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 P4 TORONTO 
 
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 B„. AN- DfaR S.'» -7'"°X„e Toronto, to the resolut.oM o^ < ^^^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ 
 
 fully tWs question is d'«cu9«ea ^^^^ .^^ particular. ^^ ^t,, ,,„,,es 
 
 to otUerB at the sanie tu.c 'J^^^^^^.^^„ „f ^lis subject. ^ ^^ ^^^,.^ ^2, Account 
 
 less be necessary to lie fu ^^^^^^.^^^ !;; ^799 i acres of land, besides severa 
 
 in the Journals -^ ^^^^^^^^.^ ,f the Bursar, that '^^^'j ^^ ..,,,^, for Upper Canada 
 No. 7), it is stated, ""^^^^'I^'^^^^^J ,vere set apart as a ^^^^J "^^,„,,atorv department con- 
 block of laud m the City " .T«^«" °; ^^ ,,„,iaered now as only a prep ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,^^^ 
 Coltge. This College, or High Shool, on the same authority (No ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^ 
 teS -th llniver^ty Co eg. ^t . st^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^U,,03 ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ 
 expended, up to the •^\^\ J^ ^^^^^^ boarding-houses, o*^^^; J^.^^ to those unacquainted with 
 
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 income al-e..ly expcnW. On ^^^^^^ „ r°""' Llr^-^-'.""" W"J"'"""«;' 
 
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 ending .»afore»i1.-"°""*!^i:'„„„,;',f,„ .*r„897 ""• f ^.Z. ,' ,j, 3i. I« *« "7""' 
 „, ,.Lr. .#■« 'W;°^;:t ' ;.tvear(l«r,-), it »™°f; '° *"i.ovi„cial ehcst .«. though he 
 
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 institution, for »!.«' *« ^Jdont to Victoria College, -rth he j»0 ^^ ^,_^ jj„,„ , fy,,. 
 
 ,„ year, «ltl. the i!?;'" '^°'t™\toen,, long" ^^f"'" ^ 1^1. ng the'dono,mn«tlonal system, 
 
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 Reprinted as ami- 
 
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theological colleges professedly devoted to t)ie sectarian interests of the Roman Catholic Priesthood ? 
 The provei-b well says " None are so blind as those who will not see !" 
 
 But wo turn to the Provincial University Endowment Fund. IToro wo iind numificcnco on a 
 much liir^".?r scale. Of the broad field and woodlands of Canada, which, with so much delight and 
 iiationrfl priile we fY/// our own, 220,01/ acres were solemnly set ajjiirt to educate, in the higher 
 departnieiits of learnin<,', tlie tliousands born on tlio aoi! or brought to our shores. The cash re- 
 ceipts from the ale of tiioso lauds, on the 31st of December, 1857, anountcd to £220,53'! Os. lid. 
 Of that sum, to the snmn date, there had been expended :eLSS,2S0 I2a. 2(1. [i>753,]22 44 or 
 more tliiui tliree-(|nartfrs of a million of dollars.*] When to this amount is added the ]i\r<ro sums 
 expended in 185S and 185!), in completing and furnishing tlio new College bui'dings, fittiiKMip 
 the grounds, funiishing tlie museum, library, ,^c. &c., it will be seen that a large proportion of 
 that fund has been already disposed of. Was it ever the intention of the noble-minded men who 
 set that lanil apart for such a worthy purpose, to spend either ihe principal or interest in stone- 
 quarries or brick-yards— in paying architects or artisans— thus converting the ciuhirment fund 
 into a huihliHr/fuHd,n\u\ localizing and seetionalizing that which belonged to the whole community, 
 thereby depriving those portions of tlie coiuMninity, who found their building materials el< where, 
 of tlieir just proportion of tlio benelit arising from that endowment fund ?t 
 
 But it is not to tiiose buildings and grounds only that the young Canadian M-ill point in years 
 to come, as he says tiiat our pi'incely college endown\ent was needlessly squandered ; there arc 
 other ways in which, we are bold to say, that our magnificent fund is being frittered away. Let 
 
