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Table Ml shows the degree courses being taken in 1908 by students attending lectures at the several colleges, including the professional schools attached thereto.

TABLE M1.—Courses taken by Students attending Lectures at University Colleges in 1908.

The total staff of the four colleges consists of 37 professors and 40 lecturers ; in many cases, from want of funds the Councils of the colleges have been compelled to put two or more subjects under the charge of one professor; but with increased grants from Government this difficulty has recently been to some extent overcome. The staff of the several institutions are as follows :— Professors and Lecturers (1908). Leoturers, Professors. Demonstrators, and Assistants. Auckland University College .. .. .. .. 7 6 Victoria University College .. .. .. .. ..10 8 Canterbury University College .. .. .. .. 9 7 Otago University .. .. .. .. .. ..11* 19f Total .. .. .. .. ..37 40 Scholarships, Bursaries, &c. The following University Entrance Scholarships are awarded each year on the results of the University Junior Scholarship Examination held in December: Junior University, Senior National, Taranaki, and Queen's Scholarships. Certain local and privately endowed scholarships (about thirty-seven in number) are also awarded on the same examination ; and all who gain " credit " are entitled to hold bursaries which meet the cost of college fees up to £20 a year—that is, generally speaking, the whole of the fees. Scholarships awarded during the degree course are the Senior University, Tinline, Sir George Grey, and various local scholarships and exhibitions. The chief scholarships awarded at the end of the University courses are the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship, the Cecil Rhodes Scholarship, the Medical Travelling Scholarship—these three being all travelling scholarships—that is, tenable abroad. There are also four New Zealand Research Scholarships of £100 per annum, with laboratory fees and expenses, one at each of the affiliated institutions, which are offered by the Government for research likely to be of benefit to the industries of the Dominion. * Also 1 Emeritus Professor. I Also, the honorary staff of the Dunedin Hospital aot as Lecturers on Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery.

(Note.—No Student is included in more than one course in ie in this list.) Number. * Course. Men. Women. Total. Arts (as for B.A., M.A., &c.) .. .. .. 168 Science (as for B.Sc, M.Sc.).. .. .. .. 19 Law (as for LL.B.).. .. .. .. .. 54 Commerce (as for B.Com.) .. .. .. .. 4 Music (as for B.Mus.) .. .. .. .. 1 Medicine (as for M.B., &c.) .. .. .. .. 77 Dentistry (as for B.D.S.) .. .. * .. .. 14 Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical) .. 32 Mining Engineering _.. .. .. .. ! 19 Agriculture (exclusive of students at Lincoln Agricultural College during 1908) Totals .. .. .. ..388 185 7 5 353 26 54 4 1 82 14 32 19 • ■ • 197 585 * Exclusive of Victoria College, tho return from which does not show the classificat ;o courses. lion of the i students aocording