Notes and Comments. 295 



The terms have already been outlined in these columns. It 

 was agreed by the City Council at the June meeting to take 

 over the property. Mr. Sydney Kitson, president of the 

 Society, presided over a meeting of the proprietary members, 

 which disposed of the real estate, and claims and liabilities 

 in the manner provided by the scheme, the resolution being 

 proposed by the President, and seconded by Sir W. E. Garforth. 

 Alderman Charles Lupton, solicitor to the Society, explained 

 that the meeting was necessary to carry out the resolution 

 they had already passed to wind up the old Society and form 

 a new one, and to hand over part of their assets to the Cor- 

 poration. Having decided that the Society should be dissolved 

 the next step was to arrange for the disposal and settlement 

 of the property of the institution, its claims, and liabilities. 

 Subsequently a meeting of both proprietary and ordinary 

 members was held, when a resolution was carried unanimously 

 disposing of the museum contents in accordance with the 

 scheme. The authorities of the Leeds University have ex- 

 pressed a desire to have certain duplicates and other articles in 

 the museum, and the agreement leaves a sub-committee at 

 liberty to meet these wishes. 



MUNICIPAL MUSEUM FOR DARLINGTON. 



We learn from the press that ' a long considered project 

 in Darlington has at length become a fact in the establishment 

 of a Municipal Museum. The Corporation, by gifts extending 

 over many years, has come into possession of a considerable 

 number of natural Tiistory specimens and objects of anti- 

 quarian and local and general interest, but hitherto these 

 have been scattered in various buildings — some being housed 

 in the Public Library, and others in the Technical College. 

 Now the various small collections have been got together 

 in a centrally situated building in Fulwell Road, which, 

 until lately, accommodated the staff of the Borough Accountant, 

 and here, with several loan collections, notably those of the 

 late Mr. Sidney Pearson and Sir Henry Lawson, Bart., of 

 Brough Hall, they constitute an interesting museum. The 

 building is, perhaps, not the most suitable for the purpose 

 that could be desired, but the best has been made of it by 

 alteration and adaption, and it is hoped in course of time to 

 replace it by specially erected premises.' The Darlington 

 Corporation is not sufficiently advanced to appoint a whole- 

 time curator for the museum, the work being left to the 

 Librarian, Mr. Dallimore, who will no doubt do his best to 

 look after the museum in his spare time. 



THE SCARCITY OF SWALLOWS. 



Dr. \V. E. CoUinge writes to Nature on this subject, and 

 ' from his communication we extract the following : — ' For 



1921 Sept.l 



