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for accommodation for the books and meetings, be accepted. The 
question was a rather important one, not that he supposed there would 
be any difference of opinion in deciding it, but because the Committee 
had felt it was beyond their power to decide ; and hence the calling of 
them together that night. He would, however, call on Mr. T. W. 
Wonfor to name the reasons upon which the recommendation was 
made. 
Mr. T. W. WONFOR, one of the Hon. Secretaries, stated that in 
October, 1872, a letter was directed from the Society to the Pavilion 
Committee of the Town Council, inquiring whether the Society could 
be accommodated with a room at the new Free Library and Museum, 
in which to hold it meetings and place its books, and upon what terms ? 
In reply, a letter, dated the 8th January, 1874, had been received, delay, 
they had heard, being occasioned by the deferring the consideration 
of their application till the Library had been rendered favourable to 
their admission, should that have been contemplated. The following 
was the answer to their communication :— 
“ Brighton, Town Hall, 8th Jan., 1874. 
“DEAR S1R,—Referring to the application of the Brighton 
Natural History Society, for accommodation for their library of books 
and for the meetings of the Society at the New Free Library recently 
erected by the Corporation, I am instructed by the Town Council to 
offer to the Society the use of the Curator’s Room for their fortnightly 
meetings, and for placing therein bookcases and contents, upon the 
condition that the books shall be under the charge of the Curator, and 
be available for reference by the public in the same way as the other 
works in the Free Library, but reserving to members of the Society 
their right as at present of borrowing any of the books so to be 
deposited. u 
I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
“DAVID BLACK. 
“J. C. Onions, Esq., Secretary, 
“ Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society.” 
In reply to the above, the Committee had resolved to inform the 
Town Clerk that the Society accepted the offer on the terms specified , 
and, at the same time, requested him to be good enough to convey to 
the Town Council their thanks for the way in which they had responded 
to their request. The Committee, however, felt that they could not 
carry this resolution into effect without the sanction of a general meet- 
ing of the members; and he should propose that this sanction be 
given. If the proposition were carried, he should feel that what little ~ 
labour he had given to the Society in the past had not been thrown 
