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taken for the Houses of Parliament, which are to be finished with a newly- 

 discovered stone of a beautiful whiteness, but expensive to work. From first 

 to last half a million of money will be spent on these halls of legislation. 

 They will crown the eastern hill. The Law Courts, which cost nearly 

 ,£300,000, are finished, and constitute a handsome pile on the western hill. 

 St. Patrick's Cathedral, on the eastern hill, will be a marvel, and it is slowly 



Bourke Street, Melbourne, looking East. 



creeping on. The Anglican Cathedral, founded by Bishop Moorhouse, is in 

 the heart of the city, and is making more rapid progress. The Public Library 

 is a noble institution, containing 150,000 volumes, and is open without restraint 

 to all comers. So is a National Picture Gallery which is attached, and which 

 contains specimens of the work of many of the best modern masters. There 

 is a National Museum, in which the Australian fauna is admirably represented, 



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