204 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



The experience of the last thirty years proves beyond the 

 shadow of a doubt, in our opinion, that the whole of the 

 unoccupied part of the site which has hitherto been reserved 

 for the Natural History Museum is barely sufficient for the 

 extensions which will be required in a future, which is by no 

 means remote. 



We, the undersigned, beg therefore to express our emphatic 

 opinion that the maintenance in its integrity of the site which 

 was secured to the Natural History Museum by the delimitation 

 of its Northern boundary by the Treasury and the Office of 

 Works in 1899 is of vital importance to the future efficiency of 

 that Museum ; and we beg most respectfully that you will cause 

 such steps to be taken as will secure a consideration of our views 

 before the question is finally decided. 



