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Up to the 3Oth of May 1 8 1 6, the following amounts 

 were expended on the house and new buildings : 



Repairs . . . 2536 16 7 



Furniture . . . 524 6 o 



New buildings . . 3040 8 4 



Superintendent . . 104 13 o 



6206 3 ii 



In 1819, a resolution was passed that all sums re- 

 ceived on the admission of members were to be invested 

 in Government stock, so as to create a fund for fining 

 down the rent due to the Duke of Leinster, which was 

 finally extinguished long before the premises became 

 Crown property. In July 1835, ^1200 were allocated 

 out of this admission fee fund towards the construc- 

 tion of an exhibition room. Representations were 

 made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the 

 success of the exhibition of manufactures held on 

 the Society's premises during the last two years, and 

 the want of proper accommodation both in reference 

 to the convenience of the public, and the satisfactory 

 placing of exhibits. It was hoped that the Govern- 

 ment might grant a similar sum, an expectation which 

 does not appear to have been realised. 



