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those periods of prosperity when the Treasury could 

 afford to be generous without having to place fresh 

 burdens on the taxpayer. Whatever the claims of 

 university education to further assistance, they must 

 wait further development until the finances of the 

 country are in an easier position. Beyond what he 

 had stated, it would be impossible to make in the next 

 financial year further large contributions to univer- 

 sity education. He thought that it would be of some 

 assistance if universities would meanwhile consider 

 to what extent they were willing to come under 

 control if they received grants, to what extent the 

 State was to have a voice in fixing the fees of students, 

 and to what extent it was to direct or influence 

 teaching, whether it was to allocate its assistance to 

 promote special branches of study, or whether it was 

 desired to make every university complete in itself.' 



1904-5. The Council conveyed to the Secretary 

 of State for the Colonies two long memoranda en- 

 larging upon the desirability of organising a central 

 meteorological department for the British Empire. 



1905-6. (Matters taken up with Government 

 authorities, arising out of the meeting in South Africa 

 in 1905, are dealt with in Chapter IV, p. 129.) 



1907-8. A resolution passed by the Sections 

 of Education and Anthropology had its sequel in the 

 issue by the Board of Education of a minute recom- 

 mending a system of anthropometric observation of 

 children in elementary schools. 



1909-10. (Matters taken up with Government 

 authorities, arising out of the meeting in Winnipeg 

 in 1909, are dealt with in Chapter IV, p. 132.) 



1910-14. The Council endeavoured without suc- 

 cess to secure a reduction in the price of certain maps 



