XIV. S. H. BARRACLOUGH. 



The sections of their report at present published have 

 created a widespread interest, and evoked much discussion. 

 As was to be expected, the conclusions arrived at have not 

 been unanimously accepted in every detail, but there can 

 be no doubt as to the marked service which the commis- 

 sioners have already rendered to the community. With 

 the appearance of the third and final section of their report 

 dealing with technical and industrial education, which I 

 believe now is practically set up in type, it is not unreason- 

 able to hope that a very genuine effort will be made towards 

 putting the educational system of the community upon such 

 a basis that in course of time will make us worthy to rank 

 with the at present better educated nations of the world. 



SIR P. N. RUSSELL'S SECOND GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY. 



It is most proper when recording recent educational 

 developments in Australia, before a society such as this, 

 which is directly interested in the engineering and industrial 

 progress of the community, that I should refer to the recent 

 gift by Sir Peter Nicol Russell of a second sum of £50,000, 

 to be added to the original gift of the same amount, for the 

 purpose of endowing the School of Engineering within the 

 University of Sydney. In making this gift, Sir Peter has 

 shown himself to be a patriot in the truest sense, for 

 although now long resident out of Australia he is evidently 

 far from forgetting the land in which he achieved such 

 great success, and where for many years he was so honor- 

 ably connected with the industrial development of the 

 colony. He sets a worthy example which we can hope 

 will be imitated by many others similarly circumstanced. 

 His action is in striking contrast to that of some, who 

 having found health and fortune in this part of the world 

 have retired to selfishly enjoy their wealth in the Old 

 Land, and to judge by their words and actions are uncon- 

 scious of any responsibility towards a country which even 



