(a) Facilities for obtaining Degrees of N.Z. University.

Owing to the representations of the Institute the special privileges conferred on teachers, permitting them to proceed to the M.A. degree, were extended for several years, when a considerable number of teachers proceeded to graduation, who would not have been enabled to do so had it not been for the intervention and influence of the Institute. In this way many teachers, who would not otherwise have had an opportunity of doing so, have been enabled to improve their professional status.