Addendum to the Second Edition.

University.

The Melbourne University was established under a special Act of the Victorian Legislature, which was assented to on the 22nd January, 1853. This Act provides for its endowment by the payment of £9000 annually out of the general revenue; also, that no religious test shall be administered to any one to entitle him to be admitted to the rights and privileges of the institution; also, for the appointment of a council, consisting of twenty members, of whom sixteen, at least, must be laymen, and for the election by them, out of their own body, of a chancellor and a vice-chancellor; also, for the constitution of a senate, to be presided over by a warden, as soon as the superior degrees should amount to not less than 100. This number was reached in 1867, and the senate was constituted on the 14th of June of that year. By the Act of Incorporation, the council were empowered to grant degrees in arts, medicine, laws, and music, to which degrees in surgery were added by a subsequent statute. Royal letters-patent, under the sign-manual of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, were issued on the 14th March, 1859, declaring that all degrees granted, or thereafter to be granted, by the Melbourne University should be recognised as academic distinctions and rewards of merit, and should be entitled to rank, precedence, and consideration in the United Kingdom, and in British colonies and possessions throughout the world, just as fully as if they had been granted by any University in the United Kingdom. The foundation-stone was laid on the 3rd July, 1854, and the building was opened on the 3rd October of the Mowing year. On the 22nd March, 1880, the University was thrown open to females, and they can now be admitted to all its corporate privileges, except the study of medicine. Affiliated to the University is a college in connection with the Church of England, and one in connection with the Presbyterian Church. The latter is called the Ormond College, after Mr. Francis Ormond, who contributed £10,000 towards its erection and £2500 towards its endowment. The University Hall, which is now being built at a cost of £40,000, is to be called the Wilson Hall, after Sir Samuel Wilson, M.L.C., who contributed the greater portion of the funds for its erection. From the opening of the University to the end of 1879, 1325 students matriculated and 594 degrees were granted, of which 373 were direct and 221 ad eundem. The students who matriculated in 1879 numbered 112, and the graduates in the same year numbered 65.