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Bachelors of Arts. —Final examination : Bowie, John; Chaplin, Emily Anne; Cooper, John Sisson St. George; Craig, Margaret Ellen ; Fraser, Wilhelmina Sara ; Garrard, Charles Wilson ; Gibson, Ethel Marianne ; McWilliam, James Thomas; Newman, Elizabeth Amy; Norris, Arthur Hugh ; Parr, Edward James; Eenner, Frederick Henry Martin ; Schneider, Fanny Christina; Strong, Edward Herbert. First Section: Avery, Eose Emma; Blennerhassett, Annie; Charters, Alexander Jiurnet ; Cowles, Georgiana Agnes ; Dive, Margaret Ann ; Graham, John; Hall, Robinson Early; Hickson, Cora Violet; Hornsby, Janetta Martha; Houlker, James; Izard, William Arthur ; Keane, Michael Cormac ; Matthews, Frederick Gwillim ; Mcllrath, James Wordsworth ; McLeod, John ; Pogson, Frank Lubecki; Wood, Eobert Taylor. Bachelor of Science. —Final examination : Black, Thomas Arthur. Bachelor of Science in Engineering. —Final examination: Cull, John Ernest Lelliot. Third examination: Williams, Cyril Nelson Beetham. Doctor of Laws. —Knight, Charles Prendergast. Bachelor of Laws. —Second Section : Neave, Kenelm ; Vincent, Reginald. First Section : Bullock, Arthur Edgar; Carson, William James; Glasgow, John; Houlker, James ; Izard, William Arthur ; Strong, Edward Herbert. Of the five senior scholarships awarded by the University, two were gained by students of this College—John Sisson St. George Cooper gained the scholarship in mathematics and Edward James Parr that in English and French. The Macmillan Brown memorial prize for the best imaginative composition either in prose or verse, and open to all undergraduates of the University of New Zealand, was awarded for the first time this year, and was gained by Miss Kate EUinor Brooine, an undergraduate of this College. Mr. Cyril Nelson Beetham Williams, having complied with all the University conditions, was recommended by the Senate for a commission in the Imperial army. The College exhibitions given for excellence in honours work at the College annual examination were awarded as follows : For Latin—Edmund Brydges Rudhall Prideaux ; for mathematics —John Sisson St. George Cooper; for English — Frederick Henry Martin Renner ; for French — Ethel Marianne Gibson and Ethel May Jacobson (equal); for natural science (biology and botany)— Cora Violet Hickson, proxime accessit —Thomas Arthur Black ; for experimental science—Edward James Parr. The number of students of this College who have succeeded in passing the various examinations for degrees given by the University of New Zealand is as follows: M.A., 110; 8.A., 156 (some of whom are still eligible to compete for the M.A. degree); LL.D., 2; LL.B., 7 ; B.Sc, 5; B.Sc. in engineering, 5. Two arts' graduates have also obtained the degree of LL.D., one that of D.Sc, fourteen that of LL.B., and thirteen that of B.Sc. One science graduate has also passed for the degree of B.Sc. in engineering. Since the foundation of the University of New Zealand eighty-eight graduates in arts and in science have been awarded first-class honours ; forty-seven of these belong to Canterbury College, and all six double first-class honours awarded by the University were gained by students from this College. Of the 145 senior and third-year and John Tinline scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last twenty-two years (the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force), eighty-two and a half 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 five times, and on two of these occasions to students of this College. Of the twenty-three 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, seventeen have been gained by students of this College, whilst the only three mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College. Music. —Forty-five students attended the lectures during the past year, distributed as follows : Junior, 15; intermediate, 15; senior, 13; advanced, 2. At the annual College examinations held in October fifty-five candidates presented themselves—Junior, 25 ; intermediate, 16 ; senior, 14. To ten of these certificates of merit were granted, having successfully passed the junior, intermediate, and senior examinations of the college. The College, in conjunction with the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, held its first preliminary examination in the elements of music last August; and the first examination in practical music was held in December, Mr. F. Davenport, of the Royal Academy of Music, an eminent composer and performer, being the examiner. Forty candidates entered for the examinations —viz.: —School examination ; Pianoforte—Elementary, 1; lower division, 3 ; higher division, 9. Local centre examination : Pianoforte—Lower division, 12 ; higher division, 15. Mr. Davenport expressed the opinion that the cause of many of the failures was no doubt owing to candidates choosing to competein grades much beyond their powers, taking the " local centres " when they were really only capable of passing the " school examinations." They were strongly advised by the examiner to commence from that lower grade in which they are more sure to pass with credit. Examinations for those wishing to obtain certificates as to their qualifications as teachers of music will be held in November. The College lectures in music will be rearranged and extended to meet the requirements of the various theoretical examinations of the Associated Board. These examinations being held in June of each year render it somewhat difficult to fit in with our College year, which commences in March. Students will be allowed to choose for themselves whether they will take the Canterbury College examinations or those of the Associated Board. Exempted Students. —During the year examinations for exempted students have been held at Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, and Napier. The numbers attending since the system was commenced are as follows :—