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pvopo^rtr iExteiigion of Builtiinggi 



IN CONNECTION WITH THE 



Museum of the Rx)yal Institution of Cornwall. 



The following is a copy of an appeal mentioned in the 

 Report of the Council, with a list of the siiins that have been 

 promised in response. It has thus far been circulated, almost 

 exclusively, among the Members of the Institution ; but is now 

 printed in the Journal to call a more general attention to the 

 scheme , with the hope that the result already attained may lead 

 to such an accession of funds as to encourage the Council to aim 

 at its maturity. 



At the Annual Meeting, in November last, the members 

 unanimously supported the recommendation of the Council, that 

 an effort should be at once made to obtain funds for the 

 purchase of the freehold between the Museum and Pydar Street, 

 and for providing on that site the accommodation required by 

 the Department of Science and Art for such Classes as it may 

 be thought advisable to establish. 



It has been felt of late years by the Council — and their 

 judgment was strongly confirmed at the Annual Meeting of the 

 Members in 1882 — that although the premises and buildings now 

 belonging to the Institution have served tolerably well hitherto, 

 they cannot possibly be adapted for those courses of instruction 

 in Science and Art which it is clearly the purpose of .Statesmen 

 to establish as an essential part of our national education, with 

 a view to the general elevation of the knowledge and taste of 

 the community, as well as to the maintenance of the highest 

 skill among our artizans 



