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The following resignations and appointments took place during the year : Dr. F. C Batchelor resigned his lectureship of .Midwifery and the Diseases of Women on the 24th June, 1909. The Council is under a deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Batchelor for his long and valuable service, and for the very live interest he has at all times taken in the advancement of the Medical School. Dr. I' 1 . U. Riley, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., was appointed Lecturer on Midwifery ami Gynaecology in the place of Dr. F. C. Batchelor. foe live years from the Ist January. 1010. Dr. B. L. Ritchie. M.8., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., was appointed Tutor on Midwifery and Gynaecology on the' 4th October. 1909. Drs. Colquhoun, Riley. Liindo Ferguson, and Roberts were, reappointed to. the honorary medical staff of ihe Hospital, ami Drs. ('hiss. O'Neill, ami S. Batchelor to the honorary surgical staff, on the Ist January, 1010. In the Dental School Dr. H. Ziele resigned his position as Hon. Dental Surgeon, and Mr. J. C. Nicholson was appointed in his place from the Ist January, 1910, and Dr. F. VV". B. Fitchett, M.D.. CM., resigned his position us Hon. Amesthetist. On the 27th April, 1909, Dr. Black relinquished his position as Government Analyst. Dr. Malcolm, Professor of Physiology, was granted six months' leave to the Ist May. 1010, to visit Great Britain. I have pleasure in informing you that during the year Professor Gilray had conferred on him the degree of LL.D. by tin.' University of Edinburgh. Gifts. The Council acknowledges with gratitude : The offer of an annual Scholarship for Medical Students from New Zealand from the Council of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School; also the gift from the Otago Division of the British Medical Association of its medical library, together with an annual stun of £10. The sum of £50 From Mrs. Leask, of Napier, the interest to be used to provide a Leask Medal in Operative and Mechanical Dentistry; seventy classical books from Mr. H. E. Williams: Dr. Hocken's Bibliography of the Literature of .New Zealand. A Trewby nitrous-oxide apparatus, from Mr. ('. VV. Hay. of Dunedin: ami a dental engine from Messrs. C Ash ami Sons, London. School ol l/omi Economics. Mr. John Studholme, whose deep interest in the advancement of the study of domestic science and home economics is well known, very generously offered to the Council the sum of £300 a year for four years and £60 for travelling-expenses, with the object of establishing the teaching of these subjects in the University. Dr. Truby King and Dr. I'". C Batchelor. impressed with the value of such a course, approached the citizens of Dunedin ; and it Ltives me pleasure to say that so ready a response was given to their appeal that £200 it year for four \e-uis. £100 for travellingexpenses to enable the prospective Professor of Home Economics io visit the best schools in Europe "i America before coming to New Zealand, and £7."> I'm- laboratory expenses have Won secured by deed, and the Council has been enabled to accept Mr. Studholme's generous offer. Miss Anna C. Hedges, M.A.. Principal of the Hebrew Technical School. .New York, has been appointed the first Professor, and she brings with ber Miss Miriam Birdseye as Assistant. They both will arrive in January next, and the classes will start in April. The .New Zealand University Senate, at its meeting in January, 1910, decided to add domestic science to the list of subjects of examination for the' degree of Bachelor of Science: so this subject becomes an optional one for those desirous of obtaining a B.Sc. degree. Buildings and Improvements The new Mining School building was opened by the Minister of Mines, the Hon. R. McKenzie, • ■ii the 10th August. 1000. and has been found to be very suitable for its purpose. The whole of the class-rooms of the University have been fitted with electric lighting, very much t" the convenience of those using them. A tender amounting to Co7(i was accepted lor \r\\ necessary additions to the Dental School. The additions are completed, and are fully used. The "Hocken Wing" to the Museum was opened by His Excellency the Coventor, Lord Plunket, the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Sir J. C Ward, X.C.M.C. being also in attendance. The wing has not yet been formally handed over to the Council, though some of the accommodation is being used by Dr. Benham for the teaching of biology. Urgent Needs. The debenture debt of £11,000 incurred some years ago for buildings becomes due on the .'ilst December next. The Council has more than once appealed to Your Excellency's Advisers to make provision for the payment of this debt, and would again urgently appeal for provision to he made to meet the debt at the due date The increased numbers attending the University (there are 110 in the year 1010), and the experience gained by the Council of the need for accommodation for the students, makes it necessary to appeal to Your Excellency's Advisers for a;d towards the erection of buildings to accommodate students, and to provide additional class-rooms, which arc urgently required. It is estimated £10*500 will be required, of which some tl.tioo has been raised locally. The' Council is indebted io a number of Dunedin ladies who have been instrumental in raising tin- bulk of this sum. It i.believed that if parliamentary assistance of £2 for every £1 raised locally were given, the public in Dunedin might be stimulated to find their proportion of £8,500. The Council also asks that a sum of £50(1 he provided to meet ihe extra OOSI of Ihe additions to the Dental School building. It is believed that when this is paid the' accommodation ami equipment of the Dental School will be all that is likely to be required foi several ye'iirs.