 'Squire W , whose letter c)f iiKjniry is now before me, take the items of expenditure for one 
 
 year e, ling as aforesaid, and judge for himself. They are as follows, copied from the Bursar's 
 '•Statement of Disbursements on account of Income Fund'" : — 
 
 Bursar's office .p,044 01) ; Law costs $049 25 
 
 TuLidciitiils.... 4,!»8!» »:> 
 
 8;d:uit'.s to Professors and others 28,52.) dO 
 
 Seliulaisliii.s 4,!)7.'} :<,'?, 
 
 Examiners 2,I(iO 00 
 
 Pi'izes ; 773 10 
 
 Advertisiuy 787 90 
 
 lus'uauee 407 59 
 
 Stationery 
 
 Fuel 
 
 Interest, kc. &c 
 
 Balance at debit of Observatory . 
 " " grounds' appropriation 
 
 2,304 OG 
 
 750 83 
 
 GO GO 
 
 5,020 13 
 835 20 
 
 *G1,431 8] 
 
 [Jn addition to^lhis ex|)enditi;re from the income fund, 8101,148 87 in 1857, and 8100,000, 
 as estimated in lS5s, wore transferred for building p>u-poses from the permanent endowment, be- 
 sides .^28,000 ir(jm the same capital fund for the library and museum ; thus irretrievably reducing 
 the origin.i endowment by these sums (S2:J2,II8), as well as by the building ami library expendi- 
 tures of the ciirn 111, year, which will probably amount to 8150,000 more, as originally estimated.] 
 i'"rom then' I'l'W items aione, the reader will see how the money is expemled. The Bursar's 
 oflice aione costs the country more than tiu'ce times the amount given that year to Victoria College, 
 with her 350 slmleiits. Nearly 85,( 00 were i)aid out in oik> year for " incidentals," being 82,000 
 moi'c than could l)e s|)ared for the College of Arts at Cobourj; or at Kingston. Does this look 
 
 * 'i'lu' rccciiit-^ aiiil I'xpen.Iiliii'o (if tlie UiiiviT.-ily, fniiu the 1jci,'iiiaiiit,' ct)nr> t(i the end '>f 1850, is given by tlie 
 linisai' in Appmiix No. JS (if ilie ApiiciKiix U^ tlie Jouniiils of the Hmiso of Assembly for 1857, as follows: Re- 
 ci'ipts, f:)sl,'.)5<i Ids. [or $l,o'J7,S-20] ; of tills sum, .':5s:i(),l.'!5 wore iiivestcil, and llie bilaiieo of f691,691 expended 
 in oiie way or iiiuiiIuT up to that diite. 
 
 f 'ihe aecomit of tlie biiildin;,' expenditure for 1S5S -estimated in 8trtteiiieiit Ko. 11 of the Appendix to the 
 Jounials fill' 3;',j7, at SJimmjuu— should have been given in the AjtpeMdix to the Journals for 1858, Xo. 50; but, 
 from profes>ed motives of eeenoniy, it in cntiralij om'Ulcd! Thus the jiublio are denie'' aceess in the only ofTioinl 
 manner provided for the piibli.Mtion of such information, to the accounts of the University and Upper C.uiada College 
 since 185T. K'ot even a clue is jriveii t.) the actual expenditure of these Provinehd institutions, j\lthougli thiee- 
 fonrths of the information given is about the Observatory — a mere b!nnch; while the accounts which are thus 
 kept scciet, are jji-ofessedly audited by the very Vice-Clmucellor who is one of the parties to this vast iiiul extravagant 
 expenditure, A very eouvcnient ;uid ccuuumic.il family arraiigcincnt, ecrtaiuly ! Who r.udits tlie Juditor, Mr. Witne^H? 
 
