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a laboratory 18 feet by 12, might be erected for about £200. The 

 equipment and outfit may be put at £100, so that the initial outlay would 

 be approximately £300. The annual outlay for the upkeep, including the 

 remuneration of the Director, would absorb, say, £350. 



The figures given are merely conjectural, but may suffice to give some 

 idea of the probable cost to the Society. More detailed and more accurate 

 estimates could easily be obtained if the Council are pleased to assent to 

 the general principles. 



A beginning might be made on a small scale, and as regards the 

 equipment of the laboratory, after providing for a few essential requisites, 

 it would not be necessary to purchase costly instruments and appliances 

 till they were found to be necessitated by the progress of the particular 

 research to be carried on. 



I was further instructed by the Committee to say that its members 

 would be pleased to help in any way in their power towards the carrying 

 out of the project herein alluded to. 



I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient servant, 



Maxwell T. Masters, 



Vice-ChalTman Sc. C. 



Dec. 1903 



