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XIV. Paragraph 51.

XV. Paragraph 52.

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Professors are in the service of the University and not in Government Services should be maintained, but that this opinion does not necessarily extend to all non-Clinical professorships.

It was decided to place on record a proposal made by Professor Ride and supported by the Hon. Dr. Selwyn-Clarke that the above resolution should not be held to preclude the re-opening of the matter should circumstances change at any future date.

Resolved (nem. con)

(a) that the Court is of opinion that more effective use of existing facilities could be made if the staffs of the University Department of Pathology and the Government Bacteriological Institute were organized to work in co-operation;

(b) that the Court is of opinion that it would be economical and advantageous if the Biology Department of the University and the Government Botanical and Forestry Department were organized to work in co-operation;

(c) that the Court is of opinion that if Govern- ment should decide at any time to establish a De- partment of Zoology, it would be in the interests of all concerned if arrangements could be made with Government for the head of such department to be employed to teach Zoology at the University.

The Court approved of the following action taken by the

Council.

The Council gave authority to notify the vacancy of the post of Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on the terms as to salary and consulting practice stated below.

The basic salary shall be £1,000—25—£1,250; and the Professor shall be entitled to receive an honorarium of $500 per month from Government, and in addi- tion receive an honorarium of $500 per month from the University; and all consulting fees shall be payable to the University.

The Council further agreed to the following terms under which the new Professor of Obstetrics and Gynae- cology may be permitted to undertake consultative work.

(1) The Clinical Professor shall be allowed to act as Consultant to Government and to His Majesty's Forces in Hong Kong.

(2) The Professor shall be permitted at the request of a duly registered practitioner to give his opinion as to diagnosis and advice as to treatment of cases.