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ANNEXURE B. REPORTS OF DIRECTORS OP SCHOOLS OF MINES. Professor Jamus Park, M.lnst. M.M., F.G.S., Dean of the Faculty of Mines, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, Wellington. Sir,- Dunedin, HthApril, 1915. I have the honour to present my report on the work done at the; Otago University School of Mines for the year ended the 31st December, 11)14. The Mining School for the session, of PHI showed an attendance of thirty registered students, exclusive of the; arts and science; students attending the lectures on geology, and the dental students attending the; class of instruction in dental metallurgy. Of the thirty students, twenty-five were taking the; associate; course in mining engineering, and four the course for the associateship in geology. In addition to reading for the associateship in mining and geology, five new students were preparing for the B.Sc. degree of the University of New Zealand. All passed the annual term examinations except one in mechanics and out; in senior mathematics. During the year tin; associate diploma in mining was granted to two students, and the diploma of land and mine surveyor to one;. Among the more important' appointments obtained by our mining graduates during 1914 were the following:— George W. Thomas, A.0.5.M., Mine-manager, Pahung Consolidated, Federated Malay States. Aubrey Gow, A.0.5.M., Battery-manager, Radjang Gibong, Central Sumatra,. Cyril Gudgeon, General Manager, Mount Bischoff Extended Tin-mines, Waratah, Tasmania. Hugh Crawford, A.0.5.M., Assistant Director, Thames School of Mines. 0. N. Boult, B.Sc, Engineer, Westport Harbour Board. R. S. Thompson, A.M.1.C.E., Engineer, Patea Harbour Board. C. H. Thompson, A.0.5.M., Manager, Mount Radiant Molybdenite-mine, West Nelson. Walter Given, A.0.5.M., 8.E., Director, Karangahake School of Mines. W. Gibson, A.0.5.M., 8.E., Assistant Geologist, New Zealand Geological Survey. Mining Students on Active Service. —Of the undergraduates of 1914 no less than fourteen, or 47 per cent, of the whole, are now on active; war service. Of these, nine; went to Egypt with the main Expeditionary Force, four with the third reinforcements, and one with the; fifth. In addition to these;, seven graduates have joined various branches <ef the Forces and are now on active service. Of the fourteen undergraduates who have joined the Imperial Forces, nine, who left in, August, were granted passes that count for terms without examination. The other five; sat the, term examination in October before leaving. The holders of Government and University scholarships on active service have been informed that their scholarships will be held over till their return from the War, and the Chancellor of the New Zealand University has given an assurance that students reading for the B.Sc. degree will not be penalized in, their examinations through absence with the Imperial Forces. The names of the students on. war services are : Undergraduates -William Gibson Allan Bishop (Lieutenant), Harold I'. .leans Childs (Sergeant), William Patrick Dunphy, Henry Gray, Harold C. Hill, Charles H. Livingstone, Alexander Malcolm, Nathaniel Malcolm, Alexander H. McClean, John A. McQueen, Dundas Samuel, Spencer Gray Scoular, Steedman M. Sneddon, George Williamson. Graduates—Otto Friedlander, A.0.5.M.; Philip MacDouall, A.0.5.M., 8.E.; E. Fletcher Roberts, A.O.S.M. (Lieutenant); W. Rutherfurd, A.O.S.M. (Sergeant); F. Statham, A.O.S.M. (Captain); D. M. Tomlinson, A.0.5.M., B.E. (Lieutenant) ; Gerard Ulrieh, A.0.5.M., B.E. I have, (fee, James Park, Dean of the Faculty of Mines.

Mr. 11. B. Inglis, A.0.5.M., Director of the Coromandel School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, Wellington. Sir,— Coromandel, 10th April, 1915. I have the honour to present my report on the work done at the Coromandel School of Mines during the year 1914. Attendance, &c. —The number of students who attended was seventeen in the first term, twenty in the second term, and fifteen in the third term, taking eight different subjects of instruction. At the annual examinations twelve students presented themselves for written papers, and seven for the practical examinations. Including the extra subjects taught at this school, seven first-class and four second-class certificates Were granted, while five students passed in the; practical examinations. A. J. Denize passed in senior electricity with the highest marks gained for that subject in 1.914. Assays. —The number of samples assayed for the public during the year was 197, being nearly all for gold and silver, and forwarded by a large number of different persons, many of whom are consistently prospecting on the Hauraki Peninsula.