C. MERIVALE.
The Deanery, October, 1873.
Summary of Expenditure upon Restorations, Memorials, and Special Works executed in Ely Cathedral within the last thirty years.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Restoring the interior and exterior of the Choir, providing Memorials, special works, and decorations | 28,067 | 0 | 0 |
| Restoring the Lantern as a memorial to the late Dean Peacock, furnishing Octagon, and filling large windows with stained glass | 10,022 | 0 | 0 |
| Restoring north and south-east Transepts | 4123 | 0 | 0 |
| Repairing roof, making new ceiling, laying new floors to the Nave and side aisles, providing memorials, &c. | 7269 | 19 | 4 |
| Opening the Lantern of the great Western Tower, securing the Tower, &c. | 4017 | 15 | 10 |
| Restoring St. Catherine's Chapel, restoring the south-west Transept, now the Baptistry | 2384 | 16 | 9 |
| Restoring west Entrance-gates, &c. | 1168 | 15 | 10 |
| £57,053 | 7 | 9 |
Lists of those persons who have contributed from time to time to these Restorations have been published. The general amount of these offerings are shown by the following summary:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Contributions and special works by the Bishops of Ely and their families | 3600 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Contributions and payments by the Dean and Chapter corporate | 22,927 | 10 | 7 | |||
| Contributions by individual members of the Chapter and their families | 14,907 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 37,835 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Contributions and special works by the Officers and Tradesmen of the Dean and Chapter | 1412 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Contributions by other Inhabitants of the City of Ely | 365 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Contributions by the general public | 13,840 | 6 | 2 | |||
| £57,053 | 7 | 9 |
Besides the Restorations of the Cathedral, and the defraying of numerous expenses incident to their position as patrons or proprietors, considerable works have been carried on by the Dean and Chapter during the last thirty years in providing houses for the Masters of the Grammar School, converting the Great Gate into suitable Schoolrooms (towards which friends have contributed £575, including £325 by the City of Ely), partially restoring Prior Crauden's Chapel, improving the Deanery and the Canons' houses, building new Schools for the Choristers, with a Master's house, turning part of the old Sacristy into a muniment room and Verger's lodge, executing important sanitary works, laying underground drains, laying out and planting the grounds around the Cathedral, &c., at a cost altogether exceeding £12,000, exclusive of ordinary repairs. Total cost of Restorations and Improvements about £70,000.