1879.

VICTORIA.

REPORT

OF THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

DURING THE YEAR BEGINNING ON THE lsT DAY OF JUNE 1878 AND

ENDING ON THE 31sT DAY OF MAY 1879.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIA1fffiNT PURSUANT TO ACT OF COUNCIL 16 VIeT. NO. 34, SEC. 14.

lS)] I!UtbOfitt1: JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTBR, MELDOURNE.

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ANNUAL'~- R.EP,ORl\

1'0 His EX(Jellency'·;Tlie':~Most· Honorable GEORGE: ,AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE,

Marquis of Normanhy, ~c., 4-c., 4-c.

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My LORD, I do myself the honour to transmit the following Report of the Proceedings of 16 Vict. No.

the ,.University ,of Melbourne during the past year, which, according to the Act of~l4 s.14. Inc,orporation".is to belmade to Your Excellency by, the Council. ,' .

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. I.-EXAMINATIONS.

Since the last Annual Report 584 candidates presented themselves for the Matriculation Matriculation Exam~tion, ,of whom 255 passed., . Examination.

Of the number ,(255) who passed, 8 wer~ returned 'as 'havingcpassed with credit. ~, '"1 "

The, following Table, gives the number of Candidates who presented themselves t4is. year, and who passed the Matriculation and Civil Service Examinations respectively :

MATRICULATION EXAMINATIONS 1878-9.

Term.'

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Candidates for

Examination.

Number who presented

tbemse I ves for Matriculation EXllIIlination.

End of July Terni 1878 ... 103 68

Number who passed

MatriCUlation Examination.

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Number who I Number who presented passed

th~~selves .for Civil Service Clnl ~ej;:-':lce Examination. Exammation.

83 39 582 490 219End of October Term 1878 ...

Beginning of February Term 26 1,_ t, 131879 ... ... ... 28

Totals ,. .... ... 255713 584

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At the Exhibition Examinations at Mat,~iculation-.

That for Greek and Latin was awarded to

Liefchild Stratten Jones (Scotch College}.

That for Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry, to-' ,"

William Henry Sutton (Wesley College).

That for History, Geography, English, and French, to

Thomas Joseph Byrnes (Brisbane Grammar School).

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Ordinary Examinations.

Honour Examinations.

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At the Annual Examinations held in the October Term 1878 and the February Term 1879

Sixty-six passed the First Year Examination. Forty-one "Second " Forty-one "Third " Seventeen "Fourth " Three "Fifth "

Of the total number who passed-

Forty-six passed in Arts.

Thirty-one passed in Laws.

Sixty-two passed in Medicine.

Twenty-nine passed in Engineering.

Seven passed th~ M.A. Examination.

One passed the LL.D. Examination.

One passed the M.D. Examination .

.At the Honour Examinations held in the October Term 1878 and the February Term 1879, Honours were awarded as follows :- ,

FIRST HONOUR EXAMINATION.

•.. None.

Thomas Henry Armstrong.

Frederick William MorrisArts Woodward.

Third Class William M. Stephens. John Arnold Lilly.

" First Class None..

... Osbert Sawyer. ' ••. Secon~ Class Laws H. W. ·Bryant • .

S. Grenfell. ~ " Henry Samuel, Cole. l Third Class (First Class John Charles Jackson.

Second Class Frederick John Owen. James William Florance . ." J. W. Harbison.

" W. F. Miller. Medicine •.. ,. 'lThird Class William Robertson.

" George Palmer. " Arthur Vincent Henderson. " James Eadie. "

(First Class John Arnold Lilly. Second Class William Walker.

I George Brinsuen Vasey. Engineering .... ~ Third Class " William Robert Fox .

Elias David Cohen. I " W. R. Rennick. l " Andrew McClure Valentine. "

The Exhibitions awarded were

For Greek, Latin, and Logic.:.....:

Frederick William' Morris Woodward. '

For Algebra, Geometry, and Trigononietry-

John Arnold Lilly.

For Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Botany, and Chemistry.and Practical Chemistry-

JohiI .C'harles Jackson.

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SECOND HONOUR EXAMINATION.

(First Class Arthur Vincent Green. I S,econ"d CI,ass J. A. Harbison.

Arts 0 ~ Elphinstone Mac Mahon

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l Third Class Alfred Edward Pearson.

rFirst Class None .

Laws ...-< Second Class None.

LThird Class Alfred Canova Nichols.

First Class James William Barrett.

Eugene William Andcrson. f " Thomas Loughrey.

