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C. REPORT OP THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 1919. (The Victoria College Act, 1905.) Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Eduoation. Members of Council. Chairman of Council. —C. Watson, Esq., B.A. (N.Z.). Appointed by His Exeellenoy tho Governor-General in Council—Tho Hon. Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G.; A. R. Atkinson, Esq., B.A. (Oxon). Eleetod by tho Court of Convocation—P. Levi, Esq., M.A.; W. H. Morton, Esq., M.lnst.C.E. ; C. Watson, Esq., B.A. (N.Z.). C. H. Taylor, Esq., M.A., LL.B. Elected by teachers of primary schools —Rev. W. A. Evans; F. H. Bakcwell, Esq., M.A. Elected by members of Education Boards—F. W. 0. Smith, Esq. ; R. McCallum, Esq., M.P. Appointed by Wellington City Council—R. A. Wright, Esq., M.P. Elected by teachers in secondary schools and technical high schools —E. K. Lomas, Esq., M.A., M.So. Elected by governing bodies of secondary schools—T. Forsyth, Esq. Elected by the Professorial Board—Professor D. M. Y. Sommerville, M.A., D.Sc, Professor T. A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc. Staff. Professors. —Classics—J. Rankine Brown, M.A. English—H. Mackenzie, M.A. Modern Languages—E. J. Wilson, M.A. Chemistry—T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D. Mathematics —D.M. Y. Sommervillo, M.A., D.Sc. Biology— H. B. Kirk, M.A. Physics—E. Marsden, D.Sc. 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 and Moral Philosophy—T. A. Hunter, M.A., M.So. Also lecturers, assistants, and demonstrators. Registrar. —G. G. S. Robison, Esq., M.A Librarian: —Roy. B. H. Ward, B.A. REPORT. The Victoria University Com,jock Council to the Minister of Education. Victoria University College, Wellington, June, 1920. In pursuance of section 44 of the Victoria College Act, 1905, the Council presents the following report for the year 1919-20 : — Number of Students. —The number of students attending lectures during the year 1919 was 835, made up as follows : — Men. Women. Total. Matriculated ... ... ... ... 276 164 440 Non-matriculated ... ... ... ... 26 69 95 302 233 535 There were in addition thirty-one exempted students —twenty men and eleven women. The large increase in the number of men students (171 to 302) is no doubt due to the ending of the war and the consequent return of many of our students, who resumed their academic career. As predicted in our last annual report, this increase has caused great congestion in our various classes, and we are glad to say that the Government has come to the help of the College by granting a sum of over ,£20,000 for the erection of a new wing, which is now in the course of construction. This wing will provide accommodation for the library and for the Macarthy School of Economics, besides much-needed common rooms for the students and additional private rooms for the staff. Degrees and Scholarships. —The following degrees were gained : Master of Arts, 9 (5 with honours); Master of Science, 1; Master of Commerce, 1; Bachelor of Arts, 28; Bachelor of Science, 10; Bachelor of Law, II ; Bachelor of Arts (first section), 68; Bachelor of Science (first section), 21; Bachelor of Law (sections), 32; Bachelor of Commerce (section), 7. Students attending this College won the Senior University Scholarships in mathematics and philosophy, and special Philosophy Scholarship. The Travelling Scholarship-in Arts, 1920, has been awarded to a student of (lie College. The Selection Committee for the Rhodes Scholarship has awarded the scholarship rendered vacant to a student of this College. Council. —The vacancies caused by the retirement of the Hon. J. W. G, Aitken, M.L.C., and Mr. W. S. La Trobe were filled by the election of Mr. T. Forsyth and of Mr. E. K. Lomas, M.A., M.Sc. The vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. C. B. Morison, K.C., was rilled by the election of Mr. C. H. Taylor, M.A., LLB. Staff. —Professor T. H. Easterfield, who was one of the original professors of the College, has resigned his Chair in order to take up the position of Principal of the Cawthron Institute at Nelson. The Council has appointed as his successor Professor P. W. Robertson, M.A., M.Sc, Ph.D., an old student of the College and the first Rhodes Scholar from Victoria College. The vacancy in the Chair of Modern Languages caused by the Alien Enemy Teachers Act, 1915, which resulted in the compulsory dismissal of Professor yon Zedlitz, has been filled by the appointment of Professor E. J. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. The Council has also filled the Macarthy Chair of Economics by the appointment of Professor B. E. Murphy, M.A., LL.B., B.Com. War Memorial. —As a memorial to those students of the College who fell at the front a stone tablet was laid by His Excellency the Governor-General in the wall of the new wing. The Council proposes to erect memorial brass tablets in the new library, containing the names of all students who took part in the Great War. An effort is now being made to raise subscriptions for 8 memorial window in the new library. P. Levi, Chairman, Victoria University College Council.