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No provision was made for any teaching functions being exercised 
by the laboratories, though this was modified later to allow of the 
younger members of the Commonwealth Quarantine Service attending 
-for a short course in'bacteriological diagnosis. 9 7 
It is evident, therefore, that the scope of the laboratories is very 
distinctly limited, and that without considerable development they can- 
not take that place in the medical life of the Commonwealth which 
many members of the medical profession in Australia feel that they 
ought to take.” am  viremasnnrin?t ee a 
Selection of Site—In the establishment of the laboratories the first 
consideration was the selection of a suitable site. Various ones were - 
inspected, but no difficulty was experienced in deciding upon the one 
now occupied. 
The site of the laboratories at Royal Park has many advantages 
-over others which were suggested. It has an area of twenty-five acres; 
it is well placed for the distribution of commercial products, being. 
within easy distance of the city of Melbourne; it is close to the Univer- 
_sity, and in fine, open country. 
~~ General Construction—With two exceptions, all the laboratories are 
concentrated within one building. This plan was less expensive than 
‘the building of various detached laboratories, and was adopted on 
account of the financial stringency consequent upon the war. — : 
' The exceptions referred to are the Plague Laboratory and the Jen- 
nerian Lymph Laboratory. The latter building was originally the 
property of the State of Victoria. It was taken over from that State 
by the Commonwealth when the latter was founded. 
At the present time, therefore, there are three separate laboratory, 
buildings on the area—two small ones, engaged in plague and Jennerian 
lymph. work respectively, and one large one, in which all the other 
’ laboratory functions are discharged. 
The main building consists of a central block and a south wing. 
