per  annum  which  is  necessary  to  place  the
higher  education  in  our  provincial  towns
upon  a  satisfactory  footing.  Another  ques-
tion of  great  importance  for  the  future  is
that  of  the  development  of  these  institu-
tions into  provincial  universities,  i.e.  bodies
with  the  power  of  granting  degrees.  It  is
a  question  hedged  round  with  many  diffi-
culties. On  the  one  hand  the  present  posi-
tion of  affairs  is  no  doubt  unsatisfactory  :
in  the  examinations  of  the  University  of
London,  for  which  students  have  to  enter
in  order  to  get  degrees,  the  professors  of
these  colleges  have  no  official  voice  or  part.
