The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 18 March 2005.
1. That Deloitte & Touche LLP be reappointed, in accordance with Statute F, II, 5, to be the qualified accountants for the audit of the University's financial statements for the financial year 2004-05.1
2. That a Brian Douglas Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:2
1. The sum received under the will of Brian Kirkbride Douglas, Mus.B., of St John's College, shall form a fund called the Brian Douglas Fund.
2. The income of the Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the Professor of Music, and shall be used for the promotion of the study of music in the University and for such other purposes connected with music in the Faculty of Music as the Professor of Music shall decide.
3. That a Hughes Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:3
1. A fund shall be established in the University, called the Hughes Fund in memory of Norman Francis Hughes, formerly University Lecturer in Geology and Fellow of Queens' College, which shall be for the sole benefit of the libraries in the Department of Earth Sciences, and any successor body to the libraries.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, and at least four persons appointed in the Michaelmas Term by the Departmental Committee of the Department of Earth Sciences to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment, at least one of whom shall be a member of staff of the libraries in the Department, the other persons being members of the academic staff of the Department.
3. The income from the Fund shall be used solely for the purchase of printed (including books, journals, conference proceedings) and electronic materials (including access to journals and databases) for the libraries.
4. Unexpended income shall not be added to the capital of the Fund but shall be accumulated for use as income in subsequent years.
4. That the regulations for the William Vaughan Lewis Fund and Prizes be amended as follows:4
Regulation 2.
By adding after the first sentence the following sentence:
The members appointed by the Faculty Board shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment.
1 The Audit Committee have recommended the reappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as External Auditors to the University for the current financial year.
2 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 530.
3 The Department of Earth Sciences have proposed that regulations should be drawn up to govern the use of donations made to the Department to support its libraries.
4 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 789. The purpose of the amendment is to specify the period of tenure of the appointed Managers of the Fund.