36 PROPOSALS FOR

they will of course be proportionate to the scale on which it may be con- ducted.

The outset expence will, doubtless, be considerable: the buildings, appa- ratusses, collections, and furniture, to- gether with preparing and stocking the lands, will require an ample fund. Ten thousand pounds, laid out with discretion, and on the lowest scale of expence, will, I conceive, be found suf- ficient.

The annual expence will depend much on the salaries of the different officers employed, and on the spirit with which the whole may be carried on. Three thousand pounds, a year, might be rendered equivalent; if libe- rally conducted, five thousand, I appre- hend, will be required.

The whole expence, for ten years, may be set down at£...50,000, or£.5,000, a. year. ¢

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