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The total staff of the four colleges consists of forty-five professors and fortyone 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 (1909). Lecturers, Professors. Demonstrators, and Assistants. Auckland University College ... ... ... ... 8 7 Victoria University College... ... ... ... ... 10 9 Canterbury University College ... ... ... ... 9 LI Otago University ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 : 14t Total ... ... ... ... ... 45 41 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, Tinlme, 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 offered annually four New Zealand Eesearch Scholarships of £100 per annum, with laboratory fees and expenses, one at each of the affiliated institutions, which are given by the Government for research likely to be oi benefit to the industries of the Dominion." So far, four of these Research Scholarships have been held, and of these three were still current at the end of 1909. At one of the University colleges no award of a Research Scholarship has yet been made. The subjects of research undertaken have borne a close relation to important industries, and the work done gives promise of substantial benefit, either directly or indirectly, to the scientific conduct of the industries concerned. Degrees conferred. At the beginning of the present year the Senate conferred degrees and made awards of scholarships and prizes on the results of the academic year 1909, as under:—

TABLE M2.—Degrees conferred by the New Zealand University at the Beginning of 1910.

Victoria Canterbury Otag College Collc 8 e - Colle « e - Unive " Degrees. . M. F. Total. M. P. Total. M. P. Total. M. F. Honours in Arts.. .. . 3 3 6 5j 4 9 • 6 2 8 2.. Honours in Science .. 1 1 I .. 1 I 1 i .. Doctor of Medicine .. 3 Master of Arts .. .. ..63 9 5 4 972 93.. Master of Science ■> .. 1 1 1 1 2 1.. Master of Laws .. .. .. 1 Bachelor of Arts.. .. 3 7 10 13 6 19 3 11 14 II 8 Science .. .. 1 .. 12.. 2 3 1 4 5 1 Engineering .. .. 6 .. li Medicine .. 11 Surgery .. 11 Laws .. .. 2 .. 2 4 .. 4 1 .. 1 2 .. Commerce .. 1 .. 1 1 1 Doctor of Literature .. 1 .. 1 Senior University Scholarships ..11 221 :j .. 3 323 John Tinline Scholarships .. .. 1 1 .... .. J Medical Travelling Scholarships j .. .. I 1 16 15 31 32 i 17 49 29 21 50 57 12 j l_ I i I. * Also one Emeritus Professor. t Also, the honorary staff of the Dunedin Hospit Cliuical Medicine and Clinical Surgery. sity. Total. Total. M. F. Total. 2 16 9 25 1 12 3 3 3 .. 3 3 21 9 30 12 2 4 11.. 1 22 33 32 85 6 11 2 13 6 .. 6 il 11 .. 11 11 11 .. 11 2 9 .. 9 2 .. 2 1 .. 1 5 5 8 13 1 1 11.. 1 69 134 05 199 ;al act as Lecturers on