Report to the managers of the Royal Infirmary, by David Bryce, architect, on the comparative capabilities of Watson's Hospital and Infirmary grounds as a site for the proposed new Royal Infirmary.

  • Bryce, David.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Report to the managers of the Royal Infirmary, by David Bryce, architect, on the comparative capabilities of Watson's Hospital and Infirmary grounds as a site for the proposed new Royal Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    If the Hall or College were fuUy occupied by 150 Students during both the winter and summer sessions, and the average charge for each was £52 for nine montlis, the estimated surplus revenue would be £275. As the loAver scale of charge would not exceed £48, it is probable the College would be fully occupied. If the cost exceeded the estimate by £3000, or 10 per cent., an addi- tional charge of £1 for the nine months would produce 5 per cent, on that sum. At a cost of £35,000, with the College only half occupied in sum- mer, the average charge of £42 for the winter, and £63 for both winter and summer, would leave a surplus revenue of £125 j or, if fidly occupied during both sessions, an average of £53 would produce a surplus of £200. These estimates are made on the calculation that there would be £12,000 foundation capital at 3f per cent., and £23,000 loan capital at 5 per cent. The whole of the latter would not, however, be needed in the first in- stance, because so large a building would not require to be completed at once, and might be overtaken by the contributions to Foundation Scholarships. As, by this plan, the surplus revenue woidd go to increase the endowment of the Foundation Scholarships, it would be necessary to fix a limit to the amount of each [at £60], and appropriate the balance to founding new Scholarships of the same class. When the loan was paid ofij by means of subscriptions, donations, and surplus revenue, the Scholarships, on an esti- mated rental of £1500, at an average annual value of £50, would number 30. With the view, however, of iucreasmg the accommodation for Stu- dents, it would not be advisable to pay off the loan debt, but rather, as the demand for Collegiate residence increased, to appropriate surplus revenues and additional Contributions and Endowments to the extension of the College, and an increase in the number of Scholarships. 2'he Site.—It is believed that a suitable site may be obtained near the Industrial Museum, in which case the contemplated Hall or College would lorm part of a great public improvement; or if not there, in the immediate neighbourhood. The selection of the site will, taken alone, make a differ- ence in the estimated cost of from five to twenty-five per cent.