'I'HK Al'SIKAMAN MCSKUM KAKI.V IIISTIIUV Kill [OKI hi; K. '.HU 



(it'iitlt'iiien, 



1 sliall liiive much pleasure in "^iviu^ direct inns to liu' ('dluiiial 

 Architect to ])rei>ait' plans ami Ksliniates of a liuiMin<4 to lie erected for 

 the Australian Aluscuni. 



C{e..r^-.. (iipj.s. 

 (jovernment House, 



Sydney, 27th Se])leinher. 1S44. 



Oil tlie back ol" a separate ('(H)v of this I'eply, printed GoveT'inneut 

 Gazette size, aiul now in the Mitcthell hil)iary, are a series of minutes, 

 initialled " (5.G.," one of which reads as loHows'''- : — 



"Write to him [Colonial Architect] statin}^ that I propose to place on the 

 Estiniates for 184(), a sum not exceedin<^ ,£;^,()()0 for the erection of a 

 IMuseum, and recjuest him to j)re])are. a I'lan of a Huildinj; suitable to the 

 ]>ur])ose. But hefoi'e (loini^ so, h(^ should confer with Die Committee of 

 the Museum, botli as to the nature of tlie Buildin}^ to he erectad, and the 

 situation in which it should lie placed. It seems to me, however; that it 

 ought to be in the Botanic (hardens." 



On 30th October, 1845, tliis sum was accordingly voted by Council : — 



"No. 52." 

 "Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council, 30th October, 1845, p. 4." 

 " (53) Resolved, that a sum not exceeding £3,(HK) be appropriated towards 

 erecting a Public Museum, at Sydney, for the year 1846." 



And of which the Committee were duly informed as follows : — 



Colonial Secretary's Office, 



Sydney, 14th March, 1845. 

 Gentlemen, 



.An address having been presented to the Governor liy the Legis- 

 lative Council wherein His Excelle:icy was requested to cause some 

 suitable accommodation to be provided for the Australian Museum, I am 

 directed to inform you that it is proposed to place on the Estimates for 

 1846, a sum not exceeding ^3,000, for the erection of a Museum ; and that 

 the Colonial Architect has accordingly been desired to ])repare a plan of a 

 suitable Building for the purpcise, first, however, conferring with you as 

 to the nature of the Building to be erected, and the situation in which it 

 should be placed. 

 His Excellency has, therefore, desired me to request that j'ou will have the 

 goodness to confer with the Colonial Architect on the subject. 

 T have the lionour to be, 

 (gentlemen, ■ 

 Your most obedient servant. 

 The Committee of for the Colonial Secretary, 



The Australian Museum. W. Elyard, Junr, 



The Committee in the interval were, no doubt, busy looking around 

 for a site, for on the Minutes of 12tli September, 184-5, there occurs the 

 following : — 



" The unanimous opinion of the Meeting, that the portion of the Government 

 House Demesne, east of the Library"'-'' and nearly opposite the Statue 

 would be a very eligible situation." 



52 1844. New South Wales (Australian Museum). Ordered by the Council to 

 be printed 27th September. 1 844. 



■•'■' This presumedly means the present Public Library, the foundation stone of 

 which was lai<l by the Honorable Alex. Macleay in 1844 (OhI Tunes, i.. No. 1, 1903, 

 p. 21). 



