THE PROPOSED REFORMATORY.

Otago Witness, Issue 824, 13 September 1867, Page 17

THE PROPOSED REFORMATORY.

We have-obtftiued ■ some particulars ds to the plans for a Reformatory, ""which it is proposed 1 to orec't oii sections 41 and 42, block 6, -Town District. Those section^, are At- (the 'junction", of! the . mainS '.South. Road, with a district road leading to J^prnington:; and. togetlier they comprise .between 2oa. t , and -25a^ The. site is . eleJyat^^.the village of .Caversham. being "^ov^r-lopltecl, from it ; and it is proposed '" tiia^the principal front of, the bxiilding *fe^air Be towards the east. ' ' • Messrs Mason and Clayton, architects, • of this bity,- were instructed by'tKeProviridial Government to prepare designs ,for a-.-Bteformatory to accommodate 'loG . boys, with the .necessary offices,- <&c. ; and those gentlemen have so far. completed their plans as to be enabled to invite tenders for a portion of the building. -It will be "" remembered that the Provincial Council last session voted a sum for commencing the building, the intention being to propose a vote yearly, until the building is completed. By the 'first sketch submitted, and ■which has baen approved by,.*the~ Government, the, plan was in the fprm^, of 4 quadrangle, one side (the," principal front) being devoted to tb!e- governor's -house a&d otner offices -oit the gcoundfloor, and<the hospital, surgery^, and' sleep l ing apaitmfents for the^ governor's family, the officers and servants, 1 ' on-. th%" upper flopr.' !The other sides of the (|u»<3rangle were appropriated to day or working •wards,- on the ground-floor, aad sleeping wards 'over them. In working out their plans, however,, the architects iound that, ~ by an alteration in the arrang-ement of the wardsj j. great improvement could be effected, inasmuch as a more ,|»erf ect supervision, tlirouyn. conceritratiori, could' be obtained. 1 This alteration will not interfere .with the"front or offioes* poriiiori' of ; the buiLiing ; and it •is Iraped ' that ' '^he modified plans .wiH be-cauried out. This plan adopts the radiating system.? The offices portion, already "described, 1 . has a 1 frontage of about' 130 ft. towards +\ie east. From the «sen^re, a massive clocktower rises, the height being 96ft. front ■the ground-lii c !feo the tap of the finial.' There are wings at the north and soutls! *nds, projecting 14ft. sFhe south' wingj is appropriated to' the governor's resi-. idence, having, 'drawing room,. 22ft by S.s£t.; " dining room, 17ft by 13ft,' r< • &0. , ■ urn- the ground , floor, and £y,e bedrooms -above< JEhe north wing <qontains'iheg«aeral kitchen," 22ft by 20ft; 4scuilery;l6ftbya4ft; laundry, -22ft by 18ft; •drying room asid linen iTobm, with servants' sleeping apartments over. Between] 'the south wing and the tower, is a board' iroom and officers' library, each 17ft by 14ft; and ( foe£we,3n. the ( north wing and; tower- ( ,are warders' mess irooni -and' stores, also lYf^by 14ft. v A cprridor, 6'ft wide, connects ;ihe wiiigs. The vestibule,! •or-prinbipil entrance, is rander tli? clocfc •tower, Ibtt te^iiare, and connected by'a. lobby with the corridor. ■ ' The ' upper, (floor of the- front buildicg, between thewings, is appßopriated to the hospital, •with bed b for lti -patients; surgery,'. 16ft T3y iv 14fi; ; and room for the ■ hospital murse, also 16fe by 14ft; and corridor, 1 $6ffc'Wide ? as on *he gtound-Soor. At the' •rear of the tow^gr, and connected with'the front, portion,' the dining-hall," £2ft byi ikl haying on; each side a verandah .of; -.eommvinicatiGn the -corridor and 1 the centre of the Ref ormatoar?, to be used eriily by the officers and servants of the establishment ' the prisoners' onfy use Gf these verandahs being on their admission^ Th^ "windows of tlie dining hell look under ,the verandah into a court yard, on ,each side,, 1 enclosed by a •wall 14ft. high ; o.ver the diniiag hall, a chepel or. school-room is provided, of the the same dimensions as the- hall. Both the dining hall and chapel have»entrancea at'ealch end ; 'the' former having .a door in cl,ose proximity to the kitchen, pantiy, &c., wjiile ' at ( the -opposite 'end are two dib^, opening from central hall of the^#adiating wards, for the .inmates. Th&.claapfll is a^ so entered from eaqlt; end by fjOTir doors; the two ki the east end leading into the. corridor of the front, buiiding, ancLthetwoin the west esid, communitating trith the inmates' halL The' central hall

