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commenced operations. A substantial building has been 

 erected in Latrobe-street, but no definite preparations for 

 actual teaching has yet been made. It is to be hoped that 

 steps will be taken at an early date to arrange the classes. 

 The marked success of the Sydney Technical College is a 

 guarantee that an institution on similar lines in our city 

 would be well appreciated by great numbers of apprentices 

 and workmen. 



THE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND 

 LABORATORIES. 



Many new and interesting specimens have been added to 

 the collections, and large collections have been made and 

 forwarded to London to aid in demonstrating the uses to 

 which our native timbers, clays, minerals, &c., may be put. 



The process devised in the laboratory for the preservation 

 of fruit, has already established a new and large industry, 

 and our fruits are to be found in the jam factories of all 

 the colonies. 



Trials with clays have led to the establishment of terra- 

 cotta works, and in metallurgy a new modification of the 

 Platner chlorine process has been introduced with marked 

 success. 



Amongst the more interesting specimens added is a large 

 meteorite, weighing about three-quarters of a ton. It was 

 found recently at Langmerrim, near Frankston, and pre- 

 sented to the Museum by the finder. Though mostly 

 metallic iron, it presents some difference to the well-known 

 Cranbourne meteorites. 



The laboratories are attended by twenty-eight students. 



THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 



This institution has had its usefulness greatly enhanced 

 during the past year by the completion of a new wing,, 

 providing much additional space both for library purposes- 

 and for the effective display of numerous art treasures. 



