It is useless to deal with optional details; but when all is said and done, the man who expects to take Oxford as Oxford is, and who, while not extravagant, is at the same time not inclined to stint himself, must expect to put between £175 and £200 as a _minimum_ into his six months at Oxford.[72] The intricacy and the elastic possibilities of the battel-sheet, together with the diversity of plans existing in different Colleges, make it impossible to arrive at accurate comparative figures, but the following is a fair sample of one Term’s battels. (For eight weeks.) __________________ COLLEGE. _Mr._ _______________________ (Summer Term, 1905.) £ _s._ _d._ Kitchen and Buttery 16 2 7½ Messenger 0 1 8 Postage and Parcels 0 6 5 Faggots 0 1 0 Knocking-in (Gate fee) 0 7 0 Coals 0 8 5½ Groceries 2 17 4 ------------- Total Weekly Battels 20 4 6 Percentage 1 15 3 University Dues 1 5 0 College Dues and Establishment Charges 5 8 0 Room Rent 5 10 0 Furniture Rent 1 10 0 Rates and Taxes 1 2 0 Tuition Fees 7 7 0 Glazier, 6_s._; Damage, 3_s._ 4_d._ 0 9 4 Laundress 1 7 4 College Clubs 2 5 7 Electric Lighting 10 0 ------------- £48 14 0 A TABLE OF CERTAIN UNIVERSITY CHARGES. University Fees. £ _s._ _d._ 1. Matriculation 3 10 0 2. Quarterly dues (4 times per year) 12_s._ 6_d._; in 7 10 0 3 years 3. On claiming exemption from Responsions or on claiming exemption from the First Public Examination (Moderations) 1 0 0 On claiming Senior Foreign standing 2 0 0 ” ” Junior Foreign standing 1 0 0