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6. Instruction in elementary science, specially adapted to the requirements of the Education Department, and in agricultural science, has been given, by lectures and in the laboratories, to teachers employed by the Board of Education and to others. 7. The Auckland Amateur Opera Club has lately presented to the College Council the sum of 200 guinesas, to be expended, in the years 1890 and 1891, in the support of exhibitions in music, which are to be obtained by competitive examination, and to be conditional on due attendance at the lectures given in the School of Music by the Lecturer in Music and the Professor of Physical Science. 8. The persons who attended term lectures in 1889 were 113 —viz., sixty-two male and fiftyone female. Of these, six were graduates, four male and two female ; forty-eight undergraduates, thirty male and eighteen female; and the non-matriculated students were fifty-nine—viz., twentyeight male and thirty-one female. The undergraduates whose names are on the College books of the year, from attendance at lectures or examinations in the course of the past two years, are ninety-one—viz., sixty-three male and twenty-eight female. 9. Lectures of a more popular character on scientific subjects have been delivered, and have been numerously attended. 10. The degree of M.A. in the University of New Zealand, with honours of the second class, was awarded in 1889 to a student of this College, Mr. Sinclair Gillies, and the degree of B.A. to seven students, of whom three were male and four female. One of those, Mr. T. H. Green, Gillies; Scholar, has obtained a senior scholarship of the University. 11. A statement of the receipts and expenditure for the year 1889 is appended. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Robt. B, Kidd, Registrar.

Statement of the Receipts and Bxpendituee of the Auckland University College for the Year ending 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s. d. J Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance from 1888 .. .. .. 2,395 1 1■ By Salaries and wages .. .. .. 3,408 3 0 Statutory grant .. .. .. 4,000 0 0 ; Lecture requisites and apparatus .. 353 18 3 Interest .. .. .. .. 90 0 0 Cleaning, lighting, and warming .. 44 210 Income from endowments .. .. 1,041 18 0 Furniture and fittings .. .. 47 3 9 Refund, per Agent-General .. .. 9 9 0 Office expenses .. .. .. 5 9 2 Books and stationery .. .. 38 3 S Printing .. .. .. 89 6 !) Advertising .. .. .. .. 14 16 6 Rates .. .. .. .. (; 2 G Bepairs to buildings .. .. .. 2 9 3 Insurance .. .. .. .. 3B 7 3 Kent .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Examinations supervision .. .. 6 14. 0 Work, &c., on ground .. .. 516 G Scholarships .. .. .. 100 0 0 Endowment expenses .. .. 68 17 10 Sinclair-Gillies trust advance .. 25 0 1 In Bank at 31st December, 1889— Fixed deposit .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Current Account .. .. .. "1,242 17 1 Cash in hand .. .. .. 15 0 1 £7,53G 8 1 £7,586 3 1 * Balance as per bank certificate, £1,255 Is. Bd.; less unpresented cheques, .£l2 4s. 7d.: net, 41,212 17s. Id. G. Maurice O'Rokke, Chairman. Robt. B. Kidd, Registrar. Examined and found correct.—James Edwakd FitzGeea&d, Controller and Auditor-General.

Receipts and Bxpendituee of the Sinclaie-Gillies Tbust (A.U.C. Council) for the Year ended 31st December, 1889. Receipts. £ s, a. ; Expenditure. £ s d To Bank balance from 1888 .. .. 85 6 8 By Due to Auckland University College for Bent received .. .. .. 108 0 8 ) year 1888 .. .. .. 200 1G 1 Expended on— Insurance .. .. .. ~ 23 0 0 Law expenses .. .. .. 4 15 3 Commission .. ... .. 210 Examinations .. .. .. 7 14 0 Scholarships .. .. .. 100 0 () Due to A.U.C. at December .. .. 230 0 2 In Bank of New Zealand at 31st December 35 5 g £878 12 1 £373 12 "7 G. Maukice O'Rokke, Chairman. Robt. B. Kidd, Registrar. Examined and found correct.—James Edwakd FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil ; printing (1,450 copies), £1 ss.]

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