The Exhibition of 1862 may now be regarded as fairly
afoot. The .vniarantee fund has been well filled up ; the site of the Exhibition determined on, and the plan of the building decided. The site of the Exhibition is on the space of ground lying south of the New Horti- cultural Gardens at Brompton, and between Cromwell-road, Exhibi- tion-road, and Prince Albert-road. The building, of massive pro- portions, will be 1200 feet long and 700 broad, and it will cover nearly 26 acres. The nave will be 1200 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 100 feet high. The greatest height of the building will be 260 feet, or 100 feet higher than that of 1851. There will be two domes of iron and glass, each 250 feet high, with a base of 160 feet, the largest domes ever built. The building will not be a Crystal Palace, for there will be immense masses of brickwork, and the roofs will be of wood and felt. The architect is Captain Fowke, R.E. The Exhibi- tion will open on the 1st of May, and close on the 15th of October, 1862.
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