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shelves on which the volumes of Newspapers 

 originally stood. Secondly, the basement in 

 the Department of Antiquities, hitherto oc- 

 cupied by the Formatore, has been applied to the 

 reception of Antiquities from Carthage.* The re- 

 moval of the casts and moulds, the hiring of a 

 building out of the premises of the Museum to 

 which they have been transferred, and the ar«. 

 rangements entered into for the making of moulds 

 and supplying of casts in future, have occasioned 

 an outlay, which will, in part, be annual, so long 

 as no accommodation for these objects can be 

 found on the Museum premises. Adequate space 

 is also required in the Museum for making new 

 moulds,^ for preserving a perfect copy of each 

 cast, as well as for putting in order the moulds of 

 medals already in the possession of the Trustees, 

 and for arranging casts from them." Thirdly, 

 the larger objects from Halicarnassus have been 

 placed under the west portion of the front colon- 

 nade,'' where they will be protected from rain, 

 snow, and cold, be to some extent seen, and 

 their repairs carried on. There is no other 

 space where any portion of these objects could 



* Plan I., IJ. No. 12 is now filled with Halicarnassian 

 Antiquities. 



^ Plan I., 10. This room might be adapted to the use 

 mentioned in the text of the Report. 



^ Plan I., 13, might be fitted up for the purpose, 

 d Plan XL, I, 



