August.

2.—First Session of Parliamentary Union.

13.—Presentation of purse of 175 sovs. to Mr. Thomas Bracken on his departure for Wellington.

18.—Conference of City and Suburban School Committees.

27.—Graduation Ceremony, Otago University. Graduates: B.A.—P. A. Lindsay, W. Hislop, R. M'Neil, W. A. Stout, W. A. Reilly. M.A.—D. W. M. Burn, A. Purdie, D. White. LL.B.—A. R. Barclay.