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credited this year by the Minister of Mine's to the Mining School. Though there was an apparent shortage of a little over £100. in reality additional buildings and equipment of electric light paid for out of ordinary revenue represent a good deal more than the apparent shortage. Your Excellency may feel assured that the Universit) is to a very large extent fulfilling the purpose's of its founders; is gradually developing ami offering increased facilities to those who wish to avail themselves of the benefits it has to offer them. Unfortunately, some years ago the revenue fr the' endowments was so precarious that the Council had to ask the Government to take them over, securing to the' University the then revenues. The position, therefore, now is that the Council can look for no increasing revenue from reserves, and has to rely for expansion on whatever may !*• provided by Parliament or by the generosity of the public. I believe that in no othei city of this Dominion has so much been done' by the public and !>\ public benefactors to assist its University as in Dunedin, and the Council feel that this might to add to the claim for parliamentary support. J. Allen, Chancellor. Professorial Board.- Report of the Chairman (Professor P. Marshall, D.Sc, M.A.). I have the honour to report on the work and general condition of the University for the academic car ending :(lst March, 1910. The Registrar has kindly supplied me with the following statistics in regard to the students in attendance at the University for the year :— Number of students,- — Males ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 298 Females ... ... ... ... ... 123 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 421 Matriculated students, — Males ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 250 Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 117 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... .167 Non-matriculated students, — Males ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 48 Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 The students were distributed among the different faculties as follows: — Arts ami science ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 294 Medicine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 Mines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 Dental ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 421 In the- previous academic year there were 339 students, of wh 301 were matriculated. Of this increase' of 82 in the number of students, the Faculty of Arts and Science is responsible for (14. and the Faculty of Mines for 17. Acadi mic Results, In the examinations for degrees held within the Dominion and without the Otago University students have had greater success than in a large number of years back. The number of degrees conferred is 40, as against 38 in the previous year. The increase is almost confined to the Bachelors' degrees, which are 41 in number, in place of 23 in the previous year. On the other hand, there is a great decrease in the Masters of Arts degrees with honours. The number is 2 this year, as against 0 in the previous year. One candidate gained first-class honours in two subjects, a result only twice before obtained by our students. Another gained first-class honours in one subject and second-class honours in another. The results of the Senior Scholarship Examinations are particularly gratifying. In these competitive examinations, which are' of a high standard, candidates from Otago University head the list in 7 subjects out of 15 ; but, as in two eases one' candidate is first in two subjects, only live scholarships have been awarded. In addition, a candidate headed the list in another subject, but she was not qualified to hold the scholarship. These very satisfactory results encourage the expectation that the honours list of next year will Ix? unusually large. The following are the full details: — Doctors of Medicine (3), — Peter Henry Buck, John Patrick Hastings, Ivan Stuart Wilson. Degree of Master of Arts (1), — Henry Bomford Hughes. Degrees of Master of Arts, with honours (2), — Henry Havelock Cornish—First-class in Latin and English <u>d in mental science. Henry Ritchie Urquhart—Third-clnss in mental science.