A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ALBERT MEMORIAL. 20 Guide to Belf(xst. have also been subscribed on a liberal scale for a greatstatue in memory of the late Lord Dufferin. The beautifulstatue of the Earl of Belfast, by Patrick Mad)owell, whichformerly stood on the site of Dr. Cookes statue, is now inthe Free Library. Reference may be briefly made to some of the leadingthoroughfares. Standing in Castle Place, opposite the BankBuildings, the eye wanders to the right along RoyalAvenup:, a wide and well built street, which may now be. TOO, rilllii!5«i ?^!b 511^, ROYAL AVENUE.


A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ALBERT MEMORIAL. 20 Guide to Belf(xst. have also been subscribed on a liberal scale for a greatstatue in memory of the late Lord Dufferin. The beautifulstatue of the Earl of Belfast, by Patrick Mad)owell, whichformerly stood on the site of Dr. Cookes statue, is now inthe Free Library. Reference may be briefly made to some of the leadingthoroughfares. Standing in Castle Place, opposite the BankBuildings, the eye wanders to the right along RoyalAvenup:, a wide and well built street, which may now be. TOO, rilllii!5«i ?^!b 511^, ROYAL AVENUE. considered the principal thoroughfare of the city, joining, asit does, several important outlying parts of the town to thecentre. The buildinij;s close at hand are the ProvincialBank, and next to it the Reform Club; farther on, the(}rand Central Hotel ; and on the opposite side, theRoyal Avenue Hotel and the offices of the City andDistrict \\ArER Commissioners, a handsome buildingof red sandstone. The (Generai. Post Office and theFree Public Library, Art Gallery, and Museum are alsosituated in this street. History and Progress. 21 Turning to the left hand is Donegall Place, on a Hnewith Royal Avenue; it also has some very fine places of busi-ness, with Robinson & Cleavers at the opposite end. Ihis


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