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 jible easos as to display conspicuously their most important and charWtlter, I 

 teriitic features. They should not be so crowded as to confuse rovincial 

 sight, nor so separated as to make their dbmparison difficult. Tli. llf'The 

 should, moreover, be room not only for the most unique specimens, ith morf 

 also for all such as illustrate possible variations from the typical fdjiotf by v 

 NAnd lastly, there should be sufficient space for the future requirenv 6», The 

 of the Museum, for the storing of duplicate specimens to be used*® colleci 

 exchange with other institutions, and for the purposes of class instr'**'*^*^^* 

 tion. «-The 



These objects, I need scarcely say, cannot be attained within JWdinens 

 walls of the present University building, where the space which is r'Mf ^"^^^ 

 occupied by the IMuseum and Library is already wanted for the acci*"» clima 

 modaticn of resident students. They can only be fully and satisfactor *^. ^'"^^ 

 accomplished by the erection of a new building, especially designed" '^f® ^'^ 

 tliis purpose. Such an edifice, if properly constructed, and stored v*® •dditic 

 our rapidly increasing collections of natural objects, would become •^cossary 

 only a means of imparting a higher and more perfect instruction to^J^*" 

 students of the University, but woiJd at the same time become an 

 ject of interest to the community in general. 



Such a building miglit readily answer other purposes at the s;i 

 time with those of the Museum. With suitable construction it may 

 made to combine the Library as mcU, and (as is very desirable) a Che 

 ical Laboratory. Another advantage attendant upon the possession 

 siidi a building is, that it would, in its Library, furnish an ample Jl 

 now much desired, for the annual L'niversity public examinations, 

 well as perhaps, for the Encoenial celebrations, the meetings of the 

 sociated Alumni, and other kindred purposes. 



I may observe in addition to the above remarks that the objects! 

 which, in the event of increased facilities, I propose to devote more [ 

 ticular attention in the future, are chiefly the following : — 



1. The preparation of a special cabinet illustrating the structi 

 and physical characters of minerals, including their Crystallograp 

 relations to Heat, Light, Electricity, Cohesion, Gravity, &c. 



2. A metalliu-gical collection, designed to illustrate the various 

 pects presented by the more important ores, the mineral accompanime 

 of the latter, and the processes employed for their extraction. 



3. A local " Cabinet of Phenomenal Geology," showing the mod^ 

 operation and results of some of the more important geological age 



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