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The affiliated colleges receive annual statutory Government grants (somewhat reduced in 1922 owing to the operation of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act) towards meeting the expenses of their general maintenance as follows : Auckland University College, £10,600 ; Victoria University College, £10,600; Canterbury College, £3,600 ; Otago University, £8,200. The colleges are also in receipt of rents from endowments, Canterbury College being the most richly endowed, and the total income from this source by all colleges in 1922 being £25,969. In addition to the grants a certain proportion of the income from the National Endowment Fund for the purposes of education is paid directly to the four affiliated institutions, the sum paid to each in the year 1922-23 being £1,586. There is also provision for the payment under regulations of a Government subsidy on voluntary contributions to the funds of the institutions affiliated to the University of New Zealand, and special grants are made from time to time for buildings and equipment; £8,236 was paid to the colleges by way of subsidy in 1922-23, and £55,362 as grants for extended buildings arid sites. The total amount paid by the Education Department on account of the University of New Zealand and the affiliated, colleges for the year 1922-23, as shown below, was £128,974, as against £117,434 in the previous year. The total expenditure of these institutions on University education (exclusive of trust funds) was £223,000. i Payments by Education Department on account of Higher Education, 1922-23. University of New Zealand — £ Statutory grant .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,834 National-endowment reserves revenue .. .. .. .. 3,172 Auckland University College— Statutory grants . . .. .. .. .. .. 10,950* National-endowment reserves revenue .. .. .. .. 1,586 New buildings, &c. .. .. .. .. .. ..19,687 Victoria University College— Statutory grants .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,950* National-endowment reserves revenue .. .. .. .. 1,586 Lectures on education .'. ... .. .. .. 188 New buildings, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,445 Canterbury College— Statutory grants . . .. .. .. \ .'. .. 5,564* National-endowment reserves revenue .. .. .. .. 1,586 University of Otago — Statutory grants .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,400* National-endowment reserves revenue .. .. .. .. 1,586 New buildings, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,230 * Additions to salaries of Medical Professors .. .. . . 300 Sir George Grey Scholarships .. . . .. .. .. 100 National Scholarships . . .. .. .. .. . . 3,246 Bursaries— University .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,218 Educational .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 705 Agricultural . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 632 Workers' Educational Association —Grant for organization expenses .. 500 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. .. 8,846 129,311 Less recoveries .. .. .. .. .. 337 £128,974 * Includes £300 for Workers' Educational Association classes. New Zealand University. The University conducted inp.922|in the faculties of arts, science, medicine, public health, dentistry, home science, law, engineering, commerce, agriculture, and music, and for admission to the legal and accountants' professions. The number of candidates for -'examination is increasing each year ; there were 5,467 entrants for the degree examinations in 1922, compared with. 4,964 in 1921, and the number of candidates for matriculation has more than trebled in the last