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1941 would be used for Chemistry if a new building was constructed to house Physics and Biology) the Committee attempted to estimato a general sum needed for new buildings for a University of the scope it proposed. It took as a starting point the pre-war cost of the 1941 science building and made provision for an average increase of 75% over pre-war costs in the period during, which the building programme could be expected to be carried out (namely, between the third and tenth year after the reopening of the . J. autt University). It took into account the needs for additional Science laboratorios, now Medical buildings, further Students' Hostels, etc., and the special problems raised by the nature of the site. The Committee came to the conclusion that, for a plan that would ultimately provide fully twice the pro-war teaching and rosidential accommodation, a sum of £600,000 would probably be needed. This sum could be regarded as a maximum to be drawn on over a period of about 7 years to meet firm estimates as they became available.

5. Equipment of Laboratories and Libraries

The Committee based its estimates of the cost of providing equipment for the laboratories on the UNESCO inventories for the re-equipment of laboratories in devastated areas. On this basis it judged that the following capital expenditure would be required: -

Chemistry, Physics, Botany and Zoology Medicine

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£35,000 £ 25,000 £ 10,000

£ 70,000

The libraries escaped the hands of the lootors, and it did not seem that there was need to make provision of a capital sum for replacement or special expansion.

6. Endowment of chairs.

Chairs in Medicine, Surgery and Gynaecology at the University are already partially endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Committec noted that the Irvine Committec made detailed recommendations for the endowment of certain basic chairs in the West Indies University College, to protect the College against sudden fluctuations in colonial resources, and that the Asquith Commission, in addition to ondorsing these recommendations, advocated an endowment policy in general in order to give stability to the finances and staffing of colonial Universities. In view of the special position and purposes of the future University in Hong Kong, the Committee strongly favoured the extension of the same principle to Hong Kong and recommends the endowment of the following seven basic chairs: English, Chinese, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Social Science, and Physiology. This would involve a capital expenditure of £350,000.

7. Recurront expenditure on salaries.

The Committec took as a basis of the salary scheme the rates recommended by the Irvine Committee. estimates, it is assumed that all the posts are filled,

In the following table of that the /senior

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