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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. ("THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO ORDINANCE, 1869.") [In continuation of E.-7, 1899.]

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

Visitor. —His Excellency the Governor. Council. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council—His Honour Mr. Justioe Williams, M.A., LL.M. (Chancellor); E. B. Cargill (Vice-Chanoellor); R. Burns, F.R.0.5.; T. M. Hocken, M.R.C.S. ;G. G. Russell; J. Allen, 8.A., M.H.R. ; H. Clark. Elected by graduates—D. White, M.A. ; Rev. A. Cameron, 8.A.; T. K. Sidey, B.A. Elected by the professors—Professor G. S. Sale, M.A. ; Professor J. Shand, M.A., LL.D. Professors. Classics, G. S. Sale, M.A.; Natural Philosophy, J. Shand, M.A., LL.D.; Chemistry, J. G. Black, M.A., D.Sc. ; Anatomy and Physiology, J. H. Scott, M.D., M.R.C.S.; Mining and Mineralogy (vacant); Biology (also Curator of the University Museum), W. B. Benham, D.Sc. ; Mental and Moral Philosophy, Rev. W. Salmond, M.A., D.D.; Mathematics (also Lecturer on Political Economy), F. B. de M. Gibbons, M.A.; English Language and Literature, T. Gilray, M.A. Lecturers. Jurisprudence, W. D. Milne, M.A., LL.B.; French, A. Dallas; German, G. P. Howell, M.A. ; Constitutional History and Law, A. R. Barclay, 8.A., LL.B.; Practice of Medicine, D. Colquhoun, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health, F. Ogston, M.D., CM.; Midwifery and Diseases of Women, F. C. Batchelor, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; Materia Mediea, J. Macdonald, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.; Pathology, W. S. Roberts, M.R.C.S.; Ophthalmology, H. L. Ferguson, M.A., M.D., &c. ; Surgery, L. E. Barnett, M.8., CM., F.R.0.5.; Mental Diseases, F. T. King, M.8., CM., B.Sc ; Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery, the Honorary Medical and Surgioal Staff of the Dunedin Hospital; Metallurgy and Assaying, D. B. Waters, A.0.5.M.; Applied Meohanics, L. E. Cull; Mine and Land Surveying, M. Begg ; General Geology, J. R. Don, M.A., D.Sc. Registrar —A. Hamilton.

The Chancellor of the University of Otago to His Excellency the Goveenoe. Youe Excellency,— University of Otago, Dunedin, 1900. In compliance with the provisions of " The University of Otago Ordinance, 1869," I have the honour to forward to your Excellency the following report of the proceedings of the University of Otago for the year ending 31st March, 1900 : — The number of students in attendance were as follows: — Matriculated. Not Matrioulated. Total. Males ... ... 154 39 193 Females ... ... ... ... 48 0 48 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 The degrees obtained by the students at the examinations of the New Zealand University are as follows: Master of Arts, six ; Bachelor of Arts, thirteen ; Bachelor of Science, five; Bachelor of Laws, three; Bachelor of Medicine, eleven. The Tinline Scholarship and two Senior Scholarships were awarded to students of the College. Endowments. —The tenancy of the various runs remains the same, and the rentals are fully paid up. On the Forest Hill Bun there seems to be a prospect of a payable goldfield being opened, as a number of dredging claims have been applied for on and around Pebbly Hill. Several of the claimholders have taken up leases on the terms offered by the Council. The conditions have been made very easy, and yet, if success attends the enterprise, the Council may hope to get a much-needed addition to their revenue. The revenue derived from the quartz claims on the Musuem Eeserve and the Barewood Bun has been this year most disappointing, and has fallen more than £200 below the estimate which the Council made at the commencement of the year; and this estimate anticipated a decline in the yearly revenue as compared with 1898-99. Quite recently a decision of the Courts has deprived the Council of over £200 of overdue rents from this source.