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Third. — In the case of duplicates not required for the collection 

 proper being received from the first party by the second party, 

 these shall be entirely at the disposal of the second party, who may 

 exchange them for other specimens not represented in the collection, 

 or otherwise dispose of them in such a manner as they may consider 

 best fitted to promote the interests of the Museum. 



Lastly. — In order to secure completeness, and to prevent 

 unnecessary duplication of specimens, collections already in the 

 Museum, or which may hereafter be added, may be incorporated 

 with those presented by the first party, but such separate collections 

 shall be distinguished by special labelling and registration. In 

 witness whereof these presents, duly stamped, written by James 

 Boyle Lang, apprentice in the Town Clerk's Office, Glasgow, are 

 subscribed in duplicate by John Laing, William "Wilson, and John 

 Farquhar, three members of the Town Council, and by James 

 David Marwick, Town Clerk, on behalf of, and as specially 

 authorised by, the said Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council in 

 Council assembled at Glasgow, upon the Sixth day of October, 

 Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-one, before these witnesses — James 

 George Monro, writer, Town Clerk's Office, Glasgow; and James 

 Brown, Council Office, Glasgow; and by John Young, President; 

 Eobert Mason, Secretary ; and Robert James Bennett, Treasurer, of 

 and on behalf of the said Natural History Society of Glasgow, at 

 Glasgow, upon the Eleventh day of November, and year last 

 mentioned, before these witnesses, William W. Christie, Medical 

 Student, Thirteen Westercraigs, Dennistoun, Glasgow ; and William 

 Livingstone, Medical Student, Seventeen Hill Street, Wishaw. 



(Signed) John Laing. (Signed) John Young, M.D. 



„ William Wilson. „ Robert Mason. 

 (Signed) James G. Monro, Witness. 

 ,, James Brown, Witness. 



(Signed) John Farquhar. (Signed) Robert J. Bennett. 

 „ J. D. Marwick, Town Clerk. 

 (Signed) William W. Christie, Witness. 

 ,, William Livingstone, Witness. 



The meeting then formally approved of the signature of the 

 Agreement on behalf of the Society by the President, Secretary, 

 and Treasurer. 



A donation to the Society's Library was intimated of a copy of 

 "The History of Salt," by E. Marlett Boddy, F.S.S., F.R.C.S., 



