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your information that one of the managers of the Institution saw Mr. Sutcliffe and also Mr. Atkinson, and the latter told him that although he had objections to the course proposed, still he had made up his mind not to oppose the application. If it should be urged at the Syndicate that the character of the instruction to be imparted in the Institution would be inferior inasmuch as the instructive staff would enlist exclusively of natives, I would take the liberty to remind you that the Sanskrit College, which teaches up to the B. A. Standard, has an exclusively native staff, and that our Professors would be drawn from the same class of men. We feel confident, that native Professors, if selected with care and judgment, would be found quite competent, but should we from experience feel the necessity of entertaining an English Professor for instruction in the English language in which alone English aid might be necessary, we would certainly employ one—our object, it is needless for me to mention, is the good of the Institution and we will spare no means to accomplish it. I believe there is a desire in certain quarters to know the scale of pay we will allow to our Professors, that is a matter I submit, between the employer and the employee, and the affiliation rules, so far as I can understand them, do not require such details. It will be our aim to combine efficiency with economy, and as I have spent, I may say, my whole life in managing schools, I hope you will