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Nine lectures also appear in the volume, which wei-e delivered by the 

 folloAving gentlemen : — Mr. FitzGerald, Mi-. Justice Richmond, Mr. 

 Travers, Mr. Wakefield, and Dr. Hector. 



The Proceedings of the various Societies are also more fully reported 

 than previously, and contain, in addition to the discussions which took 

 place at the meetings, the addresses delivered by the different Presidents. 



It has been found necessary to reserve several jDapers relating to 

 purely medical subjects, as the Board considered it advisable to defer 

 them for publication in a separate form at some future time, for the 

 professional readei-. 



The Board has had under consideration a suggestion from Govern- 

 ment, that the functions of the Institute should be extended so as to 

 exercise a direct educational infliience, and, in reply, the Board has 

 made the following recommendations : — 



1. That a series of lectures should be instituted in connection with 

 the Museum, to be delivered diii-ing the winter months of the year. 



2. That this course should be of a twofold character — General and 

 Practical. 



3. That the subjects should be divided into two coiirses, the lectui-es 

 being given on alternate days, or otherwise, as most convenient. 



4. The first course should comprise lectures on Natural History, or 

 the principles of classification, as illustrated by the elementary stxidy of 

 Zoology and Botany, and the application of these to Physical Geography 

 and Geology. 



5. The second course should be devoted to the elements of experi- 

 mental science — Physics, Chemistry, and Mineralogy. 



6. The practical course should be limited to Mineralogy and 

 Chemistry. 



For carrying into effect these proposals, it will be necessary — 

 1st. That additional accommodation shovild be afforded. 2nd. That 

 the requisite apparatus should be obtained from England. 3rd. That 

 lecturers should be provided. 



In the meantime, until the scheme is established, the Governors are 

 of opinion that the working of it might be left to the staff of the 

 Geological Survey. 



Dr. Hector has communicated to the Governors his willingness to 

 lecture on the first branch, and is of opinion that the services of his 

 assistants might be, with great advantage, arranged so that they might 

 work in the field during the summer months, and in winter assist in the 

 course of instruction ; but the Governors, in view of the great additional 



