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Rh are used entirely as sleeping-rooms. It is, as its name indicates, a refuge for destitute immigrants, chiefly women and children, and will accommodate 450 persons.

New Barracks.—This is a plain brick building, three stories and basement, size 160 x 44 feet, with projection in the rear for boiler-rooms, bath-rooms, etc. It is devoted entirely to destitute male emigrants. The basement is used for exercise and protection in cold weather; the three upper floors for sleeping-rooms. Each floor is supplied with water-closets, bath-rooms, etc., and the building is heated with steam. It will accommodate 450 persons.

Dispensary Building.—This building is of the same size and appearance as the Nursery building, and, like it, was, in 1868, completely and thoroughly repaired. The basement is used for storage, kitchen, etc.; the first floor for the dispensary, apothecary, and clerks' apartments, dining-room for officers, and wash and bath rooms; the upper floors furnish sleeping-apartments for officers, also wards for males with chronic diseases. The capacity of the building is 250 patients.

New Dining Hall.—This was formerly two stories high, 25 x 125 feet. It was enlarged in 1868 by the addition of another building of the same size, connected with the old room by arches, thus giving four rooms of a total capacity of 10,000 square feet. This is used as a dining-room for the inmates of the Refuge, and will comfortably seat 1,200 people.

Fever-Wards for Males.—These are in four brick buildings, one story and basement, each 25 x 150 feet, with bath-rooms, kitchens, etc., attached. They have each a capacity of forty-five patients.

Surgical Wards for Males.—This is a three-story brick building, 25 x 125 feet, and is used for male surgical cases. It has a capacity of 120 patients.

Protestant Chapel Building.—Is a two-story brick building,