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aside for return passages and other such expenditure, As I explained 
in my letters ’tis not that I thought we should spend more money than 
the vote given for the purpose, but that I wanted more money in 
hand here until I could realise from sales. I am certain that we shall 
have a balance in hand after all expenditure is met—especially by the 
action of the Imperial Institute Committee in taking over many of our 
things from the Exposition Committee, which would not by sale here now 
have realised very much. The Committee have acted very wisely forthe 
Institute, I think, since the colleétion that I can send from here will make 
a very creditable Show. They have trusted me to do the best I can in 
the matter, and I need hardly assure them that I will doso to the best of 
my power, M. Rodway gives their detailed instructions, which I will 
attend to; but I must leave it toa later opportunity to say exactly 
what I am sending off. Of course the logs of timber, the sugars, rum, 
molasses and preserves, and such like things, I shall get rid of here. 
They are bulky, and are much better supplied fresh in the latter cases 
from the colony direct. Many of the things that I should have liked to 
return to the Museum, it will be advisable for our better advertisement 
to send to the Institute, especially where they are easily replaced in the 
colony to the Museum. Our own things from the Museum, that I 
allowed out, and the mounted animals will return. The gilt models I 
am sending to London—they are very instructive and are worth it; 
but I shall lighten them by cutting out the centre of the base on which 
they stand. They only make one case when packed into each other, 
You will have noted that freight was my chief fear. I learn now for 
the first time that arrangements were made for payment on your side. 
No statement of this kind was ever made to me before nor could I 
estimate, as well as you could in the colony, what it might come to, for 
I had never any statement to guide me, of what the first cost was in 
their coming up here. I knew the cost was great for it took up all the 
funds left behind in the Treasurer’s hand, but I was never notified of 
the details to guide me on the return. I imagine I shall have quite 
enough here now to pay railway fare on the returned packages—anyhow, 
I feel all right. 1 will write for report at the end of the month when | 
hope to give lists of awards. By the bye, I must say that I had 
purposely given the name of the exhibitor as the Government, 
in some cases, for the reason that it seems that only one medal 
can be got by an exhibitor, though many certificates may be issued to 
him for different exhibits, 
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