •• •• •• •• .. 41,14116 9 Purchase of Girls' High School site (deed held) .. .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 £45,904 14 9 Liabilities. New Zealand Trust and Loan Company .. .. .. .. .. 12,000 0 0 Public Library—Scrip of shareholders .. .. .. •• •• •• 113 10 2 J £12,113 10 2 School of Agriculture Account. 1895. Receipts. £ s.. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Rent of reserves .. .. •• 1,714 011 By Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 4,542 18 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. 2,058 6 4 A. —School maintenance and tuition— Receipts from students— Salaries '.. .. .. 1,349 10 0 F oe s ... .. .. .. 1,780 0 0 Board of Advice .. .. 125 8 8 Sale of hooks, &c.,'to students .. 51 511 Expenses of Registrar's Office .. 100 0 0 Penalties .. .. • • 815 0 Students' travelling-expenses .. 57 15 0 Receipts from farm—' Printing and advertising .. 27 10 6 Rent of land .. •• 15 0 0 Laboratories—Reagents and appa Sale of grain '.'. '.'. ■■ 283 11 0 ; ratus 99 8 0 Sale of live-stock and wool .. .. 1,032 4 5; Library—Books, <&c. .. .. 26 610 Dairy-produce .. . ■ • • 250 6 7 Stationery, stamps, and telegrams 29 13 10 Transfer from Capital Account of the Prizes and certificates .. .. 9 7 6 amount expended from revenue for Law-costs, £7 3s. 6d.; and extras buildings ror visitors, £42 3s. 6d. .. 49 7 0 31st December, 1879 .. .. 3,473 16 6 Inspection of reserves .. .. 14 19 4 31st December 1880 .. 2,480 12 11 B.—Maintenance of students and teach30th June, 1893 89 8 2 ing staff 1,737 17 11 C.—Maintenance of buildings and grounds— Insurance of buildings, &c. .. 96 4 2 Repairs to buildings, furniture, &c. 190 10 4 Labour on grounds, plantations, roads, &c. .. .. .. 109 2 2 D.—Books and instruments, for students 73 2 3 E.—Contingencies .. .. .. 84 3 5 F.—Experimental work .. .. 11 8 9 G. —Labour in orchard .. .. 36 5 3 H.—Workshops— Wages .. .. .. 79 18 0 Material and tools .. .. 19 8 5 I.—lnterest on loan (N.Z. Trust and Loan Company) .. .. 598 0 0 Interest on current account .. 311 3 0 Safe .. .. .. .. 25 17 0 Telephone Exchange .. .. 20 3 0 Orchard-sprayer .. .. .. 910 8 Fruit-house.. .. .. .. 26 19 4 Fowl-yards.. ... .. .. 92 17. 7 Farm labour .. .. .. 698 15 5 Students' labour .. .. .. 90 1 10 Farm trade accounts.. .. .. 226 4 8 Manures .. .. .. .. 11 5 7 Seeds .. .. .. .. 75 19 9 Implements .. .. .. 43 9 0 Fuel .. .. .. .. 17 19 9 Rates and insurance.. .. .. 34 5 3 Appliances for dairy .. .. .. 2 15 8 Permanent improvements .. .. 16 3 3 Purchases of live-stock .. .. 215 13 2 Contingencies .. .. .. 41 16 4 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,807 15 8 £18,237 1 9 £13,237 1 9

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School of Agriculture, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 34,255 111 By Share of amount written ofl,for depreciation in value of Gilmour's security 339 1 3 Amount written off to cover loss in realisation of Burkes security .. .. 54 16 8 Share of cost of inspecting securities .. 3 18 8 Share of cost of insurance of buildings on Saxton's Estate .. .. 4 1 11 N.Z. Trust and Loan Company—Repayment of balance of loan of £28,000 .. 9,200 0 0 Transfer to Maintenance Account of amount expended from revenue for buildings .. .. ... .. 6,043 11 7 Balance .. .. .. .. 18,609 11 10 £34,255 1 11 £34,255 1 11 School of Art Account. 1895. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Students'fees .. .. •• 502 10 0 By Balance, lsc January, 1895 .. .. 253 19 5 Grant from Museum, Library, and School Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,020 0 0 of Technical Science Endowment Fund 800 0 0 Subsidy to life classes .. .. 64 5 0 Grant from Boys' High School.. .. 