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Bursars receive an allowance of £20 per annum with free tuition, and if obliged to live away from home a lodging-allowance of £30 per annum. Eight bursaries were awarded in 1917, seven of which were held at the Central Development Farm, Weraroa, and the remaining one at Lincoln Agricultural College, Canterbury. Two bursars at Weraroa did not finish the year's work, and the bursar at Lincoln went on active service at the end of the year. The Education. Department paid £128 6s. Bd. on' account of bursars' fees in 1917. The available accommodation for bursars being limited, a selection has to be made each year from the number of candidates desiring bursaries.

No. 2.—REPORTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND AND OF AFFILIATE I) INST ITI IT] ONS. A. REPORT OP THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1917. Visitor. —His Excellency the Governor-General. Chancellor. —His Honour Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., LL.D., Chief Justice. Vice-Chancellor. —John Maemillan Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D. The Senate. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council —W. J. Anderson, Esq., M.A., LL.D. ; the Hon. W. E. Collins, U. 8.. M.R.CS. Eng., C.M.G.; H. F. yon Haast, Esq., M.A., LL.B.; and (he Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.P. Appointed by governing bodies of affiliated institutions —H. L. Ferguson, Esq., M.A., M.D., F.R.O.S. I. ; Rev. W. Ilewitson, 8.A.; R. J. Scott, Esq., M.lnst.CE., M.lnst.M.E., F.A.lnst.E.E.; J. C Adams, Esq., 8.A.; H. J. D. Mahon, Esq.. 8.A.; Hon. J. A. Tole, 8.A., X.C; His Honour Sir R. Stout, K.C.M.G., LL.D., Chief Justice; and Rev. W. A. Evans. Appointed by Professorial Boards—W. B. Benhani, Esq., D.Se.., F.R.S; C. Chilton, Esq., M.A., D.Sc., CM., F.L.S ; H. W. Segar, Esq., M.A. ; H. B. Kirk, Esq., M.A. Elected by District Courts of Convocation Rev. A. Cameron, B.A. ;J. M. Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D.; J. W. Tibbs, Esq., M.A. ; Dr. W. C. W. McDowell, 8.A., M.D., CM. ; H. H. Ostler, Esq., LL.B. ; J. Hight, Esq., Litt.D., F.R.E.S. ; P. Marshall, Esq., M.A., D.Se., F.G.S., F.R.G.S.; and T. A. Hunter, Esq., M.A., M.Sc. llegistrar. —E. T. Norris, Esq.. M.A. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SENATE. In compliance with the 31st clause of the University Act, the Senate makes the following report to His Excellency the Governor-General of the proceedings of the University since the date of the last report : — . Pnrsnant to the provisions of the University Act, the Senate met at Dunedin in animal .session on the 16th January, 1918, and at that session made certain amendments to the University statutes. These amendments have been submitted to His Excellency for his approval. Special meetings of the Senate were held in March, May, June, and September, 1917. During the year the following degrees were conferred: Doctor of Science, 1; Doctor of Medicine, 2 ; Master of Arts, 21; Bachelor of Arts, 44; Master of Science, 4; Bachelor of Science, 1.1; Bachelor of Engineering, 2; Master of Laws, 3; Bachelor of Laws, 15; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, 23; Bachelor of Dental Surgery, 2; Bachelor of Commerce, 2; Bachelor of Science in Home Science, 4. The usual examinations were held in February, March, May, July, September, October, November, and December, 1917. in the faculties of arts, science, medicine, public health, dentistry, home science, law, engineering, commerce, agriculture, and music, and for admission to the legal and accountants' professions. At these examinations 99 students qualified for degrees, 533 passed sections of the examinations for degrees or for admission to a profession, 36 gained certificates of proficiency, and 78 passed the examination for book-keepers. Of the candidates who qualified for degrees, 17 gained Honours in Arts and 3 Honours in Science; 11 were awarded Senior Scholarships, ami I the Tinline Scholarship. Of the candidates for Entrance Scholarship Examinations, 10 gained Junior Scholarships, 20 gained National Scholarships, 1 gained a Taranaki Scholarship, 59 passed " with credit " and qualified for Matriculation and the Solicitors' General Knowledge Examination, and 31 qualified for Matriculation and Solicitors' General Knowledge, and 5 for .Matriculation only. There were 1,771 candidates for the Matriculation Examination, of whom 611 passed the whole examination, 108 completed partial passes, and 291 gained partial passes. In a number of cases the Senate lias, in pursuance of its powers under the New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1915, granted to students who have enlisted passes in sections or in individual subjects. The moneys to be administered by the University under section 32 (b) of the New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1914, were distributed as follows : One-fourth to each affiliated Institution as follows: — (1.) To Auckland University College, the sum of £300 for carrying on the work of the Workers' Educational Association and for University extension classes, and the balance for the College library, the science laboratories, and the School of Architecture.