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, THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH
ON THE 20th DAY OF APRIL, 1846.
Laid before Her Majesty, pursuant to the IQlh sec.
of the Act S £f 9 Vict.
c.
25, and
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty's Command.
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
May it please your Majesty,
We, the undersigned Visitors of the College of Maynooth, in pursuance Report of a Visita-of the provisions of the Act passed in the session held in the eighth and ninth turn held at the years of Your Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act to amend two Acts passed no00thSon^heSth in Ireland, for the hetter Education of Persons professing the Roman Catholic day of April, is46.
Religion, &c," and also an Act passed in the Parliament of the United King-dom, for amending the said two Acts, held on Monday, the 20th of April, 1846, a visitation of the said College.
1 We repaired to the College at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and soon after commenced the proceedings of the visitation in the great hall of the College, where the superiors, professors, and students were assembled.
The names being called over, 19 superiors ancl professors, and 522 students were in attend¬ ance.
One professor was absent on leave; 10 students were absent on account of sickness; of the students 19 were Dunboyne students; 24 were of the first division of the first senior class ; 68 of the second division of said class; 65 of the second senior class; 97 of the third senior class; 71 of the class of Natural Philosophy ; 80 of the Logic Class; 52 of the class of Rhetoric; and 46 of the class of Humanity.
We then interrogated the President, whether he had any complaints to make against the superiors, professors, or students of the College; to which he replied in the negative, declaring that he had the greatest reason to be satisfied with the conduct of all.
We made a similar inquiry of the other superiors, and of the professors, and finally of the students ; no complaint was made.
We then inquired respecting the number and names of the superiors and professors of the College, and their respective duties and salaries; and at our request the senior Dean furnished us with the following order :— The Very Rev.
L.
F.
Renehan, D.D.,
President, charged with the general superintendence of the College in all its departments, the enforcement of the statutes and by-laws, the correspondence relating to the College and its students.
His salary, exclusive of 90/.
allowed to meet certain contingent public expenses of the College, 500/.
The Rev.
Robert Whitehead, Vice-President, whose duty is to assist the President in the execution of the duties of his charge, and to perform these duties himself when the President is sick or absent from the College.
Salary per annum, 322/.
The Rev.
M.
Gaffney, D.D.,
senior Dean; salary 260/.
Rev.
W.
Lee, D.D.,
junior Dean; salary 237/.
Rev.
John Gunn, second junior Dean; salary 237/.
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