50 0 0 Prizes .. .. .. .. 15 15 0 Examination-fees .. .. '■'■ 515 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 13 17 6 Sale of pumps .. • • ■ ■ 118 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 115 12 0 Balance . .. .. • • 263 19 8 Contribution to Registrar's office expenses 30 0 0 Gas .. .. .. .. .. 46 19 9 Repairs .. .. .. .. 9 16 5 Examiners' fees and expenses of exami- • • • nations .. .. .. .. 18 19 10 Water-supply .. .. .. 24 17 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 10 0 3 £1,624 2 8 £1,624 2 8 Boys' High School, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 189 D .. .. 455 5 0 By Balance .. .. .. 455 5 0 Boys' High School, Buildings Account. Receipts. £ s. d. j 1895. Expenditure. £ s. d To Balanoe .. •■ ■• •• 1,486 8 6| By Additions contract— Progress payments .. .. .. 1,370 0 0 Salary of clerk of works .. .. 65 0 0 Architect's commission .. .. 51 3 6 £1,486 3 6 | £1,486 3 6 Boys' High School, Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Fees .. .. .. 1,968 8 6S By Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 409 6 6 Rent of reserves 2,794 3 9 Salaries .. ..3,676 14 0 Rent of reserves outstanding from 1894.. 506 9 3' Contribution to School of Art, for inSale of books .. • • • • 6 1 0 j struction to pupils in drawing .. 50 0" 0 Interest on rents in arrear .. .. 219 6 j Insurance .. .. .. .. 28 9 8 Refund from Sharland and Co. of amount Contribution towards expenses of Regispaid in excess .. •• •• 3 011 trar's office.. .. .. .. 80 0 0 Examiners' fees .. .. .. 70 19 2 Leaving exhibitions .. .. .. 30 0 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 415 6 8 Chemicals and apparatus .. .. 31 5 9 Inspecting reserves and advertising .. 120 11 2 Interest on loan, £5,000 (N.Z. Trust and Loan Company) .. .. .. 325 0 0 Protective works on Reserve 1124 .. 10 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 0 13 Balance .. .. .. .. 32 13 9 £5,280 17 11 £5,280 17 11 Boys' High School, Loan Bedemption Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. By N.Z. Trust and Loan Company, repayTo Balance .. •• •• •• 5,000 0 0 mentofloan .. .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Classical School, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 1,110 2 1 By Balance .. .. .. .. 1,110 2 1 2—E. 7.

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Superior Education, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 2,743 1 1 By Share of amount written off for depreciation in value of Gilmour's security .. 24 11 11 Share of amount written off to cover loss in realisation of Burkes security .. 319 8 Share of cost of inspecting securities .. 0 811 Share of insurance of buildings on Saxton's estate .. .. .. 0 9 5 Balance .. .. .. .. 2,713 11 2 £2,743 1 1 £2,743 1 1 College Maintenance Account. 1895. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Rent of reserves— By Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 74 12 2 Classical school .. .. .. 3,979 13 11 Salaries .. .. .. ..5,795 10 2 „ (outstanding for 1894) 896 11 2 Incidental expenses (College) .. .. 486 3 1 Superior education .. .. 2,485 0 0 „ (Chemical laboratory) 203 711 Town reserves .. .. 422 8 0 „ (Biological , ) 36 8 6 Transfer from College Fees Account .. 375 16 7 Insurance (College) .. .. .. 86 5 2 Interest on capital .. .. .. 232 9 5 „ (Chemical laboratory) .. 19 13 9 Sale of calendars .. .. .. 7 17 Rates .. .. .. .. 6 10 0 Laboratory fees and sales of apparatus Exhibitions .. .. .. .. 120 0 0 (two years) .. .. .. 17 10 6 Contributions to School of EngineerContributions towards salaries of Regis- ing and Technical Science — trar and staff, and office expenses — For maintenance .. .. 550 0 0 From Library ... .. .. 