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10. The University's degree of B.Sc. in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical En- gineering is awarded on four examinations, viz:-
(a) Intermediate Examination in Engineering Part 1.
(b) Intermediate Examination in Engineering Part 2,
(c) Final Examination in Engineering Part 1.
(d) Final Examination in Engineering Part 2.
A student is not allowed to appear at the Final Examination in Engineering Part 2 until he has passed the prescribed examination in English or has been specifically exempted therefrom.
11. The Faculty of Engineering is the only faculty in the University which awards degrees with honours. The standard in the case of these honour-degrees is assessed by special examiners from among the external examiners in engineering of the Univer- sity of London. Bachelors of Science in Engineering may be admitted to the degree of a Master of Science in Engineering not earlier than two years after graduation. The requirements for the master's degree are the presentation of a suitable thesis and the passing of a written examination. If the examiners so desire, viva voce and practical examinations may also be held. The University Calendar for 1931 shows one master of science in engineering-an engineer graduate who is now employed in the Port Development Branch of the Public Works Department.
12. The permanent and whole time staff of the Engineering Faculty consists of the Taikoo Professor of Engineering, who is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Engineering Workshops, the Professor of Civil Engineering, the Pro- fessor of Electrical Engineering, a lecturer in civil and mechanical engineering, and a lecturer in mechanical engineering, a demonstrator in electrical engineering, an instructor in workshop practice, a demonstrator in mechanical engineering and a de- monstrator in civil engineering. The Professor of Mathematics works both in the Faculties of Engineering and Arts, and is a member of the board of each of those faculties. The Professors and Lecturers of Chemistry and Physics, as also the de- monstrators of these two subjects, work in each of the three faculties, viz. the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts, and the Professors are members of the boards of each of these faculties. Special lectures are given annually by selected members of the Public Works Department of the Government of Hong Kong and a member of the staff of the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company is now giving a special course in machine design and workshop practice.
13. The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company have for some years allowed students of the University's Engineering Faculty to come and work in their shops during the summer vacation. Last year this Company arranged for a member of their staff to be in general charge of these students while they were in the Taikoo workshops with a view to helping them to get the greatest possible advantage out of their stay in the works.
14. The member of the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company's Staff who has been placed in charge of the University students during their temporary employ- ment in the Taikoo Dockyard is also giving the special course of instruction in machine design and workshop practice which is now a part of the fourth year mechanical engineering course. We have before us a report by this gentleman which is worth.quoting. The whole course is to consist of thirty lectures and when the report was recorded the course had been in progress for about four months.
"The object of the lectures is to give some information on the intelligent construction and operation of machinery for land and marine use, with notes on management and workshop practice. Theory, therefore, to a great extent is being deleted, but numerous sketches of a practical nature are being added. A certain amount of difficulty is being encountered through lack of means of de- monstration, but one hour on boiler construction has been put in at Taikoo Dockyard.