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tbe subsidiary hall , and so arranged as to be also applicableone for a robing room for the Grand Officers , another a clothing room for members of the Grand Lodge on the occassions of its meeting , and for the scrutineers , and the other , as a general ante room for the subsidiary hall , and also applicable as a waiting room to the clerks office . Two lodge or chapter rooms—35 ft . by 21 ft . and two 30 ft . by 20 ft ., with suitable ante rooms .

Throe offices for Masonic Charities . Library or reading-room , and ante-room connected therewith , and also connected with a coffee-room for tho Craft , the latfcter to be constructed by the hotel proprietors , on the portion of the property not devoted to exclusive Masonic purposes . — Grand Tyler ' s apartments , viz . —one sitting-room , three chambers , kitchen , and appurtenances . Grand entrance hall , with accommodation for porter . Grand staircase , with suitable approaches , and access to both

balls . Hall and sleeping-rooms for servants . The usual domestic conveniences , lavatories , & c , throughout the establishment . In tho above list it is believed there will be found comprised all that is really required for strictly Masonic purposes , tbe sectional arrangement for their construction will be submitted at a latter portion of the report .

Tho duty delegated to your committee rendered it necessary that they should be prepared to submit to the consideration of the Board , other adaptations applying to the portion of the property beyond the limits already defined for Masonic purposes . Your committee regard the existence ot an hotel and tavern as a- necessary adjunct and indispensable , ingredient for rendering complete the requirements appending to the meetings of the Craftancl they have therefore assumed it as a fact that the

, portion not- applied for exclusive Masonic purposes , must be appropriated to the purposes of hotel ancl tavern , ancl tbei propose that any tenant taking that portion , should be required , under the control and supervision of the Grand Superintendent of AVorks , to erect a hall of stately dimensions , capable of affording ample banquet accommodation for at least 400 persons , ancl that

the same should be so situated as to be in immediate communication with our present great hall , by such suitable approaches as will nevertheless preserve a character of distinctness . That the coffee room , to be provided by the tenant , for the exclusive use of members of the Craft , should be so situated as to be readily accessible from o-. u- own library aud ante-room . That four banqueting rooms should also bo constructed by the tenanttwo at least of large dimensionsand of suitable

cha-, , racter , all to be applicable for general hotel aud tavern use , and to be so situated as to be accessible to members of the Craft using the same , directly from oar own Masonic portion , without intervention of public staircases , corridors , or passages , ancl to have the character of total distinctness from , and not to constitute any part , whatever of the Masonic building . Y ' our committee recommend that , when opportunity offers , all

the area to the eastward of the line originally defined should be offered on lease to responsible parties , to erect thereon a firstclass hotel and tavern , which must contain the grand banqueting hall , eo . i ' ee room , and four banqueting rooms already referred to , and , that in the said lease should bo granted to the tenant the privilege of building for hotel purposes , sleeping rooms over portions of the Masonic building , but so constructed as not to have any connection whatever therewith .

A very large and important space may also be allotted to the hotel in ( lie basement under the Masonic premises , so constructed as to be entirely independent thereof . These additions , which your committee are advised may be granted to the hotel portion without in any manner interfering with the integrity of the Masonic part , or in any way compromising its distinctive and isolated character , will , it is apprehended materiallenhance the value of the portion

, very y proposed to be let . _ One observation only remains in this portion of our report , v ! 7 ' : . — -Cliat the fa < jades " of the two buildings will be essentially distinct , each to be subject to the approval of tbe Grand Superintendent of works , and to be constructed , as regards the Masonic ' part , ' at the cost of the Society , and the other at the ¦ cost of the tenant .

_ AA e have thus endeavoured to show what , in our consideration , is required for Masonic purposes , and also in what manner the adaptation of the proposed hotel can be suited to perfect the other arrangements , which though highly essential , and in fact

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indispensable as adjuncts , cannot be regarded as coming ivithm the category of purely Masonic requirements . Before proceeding to define the sectional classification mentioned in an earlier part of our report , ive deem it right to state , that the chairman , on whom by general assent devolved its compilation , found it necessary to confer with the Grand Superintendent of AVorks , in order to ascertain how far it was possible to carry out our views , and , your committee are

authorized to state that tho work may be proceeded with in two sectional portions . The first , on the newly acquired property , and the second , on the site between such newly acquired property , and the Eastern boundary already adopted , ancl moreover , that the same may tie so sectionally constructed , ivithout , as regards section jNb . 1 , any hindrance to , or encroachment on , the Tavern accommodation now possessed by our tenants , except as respects the rooms now now held by them on the new

property . AA'ith these prefatory remarks , we proceed to describe the sectional arrangements . SECTION' NO . 1 .- —AVe propose that in Section No . 1 , which is limited exclusively to the newly-acquired property , should be comprised—Ihe room for the Grand Master , with suitable accommodation . The Grand Secretary's office . An ante-room to be so placed as to be applicable expressly

for the Grand Master when required by him , but otherwise , for general use by the Grand Secretary . Clerk's office with muniment room , or strong room , all of convenient dimensions . Subsidiary Hall of a decorative character , ancl of sufficient dimensions to be suitable for the meetings of Grand Chapter , occasional Grand Lodge , General Board ancl Committee-room

for the business of tho Craft ancl Grand Chapter , and the Masonic Charities , ancl likewise as a lodge-room for the meetings of such lodges as require a room of large dimensions . This hall to have conveniences by lifts or traps for the accommodation ancl deposit of lodge furniture , in properly constructed places . We propose that such subsidiary hall be 56 ffc . by 40 ft . Two ante-rooms or waiting-rooms in connection with the present great hall ancl the subsidiary hall , one of them applicable as a waiting-room to the clerk ' s office , also as a robing-room

for the Grand Officers , and the other as a general ante-room to the lesser hall . Two lodge or chapter-rooms , one 36 ft . by 24 ft ., with suitable ante-rooms . These rooms to have the like conveniences for qhe deposit of furniture . Three offices for the Misonic Charities . Apartments for the present use of tbe Grand Tyler [ the same afterwards to be applicable for porter or housekeeper , should

section Xo . 2 be completed , until which time the porter will not be required . ] Domestic accommodations , viz .: Lavatories , closets , & c , throughout the establishment as needful . A suitable staircase with distinct entrance from the street , which entrance is to constitute a part of the general architectural arrangement of the fagaele , but this section Kb . 1 will be hereafter accessible also , by means of the grand entrance

comprised in section No . 2 . There will be a communication between the present hall ancl the subsidiary hall , which communication will also , until section lso . 2 is carried out , constitute for members of the Craft meeting in the new lodge rooms the means of access to the dining-rooms in the present tavern . AA e have ascertained , after consultation with the Grand Superintendent of AVorks , to whom we are indebted for much valuable information ancl assistancethat the scheme herein

, proposed , is capable of being effectively carried out , with all due attention to the importance of the character and standing of the society , so that each of the apartments will afford accommodation amply suitable to the purposes for which it is to be appropriated ; ancl that the whole may be completed in twelve months from its commencement . Thus it will , we believe , be found , that in Section JSTO . 1 is

comprised not only all that attaches to the official part of our establishment , but also other important portions of the further accommodation required for the general Masonic uses of the Society , and the whole of such section can be constructed on an efficient scale within the limits of the newly acquired property . SECTION J \ O . 2 . —In Section No . 2 will be comprised : — Grand entrance hall and grand staircase , with suitable corridors for reception , and othernecessary arrangements for nfl ' ording access to all the rooms , & c , comprised in section So . 1 , and those to be comprised in this section . The apartments ancl approaches in