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OPENING OF THE TOWN MUSEUM. 
Tuesday, October 4th, 
(The following account of the Opening is from the ‘‘ Folkestone 
Express.” ) 
As we announced last week the opening of the Town 
Museum by His Worship the Mayor (T. Caister, Esq.), took 
place on Tuesday last. Previous to the formal opening, the 
ladies and gentlemen who crowded the room, amused them- 
selves by inspecting the contents of the different cases, and 
certainly there was no lack of objects of interest to attract the 
attention for a long time. 
The Mayor ascended the platform a little after eight o’clock, 
and was accompanied by Dr. FitzGerald, the President of the 
Folkestone Natural History Society; Alderman Gambrill ; 
Councillors Pope, J. B. Tolputt, J. C. Davidson, T. Harrison 
and J. Fitness; the Town Clerk (W. G. S. Harrison, Esq.) ; 
Rev. C. L. Acland; Rev. C. J. Taylor; C. Dashwood, Esq. ; 
J. Clark, Esq. ; and Mr. E. M. Place. The following gentle- 
men were amongst those present:—Rev. M. Woodward, Vicar 
of Folkestone; H. B. Mackeson, Esq., of Hythe ; and Mr. 
H. Ullyett, the Secretary of the Folkestone Natural History 
Society. 
The Mavor, who was received with cheers, said—Ladies 
and gentlemen,—I can assure you that, as the Mayor of this 
town, it is a source of much gratification to me to have been 
asked, in conjunction with the members of the Corporation, 
to open the Museum for this town. It is at all times a plea- 
sure to assist in a noble act, and in such a work as the 
formation of the present Museum, it is especially so, as it can 
but conduce so much to the interest and benefit of the town. 
Everyone looking at the beautiful specimens of Natural His- 
tory around us, can but be delighted and wonder at the labour 
which has been bestowed. I trust that the present Museum 
will form the basis of a large collection, and that this day 
_ will in times to come be looked upon with delight and much 
thankfulness. Another benefit will, I hope, also follow—that 
it will induce all our neighbours to join us, and that the Mu- 
