REPORT 



OF THE 



DIRECTORS AND CURATORS of the MUSEUM. 



The period has again arrived at which it becomes the 

 pleasing duty of the Directors and Curators, to survey the 

 progressive labors of the past twelvemonth ; and to inform 

 the Members of the Institution, to whom they are in- 

 debted for the numerous additions to the Museum that have 

 been accumulated since the last report. 



It is particularly gratifying to observe, that the well- 

 directed efforts of a few individuals in the formation of this 

 Collection, have been most efficiently supported by the Ci- 

 tizens of Canterbury and the neighbouring Gentry ; many 

 of whom appear to vie with each other, in forwarding the 

 views of those more actively engaged in the arrangement 

 and final disposition of the objects presented. To this sym- 

 pathy and union is to be ascribed its continuous and flatter- 

 ing success. 



To a stranger the character of a neighbourhood is esti- 

 mated alone by the public works that are accessible to his 

 scrutiny — by these the degree of civilization, of the science, 

 and intellect of a district is to be estimated. Canterbury 

 boasts of her Antiquities— -of her Public Walk, the Dane 

 John — and may it not be added of her Museum, — for hero 

 are to be shewn the most indubitable proofs, that Science has 

 for her Votaries a home, and^tliat with a liberal hand the 

 "gates are unbarred" — the difficulties that beset (he student 

 are rloarod away, and all are invited to partake of the pure 

 delight tliat sucii occupation and sutii studies can aloue cojifer. 



