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Hostels. —At the beginning of 1919 the College opened a hostel for men, which has been named " Rolleston House." During the second session of last year it was apparent that then' was a decided demand from the students for such an institution. An opportunity having arisen of purchasing additional property adjoining the hostel the Board acquired two more houses. The ground floor of one of the houses is being used to accommodate part of the staff of the School of Engineering, The rest of the buildings are used for residential purposes, and at present there are forty-six students in residence. Had there been more accommodation the numbers in residence this year would have been very much greater. The Board must recognizee the fact that in ten or twenty years' time it may be called upon to provide hostel accommodation for two hundred to three hundred students. There is a considerable amounl of available space between and in front of the two houses in Gloucester Street, where additional hostel buildings could be erected. Unfor Innately the finances of the College do not at present permit of any great expenditure in this direction. The cost, of the land and buildings, exclusive of alterations and additions, has been ,610,200. Helen Connon Hall, the hostel in Park Terrace for women students, has been full since the beginning of 1919. For the first session of 1920 applications were received from twice the number of students that the hostel could accommodate. The Hostels Committee has been considering a plan for permanent buildings to occupy the whole block. Owing to the high price of building a definite scheme has not yet been approved, and the present shortage of material and labour makes additional building almost impossible. The provision of a. sum of money for the erection of a suitable residence for women students offers an opportunity for any benefactor who wishes to advance the education of women in Canterbury. The sum of £20,000 could easily be spent in erecting a suitable modern hostel to .accommodate from eighty io one hundred women students, and it would be fully occupied almost from the time it was opened. Summary of Funds required. —To erect the new buildings for the Boys' High School at Ricearton; to erect a second boys' high school at Opawa ; to erect a girls' high school at Avonside; to erect a lunch-room and play-room at, the Girls' High School; to erect a hostel for the Girls' High School; to erect a women's hostel at Park Terrace; to add to the buildings of the School of Engineering; to establish research work at the College; to endow Chairs of learning at the College; to establish a, School of Forestry; to provide additional lecturers and assistants to the existing Chairs at the College. Conclusion. —ln conclusion, 1 feel that the work of the Board during 1919 showed the urgent necessity for expansion at the present, lime and in the near future, and I have now to confess thai the Board is faced with the almost impossible task of providing the- necessary buildings and equipment to carry mi the work of secondary and university education in Canterbury. University Examination Results, 1919.-— Faculty of Arts: Degree of M.A., with honourslanguages and literature 2, history 2, mathematics 1, botany I ; degree of M.A. —languages and literature 3, economics 1, mathematics 1; Senior Scholarships, 2; degree of 8.A., 10; B.A. (section), 53. Faculty of Science: Degree of B.Sc 3; B.Sc. (section), 3. Faculty of Law: Degree of LL.B., 3; LL.B (section), 7." Faculty of Engineering: Third Professional Examination, 6; Second Professional Examination, 9; First Professional Examination, 12; Entrance Examination, 16. Faculty of Commerce: B.Com. (seel ion), 2. ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE-SHEETS OF CANTERBURY COLLEGE. Statement of Balances at 31st December, 1919. ]),-, Accounts. £ s. d. Superior Education Capital Account .. .. .. .- ■• 10,280 1!) 7 College Buildings (Additions) Special Loan Account .. .. .. 7,413 lit 11 College Heating, Lighting, and Power Installation Account .. .. 711 11 7 Boys' High School Expenditure on Buildings and Site Suspense Account .. 13,288 13 2 Boys' High School Buildings and Site (Ricearton) Account .. .. 1,728 18 0 Boys' High School Buildings and Site (Opawa) Account .. .. .. 880 10 0 Girls' High School Maintenance Account .. .. .. .. 71 14 10 Girls' High School Buildings and Sites Account .. .. .. 3,219 8 4 Museum, Library, and School of Technical Science Endowment Revenue Account 949 13 8 School of Engineering Buildings Loan Account .. .. .. .. 248 7 11 Mortgages and Debentures—General .. .. .. •■ •• 14,000 0 0 I Vbentures— Foster and Brown Memorial Funds .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 Miller Prize Eund .. .. . • • • • ■ • • 100 0 0 Haydon Prize Fund .. .. .. • • • • • • 200 0 0 £53,249 16 9

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