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Professorial Board.- -Report of the Chairman (Professor P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc.) I have the honour to report on the general condition of the University and on the work of the academic year ending 31st March, 1911. Staff. The departure of Mr. J. M. Harrow, Lecturer on Law since 1908, who was appointed to a more lucrative post in Wellington, was much regretted by his colleagues, whilst the Board has been pleased to welcome Dr. S. T. Champtvloup and Professor Boys-Smith. Attendance. The Registrar has kindh supplied me with the following statistics as to the numbers of students who attended the classes during the year : — (a.) Total number in all faculties— 1910. 1909. Males ... ... ... ... ... 313 298 Females ... ... ... ... ... 127 123 Total ... ... ... ... 440 -121 (6.) Matriculated students- — Malt* ... ... ... ... 274 250 Females ... ... ... ... ...114 117 % Total ... ... ... ... 388 367 (c.) Non-matriculated students— Males ... ... ... ... ... 41 48 Females .. ... ... ... ... 11 6 Total ... ... ... ... 52 54 The students were distributed amongst the different faculties as follows: — Arts, Science, and Law .. ... ... ... 318 294 Medicine ... ... ... ... ... 96 82 Mines ... ... ... ... ... 15 31 Dentistry ... ... ... ... ... II 14 Inspection of this list shows that there was an increase of nineteen iii the total number of students. 'I bis advance of the total was entirely due to the increase of twenty-four in the matriculated male students, which was partly offset by the decrease in male non-matriculated students. Of the attendance in the different faculties it will be seen that the Arts, Science, and Law increased by fourteen. Of the total as given for 1910, fifty students belong to the Law Faculty, but the number for (he previous year is not available. The number of medical students increased by fourteen, or as much as 17 per cent. For the decrease of sixteen in the number of Mining students the discontinuance of the special evening classes instituted in the previous year is responsible. Academic Results. The following table shows the number of students who have passed examinations for the various degrees during the academic year compared with the numbers who have gained the corresponding degrees in the previous year : — I'JIO. 1909. D.Sc. ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 M.D. ... ... .. ... ... ... 1 3 M.A. ... .. ... ... ... ... 13 3 M.Sc. ... ... ... ... ... ••• 2 I B.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 22 B.Sc. ... ... ... ... ... 3 6 LL.B. ... . . ... ... > ... ... 4 2 M.B. . ... . . ... ... ... 11 12 B.D.S. ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 Total ... ... ... 55 49 It will be seen from this table that the number of degrees gained by the Otago University students is greater than that in the preceding year. It is satisfactory to find that the increase is greatest in the number of M.A. degrees, which, however, were abnormally low in 1909. In the Honours Examination in connection with the Masters' degrees there were very satisfactory results. As in the previous year, there was one student this year. Mr. 11. M. Budd, who won first-class honours in two subjects, a result that bestows special distinction on a student. As is stated in detail below, three students gained first-class honours, but as one of these gained a double first, four first-class diplomas have been gained. Tn addition, there were six second-class and seven third-class diplomas.