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 THE NEW CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURTS the only means of intercommunication being the stairs leading up into the docks of each court. The general view of the exterior will show the style and character of the new building. The facades are of Portland stone; the cupola is covered .with copper and crowned

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arches into two aisles. The principal stair case, facing the entrance, leads up from here to the great hall on the. first floor. This is the chief feature of the interior, and much thought and labor have been bestowed on its decorations, which are unusually elab orate for a building of its kind in England.

DECORATIONS OF THE DOME by a figure of Justice in gilded bronze, modeled by Mr. Pomeroy, the sculptor. The principal entrance, over which is a sculptured group of three figures, is closed by heavy gates of hammered iron, through which is entered the lower hall, extending the full length of the building. This has a wide central area, and on either side the remaining space is divided by columns and

Its use is for the meeting and consultation between counsel, solicitors and their clients, and other people having business in the courts with which it communicates. Over the center part is the dome, panelled out into four sections and decorated with figure subjects in mosaic, from designs by Mr. Gerald Moira, symbolical of Truth, Wisdom, Knowledge, and Labor. Below the cornice