furtherance of the establishment of a Provincial University," and an attempt was made to conduct the Institution as a University, in pursuance of the Act of 1841. This union, however, came to an end in 1857.

In 1863 the College was re-organized under the following Act:

An Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College.

(Passed the 20th day of April, A. D. 1863.)

WHEREAS, it is expedient to extend the basis on which the said College is established, and to alter the constitution thereof, so as the benefits that may be fairly expected from its invested capital and its central position may, if possible, be realized, and the design of its original founders, as nearly as may be, carried out,

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly as follows:1. The Board of Governors now appointed, consisting of the Honorable William Young, the Honorable Joseph Howe, Charles Tupper, S. Leonard Shannon, John W. Ritchie, and James F. Avery, Esquires, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Governors of Dalhousie College, at Halifax, and shall have and exercise all usual powers and authorities as such, and have the title, control and disposition of the building on the Parade, at Halifax, and of the property and funds belonging to the said College, and held for the use thereof by the present Governors; and all vacancies at the Board shall be filled up on recommendation of the remaining members thereof by the Governor-in-Council; and any of the Governors shall be removable by the Governor-in-Council, at the instance of the Board of Governors.

2. Whenever any body of Christians, of any religious persuasion whatsoever, shall satisfy the Board that they are in a condition to endow and support one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, for any branch of literature or science, approved of by the Board, such body in making such endowment, to the extent of twelve hundred dollars a year, shall have a right, from time to time, for every chair endowed, to nominate a Governor to take his seat at the Board, with the approval of the Board of Governors and of the Governor-in-Council, and shall also have a right, from time to time, to nominate a Professor for such chair, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors; and in the event of the death, removal, or resignation of any person nominated under this section, the body nominating shall have power to supply the vacancy thus created.

3. The same right of nominating a Professor from time to time shall belong to any individual or number of individuals, who shall endow to the same extent and support a chair or professorship, and to the nominee of any testator by whose will a chair or professorship may be so endowed.

4. The Governors shall have power to appoint and to determine the duties and salaries of the President, Professors, Lecturers, Tutors, and other officers of the College, and from time to time to make statutes and bye-laws for the regulation and management thereof, and shall assemble together as often as they shall think fit, and upon such notice as to them shall seem meet, for the execution of the trust hereby reposed in them.

5. The said College shall be deemed and taken to be a University, with all the usual and necessary privileges of such institutions; and the students shall have liberty and faculty of taking the degrees of bachelor, master, and doctor, in the several arts and faculties at the

appointed times; and shall have liberty within themselves of performing all scholastic exercises for the conferring of such degrees, and in such manner as shall be directed by the statutes and bye-laws.

6. No religious tests or subscriptions shall be required of the professors, scholars, graduates, students, or officers of the College.

7. The internal regulation of the said College shall be committed to the Senatus Academicus, formed by the respective chairs or professorships thereof, subject in all cases to the approval of the Governors.

8. The Legislature shall have power, from time to time, to modify and control the powers conferred by this Act.

9. The Acts heretofore passed in relation to Dalhousie College are hereby repealed, except the Act passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled, “An Act authorizing the lending of a sum of money to the Governors of Dalhousie College, and for securing the re-payment thereof."

This Act was afterwards amended by the following Acts :— An Act to Amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College.

(Passed the 6th day of May, A. D. 1875.)

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly as follows:

1. The present Board of Governors, consisting of nine persons, shall be increased to a number not exceeding fifteen; and the Board shall be filled up by new nominations made on the same principle as set forth in the first section of the Act hereby amended; and any of the Governors shall be removable, as heretofore, by the Governor-inCouncil.

2. The Governors shall have power to affiliate to Dalhousie College any other colleges desirous of such affiliation, or any schools in arts, in theology, in law, or in medicine, and to make statutes for such affiliations, and for the regulation and management thereof, on the same principles as obtain in other Universities, and to vary and amend such statutes from time to time. Provided always, that such statutes of affiliation, before they go into effect, shall be submitted to and receive the sanction of the Governor-in-Council.

3. So much of chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, "An Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," or of any other Act, as is inconsistent with this Act, is repealed.

An Act to Provide for the Organization of a Law Faculty in connection with Dalhousie College, and for other purposes.

(Passed the 14th day of April, A. D. 1881.)

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Assembly, as follows:

1. The Governors of Dalhousie College, at Halifax, shall, in addition to the powers conferred on them by section 2 of chapter 27 of the Acts of 1875, entitled, "An Act to Amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," have power to organize a Faculty of Law in connection with such College; and to appoint professors or lecturers in law, and out of the revenues of the College to provide for the maintenance and support of such Faculty, and to make rules for the regulation and management of such Faculty, and for

the granting of degrees in law on the same principles as obtain in other universities, and to vary and amend such rules from time to time.

