Calendar: 1872-1873 Page 68
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CHAPEL EESTOEATION FUND committee From the Council The Lord Bishop of London Chairman The Earl 01' Harrowby Bhdlt Rev BUhop Sumner The Rt lion Gladstone The Rev Barry Professor Beale Μ 1Ϊ From the College Staff Dr Arlidge George Austen Esq 11 Bolton Esq Κ Bowen Esq William Bowman Esq Rev FaiTar Dr Frere Rev Lance Dr Laviee Henry Lee Esq Mackay Esq Rev It Cowley l'owles Sturges Esc Kev Henrv White Rev Wood 1872 It has been ascertained that the expense of finishing the Chapel in accordance with Mr Scott's original designs and of completing the Organ satisfactorily will be £2 000 The Committee are very anxious to put the finishing stroke to their work which even in its present very incomplete state has more than realized their hopes and expectations and which only needs completion to present one of the most satisfactory and striking interiors in London The parts oi the work which are most urgently needed are the decoration of the Apse and general colouring the completion of the Organ and the erection of stalls at the west end for the Principal the Head Master and the Professors The esti- mate for these amounts to about £1 000 With these objects in view they venture once more to appeal to the liberality of the members and friends of the College especially of those who have not yet contributed to the Chapel Improvement Fund Contributions will be received by the Rev Ε Plumptre and Cunningham Esq Honorary Secretaries or may be paid to the account of the King's College Chapel Restoration Fund at Messrs Coutts and Co 's Post-Office Orders should be made payable to John William Cunningham at the Strand Office Ε PLUMPTRE Hrm CUNNINGHAM ε
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