Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...arched gateway. The tower is 60 feet hi h and 13 feet 6 inches square. This is the first church erecte in South Australia for the Roman Catholic colonists. The residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop and his staff of clergy is within the enclosure of the wall which surrounds the convent and church. THE GROTE-STREET STATE (MODEL) SCHOOL. This school was the first of the kind built in the colony. The building is of the pointed style, with gables and gablets. It is of one story, and the height to the plate 19 feet 6 inches, and 25 feet to the ceiling. Accommodation is provided for three distinct schools, to be apportioned respectively to boys, girls, and infants. The principal school-rooms--those for boys and girls--are each 70 feet by 24 feet in the clear, and the class-rooms, which open out of each, are 24 feet by 16 feet. A hat and cloak room and a lavatory are also attached to each of these main divisions, the former being 26 feet by 12 feet, and the latter 24 feet by 8 feet. The infant class-room, also provided with a l1at and cloak room and lavatory of rather smaller size than those connected with the other departments, is 40 feet in length by 20 feet in breadth. For the convenience of the head master and matron, and their assistants, there are two rooms opening from the main lobby. Between the two large school-rooms is an arcade, paved with slate and roofed in like manner as the other portions of the schools. This arcade has the effect of keeping the class-rooms cool, and is found convenient as a sheltered walk. Ventilation is secured by tubes from the ceiling to the external air, terminating at the ridge of the roof. Fresh air is admitted by shafts opening just below the level of the plate. In the infant school-room the allery...