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high, in which the annual commencements might be held. Both externally and internally 

 the Wilson Hall recalls some of the noble structures which grace the collegiate cities of 

 England. The style of its architecture is that of the best period of the perpendicular 

 Gothic. The building is divided into five bays, which are formed externally by boldly 

 projecting buttresses crowned by pinnacles, while the angles are emphasized by octagonal 

 turrets. At the south end is a very large and richly traceried window, underneath which, 

 in the interior, is placed the dais. On either side of this are handsome bay windows 

 the one on the west side rectangular and the one opposite semi-octagonal. The hall has 

 an open roof, richly decorated with carvings, the hammer-beams terminating in winged 

 angels upholding shields. 



Up to the present time only three colleges have been erected in connection with 

 the University the Church of England (or Trinity), the Wesleyan, and the Presbyterian or 

 Ormond College. The last-named was constructed, and has been enlarged, at the sole 

 expense of the late Hon. Francis Ormond, who has also founded a choir of music in 

 the University. Trinity College has found a very generous friend in Sir \Y. J. 

 Clarke, Bart, whose successive donations to it have not fallen far short of ten thousand 

 pounds sterling. The National Museum of Natural History and Biology and the buildings 

 of the Medical School both stand within the grounds of the University. 



Quitting this seat of learning by the Grattan Street entrance, and proceeding in an 

 easterly direction, the visitor reaches the Carlton Gardens, which comprise an area of 

 sixty-three acres planted with trees, shrubs and flowers, and contain three artificial lakes, 

 each of which has small islands serving as coverts for aquatic birds. The ground rises 

 somewhat towards the centre of the Gardens, and advantage has been taken of this 

 circumstance to erect the International Exhibition Building on a site so elevated that 

 the lofty dome forms a conspicuous object for many miles round, and the view from 

 its summit is consequently an extensive one. The building was calculated to provide 

 upwards of half a million feet of space for exhibitors, but this was subsequently extended 

 to nine hundred thousand feet by the erection of annexes ; the style of architecture is 

 the Italian Renaissance. Two monumental fountains the one near the main entrance 

 and the other opposite the eastern portico, surrounded by mosaics of grass and flowers 

 contribute materially to the picturesqueness of the approaches and the beauty of the 

 Gardens, which are of immense value as a means of health and recreation to a thickly- 

 populated neighbourhood. The Convent of Mercy, the Hospital for Sick Children, the 

 Erskine Church and the Wesleyan Home occupy sites immediately adjoining. 



Turning out of Nicholson Street, which skirts the Carlton Gardens on the east side, 

 into Moor Street, a walk of ten minutes or thereabout leads to the Collingwood Town 

 Hall -and Mechanics' Institute; this is situated in the very centre of a populous district, 

 and one which contains probably a greater proportion of artisans and manual labourers 

 than any other suburb of Melbourne. It was also the first electoral district which sent 

 an operative mason into the Legislative Assembly, and it has generally taken the lead 

 in popular movements. The structure just spoken of is one of the largest and hand- 

 somest near Melbourne, and covers an area of about two hundred feet square, the site 

 forming part of seven acres belonging to the Council. The architecture is of the 

 Renaissance style. Over the main entrance is a tower one hundred and fifty feet high, 



