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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. ("THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO ORDINANCE, 1869.") [In continuation of E.-7, 1901.]

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

Visitor. —His Excellenoy the Governor. Council. Appointed by Hig Excellency the Governor in Council —His Honour Mr. Justice Williams, M.A., LL.M. (Chancellor) ; E. B. Cargill (Vice-Chancellor) ;R. Burrs, F.R.C.S., Edin.; T. M. Hocken, M.R.C.S.; G. G. Russell; J. Allen, 8.A., M.H.R.; D. Stewart. Eleoted by graduates—D. White, M.A. ; Rev. A. Cameron, B.A. ;T. K. Sidey, 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. Blaok, M.A., D.So.; Anatomy and Physiology, J. H. Scott, M.D., M.R.C.S.; Mining and Mine and Land Surveying and Director of the School of Mines, James Park, P.G.S.; Biology (also Curator of the University Museum), W. B. Benham, D.Se. Lond. ; Mental and Moral Philosophy, Rev. W. Salmond, M.A., D.D. ; Mathematics (also Lecturer on Political Economy), P. B. de M. Gibbons, M.A.; English Language and Literature, T. Gilray, M.A. Lecturers. French, Geo. E. Thompson. M.A. ; German, G. P. Howell, M.A. ; Practice of Medicine, D. Colquhoun, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health, P. Ogston, M.D., CM. ; Midwifery and Diseases of Women, P. C. Batchelor, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; Materia Medica, E. E. Blomfleld, M.D.; 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., B.Sc. ; Clinioal Medicine and Clinical Surgery, the Honorary Medical and Surgical Staff of the Dunedin Hospital; Metallurgy and Assaying, D. B. Waters, A.0.5.M.; Geology and Mineralogy, P. Marshall, D.Sc. Registrar—A. Hamilton.

The Chancellor of the University of Otago to His Excellency the Govebnoe. Your Excellency,— University of Otago, Dunedin, 1902. In compliance with the provisions of " The University of Otago 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 31st March, 1902 : — The attendance at the classes for the past twelve months is as follows:— Matriculated. Not Matriculated. Total. Males ... ... ... ... 160 26 186 Females ... ... ... ... 50 1 51 ■ Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 237 The degrees obtained by the students at the examination held by the New Zealand University are as follows : Master of Arts, 13; Doctor of Science, 1 ; Bachelor of Arts, 17 ; Bachelor of Science, 2 ; LL.B., 3 ; M.B. and Ch.M., 9 ; and one senior scholarship. Council. —Mr. Henry Clark resigned on account of ill health, and Mr. Daniel Stewart was nominated by the Government in his stead. The members of the Council nominated to the High School Board of Governors were Professor J. Shand and Mr. T. K. Sidey, M.H.R. Staff. —There have been several important changes in the teaching staff this year. It was found that Dr. Milne's state of health would not allow of his delivering his course of lectures, and Mr. W. Biddell was appointed for the session. The Bey. Dr. Watt, D.D., was appointed Lecturer on Hebrew, to enable students of theology to take this subject for the B.A. degree; and, as the result of the reports on the teaching in the Arts course and on the financial position of the University, it was found necessary to terminate the appointments of Dr. W. D. Milne, Lecturer on Jurisprudence, and Mr. A. R. Barclay, M.H.R., Lecturer on Constitutional History and Law, and to abstain for the I—E. 7.