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moa remains. Advantage was taken of the opportunity of their visits to arrange for mutually beneficial exchanges. On this subject I have to draw the notice of the Board to the fact that for exchange purposes almost all the available duplicates in the museum have been exhausted. It is essential to-.,the paying-off of our rather heavy indebtedness in this respect, and in order to be able to keep adding to our own collections, that, as in other museums, more time and money be devoted to the collection of additional stores. I have to report that my assistant, Mr. Colclough, was absent in Dunedin during the course of the Exhibition, in charge of the Anthropometrical Laboratory, instituted by me for the scientific measurement of colonial-born visitors. Through a misunderstanding of the Committee's minute, which I regret, he was absent, although ready to return at any moment the Committee desired, for a longer period than the Committee had given leave. I have to return my thanks to the scientific societies in Europe, America, and Aiistralasia, who have continued to the library so regularly and with great liberality the gift of their publications, as well as for the donations of specimens, chiefly from the people of Canterbury, which have not been less numerous than the average of former years. Though all have been gratefully accepted, none of them call for special mention here, except that of the model of the Shaw, Savill, and Company's mail-steamer "Arawa," presented to the museum by the Messrs. Denny, the well-known shipbuilders, through Mr. P. Cunningham, of Christchurch. I have to report satisfactorily on the manner in which my assistants in the museum have performed their several duties. I have also to acknowledge the kindness of the Inspector of Police in permitting the attendance of an officer on Sundays, whose authority, I am glad to say, however, it has not been once necessary to invoke. Henby O. Forbes, The Chairman, Board of Governors, Canterbury College, Christchurch. Curator.

5. STATEMENT OP THE ACCOUNTS OP THE CANTEBBUEY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31st DECEMBER, 1889. College, Maintenance Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance, Ist Jan., 1889 .. .. 1,422 9 2 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 5,301 5 0 Rent of reserves (Classical School) .. 4,513 4 10 Incidentals (college) .. .. 432 8 4 (superior education) .. 3,130 111 „ (laboratory) .. 183 9 1 (town reserves) .. 533 0 0 Insurance (college) .. 73 13 4 Interest on capital .. .. .. 171 3 3 „ (laboratory) .. .. 19 13 9 Rent of house (college lodge) .. .. 70 0 0 Rates .. .. .. .. 153 0 4 Laboratory fees and sale of apparatus .. 17 13 11 Exhibitions .. .. .. .. 120 0 0 Contributions towards salaries of Regis- New books for college library .. .. 164 14 6 trar and staff, and office expenses : — Engineering scholarships .. 50 0 0 Prom library .. .. .. 2G 0 0 Repairs .. .. .. 57 14 8 From Boys' High School .. .. 80 0 0 Inspecting reserves and advertising .. 71 18 9 Prom Girls' High School .. .. 70 0 0 New rooms for students, furniture, &c. 344 19 2 From School of Art .. .. 30 0 0 New well for college .. .. 35 15 0 Prom Museum .. .. .. 50 0 0 Cost of new lecture-rooms, transferred Prom School of Agriculture .. 125 0 0 from College Buildings Account .. 731 19 10 Sale of calendars .. .. .. 812 8 Interest on loan .. .. .. 630 0 0 Sale of text-books .. .. .. 50 7 6 Solicitor's fees .. .. 5 12 2 College library fines .. .. .. 8 6 6 Transactions of Royal Society .. 32 11 7 Sale of cottage on Reserve 693, Ashburton 15 0 0 Ladies'tennis-court .. .. .. 29 10 0 Examination fees, balance .. .. 514 5 Leaving exhibition, Boys' High School 15 0 0 Interest on current account .. .. 154 16 8 Stained-glass windows .. 16 4 6 Repayment of dishonoured cheque .. 15 0 0 Reletting pastoral reserves .. 24 4 6 Fines paid over to book club .. 6 19 6 Alterations to board-room .. .. 120 11 11 Expenses of Chairman's visit to Australia 75 0 0 Fitting up Chairman's office .. .. 47 15 2 Water-supply .. .. .. 106 7 C Presentation to Professor Cook, for serservices in connection with the School of Engineering .. .. .. 15 0 0 Ventilating English lecture-room .. 32 7 5 Laying out ladies' grounds .. .. 44 10 3 Dishonoured cheque .. .. 15 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 1,533 4 7 £10,490 10 10 £10,490 10 10 To Balance, Ist-Tan., 1890 .. .. £1,533 4 7 College, Fees of Professors Account. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. To Students'fees .. .. .. 1,475 30j By Professor of Classics .. .. 273 10 6 Examination fees .. .. .. 77 14 0 j Professor of English Literature .. 571 14 f> Fines .. .. .. .. 315 0 Professor of Mathematics .. ..' 236 15 6 Professor of Chemistry .. 191 10 6 Professor of Biology .. .. 64 1 0 Lecturer on Modern Languages 40 19 0 Lecturer on Law .. .. .. 30 19 6 Lecturer on Civil Engineering .. 14 3 6 Lecturer on Mechanical Engineering .. 51 9 0 Examination fees paid to Professors .. 43 14 0 Supervisors' fees and expenses *.. 32 0 7 Balance transferred to College Mainte- «• nance Account .. .. 514 5 £1,556 12 0 £1,556 12 0