66 66 66 "liable, and that such a Collection, to be useful, ought to "be deposited in a place habitually frequented by persons likely to refer to the Collection; and that it should be regularly accessible to them, under such conditions and "regulations as may be deemed necessary or expedient, I "am desirous of making the bequest next hereinafter con"tained: I do therefore declare and direct, that from and "immediately after the decease of my said Wife, all the "said Coins, Cabinets, Maps, Manuscripts, Electrotypes, "Vases, Statues, Marbles, Bronzes, Gems, and Articles of "Vertu, and such of my Books as relate to, or have con"nection with, my Collection of Coins and Antiquities, and "also all the printed or published Books written or pub"lished by me, and all other Books relating thereto or "referred to therein, shall go and be bequeathed unto my Nephew Stephen Martin Leake, and to my Nephew "William Martin Leake, hereinafter called my said Trus"tees, their Executors and Administrators, upon the Trusts "following: that is to say, upon Trust, within twelve "calendar months after the decease of my said Wife, to "offer and dispose of the same to the Chancellor, Masters, "and Fellows of the University of Cambridge, hereinafter "called The University of Cambridge,' for the sum of five "thousand pounds sterling, to be paid by the said Univer'sity to my said Trustees, at such days and times, not "exceeding three years from the decease of my said Wife, "and in such instalments and proportions as my said Trus"tees shall in their absolute and uncontrolled discretion "deem proper; provided nevertheless, and the before-men"tioned bequest is on this express condition, that it shall "not be lawful for my said Trustees to dispose of the said "Coins, Cabinets, Maps, Manuscripts, Electrotypes, Vases, "Statues, Marbles, Bronzes, Gems, Articles of Vertu, and "Books, to the said University, unless and until a Resolu"tion or Grace has been passed by or in the Senate of the "said University to the effect that the same shall for ever "remain and be the property of such University, and that "the Coins shall be kept without alteration as a separate "and distinct Collection, except so far as it may be de"sirable to augment the same by making additions thereto. 66 66 Collections. Purchase of the Leake collections for ¿0001. The Will of Col. Leake is dated the 17th January, 1859. Col. Leake died on the 6th January, 1860, and his Wife died on the 12th April, 1863. Placeat vobis ut relatio Syndicorum vestrorum de Numismatum, Librorum aliarumque rerum apparatu, quem vir eximius Martinus Leake, vobis summa quinquies M librarum coemendum testamento suo offerri jussit, 11°. Februarii 1864 data suffragiis vestris comprobetur; et ut summa quinquies M Librarum e pecuniis Fundationis Fitzwilliamensis propriis pro emptione apparatus prædicti erogetur. Feb. 5, 1864. Lease from £5000 may be spent from Reserve and £2000 to be paid from the Chest. 5. The Pendlebury Collection of Music. The rules adopted by the Syndicate for the use of this 6. Museum of Classical and General Archæology. Report 28 Oct. 1882. Grace 7 Dec. 1882. The Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate recommend: (1) That they be authorized to accept the offer of the Master and Fellows of Peterhouse of a fresh lease of the property, to the west of St Mary's the Less, of which they have lately acquired a lease for twenty years from Messrs Foster Brothers, for ninety-nine years from Michaelmas, 1882, at a ground rent of £150 a year. (2) That they be authorized to expend a sum not exceeding £5,000 from the Reserve Fund of the Fitzwilliam Museum upon the erection of new buildings and the alteration of those already existing on the site in question, in accordance with the plans laid upon the Registrary's table. (3) That the sum of £2,000 be paid out of the University Chest towards the completion of the same buildings, 1 The Report will be found in the Cambridge University Reporter, Nov. 7, 1882, pages 142–146. 2 Report 14 Mar. 1882. Grace 23 Mar. 1882. 3 Charged to the General Building Fund by Grace 20 Nov, 1883, provided that the rooms marked E, F, G, H on the plans be reserved for the exhibition of the Collections of Local and General Archaeology belonging to or hereafter to be acquired by the University. logy. of £50 a year. (4) That a sinking-fund of £50 annually be set apart Sinking Fund from the income of the Fitzwilliam Fund and accumulated at compound interest in order to make provision against the expiration of the proposed lease. The rules adopted by the Syndicate for the use of this Museum are to be found in the Cambridge University Reporter, 1883-4, p. 694. Antiquarian Society's Collections. Report 29 Nov. 1883. Grace 6 Dec. 1883. THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM SYNDICATE beg leave to