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A comparison of the styles represented in these three lists is interesting, after making all allowances for doubtful classifications of some of the examples.
| I. (a) Renaissance Group: | |||
| "FIRST." | "SECOND." | "1885." | |
| Classic | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| French | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Italian | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Spanish | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Modern American | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| (b) Mediæval Group: | |||
| Romanesque | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Gothic | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | |
The percentages of the total number of votes won by buildings in the different styles in the "First" list were as follows:
| Classic | 16.9 |
| French | 15.6 |
| Italian | 12.0 |
| Romanesque | 9.6 |
| Gothic | 9.0 |
| 63.1 |
These percentages are only approximate, and the apportionment would vary with a different classification; but they show, in a rough way, that the ten buildings ranking highest received about 63 per cent of all the votes, and that the seven in the Renaissance group obtained 44.5 per cent of all the votes.