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graph 14 of the Regulations issued with Government Order 118 of 1880, under like conditions specified in the communication from this department dated the Bth June, 1881. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Ralph Thompson.

Sub-Enclosure 2 to Enclosure in No. 4. New Zealand Agency to Colonial Office. Sib j — 7, Westminster Chambers, London, S.W., 16th December, 1882. In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 13th instant, I have the honour, by direction of the Agent-General, to transmit herewith a New Zealand Parliamentary Paper at page 7 of which will be found particulars as to the subjects in which candidates for the B.A. degree are tested in the University of New Zealand. I have, &c, Waltee Kennaway, Secretary to the Department of the Agent-General for New Zealand. The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street.

No. 5. The Eegisteae to the Hon. the Ministeb of Education. Sic, — University of New Zealand, Christchurch, 30th March, 1883. I have the honour to forward to you herewith the annual report of the Senate of this University to His Excellency the Governor. Attached to this report are the statutes which have been made by the Senate at its late session; and I have the honour to request that His Excellency may be desired, at as early a date as possible, to approve these statutes, and also that the statutes so approved may be at once returned to this office for insertion in the forthcoming issue of the Calendar. I have, &c, W. M. Maskell, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Eegistrar.

Enclosure in No. 5. Eepoet of the Senate. In compliance with the 28th clause of " The University Act, 1874," the Senate makes the following report to His Excellency the Governor of the proceedings of the University since the date of the last report: — The Senate met on the 28th February, at Dunedin, which time and place were fixed at the last annual meeting of the Senate, as prescribed by the University Act. The Senate has at the present meeting made certain amendments in its statutes at present in force. The statutes passed with a view to giving effect to these amendments are herewith submitted for the approval of the Governor. The Senate, besides holding this its annual meeting, held a special meeting at Christchurch for the purpose of considering the reports of the examiners for degrees and senior scholarships. At this meeting eleven Bachelors of Arts were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts; thirteen undergraduates to the degree of Bachelor of Arts: one Master of Arts to the degree of Bachelor of Laws ; five Senior Scholarships of the value of £60 were awarded; thirty-six undergraduates were declared to have passed the first section of the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. There are now eighteen graduates above the degree of Bachelor, and eighteen Bachelors of two years' standing, and the last-admitted graduates included in this statement were admitted on the 2nd of March, 1881. It follows, therefore, that, by the operation of clause 8 of " The University Act, 1874," convocation was constituted on the 2nd of March, 1883. The Senate has accordingly determined that the first meeting of convocation shall be held at Christchurch on Saturday, the Ist March, 1884. The Senate has again had under its consideration the necessity of making better provision for University education in the North Island of New Zealand. Being still of the opinion that two colleges are required for the North Island, the Senate has, with a view of recommending immediate action, passed the following resolution : " That the Senate desires to express its gratification at the establishment of a University College at Auckland, and is of opinion that the scheme of providing academic education for the North Island of New Zealand proposed by the Eoyal Commission on Higher Education in 1879 and 1880, and recommended by the Senate in 1881, should be completed by the establishment of a University College in "Wellington." A considerable number of students desiring to devote themselves to a University course are prevented from so doing by the want of any institution at which to pursue their studies. The Bowen Prize for the year 1882 has been awarded to Edith Howitt Searle, an undergraduate of the University in the Canterbury College. A statement of the income and expenditure for the twelve months ending the 31st December, 1882, audited in accordance with th&law, is herewith submitted. The Senate has had under its consideration the subject of bringing the law curriculum of the University into ha-r'mony with the examination prescribed by their Honours the Judges for admission to the New Zealand Bar. The Senate hopes that the new statutes made in their behalf may render the University more widely useful by the assistance thus rendered to those desirous of entering the legal profession. The reports of the Examiners in England for the examination of 1882 not having been received in