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ĪI. REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND AND OF CONSTITUENT COLLEGES. i. REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1933. Visitor. —His Excellency the Governor-General. Chancellor. —John Maemillan Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D. Pro-Chancellor. —Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.L.C. Vice-Chancellor. —Thomas A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc. The Senate. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council—H. F. Von Haast, Esq., M.A., LL.B. ; the Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.L.C. ; J. A. Valentine, B.A. ; L. J. Wild, Esq., M.A., B.Sc. Appointed by Councils of Constituent Colleges —H. D. Acland, Esq., B.A. ; F. H. Bakewell, Esq., M.A. ; H. Ranston, M.A., Litt.D. ; the Hon. Sir George Eowlds, Kt., C.B.E. ; P. Levi, Esq., M.A. ; W. J. Morrell, Esq., M.A. ; L. D. Ritchie ; Col. Hon. G. J. Smith, C.8.E., M.L.C. Elected by District Courts of Convocation —J. Maemillan Brown, Esq., M.A., LL.D. ; F. A. De La Mare, Esq., 8.A., LL.B. ; C. M. Gilray, Esq., M.C., M.A. ; W. Newlands, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., M.8., Ch.B., &e. ; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. ; A. E. Flower, Esq., M.A., M.Sc. The Director of Education —N. T. Lambourne, Esq., M.A. Appointed by the Senate—W. P. Evans, Esq., M.A. Ph.D. ;T. A. Hunter, Esq., M.A., M.Sc. Appointed by Academic Board —J. R. Brown, Esq., M.A., Hon. LL.D., K.X.Z. 1...V.: James Hight, Esq., C.M.G., M.A., Litt.D., F.R.E.S. ; H. W. Segar, Esq., F.N.Z.lnst., M.A. Registrar—E. T. Norris, Esq., M.A. REPORT OF THE SENATE. In compliance with section 22 of the New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1926, the Senate makes the following report to the Hon. the Minister of Education of the proceedings of the University during the past year. The Entrance Board met on 22nd August, 1933, and considered various proposals concerning the Entrance Examinations. It adopted the report, with certain amendments, of a subcommittee appointed at its previous meeting to review the basis on which Entrance Scholarships are awarded. The proposals were subsequently not approved by the Academic Board. It reaffirmed the recommendation adopted in 1933, that the Entrance Examinations should begin not earlier than the 7th and not later than the 9th December. The Academic Board at its meeting on the 31st October, 1933, presented in detail a scheme for the conduct in New Zealand, as far as possible, of the examinations in Stage 111 of the B.A. and B.Sc. and also for honours in arts and science. It recommended that the Senate should take such steps as are necessary to enable it to confer degrees in divinity, and should also make every endeavour to secure provision for the admission of graduates into the Civil Service so that there may be available for selection for administrative positions of high responsibility an adequate supply of highly trained men. At its annual meeting on the 16th January, 1934, in accordance with recommendations of the Academic Board, the Senate amended various statutes and provided for the reduction of the fee payable for several degrees from seven guineas to five. It adopted a recommendation proceeding from the Entrance Board through the Academic Board that approval be given to the plan for the co-operation of the University and the Education Department in conducting the School Leaving Certificate Examination. It approved the action of the Executive in admitting to the Entrance Examination without fee 234 candidates, being the children of registered unemployed persons ; of these, 113 passed, 118 failed, while 3 were absent. The Senate placed the sum of £600 at the disposal of the Executive Committee for making such grants as it may deem fit to the holders of post-graduate scholarships in law, architecture, engineering, and medicine. As the high rate of exchange persists, the Senate could not restore the post-graduate scholarships which it had been obliged to suspend.

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