20 0 0 For scholarships .. .. 60 0 0 Boys' High School .. .. 80 0 0 College library (books and binding) .. 15 7 5 Girls' High School .. .. 70 0 0 Inspecting reserves and advertising .. 80 9 8 „ School of Engineering and Painting exterior of College buildings .. 69 2 6 Technical Science .. 30 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 40 3 5 School of Art .. .. 30 0 0 Interest to N.Z. Trust and Loan Com- „ Museum .. .. .. 50 0 0 pany (£12,000) .. .. .. 780 0 0 School of Agriculture .. 100 0 0 Repairs to College lodge .. .. 713 6 Rent of College lodge .. .. 60 0 0 Expenses of music lectures .. .. 19 2 7 Rent of building (School of Engineering) 193 18 4 Cost of chemical laboratory inquiry .. 73 12 6 Hire of chairs (College hall) .. .. 24 10 0 Apparatus for biological laboratory .. 28 0 7 Refund of cost of gas (College hall) .. 410 0 Models for geology lectures .. .. 21 10 0 Interest on rent in arrears (p.ns.) .. 7 8 11 Magazine Club (students' fines) .. 8 5 0 Interest on current account .. .. 26 11 3 Expenses incurred in the appointment of Students' fines (College library) .. 315 0 Professor of English Literature - .. 51 17 8 (on fees) .. .. 410 0 Advertising Craigieburn Run (No. 121) .. 813 4 Sale of old chairs .. .. .. 0 5 9 Balance .. .. .. 488 4 10 Jones and James—Refund of cost of advertising Craigieburn Run (No. 121) .. 8 13 4 £9,130 13 9 £9,130 13 9 College Fees of Professors Account. Receipts. Expenditure. 1895. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Students'fees .. .. .. 1,536 3 0 By Professor of Classics .. .. 264 12 0 Students' fines .. .. .. 4 10 0 Professor of English Literature .. 383 5 0 Examination-fees — Professor of Mathematics .. .. 306 1 6 Exempted students .. .. 85 11 6 Professor of Chemistry and Physics .. 173 15 6 Music .. .. .. .. 19 19 0 Lecturer on Law .. .. .. 57 4 6 Examination-fees paid to professors and lecturers .. .. .. 32 11 10 Supervisors' fees and expenses of exempted examinations .. .. 38 8 8 Other expenses of exempted examinations .. .. .. .. 8 6 5 Hill, R.—Refund of part of examina-tion-fee .. .. .. .. 1 11 6 Transfer to College Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. 380 6 7 £1,646 3 6 £1,646 3 6 School of Engineering and Technical Science Account. Receipts. £ s. &. < Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 177 5 6 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 750 0 0 Grant from Museum, Library, and College—Rent of building .. .. 193 18 4 School of Technical Science Endow- Scholarships .. .. .. 60 0 0 ment .. .. .. .. 823 18 4 Contribution towards expenses of RegisGrant from rents of Superior Education trar's office .. .. .. 30 0 0 (College)— Gas .. .. .. .. 64 16 9 For maintenance .. .. 550 0 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 124 0 1 For scholarships .. .. 60 0 0 Models .. .. .. .. 7 12 6 Students' fees .. .. .. 180 10 0 Testing Machinery Account, TransWhite and Co.—Refund of amount paid ferred to .. .. .. .. 1,101 17 9 in excess for fuel .. .. .. 2 6 10 Interest .. .. .. .. 25 19 1 Balance .. .. .. .. 564 3 10 £2,358 4 6 £2,358 4 6

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School of Engineering, Testing Machinery Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 206 18 0 By Buckton and Co.— Transferred from School of Engineering Machinery .. .. .. 965 0 0 and Technical Science Account, 31st Insurance .. .. .. 4 9 11 December, 1895 .. .. .. 1,101 17 9 Inspector's certieate fee .. .. 8 9 0 Bank exchange .. .. .. 28 9 5 Freight and charges.. .. .. 99 5 7 Shafting and erection ~ .. 203 1 10 £1,308 15 9 £1,308 15 9 Girls' High School, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 4,804 0 4 By Share of amount written off for depreciation in value of Gilmour's security 24 18 5 Share of amount written off to cover loss in realisation of Burkes security .. 