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Bursaries. —The dental bursaries, the, award of which was made possible by the generosity of Mr. T. K. Sidey and of the dentists of New Zoaland, have proved a thorough success, having enabled thirteen students to be launched on their course. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that lam able to report that the Hon. the Minister of Public Health has now interested himself in this matter, and has provided, ten annual bursaries for the Dental School. Tho whole of these, wore taken up at the beginning of 1919. By this means an assured supply of dentists for the State services will be secured. I am pleased also to place on record tho fact that tho granting of bursaries for final-year students of medicine is still proving a benefit, to the Medical School, and I have no doubt that the, medical services of the country will soon feel the, benefit of this wise provision of the Ministor of Public Health. So great has been the success of the bursary scheme, in the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Homo Science that the Council feels assured a similar scheme might with much advantage be applied to the Mining School, and I respectfully commend this matter to Your Excellency's consideration New Developments. —The past year will stand out as one remarkable in our annals on account of the manner in which the University has benefited from the generosity of the citizens of Dunedin. An anonymous donor handed over to the Council the munificent gift of £8,000, which, together with tho Government subsidy, is to be utilized for the endowment of the Chair of Medicine. The Council is therefore at tho present time inviting applications for a Professor of Systematic Medicine, a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, and a Lecturer on Clinical Medicine. Another generous citizen has undertaken to contribute £200 per annum for five years to allow of the appointment of a Lecturer on Ethnology. The lectureship has already been rilled by the appointment of Mr. H. D. Skinner, 8.A., whose classes are exciting considerable public interest. Still another development is the establishment of a class of economics for business men. The Council folt that the present was a time when a sound knowledge of the principles of economics was especially essential to those in control of our industrial affairs, and the large attendance of responsible business men at Archdeacon Woodthorpo's lectures is most gratifying. Altogether the year has been one, of progress, and the Council look forward with confidence to making the University more and more a help to the community. Andrew Cameron, Chancellor.

Extract from the "Report of the Dean of the, Faculty of Arts and Science. In session 1918 the attendance, of students reached tho remarkable total of 661, the numbers being almost equally divided between the sexes, 333 being men and 328 being women. Owing to the war and other circumstances tho work was done under more than usual difficulties and discouragements, a considerable number of students having withdrawn during the session to go into camp. Still, on the whole, a high standard of efficiency has been maintained, and in spite of discouragements some of the classes increased considerably in numbers. In the absence of Professor Adams the classes in Latin and Greek were efficiently conducted by Miss Turnbull and Mr. Saunders. As the Chair of Mathematics is at present vacant, Professor Thompson conducted large classes in mathematics and mechanics with distinguished success, the honours work being taken by Mr. Martyn, another of our able graduates, whose serious illness tit the present time we all deplore. Archdeacon Woodthorpe, Acting Professor of History and Economics, successfully conducted classes on those important subjects, in addition to lecturing to the Workers' Educational Association. The advanced and honours history class was taken by Mr. Anderson. The other arrangements for teaching wore much tho same as in session 1917. During session 191.8 the Eaculty of Arts and Science held seven meetings, at which a large amount of routine business was transacted. On the recommendation of Drs. Malcolm, Gowland, and Bonham, the Faculty recommended to the Senate of New Zealand University " that anatomy be added to the list of advanced subjects for B.Sc, with the proviso that a student taking this subject must have taken zoology as a pass subject." As only cabled reports of the results of the examinations for scholarships and degrees have reached us, and as the Senate has not yet met to consider the Home examiners' detailed reports, I am unable to give the successes of our students. 1 may, however, mention that one of our students has been informed by cable that he has gained three Senior Scholarships. This result is all the more creditable as he was absent for a long time on war service.

Extract from the Report of the Dean of the Medical Faculty. The work of the Medical School during the past year has on the whole proceeded smoothly, and, the transition period being at an end, the new curriculum is proving its value. The results at the examination of the New Zealand University indicated a, satisfactory standard of attainment on the part of the candidates, and at the final professional examinations twenty obtained their degrees in medicine and surgery. It is a matter for favourable comment that there seems to be an increasing desire among our graduates to seek higher academic distinctions, and the standard of work submitted for the M.D. examination seems to have been very good, while one candidate has obtained the diploma in public health, and two candidates have passed the first section,