VICTORIA COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1756, 22 May 1913, Page 5

VICTORIA COLLEGE.

MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNCIL.

A meeting of tho Victoria Collego Council was held last evening, Mr. Chailes Milsoti presidii)g. . Mr. A. li. Atkinson was appointed a member of the council, on the nomination of the Government. . Tho bank balance, as shown init lie financial statement, was .£2201. The payment? required and passed amounted to ,£lO/1. A deposit of .£SOO was duo on Mav 31, and a similar amount is to 1)0 received from the Government for altera'lßefore the routine business was taken, tho election of a new chairman took nlnc'p , \s two were nominated, viz.: & It H. Ostler and H. M'Callum, M.P., a ballot was taken. It resulted as folows: —Mr. H. 11. Ostler, 8 votes; Mr. M'C'ailum, 2 votes. , Prior to leaving tho chair, Mr. »ilson thanked members for (lie courtesies which Ihoy had extended to him during the two years of his office as chairman. Mr. Ostler thanked members oi the council for electing him to the position. In the course of his speech he remarked that lie would much rather have/eon Mr. Ferguson chairman for theensuing term. Mr M'Cailnm congratulated Mr. Ostler uu'i'i his election. "Or the motion of Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. C. AVatson was elected treasurer. Moss's. C. B. Morison, IVm. Ferguson, J. «• »'. Aitkcn, T. K. Flemm.ing, and the Hev. W. A. Dvans and the chairman and secretary '(ex officio) were elected as the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Tn consequence of a circular received by the Professorial Board from the. Bureau nf Universities of the Umpire, Professor vsnj Zedlitz was appointed correspondent for the Victoria College. M l '. Ferguson moved: ''That tho Government be "asked to introduce a Bill embodving the amendments m tho Victoria C'olice Act recommended by tho Professorial Board, with the exception of that dealing with Hie representation of tho board on the council, and adding tho proposed alteration in the superannuation schemo." , , . The motion was amended m the course of discussion, and carried. : The Finance'-and General Purposes Committee reported that tho New Zealand Institute of Architects had asked what st»p' if ! ,nv ' " IC College ivns l n ' :n, S to prcivido tuition in the subjects of the degree in architecture. Tho committee recommended to the wmncil that, considering that cognate subjects were taught at the School of Engineering at Canterbury Oollce, it was inadvisable that Victoria College should take up such tuition. The recommendation was agreed to. The estimates of receipts and expenditure for the vcar ending March 31, 1914, wer» submitted. The total estimated receipts were .£11,051, and the expenditure 970. making a deficiency of .£919. llio detailed estimates worc:-liocoipts: S.atutorv grant, .CtOOO; grant for specialisation. J;2000; grant for general purposes, £15110: "l-ant for alteration to buildings, [cr-00; fees, .£2100; examination fees. .£1S0; calendars, .£12,• interest, .£2O; rent. .£7-1; Society of Accountants, ..£150; subsidy, £15(1* capitation, .£ls; Sir George scholarship! total, .£11,051. Exnenditnrc: Salaries nine professois at A aid, .CG3OO; one professor, ,£S00; one lecturer, ,£350; one lecturer, .£300; one lecturer, .£250; one lecturer, .£100; one assistant, £200; four assistants at ,£IOO. ,£-!flO; ono assistant. «£SO; demonstrator (chemistry), X 125; same in physics, <C 150; assistant in phvsics .£187; demonstrator in wp'ogy. J575; anatoniist, .£SO; laboratory ;ittciulant (chemistry), ,£39; -same, biology, .U. 10s.; registrar, .£300; librarian, .CloO, caretaker and wife, .CI2G; lwhhn*. .MM. library, .£300; chemicals and nppaia s, £030- college examination expenses, ajiu, maintenance, .£100; and other ilonu making a total of .£11,070. To meet.the deficiency there was a balance carried forward from March ■11, 1913, as follows:—In bank. °" ( l p ; posit, .£500; making a total ot .£l-1 j. 11 tho proposed additions to the ollice slaff are made, tho balance will be abolished.