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Bran (c) The Vice-Chancellor will in future confer degrees only in the absence of the Chancellor (Governor) and Pro-Chancellor (Officer Administering the Govern- ment).
(d) The Pro-Vice-Chancellorship is abolished, and power is given to appoint an acting Vice-Chancellor.
5. Clause 5.-Power is given a appoint an acting Treasurer.
6. Clause 6.--(a) The right of the Court to intervene. and veto any decision of the Council or Senate is made clearer.
(b) The Court will in future have to meet at least once a year, and the accounts of the University will have to be submitted to the Court...
(c) Power is given to the Chancellor and also to the Vice-Chancellor to convene a meeting of the Court at any time.
7. Clause 7.--The Vice-Chancellor will in future be the Vice-Chairman of the Council. The other changes are formal or consequantial.
8. Clause 8.-The existing Finance Committee is subordinate to the Council. The new Finance Com- mittee, subject to clause 21, will have complete control over the finances of the University. This is considered essential. The composition of this body is given in clause 14.
9. Clause 9. This is consequential on clause 16.
10. Clause 10.—The present sub-section is out of date, and contains an inconvenient restriction on the choice of any new faculty.
11. Clause 11.-It is thought desirable that the senior member of each Faculty should be the Dean of that Faculty. The other amendments are formal.
12. Clause 12.-This is formal.
13. Clause 13.-This is formal.
14. Clause 14.-It has been necessary to recast the constitution of the Council. Those members of the new Finance Committee who have at present no seat on the Council will be added to the Council. The Colonial Secretary is also added as he is the expectant Pro- Chancellor. The two Chinese members of the Legisla- tive Council are also added. Power is also given to the Governor to appoint not more than two additional members. This power can be made use of to secure the services of any persons specially fitted for the administration of the affairs of the University. In order to prevent the Council becoming undesirably large in consequence of these additions the members at present appointed by the Court and the Senate, and also the Director of Public Works, will be removed from the list. The present Council consists of 17 persons. The new Council will consist of from 14 to 16 persons.
--:15. Clause · 15.-It is inconvenient, and it seems unnecessary, that purely academic regulations should have to be confirmed by the Court. This point is dealt with in paragraph (<). The other amendments are consequential on amendments already explained, or are formal.
16. Clause 16.-The subject of the Finance Commit- tee is referred to in paragraph 8 above.
17. Clause 17-The present Senate is much too large. The new Senate will consist of thirteen persons. The Board of ench Faculty will slect one member of the Senate, annually.