Registered under the Companies Acts, 1862 and 1867. President. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Vice-Presidents. Granville Leveson Gower, Esq., High Sheriff of Surrey. S. Birch, Esq., LL.D., etc., British Museum. Rev. Dr. Moffat, late African Missionary. The High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark. The Mayor of Reigate. It is proposed to found at Croydon [86] an Institution to be called the East Surrey Hall, Museum and Library. This Institution, to be placed in the largest town of Surrey, is intended for the benefit and use of the whole county. The Hall will be adapted for public meetings of every description, and it is hoped that it will also be an ornament to the town. In the Museum it is intended to form a collection of objects of historic, scientific, and artistic interest, particularly of such as may be found in the County of Surrey. The Museum will be free. The Library will consist of standard works of reference, arranged in rooms suitably furnished for the purposes of reading and study. In addition to works on general literature, it is intended to place in this Library, Books, Maps, and everything of the like nature, tending to elucidate the History, Topography, etc., of the County of Surrey, and especially of the Parish of Croydon. In the Company’s Memorandum of Association it is expressly stipulated that one department of this Library shall be Free. Other parts of the building will be so arranged as to be suitable for occupation, or for letting as offices to Friendly Societies and other Public Bodies. The Capital required to found this Institution will be raised by means of Donations and One Pound Shares. The Donations will be applied to carrying out all or any of the above objects, according as the Donor may desire. The Articles of Association provide that “no dividend shall be declared in any one year exceeding in amount £5 per cent. per annum upon the amount of the Capital of the Company for the time being called up. If, in any one year, the net earnings of the Company would allow of a dividend exceeding in amount the said dividend of £5 per cent. per annum being declared, the Directors shall employ the surplus earnings in improving the buildings of the Company, or in the purchase of additional stock or effects, or otherwise, for the benefit of the Company, as the Directors for the time being shall from time to time determine.” Venice, 16th September, 1876.