The large" school-raon* will be 54ft by 30ft inside, and fronvfloorr to ceiling will, measure" 29ft.:.;" In additioii to the school-room, there will be a class room, 16ft by 14ft ;ji porch, 12ft by 10ft; a cloak-room and lavatory, each, 34ft by 6ft; and a small recess for the mMteiv With the view of future extension, double chimneys will be constructed. The roof is to be lined with grooved;-" tongued beards, kauri and red pine' alternating, and placed ; diagonally. This will have the effect of im parting a neat arid comfortable appearance^ in3ide. The windows are to be nearly all; constructed to open at the top and bottom.. Besides this, abundant pro vision has been made for ventjlatiba. The foundation will be of Port Chalmers bluestone, a course of which will aWrnV. all round the building to the heighfcof the window sills. The school-room, be sides bemg used for Sunday School pur poses, will be available for lectures^ ahd^ concerts. The class-room wiU be raised 18 inches higher than the floor pf^the school-room, into which: it will open by a Gothic arch, 20 feet_high.' In the event of entertainments, ladies and; gentlemeit can avail themselves of the" side rooms, which lead into the class-room. The but tresses, &c, will be finished in Portland cement. When fully completed, the structure will be rather more, than double its original size: In the first instance, ample accommodation^ will be provided, for 200 children.,. The,school, which.will probably be completed aßbut four months hence, will have a very pretty appearance. We understand that, first class teachers are to beobtained from.the Home countrp^

MESSES HEBBEBT, HATEES; AH) COj&X'i The extensive additions to Messrs Herbert Haynes, and Co. 's premises which arfc£be2ijr~ made: at the rear of the^present buildings, are [ now so far advanced that the walls are'ready to receive the roof, and the roof is nowaboufc to be put 0n... With' favourable weather,- thft new-building will be roofed-in ma weekor tenf* days, whereupon rapid progress can be made! MESSES DAI/IETY, NICHOLS, AND CO.'S. -A commencement"has been made of thererec— ~ tion of additional'prenuses for Messrs Dalgetr **~ Nichols, and Co^ on the ground extending 'from. Bond street fco Crawford street, and next1 ta their present premises. -A good start has beet made with the foundations. 