ty. The university statutes of Queen Elizabeth were only
replaced in 1858. The statutes as revised by a commission in that year
were soon found to require emendation; in 1872 another commission was
appointed, and in 1882 new statutes received the approval of the queen
in council. The head of the university is the chancellor. He is a member
of the university, of high rank and position, elected by the senate.
Being generally non-resident, he delegates his administrative duties to
the vice-chancellor, who is the head of a college, and is elected for
one year by the senate. The principal executive officers under the
vice-chancellor are as follows. The two proctors have as their main duty
that of disciplinary officers over the members of the university _in
statu pupillari_. In each year two colleges nominate one proctor each,
according to a fixed rotation which gives the larger colleges a more
frequent choice than the smaller. The proctors are assisted by four
pro-proctors. The public orator is the spokesman of the senate upon such
public occasions as the conferring of honorary degrees. The librarian
has charge of the university library. The registrary, with his
assistant, records the proceedings of the senate, &c., and has charge of
documents. The university returns two members to parliament, elected by
the members of the senate. The chancellor and _sex viri_ (elected by the
senate) form a court for offences against the university statutes by
members not _in statu pupillari_. The chancellor and six heads of
colleges, appointed by the senate, form a court of discipline for
members _in statu pupillari_.

Senate.

The senate in congregation is the legislative body. Those who have votes
in it are the chancellor, vice-chancellor, doctors of divinity, law,
medicine, science, letters and music, and masters of art, law, surgery
and music. The council of the senate, consisting of the chancellor,
vice-chancellor, four heads of colleges, four professors and eight other
members of the senate chosen by the vice-chancellor, brings all
proposals (called Graces) before the senate. The revenues of the
university are derived chiefly from fees at matriculation, for certain
examinations, and for degrees, from a tax upon all members of the
university, and from contributions by the colleges, together with the
profits of the University Press. A financial board, consisting of the
vice-chancellor _ex officio_ and certain elected members, admin