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List op Investments and other Assets. General Account— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ g. d. Bank of New Zealand .. 4 8 1 Brought forward .. ..47,017 6 2 English agent's balance.. 3,191 16 10 Post Office Savings-bank 7,168 18 4 Bowen Prize Account — £ s. d. Accrued interest .. 137 11 8 Fixed deposit .. .. 166 0 0 Inscribed stock .. 5,136 18 9 Post Office Savings-bank 10 5 2 Cash.. .. .. 15 17 3 176 5 2 , - „- r , „ ~ Cook Prize Account — 15,659 10 11 Less amount due to Sir Flxed deposit .. .. 146 0 0 J. G. Wilson Prize P° st Office Savings-bank 9 13 6 Account .. .. 163 0 6 155 13 6 15,492 10 5 Habens Prize Account — Ordinary Scholarship Account- Fixed deposit .. .. 155 10 0 Bank of New Zealand .. 6(1 511 Post offiee Savings-bank 54 5 Inscribed stock .. 4,210 7 0 Iqq 14 5 War-loan certificates .. 575 8 0 Mortgages .. .. 19,550 0 0 Von Haast Prize Account — Fixed deposit .. .. 1,000 0 0 Fixed deposits.. .. 333 15 0 Auckland City Loan .. 2.582 8 3 Post Office Savings-hank 13 0 6 Post Office Savings-bank 1,205 8 4 346 15 6 Sundry debtors .. 81 0 2 Haydon Prize Account— °9 9 64 18 2 os * Office Savings-bank .. 7 19 Less amount owing to , other accounts 140 13 11 Arnold Atkinson Memorial _ 29 124 4 3 Prize Account — John Tinline Scholarship Inscribed stock .. 110 0 0 Account Accrued interest .. 419 0 Bank of-New Zealand .. 104 0 5 Fixed deposit .. .. 15 0 0 Post Office Savings-bank 115 8 7 Post office Savings-bank I 0 2 Mortgage .. .. 1,200 0 0 1;u 5 2 Interest due on mortgage 30 0 0 Christie Prize Account — Fixed deposits.. .. 534 0 0 Inscribed stock .. 92 2 0 . „ . , „., 1 ' 983 9 ° Accrued interest .. 11 0 0 University National Scholar- Post office Sayings . bank 7 18 0 ship Account — ' 111 n 0 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 04 12 7 Macmillan Brown Prize Ac- Slr •>■ 6 - Wilson Prize Accountcount — Amount held by General Inscribed stock and ac- Account .. .. 158 12 0 crued interest .. 201 8 4 Accrued interest .. 4 8 6 Fixed deposit .. .. 140 10 0 163 0 6 Post Offiee Savings-bank 10 11 7 352 9 3.1 Total as per Balance-sheet on all accounts £48,269 2 2 Carried forward .. .. 47,017 6 2 E. T. Norris, Registrar. The Audit Office having examined the balance-sheet and accompanying accounts, required by law to be audited, hereby certifies the same to be correct. —G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and AuditorGeneral.

2. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. Members of Council. Appointed by His Exoellenoy the Governor-General in Oounoil — Hon. G. Fowlds, C.B.E. ; Rev. J. H. Simmonds ; J. M. Caughey, Esq. Appointed by the Professorial Board —Professor G. W. Egerton, M.A. ; Professor H. W. Segar, M.A. Elected by members of the Legislature—J. E. Hosking, Esq. ;T. W. Leys, Esq., LL.D.; G. H. Wilson, Esq. Eleoted by Convocation—Professor A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S. (Professor Emeritus); T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A.; H. J. D. Mahon, Esq., 8.A.; Kenneth Mackenzie, M.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.S. Appointed by the Auckland City Counoil—S. I. Grookes, Esq., M.1.E.E., M.N.Z.Soc.C.E. Appointed by the Auckland Education Board—J. Boddie, Esq. 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. Mathematios—H. W. Segar, M.A. Chemistry-F. P. Worley, M.A., D.Sc, D.1.0., F.C.S. Physics—P. W. Burbidge, M.Sc, B.A. General Biology, Botany, and Zoology—J. C. Johnson, M.A., M.Sc, M.8., B.Ch., Litt.D. History and Eoonomios—J. P. Grossmann, M.A. Law—R. M. Algie, LL.M. Philosophy - W. Anderson, M.A. Musio—W. E. Thomas, Mus. Doc Lecturers, ten. Assistant lecturers, five. Demonstrators, five. Registrar. —M. Rocke O'Shea, B.Com. REPORT (ABRIDGED). Sir, — In pursuance of the provisions of the Auckland University College Act, 1882, the Council has the honour to make the following report for the year 1923 : — Number of Students. —The number of persons who attended lectures in this College in 1923 was 1,078: Graduates, 45 (male 37, female 8); undergraduates, 721 (male 542, female 179); nonmatriculated students, 312 (male 230, female 82). The number of students who were exempted from attendance was 76 (male 62, female 14). The total number of students undertaking study during the year was 1,154 (male 871, female 283). The Council. —During the year the following Councillors retired from office : Mr. G. L. Peacocke, Mr. W. J. Holdsworth, and Mr. E. C. Banks. To fill the vacancies thus created the following were appointed : Mr. J. M. Caughey, appointed by the Governor-General in Council ; Mr. S. I. Crookes, appointed by the Auckland City Council; and Mr. James Boddie, appointed by the Auckland Education Board.

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