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liberality of the people continued for nearly fifty years, and
whereas any Legislative measure dealing with University
education should be a comprehensive one, and whereas it
would be injurious to the best interests of the Province if all means
of obtaining a practical scientific education were centralized in
Toronto, as well as opposed to the spirit of our institutions and particularly
of our education system.

Whereas this section of the province requires a School of
Pradtical Science for the development of its mining, manufacturing,
mechanical, agricultaral, shiphing, chemical and other interests, and
whereas such schools can be carried on most economically and most
efficiently in a University City because instruction can be obtained
in such fundamental subjects, as mathematics astronomy, physics,
chemistry and modern languages and natural history, without
direct cost to the government, and at a saving of time and expense
to the young men who desire to obtain that thorough training by
which the country as a whole is benefited, as may be seen proved
by the comparatively small cost of the Toronto School of Science in
the past because of its contiguity to University College.

Therefore, be it resolved, that this Council respectfully memorializes
the Government of the Province of Ontario to take steps to
establish in Kingston, in connection with and as part of its
educational policy, an institution in which instruction shall
be given in mining and metallurgy, analytical and applied
chemistry, engineering civil and mechanical, and
generally in the applications of Science to the mechanic

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