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of £10 to which he was entitled successful competitor, and 
agreed to furnish working drawings free of expense. His working 
plans and drawings are still preserved in the Museum in Thornhill. 
Builders’ estimates were advertised for, aud that of John Milligan, 
Dumfries, amounting to £331 8s 6d, was accepted, and Mr James 
Thomson was appointed superintendent of works. On 30th May 
following the Committee “having walked down to the Church- 
yard and inspected the burial place of Burns, are of opinion that 
it is so much encumbered with monuments and tombstones sur- 
rounding it and a risk that it may still be more obscured by other 
erections, have therefore resolved, with the consent of Mrs Burns, 
to remove the whole remains of the family to another and more 
eligible situation in the new burial ground, and the mausoleum 
erected over the remains is agreed on, the remains to be removed 
in as delicate and proper a manner as possible.” This resolution 
was carried into effect, and on the King’s birthday, 5th June, 
1815, a grand procession took place, and the foundation stone of 
the mausoleum was laid with masonic honours, and the usual docu 
ments and coins deposited therein. On the same day the Com- 
mittee, architect, Mr Turnerelli, sculptor, London, and_ others 
dined in the King’s Arms, and at a subsequent Committee meet- 
ing the Apollo’s head, for the centre of the dome, designed by 
Mr Hunt, and also the designs for the daisy and thistle to 
surround it, were approved. Mr Hunt at the same time marked 
off the ground in the new burial-ground. Previous to this Mr 
Turnerelli had sent in a design for the sculpture. On 6th June 
the Committee met with Mr Turnerelli, and it was agreed to 
adopt his design provided the necessary sum could be procured 
either to erect it in marble or Roach Abbey stone. His estimate 
for marble and figures of life-size was 750 guineas, and if the 
figures were a quarter less 600 guineas. On 8th June the Com- 
mittee, architect, and others were entertained to dinner in the 
King’s Arms Hotel by the magistrates of Dumfries, when the free- 
dom of the burgh was conferred on Messrs Hunt, Turnerelli, 
Walter, and Captain Heh]. At this stage many difficulties began. 
The contractor for the mausoleum was troublesome, and tore 
in pieces the committee’s written remonstrances as to the insuffi- 
cient jointing of the granite steps. He placed stones in the dome 
disconform to contract both as regards thickness and quality, 
and Mr Hunt had to step in and see his directions carried out. 
The Committee inspected the model of the plough for the sculpture 
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