Evening Meeting, Oct. 2d, 1856. in. 



by the erection of a story over the United Service Library. 

 Indeed he (Mr. Layard) could name gentlemen who had 

 promised to subscribe £10 each towards the purpose, which 

 he thought could be easily effected. The Colonial Secretary, 

 with whom he had also conferred, had expressed his willing- 

 ness to aid in the promotion of the measure, and if a repre- 

 sentation were duly made, he (Mr. L.) had no doubt that 

 they might be able to secure the sanction of the Government 

 as well as a grant from the Legislature for making such 

 necessary alteration in the U. S. Library, as should render a 

 portion of that building available for the use of the Society, 

 and for a Public Museum. To facilitate the attainment of 

 the object in view, he had, through the kindness of Mr. 

 Churchill, procured a plan of the proposed alterations, which 

 he (Mr. L.) had great pleasure in laying before the Meeting. 



Mr. Alwis stated, that owing to certain repairs which the 

 rooms of the Loan Board had lately undergone, it had become 

 necessary to remove the Society's Library and its Museum 

 (which had been in those Rooms) into an apartment of the 

 Colonial Secretary's Office, and that the Society at present 

 had no place in which they could meet or transact business. 

 Owing to the causes to which Mr. Layard had referred, the 

 Society had been dormant for some time past. Its last Gene- 

 ral Meeting was held so far back as February 1854, and no 

 Committee Meeting had been convened since the 17 th August 

 of that year. The Proceedings of those Meetings would be 

 found published in the Society's Journal for 1853-54, which 

 had yet to be issued to the subscribers- It was, however, gra- 

 tifying to notice, that owing to the liberality of Government, 

 and the kindness of the gentleman who presided over its Print- 

 ing Establishment, the last volume of the Journal, which con- 

 tained several interesting papers, extending over 300 pages, 

 had been printed without any expense to the Society. It 

 was attributable to this circumstance, that they were able to 



