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Accounts and Balance-sheet.—Statement of Balances at 31st December, 1913. Accounts. Or. £ s. d. £ s. d. College Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,527 2 5 Sinclair-Gillies Account .. .. .. .. .. 3,881 510 Sinclair Bequest.. .. .. .. .. .. 28 17 0 8,437 5 3 Dr. Specialization Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 75 19 11 £8,361 6 4 Banks and Investments. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand (current account) .. .. .. .. 1,460 14 10 (fixed deposit for six months) .. .. .. 1,188 0 10 Post Office Savings-bank .. .. .. .. .. .. 782 9 5 Auckland Savings-baDk .. .. .. .. .. .. 280 0 3 Mortgages (freehold) .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,250 0 0 Debentures (Auckland City Council) .. .. .. .. 400 0 0 £8,361 5 4 Chas. M.'Nelson, M.A., Registrar. C. REPORT OF THE VICTORIA COLLEGE, 1913. (The Victoria College Aot, 1897.) Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Eduoation. Members of Council. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council—W. H. Morton, Esq., M. Inst. C.E. ; A. B. Atkinson, Esq.; R. McNab, Esq., LL.B. Elected by members of the Legislature—C. P. Knight, Esq. ; C. Wilson, Esq. ; W. Ferguson, Esq., C.E. Elected by members of Education Boards—A. T. Maginnity, Esq. ; R. MoOallum, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., C.J. Elected by graduates— J. G. W. Aitken, Esq. ;C. B. Morison, Esq., K.C.; H. H. Ostler, Esq., LL.B. Eleoted by public-school teaohers—T. R. Fleming, Esq., M.A., LL.B.; Rev. W. A. Evans; O.Watson, Esq., B. A. Elected by the Professorial Board—Hon. A. L. Herdman, M.P. Staff. Professors. —Classics — J. Rankine Brown, M.A. English Language and Literature—H. Mackenzie, M.A. Modern Languages—G. W. yon Zedlitz, M.A. Chemistry-T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D. Mathematios and Mathematical Physics—D. X, Picken, M.A. Biology—H. B. Kirk, M.A. Physics—T. H. Laby, M.A. Law— J. Adamson, M.A., LL.B., Dean of the Faculty ; J. M. E. Garrow, 8.A., LL.B. (English and New Zealand Law). Mental Soience —T. A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc. . ■ Lecturers, five. Assistants, nine. Demonstrator, one. Registrar. -C. P. Powles, F.P.A. (N.Z.), F.I.A. N.Z.

The Victoria College Council to the Minister of Education. Victoria College, Registrar's Office, 29th June, 1914. In pursuance of section 44 of the Victoria College Act, 1905, the Council presents the following report for the year 1913 :— Number of Students. —The number of students attending lectures during the year was 463, made up as follows: Matriculated students —Males, 239; females, 145 : total, 384. Non-matriculated students —Males, 65 ; females, 14 : total, 79. In addition to these there were 49 exempted students, making a total of 512 students attached to the College. The results of the University examinations as affecting the College were as follows : 12 students gained the degree of Master of Arts, 10 with honours; 3 gained the degree of Master of Laws with honours ; 18 obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts ; 22 passed the first section for the same degree ; 1 obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science; 5 passed the first section for that degree; 13 gained the degree of Bachelor of Laws ; 32 passed sections for that degree ; 4 passed the Engineering Entrance Examination; 2 passed sections for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce; 2 gained Senior Scholarships, 1 in German and 1 in contracts and Roman law. The pressing need of additions to the College buildings impelled the Council to set up a committee to report on the urgent requirements and on the future extension of the College. To provide for the more immediate requirements the committee recommended an extension on the south end of the present building for the purpose of providing further accommodation for the science departments. The accommodation now available for the arts faculty is not sufficient for present purposes, and in