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REPORT. 
they could upon the public attention ; and they see, with 
unmingled satisfaction, the liberal contributions which have 
raised a structure, such, both in accommodation and appear¬ 
ance, as fulfils all the wishes of the Society. 
The Edifice is worthy of the high reputation of its 
Architect, and offers a correct and well executed specimen 
of the purest taste of classical antiquity. But the Meeting 
will not be of opinion that too great a sacrifice has been 
made to ornament, when it is informed that this spacious 
structure has been erected for a sum which, it appears from 
the minutes of the Committee, will not exceed £6400. If 
it be considered that the building comprises eight principal 
apartments to contain the Society’s various collections, ten 
rooms for other purposes, and a hall for lectures of finished 
architectural character, no one will be disposed to question 
the economy and success with which this work has been 
conducted. 
Of the remaining expenditure, exterior to the Museum, the 
amount has proved to be about £2100 : half of that sum 
being on account of the entrance lodge, the out buildings, 
and the boundary walls. Of the other half, £600 have 
been expended on the levelling and laying out of the garden, 
on the repairs of the ruins, and on the excavations by which 
the foundations of the Abbey have been traced ; whilst the 
remainder (£430) includes the payments required to satisfy 
the claims of the former occupiers of the ground, and to 
defray the advertisements and presswork, the legal and other 
miscellaneous expenses. 
