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During the last few years a great advance has been made in increasing the efficiency of the College and the various institutions coi nected with it, enabling the work of higher education to be more fully dealt with than in the past. After looking carefully into the items of income and expenditure, members, 1 think, will agree with me that it behoves the Board to move slowly for a short time, in order that we may keep the finances on a sound basis, and that we may watch carefully the changes that have been made, and note what further provision may have to be made to keep the whole of the work abreast of the necessity of the times. In conclusion I would like to bear testimony to the energy and enthusiasm of the late Chairman. He devoted a large amount of his power and time in forwarding the interests of Canterbury College, aud the changes introduced by him have not only already proved of value, but will, 1 believe, be productive of great good as time goes on. Canterbury College certainly owes him a debt of gratitude, and will remember him as one of its hardworking aud energetic chairmen. CANTERRURY COLLEGE. Board op Governor*. The following members of the Board, who retired by rotation, as provided by the Act of 1896, were re-elected to represent the several constituencies: — Representing His Excellency the Governor. —Thomas William Adams. Representing the Canterbury Members of Parliament. —Henry George Ell, M.P. Representing the Graduates, of Canterbury College. —Very Rev. Walter Harper, M.A.; Alfred George Talbot, M.A., M.8.C.M., M.R.C.S. Representing the Teachers of Canterbury. —Thomas Hughes, B.A. Representing the School Committees of Canterbury. —Thomas William Rowe, M.A., LL.B. Representing the Professorial Board of Canterbury College. —William Izard, M.A., LL.M. On the 29th November Dr. B. M. Moorhouse's seat on the Board was declared vacant, and Mr. Henry Dyke Acland was elected to fill the vacancy. On the 24th February in this year Mr. G. W. Russell resigned his seat on the Board. Mr. Russell had been a Governor of the College for nearly thirteen years, and Chairman of the Board for three years, and the Board, in accepting his resignation, recorded its high appreciation of the services rendered by him during his term of office. Mr. .1. ('. Adams was elected Chairman of the Board for the remainder of the year, and Mr. S. Hurst-Seager was elected to till the vacancy on the Board caused by Mr. Russell's retirement. Number op Students. The accompanying list shows the number of students who attended lectures during the first term each year since the year 1906, and here again it is probable that from the same cause as that mentioned above the table for 1910 will show a slight decrease. Numbers of .Students. ,' Bubjeot. urn J!)07 1!X)8 1909. ' : Classics 141 187 212 241 English literature and language .. 265 329 32.7 437 Mathematics .. .. ..124 119 114 156 Chemistry 84 105 86 79 Sound, light, ami heat .. .. 22 1:5 23 33 Biology.. .. •• ..88 105 129 112 French .. .. •. .. 127 138 125 146 German 18 23 30 It Jurisprudence and law .. 68 54 49 56 History and economics .. .. 113 155 126 142 Accounting .. .. .... 6 19 13 Mental science .. . . 30 33 68 71 Geology .. •• ..14 16 28 26 Education .. .. ..42 53 47 36 Music 53 69 75 89 Grand total .. .. 1,189 1,435 1,458 1,677 The following tabic shows the number of matriculated and non-matriculated students who attended lectures each year since : .Males. Females. Matrio. Non-matric. Matric. Non-Matric. Total L 899 ... ••■ ••• 80 18 37 47 182 I'.ino ... ... ... 75 18 50 75 218 I.Mil ... ... ... 95 18 53 5 1 220 L 902 ... ••• ••• 108 I I 13 (it! 225 1903 ... 119 26 18 5b 249 I'Jill ... ... ... 144 20 66 47 277 I'm:, ... ... 135 26 65 51 277 11)06 ... ... •■■ 12H 35 69 71 .-!i)l I'KIT ... ...153 II 1(10 45 342 L9OB ... ... ... 156 1!) 1:37 39 381 1909 ... ... 176 38 145 41 400