The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANI

The following are extracts ham the report of the committee
of shareholdera, appointed on the motion of Mr. Mosley, at
the attend meeting it :kelt June, 11,57 (condoling of Newts.
Addiimitt, Armatromr, Biggs, Chapman, Drury, Elt, Carty,
Morality, Cider, Ple):dell, Fulling, Read, Spitler, Smith,
Sutton, Surrille, Temkin*, Walter, amt Wilson) :
Your committee have thought it beat to con*iter the ra-
rimm ileum it expenditure in the revenue account, in the
order in which they are preamited in the siomunts submitted
by the directors at the meeting of the 3Uth Juno lost. First,
then, as to the expenditute.
6101E16A1. MAN 40E11 eNT.—We think the Individual eide-
tic* under thin head are not raceways ; but that it is a ques-
tion for roneideration whether the amount paid under the
bead of clerks, oaths) expenses, and sundry offioe disburse-
ments, limy not be wifely reduced.
ESHIMITOIO. DTPAKTMENT.—Your committee have re-
wired a memorial signed by forty of the exhibitors in the
barter department, taimplaining of the unequal manner in
whirls they arc rented. Your committee feel that the power
conferred on them admit only of the hope that time plaints
of the memorialists will recent the serious consideration of
the dimeors.
FINE Auto DEPAKTMENT.—AIIey much rondderation
your committee have come to the conclusion that greater
economy, oombined with due efficiency, may safely be lain,
dared.

OAKIIF.Ne AND GIOWNDA.—Your committee find, that no
the external and internal gardens ate now finished, the outer-
intendenee of both Mould be performed by one and the elite ,
pereon, who should devote hie whole time and attention to ,
the same. They find there are at present 146 gardencni Cm
ployed ; from their own pausal end repeated observatione
and inquiries they believe that a large reduction in the num-
her of workmen in the gerdens may be needy effected, if
placed under the constant supervision and control of a re-
opmeible head. At peewee it eie evident to each member of
your committee that the large number of men employed In
exterior teethes are without effective supervision.
ENDINEVNING AND WATEII DITAIITNIFNT—MACIIINERY
IN hIatION—RAW PRODUre—WAI:ise, ite.—Youreononit-
tee suggest, se a matter of inquiry, whether it would net be
feasible to nonove the tuachinery in motion to the vicinity of
the North Water Twee, where steam power could be pro-
vided without the neeemity of a separate eetabliehusent, as
at present. By three means the whole of the neelmnieel
end hydraulic departments might be plowed under one bead.
They Abe, notice with surprise the deficiency of etietietieel
infermation in this department. Am an .111thiretion of this
they find that with regard to the very impenitent matter of
the pie ing of the Great Fountains, the directors, up to the
present time, poem* no kind of statistical returns to enable
your committee to series at the actual cost of each ditiphey.
Monte--SALAMIXIS rr BAND, &C.—WADES AND PAT-
IIINTe.—Your committee, thinking it very important to
establite the principle of limiting expense, eon, 'ire from
the examination they have made, that an efficient bend nay
ho °beetled by snaking en arrangement with the 'invent nr
any future bandmaster, for &fixed annual sum to include all
-- IT rIINART DSPARTMENT.—Your committee find that this
department hashes well managed, and is nearly in a self-
supporting enadition.
Pic-rear, GAI.I.TRY.—Your committee consider that the
principle on which this department hes hitherto been con-
ducted hi not the most economical or advantageoue for the
company. They conceive that all .gents should be raid by
cnnimimion. That mists should pay for the carriage of
their picture when sold, and that a emuniamen of 10 per
cent. be charged on each see effected ; and that the present
staff employed in this deTartasent may be reduced.
PLAI PENIIVAI.—}I.OWIIIBIIOWS—PUCL/ILN Snows.
—Your committee have to report se follows
P►strn FeATIVAL.—The working drawings designed by
Barer *melee, for the pears trophy and Scutari ueinu-
meat were submitted to the directors at an expense of 6201,
and to that amount is to be added the nun of 1.2.281. (in-
cluding 1001 to Baron Manieltetti), tanking the total cost of
the Peace Festival 1,9061., against which sum the tempts in
"cosh only" amounted to 6241, making a losa of 1,2.20/. to
the company. A portion of the material), have been made
aerviceablo for other purposes.
FLOWER appesre that three flower shows
were held under the ouperintentlence of Mr. EA., and
prises to the amount of 2.289/. were dietriliuted. The expel:ma
of fitters. Ars, amounted to 32.5!. Incidental cairn..
4641., end refreehments 1451., veiling a total rod of 3,2341.
The eels receipts were 3,7161., nuking a difference in favour
of the company of 4811. odd, and the carriage& and stands are I
available for future occasions; but inasmuch as the flower
, theme were, no doubt, a great inducement to mane to pur-
chase seems ticket., an account should be taken of the lee
of the ordinary .emission upon the days eel apart for these
shows.
l'ot Lena SHOW.—One poultry show was held under the
' superino ndence of Mr. Houghton on the 10th, 12th, 13th,
' and 14th of January in this year. Price* were distributed
to the extent of 37(1. The fittings met the sum of 1911.,
beekk• I'M!. for elope. which are considered nearly
' worth the original price ; and other expel.. were
, also incurred, amounting to 374, making a total of
939/. 16e. ; and the receipts were esteemed at 76cd. for ad.
nibeeures, and 3171. for entries and catalogues, in all 1,083!.,
' showing en epparsett profit to the company of 143/. ; but
nimble which, in our judgment, the lod of the foe, day.
' ordinary wheelies's should be set off.
OPERA CoNeeliTA.—Twelve concerts were given by the
Italian Opera Company. under an agreement with Mr. Oye ;
sad it appear. that the enormous minima of 10,0381. was paid
to that gentlemen under the said nicreement ; the expeuee of
' the fittings of the optestra, adverthentente, A',., amounted
to 13221.. making a toted cost of 11,461/. The net receipts
(on ten days rely) were 5,467/. ; add to this, the whole
amount of the blue two-guinea tickets, 1,423!., and half the
amount (which we considers fair prepertion), of the 3 ellow
two -guitiea th keta, also the rum et 483/. for re-
, served eats, making age.. amount of 11,2301. and showing
• balance against the company of 231/. ; this is 'reeve-five of
the lees of daily *Amine's*, which by a return in the pee-
, semen of your cotumittee for the cot espouting twelve
Irides' in 1855, amounted to the rum of 4,3781., showing n
, keen of 4,11091. In reference to the sale of the programmes,
, we are informed that Mr. Oye provided the chorus, which
, was not etipuleted for in the agreement, and the exclusive gale
, of the programme' wee enured to him for that consideration.

