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system of rules already drawn up. These were, upon the motion of 

 Mr. Emmericli Anschiitz,the attorney, api3roved as a whole, whereby the 

 future government of the society was empowered to make any necessary 

 minor changes. The name "Museum of Ethnology" was adopted. They 

 next proceeded to the election of the Board of Overseers, which 

 was carried by acclamation to the unanimous result given in the ap- 

 pended list. These all signified their willingness to accept. Finally, 

 Doctor Delitsch made the agreeable statement that the society would 

 receive a very valuable collection of Swiss lake-dwelling antiquities 

 from a patroness, who already, at different times, had favored their 

 enterprise with friendly cheer and rich gifts, and now offered a birth-day 

 present on the event of its first coming out. After a vote of thanks for 

 such an interesting and unexpected public spirit, accompanied by such 

 an offering, the meeting adjourned. 



The Board of Visitors subsequently met and elected tlie following 

 officers: President, Prof. Dr. Bruhns; vice-president, Doctor Delitsch ; 

 secretary, Mr. Kaufmann Eosencrantz. 



They then proceeded to the election of a Board of Eegents, which re- 

 sulted in the unanimous choice of Prof. Dr. Leuckart; Privy-Counselor 

 Prof. Dr. Peschel; Doctor Obst; Consul-General Giistav Spiess; Gustav 

 Plant, the banker. These all declared their willingness to serve in the 

 office to which they had been elected. 



In a called meeting of the Board of Overseers, on the 3d of April, 1873, 

 the revision of the laws which had been submitted in the constituent 

 meeting was taken up. They were finally and unanimously adopted as 

 they stand in the "Constitution and Instructions" which accompany 

 this paper. The next task was the setting-up of the collection, in order 

 to make it as accessible as possible and to increase its usefulness. Im- 

 mediately they went to work arranging it in the rooms which they had 

 obtained and put it in proper order. The not insignificant expenses were 

 provided for in the most liberal manner by the Board of Overseers, so 

 that the museum, in its outward appearance, is not unworthy of its 

 valuable contents. The extraordinary extent of the work as well as 

 the great scarcity of workmen everywhere, whereby the making of the 

 necessary cases and show-tables was much impeded, have still more 

 delayed the exhibition of the collection and disappointed the hopes and 

 wishes of the Eegents. Then came the. order from the Board of Over- 

 seers, an extremely auspicious event, not to allow the Vienna Exposi- 

 tion to pass without making it useful to the museum, which rendered it 

 necessary for Doctor Obst to intermit his work and to remain some time 

 in Vienna. For the purpose of making necessary purchases, a stated 

 sum of money was placed at the disposal of Doctor Obst by the coun- 

 cil of administration. Affairs took such a favorable turn at the expo- 

 sition that the agent was able to return loaded with foreign treasures 

 without spending the means so liberally provided. Only a proportionally 

 small part was used for necessary expenses. 



Upon a more accurate kuowletlge of the circumstance that a museum 



