Fifth report of the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Fifth report of the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ACCOUNT A. The Owens College, Manchester. Return, as to the Finances of the College, to the Royal Commissioners on Scientific Instruction, &c. Available Assets for Buildings and Fittings. Cr. Dr. Liabilities (estimated on the 20th June 18/4 for the year ending 31st July 18/4). Amount paid for site in Oxford ] Less sums received for sale c engine and macliinery - Buildin frmaterials Land to Corporation Expended on new building to May 10th, 1874 Amalgamation expenses from Oct. 1st, 1871 to July Slat, 1873 Extension Committee expenses from Oct. 1st, 1871 to July 31st, 1873 85,322 11 C43 12 £114.048 Estimated sum still to be provided for buildings and fittings in existing contracts and for expenses - - 17,88G £131,934 IG 9 Transferred by trustees of J. Owens, 1st September 1871: Site in Oxford Road purchased by Exten- sion College .... £30,189 9 Expended in new buildings - - 17,031 2 Benefaction of Miss Brackenbury for Medical School Building. Part of 30,000^. held by Manchester Corporation 5,000 0 0 Cash in Bank of Heywood, Bros., & Co. - 12,277 8 3 Received from subscribers from September 1, 1871, to June 3,1874 Interest accruing on Brackenbury Fund to July 31, 1873, Medical Scliool Building - - (54.497 19 10 29,782 10 3 Subscriptions yet to come in - Deficiency - 22,049 4 1 £131,934 10 9 ACCOUNT B. The Owens College, Manchester. Retukn, as to the Finances of the College, to the Royal Commissioners on Scientific Instruction, &c. Dr. Income. (Estimated on the 20th June 1874 (for the year ending 31st July 1874). Expenditure. Cr. permanent income available for general objects of College :— £ s. d. £ s. d. Nett dividends on stocks - 3,195 14 0 Nett dividends on mortgage bonds 553 0 0 Cobden Professorship Fund - 60 0 0 Engineering Fund (Professorship) 380 0 0 Ashbury Fund, Drawing - 120 0 0 Do. Engineering - 81 0 0 Geological Professorship Fund - 126 13 7 Law do. - 60 0 0 Shuttleworth History Prize Fimd 3 4 0 4,579 11 7 Students' fees and Locker fees :— Day students £4,978 18 6 Evening students Locker fees 5,931 7 6 18 17 6 Transfers from special funds applicable this year, but not necessarily in future years : — Brackenbury Professorship Fund for apparatus - . _ 400 0 0 Philosophical Apparatus Fund - 26 11 0 Workshops'fund - - • 9615^0 Temporary endowments from annual subscriptions which'must be regarded as precarious, and other precarious incomes:— Rentals from property - - 12 8 0 Temporary endowments - - 816 3 6 University of London local ex- aminations, balance of fees and expenses - - - 89 5 0 Balance ■ (17 16 6 !98 6 9 £14,269 5 10 Balance from last year - _ . - - Transfer to India stock reserve fund (sinking fund) Annuitant under the will of John Owens Educational staff:— Professors - - . - 3,803 4 6 Lecturers and Assistants- - 1,324 16 5 Shareoffees- - - - 3,854 0 10 Permanent annual charges, departmental ex- penses :— Natural Philosophy Department Engineering Department Chemical do. Natural History do. £ s. 56 5 29 10 19 15 Physiological Geological Library Prizes - Arts Classes - do. 398 0 161 0 318 12 75 11 160 0 12 14 176 9 175 9 1,477 17 General management expenses :— Salaries and wages ; rates and taxes ; coal, gas, and water ; advertising and printing ; &c. &c. ------ - 3,( Special grants to departments, extraordinary for apparatus, &c.: — Physiological Department - 400 0 0 Workshops, tools, and fittings - 103 11 8 Special expenses connected with removE opening . - _ - . and £14,269 5 10 Medic.\L Dr. Income. £ s. d. Balance from last year - - - - 527 6 0 Brackenbury Professorship Fund - - - 20O 0 0 Fees received from, students .... 1,593 19 0 ^A portion of these fees are to cover fiiture sessions.) £2,321 5 0 School. Expenditure. Cr, £ s. d. Lecturers, salaries, and wages, rents, rates and taxes, coal, and gas, &c. - - - 1,735 4 5 Balance - - - - - 586 0 7 £2,321 5 0 34604. E