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they have paid, amount in the ■whole to Six thousand five 
hundred pounds : and this sum includes the cost of the 
principal fence wall, and the entrance lodge, as well as the 
completion of the Museum. It is impossible, however, to 
foresee exactly the whole expenditure which grows out of 
an undertaking of this kind ; and, in the present instance, it 
certainly ought not to be calculated, (if the provision for cases 
and other furniture, be added,) as less than Eight thousand 
pounds. The actual amount of the Subscriptions, 6,500/. 
is not yet sufficient to meet this demand ; but the Council 
are of opinion that the Subcommittee have not presumed too 
far upon the increase still to be expected in the number of 
Subscribers. They trust that there are contributions yet in 
reserve ; and they believe that there are many persons in the 
County, and especially among the Members of the Society, 
who will come forward to supply the deficiency, when they 
collect from this Report how far the Museum is advanced, 
and are informed that the time is come, when their assistance 
is wanted to consummate a work, of which the execution is 
actually commenced. 
It will be gratifying to the Meeting to learn, that the Lord 
Mayor and Corporation of York, have testified to the Society 
their sense of the credit which will redound to the City, from 
a work of so much general interest, and so much local 
ornament and advantage ; and that, in addition to a liberal 
subscription, they have granted a carriage entrance into the 
Manor Shore, by which it is rendered much more accessible; 
and allowed the Lodge to be built on their premises, without 
requiring any rent; they have admitted the Society also to 
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