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J. H. Turner, and the Mathematics Scholarship by J. M. Marshall. The John Tinline Scholarship, for excellence in English language and literature, was gained by Miss L. Williams, of this college. The college exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the college annual examination, were awarded as follows : For Latin, F. G. Gibbs; for English, Misses J. Prosser and L. Williams; for mathematics, J. M. Marshall; for experimental science, B. S. Bull; for biology, Mrs. D. Wilson ; for political science, T. S. Weston. The graduates of the University of New Zealand who have been educated at the college now number eighty-three, forty of whom have obtained the degree of M.A., and forty-three the degree of B.A. Four of these have also obtained the degree of LL.B., one the degree of B.Sc, and one has gained the degree of LL.D. Of the Masters of Art, two gained double first-class honours, one a double first-class and a second, twenty first-class honours, one a double second, six second, and ten third-class. Thus, out of 199 who have taken degrees in the University of New Zealand, eighty-three belong to Canterbury College; out of the seventy-one who have taken the M.A., forty belong to it; and of thirty-five who have taken first-class honours, twenty-four belong to it. Of the sixty-six senior and third year and John Tinline Scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last twelve years, the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force, forty-five have been awarded to students of Canterbury College; of the fourteen Bowen prizes which have been awarded by the University for an essay on a subject connected with English history, and open to all undergraduates of the University of New Zealand, nino have been gained by students trained in this college (the prize this year having been awarded to J. C. Westall, an externe student of this college), whilst the only two mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this college. Of the four Gilchrist Scholarships that have been offered in New Zealand, two have been gained by students of the Canterbury College. Gibls' High School. There have been no changes during the year in the staff, and none of any importance in the arrangements of the school. The number of pupils has increased from 135 last year to 143 this term. The instruction on practical subjects is still carried on successfully, and the numbers in the cooking and dress-cutting classes increase every year. The swimming classes continue to be popular, and a large number of girls last season learned to swim well. At the entrance examination of the University held last December four girls entered for matriculation, and all passed. Of the five girls who entered for junior University scholarships three were successful in gaining them, and were respectively third, fifth, and sixth on the list; the other two candidates had good places on the honours' list, namely, the fifteenth and seventeenth respectively. At the examination held last April by the Board of Education one of the girls gained a scholarship in Class D, another in Class E. The school was examined at the end of last year, and the report of the examiners, namely, Eev. C. Turrell, Professor Bickerton and Mr. J. B. Harrison was very favourable. Boys' High School. A subject of interest to report in connection with the Boys' High School is the completion and establishment of the workshop for instruction in carpentry and the use of tools. It was opened in 1888, and up to the end of last year had twelve pupils, but so many more boys wished to join that the shop was enlarged in the summer holidays, and there are now twenty-four pupils attending. This number could be largely increased if there was room. The shop contains two lathes, two double benches and four single ones, with sets of tools for each, The boys pay ss. per term, and receive a minimum of two hours' instruction per week. They are allowed to keep the articles made, after paying for cost of timber, where appreciable. In December last, two boys were placed in the list of those " deemed to have passed with honour " at the Junior Scholarship examination, three qualified for matriculation, and two old pupils took their M.A. degree with first-class honours in classics and mathematics respectively. Another one, now a student at Auckland, gained the Senior University scholarship for experimental science. At the recent scholarship examination, held by the North Canterbury Board of Education, two of the boys were placed at the top of the list in Class C, and one in Class D. The number of boys at present attending the school is 128. Museum. The new Curator, Mr. H. 0. Forbes, entered upon his duties early in December last, thus relieving Professor Hutton, who for some months past had been exercising supervision over the museum, as well as conducting his lectures. Several improvements have taken place during the past twelve months. The windows between the New Zealand and the ethnological rooms have been removed, and by this means more light has been given to the galleries; the cases in the mammal room have been rearranged, and large drawers placed beneath them for the storing and preservation of surplus skins, formerly kept in a very inappropriate place, namely, the taxidermist's room. Considerable alteration has been made to the large skylight in the ethnological room, and the roof, which leaked at times, has been thoroughly repaired, and the amount of light has been very much reduced, to the great benefit of the exhibits, which have been suffering for some time past from over-exposure. The fence to the west of the buildings has been moved by permission of the Domain Board, about 30ft. back; this will give not only additional yard room, which was very much wanted, but will enable the Maori house to be turned round, and the elaborate carvings of the porch, hitherto hidden, shown to the public, and protected from the weather. The building used by the taxidermist has had a large skylight put in the roof, and the various storerooms and other outbuildings have all been repaired. The series of photographs of early settlers presented by Mr. John Ollivier have been framed and hung in the corridor, and the photographs of Sir Arthur Gordon and Sir Hercules Eobinson will be added shortly to those of the former Governors of the colony. The presentations to the collections have been as numerous as in former years. The library has been increased by the usual gifts of Transactions and Proceedings of the various