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one another, and the ventilation was bad. Beginners in 

 Chemistry, preparing for Preliminary Examinations, worked 

 in the same room as advanced students engaged in quantitative 

 operations of a refined order ; consequently the results obtained 

 by the latter were often in danger of being vitiated by the 

 deleterious fumes liberated by the former. In spite of all 

 precautions the vapours permeated the cupboards and cabinets 

 in the gallery, and rendered them unsuitable for the collec- 

 tions and apparatus contained therein. All brasswork left 

 in them became deeply corroded. And occasionally the 

 obnoxious fumes, ascending to the upper parts of the building, 

 would enter the rooms devoted to the apparatus and opera- 

 tions of the Physicists. In short, the improvement of the 

 Laboratory building was imperative. 



A Committee appointed by the College Order of March 13, 

 1901, to consider the question of the extension of the Daubeny 

 Laboratory, reported as follows : 



* They are agreed in thinking it is desirable to improve Report of 

 the Daubeny Laboratory with a view to carrying on more 

 effectively the teaching and practical work at present done 

 there, mainly in Preliminary Chemistry, but also to some 

 extent in Preliminary Physics. 



6 The alternative methods of doing this appear to be, either 

 to add to the existing premises by building on toward the 

 west, on the ground at present occupied by sheds, &c., 

 between the existing premises and the telescope tower, or 

 entirely to gut and rearrange the existing premises. 



'The Committee recommend the former course as leaving 

 the present building available for present purposes other than 

 the teaching of Chemistry, including the teaching of Physics, 

 and the provision of a Museum for the Daubeny apparatus, 

 and also as furnishing space for what is much needed, a 

 Lecture Room, while providing at the same, time more and 

 better accommodation for the teaching of Chemistry and for 

 Chemical research in the premises to be added. 



' They recommend that if the College decides to entertain 

 the proposal to improve the Laboratory, they be reappointed 

 with instructions to obtain exact drawings and estimates for 



