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2. Council. —During the year Mr. Samuel Luke ceased to be Chairman of the Board of Education, and was succeeded by Mr. Eichard Hobbs on the 15th April, 1898 ; Mr. Peter Dignan ceased to be Mayor, and was succeeded by Mr. David Goldie on 21st December, 1898 ; Sir George Maurice O'Eorke, Knight, M.A., LL.D., was reappointed a member of the Council by His Excellency the Governor in Council; Mr. Jackson Palmer was re-elected a member of the Council by the members of the General Assembly ; and Dr. James Scott Maclaurin was re-elected by the graduates. 3. Professors and Lecturers. —Dr. A. McArthur was appointed Lecturer on Jurisprudence and Constitutional History on the 21st March, and delivered courses of lectures on these subjects, which were well attended. The salary of M. E. de Montalk, B. es L., 0.A., Lecturer on Modern Languages, was raised from £50 to £100 per annum. No other changes have taken place either in the staff or in the amounts of their salaries. 4. Increased Accommodation. —Owing to the increase in the number of students it was found necessary to provide additional lecture-rooms, and Parliament, on the invitation of the Government, granted £1,000 for this purpose. This increased accommodation will be of great advantage to the College, which is now hampered only by the fact that the income at the disposal of the Council has been virtually stationary since the foundation of the College, and is not now adequate to the requirements of the institution. It will be understood how scanty the amount of accommodation for teaching purposes was when it is stated that there were only two lecture-rooms for the three Professors of Classics, Mathematics, and English, and the two Lecturers in Modern Languages and Jurisprudence and Constitutional History—two rooms for five classes. There was further a pressing demand for a room for teaching mechanical drawing in order that at least the first year's course of engineering should be obtainable in this College. An offer had also been made to deliver lectures in history and political economy, whilst there was a probability of Hebrew being one of the subjects taught. There was also a desire to bring the School of Music within the College buildings. These matters were all considered at a meeting of the Council held on 20th June, 1898, when the Chairman was deputed to appeal to the Government to obtain from Parliament a grant of £1,000 for the addition of a new wing to the present building, and was requested at the same time to state that this was the first time since the foundation of the College that any pecuniary aid had been applied for to the Government. The Government recognised the justice of the claim, and invited Parliament to grant a sum of £1,000, which was agreed to. The thanks of the Council for this timely aid were tendered to Government by resolution of date 28th November, 1898. It is proposed to proceed at once with the erection of the building. 5. Scholarships held in 1898. —The following students held University Senior Scholarships during the year :1. P. H. Watts, mathematics; 2. E. W. Allen, chemistry. The following students held University Junior Scholarships during the year: 1. Alice M. D. Dinneen; 2. H. D. Bamford ; 3. J. C. Dromgool; 4. M. A. Hunter; 5. Marguerita B. Pickmere ; 6. M. Walker ; 7. Florence J. Patterson. The following student held a Sinclair Scholarship :1. Alice M. D. Dinneen. The following student held a Gillies Scholarship :1. J. C. Dromgool. I have, &c, G. Maukice O'Eokkb, Chairman.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Auckland University College for the Year ended on 31st December, 1898. I. —General Account. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d To Balance, Ist January, 1898 .. .. 1,215 9 0 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,608 6 0 Statutory grant .. .. .. 4,000 0 0 Office expenses .. .. .. 14 18 6 Taupiri rent .. .. .. 108 6 8 Stationery .. .. .. .. 36 12 8 Endowments .. .. .. 197 18 4 Advertising .. .. .. 98 14 0 Examination fees .. .. • .. 46 4 0 Printing .. .. .. .. 43 710 Calendars sold .. .. .. 18 9 Cleaning, lighting, and warming .. 53 1 2 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. 14 9 11 Fidelity bond .. .. .. 8 0 0 Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 42 0 0 Legal expenses .. .. .. 010 6 Insurance .. .. .. .. 36 16 3 Furniture and fittings .. .. 13 8 8 Repairs .. ".. .. .. 172 1 7 Water-rates .. .. .. 15 13 6 Lecture requisites .. .. .. 226 2 4 Library .. .. .. .. 76 9 3 Premiums .. .. .. .. 15 15 0 Examination expenses .. .. 33 4 10 Glasgow medal expenses .. .. 15 0 School of Music .. .. .. 32 0 0 Endowment expenses, Waikato .. 15 14 3 , Raglan .. 13 19 0 * Waitemata .. 1 17 6 Interest on overdraft .. .. 1 13 4 Balance, 31st Deoembor, 1898— Fixed deposit, Bank of New Zealand 1,000 0 0 Current aooount .. 119 '7 7 Outstanding cheques 16 8 9 102 18 10 Cash on hand .. .. .. 8 6 3 £5,625 16 8 £5,625 16 8