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Out of 2,257 students on the books of the University colleges there were thus . 141 who were entitled to rise from the status of undergraduate to that of graduate, and sixty-seven from that of Bachelor to the status of Master of Arts, Laws, or Science. In addition, two students qualified for the degree of Doctor of Science, and one for that of. Doctor of Medicine, making a total of 211—a percentage of 9-3, as compared with. 7-9 for the year 1913. Affiliated [Colleges. Reference to Table Ma will show that there were 2,134 students actually in attendance at the four University colleges, a decrease of 84 as compared with the number for the previous year. Of these, 108 were graduates, 1,463 were undergraduates, and 565 were unmatriculated students. In addition to the matriculated students mentioned above, there were 123 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, by passing the annual college examination.

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

Auckland University College. Victoria University College. Canterbury College. Otago University. Totals for 1914. Ii Attending lectures (whether terms were kept or not) — (1.) Matriculated students— (a.) Graduates— Men Women 16 9 17 7 18 3 31 7 82 26 Total graduates attending leotures 25 24 21 38 108 (b.) Undergraduates— Men Women 244 156 197 104 189 120 315 136 945 516 Total undergraduates attending lectures .. 400 301 309 451 1,461 (c.) All matriculated students (a) and (b) — Men Women 260 165 214 111 207 123 346 143 1,027 542 Total matriculated students attending leotures (2.) Non-matrioulated students— Men , Women 425 325 330 489 1,569 68 117 29 23 172 36 80 4(1 349 216 Total non-matriculated students attending lectures (3.) All students attending lectures (1) and (2) — Men ... Women 185 62 208 120 565 328 282 243 134 379 159 426 183 1,376 758 Total of all students attending lectures 610 377 538 609 2,134 II. Exempt students not attending leotures, not included above— Men Women 15 1 43 21 6 1 25 8 89 34 Total exempt students 10 07 33 123 III. Total of all students (I and II) — Men Women 343 283 286 158 385 160 45] 191 1,465 792 Grand total of all students, 1914 Grand total of all students, 1913 626 665 444 512 545 537 642 604 2,257 2,318