VICTORIA COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1471, 20 June 1912, Page 6

VICTORIA COLLEGE.

MEETING- or THE COUNCIL. The monthly meeting, of the Victoria College Council was held • lajt. .evening, v ' :. : (chairman); _A. it-, Jteek, C. Watson, A;- 'I',. Alaginnitv, T. K. I-'leniing, Wiii.' I'erH. Ostler, and 1!. 3l'Nab,. • .

'Iho report, of the I'inance Conimitteo pesitidn of the oollege finances .for- the month. 'This showed that. tho. balauec a!.-the bank,'alter providing for prospective, payments, etc., was 4:6!)9 Os. 3d.--tho prospective payments totalled •,£!>?(> 25.. &1; There. - ot" j;IO2O. . -

: . It; wns;reported that, an offer-had .been received, froni -Lady Hector .with regard to the salo to the college' - of some .So volume? of the '.'Tram-actions," -and,. It' volumes of . the 'Troccedings," of. tlm E-oyal Society of England. It.was decided to. refer this matter,.and also a.letter ■frpm';the.. : )aw':prbfds&re,;withvre sideratioff and report. ' ,

; The council resolved thai, provided no objections were offered by the. Professorial Board, the request of Mi 'N r aid, .■tMtnir'er'.;m; Commercial Law to.' tho At l countaiit Students, to.' give two lectures i during the short, vacation; in' order' to complete the course, should be.agreed to;. ■' The 'Edu&tion^Departmehti^ copy, of a -letter from .the Consul-General i-of (the .ftetherlaml^Mr;^ at Melbourne), wherein it was stated by a I?oyal.])ecro<* .of December 2s,'.lfllt, it was lio'tf .yra\;iifcH-jitliat; l ■the New: Zealand A r ts. ..'l)ecTo6 ili iii a - ticiiis for" - "Master,." vmd

"l)pf! cir," a ihV i.he 'Peieiice' irin.tibns for "Bachelor," "llaster."' , and

"Dcc-i'or" would be accepted • at. erjuai vaiiii' "to. tiie e.prresponding ee.rtifionies of. t;lie l : niversi'ty. providi-d (hat. ■1 lie' liold e'r of .1 he 1 w yieivl a'i'iil : fj ni,vti : sii,v ■.eertiticate. showed, that he ; ppsse<se((. *ii : : •■uiiU'ient knowledge of I.a'tih or Oieek. The ehhirinaii r-mailced th.il -ii jVks '■'% in,-.tier for ecnnatiihtioii that ciu.h t.n im.eieii.t.. jii'stihiticiri-., as t.hp ■.Xetherl|\.!ids. University siib.ul.d. accept- these- .decrees', of the New Zi s ;ilti!iil l. r nivH'-'iiy ,nt : . ; cf|iial; vnlue,—ll 'w(i; re. 3 olised to- c.iinyey fo (lit l 'K : e'niWii»J(<lA IfSirersi.iyi ihiioiicYi."llit-, i^fircation Hepariinent. Hip ooi'iiioilV nekiipiy H'dgiher.t-s and thank*-