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published in order of merit in the Gazette of the 25th January, 1906, as having passed the examination, 249 of them with credit. The Junior Examination was also used as the qualifying examination for senior free places in secondary schools and district high schools, and by Education Boards as an examination for pupil-teachers and for Senior Scholarships. For the Senior Examination there were 171 candidates, and the names of 126 were published in the Gazette of the Ist March, 1906, one as having passed the examination with distinction, 39 as having passed the examination, and 87 as having passed in two or more subjects. Further particulars are given in the Report of the Annual Examinations (E.-1a). Junior National Scholarship Examination. The examination for Junior National Scholarships and for junior free places in secondary schools, district high schools, and technical schools was held on the 12th and 13th December, 1905. Of the 870 candidates 395 passed the examination, and their names were published in order of merit in the Gazette of the Ist February, 1906. In addition to these, as a result of the examination, 114 candidates were|regarded as having satisfied the examination requirements for junior free places, though they did not reach scholarship standard. Most of the Education Boards availed themselves of this examination for the purpose of awarding their Junior Scholarships, as did also Victoria College for awarding Queen's Scholarships. University and Colleges. The report of the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand is a separate paper (E.-6). The number of graduates admitted or qualified for admission now amounts to 1,018 admitted and 135 qualified for admission—l,ls3 in all. Of the 1,018 admitted, 401 have the degree of B.A. alone, 33 B.Sc. alone, 52 LL.B. alone, 8 B.Sc. in Engineering alone, 21 M.B. alone, 66 M.B. and Ch.B. alone, 3 Mus. Bac. alone, 301 M.A. alone, 4 LL.D. alone, 6 M.D. alone, and 2 D.Sc. alone. The graduates upon whom degrees in more than one faculty have been conferred are : B.A. and B.Sc, 9; B.A. and LL.B., 27; B.A. and LL.D., 1; B.A. and M.8., 1; 8.A., M.8., and Ch.B., 5 ; 8.A., B.Sc, and M.8., Ch.B., 2; B.Sc. and M.8., Ch.B., 4 ; B.Sc. and M.D., 1 ; M.A. and B.Sc, 41 ; M.A. and LL.B., 19 ; M.A. and D.Sc, 5 ; M.A. and M.8., Ch.B., 2 ; M.A., B.Sc. and M.8., Ch.B., 1 ; M.A. and LL.D., 3. The number of degrees authorised to be conferred after the examinations of 1905 was 145—8.A., 55; B.Sc, 11; 8.E., 9; LL.B., 17; M.8., 11; Ch.B., 11; M.A., 25 ; M.Sc, 3 ; LL.M., 2 ; Mus. Bac, 1. As appears by the Chancellor's report, the number of candidates who were examined at the usual examinations in November and December, 1905, and in January and April, 1906, in the faculties of arts, science, medicine, law, and music, and for admission to the legal profession, was 1,834. The number of students at affiliated colleges in 1905 was 1,158, an increase of 187 over that for the previous year. Of these students, 445 were women. The number of matriculated students was 903, that of unmatriculated 255. The numbers attached to the several colleges were as follows : University of Otago, 167 men and 111 women matriculated, 25 men and 6 women unmatriculated; Canterbury College, 135 men and 65 women matriculated, 26 men and 51 women unmatriculated ; Auckland University College, 89 men and 52 women matriculated, 31 men and 57 women unmatriculated; Victoria College, 184 men and 95 women matriculated, 51 men and 8 women unmatriculated. The reports of these colleges are papers E.-7, E.-8, E.-9, and E.-10 respectively. " The University Endowment Act, 1868." The income accrued under this Act, and applicable to purposes of higher education yet to be determined by Parliament, amounted, on the 31st March, 1906, to £3,134 16s. 4d., as follows : Canterbury reserves, £2,850 3s. 10d. ; Westland, £284 12s. 6d. The amount accrued from the Taranaki reserves, amounting to £5,169 11s. Id., was paid to the Public Trustee in December, 1905, in accordance with " The Taranaki Scholarships Act, 1905."