Medicine '.0 -< "... I Second Class John Nelson Mullen. l Third Class Gustave Henry Stephcn Zichy

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First Class None.

Second Class None.

Engineering ... -< Third Class J. H. Fraser . L. H. Chase. }l " " , Marco Guerin. The Exhibitions awarded were- ExhibitIons.

For Greek) Latin, and English, Arthur Vincent Green.

For Advanced Mathematics and Natural PhilosophyElphinstone Mac Mahon Moors.

For Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Botany, and Comparative Anatomy and Zoology-

Arthur Vincent Green. The Exhibition for Jurisprudence, English, History of the British Empire,

and Political Economy was not awarded. For Structural and Physiological Botany and Descriptive and Surgical

Anatomy.James William Barrett.

For Subjects of the Second Year Engineering~ ., . James Hamilton Fraser.

THIRD HONOUR EXAMINATION.

lLaws {First Class Theyre a'Beckett Weigall.

... Second Class Isaac Alfred Isaacs. rFirst Class None.

second Class Alexander Sutherland. Medicine... ... Third Class Robert Stewart.

" Samuel Ormsby Higgins. " ••• John Burder Backhouse.

The Exhibitions awarded were- Exhibitions. }fQr.Roman Law, Constitutional Law, the Law of Property, and the Law

of Obligations-Theyre a'Beckett Weigall.

],01' General Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy, and Surgery

. Alexander Sutherland.

FOURTH HONOUR EXAMINATION.

(First Class .:•. William Armstrong. I " ... John William Springthorpe. ~ Second Class John David Thomas.

... I" li'ossey James Newman. '" Stanislaus Emil Antony Zichy Woinarski.l

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Exhibition The'Exhibition awarded wasF9r Theory and Practice of Medicine, Obstetric Medicine, and the Diseases, . of Women and Children, and General Anatomy, Physiology, and'

Pathology- , " ' William Armstrong.

"d',., ,'. ,THmD HONOUR 'EXAMINATION IN ARTS.

. ,.. . (First Glass '.. : William Henry Dutton. ~chool cif, Language'J Second Class .. .. John Reford Corr. '

and Logic 1 " ... James Richard Maguire. ,1 " •LThird Class Thomas Britton Angwin.

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Scholarship. . The Scholarshlp','w;s'awarded to. ; ::,' . ,,,',! .. , William Henry Dutton.'

, S h l',1':' 1\Ttl {First Class •. ~ William Sutherland. c 00 ';Qj''''J..lia ura S d CI ' " . ,. econ ass. 0°. Robert Edward Hayes. I.:Jmence . Third Class 0" Francis Henry Rennick.

Scholarship. • The Scholarship was awarded'to., ; . ' ,,';. Winia~ Sutherland.

FOURTH HONOUR EXAMINATION IN LAWS.

First Class ••• ' None. ,.

Second Class •.• ~. .... ,:,.' .;" -Thomas Patrick McInerney.

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Scholarship. The Scholarship was awarded to.ci ,. Thomas' Patrick McInerney.

FIFTH HONOUR EXAMINATION IN MEDICINE.

First Class _...John Rae Menzies Thomson. Scholarship. ';"f ••The~;Scholarshlp\wasa~arded.to~~ f~·.:. _ :";'H.\!i "

'John Rae Menzies Thomson. ' t • •

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First Class None.000' • Second Class:, George Higgins. '0 •• ,

..-,. ••• Leo Finn Bernard Cussen. " ... ' William Sutherland. Third Class , •••

David Moffat Wilson. "

Scholarship. The Scholarship' was awarded to-' George Higgins.

Prize, The Bowen Prize for·,the best English Essay on "The .PHgrim Fathers" wa.s not awarded.

'The Stawell Exhibition was awarded toJohn Arnold Lilly....

On the 7th Deceniber 1878 the following Degr~es were ,conferred :-' Robert Rochfort Forlong.

,Bachelors Q/At,ts' ... ... Robert Edward Hayes. { John Charles Frederick ffibrick.

" ad eundem... John -Nicholas Joseph Keily. Master Q/' Arts . ad eundem ••• Matthew Middlewood.

Colin Hamilton Campbell. Bachelors Q/' Laws,... '.~. 'William Henry Coffey. {

, I, • Thomas Patrick McInerney. Peter Bruce Bennie.

. . , , Bachelors Q/Medicine .0.{ John Rae Menzies Thomson. Henry Simpson Wood.

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On the 19th April 1879 the following Degrees were conferred:-.

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John Reford Corr. . " ,

William Henry .. Dutton.., .'

