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one given by Mr. S. Caine, the Financial Secretary,

deferring to a committee of the Court to be appointed

by the Chancellor all proposals relating to modifications

of the machinery of the University management; further

mention of this occurs in paragraph 8, infra. The other,

afterwards withdrawn, was moved by the Bishop of Hong Kong.

No notice of motions arising directly out of the

resolutions of the Faculties and Senate was received.

6.

In the few cases in which any members of the

Court dissented from a resolution of the Council, the fact

is recorded in the minutes. The resolutions passed by the

Court are shown in the minutes and these, read in

conjunction with the resolutions of the Senate and Council

shown in parallel columns against the paragraph of the

report to which they refer and with the memorandum on the

proceedings of the Court meeting, give in detail the

judgment of the various University bodies on the issues

raised in the report.

7.

The resolutions of the Court, which is the

"supreme governing body" of the University, may, for convenience of comment, be grouped together. Resolution

XXIV in the minutes shows that, with the acquiescence of

the University Council, various proposals intended to

simplify the conduct of University business by a closer

co-ordination of University authorities and by the

establishment of small executive bodies functioning, in

the one case, by the authority of the Court and, in the

other, by the authority of the Senate, were referred through an amendment of the Council's original resolution,

to a committee, to be nominated by the Chancellor, for

further consideration and for the preparation of such

draft amendments of the University Ordinance as might

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