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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1875-1876-82

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CHAPEL RESTORATION FUND COMMITTEE Council From' The Lord BWhop of London Chairman The Ear of liarrowbv The Bt Hon Gladstone Front the College Staff The Rev Barrv Μίη Beale Cunningham Esq Sir Penni on Burt t- 11 jr Bev i' Pluniptre Front Old Students Dr Arildge Georfre Austen Eeq if Bolton Esq Ε Bowen Esq William Bowman Enq Bev י ι λr Rev Lance Dr Lavtea Ilenrv Lee Esq 'G Mackav Eaq Rev Cowley Powlea Stutyea Bev Henrv White Rev Wood 1875 The Committee announced in the Calender for 1873 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 the Columns The removing of the front row of Stalls to the bottom of the Chapel and the erection of Canopies over them The opening of small indo on each side of the Organ The decoration of the walls The debt owing to the Hankers for these works on July 1875 was £1 450 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 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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