§ MR. MELLORasked the First Commissioner of Works, If he will state the nature and the terms of the agreement made with the architect when engaged to prepare the original design and the working plans for the erection of the New Law Courts; and, whether any and what provision was made to remunerate the architect in the event of an alteration in the plans whereby the estimated cost of the buildings would be increased?
LORD HENRY LENNOXThe agreement between Mr. Street, the architect of the New Law Courts, and the Office of Works was made on September 23, 1870. The architect was to receive 5 per cent on the amount proposed to be spent; one-third was to be paid on the execution of the contract, another third as soon as one-half of the contract sum was paid to the builders, and the remaining third when the final payment had been made to the builder. With regard to the second part of the Question, it was arranged that if any alterations or additions were made to the work, entailing an increase in the cost of the whole work, the architect should receive at the rate of 5 per cent upon that increase.