THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES. 
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Central Block.—On the ground floor of the central block are found 
the commercial offices of the laboratories, the Medium Department, and, 
the packing room. x 
On the first floor are the library, the Director’s office, the Director S| 
laboratory, the diagnosis laboratory, and a small room where the 
ampoules, as received from Japan, are cleaned, dry-air sterilized, and. 
stored until required in the bottling room. 
On the second floor a large lecture hall is situated. Here also are. a. 
small kitchen and tea rooms, in which the staff are provided with lunch 
and tea, there being no restaurants within reasonable distance. - yy 
South Wing.—The ground floor of the south wing is occupied by the 
Serum Department, and the first floor by the Vaccine, Tuberculin, and 
Bio-chemical Departments. 
PACKING ROOM. 
* A basement. finder the south wing contains an engine-room Siil 
stores, three of which are refrigerated, and kept at ETN Nee of 
8 deg. ., 2 deg., and 9 deg. OC. respectively. — 
The laboratories would be helpfully extended by the building of a 
north wing; should they develop as is anticipated this will be built at 
an early date. This wing might be devoted to the making of products 
used in veterinary medicine, and also, if ie UE to medical auth 
Tue Vartous Lanorarorres anp tue Funerrons, 
Medium Department.—The Medium Department occupies four 
laboratories and two annexes on the ground floor of the central block. 
Two of the laboratories.are used for the production of wien and 
two for the preparation and sterilization of glassware. Me 
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