EDUCATION: THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. [In continuation of E.-8, 1893.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, E-08

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1894. NEW ZEALAND

EDUCATION: THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. [In continuation of E.-8, 1893.]

Presented in pursuance of Section 25 of " The Auckland University College Act, 1882."

The Eegistbae to the Hon. the Ministee of Education Sjb,— University College, Auckland, 25th May, 1894. The Council of the Auckland University College has the honour to report as follows : — 1. Qn May 21st, 1893, the anniversary of the opening of the College, three gentlemen ceased to be members of the Council by reason of effluxion of time —viz. the Hon. Colonel Haultain, appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council, the Eight Eeverend William Garden Cowie, D.D., elected by the constituent members of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, 8.A., elected by the graduates of the University of New Zealand on the books of the College. To supply these vacancies, Mr. Gerald Loftus Peacocke, barrister-at-law, of the Middle Temple, was appointed by the Governor in Council, and Bishop Cowie and Sir Maurice O'Eorke were severally re-elected without opposition. 2. A casual vacancy in the Council was caused in the early part of the year 1893 by the resignation of the Eev William Morley, Principal of Wesley College, Three Kings, in consequence of his removal to another part of the colony The Governor in Council appointed, in his place the Eev William, James Williams, who had succeeded Mr Morley as Principal of Wesley College. 3. The ex officio members of the Council are at present Mr James Job Holland, the Mayor of the City of Auckland, and Mr Eichard Udy, the Chairman of the Auckland Board of Education. 4. In July, 1893, Sir Maurice O'Eorke, who had been Chairman of the Council continuously since the inauguration of the College, was unanimously elected, for the eleventh time, to that position. 5. On the 28th of October, 1893, there occurred the lamented death of Mr Charles Alexander Maclean Pond, the Professor of Classics and English, and on the 31st March, 1894, Mr William Steadman Aldis ceased to be Professor of Mathematics. The Council considered it desirable that, for the supply of these vacancies, three Professors should be appointed—viz. first, of Classics, secondly, of the English Language and Literature , and, thirdly, of Mathematics. For the selection of Professors for these chairs the Government of New Zealand, as on all previous occasions, conferred the important favour of allowing the services of the Agent-General; and the Agent-General, Sir Westby Perceval, K.C.M.G., having obtained the co-operation of two gentlemen who occupy educational positions of importance in London—viz., Professor E. K. Douglas and Mr, A. H. Gilkes —has succeeded in making selections, out of large numbers of candidates, the results of which promise to be of the most satisfactory character The gentlemen selected are not only highly distinguished in academical status, but are also known to be specially qualified as lecturers and teachers. They are Mr Henry Arnold Tubbs, M.A. Oxford, sometime Craven Fellow and Arnold Historical Prizeman, now Professor of Classics Mr Charles William Egerton, M.A. Dublin, Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist, 1885, Professor of English, and Mr. Hugh William Segar, B.A. Cambridge, Second Wrangler, 1890, and Smith's Prizeman, 1892. The Council feels itself deeply indebted to Sir Westby Perceval for these services, and is under similar obligation to Mr Walter Kennaway, C.M.G., Secretary to the Agent-General, who indefatigably tendered most valuable assistance as honorary secretary of the commission of selection. The Council has also conveyed, through the Agent-General, to the two gentlemen who co-operated with him in making the selections, its thankful recognition of the important services thus rendered. 6. The teaching staff consists.of the following, in addition to the three Professors above mentioned Mr Frederick Douglas Brown, M.A. Oxford, B.Sc. London, F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Physics, Mr. Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas, M.A. Oxford, F.L.S., F G.S., Burdett-Coutts University Scholar, Professor of Biology and Geology , Herr Carl Schmitt, Professore Onorario della Scuola Dantesca Napolitana, &c, Lecturer in Music.

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7 In the year 1893 the degree of M.A. was awarded by the Senate of the University of New Zealand to seven students of this College. Two of these (male) at the same time gained first-class honours—one in mathematics and mathematical physics, and the other in political science. One student (female) gained second-class honours in political science. Two students (male) gained third-class honours in the following subjects respectively (1) Latin and English, (2) political science, and two (female) in Latin and English. The degree of B.A. was awarded to six students—three male and three female. One of these (male) gained a senior scholarship in chemistry 8. The persons who attended term lectures in 1893 were 127 —viz., sixty-seven male and sixty female. Of these the graduates were six—viz., three male and three female, undergraduates, fortyeight—viz., thirty-one male and seventeen female, and non-matriculated students, seventy-three— viz., thirty-three male and forty female. 9. Occasional lectures of a more popular character on scientific subjects have been delivered, and have been numerously attended. 10. The audited statement of the receipts and expenditure has been transmitted. Eobt. B. Kidd, Eegistrar. The Hon. the Minister of Education.

Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee of the Auckland Univeesity College for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, 31st December, 1892 1,079 9 3 By Salaries 3,214 15 8 Statutory grant . 4,000 0 0 Repairs to buildings . 46 9 3 Income from endowments .. .. 82 9 11 Advertising . 15 5 9 Examination fees .. 19 19 0 Cleaning and lighting 50 9 9 Interest on fixed deposit 75 0 0 Printing 146 5 3 Refund from Sinclair and Gillies Scholar- Lecture requisites 46 12 10 ship Account 123 6 3 Office expenses .. 45 16 2 Insurance 37 8 7 Bates 14 1 0 Furniture and fittings 1 10 4 Endowment expenses, Taupiri 39 6 6 Eaglan 17 18 0 Whakatane 10 8 10 Waitemata 2 9 0 Library expenses 82 13 1 Scholarship expenses 42 10 10 Scholarships 60 0 0 Interest on overdraft. 4 5 6 Law charges .. 5 5 0 Onslow medals expenses .. .. 0 7 6 Opera Club, interest paid over 18 14 1 Balance, 31st December, 1893— On fixed deposit £1,500 0 0 Cash in hand 0 16 2 Cash in bank (current acct.) 8 0 5 1,508 16 7 Less due Sinclair and Gillies Scholarship Account 31 5 1 1,477 11 6 £5,380 4 5 £5,380 4 5 Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee of the Sinclair and Gillies Scholaeship Account for the Year ending 31st December, 1893. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in Bank of New Zealand, 31st De- By Balance due to Auckland University College 123 6 3 cember, 1892 .. 35 5 3 Insurance . 26 14 6 Rents 191 13 4 Property expenses— Law-costs £2 2 0 Repairs 3 9 6 Commission 4 16 0 10 7 6 Balance in Bank, 31st December, 1893 35 5 3 Balance owing by A.U.C. 31 5 1 66 10 4 £226 18 7 £226 18 7 Eobt. B. Kidd, Eegistrar. Examined and found correct.—James Edwaed EitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,500 copies), £1 Bs.

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