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" 1 hope that the other Professors of the College may be 

 taken from affiliated schools indiscriminately, the lectures 

 being given as may be most convenient, and as may be 

 arranged by the College Council. 



'' It is intended by the College Council that the fees 

 charged for attendance at the Eoyal College should be much 

 lower than those heretofore charged at the Queen's Collegiate 

 School. I do not believe that the mere financial loss will be 

 great, whilst I believe a good education will, by this means, 

 be placed within the reach of many who cannot now 

 afford it. 



'* I hope but I express only my own personal wish, not 

 that of the Council, which, as yet, has pronounced no 

 opinion that some of the changes introduced in most states 

 of modern education wdll be made here, and that especial 

 attention will be given to the teaching of some of the Eastern 

 languages. 



" It is almost impossible to overrate the importance of this 

 both to the Government and the commimity ; to the Govern- 

 ment, as enabling it to avail itself of the services of honest, 

 competent, and trustworthy interpreters ; and to the general 

 comnmnity, as relieving both employer and employed from 

 the necessity of depending on the interpretation of men not 

 always very competent, nor always very scrupulous, whose 

 mistakes or errors, whether wilful or accidental, may often 



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