220 H. G. FOEDHAM ON LOCAL MUSEUMS. 



corporate body, might stimulate local interest in the arrangement 

 of the collections (where necessary), so that they would become 

 of general utility. At the same time a system of exchange of 

 specimens might be instituted, in order to make all superfluous 

 specimens available, and the curators or authorities of different 

 museums might be brought into correspondence for their mutual 

 benefit. Steps should also be taken to promote the foundation of 

 museums where it seems desirable that they should exist. 



By some such work as this I believe much good might be done ; 

 it is a work quite suited to a Natural History Society, and may 

 well be undertaken by our members. 



