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THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY. 
already received, and from the interest it lias excited in the short 
interval since its establishment, there would be no difficulty in raising 
such a sum as would provide these accommodations on a moderate 
scale, and so far as they are essential ; but the Council cannot help 
thinking that for such an object subscriptions on a liberal scale would 
be obtained, which would enable them at the same time to erect a 
building that would be an ornament to the town. It is obvious that 
the funds of the Society must be wholly inadequate to such a pur- 
pose, as the subscription has been fixed at the lowest possible rate, 
with the hope of extending its advantages as widely as possible. The 
Council therefore appeal with confidence to the liberality and public 
spirit of the gentlemen of the county, whose interests are so intimately 
connected with the objects of the Society, to enable them to provide 
a suite of rooms that shall be convenient for their purposes, and an 
ornament to the metropolis of the riding. 
President, Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam ; Vice-Presidents, 
Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham, Right Hon. the Lord Stourton, 
Right Hon. the Lord Wharncliffe, Sir John Lister Lister Kaye, Bart., 
Sir Francis Lindley "Wood, Bart., T. W. Beaumont, Esq., C. J. 
BrandHng, Esq., G. L. Fox, Esq., M.P., W. B. Martin, Esq., J. S. 
Stanhope, Esq. ; Treasurer and Secretary, T. "Wilson. 
Subscriptions will be received by the Yorkshire District Bank at 
all its branches. 
Following the promulgation of this circular, enquiries were 
addressed as to the best style and arrangement for a Museum to the 
Officers of Philosophical or Naturalist Societies, at Leeds, York, 
Newcastle, and more distant places. On March 28th, 1838, Mr. 
Tlios. P. Teale furnished particulars as to the original cost of the 
Leeds Museum. — "The first cost of the Hall was £7,100, and 
eighteen months afterwards, in 1826, alterations were made at an 
additional expense of £1438." On the ground floor there is a lecture 
room, 43 feet square, vestibule, library and laboratory, besides apart- 
ments in the yard for the assistant curator. Above were three rooms 
used as a Museum, in which were the Geological, Zoological and 
Antiquarian collections. After animadverting on the evil of building 
by ''contract," he continues: — ''Allow me to suggest that your 
