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The New Zealand University Amendment Act of 1914 also provides for the establishment of a Board of Studies consisting of twenty members, five of whom are to be appointed by each of the Professorial Boards of the four institutions affiliated to the University. The Board is to have power to make recommendations to the Senate as to the appointment of examiners and as to degrees, diplomas, scholarships, prizes, courses of study, and examinations, and to receive recommendations as to any of these matters from the Professorial Boards or other bodies concerned. Other Professional Institutions. In addition to the four University colleges there are several institutions which, though not actually affiliated to the New Zealand University, are equally entitled to be considered professional in their scope and chaxacter. The Canterbury Agricultural College is recognized by the University as a school of agriculture, and matriculated students of the College may, after a two-years course, followed by a further course of one year at a University college, qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Agriculture upon passing the prescribed examination? In several respects the four training colleges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin may also be considered professional schools. Although not affiliated with the New Zealand University, they are in several ways directly associated with the University colleges : matriculation is to a large extent the entrance examination for both ; the principal of the training college is usually lecturer on education at the University college ; attendance at some at least of the University college courses is compulsory for trainees ; and a member of the Professorial Board of the University college is a member of the Board of Advice of the training college. New Zealand University. The following are some figures in connection with the annual examination conducted by the University :■ — 1913. 1914. Total number of candidates at all examinations, &c. .. 3,444 3,472 Number who qualified for degrees .. .. .. .. 183 211 Of whom the number gaining honours was .. .. .. 44 56 Number passing Matriculation Examination .. .. 502 617 Total number of graduates so far admitted .. .. 1,755 J ,879 The following table shows the principal items of income and expenditure of the University of New Zealand for the years 1913 and 1914:— ,r /•; icome. Expenditi ire. 1913. 1914. 191.3. 1914. Balances— £ £ £ £ General Account .. 5,676 5,104 Scholarships .. .. 2,283 2,496 Scholarship Account .. 26,049 26,548 Examinations .. .. 7,761 7,307 — Office salaries .. .. 1,106 1,095 31,725 31,652 Expenses of Senate meetings 644 692 Statutory grant .. 3,000 3,000 Miscellaneous .. .. 793 656 Fees .. .. 8,062 7,710 Balances .. .. 31,653 31,412 Interest .. .. 1,283 1,191 Miscellaneous.. .. 170 105 £44,240 £43,658 £44,240 £43,658 ——— j __ - In the above statement no account has been taken of special scholarships and prize funds. The balance at the end of the year, £31,412, consists of a balance on the Scholarships Account of £26,743, and a balance on the General Account of £4,669. The amount in hand for general purposes was therefore £4,669, the only liabilities of importance against which are amounts of £1,911 due to English examiners for the degree examinations of November, 1914, and £2,002 due to the Scholarship Account. The net balance on the General Account has therefore decreased from £3,143 in 1913 to £2,557 in 1914, a net decrease of £586. Degrees obtained and Scholarships awarded. Table M gives the numbers of those qualifying for degrees and scholarships in 1914. For the sake of clearness no notice has been taken of similar degrees awarded on the results of a single examination—as, for instance, Master and Honours, or the double degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.