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such an occasion, and allow him to add that he felt much indebted to 
Mr. Gwatkin and Mr. R. Glaisyer, for the kind and cordial way in 
which they had handed over to his keeping the books and other 
property of the Society. And with a President and two Honorary 
Secretaries so earnestly desirous of co-operating with him and the 
public authorities, for the benefit of the public and of the Society, 
nothing but good could result from the arrangement so happily 
inaugurated that.evening. Taking advantage of some promise more 
or less imaginary, their Secretaries had insisted that the first paper in 
that room should be read by him, and that the subject of it should be 
—“ THE GEOLOGY OF THE BRIGHTON MUSEUM.” 
His aim would be simply as possible to place before them the 
state of an important department of the Museum,and so to treat the 
subject as to bring about, if possible, a rather more general discussion 
than they usually had on geological subjects. First of all, as an act of 
justice to an esteemed member of the Committee and Vice-President 
of this Society and to other old fellow-workers, he wished to correct a 
statement to which his attention had been called, namely, “ That the 
Geological Collection at the old Museum was a complete jumble.” For 
want of someone on the spot who knew or cared anything about the 
matter, dust had become a very largely developed deposit, and every 
specimen had to be cleaned and remounted. ‘From the same cause, 
as specimens came in they were often placed anywhere, and in some of 
the lower cases they were simply stored. 
Originally the collection was arranged stratigraphically ; with the 
exception of the Chalk and Cave remains, which from want of space 
had to be kept in another room, the various deposits were in their 
proper sequence, and though far from complete—as, indeed, they still 
were—at the worst stage, which was reached after Mr. Peto left 
Brighton, the collection never deserved to be called a mere “jumble.” It 
must also be remembered that the Chalk collection was mounted and 
named there, at Mr. Willett’s expense, just as it existed in the New 
Museum, although it had now been found practicable to have that 
noble collection placed in its proper position with reference to other 
formations. 
For the sake of brevity, he would consider, first—What they 
wished popularly to teach in a Geological Museum; and then—How 
they had been able to do it in the Brighton Museum. As to the first, 
