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A special meeting of the Board was held on the 4th February to appoint a Chairman, when Mr. George Warren Russell was elected to the position for the period ending 30th June, 1907. At the statutory meeting in July Mr. Russell was re-elected Chairman for the ensuing year. The results of the various elections for membership of the Board, during the year, have been as follows: — Representing His Excellency the Governor. —2nd January—Right Rev. Bishop Grimes, D.D., reappointed. (The seat was declared vacant in the previous year, owing to his Lordship having been absent from the colony for six consecutive months.) Ist July—Right Rev, Bishop Grimes, D.D., reappointed. Representing Canterbury Members of Parliament. —lst July—Rev. Robert Erwin, M.A., D.D., re-elected. 19th December —George John Smith, M.L.C, resigned, H. G. Ell, M.P., being elected to the vacancy. Representing Graduates. —28th January—Charles Lewis, M.P., resigned, and on the 11th February George Thorngate Weston, 8.A., LL.B., was elected to the vacancy. Ist July —William Hugh Montgomery, 8.A., re-elected. George Warren Russell, re-elected. Representing Teachers. —lst July —Lawrence Berry Wood, M.A., re-elected. Representing School Committees. —3rd January—Thomas William Rowe, M.A., LL.B., reelected. Ist July—Benjamin Michael Moorhouse, M.8.C.M., M.R.C.S., re-elected. The sad death of the late Sir John Hall was reported to the Board on the Ist July, and a resolution expressing the sympathy of the Board was unanimously passed regarding the same. In his will he bequeathed 500 volumes to the Canterbury Public Library. In January, 1907, Professor Cook obtained twelve months' leave of absence on account of the state of his eyes. During his absence the work of the Mathematical Chair was performed by Mr. E. G. Hogg and Mr. H. D. Cook. Professor Cook resumed duty at the opening of the College term in March, 1908, but almost immediately forwarded his resignation to the Board on account of failing health. This resignation was laid before the meeting of the Board of Governors held on the 24th February, when the following resolution, moved by the Chairman, and seconded by the Dean of Christchurch, and spoken to by several other members of the Board, was carried unanimously: "That the Board of Governors of Canterbury College receives with deep regret the resignation, owing to ill health, of Professor C. H. H. Cook, of his appointment as Professor of Mathematics. It places on record its high opinion of his devotion to the work of his chair, and to the cause of education generally, during the thirty-three years of his connection with Canterbury College, and trusts he may be spared for many years to enjoy a well-earned rest." The work of the classes is being carried on for this session by the same gentlemen as acted last year, and the Board has resolved to invite applications for the position of Professor of Mathematics, the new appointee to take up his duties at the beginning of the session in March, 1909. In December, 1907, Professor Haslam was granted twelve months' leave of absence on account of ill health, and arrangements were made by cable for Mr. L. H. G. Greenwood, M.A., who was engaged at the University of Leeds, to come to New Zealand to act as locum tenens for Professor Haslam for the year. He is now carrying out the duties of the chair. On the 3rd June, 1907, a notable function took place in the Canterbury College Hall, when for the first time the whole of the institutions under the control of the Board were massed in that building. The occasion was an Imperial celebration. The Chairman of the Board presided, and patriotic addresses were delivered by His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman, the Headmaster of the Boys' High School, the Lady Principal of the Girls' High School, and Mr. E. K. Mules, on behalf of the Students' Association. On the 3rd October, 1907, the building foinerly known as College Lodge was opened as a College Club for matriculated students, the building having been renovated and furnished by the Board in order to provide a place of rest and recreation for male students. A most successful opening took place, the Chairman of the Board presiding on the occasion, and addresses being also given by Mr. J. C. Adams, Chairman of the College Committee, and others. On the 18th October, 1907, there were unveiled in the College Hall memorial tablets in memory of the late Rev. Dr. Robert Lamb, M.A., M.8., 8.D., and the late Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.", the former being erected by fellow-students and friends, and the latter by the Board of Governors and the Professorial Board. Suitable addresses were given by the Chairman of the Board, Rev. Dr. Erwin, and Professor Chilton. Experimental classes in dental anatomy were established during the year, and the classes have justified the Board in extending them for another year. A second course of popular lectures was given during the winter months, and, although the attendance was not so large as could have been wished, yet the lectures themselves were appreciated. The College. Number op Students. —The following table shows the number of matriculated and non-matri-culated students who attended lectures each year since 1900 :■ — , Males. Females. Matric. Non-matric. Matric. Non-matric. Total. 1900 ... ... ... 75 18 50 75 218 1901 ... ... ... 95 18 53 54 220 1902 ... ... ... 108 14 43 fiO 225 1903 ... ... • ... 119 26 48 56 1*49 1904 ... ... ... 144 20 66 47 277 1905 ... ... ... 135 26 65 51 277 1906 ... ... ... 129 35 69 71 304 1907 ... ... ... 153 44 100 45 342