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Staff. Professors.— Classics—H. S. Dettmann, M.A., B.C.L. English—o. W. Kgerton, M.A. Modern Languages — M. Walker, M.A., B.Com. Mathematics—H. W. Segar, M.A. Chemistry—F. P. Worley, M.A., D.Sc, D.1.C., F.C.S. Physics—G. Owen, M.A., D.Sc General Biology, Botany, and Zoology—J. 0. Johnson, M.A., M.So., M.8., B.Ch., Litt.D. Hibtory and Economics—J. P. Grossmann, M.A. Music W. E. Thomas, Mus. Doc. Also lecturers, assistants, and demonstrators. Registrar.—Ray. A. B. Chappell, M.A., F.K.E.S. REPORT. The Chairman of the Boakd op Governors to the Minister of Education. Sm, — Auckland University College, 30th June, 1920. in pursuance of the provisions of the Auckland University College Act, 1882, the Council has the honour to make the following report for the year 1919 : — 1. Number of Students. —The number of persons who attended lectures in this College in .1919 was 794: Graduates, 20 (males 8, females 12); uudergraduates, 472 (males .'145, females 127); non-matriculated students, 302 (males .151, females 151). The number of students who were exempted from attendance was 27 (males 25, females 2). The total number of students undertaking study during the year was 821 (males 529, females 292). 2. The Council. —The personnel of the College Council remained unaltered during the year, members retiring by effluxion of time being in every case re-appointed or re-elected. On the 22nd July Mr. T. W. Leys was re-elected Chairman of the Council for a further annual term. 3. Staff. —During the year Professor G. Owen (Physics) and Mr. J. V. Wilson (assistant to the Professor in Classics) returned from active service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces and resumed their work at the College. Both of them, however, resigned from the staff of the College towards the end of the year, Professor Owen to become Professor of Physics at Aberystwyth, and Mr. Wilson to take up an Expeditionary Force Scholarship in England. Mr. Cory-Wright (Lecturer in Civil Engineering) returned from active service at the end of the year. The resignation of Mr. W. Wilson (Lecturer in Electrical Engineering), who had been released early in the war period for munitions work in England, was accepted in March. Arrangements were made for filling temporarily the vacancy so created, with a view to a permanent appointment being made in the following year. Acting on the strong recommendation of the Law Society and other legal bodies, it was decided to establish a Chair of Law in lieu of the lectureship, the decision to take effect at the beginning of the session of 1920. 4. Receipts and Expenditure. —General Account : Receipts, including balance of £20,002 16s. from 1918, amounted to £38,279 14s. 7d. ; expenditure, including £12,859 2s. sd. towards the cost of erection of new Science Building and £413 16s. 2d. towards further provision of furnishing, amounted to £29,313 15s. 2d.; balance, £8,965 19s. s<l. Sinclair-Gillies Scholarships Trust Account: Receipts, including balance of £3,923 7s. lid. from 1918, £4,338 3s. ILL; expenditure, £66 16s. Bd.; balance, £4,271 7s. 3d. Sinclair Bequest: Receipts, including balance of £35 9s. from 1918, £36 18s. 9d.; expenditure, nil; balance, £36 18s. 9d, 5. Degrees and Honours. —The following University successes were gained by students of the College in connection with the examinations of the year: Master of Arts, ID; Bachelor of Arts (final section), 20; Bachelor of Arts (first section), 63; Master of Science, 3; Bachelor of Science (final section), 4; Bachelor of Science (first section), 13; Bachelor of Laws (final section), 6; Bachelor of Laws (preliminary section), 37; Bachelor of Commerce (final section), 1; Bachelor of Commerce (preliminary section), 6. The Honours list comprises: First Class in History, 3; .Second Class in History, 3; Second Class in English and Latin, 2; Second Class in English and French, 1. 6. The Schools of Music, Commerce, Mining Engineering, and Architecture were attended during the year by the following numbers of students : School of Music, 55; School of Commerce, 105; School of Mining Engineering, 66; School of Architecture, 15. 7. Workers' Edtteational Association. —The tutorial classes of the Workers' Educational Association were well maintained during the year. Thirteen classes were conducted, ten of them being held in the city and suburbs, and the others in Wha.nga.rei, Hamilton, and Te Kuiti respectively. Seven were studying economics, three psychology, and three hygiene. A class in English literature was organized, work to be begun in 1920. It is hoped that a. more liberal provision of funds will enable the tutorial work of the association to be extended as widely throughout the University district as the demand calls. 8. College Site and Accommodation. —During the year the College entered into full occupation of the new Science Building erected at the corner of Symonds and Alfred Streets, on the Choral Hall site purchased in 1908 by means of a Government grant. There the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology have been housed at last with some likelihood of permanence. The building was formally declared open by the Acting Prime Minister, Sir James Allen, on the 17th June. Later in the year the adjoining area known as the "Metropolitan Ground " was secured as a site for the College by the passing of the Auckland University College Site Act. For the first time in its history the institution has the prospect of carrying on its work on one continuous area, and of possessing appropriate and worthy accommodation. The assurance of an adequate building grant from the Government has enabled the College Council to invite competitive designs for an Arts Building on the newly acquired site. During 1920 this project will be given shape, in an endeavour to secure a permanent home for University education in this district. I have, dec., T. W. Leys, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington.