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1889. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In Continuation of E.-7, 1888.]

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

I.—STATEMENT OP CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OP GOVERNORS. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, held on the 11th July, 1889, the Chairman's statement of the progress made and the work done in the several departments during the year was read, as follows : — The College. Since the last annual meeting I regret to state that the college has suffered a great loss in the death of Mr. T. H. Potts, one of the Governors appointed by the late Provincial Council in 1873. His services were always at the disposal of the Board, and a large amount of his time was devoted to the museum, to which he was a very liberal contributor. A meeting of graduates was held in August last, and the Hon. J. T. Peacock was elected to the vacant seat. The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was 165, as against 140 for the previous year. The total number of matriculated and nonmatriculated students attending lectures in 1888-89 was 318. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as follows:—■ Classics. —Pass Latin : Translation, 38 ; composition, 44. Greek : Translation, 3 ; composition, 5. Honours Latin : Translation, 7 ; composition, 11. Latin, teachers' class, 21. English Literature. —Literature of 1750 to 1800, 5G ; language of Shakespeare and Thackeray, 57; composition, 141; essay class, 113; art of Shakespeare and Thackeray, 126; philology, 22; criticism, 35 ; history, 38. Mathematics. —Lower division, 37 ; upper division, 4; mechanics and hydrostatics, 13; advanced mathematics. 2. Chemistry and Physics. —Pass chemistry, 10; honours chemistry, 3; chemistry (first principles), 3; pass physics, 23; teachers' physics, 13; honours physics, 5; elementary science (teachers B and D), 26; laboratory practice, 17. Geology. —Junior, 6 _; senior. 6; advanced, 1. Biology. —General biology, 7 ; junior botany, 9; senior botany, 9; advanced botany, 1. French, 20. Jurisprudence and Law. —Jurisprudence, 7; constitutional history, 7; law (third section), 4 ; law (second section), 4. Civil Engineering.—Surveying (first year students), 1; advanced, 2; field work, 3; principles of civil engineering (advanced), 2; building construction (advanced), 3. Mechanical Engineering. —Freehand drawing, applied to constructive engineering and mechanical drawing, 15 ; practical geometry and mechanical drawing, 14; lectures on the steam engine, 16. Five students from the college have this year obtained the degree of M.A. O. T. J. Alpers, J. H. Smith, and W. F. Ward gained, at the same time, first-class honours in languages; E. Speight first-class in mathematics; and Miss A. Mills second-class honours in languages. Thirteen students of the college have passed the final section of their B. A. examination and had the degree conferred upon them (Misses B. Jack, C. Lamb, M. J. M'Lean, and L. Williams, and Messrs. E. P. Bunny, W. T. Charlewood, J. P. Firth, F. G. Gibbs, J. M. Marshall, J. A. Tripe, J. H. Turner, D. A. Watt, and T. S. Weston), whilst sixteen have passed the first section of their B.A. examination (Misses E. E. Crosby, G. E. Greenstreet, C. K. Henderson, C. E. Hounsell, L. Manning, and M. C. Morrah, and Mrs. D. Wilson, and Messrs. E. N. Blakiston, B. S. Bull, T. E. Cresswell, A. Cuthbert, D. Jack, W. A. Kennedy, T. M. M. Laing, G. Petrie, and C. C. Plante); H. F. yon Haast, M.A., obtained the degree of LL.B., and E. M. Laing, M.A., the degree of B.Sc.; whilst J. Innes, M.A., M. Trimble, and H. W. Weston passed the first section, and A. E. Meek. M.A., and A. E. Kirk the second section, of the LL.B. examination. Four senior scholarships of the six offered by the New Zealand University this year were gained by students of this college : the Political Science Scholarship by T. S. Weston, the Latin and English Scholarship by F. G. Gibbs, the Latin and Greek Scholarship by

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