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Investment Account. £ s. d. £ b. d. Balance, Ist January, 1916 .. .. 69 15 7 Invested on mortgage .. .. .. 13,500 0 0 Invested on mortgage .. .. .. 13,500 0 0 Payment to Land Transfer Offioe, purohase of property .. .. .. .. 28 10 0 Balance 31st December, 1916 .. .. 41 5 £13,569 15 7 £13,569 15 7 Statement op Balances. Accounts. £ s. d. Bank. £ s. d. £ s. d. General Account, credit .. .. 1,991 5 9 Credit, balance, 31/12/16, as por Investment Account, credit .. .. 41 5 7 passbook .. .. 1,078 5 4 Deposit in Post Offioe Savingsbank .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Interest accrued in Post Office Savings-bank .. .. 51 1 3 Cash in hand .. .. 6 0 0 2,135 6 7 Less outstanding cheques .. .. 102 15 3 £2,032 11 4 £2,032 11 4 R. E. Alexander, Director. Examined and found correct. —R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

No. 3.—DETAILED TABLES.

Table M1. —Students on the Books of the Affiliated Institutions.

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Auckland University Collogo. Victoria University Collogo. Canterbury College. Otago University. Total" for 1916. I. Attending lectures (whether forms were kept or not) — (1.) Matriculated students— (a.) Graduates— Men Women 4 6 11 8 10 7 24 8 49 29 Total graduates attending leotures io 19 17 32 7S (6.) Undergraduates — Men Women 247 85 137 115 104 118 276 170 764 488 Total undergraduates attending lectures . . 332 252 222 446 1,252 (c.) All matriculated students (a) and (6) — Men Women 251 91 148 123 114 125 300 178 813 517 Total matriculated students attending lectures (2.) Non-matriculated students— Men Women 342 271 239 478 1,330 72 107 14 38 138 79 55 57 279 281 Total non-matriculated students attending lectures (3.) All students attending lectures (1) and (2) — Men Women 179 52 217 112 560 323 198 162 161 252 204 355 235 ■ 1,092 798 Total of all students attending lectures 521 323 456 590 1,890 II. Exempt students not attending lectures, not included above— Men Women 14 1 19 20 2 1 29 9 61 31 Total exempt students 15 39 3 88 95 III. Total of all students (I and II) — Men Women 337 199 181 181 254 205 384 244 1,156 829 Grand total of all students, 1916 Grand total of all students, 1915 536 539 362 419 459 507 628 574 1,985 2,039 Difference -3 -57 -48 51 -54