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APPENDIX I 



SUMxMARY OF PREVIOUS ENQUIRIES. 



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Origin of the British Miisevun -- -.. m 



Enquiry into the state of affairs at the British Museum, 1835 ----- . . - m 



Abstract of evidence --------- 111-112. 



Dr. Lindle/s Report on the condition of Kew Gardens, 1840 -------- 112 



ilemoi'ial of the British Association and other scientific societies, 1847 ------- 113 



Royal Commission on the British iluseura, 1847-50 ----------- 113 



Extracts from the Report --------------- 113-117 



Evidence of Mr. R. Brown, Mr. J. J. Bennett, and Mr. A. Panizzi - - 114-117 



Memorial deprecating the breaking up of the British Museum, 1858 -------- n 



Enviuiry by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1858 ---------- 118-122: 



Evidence of Sir W. .J. Hooker, Dr. J. D. Hooker, Mr. J. J. Bennett, Dr. Lindley, Prof. R. Owen, 



Mr. G. Bentham, Prof. Henfrey, and Dr. Falconer ---------- 118-121 



Letters from Sir C. Lyell, and Mr. C. Darwin ----------- 121-122: 



Report of the Sub-Committee of the Trustees - _-- . X22 



Various criticisms on the foregoing ------- 122 



jSIemorial on the National Natural History Collections, 1858 --------- 122 



Parliamentary Enquiry ; — Select Committee of the House of Commons, 1860 - 124-12& 



Evidence of Mv. G. R. Waterhouse, Mr. .J. J. Bennett, Mr. A. Panizzi, Prof. R. Owen, and ]\Ir. N. 



Story Maskelyne -- - - 124-126- 



Enquiry of 1868-69 ----- 126-127 



Memorandum of the Secretary of H.M. Office of Works, with Mr. .J. .J. Bennett's reply - - - 126-127 



Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science (Devonshire Commission), 



1871-75 ------------------- 127-149- 



Evidence of Dr. J. D. Hooker, Mr. G. Bentham, Mr. J. Ball, Dr. T. Thomson, and Mr. W. Carruthers 127-135 



Paper handed in by Mr. Carruthers ------------- 135-138 



Report of the Commissioners on the foregoing, with Appendij^s (Correspondence, statements by 

 Mr. G. Bentham, Mr. .J. Ball, Mr. W. Carruthers, Memorial to H.M. Treasury, Notes on the 



Museum of Natural History, Paris) ------------- 138-14T 



Evidence of Admiral G. H. Richards, and Captain D. Galtou -------- 147-149' 



Enquiry of 1872 ------------------ 149-157" 



Memorial to H.M. Treasury -------------- 149 



Extracts from Memorandum of the First Commissioner of Works on Kew Gardens - - - - 151 



Statement relative to the Botanical departments respectively under the Trustees of the British 



Museum and the Commissioners of Works •---------_ 151-154 



Extract from Treasury Minute, 24 .July 1872 - - - - 154 



Dr. Hooker's reply to Prof . Owen's " Statement " ----.-.--- 155 



Remarks on Dr. Hooker's " Reply " to the " Statement " - 156 



bliography - - --. -- - -. - 157-158. 



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