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close beside it, and tempering with their deep green tints the dull red of its massive 

 brick walls. The priest walking there at even-tide studiously perusing his breviary, the 

 sisters in the neighbouring convent chanting the Angelas, the rolling organ with its deep 

 and solemn tones pealing through open windows and doors, together form a picture and 



leave a memory singularly in contrast with the ordinary 

 sentiment of the inner Austral land. 



But the block of buildings the Bathurst people 

 regard with most pride is situated in the centre of the 

 town, and comprises the whole of the public offices- 



THE SUNNY CORNER SILVER-MINES. 



the Lands, Police, 

 Post and Telegraph 

 Offices, together 

 with the Court 

 House and the Gaol. 

 A dome, well-propor- 

 tioned, though some- 

 what lacking in ele- 

 vation, rises from 



the centre of the block. The wings, formed by long corridors, are pleasantly broken and 

 diversified by open quadrangles, planted with trees and flowers. The block is compact, 

 convenient, sufficiently ornate, and yet free from any air of pretension. 



The Hospital, built on the breadth of another hill about a mile to the north, is in 

 every respect a creditable establishment. There is no building of the kind in the 

 colony better fitted or better situated for hospital-work. The wards are lofty and 

 roomy, with windows opening on to an unimpeded view of the fresh green downs. The 

 architectural effect is good, the reel brick and the white stone having been blended in 

 an excellent modern Gothic design. 



All Saints' Grammar School, nearer the city, is an important local institution, with 

 a creditable record of good work well clone; and the State School, centrally situated, 

 is a worthy representative of the system which levies a tax of one pound sterling a 

 head on every unit of the population for educational work. The Roman Catholic College 

 of St. Stanislaus takes a high rank amongst kindred institutions. The School of Arts, 

 in which educational work and recreation are combined, is one of the best of its kind 



