8 Nicholson, Inaugural Address. 



collection of Crustacea was purchased, and in 1835 Lady 

 Parry presented a collection of sponges. 



In 1835 the new Museum was opened, and a paid 

 curator was appointed, and henceforward few additions of 

 importance were purchased for the collection, the income 

 being absorbed by current expenses and the preparation 

 for display of the large collections already acquired. 



In 1837 Richard Cobden made a handsome present of 

 birds. In 1842 a number of coins were presented, and a 

 valuable donation of reptiles by Thomas Norris rendered 

 that section "tolerably complete." 



In 1847 some fossils from the Yorkshire shale were 

 purchased from Mr. Gibson. In 1848 Thomas Bellot 

 presented some Chinese coins. In the same year the 

 Council of University College, London, presented a Runic 

 cross which had been bequeathed to it by Dr. Holme, of 

 Manchester, and Dr. Holme's executors presented a 

 Roman altar. The Runic cross was part of one of the 

 crosses belonging to Lancaster Parish Church, and an effort 

 was made to complete it by begging the remaining 

 fragments from the Vicar of Lancaster. 



In 185 1 began a distribution of duplicates. In that 

 year the Trustees of the Owens College asked for the gift of 

 one specimen of each genus in Natural History of which 

 there were duplicates, to illustrate the lectures of the Pro- 

 fessor of Natural History. The Council willingly complied 

 with the request, and Captain Brown was directed to select 

 from the duplicates such zoological specimens as were not 

 required for the collection, and after reserving a single 

 specimen in each genus for the use of the Professor of 

 Natural History in the Owens College, to forward a single 

 specimen of each species which remained for the use of 

 the Salford Museum. 



In 1851 the Museum was enriched by the removal to 



