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The College. The receipts from reserves ruse from £8,041 to £8,127, and the students" fees also increased by £122. On tlic other hand, salaries rose from £7,833 to £8,779, an increase of £946 for the year. The salaries for 1909 amount to £8,426. Members will notice thai the account, which began with a debit of £I,S4S, closes with a debit of £6,497. an increase of £5,152. This amount, however, is made up of £3,460 for the purchase of town sections within the College block, and tii.ixx) transferred totheGeneral Investment Account for the purchase of the Hereford Street sections in order to comply with the requirements of the Audit Department. It will thus he seen that, adding these two sums together, the College account was really worked at an actual profit on the year of £298. which, considering the increase of salaries, and some expenses of a non-recurrent character, must lie regarded as very satisfactory. The College's Work. The number of students who have succeeded in passing the various examinations for degrees given by the. University of New Zealand are as follows : — M.A., 179. 8.A., 276 (some of whom are still eligible to compete for the M.A. derive*. LL.D., 2. LL.B., 19. M.Sc., 8. B.Sc., 16. B. Engineering. 36. .Miis. Bac, •'}. Two art graduates have also obtained the degree <>f LL.D. Three that of D.Sc. One that of Litt, I>. One that of LL.M. Twenty-four that of LL.B. Twenty-five that of B.Sc. Poor that of M.Sc. One that of B. Engineering. Three science graduates have also obtained the degree of B. Engineering. Since the foundation of the University of New Zealand 166 graduates in arts and science have been awarded first-class honours ;63 of these belong to Canterbury College. Of the 13 double first-class honours awarded by the University, 10 were gained by students from this College. Of the 231 Senior and Third-year, and John Tinline Scholarships, awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last thirty-two years (the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force), 104 have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. Of the 28 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, I'J have been gained by students of this College, whilst the only 4 mentioned as froxime accessit have also been of this College. In view of these facts, I cannot but express my surprise and regret that during the six years the Cecil Khodes Scholarship has been in existence no representative of this College has been selected. The following statement shows the increase of the fees received by the College during the last six years • — v L 903 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,636 1904 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,797 1905 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,821 • 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,205 1907 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,532 1908 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,634 Such a growth in revenue from this source is very gratifying. I am pleased to see that the number of enrolments of students attending the various College lectures shows a satisfactory increase over the previous year. During the year 1908 the number of enrolments lor lectures was 1,458 ; this year. L 909, it was 1,628, a very satisfactory increase. The following table shows the growth of the College in the number of students :— Matrii. Non-matrie. Total 18118 .. .. .. .. .. ..131 56 187 1899 . .. .. . . . . .. 117 65 182 1900 .. .. .. .. .. ..125 93 218 1901 .. .. .. .. .. ..148 72 220 1902 . .. .. .. .. ..151 74 225 1903 .: .. .. .. .. ..167 82 249 1904 . . .. .. .. .. .. 210 67 277 1905 .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 77 277 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. 198 106 304 1907 .. .. ..253 89 342 1908 .. .. .. .. .. ..293 88 381 It will thus be seen that the College is increasingly fulfilling the hopes of its founders in becoming a centre of light and learning.