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the Trust, particularly as regards the promotion of scientific 

 study and research. Prof. Soddy pointed out that, by 

 a reasonable interpretation of the Trust Deed, the primary 

 purpose of the income from one-half of Mr Carnegie's 

 gift was the encouragement of scientific study and 

 research, including medicine, and that history and other 

 subjects cognate to a commercial and technical education 

 were to be regarded as ancillary beneficiaries ; while the 

 other subjects of a classical education were entirely 

 excluded from participating in the fund. He showed, 

 however, that in the case of the University of Aberdeen 

 only 23 per cent, of the grants made had been allocated 

 to the primary object, while 46 per cent, had been devoted 

 to the ancillary object, and 19 per cent, to the objects 

 which, in so far as they are not illegitimate, are ancillary. 

 Up to September 1913, the Universities of Edinburgh 

 and Glasgow had each received more than 60 per cent, 

 of the total sums for the primary purpose of the fund, 

 but the quinquennial distribution since then had been 

 allocated to buildings chiefly for Arts accommodation, 

 as well as for departments of science. As regards St 

 Andrews and Dundee, the position of the allocation of 

 funds in the main has been between that of Dundee on 

 the one hand and Edinburgh on the other. Of the total 

 amount spent by the Trustees up to the end of September 

 1915, about 14 per cent, has been expended on a research 

 scheme independently of the grants made to the Uni- 

 versities. This has been spent mainly in providing 

 Research Scholarships and Fellowships, and grants for 

 research instruments objects excellent in themselves, 

 but more or less preliminary to the fostering of research. 

 The main point put forward by Professor Soddy is that 

 the funds of the Trust are not in general being applied 

 to the specific purposes for which they were intended, 

 and are used for general University needs, and to provide 

 buildings and endowments for Arts subjects, instead of 

 the promotion of scientific study and research. In support 

 of this contention, definite facts were stated which seemed 



