THK AI'STRAMAN MISKIM EAUI.V HISKil.'V K I II Kill I'llK. :*.7l 



" 6. Tliiit tlu> Curator shall i)resent atev^Mv monthly iiu'etinj^ a detailed list of 

 all I'oiitrihutions to the Must'imi received during the preceding month 

 together with the names and addresses of the eontrihutors and the same 

 shall he on the minutes. 



"7. That the Chairman shall he requested to jnopose a rotf nf llnniki for every 

 c'ontrihution found to he worthy of that attention, and the einular letter 

 conveying such vote of thanks shall l)e signed hy the Chaiiinan aJid 

 forwarded to every contrihntor without delay. 



" 8. That at the written request of the Chairman of the last monthly meeting 

 or on the order of any three Trustees in writing the Seeretaiy shall be 

 empowered to summon a siterial meetlug of the Trustees, and the circular 

 notice hy whiuh such meeting is summoned shall state the object for 

 which the meeting is called. 



"9. That in addition to the linnijh Minute Book the Secretary shall fairly 

 transcribe the minutes of every meeting into a hook to he called the " Fuii 

 MiiiKte Book " and such Book shall contain as the first minute the Report 

 of the Suh-Committee which was delivered in on the 1st January last, upon 

 which Report the present Act of Incorporation was founded and which 

 enters into many valuable details as to the objects contemplated by the 

 establishment of the Museum. That the insertion of this Report be 

 followed by the Act itself and then by the Minutes of the Trustees (as 

 such) commencing with those of the first meeting of the Trustees held 

 July 9. 1853." 



This same Sub-Committee was also instructed to make application 

 for a " Deed of Grant " : — 



" Of the Land and Pi-emises, the Buildings and all olijects of Natural History 

 therein contained and all other movable property whatsoever late in the 

 custody of the Committee of Management of the Australian Museum'-'*'." 



As expressed in the following letter'-^'' : — 



Sydney, July 23rd, 1853. 

 Sir. 



The undersigned being the Committee appointed at a Meeting of the 

 Trustees held on Saturday, July 9th, 1853, have the honour (in accordance 

 with the subjoined resolution) to make application for a Grant of the 

 Ijand. Pi-emises, etc., now in the custody of the Trustees by virtue of the 

 late Act of Incorporation. 



We have the honor to be, etc.. 

 To the Honourable (Signed) George Witt, 



The Colonial Secretary. Phillip P. King. 



In reply the Trustees wei*e informed tliat it was necessary to refer 

 their application to the Surveyor-General, but it was nearly two years 

 before the deed was delivered to them^-^^, although it had been I'eady in 

 the Colonial Secretaiy's hands since the 14th March previously^'*'*, and 

 for it a fee of £1 was paid^**^'. 



136 Minutes, 9th July, 1853. 

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13" Document G. 



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 i3« Minutes, 14th April, 1853. 



i='8 Letter-book, i., p. 115. 

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n" Document G 



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