6 GUIDE TO THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



The affairs of the Museum continued to be managed by the 

 Committee until 1853, when it was incorporated by Act of Parlia- 

 ment, under a Board of Trustees composed of twelve Official 

 Trustees, one Trustee named by the Governor and called the 

 Crown Trustee, and twelve Elective Trustees, who were : Arthur 

 A'Beckett, Esq., George Bennett, Esq., Rev. W. B. Clarke, 

 Fred. 0. Darvall, Esq., Capt. P. P. King, R.N., Rev. R. L. 

 King, William Macarthur, Esq., Hon. W. S. Macleay, George 

 Macleay, Esq., John Smith, Esq., M.D., Rev. Geo. E. Turner, 

 and George Witt, Esq., M.D. 



The First Crown Trustee was the Hon. W. K. Parker ; who 

 was succeeded by the Hon. Sir E. Deas-Thompson, in 1857 ; 

 and the Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen in 1880. 



The Hon. Secretaries to the Committee from 1836 to 1853 

 were— Dr. Bennett, Rev. W. B. Clarke, Lieut. R. Lynd, Rev. 

 G. E. Turner, and Dr. Witt. 



The Secretaries to the Trustees have been — Mr. G. F. Angas, 

 1853; Mr. S. R. Pittard (Curator and Secretary), 1860; 

 Mr. Gerard Krefft (Curator and Secretary), 1860 ; Mr. Chas. 

 Robinson, 1873; Mr. E. W. Palmer, 1877 ; Mr. C. R. Buck- 

 land, 1879 ; Mr. S. Sinclair, 1882. 



The first Curator of the Museum was Mr. W. S. Wall ; he 

 was succeeded by Mr. S. R. Pittard in 1859 ; Mr. Gerard 

 Krefft in 1861 ; and Dr. E. P. Ramsay in 1874. 



In 1869 a plan for a handsome structure to contain the 

 Museum, the Free Public Library, and the Art Gallery, was pre- 

 pared, but only a small part of the portion intended for the 

 Museum has been erected, viz., the western end, at present the 

 principal part of the Museum, facing College street. The in- 

 terior of the building as it now stands consists of a series of five 