Fx:ederick Eddy. '.", " ,.,','

: ,James,Thon;tpson,Hackett.

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",,,'~ . '.' ~,.,.' [James Edgar Laing. .. ".:, •••• :" 'l ., r .• " ,. James Richard Maguire."" , i'r •

, -,. " .">". '•• John Horn·Marshall. ". ", " c' ... ' i. r,', ,""." ",," "''' ," : . Richard, William Pennefather •. ' ",.'" ,. . .. " '." .,; ..:: ".', .. ' William Sutherland. . .'" . '., '. '",'"

.-. " :'; . '{i·Ue'nry St. John MitchelL . .ad eundem ,'0 Alexander Grant McIntyre.

~, ,t, " . I ':," H l '.; Frederick John'·Gladman.' RaPhael Benjamin., '; '.

I' "~' "",' :;",' I .. ,." ,I. ' I George Henry. Crowther.! . " Moses Moses. I'f"'-:'1\ ,~,,,I "'MaSlers\Qr:Ari~ '" "''''''.. , ~,Al~~pp~r,Fr.~er MoI?ison.', - ,',' ,', . ' •• ~ [Sir Bryan O'Loghlen. "'r' ;;'1< .,;;,!' .' " , • t·, .• "Johp..WiIliam SpringthC?rpe;'f ,""

., .. J ••..", ,.. ' ,Edward Clarke Spicer ... , . '.', George Sutherland. '. ,

."' ..",Y" .' ad,eundem .,...... ,W,y:ndharp Monsen Madden. James Caldwell Anderson.

.' ,·Alexander Fraser Morrison. ., - . Bachelors Q[ Law~ 0 .... William Henry Moule. •

. { Charles Thomas -Searll • ;, ".'; i•• j ) .1 ".' .. . : ...- Percy Pye Serjeant.· .

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. . m.-BUILDINGS.

The tender of James Nation and Co. for building the Wilson Hall, for the sum of £36,707 lOs. 6d., was accepted. The dimensions of the hall are ;

Length, 140 feet. Breadth, 47 fe~t. Height of walls, 45 feet. Height to apex of roof, 84 feet.

Satisfactory progress in the building has been made by the contractors and it is anticipated that the hall will be :qnished within the contract time of two years a~d a haIr:

. The improvements in the buildings with respect to drainage and ventilation WhICh were commenced last year have been completed.

The Council have once more Qccasion to urge on the Government the absolute necessity of erecting a substantial fen ce around the University grounds. The Council have no funds available for such a purpose, and the present fence is too old to admit of repair.·' .

. Some of the' Professors who live in the University have represented to the Council that their houses are not sufficiently commodious: The Council took into their consideration the question of residence, and referred the matter to a .Committee; who reported that the house accommodation deemed sufficient for unmarried men was originally provided for four Professors. That one of the Professors having been allowed to live outside the University an allowance of £100 per annum has been made to him, and he has surrendered possession of his house. Of this, some apart~ ments have been appropriated to the use of the Registrar and his staff, others are employed as a combination room, a robing room, and a room for the lecturers in attendance. These arrangements must be regarded as merely temporary, because the accommodation for the purposes named is insufficient and inconvenient.

To the fifth Professor an allowance for rent in lieu of a house is also made. For the sixth, as well as for the Registrar, neither a house nor an equivalent has been provided. .

The Comqtittee further reported that it is desirable that the Professors should live within the University, and it is· indispensable that the President of the Professorial Board should be in residence during his year of office-especially during the terms. Also that the representations respecting the existing house accommodation are wen founded. This report having been adopted, a deputation from the Council waited on the Acting Chief Secretary and the Treasurer and represented the urgent wants of the institution. The deputation was graciously receited, and the applicants were informed that a recommendation would be subnlitted to the Government that a sum of £5,000 be placed on the Estimates of this year as an instalment towards carrying out the object, and that a further sum might be placed on the Estimates of the following year to complete the admittedly necessary arrangements.

IV.-THE MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.

The Council have· had during the past year under consideration the subject of the improvement of the mode of conducting the Matriculation Examination. A Committee was appointed to enquire into and.report upon the means by which the needful reforms could most advantageously be carried into effect. A report was draw'll up embodying their views, but in ordm' that the subject might be thoroughly investigated it was thought advisable to invite the Prof~ss?rial J?~ard to confer with the CommIttee.

Conferences have been held, and It IS anticIpated that the final report of the Committee will be brought before the Council at an early date.

V.-RESIGNATIONS AND ELECTIONS.