•of the radiating Hvings is an irregular fectfi- 1 gon on plan, 48ft clear diameter, iA'wiiieli are arranged 1 hvo spacioias staircases ;uid Tooms lest four warders; wifcli f fo r ur punisk-' jnent-cells jjontiguous. It will have been gathered ' thdt one of the ,side,s,.of this, octagon is atta.Q^be4 to thfe dining 1 Ml'anli' chapel." ' On tlie^tßree other sides?" which' would -f oroi a square if allowed %o meet^are the wards for inmates,radiatingandformingacrossonp]an. In'all, tnefe r lre six waMs on tlib gfoi^iidiiodr^fbr and'-work rooms/" '"TjKese are arranged b^ick .to back in pairs, each, 3\ayiisj its and doox; into it^.o.wji'air4ng, court,:xound whiolkis a'wall' 14f£. high, with verandahs on all sides. At end of each .ward, and divided from it by a back wall, is a bath room, capable of hqlding.jste baths-; and amder the"**eran- j dah at ih& eij^l otthe court 'yards, which 4M> j

p rt '■.{•• yr n< t V/" 1 radiate, are j»laceof diSfeMit xtovemences^ The" remaining four^BTdeff^Xjf "file octagon are* i considerably' fehorter than those already described, and are intended to contain windows -lighting the warden', rooms, one window oveiilooking each airing court* In.^Jhe 'walls 1 between the warders' rooms andthe wards, are also inspection "windows, so that," each warder may, from his" own room, thoroughly overlook every portion of so much of the building as is unfier his charge. In t c central hall, lavatories are provided close to the doors of the wards. The prisoners' sleeping wards are over the day rooms, each having space for 25 beds ; the rooms at the -ends of the wards and over the bath rooms, being intended for spare bedding and the boys' own clothes. There will be cisterns here; containing in all abov.t 25,000- gallons of water. The warders' 'rooms are ar l - I Ranged directly over those on the grotind floor, with similar facilities for, ,oyerlopking the airing courts and wards/ There are also four punishment cells over those ,on the ' ground floor. The central ' hall is lighted by a lantern light, 25ft. Bquarej 'fend there being' a well on the upper' floor i ample light is secured for the grounxl floor. 1 The front portion of the Reformatory "will be simple Italian in style, built, of b'r'ick'wilh. stone dressings tp the quoins, and stone reveals to the windows. .The lower pai't of the clock tower. vtsL be of Port Chalmers blue stone, with moulded string course at the first floor, and 1 continuous strings at the window sills ; the sills breaking forward, and being, .sup,ported. by plain cut cantilevres.-- ' The wrings will -have three-light windows in front, and pediments wilf be formed by the. roofs projecting, and being relieved - byi canti'leyres. The roefs throughout ,-will have projecting eav<es ; but thei front building, alone will be relieved by-the'ean-•tikwres or' other enriched architectural Retails. -v The other jportibnß wiH-be%uite |>}sanan .design. - .<"■'.-■ '.• By arrangement of the several ■wards' and airing conrts, a complete'clkssifitfS&ion can be maintained, as ealch'vt'ard m&y'be occupied by a different class^'therefcy' giving six different classes, l^' or^JJi 0 •ola^s'es may be redmced to three, by placing : >one, r class. in two wards. In ftw^fej any>de■Bired classification will be practicable' iri -jJiis i building. • -n .•>,•-■• As we have said before, it, is intended «k> build this rpformatory piecemeal ';' and 'the portion of the general plan, for which' 'tenders are now invited, is that set apart for. the governor's residence. 3Ms, mearawlule, will accommodate 12 labys and- a ] i married couple to look after tjhem.' There .' j is no doubt that wlien the whole building- ' j is completed, the estabJishmerab will haife! ' — on account of -its dimensions and a&s / j situation — a very imposing appearance.

POPULATFON OF GREAT TOSTNS. — TJW population of London in the middle of the present' year is estimated, . says idle Time*, by the Registrar-General at 3,082 372 ; of. •Edinburgh (city), 176,051 ; di Dublin (city and some suburbs), 319,210 ; of the boroiigh of Liverpool, 492,439 ; of the : city of r Manchester, 362,823, and of the j borough of "Salford, 115,013; of the city | f of Glasgow, 440,979; of the borough of • Birmingham, 343,948 ; of the borough' of Leeds, 232,428; of the borough' of. Sheffield, 225,199 ; of the city of Bristol, 165,572 ; cf the borough, of Neweastle7on- ' Tyne, 124,960 ; of the borough of fiull, 3.06,740. , • ;

! 1 iGHEa Quotations. — Everytlung,both fiiiancial.and political, writes the $lift<dbh/ (J-azctte, is encouraging to the expectation of the establishment of a higher range of quotations at a v°ry early period, could a little more confidence foe- engendered. Money is superabundant and remarkably cheap, and pronuses to continue so for a loEgtime to come. The prospects of the harvest, as far as can be ascertained at present, are of an unprecedently satisfactory character, both throughout .the United Kingdom , as well as abroad. Politically, there is not the slightest sign of .disturbance anywhere, and even the long-talked-of Eastern question is' no iloiiger a' subject of serious discussion, while the Fenian movement is almost for- T gotten, i The Tooth of a Mammoth. — A large 'fossil lump, of the lowei* maxilla of a mammoth, has been discovered, writes the' Express, in Nottingham. A laborer, named Edwin Cox, waß at work in- St. j 'Michael street, excavating' some sand,stone rock, when he came upon a stone:iike piece of substance which greatly ~surprised'him. Having picked it up, he put lit'aside, and" it was handed over to the 'members of the Nottingham Philosophical |Society,' by whom* it has been examined jwith'much interest. The centre of the jsfump'is greatly worn by constant mastid^ioi},' but'the enamel lines of the series of grinders are very .bright and clear: The tooth was found in' the sand drift Bft | bin below the surface ; it weighs about jtUb, and would form a creditable ,'addijjjon to any museum in the kingdom.