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its legitimate sphere to canvass for such subscriptions, and ite own finances are not in such a robust condition that the energies

of the Committee can be diverted to the financial assistance of

another Institution.

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In the absence of a very generous response in

England to the appeal I have made for funds and such a response

seems unlikely the only alternative is for the Government to

increase its grant and having regard to the slender pecuniary support it renders to the University I, and my Executive Council

whom I have consulted in the matter, consider that an additional

donation of $10,000 may properly be recommended to you on the following conditions:-

(a). That the additional grant be made in aid of the

Engineering Faculty.

(b). That this grant be subject to re-consideration by

the Government at the end of 5 years.

(c). That the annual budget of the University be submit-

-ted before its adoption to the Government for

scrutiny and for any information the Council may

wish to ask concerning it.

It is not desired that the Government should have the power to

disallow or alter the Budget. It was merely the wish of the Executive Council that the Goverment should have this means of watching the revenue and expenditure of the University.

10.

I have accordingly to recommend the provision of an additional grant of $10,000 to the University in the Estimat- -es for 1914 and four succeeding years; and as it is extremely desirable that the lecturer in strength of structures should begin his work in September when the second year's work of the students in the Engineering Faculty begins, I should be glad if you could sanction a yote this year of £250 which would suffice to defray the salary and passage to the Colony of a lecturer who could leave England on the lat. of August in order to be hers at the beginning of term. Perhaps you would be good enough to convey your decision on the above recommendations to Professor Smith in London who