Since the last Annual Report the vacancy in the Council, which.was occasioned by the death of the late John Pearson Rowe, Esq., has been filled 'by the election of Alexander Mon-ison, Esq., M.A., LL.D.

Another vacancy has occurred by the resignation of Sir Francis Murphy, one of the first appointed members of the Council. This vacancy has been filled by the election of John Madden, Esq., LL.D.

Leave of .absence was granted to Dr. Martin last year, and Thomas Rowan, Esq., M.n., 'was appointed his locum tenens to the end of the year. .

The death of Dr. Martin occasioned a vacancy, which was filled by the appointment of Dr. Jamieson as Lecturer on Obstetric Medicine.

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John Simeon Elkington, Esq., M.A., and scholar of this University, who has held the position of Lecturer on History and Political Economy for the last three years, has been appointed to the Professorship of History and Political Economy. This chair was vacated five years ago by Dr. Hearn, on his acceptance of the appointment of Dean of the Faculty of Law. In consequence of want of funds to support the chair the Council has been unable to fill up the vacancy unti:l now.

The Council relieved Professor Strong, at his own request, of the duty of examining in English for the Matriculation Examination, and they appointed Henry Venables, Esq., B.A., in his place.

VI.-" THE ARGUS" SCHOLARSHIP.

Eight years ago the liberality of an anonymous donor enabled Dr.' Hearn to offer to the University the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of founding a Scholarship for the promotion of knowledge in Engineering. The gift was accepted and the Scholarship established. Since the date of the last Report the names of the donors have been made known to the Council; they are Messrs. "Wilson .and Mackinnon of The Argus. The death of Mr. Edward Wilson removed the restriction subject to which the gift was originally bestowed. Dr. Hearn having intimated that it was the wish of the donors that the name of the foundation should be changed .to that of " The Arlfus Scholarship," the Council, acquiescing in such request, have caused the following notice to be' posted at the University:- . ..

"Whereas a scholarship called the Engineering Scholarship has been founded within the University of Melbourne, and whereas provision has been made under the statute establishing the said scholarship for changing the designation of the scholarship upon the written request of the representative of the donor, and whereas W. E. Hearn, Esq., LL.D., the said representative of the donor, has requested, in accordance with the terms of the statute, that the scholarship should in' future be known as The Argus Scholarship, it is ordered by the Council of the University that the scholarship shall henceforth be designated The Argus Scholarship.

(Signed) "REDlIIOND BARRY, "April 16, 1879." "Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

VII-ALTERATIONS IN STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.

Regulations for the course of study for degrees in surgery have been passed by the University, and allowed by your Excellency. u,

Several gentlemen took advantage' of these regulations, and obtained, at the last annual commencement, the degree of Bachelor of Surgery.

An alteration in the Statutes has been made, enabling an students to take advantage of the privilege, hitherto enjoyed by law students only, of paying their fees by the term instead of in one sum in advance for the whole academic year.

With the exception of the addition already mentioned, the only change in the Regulations during the past year has been a permission to the students of the first year to select the senior division of'the classical course in place of the junior. The object of the alteration is twofold-the first being to enable the more capable students to enter at once upon a course of study considerably in advance of the ordinary first year work, the further object being to relieve the pressure upon the limited space of the classical lecture room, and t() equalize, as far as possible, the number in each of the classes under the Professor of Classics.

VIII.-ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ..

At the annual meeting of the Council, held on the 5th of May 1879, the Honorable Sir Redmond Barry, K.C.M.G., was elected to the office of Chancellor for the ensuing year; Anthony Colling Brownless, Esq., M.D., was elected to the office of Vice-Chancellor for the ensuing year.

IX.-AccOUNTS.

A statement showing the income and expenditure during the year 1878 IS annexed. The amount expended is £15,293 5s.

I have the honour to be, My Lord,

Your Excellency'S obedient servant, REDMOND BARRY,

Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. No. 22. B

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~iiUAL·'.~T~TEMENT OF ACCOUN~ FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31sT: DECEMBER'11878.:': r.

