Royal hijlitution of Great Britahu 85 



By the accounts which have been laid before the vifitors 

 it appears, 



That the whole of the funis that have from time to time 

 become due to Mr. Hancock, who contracted with the ma- 

 nagers for completing the new buildings, have been regularly 

 pafd. That his work having been finifhcd, and regularly 

 examined by the furveyor of the Inllitulion, his accounts 

 have been clofed, and the balance due to him from thelnfli- 

 tution has been fettled. 



That the inftalments agreed to be advanced to him, on his 

 feparate contract for completing the attic flory, have likewife 

 been regularly paid, and that no more than about 500 1. will 

 be due to him, on his laft contract, when he (hall have com- 

 pleted the whole of that work ; which will be {mimed in a 

 few weeks. 



It appeared likewife, by thefe accounts, that all the car- 

 penters, plumbers, painters, and glaziers bills, for extra work 

 at the houfe of the Inftitution, — not included in Mr. Han- 

 cock's contracts, — have been brought to account : that the 

 falaries and wages of thofe who conftitute the eftablifhment 

 of the Inftitution have been regularly paid ; and that all the 

 tradefmens bills have been duly checked, and regularly dif- 

 charged. 



And, laftly, that all the fums due from the Inftitution on 

 current accounts, including every demand that can be brought 

 againft the Inflitution, even after all the new works now car- 

 rying on at the houfe of the Inftitution {hall have been com- 

 pleted, amounts to about 3900I.; while the fums belonging 

 to the Inflitution in the hands of their different bankers, 

 added to thofe fums which are due to the Inflitution from 

 proprietors and fubfcribers, and from fome other perfons, 

 amounts to about 8100I. 



From this ftatement it is evident that the Inftitution has 

 been completed without any debt being incurred; and, by 

 an account which has been laid before the managers and 

 vifitors, it appears that the prefent annual income of the In- 

 flitution is quite fufficient to defray all the expenfes of keep- 

 ing it. The Royal Inftitution of Great Britain may therefore 

 be confidered as fmifhcd and firmly eflablifhed. That it may 

 long continue to rlourifh is, no doubt, the ardent wifli of 

 thofe who are connected with it; and alfo of all thofe who 

 are acquainted with the principles on which it is founded, 

 and who know how powerfully it mutt contribute to the ge- 

 neral diffunon of an active fpirit of inquiry and ufeful im- 

 provement among all ranks of fociety. 



F3 LINNEAN 



