Report of the Committee of the 
Victoria Institute 
For the year ending 31st December , 1892 . 
The Committee has the honour to present the first annual 
lp poit on the working of the Victoria Institute. 
The inception of the present scheme dates back to June, 
^ hen Sir W illiam Robinson, K.C.M.G., proposed to mark 
the Juoilee of Her Majesty’s reign by the foundation of an In- 
stitute for the 
encouragment of commerce, agriculture, art, etc. 
ail( i to provide a Museum for the permanent exhibition of our 
Jmmercial samples, Natural History, Geological, and Minera- 
® lcal s P 8c imens and other productions of the country, and to 
1 ' JVl de a Meeting place for scientific societies and other bodies 
teiesbed in the welfare and prosperity of the Island. 
Subf 
and 
scriptions were invited by Sir W. Robinson, K.C.M.G., 
sum amounting to $3,918.52 was received, from persons 
^ tested or resident in the Colony, and deposited in the 
w] >n ^ a ^ T* ail k. The sum having fallen short of that expected 
n the scheme was originally proposed, it was decided to make 
a be 
ginning with the funds in hand, and the following gentlemen 
SCri J ed to the Articles and Memorandum of Association, and 
0 q' ee GC ^ i neor porate themselves under the Companies 
finances, 1869 and 1890 
H Ro 'oins°n., K.C.M.G. 
1 i T^ mann > Esq. 
Er U I^ Wilson - C.M.G. 
]j j • Chittenden. 
Edo. ar T Gu PPy> Esq. 
H o Tn PP> Esq. 
Car aceiolo, Esq. 
J. H. Hart, Esq., E.L.S. 
Prof. Carmody, F.I.C., E.C.S. 
Syl. Devenish, Esq., M.A. 
C. W. Meaden, Esq. 
The Hon. Eugene Cipriani. 
L. A. Seheult, Esq. 
L. de Verteuil, Esq. 
