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How much of that space might be built upon 

 without depriving of air and light the surround- 

 ing rooms, and especially the Board Room; as well 

 as the rooms of the Principal Librarian and of 

 the Clerks,* will require great deliberation. It will, 

 probably, be found that the inconveniences which 

 must result from occupying even the smallest part 

 of that space with building will more than coun- 

 terbalance the comparatively trifling amount of 

 accommodation which such a building might 

 afford. 



The second piece of ground which may yet be 

 built upon is between the south end of the Print 

 Room and the north end of the second Elgin 

 Room.^ With reference to this ground, and 

 the uses to which it might be converted, as well 

 as with reference to the objections to them, the 

 Principal Librarian begs to refer the Trustees 

 to Mr. Smirke*s letter, above mentioned, and 

 which is as follows : — 



" Dear Sir, — In compliance with the desire of 

 " the Trustees expressed at their meeting of the 

 " 7th instant, I have read the reports of Mr. 

 Gray and of Mr. Carpenter, and have com.mu- 

 nicated with those gentlemen as to the additional 

 " rooms required by them, and have especially 

 ** considered how far such additional rooms can 

 be obtained at the north-western corner of the 



^ Plan II., 4, 6, 7. 



^ Plan II.. 31. 



