THR AnslRAI.lAN Mi;SKIiM KAl;l,V IIISTmn' KIFlKKlKCK. IJSO 



Till' request I'oi' an t-xtia t""i,<)<)(l was i-i't'iised hy His I'lxccllciicy (Sii- 

 Charles Fitzroy) in the t'ollowinp teniis"'^: — 



Colonial Sc^cretary's Ottif(> 



Sy'lncv, 24tli .hiii.', 1847. 

 Sir, 



I luivc tlie hiiiior to acknowledge receipt <>f yoiii- li-tti-r of tlic (illi 

 Instant, r('(iU('stin<^, l>y direction of the Coinniittcc for inaiiai^in;^ tlie 

 Australian iMiisfuiii. tliat tin- liirthcr sum of JC2,()()() may be ])lact'il on the 

 Estimates to eomplett' the Museum according to the original design. 

 Having laid your conununicati^)n before the Governor, I am desired to 

 infoi-m you that His Excellency i-egrets that the state of the Finances of 

 the Colony, and the otlu'r large an<l urgent demands upon the Kev<'nue, 

 will not allow of His entertaining, at prescuit, a recpiest for so considerable 

 a sum as d£2,(XM) in aiMition to that already votcil for the jjurjiose. 

 I have tht^ honor to b(^ 

 Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 Robert Lynd, Esq. for the Colonial Secretary, 



Honorary Secretary (Sgd.) W. Elyard, Junr. 



to the Committee for 

 Managing the 



Australian Muscnim. 



At tlie same time the yeai'ly allowance was increased to £800 for 

 general pui-poses''^. 



Undismayed by those rebuffs, the Committee again I'esolved, on tlie 

 14th September : — 



" That the pressing necessity for further sui)port should be again V)rought 

 under the notice of the Governor." 



and the Honorary Secretaiy was instructed to ask for a further £1,000 

 (instead of £2,000 as before). This, however, was refused by letter of 

 2lst September: — 



"As the financial arrangements for the present year are closed, but if the 

 improved state of the Revenue will admit of it, a sum will be placed on 

 the Supplementary Estimates." 



By the 30th November, 1847, the Colonial Architect leported the 

 walls carried up, and nearly leady to receive the roof*^*^. 



The request for the £1,000 was duly honoured as will be seen by the 

 following : — 



Colonial Secretary's Oftice, 



Sydney, 10th January, 1848. 

 Sir, 



With reference to your letter of 14th September last, requesting that 

 by direction of the Committee of the Australian Museum a further grant 

 of one thousand pounds in aid of the funds for the erection of the 

 Building ; and to my reply of the 21st of the same month, stating that the 

 Governor could not then accede to the above request as the Financial 



'8 Also Minutes, 14th September, 1847. 



™ Minutes, 4th December, 1847. 



»o Letter No. 47/9442. This money, voted in 1847 " for the completion of the 

 building," the Committee subsequently comjilained was employed in "raising the 

 walls." 



