...exempt from local rates ; and it is enacted that no person shall be rated in respect of any local rate in respect of any land, houses or buildings, or parts...or the fine arts exclusively, either as tenant or owner, and occupied by it for the transaction of its business and for carrying into effect its purposes,...

...Person or Persons shall be assessed or rated, or liable to be assessed or rated, or liable to pay, to any County, Borough, Parochial, or other local Rates...Buildings, or Parts of Houses or Buildings, belonging to any_SocJ£iji. instituted for Purposes of Science, Literature, or the Fine Arts exclusively, either...

...to be liable to be rated to any county, borough, parochial, or other local rates, in respect of land or buildings belonging to any society instituted for...science, literature, or the fine arts, exclusively, and occupied for the transacuon of its business ; provided the society be supported wholly or in part...

...— This society is not within 6 & 7 Viet. e. 36, s. 2. The words of that section exempt " premises belonging to any society instituted for purposes of...science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively," provided such society " shall not, and by its rales may not, make any dividend, gift, division, or...

...rates, and the section goes on to enact that no person shall be rated in respect of any local rate in respect of any land, houses or buildings, or parts...buildings, belonging to any society instituted for the purposes of science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively, either as tenant or owner, and occupied...

...servants, are rateable (e). By 6 & 7 V. c. 36, land, houses, or buildings, or parts of the latter, belonging to any society, instituted for purposes...or the fine arts, exclusively, either as tenant or owner, and occupied by it for transaction of its business, and carrying into effect its purposes, and...

..." That no person or persons shall be assessed or rated, or liable to pay to any county, borough, or parochial, or other local rates or cesses, in respect...buildings belonging to any society instituted for the purposes of science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively, either as tenant or owner, and occupied...

...J. I am of the same opinion. The appellants claim exemption from rates on the ground that they are a society instituted for purposes of science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively, within the meaning of the statute, and that they occupy the premises in question for the transaction...

...Lands, houses and Scientific 10buildings, or parts of houses or buildings, belonging to clelle* roon"any society instituted for purposes of science, literature,...or the fine arts exclusively, either as tenant or owner, and occupied by it for the transaction of its business and for carrying into effect its purposes,...

...scientific or literary Societies. This act came into operation on the 1st of October 1843. It was to apply to any Society "instituted for purposes of Science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively" and provided "such society shall be supported wholly or in part by annual voluntary contributions,...