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1882. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In Continuation of E.-4, 1881.]

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

Statement of Chairman of the Board of Governors. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, held on the 10th July, 1882, the Chairman's statement of the progress made and the work done in the several departments during the year was read as follows: — At this the ninth annual meeting of the Board, I propose to make the usual statement, showing the progress made during the past twelve months of the various institutions under the management of the Board. I shall commence with the College. Canterbury College. —The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was forty-six, being an increase of four over those attending the previous year. The total number of students matriculated and non-matriculated attending lectures during the year was 108, being an increase of seven on those attending the previous year. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as follows: — Pass Latin (translation), 19; pass Latin (composition), 25; Q-reek (translation), 6; Greek (composition), 5; honours Latin (translation), 4; honours Latin (composition), 5; English composition lecture, 43 ; Hamlet, and Borneo and Juliet, 48 ; Chaucer's Era, 29 ; Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, 28; philological lecture, 15 ; criticism lecture, 16 ; English history, 24 ; lower mathematics, 25 ; upper mathematics, 4 ; mechanics and hydrostatics, 14 ; advanced mathematics, 1; junior chemistry, 9 ; senior chemistry, 5 ; junior physics, 9 ; senior physics, 6; laboratory practice, 10; junior geology, 2 ; senior geology, 4; teachers' geology, 8; junior botany, 10; senior botany, 4; junior zoology, 6 ; senior zoology, 1; pass biology, 14 ; honours biology, 3 ; teachers' biology, 2 ; senior French, 6; junior Erench, 2; German, 3. Six students (C. Chilton, B. M. Connal, Miss M. Edger, T. S. Poster, J. limes, and J. B. Wilkinson) entered at the last examination of the University of New Zealand for honours and for the degree of M.A., and one (Miss K. M. Edger) for the degree of Ml, All were successful. Messrs. Connal and Foster took first class in languages and literature (Latin and Greek) ; Miss Edger and Mr. Innes first class in languages and literature (Latin and English) ; Mr. Chilton first class in natural science (biology) ; and Mr. Wilkinson first class in chemistry and experimental physics (electricity and magnetism). Mr. James Hay, M.A., passed the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Two students (W. B. Douglas and G. Watson) passed the final examination for the degree of 8.A., and eight students (L. Cohen, J. Grossmann, Miss Grossmann, S. Hamilton, R. F. Irvine, J. J. Paterson, H. T. Purchas, and H. B. M. Watson) passed the first section of their examination for the B.A. degree; in both cases these were the whole of the candidates that went up for examination. Of five senior scholarships given by the University of New Zealand on the results of the last examination, the first four were gained by students of this College, viz., Joseph Grossmann, R. F. Irvine, Miss Janette Grossmann, and L. Cohen. The College exhibitions given for excellence in honours wrork at the College annual examinations were awarded to J. P. Grossmann, for Latin; R. F. Irvine, for English; W. P. Evans, for mathematics; S. Hamilton, for physics; R. M. Laing, for biology; and Miss E. Searle, for history, political economy, and French. During the past year 117 volumes have been added to the College Library. In my statement last year I reported that contracts had been entered into for the erection of a hall in which examinations could be conducted, degrees conferred, and lectures and addresses given. Satisfactory progress has been made with the building, and there is reason to believe that it will be completed within two months from this date. The inside measurement is 80 feet by 35 feet. This will afford ample space for the purposes for which the hall has been erected. I wish to draw the attention of the