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2nd. Bath-house and closets, with an office also in the front ; 

 these are small dens, adherent to the wall, and under any circum- 

 stances should be removed. 



3rd. A very dilapidated shed-like building at the north-east 

 corner, used as a dead-house, and post mortem apartment, with a 

 shed in whieh the hearse is kept, &c. 



4th. A primitive structure of solid and excellent stonework, 

 containing two cells for lunatics ; the walls, roof, and division 

 wall, are all three feet thick, and there are no windows or ventila- 

 tion ; this curiosity is at present the reeeptacle of lime, &c. 



5th. A cottage at the south-east corner, in which the messenger 

 his wife, and family, have endeavoured to reside; but repeated 

 attacks of fever have induced the directors to have it closed. 



6th. A conspicuous and rather ornamental pile of building i n 

 the centre of the grounds, containing water-closets and urinals ; 

 this is favourably placed for purposes of scandal, in an institution 

 containing men and women, and should be removed. 



7th. A two-floored building, also in the centre, embracing the 

 kitchen, scullery, laundry, and coal-hole; this is repaired in 

 every direction, and cannot hold together much longer. 



8th. The Nightingale Wing. As far as I can judge, this build- 

 ing is well arranged, and adapted for the purpose for which it has 

 been built. It is intended to provide accommodation for the en- 

 tire nursing and housekeeping staff, while provision has also been 

 made for a sufficient number of sisters and nurses in training, for 

 the supply of the various country hospitals. It also contains 

 linen store, mending room, private kitchen, &c. 



This building has received the unqualified approval of Miss 

 Florence Nightingale, and its existence must be held as some 

 argument in favour of the retention of this otherwise excellent 

 site for a central hospital. 



9th. The south wing is a substantial good structure, and is now 

 receiving considerable additions in the form of rooms for the 

 superintending sisters, water-closets, bath-rooms, lavatories, &c, 

 together with an outside staircase for the isolation of each floor. 

 When these are ^completed this wing will embody all the sub- 

 stantial advantages of a modern hospital pavilion. 



It may, however, be remarked that, although it was built with- 

 in the last ten years, and much care was taken in preparing the 

 plims of the recent additions, the difficulty of adapting them to a 

 structure not originally intended to possess them was very great. 

 This pavilion will have cost — when the additions are completed — 

 from nine to ten thousand pounds, and affords accommodation for 

 abont 80 beds, but the close proximity of the quartz -crushing 

 machinery and smelting furnace chimney of the Mint are serious 

 incouveniencies which ought to be removed. 