Antiquarian report as follows: On Saturday, Nov. 3, 1883, the President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society communicated to the Vice-Chancellor the following Report of the Proceedings of the Society at a special general meeting of its members held on the previous day, with a request that he would lay it before the Syndicate at their next meeting. Report of proceedings of Cambridge Antiquarian Society: At a Special General Meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, held at the New Museums, on Friday, 2 November, 1883: I. The following Minute of the Council was read: This Minute will be found in the Cambridge University Reporter, 1883-4, pp. 239, 240. II. The following Resolutions were agreed to unanimously: 1. "That, subject to certain conditions, the entire collections of the Society be presented to the University." 2. "That all articles presented to the Society in future, whether antiquities or books, be treated in the same way as those mentioned in the preceding Resolution." Society's Museum. Antiquarian III. The following Conditions, above referred to, were Collections. then agreed to unanimously: Society's Regulations suggested. 1. That the Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Museum and Library be recognised (under the name of the Cambridge Antiquarian Museum and Library) as a special branch of the University Museum of Classical and General Archæology. 2. That the Society undertake to use efforts to increase the collections. 3. That the Cambridge Antiquarian Society be allowed the use of a suitable room or rooms in which the meetings of the Society may be held, in the Museum of Classical and General Archæology. 4. That Members of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society shall, as far as is practicable, have access to the Cambridge Antiquarian Museum and Library at all reasonable hours in addition to those at which it is generally open. 5. That the alienation of objects shall, in all cases where the objects in question have come into possession of the University through the Antiquarian Society, require the sanction of the Council of the Society. 6. That the University shall provide the stipend of a Curator, and such assistance as may be necessary. IV. It was unanimously agreed that the following Regulations be suggested as convenient for adoption : 1. That the Curator be appointed by the Antiquarian Committee with the consent of the Vice-Chancellor; and be removable by the same authority. 2. That the Curator shall at all times recognise the authority of the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum. 3. That it be the duty of the Curator: (1) To use his best endeavours to increase the anti quarian collections; to carry on such correspondence as may be deemed expedient for that purpose; to keep all such collections duly and properly named, arranged, and catalogued; and Society's especially to take precautions against their sus- (2) To assist those who may desire to consult the 4. That it be the duty of the Curator to reside in the University during full term, and during at least six weeks of the Long Vacation, between 1 July and 31 August, except with special leave obtained from the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, or, in case of his absence, from the Vice-Chancellor. 5. That he attend at the Museum for not less than four hours on each of five days in each week of his residence; except with special leave obtained from the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, or, in case of his absence, from the Vice-Chancellor. 6. That the foregoing Regulations (Nos. 1-5) be subject to alteration from time to time by the Antiquarian Committee. 7. That the Antiquarian Committee meet at least once in every term; and that they present an annual report to the Senate before the end of each academic year. Regulations suggested. The FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM SYNDICATE beg leave to offer The Syndi the following observations on the above Report: In anticipation of such a gift from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society to the University as is now offered, the Syndicate recommended in a Report dated Oct. 28, 1882, that the sum of £2000 should be paid out of the University Chest towards the completion of the new Museum of Classical and General Archæology which they recommended should be erected on the site west of the Church of St Mary the Less: on condition that the rooms marked E, F, G, H on the plans should be reserved for the collections of General and Local Archæology belonging to or hereafter to be acquired by the University. This recommendation was sanctioned by Grace of the Senate Dec. 7, 1882 (see Reporter, p. 237). The building referred to is now almost completed. It ORDINATIONES. 16 cate's observations. |