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increased stipend for the professors which would 

 permit them to save enough to retire upon ; and, in 

 view of the small sum, ;£^200 a year, which the Uni- 

 versity is able to pay to its pension fund, such an 

 increase cannot be said to be unreasonable. In law, a 

 new post for the teaching of jurisprudence, or of juris- 

 prudence combined with Roman law, is the chief 

 requirement. The teaching of Latin and Greek is 

 largely and effectively supplemented by the provision 

 made by the colleges, but the demand for a professor- 

 ship instead of a readership in classical archaeology 

 cannot be called extravagant, while it is little short of 

 scandalous that the University possesses no professor, 

 and can make no permanent provision for the study of 

 ancient philosophy. 



The teaching of Oriental languages is perhaps more 

 dependent than that of any other subject on the self- 

 sacrificing generosity of the staff. Though but a 

 nominal stipend and a nominal duty attach to his 

 chair, the Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic volun- 

 tarily undertakes a large share of the teaching. The 

 payment of the Talmudic reader, depending mainly on 

 the generosity of a private person, is guaranteed only 

 during the tenure of the present reader. The cost of 

 the colloquial teaching of spoken Arabic, Turkish, and 

 Persian by native instructors is guaranteed, and some- 

 times in part provided, by the Sir Thomas Adams 

 professor of Arabic. The professor of Chinese has 

 the inadequate stipend of ;£'2oo; and the professorship 

 terminates with the tenure of the present holder. 

 Apart from the necessity of providing teaching for 

 practical students, the proper care of the Chinese 

 library alone renders the permanence of the pro- 

 fessorship a necessity. There is no professor- 

 ship or readership of Japanese. The stipend of the 

 present lecturer in Persian is inadequate. Egypt- 

 ology is not provided for, although there is a fine 



