SIR HANS SLOANE. 73 



The first act of these trustees was to provide a 

 proper building for the reception of the collections 

 confided to their care ; and, after various pro- 

 posals, they at length fixed upon the mansion 

 built, about the year 1680, by Ralph, first Duke 

 of Montague, who, being at that time ambassador 



official Trustees are, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord 

 Chancellor, Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord 

 President of the Council, First Lord of the Treasury, 

 Lord Privy Seal, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord 

 Steward, Lord Chamberlain, three principal Secretaries 

 of State, Bishop of London, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

 Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Master of the 

 Rolls, Lord Chief- Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney- 

 General, Solicitor- General, President of the Royal 

 Society, President of the College of Physicians, President 

 of the Society of Antiquaries, and President of the Royal 

 Academy. 



The present Trustees or Representatives of the Sloane 

 family are the Earl of Cadogan and (vacant.) 



The Regulations for the inspection of the Museum, are 

 as follows : 



" The Museum is kept open for public inspection every 

 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, in every week, except 

 in the Christmas, Easter, and Whitsunday weeks; on the? 

 30th of January, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, the 5th of 

 November, and any Fast or Thanksgiving day that may 

 occur, and likewise during the month of September. 



" Persons who may wish to see the Museum, are to apply 

 in the anteroom of the house, between the hours of ten 

 and two, where their names, and the number of the friends 

 they may wish to introduce with them, are inscribed in a 

 book kept for the purpose, upon which admission will be 

 granted." 