No amount has been returned for the railway expense* of the
band to and from the palace; but the company having made
artangementa for their conveyance, whatever the expense
may be, must, of course, be added to the lose ascertained.
It appeare, therefore to your committee that, under the ar-
rangements entered into, the shareholders incurred a Mee, at
the lowest estimate, of upward,. of 5,000!. in respect of the
twelve Italian Opera concerts in 1856. Your coutnittee cull
your attention to the one-sided bargain in the condom
mask with Mr. Gee. Mr. (lye wee to receive 6,000/. for the
adios, soil 1,11001. tor the band, and the contract goes On to
my "When the amount received from the sale of semen
tickete, whether they adroit to the concerts ornot, together
with the receipts taken at the doom, or from the pale of tickets
on the dupe of the twelve contrite, ant also from the Pale of
reserved resets, shall have amounted to 20,000/., Mr. Gee is
to receive one-fourth of inch additionel receipts." Your
committee cannot understand why, and on what principle, the
one guinea eemon ticket. were to he included in dn. contract,
the holders of which were excluded entirely on concert day.,
and by adding the amount derived therefrom (15,4011/.)
to the concert receipts, put an extra 3,300/. into Mr.
Oyes pocket. Your committee have therefore to report
in reference to the " Opera Concrete " and.' Pence Feedlot],"
that a huge loos brut been au/deiced by the company eon*.
quest upon the extravagant outlay incurred for what is
termed 11 our directors "the frequent novelties and varied
attractions" of the pant year. Since the foregoing observa-
tions were made, the directors hove limited a euppleniontal
report, stating that a profit of from 17,0001. to 20,0001. has
been made upon the above concerts, festivals, and exhibition..
It I. evident they take into their calculation a large amoind
of the Etllits received on all deecriptione of ...moon tickets, and
make them applicable only to the Move special occasions,
while they entirely ignore the expent,e of the Saturday con-
certs and the all but exclusive privilege of one day in via set
apart for the benefit of season ticket holder.. The number of
attendances by Ammon ticket holden during the year 18.56-7,
ss appears by a return to your committee, amounted to
312,529, which, et the lowest pomade ditituate, repreemite
run et no how thou 15,626/. The above return only proves
the core erne of the opinions expressed by your committee
as to the large bee sustained by the company upon the .pecisl
ormisions above alluded to.
MAINTENANCE ANI, REEMILS To BEILDINGE.—Your
committee, accompanied by Mr. Mane, clerk of the works,
have been over the building, and, after a careful survey, re-
commend moot earnestly the commencement of a reserve
fund (however mull in the beginning), to west rontiogen-
rill, that must occur in the course of a year. With respect
to the item of 11,210. in the revenue account for "Mainte-
nance and Repaid," o.ur committee, from the short time at
their disposal. found it impoesible to enter fairly into matters
of detail. They, therefore, con ecareely form a turret
opinion, but they have aecertained that if a cam of 10,0001.
were annually allowed fax maintenance and repairs., it is the
opinion of the clerk of the works that the building would be
ruhatantially kept up, thus ehowing an apparent saving of
1,300/. upon the present expense.

