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The list of recent appointments obtained by ex-students during the past year, as shown bj the acting professor in charge, makes it clear that the School of Engineering is providing well-qualified men not only in the Dominion, but in different parts of the world. CANTERBURY COLLEGE. Board of Governors. The following are the results of elections held during the year : In March Mr. Matthew Dalziel was elected as a representative of the School Committees, rice Mr. T. \Y. Howe, who resigned to take up a position at Canterbury College. In June Mr. William Brock, .M.A.. was elected as a representative of t.ie graduates to till the vacancy caused bj the resignation of Mr. T. S. Foster, who was appointed Principal of Normal Training College and Lecturer mi Education at Canterbury College. The following members who retired by rotation, as provided by the Act of 1896, were re-elected to represent their several constituencies : Representing His Excellency the Governor —Thomas William Adams : graduates of Canterbury College —Very Rev. Walter Harper and Alfred George Talbot; representing teachers of Canterbury —Thomas Hughes; representing School Committees of Canterbury —Matthew Dalziel ; representing Professorial Board of Canterbury College—William Izard. Mr. 11. G. Eii, M.P., tiie representative of the Canterbury 3Members of Parliament, resigned, the vacancy being filled by the election of Mr. Thomas Henry Davey, M.P. In October casual vacancies were caused by the absence from the Dominion for six consecutive months of Messrs. Acland and Montgomery. Both members were re-elected. In November two other vacancies occurred through absence from the Dominion. Mr. John Lee Scott, a representative of members of Parliament, was re-elected. Dr. Talbot, who held t ither seat as a representative of the graduates, is making an extended stay in Europe, and did not seek re-election : bis position was filled by the election of Dr. George Mackenzie Lester Lester, M.A. Mr. J. C. Adams was unanimously re-elected Chairman for another year. Number of Students. The following table shows the number of matriculated and non-matriculated students who attended lectures each year since 1903 : — Males. Females. Matric. Non-matric. Matric. Non-matric. Total. 1903 .. .. .. ..119 26 48 56 249 1904 .. .. .. ..144 20 66 47 277 1905 .. .. .. ..135 26 65 51 277 1906 .. .. .. ..129 35 69 71 304 1907 .. .. .. ..153 44 100 45 342 1908 .. .. .. ..156 49 137 39 381 1909 .. .. .. ..176 38 145 41 400 1910 .. .. .. ..179 31 130 30 370 1911 .. .. .. ..177 37 118 34 366 1912 .. .. ..171 37 125 29 362 Note. —In 1912 there were ten exempted students (seven mules and three females) who were examined but did not attend lectures. The accompanying table shows the fees received during the past six years : — a 1907 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.5;;:; 1908 . . . . .. . . . . . . 2. (if).-) 1909 .. .. .. 2.886 1910 .. .. .. .. .. 2.375 1911 .. .. -.. .. 2.462 1912 .. .. .. .. 2.523 Successful Students. Tue following students were recorded by the University as having passed in their respective examinations :— Diploma of Honours and also degree of Master of Arts : Gordon, James Alexander—third class in economics, jurisprudence, and constitutional history ; Malthus, Cccil —first class in languages and literature (English and French) ; Pegg, Eliza Julia —first class in natural science (botany) ; Reynolds, Mary Catherine —third class in languages and literature (Latin and French). Degree of Master of Arts : Griffith, Elizabeth Gladys. Degree of Bachelor of Arts : Archey, Gilbert Edward : Blain, Thomas ; Carrington, Philip ; Hancox, George Gilbert ; Knight, Leslie Albert ; Lambie, George Sidey ; Macfarlane, Samuel George ; Marshall, Charles Stanley : l'yrr. Stephen ; Purchas, Alban Charles Theodore ; Purchas, John Ernesl ; Rule. William Bramwcll ; Tracy, William Francis. I legree of Bachelor of Aits (first section) : Arnold Clarence Banks ; Barrell. Arthur Frank ; Best. Isabel Winifred; Bruce. Edith Mary: Callaghan. Francis Raymond; Cox, Edwin Thomas; Ensor. Edna, Jean ; Harvey, Elizabeth Alice ; Lynskey, Michael ; Mitchell, Roberta Christina Flaus ; Ponder. Arthur Osborne ; Sage, Constance Marion ; Watters, Jessie Hazel Annandale.