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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. ("THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO ORDINANCE, 1869.") [In continuation of E.-7, 1898.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Visitor, —His Excellency the Governor. Council. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council —His Honour Mr. Justice Williams, M.A., LL.M. (Chancellor) ;E. B. Cargill (Vice-Chancellor) ;R. Burns, F.R.C.S.; Hon. W. H. Reynolds, M.L.C.; T. M. Hocken, M.R.CS. ; G. G. Russell; J. Allen, 8.A,, M.H.R. ; H. Clark. Elected by graduates—D. White, M.A. ; Rev. A. Cameron, B.A. Elected by the professors—Professor G. S. Sale, M.A.; Professor J. Shand, M.A., LL.D. Professors. Classics, G. S. Sale, M.A.; Natural Philosophy, J. Shand, M.A., LL.D.; Chemistry, J. G. Black, M.A., D.Sc. ; Anatomy and Physiology, J. H. Soott, M.D., M.R.C.S.; Mining and Mineralogy, G. H. F. Ulrich, P.G.S. Biology (also Curator of the University Museum), W. B. Benham, D.Sc. ; Mental and Moral Philosophy, Rev. W. Salmond, M.A., D.D.; Mathematics (also Lecturer on Political Economy), F. K. de M. Gibbons, M.A.; English Language and Literature, T. Gilray, M.A. Lecturers. Jurisprudence, W. D.Milne, M.A.LL.B. ; French, A. Dallas; German, W. Heinemann, Ph.D.; Constitutional History and Law, A. R. Barclay, 8.A., LL.B. ; Practice of Medicine, D. Colquhoun, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. ; Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health, F. Ogston, M.D., CM. ; Midwifery and Diseases of Women, F. C. Batchelor, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; Materia Medica, J. Macdonald, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.; Pathology, W. S. Roberts, M.R.C.S.; Ophthalmology, H. L. Ferguson, M. A., M.D., &c. ; Surgery, L. E. Barnett, M.8., CM., F.R.C.S.; Mental Diseases, F. T. King, M.8. ; CM., 8.50.; Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery, the Honorary Medical and Surgical Staff of the Dunedin Hospital; Metallurgy and Assaying, P. Fitzgerald, A.0.5.M.; Applied Mechanics, W. Cutten ; Mine and Land Surveying, M. Begg ; General Geology, J. R. Don, M.A., D.Sc. Registrar—A. Hamilton.

The Chancellor, Univebsity of Otago, to His Excellency the Govbenob. Youb Excellency,— University of Otago, Dunedin, 1899. In compliance with the provisions of "The Otago University Ordinance, 1869," I have the honour to forward to your Excellency the following report of the proceedings of the University of Otago for the year ending the 31st March, 1899 : — The classes still show the steady rate of increase reported in the recent returns, the numbers attending in the 1898 session being,— Mutrioulated. Not Matriculated. Total. Males ... ... 183 35 218 Females ... ... ... ... 51 0 51 Grand total ... ... ... ... ... 269 The degrees obtained by the students at the examinations of the New Zealand University are as follows: — Doctor of Laws ; William Deans Milne. Doctor of Medicine : William Allan Chappie (Wellington). Bachelors of Medicine : Eugene O'Neill, Ernest Williams, William Sutherland. Masters of Arts : George Edward Thompson, first-class honours in languages; Marian Beatrice Thomson, second-class honours in mental science; Alexander Lamont Wyllie, third-class in mental science; Andrew Galloway Cameron Miller, second-class honours in political science; Thomas Alexander Hunter, first-class honours in mental science; Charlotte Eliza MacGregor, second-class honours in languages; Leslie Edward Williams, second-class honours in languages; Reginald Moore, second-class honours in mental science ; Caroline McLeod and John O'Shea, first-class honours in languages; John Smaillie Tennant and Annie Bauchop, second-class honours in languages; Francis Wallace Dunlop, first-class honours in mental science. I—E. 7,