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class honours in chemistry; Miss Jane Mulholland, first-class honours in languages and literature (English and French) ; J. M. Waddell, second-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and English); H. 0. Craddock, second-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and Greek); A. Gray, second-class honours in physics ; H. Williams, third-class honours in languages and literature (Latin and English) ; and F, H. Bakewell, third-class honours in political science. Twenty-four students of the College have passed the final section of their B.A. examination— viz., Misses B. Black, J. E. Ourrie, E. Graham, K. M. Gresson, M. E. Lawrell, B. Martin, T. M. Max, and C. B. Mills, and Messrs. E. G. Atkinson, S. A. Atkinson, A. Bell, A. E. Flower, A. G. Henderson, B. H. Low, E. L. Mcllroy, J. McLeod, E. Milner, J. Montgomery, T. A. Murphy, H. Purchas, T. E. Quill, A. W. Shrimpton, H. G. Wake, and A. H. E. Wall; whilst twenty-two have passed the first section of their B.A. examination —viz., Misses E. E. Bell, M. A. M. Gibson, C. S. Howard, E. Low, C. E. Sanders, E. J. Sievwright, M. Walker, and Messrs. J. J. Adams, W. D. Campbell, C. J. Cooke, W. Corrie, G. Cromie, E. Dixon, J. K. H. Inglis, C. C. Oldham, H. A. Parkinson, J. G. Eeid, E. B. Eyder, H. M. Smyth, G. T. Western, F. J. Wilkes, and C. W. Wright. Amy H. Large and G. W. I. Maclaverty gained certificates of proficiency. A. G. Muir obtained the degree of B.Sc.; and A. E. Craddock and G. H. White passed the first section of their B.Sc. examination. The following were recorded as having passed the second LL.B. examination : H. D. Muff, T. A. Murphy, A. T. Ngata, F. J. Eolleston, and W. C. H. Wigley. G. T. Weston and W. Corry passed the first LL.B. examination. L. F. Watkins passed the first examination in music for the Mus. Bac. degree. The degree of B.Sc. in engineering has for the first time been conferred this year, G. A. Julius having obtained this degree ; whilst J. Parr, having passed the fourth examination, is qualified to receive it on completion of his term of practical work. A. E. Craddock and A. G. Muir passed the second section of the B.Sc. (engineering) examination. Nine senior scholarships were offered by the University for competition in 1895 ; of these, eight were awarded, and five and a half were gained by students of this College. The details are as follows : F. Milner gained the senior scholarship in Latin, Maud E. Lawrell that in Greek, Clara B. Mills that in English and French, A. Bell that in mathematics, T. A. Murphy that in political science, and A. E. .Flower was equal for that in physical science. The John Tinline scholarship of the year also was awarded to A. G. Henderson of this College. W. Wilson gained the Bowen prize for 1895 for an essay on " The Political and Constitutional Significance of the Eeign of Edward III." The College exhibitions, given for excellence in honours work at the College annual examinations, were awarded as follows : For Latin, F. Milner; for mathematics, J. K. H. Inglis; for English, Miss C. B. Mills and A. G. Henderson equal; for French, Misses M. E. Lawrell and C. B. Mills equal; for experimental science, W. D. Campbell (chemistry) and A. E. Flower (physics) equal; for natural science (biology), Miss E. Low; for political science, T. A. Murphy. The various degrees awarded by the University of New Zealand to students who have been educated at this College are as follows : M.A., seventy-nine; 8.A., 125 (some of whom are still eligible to compete for the M.A. degree); LL.B., six; B.Sc., three; B.Sc. in engineering, one. Two art graduates have also obtained the degree of LL.D., seven .that of LL.B., and eight that of B.Sc. Of the Masters of Arts, one gained a double first-class and a second, five gained double first-class honours, one a firstclass and a second, one a first-class in arts and a second-class in science, thirty-four first-class honours, two double second, twenty-nine second, and eighteen third-class; and of the Bachelors of Science one gained second-class. Of the 121 senior and third year and John Tinline scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last nineteen years —the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force—seventy-four have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. Since 1892 a science scholarship, founded by the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition, to enable the holder to continue his studies in Europe, has been awarded four times, and on two of these occasions to members of this College. Of the twenty-one 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, fifteen have been gained by students trained in this College, whilst the only three mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College. Biology. —The new building for the biological department has been completed, and is now in use. It is a handsome stone building, comprising lecture-room, junior and senior laboratories, professor's room, preparation-room, and store-rooms. The lavatories have been very completely fitted up with work-benches, provided with sinks and cupboards, and a very complete gas- and water-supply. The other rooms are also very completely fitted up. A large quantity of apparatus, models and specimens, has been imported from Europe, and arranged in museum cases in the laboratories and lecture-room. The apparatus includes microscopes, microtomes, and an incubator for embryological work. A large collection of botanical and embryological models has been secured for the purpose of illustrating the lectures, and also a collection of marine animals from the Naples Zoological Station. In the large laboratory an extensive series of animal types has been mounted and systematically arranged in museum cases in illustration of the zoology lectures. There is now laboratory accommodation for about thirty students working simultaneously, and the lectureroom will hold about fifty students taking notes, and considerably more if they do not require to write. The attendance at the lectures and laboratory work has largely increased this year, there being at present thirty individual students. The courses have been so arranged as to enable intending medical students to take their intermediate examination from Canterbury College, and several students are availing themselves of the facilities thus offered. Music. —Thirty-nine students are attending the lectures. In consequence of ill-health, Mr. G. F. Tendall obtained leave of absence, and it is hoped that he will be able to take up his work before the end of the second term. Mr. H. Wells is carrying on the lectures in the meantime. Examinations in music have been held at Timaru and Westport on the same days as those held at the College. Eighty-five candidates sat for examination in music. They were divided as follows : (1) First year (junior), 41 candidates ; (2) second year (intermediate), 28 ; third year (senior), 16.