BANKS AS TRUSTEE OF BRITISH HUSEUM. 21 



the Trustees for a duplicate jiair of lionis of the " Irish JMoose "' 

 in exchange for his iiiau}' benefactions, and the recfuest was at 

 once granted. 



The possible increase of the natural history collection by ex- 

 changing duplicates then attracted the attention of the Trustees, 

 and on January 13th, 1817, they gave to Mr. Koenig " permission 

 to exchange specimens '* provided that iu each case he first 

 obtained " tiie approbation of Sir J. Banks." 



On December 12th, 1817, Mr. Koenig I'ecommended the 

 Trustees to purcliase the pioneer geological collection of William 

 Smith, and assured them that he had discussed the subject with 

 Sir Joseph Banks, and "availed himself of Sir Joseph's superior 

 insight into these matters.''* 



The last reference is dated February 19th, 1820, when 

 Sir Joseph presided over a small sub-committee at his house 

 to consider the stuffing of animals. 



Zoology, palaeontology, geology, and mineralogy thus equally 

 came within Sir Joseph's sphere, and he also dealt with the 

 problems of museum technique. 