2. Section 3 of chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, "An Act for the regulation and support of Dalhousie College," is amended by adding the words "and governor" after the word "professor" in the said section, and any individual who has hitherto endowed a chair or chairs in the College shall have a right to nominate a governor for each chair endowed, in the same way as if section 3 aforesaid had been originally passed as now amended.

3. Section 1 of the said chapter 27 of the Acts of 1875 is amended by adding the words " provided, however, that in the event of any body of Christians, individual, or number of individuals, endowing and supporting one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, as provided by sections 2 and 3 of the Act hereby amended, and of such body of Christians or individuals nominating a professor or governor by virtue thereof, the number of Governors may be increased beyond fifteen, but such increase shall be limited to the number of such chairs or professorships as may after the passing of this Act be founded by virtue of the said sections 2 and 3.

In pursuance of the Act of 1863, the Presbyterian Church. of the Lower Provinces closed their College, and agreed to support two chairs in this University; the Synod of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland founded one chair; and the College opened in 1864, under the Principalship of Rev. James Ross, D. D., and with an Arts Faculty of six Professors.

In 1868 a Faculty of Medicine was organized, which in 1875 developed into the Halifax Medical College.

In 1883 a Faculty of Law was added.

In addition to the members of the present staff, the following have occupied Professorial Chairs in the College between the dates and in the subjects set opposite their names :

REV. THOMAS MCCULLOCH, D. D., 1838-43, Moral Philosophy, Logic and Rhetoric.

REV. ALEXANDER ROMANS, 1838-42, Classics.

REV. JAMES MCINTOSH, 1838-44, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. REV. FREDERICK TOMKINS, M. A., (Lond.,) 1856-7, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.

REV. GEORGE CORNISH,* B. A., (Lond.,) 1856-7, Classics.

THOMAS MCCULLOCH, 1863-5, Natural Philosophy.

JOHN JAMES MACKENZIE, M. A., Ph. D., 1877-79, Physics.

HERBERT A. BAYNE,† M. A., Ph. D., F. R. S. C., 1877-79, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Analysis.

JAMES DEMILL, A. M., 1866–80, Řhetoric and History.

REV. DAVID HONEYMAN, D. C. L., F. S. A., F. R. S. C., 1878-83, Geology and Palæontology.

→ Now Professor of Classics, McGill College, Montreal.

+ Now Professor of Chemistry, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.

Benefactors of the University.

In 1879, GEO. MUNRO, ESQ., of New York, a native of this Province, placed in the hands of the Governors the funds necessary for the endowment of a Professorship of Physics. In 1881, he estab lished a Professorship of History and Political Economy. In 1882, he founded a chair of English Language and Literature. In 1883, he added to the staff of the College a Professor of Constitutional and International Law, and Tutors in Classics and in Mathematics. This year he has founded a Professorship of Metaphysics. Since 1880, he

has provided the University with Exhibitions and Bursaries, to the amount of $45,700, which, according to his own desire, have been so offered for competition as to stimulate to greater activity and efficiency the High Schools and Academies of Nova Scotia and the neighboring Provinces.

The Governors desire to place on permanent record their high sense of Mr. Munro's enlightened public spirit, and their gratitude to him for the munificent manner in which he has come to their help in the work of building up an unsectarian University in Nova Scotia.

To connect the donor's name for all time with the benefits thus conferred both on the University and on his native country, the chairs which he has founded shall be called the GEORGE MUNRO CHAIRS of PHYSICS, of HISTORY AND POLITIAL ECONOMY, of ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, of CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, and of METAPHYSICS respectively.

THE following is an extract from the will of the late ALEXANDER MCLEOD, ESQ., of Halifax :

"All the residue of my Estate I give and bequeath to the Governors of Dalhousie College or University in the City of Halifax in Trust that the same shall be invested and form a fund to be called the McLeod University Fund, and the interest and income of which shall be applied to the endowment of three or more professorial chairs in said College as they may deem proper; but this bequest is made upon these conditions, namely, that if at any time the said College or University should cease to exist, or be closed for two years, or be made a sectarian college, then and in any such case, the said Fund and all accumulations thereof shall go to the said Synod of the Maritime Provinces of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, to be used for the purposes of higher education in connection with the said Synod, and it is further stipulated that no part of this Fund shall ever be used, either by the said Governors of Dalhousie College or by the said Synod, as a collateral security under any circumstances

whatever.

