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Degrees. —The degrees obtained by the students at the examinations held by the New Zealand University are as'follows : Master of Arts, 8 ; Bachelor of Arts, 9 ; Bachelor of Science, 4 ; Bachelor of Laws, 1 ; M.B. and Ch.B., 9 : also, honours in arts, 6 ; honours in science, 2 (1 double honours); honours in law, 1 ; senior scholarships, 2. The Exhibition, 1851, Science Scholarship was won by Mr. Arthur A. Andrew. Staff. —Towards the end of the year the Registrar, Mr. A. Hamilton, resigned the registrarship, having been appointed Director of the Colonial Museum ; Mr. James M. E. Garrow, 8.A., was appointed to fill the vacancy. Dr. L. E. Barnett, Lecturer on Surgery, was granted leave of absence for twelve months to enable him to visit the hospitals of the Home-country and the Continent. Dr. Closs was appointed to lecture on surgery during Dr. Barnett's absence. Council. —During the year the Council has lost one of its original members, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. E. B. Cargill, who died after a short illness. Mr. Cargill was a member of the Council from the foundation of the University, having been appointed in 1869 by the Provincial Council. He was ViceChancellor from 1894 till his death. By his removal the University has lost a firm friend and an enthusiastic supporter. The vacancy caused by Mr. Cargill's death was filled, in accordance with " The University of Otago Council Election Act, 1891," by the graduates electing the Rev. William Hewitson, 8.A., for five years. Mr. James Allen, 8.A., M.H.R., was appointed Vice-Chancellor. Scholarships and Prizes. —The following scholarships and prizes have been awarded : Grey-Russell Scholarship, William J. Dunbar ; Sir George Grey Scholarship, C. N. Boult; Macgregor Prize, E. K. Lomas ; Stuart Prize, B. E. Murphy ; Ulrich Medal, George Dey ; Parker Prize, William J. Dunbar. Castle Street Block. —Fourteen of the twenty-eight sections on this block have now been let, and eight houses are erected or in the course of erection. The base of the retaining-wall has been protected by strong buttresses bound by strong wire netting, and this arrangement has so far worked admirably, as not the slightest damage has been done by the Leith during the last two floods. Wolf Harris Endowment. —Mr. Wolf Harris has generously promised a contribution of £2,000 contingent on a Chair of Physiology being established within three years from date of the gift, the income from this endowment to be exclusively available for the maintenance of a Chair of Physiology in connection with the Medical School of the Otago University. The money in the meantime has been placed to a special account called the " Wolf Harris Endowment Account," and has been invested in Dunedin City Tramway Debentures at 4J per cent. If the chair is filled within the next three years the income is to be added to the £2,000. Dental School. —A committee from the Council appointed to inquire into the question of the establishment of a Dental School reported that the carrying-out of such a scheme would be impossible unless the Hospital Trustees granted the use of a room and opened an out-patient department for the practical teaching of dental surgery. There are, however, no funds available for building a Dental Institute. The Senate of the New Zealand University has in the meantime been asked by the Council to prescribe a course, and to make such other provision as is necessary for conferring degrees and diplomas in dentistry, and has appointed the Rev. Mr. Cameron, Professor Shand, and Professor Scott a committee to make further inquiries and to formulate a scheme to give effect to the wishes of the Council, and to report to next meeting of the Senate. Joshua Strange Williams, Chancellor.

Otago School of Mines : Report of the Director (Professor James Park, F.G.S.). Professor James Park, F.G.S., the Director, reported as follows : — Diplomas and Certificates. The Mining School for the session ending the 7th November, 1903, showed the satisfactory attendance of thirty-two registered students, and two casual one subject only —namely, one in geology and one in surveying. Of the registered students, twelve entered for their first year, leaving twenty in their second, third, or fourth year, according to their academic standing. Three students in their final year completed their course in the divisions for which they entered ; and one of these, having presented satisfactory certificates of time spent in mining operations as required by Regulation 9, was awarded the diploma of Associate in Mining to which he was entitled. The successful candidate was Otto Albert Friedlander. Diplomas and certificates were issued during the year to seven students who had passed the necessary class examinations prior to 1903, on the production of the necessary certificates relating to practical work, as follows : Frank Hadfield Statham —(1) diploma of Associate in Mining, (2) certificate of metallurgical chemist and assayer ; William Ernest Barron, certificate of land and mine surveyor ; Stanislaus Charles Napier-Bell, diploma of Associate in Geology ; James McGregor Wilkie, diploma of Associate in Metallurgy ; Harold F. de Renzy Harman, diploma of Associate in Metallurgy ; Claude G. L. Gregg, diploma of Associate in Mining ; Kenneth Montrose Graham, diploma of Associate in Mining. Annual Examinations. The attendance in the different classes and the results of the annual examinations in the subjects of instruction in the Mining School, as prescribed by the regulations for the different courses, are shown in the following tabulated statement: — ♦