As well as an initial gift of £10,000 the Council also agreed to an annual subsidy from the rates towards maintenance of the facility and eventually coaxed several of the other local bodies to the principle of an annual statutory levy of £6,000 to support the museum's upkeep.
除了10,000英鎊的初始禮物外，市議會還同意每年從維護設施的費率中獲得補貼，並最終號召其他幾個地方機構遵守每年法定征費6,000英鎊的原則，以支持博物館的維修費用。