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Research Scholarships, are travelling scholarships—that is, they are tenable abroad. The Research Scholarships are each of the value of £100 per annum, with laboratory fees and expenses. The Rhodes Scholar of 1923 is a student of Otago University. The total number of Rhodes Scholarships that have been granted to date is twenty-two, of which six have been gained by students of Auckland University College, six by students of Otago University, six by students of Victoria University College, and four by students of Canterbury College. Up to the present twenty-two National Research Scholarships have been awarded, two being current at present, and the following being the subjects of research : " The nature of unsaturation in unsaturated acids and their derivatives " ; and " The root-nodules of conifers and other New Zealand trees." Kitchener Memorial Scholarship. — A Kitchener Memorial Scholarship endowed by a private gentleman, and contributed to by other persons and by the Government, is awarded annually on the results of the Senior National Scholarship Examination to secondary-school pupils, being intended for boys, the sons of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who have taken an agricultural course. The scholarship is worth £50 per annum, and is tenable for two years at an agricultural college. One scholarship was awarded in each of the years 1919, 1920, and 1921, and, the first two having expired, an extension of a third year has been granted in the third case. No award was made in 1922 or 1923. University Bursaries. University bursaries are awarded under the University Amendment Act, 1914, on the credit pass in the University Junior Scholarship Examination or on a higher leaving - certificate qualification, and entitle the holders to exemption from the payment of tuition and examination fees (not exceeding £20 per annum) during a three (or possibly four) years' course at a University college or school of agriculture recognized by the University. The number of University bursars in 1922 was 598, and the amount expended on their tuition and examination fees was £10,218, the cost per head being £17 Is. 9d. Educational Bursaries. Educational bursaries may be awarded to persons complying with certain conditions who, having matriculated, are trained teachers, or teachers holding a class C certificate, or ex-pupil teachers, or ex-probationers. Bursars are bound to serve as teachers for a specified term of years. The bursaries provide free tuition up to an annual value of £20 for three years, with possibly two yearly extensions, at a University college or recognized school of agriculture. The classes taken must be such as to form part of the course in arts, science, or agriculture, and proof of satisfactory progress must be given. The number of educational bursars in 1922 was sixty-four. The amount expended on tuition and examination fees being £705, or £11 os. 4d. per head. Domestic-science Bursaries. Domestic-science bursaries tenable at the Otago University may be awarded to persons who hay (1.) Passed the Matriculation Examinationoosr s some other examination approved for the purpose ; or (2.) Obtained at least a partial pass in the examination for the Class I) teachers' certificate ; or (3.) Gained a higher leaving-certificate or, in the case of pupil-teachers or probationers, a lower leaving-certificate. The term of a bursary is two (or possibly three) years, and bursaxs are required, on completion of their course, to engage in teaching for not less than three years. The bursar receives £20 per annum, together with the fees for the course for the degree or the diploma in home science and domestic arts, and if obliged to live away from home an allowance of £30 per annum. A large hostel is provided at which the great majority of the students reside. Bursaries of this kind were awarded to ten students in 1922, making in all thirty-six bursars in attendance at classes. The cost to the Education Department in the year 1922-23 was £2,692.