Calendar: 1874-1875 Page 74
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CHAPEL RESTORATION FUND COMMITTEE From the Council The Lord Bishop of London Chainnan The Earl of Harrowby The Rt Hon Ε Gladstone From the College Staff The Rev Barry Professor Beale Cunningham Esq Sir Fergusson Bart Professor Johnson Μ Bev Prof Pluuiptre From Old Students Dr Arlidge George Austen Esq Bolton Esq Ε Bowen Esq William Bowman Esq Rev Ferrer Rev Lance Dr Lavies Henrv Lee Esq 'G Maekav E1 Rev Cowley Powlee Sturges ac Rev Henrv White Rev Wood 1874 The Committee announced in the last Calender that it had been ascertained that the expense of finishing the Chapel in accordance with Mr Scott's original designs and of com- pleting the Organ satisfactorily would be £3 300 The following works have since been carried out at an actual cost of £2 250 The completion of the Organ The decoration of the Semi-dome The erection of the Reredos The entire remainder of the Wood-carving The Capitals on tbe Columns The removing of the front row of stalls to the bottom of the chnpel and the erection of Canopies over them The opening of small Window on each side of the organ The decoration of the Walls The debt owing to the bankers for these works on Julv 1874 was £1 650 There now remain the Ornamentation of the front of the apse and of the remainder of the chapel and the general com- pletion of the whole which will cost an additional sum of £1 000 With these objects in view they venture still 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
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