NELSON COLLEGE.

Colonist, Issue 795, 9 June 1865, Page 6

NELSON COLLEGE.

MEMORANDUM BY THE VISITOR, JUDGE JOHNSTON.

To the Gotebnoes of Nelson Collegi

On the occasion of my second visitation of the College, I am glad to find that proper deeds have been executed for the endowment of the scholarships founded by Messrs. Richmond, Fell, Newcome, and Stafford; and I trust the Governors will at the earliest convenient time appropriate and invest the necessary funds for carrying out the trusts contained heroin. I hope speedily to receive a series of by-laws for confirmation. I am aware that the delay in this matter has arisen in consequence of the fact, that a meeting of Governors, at which a suggestion of mine, in the capacity of Visitor, respecting one of a set of laws which had been previously submitted to me for approval, was to be taken into consideration, turned out not to be a legally-constituted meeting. I have to congratulate the Governors on the remodelling of the accounts of the College. I have perused the Report of the Governors, and that of a committee appointed by them, in pursuance of a resolution passed on the 6th April; and I am pleased to learn that the Governors have entered into an arrangement which is likely to attract a greater number of boarders to the College, and cause the boarding establishment to be much less burdensome. I have received reports from the Principal, and have made inquiries respecting the progress and attainment of the pupils: and I am satisfied, although tho number attending the school at present is much smaller than might be expected, that, as far as the existing circumstances of the two provinces and the colony "will permit, the intentions of the founders are substantially carried out, and that a higher standard of attainment will be reached ere long. (Signed) A:lexandee Johnston, Visitor. Nelson, May 30, 1865.

ELECTION OF A GOTEENOK OP NELSON COLLEGE.

Jxnm sth, was the day appointedfort he elecfoa of a gentleman to fill the vacancy in the Council of Governors caused by the resignation of Mr. Charles Elliott. At twelve o'clock, Mr. Poyuter, the Returning Officer under the Trust Funds Act, intimated to the half-dozen electors present the purpose of the meeting, upon which Mr. Webb in a few words proposed Dr. Cusiick, whose qualifications as a gentleman of liberal education the proposer briefly referred to. The motion was seconded by Mr. R. Burn, and there being no other candidato, the Returning Officer declared Dr. Cusack duly elected. The business did not occupy more than three minutes.