394 TIMEHRI. 
The Assistant Secretary read the following letters 
from Mr. Quelch :— 
Chicago, Sept. 5th, 1893. 
L. M. Hill, Esq., 
Hon. Secretary, R. A. and C. Society. 
Dear Sir,—There is nothing very special to write about just now, 
but as there are several minor matters which are worth mention, I send 
my periodic report. The question of money, I have already treated 
very fully in my letter to Mr. Conyers as Hon. Treasurer, and the 
Committee are therefore in possession of all I have to say on that 
point—-and what I propose doing in the event of no more money being 
forthcoming. I had hoped to have been able to return a very large 
number of exhibits as desirable additions to our Museum, but failing 
the $2,000 which I should have had in hand from our sales of hand- 
books, there will be no funds with which to defray cost of freight; and 
I shall therefore be obliged to sell off nearly everything at whatever 
prices we may be able to obtain. There will be such an enormous 
amount of stock of all sorts from all parts of the world for sale at the 
end of the Fair that things will have to be sold for a mere song to get 
rid of them. This is regrettable altogether; but as the Committee 
cannot supply the funds which it was expected would be in my hands 
from the hand-book, I have no other path open to me. 
A proposal has been made, I see, to send the main part of our exhibits 
to London to the Imperial Institute: and under the circumstances, I 
think the idea a very wise one, since a very good show there might be 
made of our things here, whilst at the same time it would save the 
necessity of selling things here at far below their value. The idea had 
occurred to me here, when I began to realize what would have to be 
done at the close of the Fair, and | had intended writing to the Govern- 
ment to suggest the transfer of the greater number of our things. It 
would not be difficult for me to sort out what would suit well for the 
Imperial Institute and I could send these off, and the Committee could 
arrange as they see fit for some one to put things straight in London. 
The only thing to be pointed out is that I must have money to pay the 
cost of packing and the freight charges. You have the bills for freight 
from St. John’s to Chicago, and the other from America to London can 
easily be calculated, so that it can fairly well be determined by you 
what would have to be provided for the purpose. Packing up would 
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