4 0 8 Share of cost of inspecting securities .. 0 9 0 Share of cost of insurance of buildings on Saxton's estate .. .. .. 0 9 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 4,774 2 9 £4,804 0 4 £4,804 0 4 Girls' High School, Investment Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Rent of school site, Cranmer Square .. 54 00 By Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 900 0 0 Balance .'. .. .- •• 90° 0 0 Girls' High School maintenance, interest on investment .. .. .. 54 0 0 £954 0 0 £954 0 0 Girls' High School, Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. " .. 1,072 0 7 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,576 9 8 School fees .. .. .. •• 1,681 1 0 Contribution towards expenses of RegisRent of reserves .. .. . • 371 9 2 trar's office .. .. .. 70 0 0 Interest on capital .. .. .. 235 10 11 Insurance .. .. .. .. 14 16 11 Interest on current account .. .. 64 8 0 Rent of school-site .. .. .. 54 0 0 Interest on investment (£900) .. 54 0 0 Inspecting reserves .. .. .. 8 4 3 Proceeds from cooking-class .. .. 27 17 9 Exammation-fees .. .. .. 55 6 0 Sale of piano .. . ■ • • 24 0 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 217 15 4 Refund of examination-fee (sewing, &c.) 3 3 0 Scholarships and exhibitions .. .. 235 0 0 Painting and repairs.. .. .. 73 14 0 Expenses of cooking-class .. .. 60 9 4 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,167 14 11 £3,533 10 5 £3,533 10 5 Public Library (Circulating) Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 97 4 IBy Salaries .. .. .. .. 443 11 6 Contribution from Museum, Library, Contribution towards expenses of Regisand School of Technical Science En- trar's office .. .. .. 20 0 0 dowmentFund .. .. .. 750 0 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 60 14 0 Subscriptions .. .. -■ 651 1 6 Gas .. .. .. .. 135 5 3 Fines .. • • • • • • 11 10 9 ■ Fuel .. .. .. ~ 26 3 6 Sale of catalogues .. .. .. 10 2 4 New books (Circulating Department) .. 137 12 9 Sale of magazines .. .. .. 5 1 2 Renewal of standard works .. .. 39 6 5 Sale of waste paper .. .. .. 4 6 4 Periodicals and English newspapers .. 67 14 0 Book-detention fees .. .. .. 3 15 6 Colonial newspapers .. .. .. 35 11 4 Philosophical Institute—Rent of room.. 55 0 Incidental expenses .. .. .. 119 10 2 Medical Society—Rent of room for 1894 33 0 Repairs .. ... .. .. 19 13 9 Interest .. .. . • 714 4 Circulating library catalogue .. .. 72 7 3 Indicator .. .. .. .. 28 5 1 Alterations to counter, bookcases, &c. .. 41 7 0 Reference Library Account, Transferred from .. .. .. .. 83 9 2 Balance .. .. .. .. 218 12 10 £1,549 4 0 £1,549 4 0 . Beference Library Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, transferred to Circulating By Books and publications.. .. .. 63 15 5 Maintenance Account .. .. 83 9 2 Binding , .. .. .. .. 19 13 9 £83 9 2 £83 9 2

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Medical School, Reserves Account. Receipts. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 4,400 15 1 By Advertising reserves .. .. .. 20 310 Rent of reserves .. .. .. 310 12 0 Inspection of reserves .. .. 715 3 Interest .. .. .. .. 268 1 4 J Cleaning water-race .. .. 115 0 Harper, C. J., keeping stock off reserves while unlet .. .. .. 2 2 6 Legal expenses .. .. .. 37 16 0 Telegrams .. .. .. .. 0 2 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 4,900 3 4 £4,979 8 5 £4,979 8 5 School of Technical Science, &c, Capital Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 19,917 10 0 By Share of amount written off for depreciation in value of Gilmour's security ... 