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Catalogue until the Museum has been more exactly arranged, and the 
articles fixed in permanent places. The crypt under the Library, 
which is intended for the reception of the larger and coarser arti- 
cles, has been but just completed, and the glass cases, which are 
to stand on the railing round the gallery, have not yet been received. 
The permanent arrangement, therefore, cannot as yet be satisfacto- 
rily commenced; but the Committee recommend the immediate at- 
tention of the Council to this subject. 
With respect to the Pictorial Catalogue, the Committee after 
much consideration resolved, that the recent improvement in pho- 
tography, especially the collodion process, offered the most advan- 
tageous and economical means of obtaining accurate representations 
of the principal articles of the Museum. An excellent apparatus 
was therefore ordered, and several beautiful photographs were taken 
by Mr. Tennison, who kindly offered his services to carry out this 
object. 
This work, however, has also been stopped by the want of a 
suitable glass chamber for conducting the practical operations of the 
photographic processes. This chamber, it was hoped, might have been 
erected at a small expense, but on obtaining estimates it was found 
that the cost would be much greater than was at first anticipated. 
The Committee, however, have reason to suppose that this deficiency 
will shortly be supplied. 
The Ballot for the annual election having closed, the fol- 
lowing gentlemen were declared to have been elected Officers 
and Council for the ensuing year :— 
President.—Rey. Thomas R. Robinson, D. D. 
Treasurer.— Robert Ball, LL. D. 
Secretary to the Academy.—Rev. J. H. Todd. 
Secretary to the Council.—Rey. J. H. Jellett, A. M. 
Secretary of Foreign Correspondence.—Rev. S. Butcher, 
D.D. 
Librarian. Rey. William H. Drummond, D. D. 
Clerk and Assistant Librarian.—Edward Clibborn. 