FOVNIDATIONS, to the foundotiono under the

flooring of the building, ;besnsreOf7r.;yTrreat extent.
Your committee tied that there ore a east number of wooden
piles driven into the clay, to support the flooring and the
heavy crone timbers, on which the flooring heel( rests. The
en. timbers, in a great many inotonece, lie on the clay itiwtf,
and wherever that to 00 Obey ore in a state of potent... Thu
upright piles driven into the clay are uniformly rotten. Your
committee are of opinion that they roust be ryplrteed by brick
pier, and kyapired timber*. In order to ere theme pdeo, the
clay ham to he dug out from around each of them . new ones
moot Do subotituted, isolated fowl the clay knelt.
There is no kind of drainage underneath the flooring:
all the drippings from the various trees and plants
above run through the floor and form pools of water
among the supports of the flooring. There I. a vast amount
of timber underneath the flooring, and also Large quantities
of planter (amts and mouldings. The drippings front the trees
and plant. fall the heap' of timber.. and on Ihe planter
mouldings, and tend greatly to the deterioration of the mimeo.
Thew drippings also add to the decay of the tirose titolwro and
upright supports. We found merlel of the uprights of the
flooring (which have been newly placed in substitution for
uprights be.mme rotten) 'tending at this moment in water.
There reenis no *verity against tire originating tram hclow
among the large heaps of timber. Your rotundaee trout that
immediate steps may be taken to prevent ouch a contingency.
Thee understand the amount of p.m..., effected ha about
80,0. V. It is for the sharehrldars to di tido if tit. sologat
In sogiclatt.

