E.-7

1883. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In Continuation of E.-7, 1882.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Statement of Chairman of the Boabd of Goveenoes. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, held on the 10th July, 1883, the Chairman's statement of the progress made and the work done in the several departments during the year was read, as follows :— At this the tenth annual meeting of the Board, I submit the following statement, showing the progress made during the past twelve months of the various institutions under the management of the Board. Canterbury College. The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was fifty-seven, being an increase of eleven over those attending the previgus year. The total number of students matriculated and non-matriculated attending lectures during the year was 157, being an increase of forty-nine on those attending the previous year. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as follows :— Classics. —Pass Latin (translation), 23; pass Latin (composition), 28; Greek (translation), 4; Greek (composition), 4; honours, Latin (translation), 6; honours, Latin (composition), 6. English Literature. —Composition lecture, 85; art of Shakespeare, 87 ; language of Shakespeare, 40; Elizabethan era, 39; philological lecture, 22; criticism lecture, 24; Roman history, 31. Mathematics. —Mathematics (lower), 21 ; mechanics and hydrostatics, 17 ; mathematics (advanced), 2. Chemistry and Physics. —Junior chemistry, 6; senior chemistry, 1; honours, chemistry, 1; junior physics, 18; senior physics, 16; honours, physics, 6; elementary science, 4; laboratory practice, 12. Geology. —Junior geology, 2 ; senior geology, 3; teachers, geology (junior), 11; teachers, geology (senior), 4. Biology. —First year botany, 8; second year botany, 6; first year zoology, 1; second year zoology, 1; pass biology, 7 ; honours, biology, 6; laboratory practice (botany), 11; laboratory practice •(zoology), 2; laboratory practice (honours), 1; senior French, 11; jurisprudence, 11. Examination for B.A. Degree. —Eight students from the College (L. Cohen, J. Grant, Miss J* Grossman, J. Grossman, S. Hamilton, E. P. Irvine, H. Purchas, and H. Watson) entered at the last examination for the final section of B.A. degree. All were successful, and have, therefore; had the B.A. degree conferred upon them. Ten who were attending lectures at Canterbury College (Hi Cross, G. Culverhouse, W. Evans, E. Laing, A. Mayne, J. Newell, Miss A. Pike, W. Eobinson, Miss E. Searle, and W. Taylor) entered for the first section of the B.A. degree, and passed. All the senior scholarships, five in number, which were offered by the University at last examination for the highest excellence in either the first section of the B.A. examination or for the second section, were awarded to students of this College (W. Evans, Miss E. Searle, H. Cross, E. Laing, and H. Purchas)i The Boiuen Prize. —The Bowen prize, offered to undergraduates of the University of New Zealand for the best essay on some subject connected with English history, was this year awarded to a student of this College, Miss E. Searle, who was mentioned last year as proxime accessit to J. Grossman for the same prize. College Exhibitions. —The College Exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the College annual examination, were awarded as follows: For Latin, to J. Grossman and H. Watson, equal; for English, to Miss Searle; for mathematics, to W. Evans; for experimental science, to W. Evans and J. Newell; for natural science, to E. Laing; for history, political economy, and French, to L. Cohen.. The graduates of the University of New Zealand who have been educated at the College now number twenfy-seven, thirteen of whom have attained the degree of M.A. and fourteen the degree pf-8.A.; two of these have also attained the degree of LL.B. Of the Masters of Arts, one gained double first-class honours, ten first-class honours, and two third-class honours. Of the thirty-nine senior and third-year scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last five years, the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force, twenty-five have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. E. 7—l.