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 OPENING OF THE TOWN MUSEUM. 



Tuesday, October 4th, 



(The following account of the Opening is from the " Folkestone 

 Express y ) 



As we announced last week the opening of the Town 

 Museum by His Worship the Mayor (T. Caister, Esq.), took 

 place on Tuesday last. Previous to the formal opening, the 

 ladies and gentlemen who crowded the room, amused them- 

 selves by inspecting the contents of the different cases, and 

 certainly there was no lack of objects of interest to attract the 

 attention for a long time. 



The Mayor ascended the platform a little after eight o'clock, 

 and was accompanied by Dr. FitzGerald, the President of the 

 Folkestone Natural History Society ; Alderman Gambrill ; 

 Councillors Pope, J. B. Tolputt, J. C. Davidson, T. Harrison 

 and J. Fitness ; the Town Clerk (W. G. S. Harrison, Esq.) ; 

 Rev. C. L. Acland ; Rev. C. J. Taylor ; C. Dashwood, Esq. ; 

 J. Clark, Esq. ; and Mr. E. M. Place. The following gentle- 

 men were amongst those present: — Rev. M. Woodward, Vicar 

 of Folkestone ; H. B. Mackeson, Esq., of Hythe ; and Mr. 

 H. Ullyett, the Secretary of the Folkestone Natural History 

 Society. 



The Mayor, who was received with cheers, said — Ladies 

 and gentlemen, — I can assure you that, as the Mayor of this 

 town, it is a source of much gratification to me to have been 

 asked, in conjunction with the members of the Corporation, 

 to open the Museum for this town. It is at all times a plea- 

 sure to assist in a noble act, and in such a work as the 

 formation of the present Museum, it is especially so, as it can 

 but conduce so much to the interest and benefit of the town. 

 Everyone looking at the beautiful specimens of Natural His- 

 tory around us, can but be delighted and wonder at the labour 

 which has been bestowed. I trust that the present Museum 

 will form the basis of a large collection, and that this day 

 will in times to come be looked upon with delight and much 

 thankfulness. Another benefit will, I hope, also follow — that 

 it will induce all our neighbours to join us, and that the Mu- 



