23 MAY 1931, Page 3

* * London University .

The University of London acquired a fine Bloomsbury site for its headquarters some years ago, but• has done nothing with the land yet from lack of funds. The Gold- smiths' Company has now set an example by generously offering £50,000 towards the building fund. The money is to be first devoted to the University library, a large and valuable collection that is now most inconveniently housed among the administrative offices at South Ken- sington, and is therefore very little used. The Gold- smiths' Company a generation ago gave the library a famous Economic collection, and is naturally concerned for the proper disposal of the books.