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Affiliated Colleges. Reference to Table Ma will show that there were 1,776 students actually in attendance at the four University colleges, an increase of 57 over the number for the previous year. Of these, 74 were graduates, 1,245 were undergraduates, and 457 were unmatriculated students. In addition to the matriculated students mentioned above, there were 124 students attached to the various University colleges, but exempt from lectures—that is, they were prevented by distance or by the necessity of earning their living from attending lectures at the college, but were allowed to keep terms, except in certain science and professional subjects, bypassing the annual college examination. It is evident that, as these students do not come into direct contact with college life, the possession of a degree in their case possesses an entirely different significance from that in the case of students who actually attend the University. They can hardly be considered University students, in the strict sense of the term, since the only function of the University in their case is to examine their work and grant diplomas.

Table Ma.—Students on the Books of the Affiliated Institutions.

A close examination of the above table shows some interesting facts. The total number of University students has increased by 54 in the past two years, and in the same period the number of unmatriculated students has increased by 71. The

Number of Students, 1911. Auckland University College. Victoria College. Canterbury College. Otago Uni- Totals, versity. Totals for 1910. I. Attending lectures (whether terms were kept or not) — (1.) Matriculated students— (a.) Graduates— Men Women . . .. .. 10 9 12 6 16 5 13 51 3 23 45 36 Total graduates attending lectures.. 19 18 21 16 74 SI (6.) Undergraduates—■ Men . . .. .. Women 169 99 237 114 161 113 249 103 816 429 816 459 Total undergraduates attending lectures (c.) All matriculated students (a) and (6) — Men .. .. . . Women 268 179 108 351 249 120 274 352 1,245 1,275 177 118 262 106 | 867 452 861 495 Total matriculated students attending lectures (2.) Non-matriculated students — Men Women 287 369 295 368 1,319 1,356 112 93 71 34 37 34 41 35 261 196 215 148 Total non-matriculated students attending lectures (3.) All students attending lectures (1) and (2) — Men Women 205 105 7! 76 457 363 291 201 320 154 214 152 303 141 1,128 648 1,076 643 Total all students attending lectures 492 474 366 444 1,776 1,719 II. Exempt students not attending lectures, not included aboveMen Women 12 6 47 22 6 1 19 11 84 40 104 39 Total exempt students 18 69 30 124 143 II. Total all students I and II— Men Women 303 207 367 176 220 153 322 152 , 1,212 688 1,180 682 Grand total all students 510 543 373 474 1,900 1,862