be Mrs. H. E. Barff, M.A., and Dr. Constance D'Arcy have Ben reappointed the Senate's representatives on the oard of Management. Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship. 25. *Mr. W. E. Pike, B.E., was appointed to the Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship in Engineering. Mr. Pike being on active service the tenure of his fellowship will commence upon his release from military duties. Post-Graduate Scholarships. 26. The following awards were made : Cooper Graduate Scholarship for Classics-S. J. G. Davis, B.A., Science Research Scholarships founded from the Government vote : Marjorie J. Collins Ethel C. Pinkerton Margaret M. Williams Vera Adelaide Irwin Smith G. I. Playfair Subject-Botany James King of Irrawang Travelling Scholarship-Kathleen M. John Coutts Scholarship C.E. Tilley, B.Sc. Subject-Geology. William and Jane Grahame Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering- Rhodes Scholarship for New South Wales. 27. The competition for the Rhodes Scholarship for 1917 was very much restricted on account of the absence of many eligible candidates on active military service. Only two applications were made, and the committee being of the opinion that neither of the candidates complied fully with the regulations for selection laid down by Mr. Rhodes, decided to make no award for the year 1917. Royal Military College. 28. At the request of the Commandant of the Royal Military College the University carried out the conduct of the examinations of candidates for admission to the college, as well as the examinations of the college cadets. Mr. Pike died of wounds January, 1917. Board of Examiners for Leaving Certificates. 29. Professor C. E. Fawsitt, D.Sc., Ph.D., has been appointed a member of the Board of Examiners for Leaving Certificates during the absence on active military service of Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, C.M.G., B.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. Department of Military Science. 30. The tenure of office of Colonel (now Brigadier-General) Foster, R.E., as Director of Military Science, expired in the month of March, when Colonel Foster was appointed to an important office in the Department of Defence. In view of the difficulty of obtaining the services of a suitable officer to act as his successor it has been decided to allow the office to remain in abeyance for the present. University Extension Board. 31. The following lectures were provided in 1916 :- (2) A course of five lectures on Life in Rome and Italy There were also five Study Circles, all of them for women, each of which met twelve times for lecture and discussion. Miss Collisson conducted four circles for the Study of the War, and Miss Skillen one for the Study of English Literature. The causes which brought about a diminution of work in 1915 were still operative, and the Board for its part felt that it ought not to attempt work which might to however small an extent- distract attention from matters of the highest national importance. It therefore decided that, while doing its best to supply ordinary courses of lectures where application was made for them, and to meet the requirements of special classes of students, it ought, for the rest, to restrict its efforts to the provision of lectures on topics connected with the war. Benefactions. 32. The Senate has to acknowledge the receipt of the following benefactions : A bequest of £1,000 from the late Mary Jane Coulson for the endowment of a scholarship to be called 'the Thomas Henry Coulson Scholarship" in memory of her late brother, at one time a student at the University. The Senate has decided that the scholarship shall be awarded to a student of six terms standing in the Faculty of Arts for distinction in the study of English Language and Literature, upon the results of the examinations at the conclusion of English Course II., and that it shall be tenable for one year. A sum of £76 from subscribers for the establishment of an "Annual Prize" in memory of the late Arthur Wellesley Oakes, M.A., who was killed on active military service, the prize to be awarded in the Department of Economics. From Wilfrid E. Johnson, Esq., a sum of £20 for an essay on a Two busts of Tasmanian aboriginals from Sir Thomas Anderson A collection of dried specimens of Australian plants from Assistant A number of volumes of Scientific Serial Literature from Mr. Thomas Bibliographical Records. 33. A list of the literary and scientific publications issued by the University of members of the staff during the year is appended to this report. Accounts. 34. The annual financial statements showing the position of the various funds of the University at the 31st of Decemberduly certified by the University Auditor and by the Auditor, General, are appended to this report. H. E. BARFF, Warden and Registrar. Dr. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Received from the Government of New South Wales: GENERAL ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. Balance in Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, 31st Dec., 1915 The Statutory Endowment For Scientific Apparatus Towards Evening Lectures Reduction of Lecture Fees For extension of Existing Departments For Chair of Agriculture... For Chair of Veterinary Science For Chair of Botany For Chair of Economics and Commerce For Chair of Organic and Applied Chemistry For Chair of Mechanical Engineering For Chair of Astronomy To provide for Tutorial Classes and University Extension 3,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 2,500 0 0 2,500 0 0 3,125 0 0 625 0 0 4,125 0 0 225 0 0 53,391 13 4 500 0 0 205 0 0 |