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put before tliem as a practical suggestion the making of the 

 Museum free, within certain hours of the day, at any rate, 

 especially as the revenue from admissions was only about £5, 

 which was not worth considering alongside the advantage of 

 throwing the collection open. 



Mr. T. L. Dorrington seconded, and the report was adopted. 



Mr. Penrose, the Curator, then read the list of additions 

 to the Museum and librar}'. 



Professor Clark proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Enys for 

 the great boon he had bestowed on the Institution and the whole 

 county by securing the Pashleigh collection of minerals. The 

 collection, quite unique as far as Cornwall was concerned, was 

 without doubt one of the finest provincial collections of minerals 

 in the kingdom. As an educational centre Truro was rising into 

 some little prominence. The Institution had already a very 

 excellent collection of minerals, and now, through the earnest 

 endeavour and prompt action of Mr. Enys, they were in possession 

 of a collection second to none in the county, and, so far as he was 

 aware, second to none in the provinces (applause.) 



The Mayor of Truro, in seconding the vote of thanks, said 

 that all Mr. Enys' waking thoughts and dreams were alike about 

 the Institution. He hoped it might be possible to raise a fund 

 to purchase the collection, and to relieve Mr. Enys of the financial 

 burden he had so generously and pluckily undertaken. 



The President said Mr. Enys had, with his usual modesty, 

 attempted to keep from the public his share in this transaction. 

 The collection cost £1,200, and Mr. Enys drew a cheque for that 

 amount. The Council had since voted £500, and it was incum- 

 bent on the members of the Institution to attempt to relieve Mr. 

 Enys from the heavy outlay of £700 which, at present, he was 

 bearing (applause). Acknowledging a hearty vote, Mr. Enys 

 said he managed to secure the collection only just in time. Some 

 years since the collection was valued at £3,000, but he learned 

 from Mr. J. Eashleigh that £1,200 would secure the collection if 

 it were lo be preserved for Cornwall. Three-quarters of the 

 collection was made by Mr. Philip Eashleigh, who died in 1811, 

 and it contained specimens of great value which could not be 



