Description | Correspondence concerning the alterations to the Eastern and Western Galleries; the lease to the Imperial Institute of the plot of land on which the projection for the north corridor would be formed; the completion of the north gallery (corridor) connecting the Eastern and Western galleries; the grants by the Commission of annual sums for the Department for the investigation and testing of natural products of the Colonies and India; Memorandum by Lord Playfair
of proposals for dealing with the Commission's property; 'Statement of the income of the Royal Commission and of the changes on it'; Memorandum by Lord Playfair 'on the intended application for a grant of £2,000 to the Imperial Institute in addition to £1,000 annually now granted to the Research Laboratory'. Correspondents include: Sir Frederick Abel, Sir Arthur Ellis, Lord Playfair, Lady Playfair, H.W. Primrose (Office of Works). Also: Drawing showing the arrangement of the party wall between the Royal College of Music and the Imperial Institute, 1891. Booklet by Charles Langdon-Davies, 'The facts of the Imperial Institute', 1898. |