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ascertained, on account of the extra work required to com- 
plete the drainage, which was found to be in a very imperfect 
state ; but, as soon as it is received, it will be laid before the 
Council, and their sanction asked for the payment of the same. 
“ The furnishing of the house, as far as you will this evening 
perceive it has proceeded, has been accomplished within the 
sum allowed, namely £150. 
“ A messenger has been engaged. 
“ The directions of the House Committee have been carried 
out, both by the surveyor and builder, very satisfactorily ; 
some of the minor details of the arrangements remain to be 
completed w hen the Council may think fit to order the same. 
E. N. Gabriel, 
(Secretary to the Committee.”) 
“January 25, 1854” 
Prof. Simonds objected to the appointment of a messenger, 
at an expense of £40, thinking that the services required by 
the Council might be obtained for a much less sum. 
The Secretary said, the Council had received and adopted 
tw T o reports from the House Committee, in which the ap- 
pointment of a messenger, at a salary of l6<s. per week, was 
recommended, and without which the residence of the Col- 
lege could not be kept in that order, nor could the members 
receive that attendance they had a right to expect. As, how- 
ever, such an appointment added considerably to his (the 
Secretary’s) convenience, ra v ther than the Council should 
suppose that he w ished to take the least advantage of any 
opportunity of the kind that might offer, he proposed to give 
up £10 a year (in addition to the £30 relinquished by him 
towards the rent) in part payment of the messenger’s salary. 
Prof. Simonds w T as perfectly satisfied with such an arrange- 
ment. 
Mr. StocMey thought that, for so trifling a sum as £ 10 a year, 
the Secretary’s offer should not be accepted, and that the 
Council should pay the full amount of the salary. 
Mr. Pritchard thought so too, and that if the place w r as not 
w r orth a servant of 1 6 s. a w eek, it w 7 as of no use to the College. 
Mr. Ernes said, he thought the Secretary’s offer should be 
accepted, as it added to his comfort, and saved expense to 
the College. 
Mr. Robinson considered the offer of the Secretary a very 
liberal one, and trusted it would unanimously be accepted. 
The Secretary’s offer was received and registered. 
On the motion of Mr. Ernes , seconded by Prof. Simonds , the 
House Committee’s Report was unanimously received. 
The Secretary read the Treasurer’s Report, showing a ba- 
lance in hand of SI Si. 19s., and stated, that supposing the 
