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portunity of at once removing such a stigma upon 
the government. The salaries, moreover, thus voted 
to the professors, at one at least, if not at both, of 
our universities are, with two exceptions, so small, 
as to be quite paltry.* It is probable, however, that 
there may be local or unexplained reasons for this 
inequality with which I am unacquainted. 
(266.) It will be seen from a letter by the Rev. 
T. Newcome, M.A., printed in the Appendix, that 
the average amount of this tax upon learning may 
be fairly estimated at 5000/. annually: while the 
sum allowed by the nation to the professors is only 
2000/., leaving a profit to the government of 30001. 
a year, drawn from the purse of parents, gene- 
rally not rich, and mostly possessed only of life 
incomes, and of those whose industry and talent 
alone support the reputation of our universities. 
Now, all that is required from the government is 
the transfer of the proceeds of this tax into the 
university chest, for the purpose of paying their own 
professors, and managing their own concerns. The 

* According to the Cambridge Calendar they are as foi- 
lows: — 





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Civil Law ss ‘ ~- d40 
Physic - e- - 40 
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pia ee Greek uid - - 40 
Professor of Chemistry “ = = 160 
-~————— Modern History - - 400 
—_——_—- Botany “ aii> eee 
——_—__——— Mineralogy - > - 100 
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