THE following donations have been made to the Endowment Fund :-Hon. Sir Wm. Young, W. J. Stairs, Esq., Hon. Stayley Brown, John Gibson, Esq., John P. Mott, Esq., Wm. P. West, Esq., Thos. A. Ritchie, Esq., and Hon. Robt. Boak, $1000 each; Adam Burns, Esq., Peter Jack, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, Prof. Lawson and Alex. McLeod, Esq., $500 each; and D. C. Fraser, B. A., $100.

BENEFACTORS.

THE following donations were made between 1870 and 1875 to meet current expenses :-Rev. Principal Grant, D. D., Sandford Fleming, C. M. G., John Doull, Esq., and W. J. Stairs, Esq., $200 each; Hon. Sir Wm. Young, The Medical Faculty, and Hon. R. Boak, $160 each; J. F. Avery, Esq., M. D., $150; Adam Burns, Esq., $125; Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, Rev. Principal Ross, Prof. G. Lawson, Prof. J. Johnson, Prof. J. DeMill, Prof. Jas. Liechti, John S. Maclean, Esq., James Thomson, Esq., Robt. Morrow, Esq., John Stairs, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, Jos. Northup, Esq., B. H. Collins, Esq., Alex. McLeod, Esq., J. Donaldson, Esq., A. K. Mackinlay, Esq., T. A. Ritchie, Esq., Edwd. Smith, Esq., and R. H. Skimmings, Esq., $100 each; Hon. Judge Ritchie, Prof. C. Macdonald, J. W. Carmichael, Esq., C. D. Hunter, Esq., Jas. Scott, Esq., Major-General Laurie, J. J. Bremner, Esq., Messrs. Lawson, Harrington & Co., and J. P. Mott, Esq., $80 each; Hon. S. L. Shannon and G. P. Mitchell, Esq., $60 each; W. H. Neal, Esq., R. W. Fraser, Esq., J. B. Duffus, Esq., G. Thomson, Esq., and Peter Jack, Esq., $50 each; with smaller sums amounting to $1289.

THE following donations have been made for the purpose of providing scientific apparatus:-Hon. Sir Wm. Young, $500; Prof. J. G. MacGregor, $200; The Alumni Association, $150; W. J. Stairs, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, Thos. Bayne, Esq., Alex. McLeod, Esq., John Macnab, Esq., W. P. West, Esq., J. F. Avery, M. D., and Hon. Robt. Boak, $100 each; Hon. J. W. Ritchie, Messrs. Doull & Miller, Robt. Morrow, Esq., Peter Jack, Esq., J. S. Maclean, Esq., Thos. A. Brown, Esq., Messrs. Esson & Co., Jas. Thomson, Esq., John Gibson, Esq., Prof. Lawson, and a Friend, $50 each; with smaller sums amounting to $645.

THE following donations have been made towards fitting up the Gymnasium:-F. B. Chambers, Esq., $50; Hon. Sir Wm. Young, John Doull, Esq., J. F. Stairs, Esq., M. P., Jas. Forrest, B.A., A. H. McKay, B.A., W. M. Doull, Esq., A. Lippincott, B.A., Rev. D. H. Smith, B.A., H. McD. Henry, Esq., Messrs. Doull & Ross, R. Sedgewick, B.A., D. C. Fraser, B.A., and J. G. MacGregor, M.A., $10 each; with smaller sums amounting to $34.

THE following donations have recently been made to assist in meeting current expenses :--Hon. Sir Wm. Young, $200; Hon. A. G. Jones, John Doull, Esq., J. S. Maclean, Esq., Rev. Prof. Forrest, Thos. Bayne, Esq., John Macnab, Esq., and John Gibson, Esq., $100 each; Rev. J. MacMillan, B. D., Jas. Scott, Esq., and J. F. "Avery, M. D., $50 each; A. K. Mackinlay, Esq., and J. J. Bremner, Esq., $40 each; Jos. Seeton, Esq., Robt. Seeton, Esq., and W. L. Lowell, Esq., $20 each.

THE Rev. Wm. McCulloch, D. D., of Truro, has recently presented to the College the Museum of his late brother, Thomas McCulloch, Professor of Natural Philosophy in this College. It contains a large and valuable collection of birds, especially of the native birds of the Maritime Provinces; collections of shells, fossils, minerals and rock specimens, made in part by Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D. D., the first President of this College; and a large collection of dried specimens of native plants. The Museum is to be maintained as a separate collection, to be called the McCulloch Collection; and for that purpose there is presented with the Museum a fund of $1400 for its maintenance and enlargement.

The Rev. H. A. Robertson has presented to the College a collection of articles illustrating the Ethnology of the New Hebrides Islands.