CHAIR Of ECONOMICS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2130, 23 April 1914, Page 4

CHAIR Of ECONOMICS

I'Oft VICTORIA COLLEGE. fM JUCAItTfiY TRtisT tWt). A Sfrlifiol {ff iEeofeomfoS fof Victoria; Cfld-legc* Was approved by flic couiieij Inst night. Some little time ago thetrustees of tie Masart'hy Trust Fuwd made an otfof of tinaueiarassist.sjiee to the council, and hi co'imeetibn taili this offer tho Finance Conmuttto isiSt flight. uiad.Q ifte fo.llcKvi'ng rceiarninen-cU-tieas ."— That the Macafr% Trust be ioform.Sd that it is feted to, acw'pt the ttustces' gcnoiWS offer o.t' egOBO, qrsd that the .pßSpospj grant be utilised foir fjie pßEpo'Se «jf estate '■ llshuig a. Seiiool . of feoliomfes:, (,)qitiro:erco f o.u.d History, s ; ss<jc.iated with tto -nawe of Sir. Mstert'li-y, ' That- the anjtfuilfc of the- .g.f.gii.t ba invested as tire nucleus of a fsjad to prwiao far-siicji a .school.' ■ that if this :p.rop.o:sal meets /rifch t'bc approVal 0{- the trustees of ilia Maftsufthj; :ljust, tha .(J&ycrniijmit bo aslicd*fe ■j3roviH , 6'.Su , cK addftidoal f rinds'as may hi> iic-iessp.ty to carrv iheso proposal-s into effcEt. That if tho iweessffirj - funds be • '■provided, Steps te taken to appaiiit n Professor of Econcimics 'to iyhb a:s Bean of tho Faulty o.f Commpfcfj, and llistory., a salary of £800 p.er affnum. That in t'ho event of this jwoposil being carried -out, iks \rtmwt salary .att'a.ebcd to ttie position -of !&• tvirer ill Economics aftcl lifistor'v ha poiiiinued as iov, A iLcci-tiiMsljip in Hislory s:iie'h iivbjwls as may bft aremftcd by i)ie Djj.siU Sir lloberSi Stout tliQilfilifc Hiat ittfoutJ wot bi> i\'iso to. as.fc t'he (lovci'iN nicufc for too iSiuE.li, rcAap?. next year tho tr.istee's migW giVo tbo eouncj! a lnrtiiiflr sftiu. ?fr. C. 13. 3Jorisoji a E,C:, iiibved ttat. tlio of tli(j co'nimi'tieo ho sgreed i/O. 'lie thonfiiit that, tlm coUiicil shouM be Uiiniriinous -nn lives. question. gMr. W. IFergn'son. in socoivd.iug tho - WOtjen, CRprcs'scd tbfc teliof tlnvt,'.la.|er On, tho jlafiaftivy Trustees wihvM ill-, ■ewaso irlw pfivM. If th : 6 seWw toiii*. mi?ii<3(!(l Mscif to tlieifl nM:, ii w-flulsl : bft t>lo dirty el tho couneil to ko to tiw eafoTKiiiicnt and ask for £903 per an* ■num to bring tiro fulfill up tfi fcltc sum of £l00f) that \vonltt Tie rcci.ui.red . to iiinjuGiS iho Eolieol. tbeii when any ridilitiaunj Ki'ui'Hi cime fro'ili Hie tfustens, as it. p<JKS.tb.ly wotvid, tlife .GoWrnincivt .nodil not be. ask&a io cmitributo so mudi. Tho .reconvm.p.niiatroas of tho fe&ijiuuts tee , wero adopted.