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226 Cniversity College, Galway.
By the Irish Universities ,\ct the annual Parliamentar
J grant to the College is £12,000. Subsequently
the Treasury decided to ,increase that grant by £2,000,
if, and so long as, the County Councils of Connacht
and Clare made an annual grant of at least £1,500 to
the College. In 1913 the County Councils of Connacht
agreed to make this grant. At present the College
receives annually £14,000 from the Treasury, and
f: 1 ,500 from the County Councils of Connacht.
Since the foundation of Cniversity College, Galway....,-
11) The number of students on the roll is increasing
yearly, and the number of Connacht students
has more than trebled.
1:2) The number of Professors, Lecturers, and
.\ssistants in every faculty, but notably in the
Faculty of Medicine, has been substantially
increased.
(0) Two uew Faculties have been established-the
Faculties of Science and of Commerce.
\4) Two new departments have been formed-the
Departments of Education and of Agriculture.
"(5) .\ new building has been erected at a cost of
£6,000.
(6) An additional Chemistry Laboratory has been
provided, and the equipment of every Laboratory
has been improved.
(7) A building has been purchased for the College
Union.
James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway