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Royal College at a salary of Ris. 2,500, rising' to 

 Rs 3,000, being tlie scale already approved o£ for pro- 

 fessor of the third class, this would form a combined 

 salary of Rs 5,000 rising to Rs 5,500. This scheme 

 has already been recommended by the Civil Service 

 Commission appointed by Government in 1867, which 

 proposed that the salary be raised to £600 (Rs 6,000). 



The union in one individual of the duties of 

 teacher and of a Curator of the natural history collec- 

 tions has been successfully tried in some parts of 

 Europe, especially in Germany, but at those combined 

 appointments require a variety of qualifications, it i« 

 preferable that they should be, to a certain extent 

 experimental, and the Council therefore recommends 

 that arrangements be made only for three years. 



Though this officer should be directly responsible 



to Government, he might be assisted by a board of 



three or four " Trustees " chosen by the Governor 



among the members of the Scientific Societies of the 



island who would see that each branch of natural 



science receives its fair share of attention. 



This officer would assist the 

 [Collecting Naturalist aud 

 Preparator.] Curator in the management of 



the Museum, but his principal 

 duties would be to collect and prepare specimens for 

 the local collection and for exchanges. He might be 

 sent out at regular intervals, to Madagascar or other is- 

 lands. This plan is successfully carried on at Reunion, 

 where has been formed a very complete collection of 



