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held Januar}^ loth, 1865, on the presentation of the 

 Treasurer's report, showing that the Permanent 

 Fund amounted to only $1 1,000, the then President, 

 Mr. Henry Eyre, offered to double any additional 

 sum that could be raised to the extent of $5,000, 

 and a special committee of three was appointed with 

 a view of increasing the fund to $25,000. This 

 committee went diligently to work, and at the meet- 

 ing held January loth, of the following year, they 

 were able to report a total collection of $14,174, 

 thereby raising the fund to an amount in excess of 

 what they had set out to accomplish. Among the 

 larger subscriptions we find the following : 



Henry Eyre, ... - - $5,000 



James Boorman, .... - 500 



T. B. Gunning, ----- 500 



Royal Insurance Co., ... - 500 



Robert W. Russell, ... - 500 



Edward Walker, - ... - 500 



Thos. D. Middleton, - - - - 300 



Sir Edward Cunard, - - - - 250 



Messrs. John Sykes, Jr., &; Co., - - 150 



E. M. Archibald. ----- 100 



Edward Blackburn, - - - - 100 



Liv. LoND. & Globe Insurance Co., - - 100 



Wm. H. Morrell, - - - - 100 



Wm. C. Pickersgill, - - - - 100 



Richard P. Rundle. . . - - 100 



Thos. A. Vyse, Jr., ----- 100 



Joseph Walker, - . - - 100 



Robert Waller, - - - - - 100 



