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B. REPORT OF THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 1911.

Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. - ' Members of Council. Appointed by His Excellenoy the Governor in Council—Hon. Sir G. M. O'Rorke, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C.; Rev J. H. Simmonds ; G. L. Peacocke, Esq. Elected by members of the Legislature—Hon. J. A. Tole, 8.A., LL.B., K.O. ; Rev. W. Beatty, M.A.; T. W. Leys, Esq. Elected by graduates—H. D. Bamford, Esq., 8.A., LL.D.; W. C. W. McDowell, Esq., 8.A., M.D., CM.; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. Ex officio— o. J. Parr, Esq., Mayor of Auckland ;G. J. Garland, Esq., Chairman of the Education Board. Staff. ". Professors. —Classics —H. S. Dettmann, M.A., B.C.L. English—C. W. Egerton, M.A. Modern Languages— M. Walker, M.A., B.Com. Mathematics—H. W. Segar, M.A. Chemistry and Experimental Physics—F. D. Brown, Hon. M.A., B.Sc, F.C.S. Biology and Geology—A. P. VV. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S., P.G.S. Musio-W. E. Thomas, Mus. Doc. Mining Engineering—(vacant). Lecturers. —Law—D. C. Chalmers, LL.M. Mental Science, Economics, History, and Economic Geography— J. P. Grossmann, M.A. Professional Accountancy Subjects—Vacant. Education—H. A. E. Milnes, B.Sc. Applied Mechanics, Steam Engine, Machine Construction and -Drawing—S. E. Lamb, B.Sc, A.R.C.Sc, A.M.I.M.E Electrical Engineering, &c—W. Wilson, 8.E., B.Sc. Demonstrators.— Biology and Geology—E. de C. Clarke, M.A. Physics—H. H. Morgan, B.Sc, A.R.C.Sc, F.C.S. Registrar. —Rev. Chas. M. Nelson, M.A.

The Chairman op the Board op Governors to the Minister of Education. Sir,— Auckland University College, 20th May, 1912. In'pursuance'of section 25* of the Auckland University Act, 1882, the Council has the honour to make the following report for the year 1911 : — 1. Number of Students. —The number of persons who attended lectures in this College in 1911 was •192 : Graduates, 19 (males, 10 ; females, 9); undergraduates, 268 (males, 169 ; females, 99) ; and non-matriculated students, 205 (males, 112 ; females, 93). The number of students who were exempted from attendance was 18 (males, 12 ; females, 6). 2. Council. —Mr. G. L. Peacocke was reappointed by the Governor in Council; Eev. W. Beatty, M.A., was re-elected unopposed by the members of the General Assembly ; and T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A., was re-elected, also unopposed,, by the graduates of the University of New Zealand on the roll of the Auckland University College. Of the ex officio members, C. J. Parr, Esq., Mayor of Auckland, replaced L. J. Bagnall, Esq. ; and G. J. Garland, Esq., Chairman of the Auckland Education Board, replaced the former Chairman, C. J. Parr, Esq. 3. Staff. —Mr. H. H. Morgan, B.Sc. London, A.R.C.Sc. London, F.C.S., was appointed Demonstrator in Physics at the beginning of March, in the place of Mr. P. S. Bridson, M.A., resigned. 4. Receipts and Expenditure. —General Account: Receipts, including balance of £6,419 14s. 3d. from 1910, £14,711 lis. 4d. ; expenditure, £8,536 Bs. sd. ; balance, £6,175 2s. lld.J|Specialization Account: Receipts, £2,493 17s. sd. ; expenditure, including debit balance from 1910 of £499 18s. Bd., £3,220 18s.; debit balance, £727 os. 7d. Endowments: The income from the endowments was £642 17s. Bd., and the expenditure was £5 17s. lid., leaving a net revenue of £636 19s. 9d. 5. Degrees and Honours. —The degrees and honours gained at last November examinations are as follows: Honours in Arts, 7 ; Honours in Science, 1 ; Masters of Arts, 7 ; Master of Science, 1; Master of Laws, 1; Bachelors of Arts (final section), 7; Bachelors of Science (final section), 2 ; Bachelors of Laws (final section), 2; Bachelors of Arts (first section), 16; Bachelors of Science (first section), 3; Bachelors of Laws (sections), 17 ; Bachelors of Agriculture (sections), 2; Senior Scholarships, 3; John Tinline Scholarship, 1 ; Cecil Rhodes Scholarship, 1. The Honours lists comprised—First Class in Mathematics, 1; Second Class in Latin and English, 1 ; Second Class in English and French, 1 ; Second Class in Mathematics, 1 ; Second Class in Chemistry, 2 ; Third Class in Latin and Greek, 1 ; Third Class in Physics, 1. 6. The various Schools of Music, Mines, and Commerce were attended during the year by the following number of students —viz., School of Music, 76 ; School of Mines, 39 ; School of Commerce, 27. 7. This report cannot be closed without again appealing to the Government to provide a suitable site for the greatly needed new University buildings. It is the unanimous feeling of the Board of Professors and the nearly unanimous feeling of the College Council that that site must be within the city boundaries. The University tuition must for many years to come be carried on in the evenings, and it would be impossible for parents to allow their daughters to travel four or five miles into the suburbs on winter's nights. To corroborate the statement about the need for increased accommodation for our students I will just quote a few words from a recent communication from the Professorial Board, as follows : " Both lecture-rooms and laboratories are too small to accommodate the classes : as many as 140 are sometimes collected in a room which is calculated to hold, without serious discomfort, about a hundred students." For a suitable site for new University buildings there is a general feeling throughout the community that the paddock at the back of Government House, which is only used for grazing a few cows and horses, would suit the new University College, being fairly central for students from Parnell and Ponsonby as well as from the main city. We cherish the hope that the Government and Parliament of New Zealand will in its next session dedicate this paddock as the site for our new University College, and thus confer upon the people of this portion of the Dominiou an inestimable benefit, and secure a grand site for our University, sure to become an "ornament to the' rapidly growing City of Auckland. I have, &c, G. Maurice O'Rorke, M.A., L.L.D., Chairman.