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Table Md shows the number of scholarships, bursaries, and studentships held at each University college during the year.

Table Md.—Scholarships, Bursaries, Exhibitions, and Studentships held at the Affiliated Institutions in 1911.*

The proportion of male and female students who have won the chief entrance scholarships in the last five years may be seen from the following table :— Junior University, Senior National, Taranaki, and Queen's Scholarships. M. P. Total. 1907 .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 12 30 1908 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..24 6 30 1909 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 |8 31 1910 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 15 32 1911 .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 12 30 110 43 153 It will be noticed that the proportion of males to females fluctuates considerably. The Univebsity Endowment Act, 1868. The income accrued under this Act, and applicable to the purposes of higher education yet to be determined by Parliament, amounted, on the 31st March, 1912, to £297 6s. Bd., received from reserves in Westland. GENERAL. Expenditure out of the Public Funds on Education. In the following tables, N, Nl, N2, N3, and N4, an attempt is made to analyze the public expenditure on the various branches of education, and to show under what heads the increase of expenditure in recent years has taken place ; to give the expenditure per head of the population and per head of the roll of schools, colleges, &c. ; and to present a comparative statement of the increase in the number of persons under instruction. Graphs have been inserted corresponding to the Tables Nl, N2, and N3 ; these give a clearer view of the rapid advance made in education in the past few years. Tables N and Nl give an analysis of the expenditure for the years 1910-11 and 1911-12 respectively.

Scholarships, &c. Auckland University College. Victoria College. Canterbury Otago T , , College, j University. • Lotal - ~ i 1 14 1 13 1 1 96 4 13 27 14 25 56 1 2 3 6 13 2 6 34 113 5 9 18 94 97 388 Junior University Scholarships ... Senior National Scholarships Taranaki Scholarships ... Senior University Scholarships ... Bursaries Scholarships ... Sir George Grey Scholarships Other Scholarships and Exhibitions Training-college Studentships 9 3 4 13 13 25 1 6 G 1 9 97 27+ 56 2 13 34 3 18 388 ... 3 101 Totals 133 127 I 123 158 541 * Exclusive of Rhodes Scholarships and Interna Zealand), and exclusive also of the Research Soholan Total bursaries, 61. .tional Bxhibi ships given by ition Scholarships (which are tenable the Government. f Also holders o. )ut of New bucsaries