TllK AHSTUAI-IAN M I'SKIIM — K A U I.V 11 ISTuRV — KTll KIM L.IR. 



343 



and was only ivc^ntlv pvilUnl .lown. h.uI i.artly on its site has been mecte.1 

 trveiy han.lso.ne hlock of buiUlin-sfor the Lands Department-". 



The buiiain^in Macquarie Street to vvhicl, the Museum (•..Ih'rti.u.s 

 and the Subsciiplion Library \vere ivmoved in May, 1S4(), was:— 



•• well known to the oUl coU.nists as the Surveyor-CUMUTars (the hite Sir T. I. 

 Mitvlu'U) ottice-i." 



Fig. 7. 

 '• St. James' rarsona!>-e. In which the Library was located from 1S4U-3." and 



also the Museum. 

 (After Bladen -Public Library of N.S.Wales. Historical Notes. 1906, p. 16.) 



and according to ISIaclehose ^Yas previously in tlie hands of tlie Collector 

 of Inland Revenue--. 



About this time, to be exact, on 12th August, 1841, the Rev. W. B. 

 Clarke addressed a letter'-^-' t<. the Colonial Secretary (Honourable K. Deas 

 Thomson) calling attention to : — 



" insufficiency of accommodation in the apartments reserved for the Museuin 

 in the house lately vacated by the Survey or-Oneral,' and " detriment 

 accruiu"- to the stuffed specimens to which tliey are exposed . . . ■ 

 Tiie apartments reserved .... in Macquarie Street are, in tlie 

 opinion of the Committee, inadequate for the purpose of arran^^ement an.l 

 reception." 

 The letter concluded by detinitely asking lor better accommodation 

 to be provided. Tiie return correspondence to the iibove is not before me, 



^" Dowling — Lor. ril., No. S. p. 190. 



■.21 Dowling — />(»(•. fit , No. ;?. p. 188. 



••i2 Maclehose— Picture of Sydney, 18:58, ]\ 8t. 



■-'a Oflicial Letter-book, i., p. 36. 