127 2 5 Share of amount written off to cover loss in realisation of Burkes security .. 20 11 3 Share of cost of inspecting securities .. 2 5 11 Share of cost of insurance (Saxton's estate) .. .. .. .. 2 7 11 Balance .. .. .. .. 19,765 2 6 £19,917 10 0 £19,917 10 0 > Museum, Library, and School of Technical Science Endowment Fund Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 186 18 11. By Contributions— £ s. d. Rent of reserves .. .. .. 2,430 0 0 Museum .. .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Interest from loans .. .. .. 1,20115 1 Public Library .. .. .. 750 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 128 8 5 School of Art .. .. .. 800 0 0 School of Engineering and Technical Science .. .. .. 823 18 4 Inspection of reserves .. .. 19 19 2 Legal expenses .. .. .. 6 2 0 Sundries—Petty cash .. .. 0 8 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 46 14 7 £3,947 2 5 £3,947 2 5 Museum, Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. £78 14 0 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 857 0 0 Contribution from Museum, Library, Books for Library .. .. .. 13 3 7 and School of Technical Science Binding .. .. .. .. 5 19 6 Endowment .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Insurance .. .. .. .. 87 4 10 Interest .. .. .. .. 34 5 3 Interest on loan .. .. .. 130 0 0 Incidentals and exchanges .. .. 207 310 Contribution towards expenses of Registrar's office .. .. .. 50 0 0 Printing guide-book .. .. .. 63 8 0 Casts to replace pictures .. .. 54 5 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 144 14 0 £1,612 19 3 £1,612 19 3 Museum Loan Redemption Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. To Balance .. .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 1895. £ g. d. By New Zealand Trust and Loan Company —Repayment of loan of £2,000 for Museum buildings .. .. 2,000 0 0 £2,000 0 0 £2,000 0 0 Astronomical Department, Deposit Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Withdrawal of deposit .. .. 1,067 16 9 By Balance .. .. .. .. 1,067 16 9 £1,067 16 9 £1,067 16 9 Astronomical Department Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 1,067 16 9 By Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 1,139 14 11 Interest .. .. .. .. 71 18 2 £1,139 14 11 £1,139 14 11

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Biological Laboratory Buildings Account. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance .. ' .. .. .. 2,113 19 5| By Contractors'progress payments for building .. .. .. .. 1,953 10 0 Surveying frontage of site and clearing 31 19 0 Salary of clerk of works .. .. 96 10 0 Interest .. .. .. .. 32 0 5 £2,113 19 5 , £2,113 19 5 Mortgage of Freeholds Account. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. 1895. £ s. d. IBy Balance, Ist January, 1895 .. .. 62,590 19 0 To Gilmour's security—Amount written off for depreciation in value .. .. 515 14 0 Burkes security—Amount written off for depreciation in value .. .. 83 8 3 Wilson, Thomas—Part repayment of loan .. .. .. .. 800 0 0 Morten, R. M.—Repayment of loan .. 20,000 0 0 Wall, J.—Further payment on account of purchase of part of Burkes security 50 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 41,141 16 9 £62,590 19 0 £62,590 19 0 Contractors' Deposit Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. To Bowen, W. H.—Deposit .. .. 108 0 0 By Duggan, C—Refund of deposit .. 10 0 0 Duggan, C. , .. .. 10 0 0 Balance .. ... .. .. 134 0 0 Smith-, W. • „ .. .. 26 0 0 £144 0 0 £144 0 0 Examined and found correct. James Edward FitzGerald, A. Cracroft Wilson, Begistrar. Controller and Auditor-General. 26th February, 1896. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,475 copies), £10 3s. 6d.

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