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6.
The Committee considered the difficulty likely to arise towards the end of this year when re-equipment of the University Departments will be well in hand but no appointment of senior members for the tunching staff can be made. It was agreed that vacant professorships and ronde rships could not be filled till the futurs of the University was assured by the action of His Majesty's Government.
7.
The Committee considered Professor Redmond's memorandum on the Future of the Faculty of Engineering and decided by a majority that it did not establish a case for maintaining the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Departments. The Committee agreed that, subjcct to Dr. Priestley's approval, the original suggestion of maintaining only the Civil Engineering Department, should be retained.
8.
Agreed that the next meeting of the Committes should be held at 2:30 on Tuesday, 11th June, 1946, in the Colonial Office.