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The report of the committee as to the resources which should pro- 

 vide for this coming growth of the University has not proved so successful 

 in its forecast. As the anticipatious of growth liave been surpassed so 

 the estimated resources have fallen short. The endowment from the 

 sales of lands had many years before reached its maximum, and, with f\ 

 decreasing rate ot interest, tbo income from this source decreased. 

 There now remained for expansion only fees and the conversion of the 

 magnificent university park into a source of income. The fees paid by 

 the students \\'erc doubled and the income from this source both to the 

 •college and to the University very largely increased. The collapse in 

 real estate defeated fiie project of leasing or selling large portions of the 

 park, and it soon became apparent tnat such a policy was inconsistent 

 with the future of the University whie!i will require more than the 

 space now remaining unoccupied. The federation scheme had originated 

 from the financial necessities of the university and its application to the 

 2)rovincial legislature for aid. and its successful event now rendered such 

 aid more than ever imperative. But the story of what the legislature 

 has done for the University in this respect may be told in a separate 

 chapter. 



We may now return to the constittitional history of the University 

 under federation. The points to which exception had been taken by 

 Victoria in 1885 were five in number and these were substantially the 

 ■objections taken by Trinity and which at the time prevented her en- 

 trance. The question of compensation for loss by removal had been 

 dropped, and was relieved by the grant of a site in the park, and by the 

 subsequent purchase of the Cobourg property by the Government. The 

 permanency of the allotment of subjects lietween university and college 

 had been sa ti •^factor! ly adjusted. There still remained the question of 

 the permanent representation of the graduates on the Senate as college 

 bodies and not as a university whole ; and the permanence, and complete 

 equality of the arts colleges in the federation. What was desired was 

 a complete university fusion and a federation of arts colleges in the 

 university on terms of perfect equality. The inequality appeared in the 

 common presidency and in the lack of definite distinction as to build- 

 ings and finances and in the relation cx-officio of the president of Uni- 

 versity College to the University Council; also in the employment of 

 a common registrar and other officers. 



The first step toward remedying these defects was taken in 189>$ 

 when the separate representation of the graduates of Victoria was 

 extended for an additional six years. In the meantime the possibility 

 of the permanence of several art colleges in a common university had 

 become apparent to all, and in the year 1900 a movement was com- 



