by the Corporation, managed by a committee. The Museum was opened in 1892, and has of late years been greatly augmented and improved. The late Mr. W. V. Crake, M.A., was the Hon. Secretary for many years and took the deepest interest in its welfare, and on whose death Mr. Anthony Belt filled his place. Mr. W. Ruskin-Butterfield is the Curator and Librarian of the Public Library, and Mr. Cole is Art Master of the School of Art. The late Mr. W. L. Vernon was the Architect, who embellished the building in mosaics depicting scenes from the Bayeaux Tapestry, by Salvati. Next to the Museum is the Office of the Hastings and St. Leonards "Observer" and the Printing Works of F. J. Parsons, ltd., publishers of "Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present."
The site of the Hospital is where the original Infirmary stood. The latter was opened in 1841, a view of which recently appeared in a history of the building issued by the Management. The present Hospital, opened in October, 1887, will shortly be removed, and a new and up-to-date Institution erected opposite the Sports Ground, Cambridge Road, as a Memorial to the late King Edward VII. The tram lines will be noted in the view, -
