78 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



It, seems probable tluit tlie Curatorships of Clarke and 

 Wall to some extent overlapped one another, for on 18tli Nov., 

 1845, 



" The attention of the Meetin<? was failed to the ciivnmstance of a 

 balance amounting to the sum of £'i'2 3s. 4<i. still remain- 

 ing due to the Curator in liquidation of the full amount of 

 his salary for the Year 184.2." 



The Museum Estimates, in wliat may lie tei-med tins transi- 

 tional year, were ^^ — 



"COLONIAL MUSEUM" 



" Keeper of the rooms ... ... ... ... ... lo o 



Collector and Preserver of specimens at Is. 9d. per (iieni ;^2 6 

 Providing Specimens, and incidental expenses " ... 157 19 6 



^200 O 



Mr. Wall continued to act as Curator until 31st Dec. 1858, 

 when he left the service, and w^as succeeded in the Curator- 

 ship by Mr. Simon Rood Pittard, M.R.C.S.E., appointed 17th 

 Oct., 1859. An account of this gentleman and his work will 

 appear subsequently. 



(In an article to follow later, the migrations of the Collections will 

 be related previous to the erection of the present luiilding, with an 

 account of later Curators and Secretaries.) 



" New South Wales Calendar, etc. for 1836, p. 290. 



