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beyond the limits of London; the former, viz., Her Majesty's 

 Commissioners, were actually at the same moment contemplating 

 the appropriation of the central part of their land at South 

 Kensington as a Garden, to be surrounded by Itahan arcades, 

 — a purpose the relations of which will be better understood 

 hereafter, when the Prince's noble and statesman-like objects are 

 further developed. His Eoyal Highness's position, as head of 

 both bodies, rendered the negotiation easy ; and at a meeting 

 held at Buckingham Palace on the 27th of June, the Prince 

 amrounced to the Council that Her Majesty's Commissioners 

 were ready to grant a lease of 20 acres at Kensington Gore 

 upon certain conditions, the more important of which were the 

 following : — 



The Commissioners to expend 50,000/. upon a highly deco- 

 rated Italian Arcade, and certain costly earthworks recpiired as 

 the foundation of a Garden. 



The Commissioners to claim no rent until the expenses of 

 the Society — which include interest upon money borrowed — 

 shall have been defrayed ; all income beyond such expenses to 

 be apportioned in the manner following ; that is to say, interest 

 to be paid by the Society on the 50,000/. borrowed by the 

 Commissioners, and then, as rent, one moiety of any surplus that 

 may have arisen during each year. 



The Society to lay out a sum equal to that of the Com- 

 missioners in the formation of the Garden, one feature of which 

 would be a Conservatory of considerable extent. 



The Commissioners to grant the Society a lease of the land 

 for 31 years. 



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