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have also been subscribed on a liberal scale for a great 

 statue in memory of the late Lord Dufferin. The beautiful 

 statue of the Earl of Belfast, by Patrick Mad )o well, which 

 formerly stood on the site of Dr. Cooke's statue, is now in 

 the Free Library. 



Reference may be briefly made to some of the leading 

 thoroughfares. Standing in Castle Place, opposite the " Bank 

 Buildings," the eye wanders to the right along Royal 

 Avenup:, a wide and well built street, which may now be 



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ROYAL AVENUE. 



considered the principal thoroughfare of the city, joining, as 

 it does, several important outlying parts of the town to the 

 centre. The buildinij;s close at hand are the Provincial 

 Bank, and next to it the Reform Club; farther on, the 

 (}rand Central Hotel ; and on the opposite side, the 

 Royal Avenue Hotel and the offices of the City and 

 District \\'ArER Commissioners, a handsome building 

 of red sandstone. The (Genera i. Post Office and the 

 Free Public Library, Art Gallery, and Museum are also 

 situated in this street. 



