THE BALLANCE MEMORIAL.
A meeting of the Ballance Memorial Committee was held last night, the Hon J. Eigg presiding. The Secretary stated that ho had written to Sir James Hector, asking him what would' bo the most suitable stone to be ‘ used in the construction of the monument, and that Sir James had replied that Bluff syenite, a variety of granitic rook, would bo the best for carving. The Committee decided that that stone should be used.
It was resolved to insert in the specifications a clause that the contractor shall pay the duty on tho marble, but that if tho Government remit such duty it shall become the properly of the Committee. ' The. '’specifications apd ’drawings qs amended ‘ were agreed to, and it was decided to, invito, teqders for tfie erection of the iqdnuineut at an early date.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2209, 18 May 1894, Page 2
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