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B. JiEPOUT OF THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 1910. Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. Members of Council. Appointed by His Exoellenoy the Governor in Council—Hon. Sir O. M. O'Rorke, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C. ; Rev. J. H. Simmonds ; G. L. Peacocke, Esq. Elected by members of the Legislature—Hon. J. A. Tole, 8.A., LL.B., K.C. : Rev. W. Beatty, M.A.; T. W. Leys, Esq. Elected by graduates—H. D. Bamford, Esq., 8.A., LL.D.; W. C. W. McDowell, Esq., 8.A., M.D., CM.; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. Ex officio— L. J. Bagnall, Esq., Mayor of Auckland ;C J. Parr, Esq., Chairman of the Education Board. Staff. Professors. —Classics—H. S Dettmann, M.A., B.C.L. English—C. W. Egerton, M.A. Mathematics—H. W. Segar, M.A. Chemistry and Experimental Physics—F. D. Brown, Hon. M.A., B.Sc, F.C.S. Biology and Geology— A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Musio—W. E. Thomas, Mus. Doc. Mining Engineering—Arthur Jarman, A.R.S.M., M 1.M.M., M.A.I.M.E. Modern Languages—M. Walker, M.A., B.Com. Lecturers. —Law— R. N. Moody, LL.M. Mental Science, Economics, History, and Commercial Geography— J. P. Grossmann, M.A. Accounting- H. H. Hunt, F.N.Z.A. and A.A. Education—H. A. E. Milnee, B.Sc. Applied Mechanics, Steam Engine, Machine Construction and Drawing—Sydney E. Lamb, B.Sc., A.R.C.Sc, A.M.I.M.E. K.lectrical Engineering, &c.—W. Wilson, B.E. Demonstrator, Chemistry and Physics—A. G. Marshall, M.A. (past year); P. S. Bridson, M.A. Registrar. —Rev. Chas. M. Nelson, M.A. The Chairman of the Board of Governors to the Minister of Education. Sir, — Auckland University College, 20th May, 1911. In pursuance of section 25 of the Auckland University College Act, 1882, the Council has the honour to make the following report for the year 1910 : — 1. Number of Students. —The number of persons who attended lectures in this College in 1910 was 483: Graduates, 15 (males, 6; females, 9); undergraduates, 288 (males, 184; females, 104); and non-matriculated students, 180 (males, 97; females, 83). The number of students who were exempted from attendance was 22 (males, 18; females, 4). 2. ('ouncil. —Hon. Sir G. M. O'Rorke, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C, was reappointed by the Governor in Council, ;md was again elected Chairman; W. C. W. McDowell, Esq., 8.A., M.D., CM., was re-elected by the graduates of the University of New Zealand on the roll of the Auckland University College, unopposed; and T. W. beys, Esq., was elected unopposed by the members of the General Assembly in the place of W. B. Colbeck, Esq., 8.A., LL.B., who did not again seek election. Subsequently — namely, in June —H. Dean Bamford, Esq., 8.A., LL.D., was elected by the graduates to the vacancy caused by the lamented death of F. E. Baume, Esq., LL.B., X.C, M.P. Of the ex officio members, Lemuel J. Bagnall, Esq., Mayor of Auckland, replaced Arthur D. Grey, Esq. 3. Staff. —Mr. A. G. Marshall, M.A., resigned the position of Demonstrator in Chemistry and Physics in June, and Mr. P. S. Bridson, M.A., was appointed in his stead. Mr. Bridson also resigned in November, and the post was vacant at the end of the year. In December last Mr. E. de C Clarke, M.A., was appointed Demonstrator in Biology and Geology. 4. Receipts and Expenditure. —General Account, including balance of £6,101 12s. sd. from 1909, £14,285 7s. 3d.; expenditure, £7,865 135.; balance, £6,419 14s. 3d. Specialization Account : Receipts, £2,191 os. 6d.; expenditure, including debit balance from 1909 of £543 Us. 2d., £2,690 19s. 2d.; debit balance, £499 18s. Bd. Endowments: The income from the endowments was £496 Is., and the expenditure was £16 6s. 6d., leaving a net revenue of £479 14s. 6d. 5. Degrees and Honours. —The degrees and honours gained at last November examinations are as follows: Honours in Arts, 6; Honours in Science, I ; Masters of Aits, 6; Master of Science, 1; Master of Laws, 1; Bachelors of Arts, final section, 9; Bachelor of Science, final section, 1; Bachelors of Laws, final section, 3; Bachelors of Arts, first section, 19; Bachelors of Science, first section, 4; Bachelor of Commerce, first examination, 1; Bachelors of Laws, sections, 15; Certificate of Proficiency, M.A. standard, 1; Senior Scholarships, 4; Cecil Rhodes Scholarship, 1. The Honours lists comprised —First Class in Botany, 2; First Class in Mathematics, 1; First Class in English and French, 1; Second Class in Latin and English, 1 ; Second Class in Botany, 1; Third Class in Mental Science, 1. 6. The various Schools of Music, Mines, and Commerce were attended by about the same number as in the previous year —viz., School of Music, 76; School of Mines, 33; School of Commerce, 39. 7. It was a great disappointment to the Council and Professorial Board of this University College that the Government proposal of devoting the old Government House and grounds to University purposes was not realized. It is true that the outcry against this laudable scheme of conferring a permanent benefit on the sons and daughters of Auckland arose in Auckland on the plea that the University should be situated in the suburbs instead of in a place within the city where the great mass of the students reside. One cannot help contrasting the unpatriotic feeling of the opponents of the Government's desire to make a munificent gift to the risincf generation