Excerpt from Calendar of the University of Sydney: For the Year 1902 The university or sydney was incorporated by an Act of the Colonial Legislature, which received the Royal Assent on the lat of October, 1850. The objects set forth in the preamble are The advancement of religion and morality and the promotion of useful knowledge. By this Act it is empowered to confer, after examination, Degrees in Arts, Law and Medicine, and is endowed with an annual income of 5000. Since 1882 this endowment has been supplemented by annual Parliamentary grants for the general purposes of the University, the amount voted for 1901-1902 being 4000, and also by grants for special purposes. By the University Extension Act of 1884 the Senate is empowered to give instruction, and to grant such Degrees and Certificates in the nature of Degrees as it shall think fit, in all branches of knowledge, except Theology and Divinity. The surge Act admits women to all University privileges equally wit men. The various Acts of Parliament relating to the University and Colleges have been superseded by the Consolidating Act 64 Victoria, No. 22. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.