Abstract
AT a meeting of the council of the National Museum of Wales held at Cardiff on October 28, it was announced that a sum of 10,000l. had been received in War Loan Scrip from Capt. W. R. Smith, senior partner of the firm of W. R. Smith arid Son, Cardiff, and Mrs. Smith towards the buildingr fund of the new museum. The generous donors had made this gift in the belief that the National Museum would be. one of the first educational influences, in the Principality. There were other donors, who wished to remain anonymous for the present, and it is expected that when the present contract has been paid there will be a balance of about 16,000l towards the 50,000l. which is needed to complete the furnishing and equipment of the portion of the building at present in course of erection.
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Notes . Nature 98, 172–176 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098172a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/098172a0
