lso alluded to the fact that the
visit of the Queen and of my lamented father had not been
forgotten, and we were glad to visit that very Town Hall which
they opened some twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago. I
consider that the object of our visit here is connected in some
respects with the visit of the Queen and my lamented father, as
he alluded at that time to the great importance of scientific
and technical education, and of a great town like this if
possible taking up the matter. In opening to-day that important
and useful building, the Yorkshire College, I feel I may in some
way have followed in his footsteps, by having been the means of
promoting what is of the greatest importance to our country, and
what is also of the greatest importance to the success of our
great commercial enterprises--viz., technical and scientific
education.

"The building which we have visited to-day will always be in our
recollection one of great interest, and we feel sure that it is
likely to flourish and be of the greatest importance, and to set
an example to all the other great towns of the kingdom. The
rooms we visited, and all the arrangements for learning in a
scientific and technical manner not only the industries
themselves, but their scientific principles, cannot but be
productive of the greatest good not only now, but in years to
come. The College has received many great and munificent
donations, which will be read out later on, but I may mention
the names of Sir Andrew Fairbairn, the Duke of Devonshire, and
Lord Ripon, your President, as having contributed largely to the
funds of the institution. I must say also that those who are
interested in the College owe a deep debt of gratitude to the
Clothworkers' Company of the City of London, for the magnificent
donations which they have given are a proof of the importance of
this institution. They have also shown their interest in it, and
their belief that it is certain to be successful."

His Royal Highness then referred to the importance attached to
music in Yorkshire, and to the great interest he had taken in
the Royal College of Music. He remarked that he thought the
promotion of that art would materially benefit all classes in
this country. Towards that College he knew nearly L1000 was
collected in Leeds, but that unfortunate