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a collection of fossils, and other objects of interest ; he in- 
tended to leave, and having this collection, some public 
spirited gentlemen came forward to secure it for the town 
and to preserve the specimens; Mr. J. G. Breach was one of 
the gentlemen who came forward in this handsome way, and 
with the assistance of the then chief magistrate of the town 
(a predecessor of the present Mayor), asked the Corporation 
to accept the specimens and to supply a room for their recep- 
tion. Tne Corporation accepted them most willingly through 
the then Mayor (Mr. Boarer), and passed a resolution thanking 
Mr. Breach for his handsome presentation. These were the 
brief facts that led to the establishment of the Town Museum 
now opened ; the Corporation had furnished that room, and 
they had the satisfaction of knowing that the specimens were 
now so arranged that they would contribute to the education 
of the people of the town, and it can but be gratifying to Mr. 
Breach that his wishes have at last been fulfilled, and that 
he is the founder of such a valuable Museum for the town of 
Folkestone. He hoped those who could would join the Fol- 
kestone Natural History Society, and aid them in their good 
work by giving them every support. (Applause). 
The Rev. C. L. AcLAND said as his name had been specially 
mentioned in connection with the work they saw before them, 
he would say that he was very glad he had the work to do. 
(Applause). It had been rather hard work certainly ; but he 
was much interested in it, and the willing assistance of Mr. 
Ullyett was invaluable (applause), and a great deal yet re- 
mained to be done. The Museum they saw that evening was 
not, he might say, the original one, as a great many of the 
articles exhibited were loans from friends who had kindly 
come forward to assist them. They had so many fossils to 
arrange that he could not say much about them. Thus far 
they had had all hand work in placing the specimens, but now 
they had a great deal of head work to do in naming them, and 
to do such work effectually almost demanded the presence of 
the original collector, as the want of the date and locality where 
the specimens were found left them rather in the dark as to 
_ the character of the fossils. In his opinion a Museum should 
be a complete repository of all local natural objects—it ought 
to show specimens of all that the neighbourhood could con- 
tribute ; he need hardly remind them that the neighbourhood 
