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IX. Paragraph 18.

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made for men living in University houses

and that house rent allowances should be

paid as subventions towards actual rent

paid, but only to the maxima of the

present house allowance scale.

(1) Resolved (nem.con) that the Finance

Committee be asked forthwith to consider

from the financial point of view the project of building four to six flats on

the University estate for bachelors or

younger married lecturers or professors. (2) Resolved (nem.con) also that the

commitments entered into by members of

the staff who have had to seek

accommodation outside should be given

sympathetic consideration if, and when,

increased housing accommodation in the

University grounds becomes available. Resolved (nem. con) that the sterling

superannuation fund be maintained as a separate account and the capital sum be

invested in British Government securities, the present guarantees of the Provident

Fund being maintained.

Resolved by a majority vote that the teaching of Engineering in the University be reorganized on the following basis:- (a) When the posts of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering fall vacant they

should be held in abeyance;

(b) In Engineering the University should