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the Senate recommended the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners to award him a second Exhibition Scholarship. The Commissioners acceded to the request, and awarded Mr. Thomson a scholarship, which he resigned in favour of the Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship for 1904.—Mr. J. Allan Thomson, was elected the first Rhodes Scholar for New Zealand by the Selection Committee sitting in Government House, Wellington, in May, 1904. He was a distinguished scholar and prominent athlete. His academic career represented a standard of excellence rarely equalled by a graduate of the University of New Zealand. He has earned our most hearty congratulations. Honours in Natural Science. —Charles Norton Boult, B.Sc, first-class honours in geology. Senior Scholarship. —-Robert A. Farquharson, senior scholarship in geology. Mining Engineering. —Passed first examination in mining engineering, P. H. McDouall ; completed first examination in mining engineering, A. Gordon Mac Donald, Hugh R. Mac Donald, William McCullough ; passed second examination in mining engineering, William Gibson ; and E. T. H. Webb; passed second examination in metallurgical engineering, W. A. Given, M.A. Grey Scholarship. —Robert A. Farquharson. This scholarship has now been won by a mining student for three years in succession. Robinson Medals.—- For mining and surveying, J. E. Menzies; for quantitative chemical analysis, J. T. Mosley. Vlrich Medal. —For petrography and mineralogy, R. A. Farquharson. Laboratory. During the year eighty-four samples of ore were assayed for the public at schedule rates, and in the same period the Director furnished reports on thirty-seven samples of rocks and minerals free of charge. Geodesic Station on Tanna Hill. Last October and November the Director completed the observations needed to connect Tanna Hill with the Government Meridional Geodesic Station at Observation Point, Port Chalmers. The latitude and longitude of the station on Tanna Hill have been computed, and an azimuthal bearing in terms of Observation Point meridian thrown on to an iron standard in the quadrangle in the University grounds. A true bearing has also been thrown on to the illuminated clock in the Town Hall tower which provides the necessary referring light for night observations without cost or charge to the Council. The surveying students will now be able to conduct their surveys on true meridian instead of on an artificial or magnetic meridian as in former years, check the error in azimuth of their traverse meridian, and take rounds of angles to the sun and circumpolar stars for the determination of meridian, latitude, and time. Chain Standard. Of late years field-measurements have been made by surveyors and engineers with 500-link steel bands, but up till now there has been no standard provided in Otago for checking the accuracy of the bands. It is a pleasure to report that a 5-chain standard is now being laid down by the General Survey Department of New Zealand under the direction of Mr. D. Barron, Chief Surveyor, in the University grounds near the mining school for the use of the professional surveyors, engineers, and mining students. Associates of Mining School. The diploma of Associate was first issued in the year 1887. The diplomas granted in the several divisions of the school since that date are as under :— Division Issued from Issued in ~, . , IVI ° n - 1887 to 1903. 1904. lotal ' Mining .. .. .. .-. ..70 4 74 Metallurgy .. .. .. .. ..32 4 36 Geology .. .. .. .. ..12 .. 12 Totals .. .. .. .. ..114 8 122 In 1902 the standard of instruction for the Associate diplomas was raised to that of the B.Sc. requirements of the New Zealand University in mining engineering. Prior to that date mining graduates took the ordinary B.Sc. Since that date some take the B.Sc. in mining or metallurgical engineering, but some still prefer the ordinary B.Sc, as the requirements in respect to keeping terms are easier than for the former. The mining graduates who have taken the ordinary and engineering B.Sc. are as follows : Ordinary B.Sc. prior to 1902, 3 ; ordinary B.Sc. since 1902, 5 ; engineering B.Sc. since 1902, 3 : total, 11. Occupations of Old Students. Among the appointments secured by old students during 1904 are the following : (1) E. Graham, Acting Director, Charters Towers School of Mines ; (2) W. A. McLeod, B.Sc, general manager mining company, Charters Towers; (3) G. Ulrich, Assistant Surveyor, Waihi Company; (4) W. Baker, B.Sc, lecturer, West Australian School of Mines ; (5) T. H. B. Wayne, metallurgist, General Mining and Finance Corporation, Johannesburg; (6) H. E. Allen, assistant metallurgist, Linpaards Vlei, Transvaal; (7) P. Fitzgerald, Manager, Vivien Mine, Western Australia ; (8) W. M. Fulton, general manager, mining company, Johannesburg ; (9) E. A. de Latour, mine-manager, Magnet Mining Com-