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 recently erected on the opposite corner of Crawford and Rattray-streets.

The Bank of Australasia building was originally erected for the Otago Daily Times and Witness Company, and was vacated by that Company for larger premises, their business becoming too extended for the limited accommodation.

The wholesale soft goods warehouses deserve notice. Messrs Ross and Glendining's in Stafford-street, Brown, Ewing and Co.'s in Manse-street, Bing Harris and Co.'s, and Butterworth Bros, and Co.s' in High-street, and Sargood Son and Ewen's in lower High-street, are all large buildings, and present imposing façades. The last-named is perhaps the most conspicuous, from its prominent position opposite the Railway Station, and fronting the Triangle Reserve.

There are several other buildings in the city, of a more or less ornate character, possessing breadth of design and boldness of execution, such as the U. S. S. Company's offices, the Evening Star Newspaper premises, with its two frontages to Crawford and Bond-streets, the Universal Bond, and W. G. Neill's stores, Briscoe's Ironmongery Warehouse, and Stout and Mondy's (solicitors) offices; but in the limited space allowed for this article, the details of each, and their architectural merits, cannot be separately discussed.

The several manufactories, too, the Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills, the Mosgiel "Woollen Manufactory, A. and T. Burt's Copper and Brass Works, all famed for the quality of their productions, might also be noticed, but would be more in place perhaps, amongst the industries of the town; and to describe the domestic architecture, the variety of styles adopted, and their quaint developments, would require a chapter. But before closing, the Town Hall must be visited. This is an unfinished building, the front part only comprising the departmental offices and the Council Chambers being completed. The façade is after the Italian style of architecture, boldly treated, and is surmounted with a bell-tower and look-out station, rising to a height of 165 feet, from which visitors can get an extensive view of the city. From there can be seen the numerous tall chimney stalks, emitting dense volumes of smoke, the "stately edifices" towering one over the other up the steep hill sides, upon