18 MEMOIR OF SIR HANS SLOANE, BART. 



8. That whenever there may be a vacancy in the office of principal libra- 

 rian, or in that of secretary, it is desirable that the distribution of the duties 

 now discharged by those officers respectively, including the expenditorship, 

 be reconsidered, and that the office of secretary be not combined with the 

 keepership of any department. 



"9. That it is desirable that the hours during which the Museum shall be 

 open on public days, be hereafter from ten o'clock until seven throughout the 

 months of May, June, July, and August ; and that the reading-room be 

 opened throughout the year at nine o'clock in the morning. 



" 10. That it is desirable that the Museum be hereafter opened during the 

 Easter, Whitsun, and Christmas weeks, except Sundays and Christmas day. 



"11. That it is expedient that the trustees should revise the salaries of 

 the establishment, with the view of ascertaining what increase may be re- 

 quired for carrying into effect the foregoing resolutions, as well as of obtain- 

 ing the whole time and services of the ablest men, independently of any re- 

 muneration from other sources ; and that, when such scale of salary shall 

 have been fixed, it shall not be competent to any officer of the Museum 

 paid thereunder to hold any other situation conferring emolument or en- 

 tailing duties. 



" 12. That it is desirable that the heads of departments do consult toge- 

 ther as to the best method of preparing, on a combined system, an improved 

 edition of the Synopsis of the Museum ; that each officer be responsible for 

 that part which is under his immediate control, and attach his signature to 

 such part ; and that the work be prepared in such a manner as to enable 

 each part to be sold separately, which should be done at the lowest price 

 which will cover the expenses of the publication. 



"13. That it is expedient that every exertion should be made to com- 

 plete, within the shortest time consistent with the due execution of the 

 work, full and accurate catalogues of all the collections in the Museum, with 

 a view to print and publish such portions of them as would hold out expec- 

 tations of even a partial sale. 



u 14. That it be recommended to the trustees that every new accession to 

 the Museum be forthwith registered in detail, by the officer at the head of 

 the department, in a book to be kept for that purpose ; and that each head 

 of a department do make an annual report to the trustees of the accessions 

 within the year, vouched by the signature of the principal librarian, of desi- 

 derata, and of the state and condition of his own department. 



" 15. That it be recommended to the trustees to take into consideration 

 the best means of giving to the public a facility of obtaining casts from the 

 statues, bronzes, and coins, under competent superintendence, and at as low 

 a price as possible. 



" 16. That the committee are well aware that many of the alterations 

 which they have suggested cannot be carried into effect except by increased 

 liberality on the part of Parliament, both with respect to the establishment 

 of the Museum, and also, to a much greater extent, for the augmentation of 

 the collections in the different departments ; but they confidently rely on 

 the readiness of the representatives of the people to make full and ample 

 provision for the improvement of an establishment which already enjoys a 

 high reputation in the world of science, and is an object of daily increasing 

 interest lo the people of this country. 



