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various circumstances, which could not be foreseen, having ren- 

 dered it necessary to abandon this intention, Her Majesty's Com- 

 missioners for the Exhibition of 1851 most liberally placed the 

 galleries on the western side of the Horticultural Gardens at the 

 disposal of the Science and Art Department for the purpose of 

 the exhibition. Though, unfortunately, these galleries are dis- 

 connected from the Kensington Museum, they are admirably 

 adapted to the present purpose, and afford an accommodation 

 which could not otherwise have been obtained. 



(By order) 



F. R. SANDFORD, 



Secretary, Committee of Council on Education. 



