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1 Section Contribution.

nally allotted a total space amounting to approxi- ch about 14,329 square feet were in the Exhibition n the Stores. This is approximately 30 per cent. nd stores of the Imperial Institute. The contribu- s of the Imperial Institute was £750 per annunı, rtion of space occupied and on the total general ghting. When the Imperial Institute was trans- general expenses were lessened, and in 1900 the hed to £475 per annum, that is 28.9 per cent, of

l space allotted to the Indian section amounts to includes certain storage space not yet actually Indian Committee Room or the rooms and passages hanghier Hall, which are also maintained by the otal area of the galleries and stores of the Imperial e feet, the Indian section has at present an allot- rea, whilst the contribution to the general expenses stimated expenses.

Office, Sir Owen Burne states that the additional section prior to the reduction of the grant to £475 dered in that arrangement. It appears that the the allotment of additional space is prior in date of grant. It is clear, however, that the arrange- vere discussed and settled by the Council of the time previous to the matter being brought before ained in Sir F. Abel's letter of the 2nd July, 1900. of the 25th July, 1900, the reduced assessment is er cent. of the total space, that is, on the original is therefore not taken into account in calculating

maintenance is given by Sir F. Abel as £1,658 15s., bly, £475.

any reduction in the Indian contribution of £475 resent circumstances, nor is it evident that such a the facts of the case. The expenditure from the stitute on the collections, the library, and general

but by no means excessive; indeed, we believe a or further expenditure. The special staff of the who apply for information on Indian subjects, ided, which are over and above the expenditure 3, &c., of the Indian section.

pation of more space in the Imperial Institute and in addition, enjoys special privileges, whilst ral purposes is much smaller in proportion to the will in future be paid by several Colonies, notably e (£300). We are clearly of opinion that these as a share of the general expenses of the Institute, Scientific and Technical Department, which are be regarded merely as out-of-pocket expenses for

of the galleries occupied by these countries. desire to effect further economies in the adminis- very considerable saving could be effected without the administration of the Indian section in the mperial Institute, a lump sum being paid as a alone at the Imperial Institute maintains a special actically independent of the other sections of the sible to the Indian Committee, by whom they are

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i economical or desirable arrangement under the erial Institute, and we submit that the present is

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