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I have ventured to particularise. There are i8 laboratories, all 

 equipped for research, some of them unique. Practically the 

 whole of this has been done by private citizens " holding- the love 

 of learning better than riches and the pursuit of knowledge higher 

 than the pursuit of gain," as Dr. Kendall's inscription runs under 

 the bust of the donor of the Tate Library. Libraries are a point 

 I have omitted, as I fear to waste time ; the growth here corre- 

 sponds to the rest. 



Surely there is something to be learnt in all this for us here ; 

 it is not money or even equipment ; here where you have many 

 fine Buildings and men ready to your hand ; surely it is not becom- 

 ing to those who believe they have the true University spirit to 

 make so great a point of the millions they require from the 

 State. 



Would it not be possible for a Committee of this Association 

 to be formed to enquire into what could be done with the buildings 

 and men we have ; laying before the Minister of Education a 

 minimum of what will be required to start at once, both as to 

 money, Chairs and equipment, and specifying also those men, 

 who in the Committee's opinion, owing to their attainments or 

 their researches, should be specially provided for in any Univer- 

 sity. I gave Prof. Myres the recently-published book of Bush- 

 man Paintings " by Miss Tongue and Miss Bleek, and the March 

 and April numbers of the magazine of this Association. He said : 

 " The book I know of and am glad to have for our library, but I 

 did not know till I read the magazine that so much first-hand 

 knowledge of the Bushmen was still available." In any Univer- 

 sity you will need first of all to secure the services and give the 

 opportunity to men in this community who have first-hand 

 knowledge of our native races. 



One final word, the motto of the town of Liverpool is : *' Deus 

 nobis haec otia fecit " — " God gives us leisure " ; the motto of 

 the University is : " Haec otia studia fovent " — " this leisure 

 favours study " ; what fine field for choice of a motto for the 

 Cape Town University in the words " Spes Bona." 



NOTE I. 



Liverpool is not a residential University, few of the modern 

 ones are. In Germany it is usual to provide a residence for the 

 leading professors, attached to whatever Laboratory they preside 

 over. 



NOTE II. 



The following figures have been supplied by Mr. Hugh 

 Rathbone, Treasurer of the Liverpool University : — 



1882 Professors, lo 



1910 Professors, 43 



1885 Students, 274 



(No record before; this includes evening students.) 



1910 Students, i>032 



(Evening students and research students not included.) 



