E.—7

1890. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE CANTERBURY COLLEGE (PAPERS RELATING TO). [In continuation of E.-7, 1889.

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

1. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, held on the 14th July, 1890, 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. I have to report that at a meeting of graduat.es held on the 28th June, Mr. Thomas Walter Stringer was elected to the seat rendered vacant by the absence from the colony of Mr. J. N. Tosswill, a gentleman, who took great interest in the work of the college, more especially in connection with the School of Agriculture. The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was 170, as against 165 for the previous year. The total number of matriculated and non-matriculated students attending lectures in 1889-90 was 346. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as follows : — Classics. —Pass Latin : Translation, 34 ; composition, 39. Greek: Translation, 7 ; composition, 7. Honours Latin : Translation, 6; composition, 10. Teachers' Latin, 23. English Literature. —Literature of 1800 to 1850, 62; language of Milton, Shelley, and Carlyle, 61; composition, 164; essay class, 118; art of Milton, Shelley, and Carlyle, 140. Honours Lectures: Philology, 20 ; criticism, 27. History, sixth to fourteenth century, 43. Mathematics. — Lower division, 38; upper division, 5; mechanics and hydrostatics, 23; advanced mathematics, 3. Chemistry and Physics. —Pass chemistry, 8; honours chemistry (organic), 6 ; teachers'chemistry, 9; pass physics, 27 ; teachers' physics, 15; practical physics, 3 ; honours physics, 4; elementary science (teachers' E and D), 39 ; laboratory practice (chemical), 18. Geology. —Junior geology, 6 ; senior geology, 4 ; honours geology, 1. Biology. —General biology, 6 ; junior botany, 7 ; senior botany, 7 ; honours botany, 1. French. —Junior and senior, 19. Jurisprudence and Law. —Jurisprudence, 8; constitutional history, 8; law (second section), 6; law (third section), 3. Seven students from the college have this year obtained the degree of M.A. ; Misses C. Lamb and L. H. Williams and Frederick G. Gibbs gained at the same time first-class honours in languages; T. S. Weston first-class in political science ; J. M. Marshall first-class in mathematics, and secondclass in languages; and Miss M. J. M'Leau and J. H. Turner second-class in languages. Eight students of the college have passed the final section of their B.A. examinations and had the degree conferred upon them (Misses E. M. Krull, M. C. Morrah, P. Myers, and A. E. Tindel, and Messrs. B. S. Bull, P. J. Cocks, T. E. Cresswell, and C. C. Plante); whilst twelve have passed the first section of their B.A. examination (Misses E. Aikman, E. Ainsworth, M. Hyndman, and J. Prosser, and Messrs. D. Bates, T. Hughes, H. Hutton, C. Hall, F. Pernberton, D. Purchas, F. Eowley, and E. Tolhurst). T. W. Beare passed the first section of the LL.B. examination, and Messrs. J. limes, M.A., H. W. Weston and T. S. Weston, M.A., the second section. One senior scholarship, that in chemistry, was gained by Mr. B. S. Bull. The John Tinline Scholarship, for excellence in English language and literature, was gained by C. C. Plante of this college, who also gained the Bowen Prize for an essay on English History, whilst A. E. Kirk was ■proxime accessit. The college exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the college annual examination were awarded as follows : For Latin, T. E. Cresswell; for English,*C. C. Plante; for mathematics, E. E. Hardcastle ; for experimental science, 13. S. Bull; for biology, P. Marshall; for political science and French,