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special importance in connection with his duties in the 

 Museum; and by a minute of 21st March 1833 they 

 authorise him to absent himself from the Museum 

 on Saturdays, " for the purpose of enabling him to go 

 into the country and give demonstrations on natural 

 history." 



A minute of 2nd August following bears that the 

 Curators in their quarterly report to the College 

 " desire to express their satisfaction with the state of 

 the collection under their care and with the skill and 

 attention by which the duties of the Conservator have 

 been performed, and that it appeared to the Curators 

 that, as he is at present engaged in preparing the cata- 

 logue, considerable advantage would be derived from his 

 being enabled to spend three or four weeks in London 

 for the purpose of inspecting the museums there. Mr. 

 Brown moved, agreeably to the recommendation inti- 

 mated in the report of the Curators, that the Conser- 

 vator be sent to London at the expense of the College 

 for the purpose of examining the museums there with 

 the view of preparing himself to adjust the catalogue 

 of the Museum belonging to this College, which motion 

 was agreed to." 



The minute of 12th November contains the follow- 

 ing passage from the Curators' report : " It will be 

 recollected that the College, with the view to the 

 preparation of the catalogue, gave permission to the 

 Conservator to inspect the museums in London. He 

 visited previously the University and Andersonian 

 Museums of Glasgow, the collections of natural 



