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they have paid, amount in the whole to Six thousand five 

 hundred pounds : and this sum includes the cost of the 

 principal fence wall, and the entrance lodge, as well as the 

 completion of the Museum. It is impossible, however, to 

 foresee exactly the whole expenditure which grows out of 

 an undertaking of this kind ; and, in the present instance, it 

 certainly ought not to be calculated, (if the provision for cases 

 and other furniture, be added,) as less than Eight thousand 

 pounds. The actual amount of the Subscriptions, 6,500/. 

 is not yet sufficient to meet this demand ; but the Council 

 are of opinion that the Subcommittee have not presumed too 

 far upon the increase still to be expected in the number of 

 Subscribers. They trust that there are contributions yet in 

 reserve ; and they believe that there are many persons in the 

 County, and especially among the Members of the Society, 

 who will come forward to supply the deficiency, when they 

 collect from this Report how far the Museum is advanced, 

 and are informed that the time is come, when their assistance 

 is wanted to consummate a work, of which the execution is 

 actually commenced. 



It will be gratifying to the Meeting to learn, that the Lord 

 Mayor and Corporation of York, have testified to the Society 

 their sense of the credit which will redound to the City, from 

 a work of so much general interest, and so much local 

 ornament and advantage ; and that, in addition to a liberal 

 subscription, they have granted a carriage entrance into the 

 Manor Shore, by which it is rendered much more accessible; 

 and allowed the Lodge to be built on their premises, without 

 requiring any rent ; they have admitted the Society also to 



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