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botanists; and thousands and tens of thousands of 
.dried specimens, prepared under their superin- 
tendence, have been transmitted to England, ar- 
ranged into separate collections, and then dis- 
tributed among the scientific botanists of Europe. 
The same patronage has been extended to every 
thing regarding zoology. No sooner had the 
British arms taken possession of Java, than ar- 
rangements were made for securing the services of 
Dr. Horsfield, an eminent naturalist then resid- 
ing in the island, and his valuable collections were 
made over to the Company. On the arrival of 
Dr. Horsfield in this country, these scientific trea- 
sures were deposited in the India House ; and when 
suitable arrangements had been made in the museum 
for their reception, they were opened to the public 
and to men of science: and the “ Zoological Re- 
searches in Java” were soon after published, under 
the Company’s patronage. The chief results of 
Dr. Horsfield’s discoveries being thus given to the 
world, the rich collection of duplicate specimens 
was ordered to be distributed, like those of the 
plants, among the different public museums, and the 
eminent zoologists, both in Britain and on the Con- 
tinent. The splendid collection of insects, equally 
rich in duplicates, will, no doubt, be employed in a 
manner equally calculated to benefit science, so 
soon as the honour attached to their discovery and 
investigation has been secured. In short, in what- 
ever light we view the scientific patronage exercised 
by the India Company, it is scarcely possible to do 
justice to that munificent spirit which is apparent in 
all the details. 
