BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10104, 1 August 1893, Page 3

BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College was held yesterday afternoon; present—Mr H. R. Webb (in the chair), Hon E. C. J. Stevens, Captain Garsia, and Messrs W. Chrystall, J. V. Colborne-Veel, T. S. Foster, R. W. Fereday, F. D. S. Neave, G. G. Stead and R. Westenra. REPORTS. The College Committee recommended the Board to appoint examiners for the annual examination of the Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools, and to fix fees for the work; Ohd, that free education at the Boys’ or Girls’ High Schools for one year should be granted to the individual who might succeed in gaining a Caledonian Society’s scholarship to be offered this year. The Estates Committee recommended the completion of certain deeds. These reports were adopted. MUSEUM COMMITTEE. The Museum Committee in its report drew attention to the present position of the School of Engineering and Technical Science, and recommended that it should be authorised to take steps to order from England the items necessary to the equipment of a workshop and laboratory, at a cost nob exceeding £2009, pointing out that appliances were urgently required in order to cany out a university course iu engineering. Practical experimental work had been made a feature of the course prescribed in the technical school, and a circular that had been issued had stated that the necessary apparatus would shortly be provided. The Senate of the University had revised the regulations o£ the course, and had decided to confer the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering. This course embraced a large amount of experimental work, for the carrying out of which it was necessary that the engineering laboratory should he properly equipped. That immediate action was necessary was evident from the fact that a third year student had been refused permission by the University to sit for his examination, he being, unable to comply with the regulations regarding experimental work owing to the absence of the necessary apparatus. Under the present conditions other students would be iu a similar position. The Committee, therefore, considered that 'the Department of the School of Engineering and Technical Science should be allowed an advance for the purpose of establishing a laboratory, and that the endowment fund should be charged with interest on the amount at the rate of 6 per cent. Any excess of fees from students over £l3O 'per annum and half the fees received from testing for ths outside public could be handed over to act as a sinking fund for the reduction of the £2OOO. The estimate showed that a ma'in tester would cost £6BO, and with other testers and gear £1240; electrical plant £6OO. The estimated return per annum would be, matriculated students £l3O, extra students £l2O, testing £SO. The report was considered in Committee and held over till next meeting. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr G. G, Stead gave notice of a motion m connection with the method of electing Committees. The meeting then terminated.