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rooms in order to prepare suitable apartments for the 

 collection, and have resolved to hold their committees 

 in the library on the days when it is not open to 

 subscribers in general. Notice has been given that the 

 laboratory of assay is ready for that useful and 

 essential part of the plan the analysis of ores and 

 mineral substances.' 



The report said that, ' with a view to the permanent 

 success of the Institution, as the popularity of the 

 lectures was so much increased, the terms of subscrip- 

 tion were altered and a supplementary list was made of 

 ladies subscribing three guineas and gentlemen six 

 guineas.' The ordinary subscription being two guineas 

 and four guineas, the ladies and unmarried daughters 

 of proprietors were required to subscribe only one 

 guinea, c as, by relinquishing the transferable right of 

 one of their tickets, they had contributed to the success 

 of the plans which the managers had formed for the 

 improvement of the Institution.' 



The visitors ended thus : ' The great degree of im- 

 provement and advancement under the auspices of the 

 present managers is shown by this report relating to the 

 accommodation and convenience of those who attend the 

 Institution, instead of dwelling upon the means by 

 which the members might be increased.' 



The number of proprietors at this time was four 

 hundred, and the qualification was raised to one hundred 

 and fifty guineas. 



A committee of proprietors, managers, and visitors 

 was appointed to revise the bye-laws. 



