📂 J. Haast, Canterbury Museum - recommends a larger grant for additions to the Museum building (£14000) and sets out his proposals for the location of various collections in a larger building - 6/06/1874. Large general file on the Museum's buildings, additions, repairs and collections. Includes ICPW 551/1869 - collection of American bird skins for the Museum to be forwarded to London from Panama, ICPW 34/1870 - removal of temporary buildings, ICPS 51/1870 - Mountfort's account for June - December 1869, ICPW 684/1870 - Haast reports on all the collections and plan for future collecting, ICPS 621/1871 - Museum Trustees request building of a work room for staff, ICPS 1170/1871 - Mountfort's account for commission and printed copy of the Professional Charges agreed to by Architects Practising in Christchurch, ICPS 400(1)/1872 - Thomas Kent's tender for glass cases, ICPW 427/1872 - Museum Trustees request grant for an additional room for taxidermy, ICPW 1118/1872 - tenders for show cases from Evan Rees, R. Whitelaw, ICPW 1287/1872 - Haast and Museum Trustees request £5000 for further additions, ICPS 1579/1872 - resolution that Domain land with Museum buildings be vested in the Museum Trustees, ICPS 176/1873 - Haast reports that S. Locke has bought two Maori houses for the Museum - one for £60 from Poverty Bay, and another conditionally for £200, ICPS 1939/1873 - two moa skeletons to be sent to Hokitika for exhibition, ICPS 2176/1874 - Canterbury College Board approve plans for new Museum additions, ICPW 626(1)/1874 - Trustees have approved Mountfort's plans for new building, and wish the new building to be heated with hot water, and also have offices added, ICPS 1097/1875 - Canterbury College forwards amended plans and costings and request payment of sum voted, 1101/1875 - England Brothers state they cannot accept notice from the Provincial Government to stand over until the Appropriation Act is passed as their contract is with Canterbury College, 1101(2)/1875 - Provincial Secretary to James Tait - Mountfort has no authority to allow contractors to proceed, ICPS 1101(7)/1875 - Mountfort proposes modifications to plans to reduce cost to within the vote, ICPS 1102/1875 - Joynt and O'Neill - James Tait to institute legal proceedings for breach of contract, ICPS 1103/1875 - Joynt and O'Neill - England Brothers to take legal proceedings also, ICPW 1130/1875 - Canterbury College Board forward copies of contracts with James Tait and England Brothers, full specifications for the building work attached, ICPS 1228/1875 - Canterbury College Board object to government communicating directly with contractors instead of through Board, ICPS 1276/1875 - Canterbury College Board forward a set of resolutions concerning the funding for the Museum additions, the Public Library and the Normal School, newspaper clippings reporting on the dispute between Canterbury College and the Government, ICPS 1393/1875 - F.J. Garrick, Provincial Solicitor - opinion on Museum contracts, ICPS 1511/1875 - notice of action by James Tait, ICPS 1512/1875 - notice of action by England Brothers, ICPS 1737/1875 - Joynt and O'Neill ask whether the Government still refuse to permit the contracts to proceed, ICPS 1737/1875 - memo to Provincial Solicitor to arrange with contractors' solicitors for them to proceed with works, ICPS 1803/1875 - F.J. Garrick - contractors accept offer to proceed, ICPS 2133/1875 - John Armstrong, Government Gardener - objects to encroachment of new Museum buildings onto the Domain lawn, which was against the agreement made between the Domain Board and the Government, and states that Dr Haast attacked the Charitable Aid men working near the Museum, includes ground plan of present Museum building and proposed additions and ICPS 2133(2)/1875 - E. Jollie reports on the meeting with Domain Board where it was agreed to alter the position of the new buildings to avoid encroachment, ICPS 2214/1875 - A. Lean, Steward of Reserves - re Museum site, with memo concerning trees and shrubs to be cleared from site, ICPS 8/1876 - Colonial Secretary's Office - re authority for payment of Museum contract, seeks particulars of contract and certificate that funds will be available, with further correspondence on this subject including ICPS 132/1876 - John Knowles - government needs assurance that provincial revenue will be enough to cover contact, and ICPS 133/1876 - approval of Governor General for the contract.

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ICPS 1330/1874

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