VICTORIA COLLEGE.
■ : ;■..;>■:•■ .THE 'NEW WING." ;■ ; > ,-. foethee; .appeal fqe ; . funds. \ : The Victoria foUegeiCouncil,is appealing''to the public• for' anotßer .£3OO to-. wards : .' the' 'completion 1 and furnishing of the new wing at' the college. •'■ This sum, if, raised'by public subscription;, -will' carry. subsidy of-: .£6OO, and, the .sunv'of/dESIOO, thus'obtaihed.Vis ex■pected'to be .snfficie'nt.for'-tiie-work. : ': '"■ : Reporting ontthe'subjectatlast night's meeting of-, the council, the finance Committee 'stated that the, subscriptions' promised amounted to .'only ;£719 Gs. 6d.j that : .tho total sum'iof, ,£IOOO, -together, with the , Government subsidy .'■ of, J22 for each sCr subscribed,"would:.be required to completeand furnish the" wing; that the extension - of..thp. building was.\practically, finished,'and if, the, necessary : .-. funds were, forthcoming,.the building , "could, be;completed and furnished in' time for!;' the first-term;; that the efficiency".'of .the , teaching at the college would be seriously' prejudiced if the newiwing was-not ready by .the beginning,, of'the term;' ''Finally; the committee recommended, the council to make- a. special-appeal,.to the public mint 1 of .the college'.district-to/provide the -necessary funds for the .completion of this .urgent -Work,-, of such .vital import-, arico to'the efficiency, of >:the. college.'; -V; The report ; ;was adopted: ■',■•. ','.,.,]; .:"■ \ i It'was further stated :\m: connection with the new wing that the "total' payments:.amounte'd'to',.£l474,.arid -the ,re-, ceipts £1265. • They wore ■'entitled :. to a further-subsidy! from the. '.Government. Another .£lB had been collected since the date' of the committee's report .'■';'.' .' Mr.- Watson -said ■he did riot ; - think JE2500 would -be, sufficient for. the new wing. - ■ ■*'■ '■'■'*■ -■ '" "■ '■ ■ - ■■'■'' The council resolved' to complete and furnish thtei' new.'yring,,and .to appeal,to the public for further funds.'.' '.>"..
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 6
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250VICTORIA COLLEGE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 6
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