REPORT. 
In the front, of which Mr. Wilkins has furnished not only 
the general elevation, but the working drawings, no alteration 
has since been made, with the exception of a few corrections 
by himself; but the plan has been considerably improved, 
especially by an enlargement of the Zoological Museum, and 
the addition of a basement floor. It may afford some idea of 
the extent of accommodation which will be afforded, to state 
that besides a Library, a Lecture Room, a Laboratory of 
adequate dimensions, and eight apartments of inferior size, the 
building will contain rooms for the use of the Museum the 
aggregate length of which will be not less than three hundred 
feet, lighted for the most part by sky-lights, so that more than 
five hundred feet of cases may be disposed longitudinally 
against the walls alone. 
The drawings and specifications having been prepared,* 
contracts for the work were immediately entered into by public 
competition, and the contractors were bound to cover in the 
entire building by the beginning of October, 1828, to finish the 
Lecture-Room and principal part of the Museum by the 1st of 
January, 1829, and perfectly to complete the whole by the 
1st of May, in the same year. On the 24th of October, the 
Council had the high satisfaction of seeing the First Stone 
of the Yorkshire Museum laid by the earliest Patron of the 
Society:^ and at the present moment, the basement being 
finished, the ground floor is about to be commenced. 
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It appears from the minutes of the Subcommittee, that the 
expenses for which they have contracted, and those for which 
^ See Appendix, page 35, for au account of the proceedings. 
