H.—No. 2,

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS 0"F THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY.

Tuesday, sth September, 1871. The Joint Committee of both Houses met pursuant to notice. Present : Legislative Council. Souse of Representatives. Hon. Dr. Buchanan, Hon. Mr. Fox, Hon. Dr. Grace, Mr. Macandrew, Hon. Major Richardson, Mr. McGillivray, Hon. Mr. Sewcll, Mr. O'Rorke, Hon. Mr. Stokes, Hon. Mr. Stafford, Hon. Mr. Waterhouse. Mr. Studholme. Proposed by the Hon. Major Richardson, That the Hon. Mr. Fox take the chair. Carried. Order of reference of both Houses read. On the motion of the Hon. Major Richardson, Resolved, That this Committee records its regret that the amalgamation of the New Zealand University and the University of Otago, as provided for by " The University Act, 1870," was not effected. On the motion of the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, seconded by the Hon. Major Richardson, Resolved, That the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago be summoned to attend this Committee. The Committee then adjourned. Tuesday, 12th September, 1871. The Joint Committee of both Houses met pursuant to notice. Present : Legislative Council. House of Representatives. Hon. Dr. Buchanan, Hon. Mr. Fox (Chairman), Hon. Dr. Grace, Mr. Haughton, Hon. Major Richardson, Mr. Macandrew, Hon. Mr. Sewell, Mr. Reader Wood, Hon. Mr. Stokes, Mr. Reynolds, Hon. Mr. Waterhouse. Mr. O'Rorke. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. Memorial of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancollor, and Members of the University of Otago, read. To the Honorable the Speaker and the Honorable the Members of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, The Humble Memorial of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Members of the Council of the University of Otago: Shewetii, —■ That the General Assembly of New Zealand, by " The New Zealand University Act, 1870," provided an annual payment of £3,000 out of the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony for maintaining the University of New Zealand, and towards defraying the several stipends of the Professors, officers and servants of such University, and for the establishment of lectures in the affiliated Colleges, and towards defraying the expense of such Fellowships, Scholarships, Prizes, and Exhibitions, as should be awarded for the encouragement of Students of such University, and towards providing a Library for the same, and towards defraying all necessary charges connected with the management thereof— And that the Council of the University of New Zealand has apportioned the above sum for the current year in the following manner, namely, £1,000 for the establishment of twenty Scholarships, £1,500 for the establishment and subsidizing, in the affiliated Institutions, of such Professorships or Lectureships as may be determined on, and £500 for the payment of the incidental expenses of the Council. And that the University of Otago has been deemed to have, for the purpose of tenure of Scholarships only, the privileges of an affiliated Institution. We therefore pray that the University of Otago may share with the other Provinces in the distribution of the grant out of the Consolidated Revenue, on the principle laid down in the Capitation Grants of the last Session of the General Assembly. J. L. C. Richardson, Chancellor, University of Otago. The Hon. Major Richardson handed in the following Memorandum, being an abstract of the notes of a Conference held between the Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of the New Zealand University and of the University of Otago on the amalgamation of the two Universities : — 1. The University of Otago to be henceforth termed " University College," and to be affiliated. 2. No longer to have the power of conferring degrees. 3. All endowments now or hereafter available for the purposes of any institution affiliated, or to be affiliated, to remain the sole property of such institution, and subject to its control. 4. The reconstruction of the Council of the New Zealand University no longer insisted on. 5. The New Zealand University to be situated at Dunedin.