King George's visit to said institution on March 5 had been lengthily covered in the newspaper, and its good works had been frequently featured in the newspaper over the preceding years; this was clearly an institute dear to the paper's heart (indeed the article launching the appeal promises that the newspaper will "deal fully in its columns over the ensuing fortnight with the extensive work of the Association"), and its proprietors (the Levy-Lawson family) started the ball rolling with a gift of £500; although this was soon trumped by a gift of £10,000 from the executors of Sir William Dunn, Bt.