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this resul lit ion to be submitted to the " Geiiei'al Committee" 

 for approval, but just wlieii it was approved the old minutes 

 are silent. Henceforth however, tlirf)ughout all the minute 

 books, the expression used is that of " Australian Museum." 

 As bearing on this thei'e i^ in e.xistence a letter irom the 

 Honbl. E. Deas Thomson (who succeeded the Houbl. Alexander 

 Macleay as Colonial Secretary), dated "2nd May, 18-i2 " re 

 claims against the " Colonial Museum," but addressed to " The 

 Committee of the Australian Museum." Fi'om the appeai'ance 

 of the term " Australian Museum," in the "New South Wales 

 Calendar and Post Office Directory " for 1835 (p. 371), pre- 

 viously referred to, it would seem to indicate that the change 

 of title had been in contemplation before the meeting of 8th 

 June, 1836. 



Tlie General Committee referi'eci to exercised control both 

 of the Museum and Botanical Gardens, and was divided into 

 two Sub-Committees, one for each. Although Mr. J. J. 

 Fletcher^ has furnished a list of the Museum body, it may not 

 be out of place to reproduce here the names of the gentlemen, 

 who, no doubt at considerable saci-itice of their leisuie, and 

 purely in an honorarv capacity, controlled the early destinies 

 of the two buddini;- establishments, as follows: — 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



SdB-CoM MIT'J'EES. 



Museum (jardens 



Fletcher — ilaclwiy Mem. Vol., 189:5, p. ix. 



