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**from its having become an overgrown establish - 

 ment, it is by no means even yet commensurate 

 with the greatness of the country ; yet seeing 

 that there may be financial reasons against that 



«« very great enlargement v/hich has, by some, been 

 contemplated, 1 have thought that the Trustees 

 wookl permit me to suggest a middle course, 



" whereby the requirements of the tv/o Depart- 



" ments which alone need any considerable exten- 

 sion, may, without immediate expense, be amply 



" provided for for a great number of years. 



My suggestion is to build a north wing on the 



site of the houses which form the south side of 



Montague Place.* 



" The purchase of the sixteen houses would be 



'^effected for about £50,000 or £60,000. 



plain, but suitable, building^ could be 



" built in four years at a cost, if by contract^ of 

 about £110,000. 



* -Thus by an expenditure of about £34,000 per 

 " annum for five years, galleries would be obtained, 

 " affording an area of 55,000 feet superficial, ex- 

 *' elusive of space on the basement story. 



" These new rooms would join on at the west 

 **end to the Antiquities and at the east end to 

 the Natural History Departments. 

 "The lighting of these rooms would be good, 

 as the northerly aspect affords the most uniform 

 '* and convenient light. 



* Plan IV. ^ Plan Y. 



