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Sess. 11.—1897. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. [In continuation of E-6, 1896.]

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

The Chancellor of the University of Otago to His Excellency the Governor. Your Excellency,— University of Otago, Dunedin, 1897. In compliance with the provisions of " The Otago University Ordinance, 1869," I have the honour to forward to your Excellency the following report of the proceedings of the University of Otago for the year ending the 31st day of May, 1897 : — The classes have been attended during the past year by the following number of students : Males —matriculated, 174; not matriculated, 27: total males, 201. Females—matriculated, 32 ; not matriculated, 1: total females, 33. Gross total of students attending, 234. The degrees and honours gained at the last November examinations of the New Zealand University are as follows :— Master of Arts Degree : Margaret Smyth, Parker McKinlay, James Millar Thomson, William Gray, Alexander Samuel Morrison, Thomas Dunn, Frederick William Hilgendorf. Honours in Arts: Frederick William Hilgendorf in natural science (zoology); Thomas Dunn, languages and literature (Latin and English) ; Parker McKinlay, physical science (electricity) ; James Millar Thomson, mental science; Margaret Smyth, mental science. Senior Scholarships : John O'Shea, in Latin; George Frederick King Adams, in English and French ; Joseph William Mellor, in chemistry; William Mawson, in natural science (botany and zoology); Colin Campbell Hutton, in mental science. The John Tinline Scholarship : William Newlands. M.B. and Cb.M. : Margaret Barnett Cruickshank, Arthur Edward Albert Palmer. First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws : Beginald Moore, William Downie Stewart, Eichmond Hanson Turton. Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws: George Herbert Eoebuck Fenton, John Buchanan Nichol, Alexander Drummond Wilkinson. LL.B. Degree: Ethel E. Benjamin, James George Stuart, M.A., Frederick William Platts. Bachelor of Science : William Alexander McLeod, Joseph William Mellor. First Section of B.Sc. : Winifrede Bathgate, James Malcolm McLaren, Sheddan T. Brugh, Henry Fawsitt Skey. Degree of Bachelor of Arts: George Frederick King Adams, William Archibald Ballantyne, Andrew Nisbet Burns, Frank Foote, James Mitchell Ellis Garrow, Matthew Cochrane Henderson, Colin Campbell Hutton, William Mawson, William Newlands, John O'Shea, David Nichol Pryor, John Eeid, John Eobertson, John Eobert Eutherford, Kate Blanche Lilian Webber. First Section of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: Annie Bauchop, Ivo E. Bertram, T. Brodie, A. J. Crawford, Linda C Fenwick, A. J. Ferguson, Catherine G. Fraser, J. G. Fullarton, John Kinder, H. S. Leach, Charlotte E. MacGregor, S. A. Moore, J. Niven, E. A. Stenhouse, G. E. Thompson, Lawrence Thompson, Marion B. Thomson, Leslie E. Williams, H. F. Wilson. Junior Scholarships of the University of New Zealand awarded this year are held by W. M. Thomson, Flora J. W. Hodges, Edith Lilian Brown, A. H. V. Morgan, J. T. Matheson, and A. N. Fell at this university. The Stuart Prize for 1896 was awarded to Sheddan Thompson Brugh, in the Class of Natural Philosophy. The Macandrew Scholarship in political economy to Andrew Galloway Cameron Millar. . Endowments. —The tenancy of the endowments is the same as last year. The mining claims on the Museum Eeserve have increased in number, and complaint has been made by the tenant of the disturbance of the sheep by miners and their dogs. The Council have, however, come to an arrangement with their tenant which it is hoped will be satisfactory to both parties. The claim for compensation for land taken from the Barewood Eun for the Otago Central Eailway has not yet been settled, but it is hoped that a settlement will be effected within the next few months.

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