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To compensate for these important duties, it is proposed to 

 augment in a slight degree the stipend now paid to Mr. Baines, 

 which will then become d6*100. per annum. 



Into the details of this scheme it appears not necessary or 

 useful to enter in this place, but the Council are aware that 

 the principal recommendation of such a plan will be found in 

 its efficiency ; and that it may not be easy to find in a busy 

 community members who can devote sufficient time to execute, 

 or even to direct, the arrangements in even one department of 

 an increasing Museum ; yet they entertain at present a full 

 hope of success, not only because several of the Curatorships 

 will still be administered by members of tried zeal and know- 

 ledge, but because substantial assistance is expected from 

 young and active officers. 



Moreover, what difficulty there may be in the arrangement 

 is rendered less formidable by the consent which Mr. Phillips 

 has given to retain for this year the direction of the Geological 

 Collection, which is the largest of all, and from its continual 

 growth, demands perhaps the greatest attention, and which 

 has, in fact, been lately re-arranged so as to include the most 

 modern geological classifications. 



In anticipation of this new arrangement, the whole Zoolo- 

 gical Collection is undergoing a complete examination as to 

 the condition of the specimens, which has been found satis- 

 factory, and in the course of the next month it is confidently 

 expected that advantage will be taken of the space now gained 

 in the Museum of Zoology, to carry into effect the plan of an 

 entirely new arrangement of Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and 

 Crustacea. 



Of the ability of Mr. Baines to perform the duties which 

 will now devolve upon him, the Council have had sufficient 



