E.-—6

1886. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY. [In Continuation of E.-6, 1885.]

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

The Chancellor to His Excellency the Govbrnoe. Sir,— University of Otago, 6th May, 1886. In compliance with " The Otago University Ordinance, 1869," I have the honour to forward to your Excellency the following report of the proceedings of the University for the year ending the 31st March, 1886. The session which commenced on the Ist May was attended by 138 students, of whom 85 have matriculated. The attendance on the several classes was as follows: — 1884. 1885. 1884. 1885. Latin... ... ... ... 40 43 Comparative Anatomy... ... 1 0 Greek ... ... ... 5 2 Botany ... ... ... 0 7 English ... ... ... 14 16 Zoology ... ... ... 0 15 Constitutional History ... ... 2 1 Anatomy ... ... ... 13 12 Political Economy ... ... 8 8 Practical Anatomy ... ... 13 15 Mathematics, pure and mixed ... 52 59 Physiology ... ... ... 3 1 Physics ... ... ... 19 27 Surgery ' ... ... ... 3 6 Mental Science ... ... 19 21 Materia Medica ... ... 1 2 Chemistry ... ... ... 17 21 Pathology ... ... ... 0 1 Practical Chemistry ... ... 21 30 Practice of Medicine ... ... 0 1 Assaying ... ... ... 2 2 Midwifery ... ... ... 0 1 Mining ... ... ... 0 1 French ' ... ... ... 6 10 Mineralogy ... ... ... 2 2 German ... ... ... 2 7 Petrography ... ... ... 1 8 Law ... ... ... 11 6 Determinative Mineralogy ... 0 3 Biology ... ... ... 11. 15 Total ... ... 276 348 Practical Biology ... ... 10 13 B.A. Degree. —The following undergraduates, viz., J. A. Asher, E. T. Earle, P. Levi, S. P. Seymour, E. A. Phillips, and Marion Steel, passed the final examination for the B.A. degree ; and F. B. Allen, James Bee, Andrew Campbell, B. Konald, Annie Forbes, J. A. Johnson, James Methven, William Mill, J. B. Montgomery, A. H. Treadwell, A. E. Palmer, G. A. S. Simmers, and J. A. Valentine passed the first section of that degree. M.A. Degree. —J. J. Hay, with honours in mathematics. LL.B. Degree. —J. G. Findlay and W. A. Stout passed the second section of that degree. Scholarships. —The Council reports that the following scholarships were awarded after competition : 1. The Bichardson Scholarship, of £40 per annum, tenable for three years, to Miss Isabella C. J. K. Duncan. 2. The Scott Scholarship, of £20 per annum, for same period, to Miss Isabella McLandress. The Council has pleasure in reporting that the foundation of another scholarship has been laid: Mr. Sperry and Mr. B. Dick, trustees of moneys collected by Mrs. Burn, late Lady Principal of the Girls' High School of Otago, Miss Dalrymple, and others, have handed over to the Council the sum of £382 12s. for a scholarship to be called the " Women's Otago University Scholarship," with instructions that the fund was to accumulate until it was sufficient to produce £30 per annum. Lectureships of Public Health and Medical Jurisprudence, and Pathology and Morbid Anatomy. —The Council, having advertised in the home country and the colonies, inviting applications for the Lectureships of Public Health and Medical Jurisprudence, and Pathology and Morbid Anatomy, received thirty-two applications for the former of these lectureships and seventeen for the latter. After careful consideration, Dr. Ogston, M.D. CM., late assistant to the Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Aberdeen, was appointed Lecturer on Public Health and Medical Jurisprudence; and Mr. W. S. Boberts, M.B.C.S. Eng., of Dunedin, was appointed Lecturer on Pathology and Morbid Anatomy.