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in their respective departments. There are twelve 

 University readers (or sub -professors). The new 

 statutes contemplated for a reader the salary of ;^400 a 

 year, but, owing to the inadequacy of the University 

 income, none receives more than ;f 300, and in several 

 cases only ;£'ioo is paid. There are fifty-three Uni- 

 versity lecturers whose stipends range from ;^2oo a 

 year to £^0, and it is melancholy to note how many of 

 these receive the lower sum, without any assistance 

 from endowments, such as fellowships or the like. 

 There are thirteen University teachers, almost all of 

 them appointed by the Board for Indian Civil Ser- 

 vice studies, and occupied, in the main, in teaching 

 eastern dialects; and there are forty-four demon- 

 strators, curators, and superintendents of museums, 

 whose stipends range from ;^200 a year to nothing 

 at all. 



The incomes of some of these gentlemen are supple- 

 mented by fellowships, of others by a share of lecture 

 fees ; a few, too, may hold two such offices as curator 

 and lecturer simultaneously. But, when the addition 

 from all sources (about ;£'8,ooo from fees or special 

 funds, and ;^i 3,000 from fellowships) has been made 

 to the annual sum (;£'9, 100) which the University has 

 to give, we arrive at a total of about ;^30,ooo, giving 

 the surprisingly low average income of £^250 a year 

 for any University teacher other than a professor. A 

 few of the older teachers may hold some college office 

 which adds a little to their income, but these are rare 

 exceptions. There are no resources from which these 

 incomes may be increased according to the service of 

 the holder, and there is practically no provision for 

 pension, except in the case of those teachers (less than 

 one-half of the whole number) who hold fellowships, 

 and may expect, after many years of service, to earn 

 the right to retain them permanently. 



In these circumstances it is not surprising that the 



