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In the front, of which Mr. Wilkins has furnished not only 

 the general elevation, but the working drawings, no alteration 

 has since been made, with the exception of a few corrections 

 by himself; but the plan has been considerably improved, 

 especially by an enlargement of the Zoological Musieum, and 

 the addition of a basement floor. It may afford some idea of 

 the extent of accommodation which will be afforded, to state 

 that besides a Library, a Lecture Room, a Laboratory of 

 adequate dimensions, and eight apartments of inferior size, the 

 building will contain rooms for the use of the Museum the 

 aggregate length of which will be not less than three hundred 

 feet, lighted for the most part by sky-lights, so that more than 

 five hundred feet of cases may be disposed longitudinally 

 against the walls alone. 



The drawings and specifications having been prepared,' 

 contracts for the work were immediately entered into by public 

 competition, and the contractors were bound to cover in the 

 entire building by the beginning of October, 1828, to finish the 

 Lecture-Room and principal part of the Museum by the 1st of 

 January, 1829, and perfectly to complete the whole by the 

 1st of May, in the same year. On the 24th of October, the 

 Council had the high satisfaction of seeing the First Stone 

 of the Yorkshire Museum laid by the earliest Patron of the 

 Society : ^ and at the present moment, the basement being 

 finished, the ground floor is about to be commenced. 



It appears from the minutes of the Subcommittee, that the 

 expenses for which they have contracted, and those for which 



^ See Appendix, page 35, for an account of the proceedings. 



