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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



Armstrong showed his interest in this important matter, and 

 headed the subscription Hst with a donation of ;^5oo from 

 Lord Armstrong and ^250 from himself. Several other in- 

 fluential friends promised large subscriptions, so that a sum 

 was readily secured which enabled the Committee to request 

 the architect to proceed at once with the alterations recom- 

 mended in his report. A Hst of the subscribers to this fund 

 will be appended to this Report. The following balance sheet 

 shows the manner in which these subscriptions have been 

 expended. It is proposed to apply the small balance left 

 to the cost of repairing the roadway leading to the Museum, 

 which work is now in progress. 



BUILDING REPAIRS FUND ACCOUNT. 



From March, 1898, to June, 1900. 



1900. RECEIPTS. 



June 30. _ ^ £ 



To Subscriptions re- 

 ceived from March, 

 1898, to June, 1900, 

 as per Subscription 

 List appended ... 1942 

 To Interest ... ... 2 



£i9AAr 12 O 



1898. PAYMENTS. 



August. _ £ 



By Advertisements — 



per J. Wright ... 12 



March. 



By J. Bell — Circulars.. 



,, N. Maughan from 



December, 1898, 



to April, 1900 



Hewitson ... 



G. G. Laidler 



Ferguson ... 



Holmes ... 



R. Herron 



F. W. Rich 



Balance in Bank 



d. 



4 6 



1378 9 



203 19 



125 14 



61 17 



3 I 



24 5 



116 7 



14 3 



;^I944 12 o 



The amount of entrance fees shows a falling off in the 

 number of visitors to the Museum compared with former 

 years. This diminution has no doubt arisen from the circum- 

 stance that the Museum was entirely closed for about three 

 weeks in the autumn months of last year, and also from the 

 unusually severe weather that prevailed so long in the early 

 months of the present year. The approximate number of 

 visitors annually is from 15,000 to 20,000, 



