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is right, however, to state that the disposition 

 of the building as proposed by you will give a 

 greater amount of accommodation, and admit of 

 a cheaper mode of construction, than I had cal- 

 culated upon in May (relatively with the space 

 intended to be covered), and therefore I think 

 your plan far better adapted for the museum than 

 the plan I took the liberty to suggest to Mr. 

 Gladstone. 



* " Believe me, &c, 



' " Henry A. Hunt." 



* Sir H. A. Hunt had previously formed an 

 estimate of cost for the Chancellor of the Ex- 

 chequer on inspection of the Report and Plan in 

 the Parliamentary paper of March 1859. The 

 letter to which I refer I regard as an antidote to 

 some previous quotations from adverse members 

 of Parliament, 



' The working plans of Sir Henry A. Hunt 

 were subsequently submitted for competition, and 

 the designs of the accomplished and lamented 

 Captain Fowke, R.E., obtained the award in 

 1864. His untimely death arrested further 

 progress or practical application of the prize 

 designs. 



' Mr. Alfred Waterhouse was then selected 

 as architect, and prepared fresh designs ; 5 and I 



5 Afac-simile of a tracing of tees is here inserted, and will 

 the plan accepted by the Trus- enable the reader to contrast 



