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UNIVERSITIES (Colonial)

Volume 21 · 239 words · 1860 Edition

COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES.

The following is a list of the universities and colleges established Colonial in the British colonies. In Canada West are the University of Toronto, under the government of a chancellor, vice-chancellor, and a council consisting of twenty-four members; and, in affiliation with it, University College, with a president, a vice-president, and ten professors. The University of Trinity College, Toronto, with a council and seven professors; the University of Queen's College, Quebec, now conducted by a board of trustees and thirteen professors; and Victoria College, Cobourg, with a senate, a board of trustees, and seventeen professors and tutors. In Canada East are McGill's College, Montreal, an incorporation consisting of the governors, principal, and fellows, and conducted by twenty-four professors; and the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, with a president, vice-president, chancellor, vice-chancellor, a board of trustees, and four professors. All these institutions have the power of conferring degrees. Besides these, there are in Toronto, Toronto School of Medicine, in affiliation with the university; Knox's College, a divinity school belonging to the Free Church of Scotland; Canadian Congregational Theological Institute; Divinity Hall of the United Presbyterian Synod, &c. &c. There are, besides, King's College at Fredericton, New Brunswick; and King's College at Windsor, and Dalhousie College at Halifax, Nova Scotia; all having the privilege of conferring degrees. A university has been established at Sydney, in New South Wales, and another at Melbourne, in Victoria or Port Phillip. FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES.