TUF. AI'SIKAI.IAN MUSKI'M KAl.'I.V HISTORY KTIIKKI !•• : K. 803 



conronnily with ilif Covenu.r's dcsiic tlic Coimnittee lost no time in 

 fonnin^ its " Hoanl," iui.l at liist appfa.' to liave conttMiii.Iated employiupr 

 Mr. K.'^T. lilackft to conanct investigations on its heliall',"'' hut at its next 

 meeting the nan\es of .Nfessrs. Ilobertson and Dner were Kuhstitiited-"-. 



i liave beloi-e me only the draft of the lettei- eojiveying this infor- 

 nuition, signed by Mr. William Sliai'p Maoleay, to the t;oloni;il Srcivtaiy. 

 Ill tliis Mr. Macleay says : — 



'•Tlic Coininittt't' rctVmvd thi> cxiiiiiination and valuation ..f tlif works don.- 

 ill tlif MiistMiiii toj.-etht"r with tlu" flaiiiis of th.- varit.ns Conlractors to two 

 professional <^('ntU'nien, Messrs. RolxTtson and Ducr." 



On the 21st September, 1849, the Rev. G. K. Turner was informed 

 an additional £500 had been placed on the Supplementary Estimates and 

 voted, but must await the result of the investigation of the claims against 

 the Government then going on"". This was, as the Committee expressed 

 it :— 



"for roofing in the Building and protecting their Collections from exposure to 

 the weather." 



Apparently it was paid some time early in 1850. 



A document bearing date 2:-)rd October, 1849, gives the amounts so 

 far voted for the building as revealed by the " Appropriation " Acts, and 

 the dates of the assent to those Acts, to be as follows : — 



8th June, 184o =£3,000 



2nd October, 1847 l''***** 



Kith June, 1848 1.5^^^ 



^5,500 

 A detailed statement of expenses prepared by Mr. Lewis, and 

 furnished bv the Colonial Secretary, 17tli Octobei', 1849, informs us that 

 from OctoDer, 1846, to November, 1848, the cost had amounted to 

 £5,485/13/9, and that to complete the roof (i.e., to the original plan) a 

 further sum of £267/9/4 was required. 



The report of Messrs. Robertson and Duer bearing date 5th October, 

 1849, is a very lengthy technical document that would be of little or no 

 interest to readers of this account, but all that is necessary can be 

 gathered from the "Report of the Australian Museum Board " founded 

 on the above, and dated 26th October^*'. 



The Board stated. Inter (dla, that the construction of the building, as 

 it then stood, differed in several respects from that formerly approved by 

 the Committee, more particularly in having a central dome or cupola 

 (PI. xlvi.) ; a recapitulation of the matters accounting for the various sums 

 of money asked for' and their disbursement. The Committee concluded 

 this portion of the "Board's"' Report by suggesting that all future sums 

 should be placed " under their sole control^^." 



95 Minutes, 8th September, 1849; Letter-hook, i., p. 102. 



«fi Minutes, 15th September, 1849. 



!'" Document, No. 49/254. 



«>< Document, 49/10513, 31st October, 1849. 



»« Also in a letter of 20th August, 1849 (Letter Book, i., p. 98.) 



