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plans published by Mr. H. Woods as accepted in 1893 (Natural 

 Science, vol. iii, p. 451) are not those which have been carried 

 out, and the site has also been changed from the north to the south 

 side of Downing Street. 



The architect of both that proposed building and of the present 

 one is Mr. T. G. Jackson, E.A., and he has had the difficult task of 

 designing a museum which shall satisfy the needs of the Geological 

 Department and the requirements of various University syndicates. 

 The result is now ready to be judged ; and, at any rate, the staff and 

 students have good reason to be well pleased with their ample 

 accommodation, and the collections will now be adequately exhibited 

 as soon as sufficient table-cases are provided. The building is 

 situated at the north-east corner of Downing College grounds, and 

 consists of two wings meeting at the corner of Downing Street and 

 Downing Place. The main wing has a frontage of 176 feet to 

 Downing Street, and the other wing extends for the same distance 

 along Downing Place. The court of which these wings form 

 portions of two sides will ultimately be enclosed by the new Law 

 Library, the Botanical Laboratory, and other University buildings. 

 The main entrance to the Museum is from the court ; a double 

 flight of steps leads up to the first flooi", on which are the paleeonto- 

 logical collections. Each wing consists of three floors, with attics 

 in the roof above. In the main wing at the west end of the ground 

 floor there are the rooms for the unpacking, preparation, and 

 setting-up of specimens, with the apartments for the curator and 

 attendants. Shut off by folding doors from this portion is the 

 Museum of Economics and two small research-rooms ; while in the 

 adjoining wing on the same floor are the Museum of Models and 

 Appliances, and the principal lecture-room, capable of accommodating 

 a class of 120 students. A special students' entrance and staircase 

 to the floors above are placed at this point. 



The first floor, to which access can be obtained directly from the 

 court by the double flight of steps, or by an inside main staircase 

 leading out of the Museum of Economics, is devoted to the palseonto- 

 logical collections, which are arranged stratigraphically in a series 

 of bays along each side, formed by upright cases glazed above and 

 with tiers of drawers below. Each bay is designed to contain a 

 table-case of the ordinary type or a special show-case, while the 

 larger specimens and additional cabinets will be arranged down the 

 middle of the galleries. But this scheme cannot, unfortunately, be 

 carried out at present in its entirety, owing to the funds granted by 

 the University being insufficient by about £2,800 to provide the 

 requisite new cases. The arrangement and display of specimens 

 will, therefore, have to be left for the present unsatisfactory and 

 incomplete. 



The Downing Street gallery contains the Mesozoic and Tertiary 

 fossils ; its fittings and cases are of mahogany. The other wing, 

 which has oak cases and fittings, is occupied by the Palaeozoic fossils, 

 and at its extreme end, beyond two bays devoted to Woodward's 

 historic collection, are the Professor's private room and board-room. 



