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Extract from the Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Home Science. I am glad to bo able to report a satisfactory year's work in spite of the difficulties we, had to contend with last year in the way of inadequate rooms and shortage of equipment and material. Now we have brighter prospects to look forward to ; the alterations and additions to Studholme House are complete, and the homo-science buildings arc rising higher every day. Forty-five students and four of tho staff are in residence at Studholme House, as against thirty-six students and four of the staff last year. Sixty-one students (compared with fifty-five last year) are taking either the dogreo or diploma this year, and four others are taking special, courses. We have now very ample dining-room accommodation at Studholme House, an exceedingly nice open-air study, two more bathrooms, ah|ironing-room, ? ;a|pantry, bedrooms. All tho latter are already occupied Three degree and five diploma students finished the course last year, of whom six have been appointed to good positions. There, have again been quite a number of posts which we have been unable to fill for lack of trained students. Several lines of work are opening up for which we ought shortly to make provision. There has already been a demand in three directions for ladies trained in dietetics to take charge of the feeding of the patients in nursing-homes, and the Auckland Education Board wants to start a course for those already teaching who are inadequately trained. Several of our former students who have been doing well and have now gained experience have been moved to more responsible positions.

STATEMENTS OP ACCOUNTS OF OTAGO UNIVERSITY. Statement of Cash Receipts and Payments for Year ended 31st December, 1918. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance on 31st Docomber, 1917 .. 245,3 1 Salaries .. .. .. .. 19,936 3 3 Refunds — Superannuation contributions .. ... 802 0 10 Beverly Trust Account .. .. 469 011 Fees paid out— Lecturer's salary and insurance .. 64 4 8 Fees paid to piofossors and lecturers .. 3,203 0 7 Donations and contributions — X-ray foes paid to operator .. .. 9 4 9 British Modical Association, for library.. 20 0 0 Otago Hospital Board, one-tenth dental Commerce Committee .. .. . 77 14 0 fees .. .. .. .. 24 410 Otago Hospital Board .. .. 1,420 16 8 Fees Account —Chemical analyses .. 3 5 8 Donations for home-science building .. 306 13 0 Investments— Hon. medical staff, Dunedin Hospital, for Purchase Borough of St. Kilda Debensite and furniture .. .. 775 0 0 tures Account —" Anonymous" Fund 7,913 0 I) Presbyterian Church Board .. .. 1,800 0 0 Dunedin Drainage Board Account — Now Zealand University, for salary, li- Moritzson Fund, £110; " Anonybrary, and Workers' Educational As- mous " Fund, £87; Land Sales Insociation .. .. .. 900 0 4 vestment, 10a. .. .. .. 197 10 0 Yen. Archdeacon Woodthorpe, for library 53 4 6 Buildings— New Zealand Society of Accountants .. 75 0 0 Additions to Stuilholme House .. 500 0 0 A. Moritzaon, Esq. .. .. .. 110 0 0 Payments on account now Home-science Chamber of Commerce —J. Lang, for School .. .. .. .. 831 18 9 prizea .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Sundry new works .. .. .. 875 5 0 Donations to Dental School .. .. 15 15 0 Interest and bank charges .. .. 400 I 6 Donations from medical students .. 22 10 0 Equipment and apparatus .. .. 903 6 7 "Anonymous" .. .. .. 8,000 0 0 General expenses .. .. .. 677 9 2 Fees — Insurance .. .. .. .. 192 11 0 Students'fees .. .. .. 10,152 7 3 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 43 3 2 Dental patients' fees .. .. 425 I. 6 Library .. .. .. .. 478 1 3 Fees for bacteriological reports .. 258 5 3 Materials and renewals of stock,. .. 1,462 I i) Fees for pathological reports .. .. 131 1 3 Printing, advertising, and stationery .. 581 7 7 Fees for chemical analyses .. .. 5 5 0 Repairs .. .. .. .. 190 1 9 Rents — Water, light, and fuel .. .. 706 16 3 Otago pastoral resorves .. .. 6,995 16 4 Transfers— Southland pastoral reserves .. .. 672 18 5 Transfers to Building Fund Aooount Castle Street rents .. .. .. 298 0 0 No 2 .. .. .. .. 3,013 9 8 Professors'nouses .. .. .. 240 0 0 Sundry paymentsHouse in Union Street .. .. 32 18 0 Prizes (Chamber of Commorce) .. II 9 I Otago Education Board .. .. 0 5 0 Registrar Acoount, Court of Convocation 15 15 0 Government grants —■ Warden, Studholme House Account, Statutory .. .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 board of bursars .. .. .. 134 17 0 National endowments .. .. 1,813 14 9 King Edward Technical College, for Balance of surplus rents under Otago cookery classes .. .. .. 100 0 0 University Reserve Act, 1904 .. 196 8 0 Income-tax Department .. .. 7 10 0 Grant for medical buraarios .. .. 820 0 0 Payments to medical bursars.. .. 80 2 0 Capitation for homo science .. .. 309 16 7 £ s. d. Grant for. Mining School .. .. 750 0 0 Balance, as per pass-book 681 4 9 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 302 14 0 Less cheques outstanding 243 3 (i Capitation on commerce classes .. 43 18 6 — Interest on investments .. .. 665 19 6 438 I 3 Sundry receipts — Plus cash in hand .. 016 0 Board for homo-science bursars .. 134 17 0 "13 s 17 3 Board for medical bursara .. .. 40 0 0 Sale of calendars .. .. .. 819 3 Sale of instruments, &o. .. .. 612 9 Sale of material .. .. .. 2 16 Sale of notes to students .. .. 22 7 10 Income of Hocken Library investment.. 75 18 4 University of New Zealand Acoount, Court of Convocation .. ' .. 1.5 15 0 £43,792 13 8 £43,792 13 8

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