of a School of Mines in ConvwalL 145 



accurate means of judging; but I think with due attention to 

 oeconomy, in a country where building materials are cheap, all 

 this might be done for about 6000/. 



I conceive that adequate professors might be had at salaries 

 of 200/. per ann. each, allowing them houses and the rio-ht 

 of making some other use of their time imder proper restric- 

 tion ; it being also provided that the money subscribed by the 

 students should be paid to the professors. 



I would propose that these contributions by the working 

 students should be very moderate, and the whole fixed by the 

 governors : that each student should be allowed to subscribe 

 to such lectures as he might prefer, and that the sum should 

 be given to each particular professor exactly according to the 

 number of his auditors, that it might influence each'^in ren- 

 dering his instructions proper and efficient. I would not pro- 

 pose more than half-a-crown from each working student for 

 each course of lectures. The students of other classes might 

 pay much more, and the greater part of the sum collected from 

 them might go to the general account of the institution. The 

 courses of lectures should be long and in detail, and not more 

 than two courses should be given on one subject in the year ; 

 and students entering for a whole year, or for the whole series,' 

 should pay at even a lower rate, so that the cost of the instruc- 

 tion should not exceed a very moderate annual charge. 



Having made these observations, I will proceed to estimate 

 the current expenses of the institution for each year. 



Three professors 600 



Materials for lectures, stationery, &c. . . 60 



Purchase of books 40 



Additions to apparatus and repairs of do. 1 00 



Salary ofHbrarian (one of the professors) 20 



Poi'ter and housekeeper 60 



Repair of premises 50 



Collector and secretary 100 



1030 

 Contingencies 70 



iToo 

 6. The means of providing the Funds. — I cannot anticipate 

 any serious difficulty in this respect, when I consider the large 

 interests that, as it appears to me, will be benefited by such an 

 institution ; and I will venture to enumerate and classify those 

 wlio may be expected to contribute. The order of arrangement 

 I would propose would be that of benefit to be received, and 

 the amount of contribution I should consequently expect they 

 would offer. 



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