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that on receiving a favourable answer the Council will immediately appoint a Director of Mines, with the status and salary of a Professor of the University, as well as the lecturers necessary for the completion of the mining school. I have, &c, D. M. Stuaet, The Hon. the Secretary for Crown Lands, Wellington. Vice-Chancellor.

• Enclosure in No. 13. Report of the Committee of the Peofessoeial Boaed. School of Mines. The Committee find that the following classes already in operation are all perfectly suitable for the curriculum of a School of Mines, some of them, indeed, having been instituted with a view to the future establishment of such a school. I. Elementary mathematics (Euclid, algebra, logarithms, trigonometry, mensuration). Five hours per week. 11. Elementary mechanics and hydrostatics. Five hours per week. Professor Shand. There are also classes for advanced mathematics, analytical mechanics, and mathematical physics, suitable for engineers and others who wish to study the higher mathematics. 111. Lectures on the principles of chemistry. Five hours per week. IV. Practical chemistry (simple analysis). Junior class. Five hours per week. V. Practical chemistry (analysis of ores, minerals, &c). Senior class, 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. daily. VI. Lectures on mineralogy. Two hours per week. Professor Black. VII. Lectures on geology. Two hours per w reck. Professor Hutton. In addition to the above there are classes for the following modern languages, any of which might be taken, if desired, by students of mining : —English, three hours ; Junior German, two hours ; Junior French, two hours ; Senior German, two hours ; Senior French, two hours ; Italian, two hours. To complete the curriculum of a really efficient School of Mines, the Committee think that the following classes are necessary, and in the event of the Government subsidy being obtained, they recommend that all these classes be immediately instituted, although the expense to the University may be considerable : — I. Principles and practice of mining. Five hours per week. 11. Mining engineering (including plan-drawing and specifications, the use of mining machinery and gold-saving appliances, &c). Five hours per week. 111. #Mineralogy (the physical characters, classification, and mode of occurrence of ores and minerals), with the aid of the Museum collection. Five hours per week. By Professor of Mining to be appointed. IV. Surveying, levelling, plotting, and underground surveying, with the description aud use of instruments. Two hours per week. By a Lecturer on Surveying to be appointed. V. The principles, construction, and management of the steam-engine. Two hours per week. By a Lecturer on Mechanical Engineering to he appointed. VI. Freehand and mechanical drawing. Any number of hours desired. By the Master of the School of Art. VII. Lectures on metallurgy and assaying. Two hours per week. VIII. Practice of metallurgy and assaying. In Laboratory; 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. daily. Professor Black. IX. Geology. An extended course, having special reference to mining. Five hours per week. Professor Hutton. In order to carry out the plan of the School of Mines proposed above, the Committee recommend that the following arrangements be made :— 1. That a Director of the School of Mines, who would also be the Professor of Mining, be appointed at a salary of £600, care being taken to select a man of first-class attainments and wide practical experience. The Director of the School of Mines should not be permitted to receive fees for private consultations, and his services should be placed gratuitously at the disposal of the Government for three months yearly, for the purpose of visiting mines throughout the colony and offering suggestions on the mode of working them. His travelling expenses, however, would have to be defrayed by the Government, or by the mining companies who desired his advice. 2. That a competent lecturer on surveying be appointed, the lecturer himself to be a practical surveyor. 3. That a competent lecturer on mechanical engineering be appointed, the lecturer himself to be a practical mechanical engineer. 4. That an arrangement be made with the School of Artf so as to render its classes available for the School of Mines. 5. That the charges for analyses and assays in the chemical laboratory be fixed according to a scale to be approved by the Council. 6. As funds will be immediately required for procuring models and instruments for the use of the Professor of Mining, that application be made to the Government for the £500 voted by the late Provincial Government of Otago for this purpose. * Professor Black's lecture on this subject should be continued, but might be restricted to the chemical composition and relations of minerals. t A very successful School of Art, under the direction of Mr. Hutton, is in operation in the Normal School, Dunedin. Besides other accommodation, it possesses four -very large rooms for students in different branches of art, and it has been very liberally provided with models and appliances for teaching. It was attended last year by 244 students.