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one of which lists shall be kept by each of the said Societies, and to these 

 lists shall be added from time to time such other Specimens and Books 

 as may come into the possession of said Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Society, and be selected as aforesaid and deposited in said Museum. 



Second. — The said Specimens and Books shall, before being deposited, be 

 labelled as the property of said Society second above-mentioned. Fuither, 

 the said Natural Histoiy and Antiquarian Society shall not be called upon 

 to furnish cases or other accommodation for the depositing of any of its 

 Antiquarian and Natural History Specimens ; but with regard to the Books 

 to be deposited, it shall be at the expense of providmg a case therefor, which 

 shall be placed in such poi-tion of the Museum as shall be selected by the 

 President of the said Astronomical Society. 



Third. — That the Members of the said Natural History and Anti(piarian 

 Society shall assist to the best of their ability the said Astronomical Society 

 m forming and maintaining a Natural Histoiy collection, representative of 

 the natural productions of Dumfriesshire and Galloway. 



Fourth. — Members of the said Natural History and Antiquarian Society 

 desirous of pursuing their study of Natural History, &c., shall be admitted 

 gratis to the Museum on presentation to the Curator or Curatrix of a 

 written order to that effect, duly signed by the Secretary of either Society ; 

 but every such Member so admitted gratis shall on each occasion of admis- 

 sion sign his name in a book to be kept in the Observatory for the purpose, 

 in which the date of each visit shall also be entered. Other Members of 

 said Natural History and Antiquarian Society shall be admitted to the 

 Observatory and Museum on any lawful day of the week (Saturdays 

 excepted) on production of their Ticket of Membership and payment by 

 them of one-half the usual admission fee for such day, wdth all privileges 

 open to other public visitors. Further, Books and Specimens of Natural 

 'History, &c. , belonging to the said Natural History and Antiquarian Society 

 shall be temporarily borrowed by Members of that Society only on applica- 

 tion to the Curator or Curatrix of the Observatory, to whom they shall 

 grant a borrowing receijDt for the same. 



Fifth. — This Agreement shall be terminable by either party on giving 

 three months' notice in writing to the other party of the intention so to 

 terminate it, on the expiry of which period the said Natui'al History and 

 Antiquarian Society shall forthwith remove the whole property belonging to 

 it in said Museum, and that at its own expense. Further, a letter addressed 

 by the Secretary of the one Society to that of the other Society intimating 

 such intention of terminating this Agreement, and duly posted, shall be 

 considered as sufficient notice thereof. 



Sixth. — The said Astronomical Society is expressly understood to under- 

 take no responsibility for the safe custody of the articles which may be 

 deposited, as before-mentioned, in virtue hereof, nor for any damage which 

 may be done to them by fire or otherwise — the said Natural History and 

 Antiquarian Society, however, being entitled to insure against loss by 

 fire or otherwise the property belonging to it, but that always in its own 

 name and at its own expense. 



Seventh. — This Agreement shall be signed in duplicate, and one copy 

 kept by each of the said Societies. In witness whereof these presents 

 written upon this and the three preceding pages of stamped paper by 

 William M'Dowall, apprentice to Walker & Sharpe, Writers in Max- 

 welltown, are subscribed on each page by the parties hereto as follows, 

 videlicet : — By the said James Gibson Starke, as President of the said 

 Dumfriesshire and Galloway Scientific, Natural History, and Antiquarian 

 Society, and also as a Member of the Committee of Management thereof, 

 George Robb (otherwise named Geoi'ge H. Robb), William Lennon, James 

 Watson Kerr, William Adamson, James Lennox, and Robert Service, 

 all at Dumfries, upon the Fourth day of March, One Thousand Eight 

 Hundred and Eighty One Years, before these Witnesses — William Alexander 



