| Description | Henry Hunt's report on the Arcades, December 1863, and estimate of cost of completing the Arcades; Draft Agreement, 1864, between the Commissioners and the Royal Horticultural Society as to terms of the proposed advance of £13,000, and the use of the Annexe Grounds and North Entrance; Terms of Agreement between the Commissioners and the Royal Horticultural Society, and proposed alteration of terms, for the Annual International Exhibitions in 1871 and subsequent years. Correspondence concerns the request by the RHS for return of rent over-payment, the disposal of surplus funds from the International Horticultural Exhibition, the loan of £13,000 by the Commissioners to the RHS, the state of the Arcades, and the lack of realisation of plans for the Gardens and Arcades.
Correspondents include: Andrew Murray, James Richards, Lord Derby, Henry Scott, W. Wilson Saunders, Thomas Moore, Edgar Bowring, Daniel Cooper, Henry Thring, Henry Hunt and Fladgates. |