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requirements of the Soelety, both as regards its own uses 

 and that equally important one of income. It has liad tlie long 

 attention and deliberation of some of the Committee, and is 

 offered with tlie hope and expectation that it will be satisfactory 

 to all. 



The plan herewith presented contains a larger and smaller 

 hall ; the former suited to the Opening, Eose, and Annual Ex- 

 hibitions, or any exhibitions the Society may wish to make ; 

 and the latter admirably adapted to its weekly and ordinary 

 shows. On the second floor, the meeting room, library room, 

 and committee rooms connect with the smaller hall, with a rear 

 entrance from Montgomery Place for exhibitors, and a conveni- 

 ent room for preparing plants and fruits for exhibition. The 

 large hall occupies the third floor, and the space of the entire 

 building, accessible by two broad flights of stairs, from the 

 rotunda, and also a rear entrance from Montgomery Place, and 

 the same accommodations for exhibitors as the hall beneath. It 

 will be a lofty and magnificent hall, with a gallery at one end 

 and a stao-e at the other, and will be liohted from the sides and 

 top. Its area will be about 4000 feet. The street floor contains 

 two larire stores on Tremont Street and four on Bromfield 

 Street, with three basement stores beneath. 



Your Committee do not think it necessary to enter into any 

 particular description of the exterior design of the building. 

 The various drawings of the front and side facades, as well as 

 the perspective view, now placed before you for your inspection 

 and approval, relieve them of that duty. The style is that now 

 generally adopted in modern Europe, for most of the public 

 edifices of this character, and from its graceftd proportions, har- 

 monious expression, and adaptability to general use, appears best 

 suited to the requirements of the Society, while it affords the 

 best evidence of our appreciation of architectural beauty. 



The material selected by your Committee is the Concord 

 white granite, which, for its tone of color and durability, pre- 

 eminently fit it for the style and purpose of such a structure. 

 The best example of this material, of recent erection, is the new 

 City Hall, and one of much earlier date, the house of David 



