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preservation, and in a state calculated to keep well, shall be 

 sent to the Honorary Secretary of the Museum Committee, 

 accompanied by the name and address of the collector, the 

 name of the object (if then determinable), the locality where, 

 and the date when, collected, with any other details of inte- 

 rest, legibly written. 



2. That a record of facts interesting in natural science 

 shall be preserved in the museum. 



3. That a list of plants and animals found in the district 

 be drawn up for future revision and publication. 



4. That an accurate register of the daily reading of the 

 barometer, thermometer, and hygrometer, be kept in the 

 museum. 



5. That a descriptive catalogue be kept of the contents of 

 the museum. 



6. That by degrees, as the museum finances shall admit, 

 a collection of works on natural science be formed and kept 

 in the museum for the use of members and students visiting 

 the museum. 



Other rules, besides those here suggested, will doubtless 

 occur to the Committee, or become necessitated by circum- 

 stances which are not here considered. Enough has perhaps 

 been said to pave the way for a careful consideration of the 

 question whether the formation of a local museum is not 

 well calculated to give members of the Society and their 

 friends an additional source of improvement, healthy recrea- 

 tion, and worthy occupation. 



