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208 Chemistry. The cartoons for these and other stained glass in the buildings were drawn by Mr. H. Walter Lonsdale.

The room is furnished with eight 8-feet tables of fumigated oak, having a ridge down the centre of each to hold the nameplates of the various magazines, which are fastened to the tables; a similar table, but without the ridge, is placed opposite a "Cotgreave" Periodical Rack, fixed to the wall. At the west end of the room are three tables, each 7 feet in length, reserved for readers of reference books. These are divided from the other portion of the room by an ornamental balustrade, similar to the one in the gallery. There is seating accommodation for 100 persons. The room is lit by electricity; from the hammer beams of the roof hang pendent electroliers of wrought iron and copper, each holding ten lamps. The flooring is of teak blocks laid solid on concrete.

Below the " Braithwaite " Hall is the news-room, 64 feet by 22 feet, fitted up with stands to accommodate fifty newspapers. Parallel with this room, and communicating with the hall above by a circular staircase, which also goes up to the gallery, is the book-store, of the same length, but only 13 feet wide, for the storing of books and newspapers. At the end of the news-room is a second room, 38 feet by 24 feet, used at present as a storeroom for files' of newspapers, &c., but which can be used as an additional reading-room should occasion require.

On the left side of the entrance-hall is the lending