REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.- 631 



groined ceiling, and over it a room eight feet in height. Ahove the line of the root 

 of the main building it will contain four stories, completely finished. 



The lower central front tower will he divided in the same manner helow the line 

 of the roof; and, above this line, will contain three completely finished stories. The 

 spaces between the front towers, and between the central building and the front 

 towers, will contain in the basement a cellar, connecting the coal cellars in the 

 towers. In the first story the front vestibule, with a groined ceiling, and the front 

 stair wells ; and in the second story, a continuation of the museum, with groined 

 ceilings, and the second flight of front stairs, with groined ceilings. Between the 

 two towers the carriage porch will project, and shall have a groined ceiling. 



The central rear tower will contain, in the basement, a furnace cellar ; in the first 

 •story, the rear vestibule, and part of the rear stair hall ; in the second story the 

 Begents' room, and a room over the rear staircase hall, which will be connected with 

 the museum, all having groined ceilings ; and, in the third story, which will be 

 divided internally into two stories, the lower one the Secretary's and the upper one a 

 muniment room. 



In the small octagonal tower connected with the central rear tower, will be a 

 circular staircase and a fire-proof safe. 



In the space between the central rear tower and the main building will be the 

 remainder of the central rear stair hall ; and over it a room connected with the 

 gallery of the museum, all having groined ceilings. 



The campanile tower will have a furnace cellar in the basement, and will be 

 divided above the basement and below the roof of the main central building, into 

 three stories, with groined ceilings communicating with the principal lecture-room 

 and the museum. Above the line of the roof it will be divided into four stories, 

 completely finished. 



The larger octagonal tower will contain, in the basement, a furnace cellar ; in the 

 first story a circular stair, with a groined ceiling, connecting the gallery of the 

 library with its ground floor ; in the second story a similar circular stairway ; and 

 above the line of the roof • of the central building two stories, completely finished. 



The two smaller towers will contain elevators and ventilating flues. 



The west connecting range will be finished in the basement eight feet high in the 

 clear ; above the basement it will be occupied with a cloister and gallery of art ; 

 which latter will be divided by stone pillars, supporting a clerestory, into three aisles, 

 with groined ceilings. 



The west wing will be finished in the basement eight feet six inches high in the 

 clear ; the upper story will contain a gallery of art, with a groined ceiling. The 

 tower attached to the west wing will be occupied by a staircase well, and other 

 apartments, with groined ceilings where directed. 



The east connecting range will be finished in the basement eight feet six inches 

 high in the clear, and behind the cloister and above the basement it will be divided 

 into two stories, each twelve feet high in the clear. The upper story will be lighted 

 by openings in the parapet, which is not shown in the plans, but which will be three 

 feet six inches high ; both stories will be completely finished. The cloister will 

 extend along the front of the wing, and will have a groined ceiling. 



The basement of the west wing, and its vestibule, will be finished nine to ten feet 

 high in the clear. 



Above the basement it will contain the chemical lecture-room and its gallery, and 

 the laboratory connected with it; which latter will be divided into two finished 

 stories. 



The vestibule will contain the stair hall, and all the above rooms will be finished 

 with groined ceilings. 



Excavation, levelling, and refilling. — The trench for the foundation walls of the 

 central building shall be excavated to a depth of four feet six inches, and for the 

 connecting range and wings to a depth of five feet six inches below the present surface 

 of the ground, at the centre of the north side of the building. 



The trench for the foundation walls of the principal central front towers and the 

 central rear tower shall be excavated to a depth of eight feet (8 feet) below the above 

 line ; and for the campanile, octagonal, and all the lesser towers, to a depth of six 

 feet (6 feet) below the above line. 



The trenches for all the partition and interior walls, and for all the foundations 

 tinder pillars, &c, shall be excavated to the same depth as those for the outside walls 

 with which they are connected. 



The earth between the wall trenches, in both wings, both connecting ranges, and 



