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fluctuations in Colonial resources. We suggest that the basic professorships for long long would be in English, Chinese, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physios, Social Science or Social Economics and Physiology. An initial grant of £350,000%would be required to achieve this end.

The total of the non-réourring grant would then become a sum between £1,080,000 an £1,400,000 but of this sum between £800,000 and £l mi on In instalments between the fourth and tenth year (would be paid, after the University is restarted.

Recurring costs of staff on the Irvine Report soals are shown in the following table:

13 Professors £1600 a year,

3 Readers

44 Lecturers

18 Junior or

Part-time

Lecturers.

35 Tutora and

£1100 £ 800

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#

£ 600

Demonstrators£200

Regestrar and

librarian

Vice-

£1500

Chancellor £2600

£19,500

3,300

£38,720

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£10,000

£ 7,000

£ 3,000

I 2:500 £84,820

Provident Fund for above

at 10% a year.

Clerical staff and servants with superanuation charges at 5%

£8.482 £93,302

£ 3.000 £96,302.

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of

If we accepted a further recommendation taxi the Irvine Committee that the professors of the Clinical subjects in medicine should be paid at the higher rateof £2000 a year the cost would be increased by £1600, and a provident fund contribution of £150 a year, i,e,, by £1650 making the total

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Pharipeology

under this head £97,952. It tuli-time, professor addition of

3300 (£3000 for salaring

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and £300 for Provant fund contributions)

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