388 RECORDS OP THE ADSTRALTAN MUSEUM. 



Dr. Pittard to occupy tlie position, an Assistant Curator and Clerk in one 

 to be appointed, Taxideiniist and Messenger, and an Office-Keeper^s?. 

 Pittard, previously known as Curator and Lecturer, was to assume the 

 title of Curator and Secretary, although the lectures were not to be 

 abandoned. His duties in full were defined as follows : — 



" Should attend the Meetings of the Trustees; should keep the Minutes of the 

 Board ; be responsible for tlie care, arrangement and cataloguing of the 

 property of the Museum, and give at least two courses of lectures per 

 annum-"-'*." 



However, poor Pittard did not live long to enjoy his honouis ; he 

 died of consumption on 19tli August, 1862-'^-*. 



The gentleman selected to 611 the position of Assistant Curator and 

 Clerk was a German, Joliann Louis Gerhard Krefft ; the date of his 

 appointment was 15th June, 1860, and his position was defined as: — 



" Under the direction of the Secretary and Curator for the purpose of copying 

 the Minutes and Correspondence of the Board, and for arranging the 

 specimens in the Museum-^"." 



On Pittard's death he automatically gravitated into the position of 

 Acting Curator and Secretary24i. 



Amongst the numerous applicants for the Curatorship at the time of 

 Pittard's selection was Henry Edwards, the Actoi-, a well known 

 Entomologist, and " all i-ound Naturalist," whose application-*- was dated 

 " Sydney, February 2nd, 1860 ;" the writer of tliis account had the 

 pleasure of Edwards' acquaintance. 



The Pittard family returned to England in October, 1861, passages 

 having been provided by the Govern m en t^*''. 



The Governor-General (Sir W. T. Denison) resigned his Trusteeship 

 3rd Jannary, 1861-**^ when an address was piepared. The Board has 

 never had, as one of its membei's, a more active and zealous colleague, 

 who did everything in his power to advance the interests of the Institution. 

 Amongst many of the matters brought forward by him was the ap[)oint- 

 ment of a Collector, whose whole time was to be employed out of doors ; 

 the remarks made on this occasion by His Excellency show him to have 

 been a keen student of practical zoology. He also suggested the 

 immediate commencement of a " Catalogue of the Specimens in the 



-':*' Minutes, 15th March, 1800. 



-'«»* ,, 15th March, lH(iO. 



2«» ,, 22nd August, 18()1 ; .\nnual Report for 1861 (1862), p. 1. 



30.60 

 ^1" Minutes, J 5th June, I860; Document B.B. 



2 

 ■^■•i Annual Report for 18(51 (1862), p. 1 ; Minutes, 2;hd August, 1861. 



-^•- Document H 10..50. 



-•« Minutes, :<rd Oftolicr. 1861. 



•-'■••' ,, :<r<l January, 1861, 



