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fragment of a much greater and very valuable collection, 

 which it is very liberally proposed shall become the property 

 of the University. 



EoB. Gkaham, Professor of Botany. 



Keport of the College Committee, dated 27th December 

 1838. 



The College Committee, having resumed consideration 

 of this Petition, and having communicated on the subject 

 with the Senatus Academicus and with the Petitioners, are 

 of opinion that the prayer thereof may be granted by the 

 Magistrates and Council, with these explanations and 

 conditions, viz. — 



1. That the Society are to have no right of property in 

 the rooms set apart for the University Herbarium, but that 

 these are to be held by them during the pleasure of the 

 Council and on condition that they shall remove therefrom 

 at the term of Whitsunday on getting six months' previous 

 notice, it being understood that in this event, or in the 

 event of the Society removing because of the apartments 

 allotted for them becoming either inadequate or unsuitable, 

 they are to be entitled to take the collections along with 

 them, and also any cabinets, etc., which they may have 

 fitted up, but with this proviso always, that in either case the 

 collections should continue to be the University Herbarium 

 just as before. 



2. That the members of the Senatus shall ex officio have 

 access to the joint collection at all times. 



3. That the Professor of Botany, besides being Honorary 

 Curator, shall be entitled for the instruction of his class 

 to take out from the joint collections such portions thereof 

 from time to time as he shall think necessary, the same 

 being always duly restored, and that the Professor of 

 Materia Medica shall have the same privilege with respect 

 to his class. 



4. That a Pteport of the state and progress of the 

 Herbarium shall be annually presented to the Senatus and 

 the Town Council by the day of 



James Stark, B. 



The Magistrates and Council approved of the foregoing 

 Eeport, and granted and declared accordingly. 



