members of which have been associated with it since the Irish Universities Act of 1908 came into operation, desires to state that in its opinion the success of the College as an institution of higher education in Cork is seriously hamuered by its position as a member of a federal university. Ttiis entails nor. only great inconvenience owing to the distance between Cork and Dublin, the centre for university meetings, and an unnecessary waste Of time and monev caused by journeys I for the same,

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... t also owing to the dissimilarity of local conditions limits the development of the college in directions which the govern-I ing body believes would be to the advantage and prosperity of Munster. The governing body therefore calls upon the Government to introduce the necessary legislation in order to constitute an independent university in place of the present dependent college, and in making this request it desires specially to emphasise the great industrial developments which are now taking place in Cork; the further expansion which may be hoped for after the war; and the urgent necessity which exists that the College should be in a position to take the fullest advantage of these developments and to give them the maximum assistance."