GEN iiitA I. It cur iva.—The rommiu.e recomumod that in
future the sham-L.l4m be milled together twice a-yeer,
inroad of once-, .ml that the imatinga he held to the month.
of June end I beember. A 1.., that the nunilar of director.
be forthwith mercer-4 6-10 eight to twelve. and Chet it, the
prownt coutlition of the company n sum of 600 guinea be eet
aside for 11114 purport, exproudy in lieu of the DUMB now
charged fir refreehumda. They cm:rider tiler to tram a
proper auent ion to their duties on the part of the (Auer, and
et-remim of the company, it is highly advisable that there
should he • drily trupervieion by one of the directors, node-
pendent of the weekly attendance at board meetings. With
rupee' to the three direct,r, who effete themselves for or-
election, your ettruteittne find that their attetidatteu at beard
meetings during the put year have lees—Mr. Ugihy, 41);
Mr. Seymour, I'); and Mr. Gill, N. It will be for the share-
holders to determine wlitaber the attendances of the two
latter gentlimen warrant their re-clot-tan. The toimittee
are 14 opinion that in future no person directly or indirectly
inherited In any paymeet made by the company, should be
eligible for the direction.
TRANstEI. Or SHAlll•ll.—lnstead of converting the shares
of the company into sleek, which would, in your ,ommittee's
opinion, reduce their value, they rectontuuded that in future
eutilleate receipt. only be hutted upon tranalitre of shams.
Tut: Late AcCOUNTii.— Your committee cannot help re-
grttiing that the direction mineidered it to be eon/went
with their duty to pretreat the revenue accounts at the late
annual meeting in nude a cenfused form, and with the most
important items of expenditures end receipt so jambled
together, that it wax inomuilde to avoid the creation of dis-
satinfam ion in the minds of the shareholders. To Wei:nue the
noiey proceedings compleinci of by the directors, joined to
the circulation of the repute and accounts at the very last
instant, are dielinctly traceable.
Stsuur OPENISti.—Your committee urge upon the di-
rectors the advistalglity of opening the Crystal blue
gardens and gamin& to the ehareholdera, on Sunday after-
noons, on such terms as limy be deemed equitable.
It vault it ewe Dfil'AlrfilENT.—Your committee [Mader
that while the weirs of the higher clams have been fairly
attended to, the interests end ablest of the poorer dune
have Leen most inadequately provided for, or overlooked.
There are a great many perstrut who, ender exieting arrange
menu., are unable to obtain refretthiut uts at the pelam, at or
near the prices at which they can obtain them at other places
of refreehment. Your CollllllittOu would recommend this
oubject being brought forcibly to the wake of the (alum-tem,
aa it is one moat eeriouly tat:sties the poputeril- of the
palace as a rennet to the 1113,4301. Your committee consider
the renewal of the centre:l for the refreshment department
will maitre great judgment and consideration on toe part of
the dirreturol, 1. there are points; in the present amused--
especially the one relating to "aerated waters"—that will
require wiiiplele alteration. Your committee :'insider it
would he eery desirahle that small fountains or jete of water
fur drinking, within the buildieg and ground., .build be es-
tablished forthwith. The want of these is getatly felt daily,
especially in hot weather.
CoNTIULUT...—As a general observation, your committee
hese to report that in every inetance brougut under their
cognieance, the (entracte made with the directors Lave been
one-sideal, awl much against the interule of the company
that in future it is highly advisable that all important eon-
tracta should Le put up to public ti nder and c,repttitien,
and if made for a hunger period than twelve toonthe, that
they should be made subj,et to the approval of the share-
holder* at the general utectinp.
TICKETS.—In the opinimt of your oenunittee,
founded on the evidence brought before them, ft would be
adviuble to abolish the Woe of the twosrainea tickets. The
falling elfin the ale of the Litinilier of use-guinea season
ticket, this year us fairly attributable, not to the abeam it of a
peace fiat, ma stated by the directors, but to the myeterrotta
Intimation on the tickets that the holders thereof would not
be entitled to enter the l'alace upon any Friday throughout
the year, a well as to the fact that many teok Mandel Fes-
tival ticket. in the place of meson ticket,. Tlat y adviert that
the director. larate ,110011 ticket,. at half a-quints mach, for
children ureter twelve years of age.
Ateentantee.—The manna:tee advise that the !vitalist=
on Settirdeys heurnforwrinl, until others be (teemed. be one
shilling only, sod that Wednesday he kept for glacial lftes
at rates resolved on by the directors.
GUANO FoI'NTAINA. —The committee recommend that, in
addition to euch previous exhibitions as the directors may
dicta adviesble, the great foontaine ploy on certain
during the autumnal mason at an almiesion of la. hitherto
they have btu a "reeled honk" to the nausea
Li.,: A I,IIIIOIIONB us SUUlll.Nlitli Or SH thts.—The
committee recommended to the ehareholdcre the immediate
eoneitlerstion anti adoption of the principle of a surrender of
theme is consideration of • life non-traneferaide
Detteert or STiii.K.--tpproving heartily of the principle
of paying off all the floating obligations of the cirri/pony, your
eonnaittee are happy to 6nd that since the annual naming of
the 30th 'llene tut, the dimiors hare reettettnrended the
creation of a debenture six per Mot. stock, and your com-
mittee adopt at once the euggeeted plan proposed by the
Ainetors, for milting the sum of 230,000/. by di Luton*,
forming • primary charge of nix pr cent. in perpetuity upon
the (employ, and they trust that the &Leidenr will be
taken by the shareholders generally.

A report from Mr. James Feresson, the Geteral-hlnnacer
aildresavl to the directors is printed shag with the above
report ,•f the committee of shareholders. In this statemi at
which iodated August .5, Mr. lertrusson disputes several of
the conclusions of (La committee. We give some of his re-
hawks