RECEIPTS... .·,1878. £ s. d. 'Annual Endowment-

Balance from 1877 •••. ... 2,250 0 0 Four-quarterly instalments for 1878 9,000 0 0

1l,250 0 0 'Interest on debentures-

One year's interest on £340 Victorian Government debentures at 6 per cent. £20 ·8 ,0

One year's interest on £100 f ~ r- Queensland Government de

bentures at 4 per cent. >1 0 0

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., 24 8,0 De'duct payment 'to Bank of

Victoria for safe custody', .. 120 23 6 0

. Fees received , •• 6,694 6 6 r ·.Sa~e; of Calendars , ... 71 II 0 f .IqcUI~n,talRe!.leipts-:

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, Miscellaneous' £2 2 0 "' One' (year's interest on

£1,891'(Os, 9d, lodged in Bank of Victoria, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. 94 15 0

96 17 0

Total £18,136 0 6

f ~ :~PEN~~Tl:[RE. ~ ~). "~.,~r .;rj ~l:i " 1878.' t, " •• "."r+·'",£, .• 8.,.,d. B~lance 1st January' 1878 ..... '. , •••• ;, 1: 1,~95 Hi,' '"

r., ,. i' ~ J:. . .) r Salaries £10,776 18 .S. Allowances ... 2,244 14; 2 Books ... , ,;..," 120·' 5" 3' Buildings .. , , •.. ,. r'" 147 14 3 E~I!.ibitions and scholarShips .... ,765 0 '-0' Prizes.. ,.. 13 17 0 Furniture' ; ),., 44 5 2 ApplLratds •.~ , ... 164 10 5 ',{lfci~enta\ expens9s . :" f ' t',' ... ,4,42" I:7. ; 9~ Statlonery .. ,' ;.. ,..,' 233 '2 1 'Piip'ting : ' .,; ,.:.\ ,'no' 9,' 6 (' ,", '\

~~r:lft~;fgg~~11~dS' "1' 22~ ~ ,g. .. ". /,' :

Total Expenditure 15,293 5. 0 ~. f' " • . . (.

AdvanCe to Howitt Scliolarsllip,-'

¥~ :-V. Kershaw' '. £.8.17 6

." 9 12 6:'" " 18 1~: 0

, 16;70'1.' 5) 4 Balance 1,428 15, 2

Total £18,136 0 6

STATElIIENT OF-ACCOuNT OF THE SHAKESPEARE SCHOLARSHIP Fmw FROllf 1ST .JANUARY TO

31ST DECEMBER 1878.

RECEIPTS, 1878.

Jan. I, To Balance brought forward April!. To six months' interest on

£1,180 Victoria Government debentures at 6 per cent. ... £35

Oct. 1. Ditto ... 35

£ .~. d. 94 12' S

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70 16 0

£165 8 8

EXl?ENDITURE.

1878.

April 17. By amount lodged in the Bank of Victoria for one year at 6 per cent, '"

April 30. By aIpount paid S. S. Topp, being first payment of Scholarship of £150.

Total EXpenditure By Balance 31st December 1878

£ 8. d.

80 0 8

50' 0' 0

1:30 0 835 8' 0

£165 8, S.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT OF THE ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP FUND FROM 1ST JANUARY TO

31ST DECEMBER 1878.

RECEIP1'S. 18i8. £ s. d.

.Tan, L To Balance brought forward 70 0 0 Oct. 7: Amount received from W. B, Jones

for int

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:. sttTE~i:'!;:NT_ OF 4,CC6U,N-¥, OFt THf Hl9WITT :;SC:ff Dec. 31. Balance 486 6 0"

£900 0 0.

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Ixy);,sT:m>NT ACCOT;NT, GE:nmAL FUXD, }'RO:lI 1ST JA~UARY TO 31sT DECE;\1BER 1878.

1878. July 23.

Nov. 13.

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Received from the Bank of Victoria sum on 22nd .July 1877

Reeeived lhe Bank 'of Victoria sum lodged 011 13th November 18i7

Intere~t, at 5 per CCllt., for one year... Received amount UllC 31st December

1877 from the Howitt Scholarship Fund ...

£ s. d.

1,895 0 9

2,975 14 ° 148 15 8

30 6 11

£5,049 17 4

EXPENDITURE. 1878. £ "s. d.

July 23. ill the Bank of Vietoria"as a deposit for one year, at 6 per

cent.... 1,895 0 9 Nov. 13. Lodged in the Bank of Victoria, as a

fixed deposit for one year, at 6 per cent... , 3,154 16

£5,049 17

We certify that we have examined thc statement of the accounts of the Melbourne University for the year 1878, together with the supporting vouchers, and find the same to be correct. The balances of the several accounts are as follow:

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, Bank of Victoria 2,144 12 6

To which add cheques debited in error'l'opp. Shakespcare Sehola.rship Fund 50 0 0

Bnchanan, Engineering ditto ditto 45 0 0

Amess, Great Hall Building Fund 40 0 0

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