. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. the old building, facing Macquarie-street, were unsafe, and wouldhave to be replaced. Advantage was taken of this, to extend and re-buildthe whole of the Macquarie-street wing ; and to make it uniform in designwith the Bent-street additions. This was not completed until 1889, the costbeing ;^i2,85o. Unfortunately the main consideration in deciding on the designs of thenew wings, particularly the Macquarie-street one, had been that the buildingwas intended to be converted into Government offices as soon as a newLibrary could be erected. Th
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. the old building, facing Macquarie-street, were unsafe, and wouldhave to be replaced. Advantage was taken of this, to extend and re-buildthe whole of the Macquarie-street wing ; and to make it uniform in designwith the Bent-street additions. This was not completed until 1889, the costbeing ;^i2,85o. Unfortunately the main consideration in deciding on the designs of thenew wings, particularly the Macquarie-street one, had been that the buildingwas intended to be converted into Government offices as soon as a newLibrary could be erected. The consequence has been that for seventeen yearsthe Institution has remained in a building, not only totally inadequate in thematter of space and accommodation, but also quite unsuited, structurally, forthe purposes for which it has been used. It is confidently expected, however,that the end of our troubles is in sight ; and that, when the Mitchell Wing isfinished, the remainder of the State Library will be commenced without anybreak in the
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