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jjjjfOR above twenty years I have devoted 



: |1 myself to the study and collecting of shells. 

 Now my collection contains about ten 

 thousand species. Of this number, not less than 

 one thousand have been discovered by myself, 

 and added for the first time to the list of shells of 

 the world. 



For the benefit of the public, I intended to 

 establish a conchological museum, and show these 

 large numbers of shells to the people. 



As a harbinger, a conchological exhibition for 

 a short period was proposed, to which Baron 

 Dr. D. Kikuchi, President of the Kyoto Imperial 

 University, Hon. S. Omori, Governor of Kyoto 

 Prefecture, and Hon. K. Saigo, Mayor of Kyoto 

 City, all gave their hearty approval. So it was 

 at last decided to hold the exhibition in a part of 

 the Kyoto Library from Oct 22nd to Nov. 4th, 

 1910, lasting two weeks. Great numbers of 

 specimens were sent or presented to the exhibition 

 from conchologists, collectors, and businessmen, 

 both abroad and at home. The number of 

 spectators reached as many as fifteen thousand 

 during the period. 



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