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diplomas and certificates to which they were entitled. These students were as follows : —Leslie Maurice Jolly: Diploma of Associate in Mining, and certificate of metallurgical chemist and assayer; Thomas Otto Bishop : Diploma of Associate in Mining, diploma of Associate in Metallurgy, certificate of metallurgical chemist and assayer, certificate of mine and land surveyor ; Harold Tyndall de Renzy Harman : Diploma of Associate in Mining, and certificate of metallurgical chemist and assayer; Frederick Thomas Seelye : Diploma of Associate in Mining. Diplomas and certificates were issued during the year to nine students who had already passed the prescribed course on production of certificates relating to practical work, in accordance with the regulations of the Mining School. The names of these students were as follows : —Herbert Edmund Allen : Diploma of Associate in Mining; Edward Arthur De Latour : Diploma of Associate in Mining ; George Herbert Royse : Diploma of Associate in Mining and certificate of metallurgical chemist and assayer; Colin Campbell : Diploma of Associate in Metallurgy ; George Aubrey Gow : Diploma of Associate in Mining, diploma of Associate in Metallurgy, and certificate as metallurgical chemist and assayer ; Sydney Parker Street : Diploma of Associate in Mining ; James Baillie Macdonald: Diploma of Associate in Mining; George Watt Thompson: Diploma of Associate in Metallurgy; William Graham Royse: Diploma of Associate in Metallurgy; Gerhard- Adolphus Chapman : Ulrich diploma of Associate in Metallurgy. The attendance in the different classes and the results of the annual examinations in the subjects of instruction in the Mining School are shown in the following tabulated statement: —

Table I.

The teachers were : General and mining geology, mineralogy, and petrography, Dr. Marshall; general and special metallurgy, assaying, and blowpipe analysis, Mr. D. B. Waters; mining, applied mechanics, mine and land surveying, the Director. In addition to these classes, students in their first, second, or third year, according to their Standing, had to attend the University classes in mathematics, theoretical mechanics, theoretical physics, practical physics, theoretical and practical chemistry; and two students, with the intention of qualifying for the diploma of associate in geology, attended the classes in biology and palaeontology. No failures were recorded in the University classes, with the exception of three in mathematics and three in theoretical chemistry. The results of the examinations in these subjects are shown in the following table :—

Table II.

The teachers were ; Mathematics, Professor Gibbons ; theoretical mechanics, theoretical and practical physics, Professor Shand ; theoretical and practical chemistry, Professor Black ; biology and palaeontology, Professor Benham.

Subject. Attendance. First Class. Subject. Second Class. Results of Examinations. Third Class. ! Failed. I I General geology ... 8 1 (lining geology ... ... ... j 6 1 Mineralogy ... ... ... I 8 'etrography ... ... .... 7 1 leneral metallurgy ... ... ... 11 2 Ipecial metallurgy ... ... ... 13 1 issaying (first course) ... ... 16 6 issaying (second course) ... ... 10 3 Jlowpipe analysis ... ... ... 12 2 lining (first course) ... ... ... 11 8 lining (second course) ... ..* 4 2 ipplied mechanics (first course) .. 9 4 line and land surveying (first course) .. 12 10 line and land surveying (second course) 6 2 3 1 4 1 3 4 6 2 8 3 I 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 5 2 3 5 3 3 1 3 2 "l "l 1 1 I i_

Results of E: [animations. Subject. Attendance. First Class. Second Class. Third Class. , Failed. Vlathematics Cheoretical mechanics theoretical physics ... Practical physics Cheoretical chemistry Practical chemistry ... Biology 'alasontology 9 10 9 5 14 10 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 3 4 1 5 1 5 5 4 3 3 3