FT; Aura.—lt is unfortunate that the committee did not
enemies the euperintendent, or any pereen connected with
this depot totem ; hail they done wt. they world have found
that the number of men employed is enVlller in propos/Ma to
the number and extent of their duties thin that f any other
department of the building. 1-he men et re all este!ully ow-
let fed feint those employed In the rtonstruet...n of the 'Fine
Art..' Court.; bat although they we very ...licit nt, and arc
under excellent eupervision they ere gone inerit Tittle to keep
up with the amount of work required at their hands. In
consequence of this, such works as the re-erection of the
Monument of Lyeicratee, the unpacking and putting together
of the Great Model of the Pentheon, the repair if some of the
court, and of the Sculpture in general, and other things of
bite 13.1.0 le are obliged to be po•ti.rned.
GAHIMNs.—Tho total number of men employed under
the supennteudent of the external garden, at the present time
is 121. This includes the company'ot police, the men in charge
of the roads round the property, and these employed In
finishing some few worke about the cricket ground still re-
maining incomplete. The number actually employed in
gardening ht 89, being in about the prupornitn of one man to
two acre* of ground, a great pert of which is in the highest
state of garden cultivation, and with estet.siee for ing.honees
attached to it. The wint, r eatabliehment is considerably
below the summer one. The Poperinundent of the internal
garden lots quite as much work to do as any one man.
ore-active ho rosy be, can properly attend to, end there
must eonsequently be mine other person employed to duper.
into nil the external gardens.
Pier ell.: UALLEKY.—In this floret-foment there are only
three persons employed besides the superintendent, and as
hie dutit.. require his frequent abeenee, I believe that the
gaff is not more than sufficient to guard the valuable pro-
perty entruotod to our rare, to anent r iriquiriest and to keep
the place in order. So far from its king found practically
that we charge too low a I.llllliMio.l on the este of pictures,
and that too great favour is shown to artiste, my experience
is clear that, mikes more is done in that direAion, it will he
extremely difficult to obtain pictures at all, certainly none
that it would ho possible to exhibit elsewhere. A. the gal-
lery is now etnuplete and established, a considernble Paying
on the amount shown in the accounts wi:l bet tfiNted in fut ore
years.
Pr ACE FM.TIVAI..—There can be no doubt that the peace
festival WY, a pecuniary snow*, from the number (about
I 0,000) of season tickets that were 'told on the day iteelf, and
on those immediately preceding. The GISI. assumed by the
committee to have loon the sole receipt on the occasion
anew from half-guinea admission. for the day only, and is in
addition to the amwent pr educed by the reason tickets sold
in eenwspente of this attraction. '1 he amount paid to the
BAYOU Mereehetii for the deeigns and drawings, and for hie
personal euperiutt mimeo. of the erection of the Peace Trophy
and the other monument. erected for the festival, sow the
HAW. alluded to in the oommitteee ropOrt. The named
woo for the purclowo of the colored equestrian stature of
I fliehanl Coeur de Lion and of the Queen, and for the coa-
-1 etniction of the Scutari monument All thew monuments

were cast, brought to the Pailsre, and erected at the pole
east of Baron Mitroeluati, by previous arrangement with
him. The expense ineumd by hire under three heads was so
great, that it is doubtful if. even including the 1001., he aim
not a positive beer by hie bargain with the company. It
should Le remembered that the two equ. lotion Plows, with
the four figure., of the Scutari monument, remain the pro-
perty of the company.
01.r11. CON 1. subjeet of theta restarts is one
chub an notch noiseoneoplien exists that a short narrative
of the tramection may be ?loess:ay to make the eubject in-
telligibk. In the owing of lost year, on thou eve of the rein-
menteuwnt of the sou at, Covent-garden Theatre was burnt
dash, and it woo coin found that the Crystal Palace was the
only 1.1.ti0 in 1.-xdon, or the neighbourhood, in which the
great singers of the Royal Italian Opera Company could be
heard by any large section of the public. The
board will recollect that in this etnerp ney Mr.
Gye applied to the company, and a negotiation wax
finally entered into with hint for the exclusive me
of hi. artistes for the season ; one of the titot stipula-
tion. bring that during the entire erteen they were to wing
nowhere but at the temperer! Opens House and the Crystal
l'elace. The terms peopeped by Mr. (lye for twelve CM.
earls under this and other otiptilationo were a little under
11.0001. ; but as it woo considered .ksiiroble to interest him in
the Cu. so 01 tilt, PINOCULItiOII, the sum was ?MUM,' to
fixed payment .4 G,ooof. and a contingent interest in the
anemia reevisisl. At the P. 31110 time it woo deemed incept
direr that Mr. Gye shield base any right to interfere with
the gialcral aryingentento of the police, ormtorti:icim
dictate
iwt out
..Ins TN ..f tickets should be issued, in what
what prime. The oniy mode, therefore, by which this could
be admitted was to secure such a sum to the company as the
experience of the previous year justified them in ex-
pecting would ho received from the Hie of Sell.oll
tickets, and to give him a ohne, in any receipt,
above that MUM On this principle •.'.0,000/. waa agreed upon
so the sou to be taken he the romp me in the flout
and any I e i ;dome that amount, from 601.1..11 tickets and
fnon yoi s memo at the doors on the lye of the coneerts, were
to be t•ledl in the proportion of three-fourths to the com-
pany. and oniebiurili to Mr. (lye. It must be remembered
that .11 /.11lii. was in came of what had been retired from
the rat .d' si ;eon Bilotti in the previous year. fled the Con-
cern leo e.l a failure. Mr. Gye would have received G,OOW.
not. ad it lie g.tsNl. originally atiptdated fir by bits. As,
however, they proved auevetsful, he gained 1,0001. by the
bargain, beyond what he would have received under his eel-

