348 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. 



the most suitable in elevation and the lowest estimate. 

 The committee were assisted in their selection by Mr. 

 Koberts, the Duke of Sutherland's Clerk of the Works. 



(report.) 



Great difficulty was experienced in obtaining a site 

 properly supplied with water, and affording facilities for 

 exercising the hounds. 



This difficulty was met by an offer on the part of 

 Lord Yernon to lease four and a quarter acres of land 

 adjoining Sudbury Park for a period of twenty-five years 

 at a rent of £30 per annum. 



Estimates were now sent in for the kennels only, and 

 the lowest was that accepted from Messrs. Slater and 

 Vernon for £1664, Messrs. Giles and Brookhouse's estimate 

 for the whole of the buildings, kennel, yard and stables 

 being £2800. 



At this period at a committee meeting held on 

 November 8th, 1872, a communication was made by Lord 

 Vernon to the committee to the effect that he disapproved 

 the elevation submitted by Messrs. Giles and Brookhouse, 

 and that their estimates were manifestly untrustworthy, 

 coupled with a suggestion that the erection of the whole 

 buildings should be entrusted to his (Lord Vernon's) own 

 architect, Mr. Devey, at a cost not to exceed £5000. 



This arrangement was carried into effect, Messrs. Giles 

 and Brookhouse receiving £279 as compensation. 



A second estimate was now submitted and accepted 

 from Messrs. Slater and Vernon for the stables at a cost 

 of £4550, which, with the original estimate for the kennels, 

 amounted to a total of £6493, and the building was pro- 

 ceeded with under the charge of Mr. Devey, architect, and 

 Mr. Agar, Clerk of the Works. 



At a meeting of the committee held on March 20th, 

 1874, it was found that over £5000, the sum originally 

 mentioned by his lordship, had already been expended, 

 and a communication was made to him to that effect. 