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 like fair play, economy, or rctrencliment '( Tlu> sum of J*5,7-1G can be given for acliolarsliips and 
 prizes (sironji; iiuluccnioiils llie.-n') lo eulicL- youny men lliere, and to flutlfi" tlie vanity of tlie vic- 
 torious in tlieir cluse [r] contest lor lionoi'ti, some of wliom liave lionestly admitted tliat they fidt 
 asliamed in bearing olV their honors, as tliey had no competitors ; and yet, when the claims of a 
 sister University are presented, we are told tliat the state of tlie iliiauces is such, that, living or 
 dyin", A'ictoria College need not expect an advance on i?;3,000, and even that may bo withheld. 
 One College receives 1^28,520 for salaries of Professors : it may not he too much ; bat if it he not 
 too much, then 1:53,000 is far too little to divide among the i'rDtVs n-s of anotlier College— one 
 which, at least, brings forth as good fruit, our euemies themselves being the judges. Let the 
 reader look at the item of stationery, only S2,;i91! nearly as mucU as our whole grant. To the 
 enormous outlay of other years we need nut now rel'er. 
 
 There is a fact, however, bearing directly here, whicli must be noticed. It is well known, iu 
 some circles at least, that a handsome sum (cpiite enough to relieve our embarra.-scd College), said 
 to be $-10,000,* was at one time appropriated from the College fund to nu et the embarrassments 
 of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Eailn.ad Company, although it was known, when that act was perpe- 
 trated, that the representatives of a cerlahi College were told that then' was no surplus fuiuls 
 from which they might receive aid. A railroad conipany could receive iissistance from the Provin- 
 cial College treasurv, to moot a i)resslug emergency; while a University holding a Provincial 
 charter, whose halls were well (illcd with students from all jiarts of the country, of all denomina- 
 nations' is coolly inlbrmed that, however liberal and patriotic her work- however crowded her halls 
 —or however strong her claim,— tlu're were no funds I The law of the laiuK more liberal th.ni its 
 iulministrators, provides for the division of surplus funds among other Colleges; but, at the rate of 
 expenditure here presented, the treasury is not likely soon to be burdened with surjjliis i'unds. 
 
 If, instead of spending that ,1:317,911 7s. Id. (or ujurcnh of one viilUon and a qttif/er of 
 (hilar.'!, from both the permanent endowment and inconui fuiuls), reported as having been spent in 
 the city of Toronto, the Governn;ent had encouraged the idea of one V liver.ity and several deno- 
 minational Colleges, uiuler the care and control of those by whom they wi're erected and iu part 
 sustained • each'ireed from sectarian tests and sectarian teachings ; each open to the inspection of 
 the Cu.ver'ument, and bouitd to make ollicial returns thereunto ; aiul each receiving from a general 
 fund iu proportion to the number of students of a certain age, or of certain prescribed hierary 
 attainments— we would now have, at a much less sacriiicc of n>eaus, a much more eilieient ami 
 ^atisfactory' provision for our higher educational interests. We would then have sometluug like 
 what has often been talked of as a model for this country. I mean the London University, ni 
 EiK'Iand There mi<,'htbe iu (Canada, as in England, one or mon' instilntions in numediate con- 
 nexion with the Church ol' England ; <me,as the Presbyterian College at Caermarthen ; and others, 
 .>s the Uoman Caiholie College at Oscott ; the Baptist College at Bristol; and the Wesleyan L..!- 
 le.re at Shellield. These are all institutions from which the London Cniversity is empowered to 
 receive certiiicates for degrees. Such a basis might be so guarded ami modille I as thoroughly to 
 liberalise the whole, without being unjust to any. Or, if the (;overnmeet chose rather to experi- 
 ment for a mnnlu.r of vears. at the public expense, with one College, and that one the darling ot 
 the Uuiversitv-the creature of the Government of the day,-let a Iix.mI amount be set apart, sut- 
 fleient with due economv, to meet the vi.>ws of those who desire a Government institution under 
 such cb-eumstances, aed let the remainder of the fund, IVom year t.. year, be l-;i-b^ ;-^;^ 
 among other C.dleges, in accordance with scuue rule of equity. J5ut let not one mstUut.on cat 
 un and squander the income of all. 
 
 Hoping that our lay iViends will take as their motto on this que.tio.W^ i'^^U d-^enssion and 
 
 ^•"'' l''''^''" I remain, yours tridy, 
 
 Cobourg, November 10th, 1850. AV. H. POOLE. 
 
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