gival proper...ins. The band was always considered as on
cntirely scpitate and distinct transaction. and the 'moot.
allowed I.r it was a mere repayment of outlay.
The repo t of the committee shows a balance ina
this trim, t• torn of 2311. against the company
but they hove omitted to take tredit for the material.
reter&l, and the property in More, which are fairly worth at
least leder 1.'.:.t amount. It is also manifestly incorrect to
r relit the carmito, on the committee do, with only one
guinea the whole number of two-guinea tickets mold, in-
asmuch an it in ho tun that many pennons took them season
tickets wholly in tonsequenee of them coneern, who would
not othersi-e lant taken theta at all, and consequently a
mama portion of the second ,mots is fairly attributable to
this attraction. I aro convint ed tb.t it is not too much to
assume thi. amount as at least 2,000/.. in addition to the pro-
portin t •• ;a..,.ied by the committee. One other item to which
rott,t, delt.ur, is the ammunition by the committee that the
wk.& of the 'hitting receipts on the twelve Friday IX cupicd by
the • coccus mum pot to the company. The return. prove that
the emattaiy was the ease toot Mast a considerable extent, in-
asmuch es the number of persons *hailing the Palace on the
Mat four dc). of the corresponding weeks in 1845 was
392,092, in la:r6 it was 441,751, showing a balance in
(senor of Ibrii of 19,730. The number of chilling visitors
on the imnesponding Fridays in 18.-.5 was 78,740. showing as
apparent k-ti of 21,001 visitors in 18.56, er live than 1,5001.,
'maned of 4.378/., as stated by the committee. The sum
really received on the corresponding Fridays in 1835 was
3,937/. 38.
Msirrts.tscr. ur BrtraiiNo.—The estimate ef 10,0001. •
year for the maintenance of the building, given by the clerk
of the troika, is one which I have already submitted to yea.
It might be more correctly elated in the following form—that
100,0004. in ID yeera would be required for this purpose.
though one year it might be 13,000/., and another 3,0004.
But tertainly an average expenditure of 10,000/. will not be
saltiest, if the nionnuendation of the committee J., carried

out to eulestitute brick piers for the wooden props that nom
euppert the *lcor. In a building like the Crl stal l'alsos,
which is practically a great conservatory, and where the
Boone an et necessity to contact with flower-beds,which must
be kept cue lousily watered, a certain amount of decay must
°instantly be going no, whatever precautions are used, and
the repair of this is a main Item in the above estimate. Ido
not Leeo ate to say that the committee have very much exag-
gerated tin: instability of the floor. The main building is
entirely supported on brick piers or iron pillars, sad the
for Nielsen eat uprights eight feet apart in every direction.
so then the p oriel dmay of one or two of the uprights is of
an presstno importance, and cannot affect the general stabi-
lity of the >nectars in the leant degree. With regard to tire,
every om, eivable precaution is taken aga;nst its occurrence.
Water is Leiden to every part of the building from the Make
at various elevation., and engines and hose are stationed at
the pointa where they would be most available.
ItErkE•IIMENT DIPARTMENT.— SO far from the " in.
tercets awl wi-hes of the poorer classes having been tood
inadequate ;y wielded fur or overlooked," it is actually the
rose that lore accommodation has teen provided for tined-
class refreelnoents than for thew of a higher order, and the
immix rs who daily crowd the tables set apart for the poorer
Omen. of k Mien form the beat practical answer that can be
given to the remark of the committee on this heed. The
accommodation for visitors of this class has been more than
doubled dining the last fifteen months, and whenever more is
required it Las always bean im.ediately supplied.