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to the general assiduity and talent which had been 

 shown by the Conservator in the very arduous task of 

 removing and arranging the Museum, which he had 

 performed so much to the satisfaction of the College. 

 He therefore begged to move that the sum of 50, 

 together with the thanks of the College, be presented 

 to the Conservator for the extra labour he had had in 

 the matter." 



At the next meeting of the College (13th August 

 1832), "Dr. Gairdner, President, in absence of Mr. 

 Wood, proposed that his motion of 2nd August, re- 

 garding a grant of money and vote of thanks to the 

 Conservator, be approved, as he believed it was admitted 

 on all hands that Mr. MacGillivray was most deserving 

 of this mark of approbation from the College, especially 

 as the motion proceeded from the Curators of the 

 Museum, who were best acquainted with the nature and 

 extent of his labours and with the manner in which he 

 had performed his duties. The motion was unanimously 

 carried." 



The subsequent minutes of the College afford 

 abundant evidence of the extremely satisfactory manner 

 in which MacGillivray continued to discharge his duties 

 as conservator during the remaining eight years of his 

 tenure of that office, never grudging time or trouble 

 in the discharge of these duties in the manner most 

 conducive to the interests of the College and to the 

 entire satisfaction of that body. 



His knowledge of comparative anatomy and of 

 natural history the College recognised as being of 



