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annual report 1851 35 of each Student or Pupil though attending several different classes Matriculated Students Theological Department and Prepa- י ratory Class ע General Literature Department 105 Applied Sciences do 47 Military do 10 Medical do 191 429 Occasional Medical Department 32 Other Departments 53 85 School Division 334 Β 139 --473 Total U87 The Theological Department has fully maintained its numbers and its character during the past year The Prin- cipal gives very satisfactory report of the Students at present attending the course of lectures whilst those who within the last twelve months have passed their final examination and obtained the Principal's Certificate have given in general very satisfactory proofs of proficiency in their examinations as Candidates for Holy Orders The total number who have passed through the entire course of this Department since 184G and have thus entitled themselves to become Candidates for Holy Orders is 13G It is with extreme regret that the Council advert to painful event which has occurred during the past year an event which has involved the necessity of declaring the chair of Ecclesias- tical History and the chair of English Literature and Modern History to be vacant The grounds on which the Council came to this decision are too generally known to require reca-