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NATURE 
[AuGUST 15, 1912 
The tabular matter which is contained in the 
volumes gives full information as to the income and 
expenditure of the institutions concerned. To make 
a comparison with the reports of previous years easily 
possible, the data concerning the medical schools and 
other colleges receiving grants from the Board of 
Education in aid of technological and professional 
work, as explained above, are printed in italics in 
the tables and not -included in the reports. 
The following summaries of income and expendi- 
ture have been drawn up from the tables, and serve 
to bring out the resources of the institutions of higher 
education participating in the Treasury grant, and 
the way the available funds are expended. 
UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES, I9I0-IT. 
(1) ENGLAND. 
(a) Income. 
Amount Percentage 
4 of Total 
Fees 174,379 3187 
Endowments 80,973 14°7 
Donations and Subscriptions 500 24,287 44 
Annual Grants from Local Au- 
thorities ies 85,598 15°6 
Annual Grants from Exchequer 156,637 28°5 
Other Income oo 28,126 Gi 
Total (4550;000)!. <2. 10010 
(b) Expenditure. 
Amount Percentage 
bL of Total 
Administration ... ong 60, 182 10'S 
Provision and iteration of 
Buildings 2,419 o'4 
Maintenance 864 62,389 It‘l 
Educational ppvenses bod 373,985 66'S 
Superannuation .. 5 a 11,959 20 
Scholarships, etc. , from. Sources 
other than Trust Funds 9,877 1°8 
Other Expenses... 39,054 70 
Total £559,865 100°0 
(2) WaALEs. 
(a) Income. 
Amount Percentage 
& of Total 
Fees 16,547 25'°9 
Endowments - 4,486 ae 70 
Donations and Subscriptions 308 2,843 aos 4°4 
Annual Grants from Local Au- 
thorities 2 es 4,508 © yf 
Annual Grants from Exchequer 34,498 54°0 
Other Income 1,011 16 
Total £63,893 100°0 
(b) Expenditure. 
Amount Percentage | 
of Total 
Administration ... Bae sae 7,948 12°5 
Provision and _ Alteration of 
Buildings = — 
Maintenance 356 3-705 55 
Educational Expenses ... 45,852 71'8 
Superannuation ... 1,946 370 
Scholarships, &c., from < sources 
other than Trust Funds 970 aes 1°5 
Other Expenses... 3,466 530 54 
Total £63,887 100°0 
The committee appointed last summer to advise the 
chequer grants available for university education in 
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Board of Education as to the distribution: of Ex- | 
England and Wales directed attention to the import- 
ance of substantial endowments and the wide diverg- 
ence that exists in this respect between different 
institutions. This divergence is brought out by the 
figures given in the table from which the above 
summaries were made; thus, while Manchester re- 
ceives nearly 30 per cent. of its income from endow- 
ment, King’s College receives only about 1 per cent. 
Manchester and Liverpool together have nearly half 
the total income from the endowments of the uni- 
versities and university colleges in England which 
participate in the Exchequer grant. In considering 
the contribution made by local authorities, it is to be 
remembered that the London County Council con- 
tributes 10,0001. to the University of London, besides 
the various sums paid to the schools of the Uni- 
versity. 3001. of the amount is taken for the 
administrative expenses of the University, and the re- 
mainder is apportioned equally between the four 
faculties of arts, pure science, engineering, and 
economics, and is devoted towards the maintenance 
of certain professorships, readerships, and lecture- 
ships in these faculties. The city of Manchester, in 
addition to its contribution to the University, spends 
a large sum annually on the Municipal School of 
Technology. The figures do not include any part of 
the additional 50,o00l. voted for the financial- year 
IgII-12, since none of this increase was distributed 
until after the end of the period under review in the 
reports. In addition, the University of London re- 
ceived Soool., the University of Durham 2oool.,- and 
the University of Wales 55o0ol., in aid of administra- 
tive expenditure, which must otherwise have been met 
by the constituent colleges from other sources. 
The receipts from fees in England amounted to 
rather less than 32:per cent. of the total income, a 
decline of 1 per cent. compared with last year. The 
amount received from endowment was about the 
same as last year, namely, 15 per cent.; on the other 
hand, the receipts from local authorities have in- 
creased by 1 per cent. to 15-6. The total receipts of 
all kinds from the Exchequer remain about stationary 
at 28-5 per cent. In Wales, the income from fees in- 
creased slightly to 26 per cent.; a further growth is 
likely to be shown in future returns by reason of the 
substantial increase that has been made in the fees 
charged to all students entering Welsh colleges in 
t91t or later years. The percentage of the income 
derived from endowments and from local authorities 
is slightly greater than last year, while the receipts 
from the Exchequer remain about stationary at 54 
per cent. 
UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE. 
Mancuester.—By the will of Mr. John Hall the 
sum of 40,000l. is left in reversion to the University. 
During ‘the life of two nieces or the survivor of them, 
Mr. Hall’s residuary estate is to be accumulated at 
compound interest, and on the decease of the survivor 
the sum of 20,000l. is to be devoted to the founding 
of a Samuel Hall professorship in chemistry, and 
15,0001. to that of a Samuel Hall professorship in 
philosophy, it being directed that the holder of this 
professorship shall deliver once in each year a free 
public lecture on the study of philosophy past and 
present, to be called the ‘‘ Hall Oration on Philosophy.” 
This lecture is to be given in Owens College, Man- 
chester, and is to be of a popular character and suitable 
25001. has been left for not less 
than two Samuel Hall scholarships in chemistry; and 
| 25001. for not more than two Samuel Hall scholarships i in 
