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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE VICTORIA COLLEGE. ( "THE VICTORIA COLLEGE ACT, 1897.") [In continuation of E.-10, 1901.]

Presented in pursuance of the Act.

Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Eduoation. Members of Council. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council— J. Graham, M.H.R. ;A. W. Hogg, M.H.R.; A. R Guinness, M.H.R. Elected by members of the Legislature—W. A. Chappie, M.A., M.D. ;C. Wilson JC. P. Knight, LL.D. Elected by members of Education Boards— J. R. Blair, A. P. Seymour, G. Talbot. Elected by graduates— J. Pirtb, B.A. ; His Honour Sir R. Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice; Right Rev. F. Wftllis, D.D. Eleoted by public-school teaohers—Rev. W. A. Evans ; T. R. Fleming, M.A., LL.B.; C. Watson, B.A. Elected by the Professorial Board — J. G. Pindlay, LL.D. Staff. Professors. —Classics—John Brown, M.A. St. Andrew's and Oxford. English Language and Literature — H. Mackenzie, M.A. St. Andrew's. Modern Languages—G. W. yon Zedlitz, M.A., Oxford. Chemistry and Physics - T. H. Easterfield, M.A. Cambridge, Ph.D. Wiirzburg. Mathematics and Mathematical Physics—R. C. Maclaurin, M.A., LL.M., New Zealand and Cambridge. Lecturers. —Mental Soience —Professor Mackenzie. Jurisprudence and Constitutional History—Professor Maclaurin. General History and Political Economy—D. Ritchie, B.A. Oxford, B.L. Edinburgh, W.S. Law— M. W. Richmond, B.So. London. Geology—C. E. Adams, B.So. New Zealand. Registrar. —C. P. Powles.

The Registrar, Victoria College Council, to the Hon. the Minister of Education. Sir, — Victoria College, Wellington, 22nd May, 1902. I have the honour, in pursuance of " The Victoria College Act, 1897," to forward the following report from the Council on the working of the Victoria College for the year ended the 31st December, 1901 :— Classes were held in the following subjects: English language and literature, Latin, Greek, French, German, mental science, jurisprudence and constitutional history, law, political economy and history, mathematics, mechanica, chemistry, physics, and geology. The number of students attending classes was 144, and there were fifty-one exempted students attached to the College. Of these, 100 kept terms. At the New Zealand University Examinations two students passed the M.A. examination ; one gained a senior scholarship; nineteen passed the first section and seven the final section of the B.A. degree; two the final section of the B.Sc. degree; four the first examination and four the second examination of the LL.B. degree. The number of students at present entered for the year 1902 is 180. At the examination for the Queen's Scholarships in December last there were 121 candidates from the following Education Districts, viz. : Wellington, 89 ; Hawke's Bay, 7; Taranaki, 2 ; Wanganui, 9 ; Nelson, 5 ; Westland, 9. The six scholarships were awarded to scholars from the following schools : Waimangaroa, Masterton, Mount Cook Boys (Wellington), Pahiatua, Petone, and Havelock North, Out of the twenty-four Queen's Scholarships awarded up to this date, four have been given up and the holders of six others are attending the Victoria College. The rest are at secondary schools. Under an Act of the General Assembly passed last session the College Council is now acquiring a site for the College buildings on the Salamanca Eoad. Preparations are being made for levelling so much of the ground as will be necessary.