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which it has hitherto been permissible to regard as available 
for the extension of the main building, and particularly of the 
Insect Rooms, in which they feel themselves justified in taking 
a special interest. 
‘“They would point out that the collections of Insects con- 
tained in the Natural History Museum form at-present but 
an inadequate and incomplete representation of Entomology. 
tecognising as they do that the rooms in question are already 
filled almost to their utmost capacity, and that the space 
which can be put at the disposal of the many students of this 
branch of Zoology has been seriously restricted of late by the 
growth of the collections, the Society feel themselves justified 
in expressing to the Trustees of the British Museum the hope 
that they will take every possible step to avoid the calamity 
that would be implied by the diminution of the area available 
for the enlargement of the Museum.” 
He further moved that a copy of the Resolution be sent to 
each of the Trustees of the British Museum, to the Prime 
Minister, and to the President of the Board of Education. 
Dr. Dixy, in seconding the motion, remarked that an 
attempt had been made on the part of some of the authorities 
at the Science Museum to represent Zoology as a matter of 
small account in comparison with the Chemical Sciences. He 
deprecated such comparisons, but remarked that in this case 
they were wholly beside the mark; that a bargain is a 
bargain, and that the land in question having been assigned 
by the Government to the Natural History Museum when 
the matter was under discussion, there ought to be no possi- 
bility of its being taken away for the purposes of any scientific 
or other body whatever, especially when it is so badly needed 
by the body in actual possession. 
Mr. C. O. WaTERHOUSE explained a large plan which he had 
prepared of the Zoological portion of the Museum, showing 
the piece of land which the Government propose to alienate, 
the position of the present Spirit Building, the proposed site 
for its re-erection, and the only possible site for the extension 
of the Zoological wing, and pointed out how the latter would 
be cramped, and the very necessary light shut out, by the pro- 
posed new position of the Spirit Building. He added that the 
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