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Additional shelving (approximately l,OOOft.) has been added to prevent overcrowding of the shelves. This has been arranged in the form of bays, and forms a handsome addition to the library. At the present rate of accession there should be sufficient shelving for at least seven or eight years ; but the accommodation of readers presents a difficulty yet to be overcome. New Scholarships. —Regulations have been framed, and approved by the Supreme Court, for the establishment of scholarships in terms of the will of the late James Macintosh. Provision is made for two types of scholarships—namely, local scholarships and travelling scholarships. The former are open to graduate students who are or intend to become teachers, to assist them to pursue an honours course. The latter are tenable abroad, and are open to honours graduates to enable them to pursue a course of post-graduate study or research in Education. The first awards of these scholarships were made respectively to Mr. A. H. Fear, B.Sc, and Mr. Colin Bailey, M.A., Dip. Ed. Weir Hostel. —A contract for the erection of the buildings in accordance with the duly approved plans was let to the Fletcher Construction Co., Ltd., the price being £49,050. A commencement was made with the work and a substantial part of the foundations and excavation carried out when the earthquake of the 3rd February, 1931, occurred and the work was stopped. Since that time the Government has notified the College that it is impossible to provide the subsidy upon which the College relied in entering into the contract, and negotiations are proceeding for completing the contract upon a reduced scale. Workers' Educational Association Classes. —It is gratifying to be able to report that the Workers' Educational Association movement has this year not only maintained its activities throughout the Victoria University College District, but has in several respects extended its work along new lines. Satisfactory tutorial work has been done in the city and its environs, and the tutor-organizer, Mr. J. A. Brailsford, 8.A., has been able to report a successful year in his large district. Workers' Educational Association bursaries were granted by the College Council to Messrs. J. Carr and P. Scanlon. Mr. Scanlon unfortunately found it impossible to continue, but Mr. Carr has done a satisfactory year's work, gaining terms in Psychology and History. Mr. Carr is taking the course for the diploma of Social Science. Miss C. Lamont has been granted a bursary. Four full courses of lectures, twenty-two half-courses, twenty-six short courses, ten play-reading groups, and twenty box circles (working with material from Canterbury College) were carried on in the district during the past year. Former Students. —Mr. G. M. Richardson, M.Sc, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of London, and, having completed the third year of his 1851 Scholarship, has been awarded a Beit Scholarship. Mr. E. Beaglehole, M.A., has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of London. Publications, 1930. —Dolby, R. M. ; and Robertson, P. W. —" Electrical Conductivity of Solutions in Phenol." J. Chem. Soc, August, 1930. Sutherland, I. L. G.—" Maori Mentality." Native Education. Phillips, J. S. —" A Revision of the New Zealand Ephemeroptera," Part I, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. 61, 1930, pp. 271-334 ; Part 11, Id., pp. 335-90. Theses, 1930. —Honours in Arts : " Notes on Structure of Stem and Leaf in the New Zealand Species of Metrosideros " —Dora I. Campbell, B.A. "An Historical Account and Appreciation of the Labours of the Marist Missionaries in the Auckland District of New Zealand " —C. P. Bowler, B.A. " The Evolution of Responsible Government in New Zealand " — J. J. Kennedy, B.A. " A Study in Party Politics and the Working-out of a Constitution "—W. H. Scotter, B.A. " Old Kaikoura " —E. J. Watts, B.A. # M.A. : " The History of the Maori King Movement until the Taranaki War "—E. G. W. Perry, B.A. Honours in Science : " Preparation and Properties of certain substituted Anilid.es " —Dorothy J. Ellison, B.Sc. " The Action of lodine in Oleic Acid " —S. J. Lambourne, B.Sc. " The Estimation of Traces of Carbon Monoxide "—T. P. Rollings, B.Sc. " The Sulphur and Cysteine in Wool "— O. H. Keys, B.Sc. " The Vapour Pressure of Pyridine and Acetic Acid Solutions " —Eunice Wall, B.Sc. " Some Partitions between Water and other Solvents " —E. B. Davies, B.Sc. " Raised Beaches and other Features of the South-east Coast of the North Island of New Zealand " —L. C. King, B.Sc. '' Notes on the Structure and Life-history of Porina cervinata " —Eileen A. Plank, B.Sc.

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