paid Catalogues, was paid off during the autumn. Besides the gross 
number stated in that Report, [beg to observe that 305 articles have since 
been registered, inclusive of some additions to the Museum by purchase 
and donations during the past year,—thus showing the total amount of 
registered articles, in succession from Part I., to be 5406, and the MS. 
registration increased from 825 to 893 pages. 
“Knowing that the sale of the Catalogue continued, I applied, in 
December, to the Assistant Secretary to pay some small outstanding 
accounts for registration and wood-cutting, when I was informed that 
the Treasurer had directed all the money in hands to be paid for bind- 
ing the first Part of the Catalogue, that sum having been omitted in 
the monthly audits from August, 1857, to December, 1858, owing, I 
am informed, to the negligence of the bookbinder, although he had fur- 
nished the Academy’s account for other work. 
“‘ Upon appealing to the Council against what I considered a misap- 
propriation of the funds, ‘ devoted by the Academy to the publication of 
the Second Part’ of the Catalogue, that body directed the Treasurer to 
charge the cost of binding to the general account of the Academy, which 
Resolution was forwarded to me on the 8th instant, and with it the 
accompanying :— 
‘““*The Committee of Economy in their Report, adopted by the 
Council, recommended—“‘ That in consequence of the funds from the 
sale of the Catalogue being now almost entirely exhausted, it be recom- 
mended to the Council, that all bills for wood-cuts, &c., for the second 
Part of the Catalogue be called in, and that all work whatsoever con- 
nected with the Second Part of the‘Catalogue be stopped.” ’ 
“To that communication I addressed an answer on the 19th instant, 
in which I alluded to the specific agreement made between me and the 
Academy, by its Resolution of November 9, 1857. I referred the 
Council to my Report of the 19th of July, 1858, and the account attached 
thereto, to show that the expenditure had not then exceeded the sales of 
Part I., but, on the contrary, had left a balance of 17s. 7d. I also stated 
that— 
“‘* Knowing that the sale of the Catalogue must be slow, and finding 
that there were many matters to be done in the Museum of greater ur- 
gency than the wood-cutting, I stopped both engravers, the one within 
the month, and the other as soon as he had completed the blocks upon 
which he was then engaged, and I have not had a single block en- 
graved since the early part of last August. The total sum due to the 
engravers at that period was £14 8s. 6d., one-half of which I liqui- 
dated according to my intention, as stated in the Council Minutes.’ 
“« By an order of Council, dated 1st November, 1858, a sum of £3 was 
voted for descriptive labels, in accordance with the Government letter 
to that effect. These, with considerable labour, I prepared: and em- 
ployed Mr. Eagar to arrange and attach to the different trays, &c., 
as I presume the Council did not intend that I myself should spend a 
week or more in the adjustment of such matters. Another portion of 
extra work imposed on me, and paid for out of the proceeds of the Ca- 
