THE COUNCIL. 
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light it with gas. The Committee do not apprehend that any 
one conversant with building, who considers the character 
and extent of this edifice, will think the sum which has 
been spent upon it unreasonably great. 
(C Under the second head is placed the expense of the 
entrance lodge and gates, the boundary walls and out¬ 
buildings, which amounts to 11501. On this head the 
Committee have only to remark, that the magnitude of the 
charge is owing to the extent of ground which was to be 
enclosed, and which required boundary walls of more than 
300 yards in length, besides other fencing. 
“ The third head comprises the repairs of the ruined 
Abbey, the excavations carried on to trace the old founda¬ 
tions of the Monastery, the formation of the roads, walks, 
and grounds, and the laying out of the Garden. The total 
of this expenditure is 83 11. Such operations could neither 
be exactly calculated, nor confined within a fixed limit; but 
they were vigilantly superintended, both by the Clerk of the 
works and by several members of the Committee. 
“ The furniture of the Museum, and the new cabinets 
prepared for the reception of specimens, form the fourth 
head of the account ; and on these has been expended the 
sum of 527/. : such an addition to the former accommoda¬ 
tions having become absolutely necessary, to display even 
the present riches of the Society to any advantage. 
“ Lastly, under the fifth and sixth heads are classed 
the claims of former occupiers of the premises now belonging 
to the Society, which amount to 191/., and the bills for 
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