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11. REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND AND OF CONSTITUENT COLLEGES.

i. REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1931. Visitor. —-His Excellency the Governor-General. Chancellor. —John Macmillan Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D. Pro-Chancellor.—Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.L.C. Vice-Chancellor.—Thomas A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc. The Senate. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council—H. E. Von Haast, Esq., M.A., LL.B. ■ the Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.L.C. ; T. H. Macky, Esq.; L. J. Wild, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. Appointed by Councils of Constituent Colleges—H. D. Acland, Esq., 8.A.; F. H. Bakewell, Esq., M.A. • A. E. Flower, Esq., M.A., M.Sc. ; the Hon. Sir George Fowlds, Kt., C.8.E.; P. Levi, Esq., M.A. • W.J. Morrell Esq.' M.A.; Hon. Sir T. K. Sidey, K. 8., 8.A., LL.B., M.L.C.; A. P. W. Thomas, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Elected by District Courts of Convocation—J. Macmillan Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D. ; F. A. De La Mare Esq., 8.A., LL.B. ; C. M. Gilray, Esq., M.C., M.A.; the Hon. Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kt., M.A., LL.B. M.P • W. Newlands, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., M.8., Ch.B., &c.; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. The Director of Education —T. B. Strong, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. Appointed by the Senate —W. P. Evans, Esq., M.A., Ph.D. ; T. A. Hunter, Esq., M.A., M.Sc. Registrar—E. T. Norris, Esq., M.A.

REPORT OF THE SENATE. In compliance with section 22 of the New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1926, the Senate makes the following report to the Hon. the Minister of Education of the proceedings of the University since the date of the last report. The Entrance Board met on the 25th August, 1931 ; its recommendation of certain amendments in the prescriptions of subjects in the Entrance examinations were duly referred to the Academic Board. The Academic Board met on the 4th and sth November, 1931. It proposed for consideration by the Senate the conditions for the granting of an aegrotat pass in the examinations of the following courses : Arts, science, home science, agricultural science, and forestry science. These were subsequently approved by the Senate, and regulations are incorporated in the statutes. In accordance with other recommendations of the Academic Board, the Senate, at its annual meeting on the 13th-15th January, 1932, enacted new statutes establishing (1) a Senior Scholarship in Architecture, (2) the Emily Johnston Scholarships for Research in the Science and Art of Clinical Medicine : these to be provided by the income from a bequest of £10,000 by the late Miss Emily L. Johnston, and (3) the Schlich Memorial Prize in Forestry. The course for the B.Agr.Sc. degree was considerably amended in accordance with joint recommendations from the Schools of Agriculture, which had been approved by the Academic Board. At its annual meeting the Senate conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science upon Leonard Cockayne in recognition of his notable contributions to the science of botany. The University was represented at the Conference of the Universities of the British Empire (held in July, 1931, at Edinburgh) by the Vice-Chancellor (Professor T. A. Hunter) and Dr. James Hight. In view of the fact that as a measure of economy the Government has not paid the statutory grants for 1930-31, the Senate authorized the Executive Committee to grant certain post-graduate scholarships only if funds permitted.

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