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statues accompanied by lions will be erected. They represent " Pro- 

 gress" and "Peace" in front, and "Manufacture" and "Agriculture" 

 behind. The subjects of the two fountains to be erected in the semi- 

 circular colonnade are " Empire " and " Progress," and gushing water 

 will make continual play of light and sound, and add gaiety to the 

 grass and flower-planted enclosure called " The Queen's Garden." 

 The whole work is to be carried out in the finest and most enduring 

 materials, both the sculptural and architectural portions. The groups 

 of sculpture on the Processional Road will also be under the control 

 of Mr. Brock, who will doubtless place commissions among the most 

 competent of our younger sculptors, and, being responsible for them, 

 will see that they harmonise in design and in spirit with the general 

 scheme. . 



The one unsatisfactory feature is the necessary retention of the 

 present commonplace facade of the Palace, which can only be regarded 

 as a miserable anti-climax. Mr. Webb improves the sky-line by 

 placing Mansard roofs on the centre and ends of the east front ; but 

 that is not enough. Now that we have a magnificent Processional 

 Eoad, one of the finest in Europe, to lead up to the Palace, we ought 

 to have a fine Palace for this magnificent road to lead up to. When 

 that is done we shall have performed our task completely, and paid 

 the tribute of our homage to Queen Victoria. 



So far as the work has proceeded it presents a mere sketch of the 

 imposing aspect of the completed work. It may be finished in five 

 to seven years, a period which is but a brief space compared with the 

 time occupied on the Albert Memorial, and the Nelson Memorial, 

 and the years which have been expended on the Victor Emanuel 

 Monument in Rome. We shall see a memorial worthy of the artists 

 who fashioned it, and not unworthy, it is hoped, of the Nation who 

 raised it and of the noble Sovereign whose memory it is designed to 

 honour. 



WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 

 Friday, May 20, 1904. 



His Gkaoe The Duke of Nouthujiberland, E.G. D.C.L. F.R.S. 



President, in the Chair. 



Professor Ernest Rutherford, M.A. D.Sc. F.R.S 



The Radiation and Emanation of Radium. 

 [No Abstract.] 



