SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ENQUIRIES. 



147 



M. Pakenham Edgewcu-th, F.L.S. 



John Miere, F.R.S., V.P.L.S. 



Frederick Currey, M.A., F.ll.S., Sec. L.S. 



Daniel Hanbury, F.K.S., F.L.S. , 



C. E. Broome, M.A., F.L.S. 



Leonard BlomL-tield, M.A., F.L.S. 



J. T. Bo.-^well Sjme, LL.D., F.L.S. 



Hugh Cleghom, M.D., F.L.S. 



€lemenfcs Markham, C.B., F.L.S. 



E.. C. A. Prior, M.U.. F.L.S. 



Edward J. Waring, M.D., F.L.S. 



George C. M. Bird wood, M.D. 



Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I., F.L.S. 



J. Forbes Watson, M.A., M.D., F.L.S. 



Richard Strachey, Maj.-Gen. C.S.L, F.E.S. 



E. W. Cooke, It. A., F.E.S. , F.L.vS. 



Eobert Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S. 



William Mitten, A.L.S. 



W. AUport Leighton, B.A., F.L.S. 



William Phillips. 



John Goucher, F.L.S. 



J. Leiicester WaiTen, M.A. 



Worbhington G. Smith, F.L.S. 



M. C. Cooke, M.A. 



James M. Crombie, M.A., F.L.S. 



Alfred W. Bemiett, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S. 



A. G. More, M.E.I.A., F.L.S. 



Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Floricultural Director to 



the Royal Horticultural Society of London. 

 Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., late Superintendent 



of the Royal Biotanic Garfen, Calcutta. 

 Charles DaA-iii, M.A., F.E.S. 

 George Bentham, F.R.S. 



Appendix III. 



Estract from Mr. Lockyei-'s Report on the Aid given by 

 the State to Science in France. [See p. 21.] 



The General Cbllections illiustratinig the Sciences of 

 Obseryatdion and Expeiiment lin France. 



In England the student of natural history finds in the 

 British Museum the miost perfect and complete collection 

 in the world, 'by the study of which He is enabled to in- 

 crease his knowledge and to carry on his investigations. 

 * * * 



The MtJSECii of NATrsAi. -Histoey [o Pakis]. 



The Museum of Natural Hfetory is aydministered by a 

 Director chosen from amongst the PTofeseors of the 

 EstiaJhlishment ; the professors, every five yea.rs, sending 

 up the names of three candidates to the Minisiter of Public 

 Instruction, by whom the choice is made. 



All scientific administrative questions oonneoted with 

 the Museum are regulated by a Committee of Professors, 

 which the Director calls together once a month at least, 

 and over which he presides. One of the Professors, who 

 is called the Directeur Suppleant, fills the place of the 

 Director during his absence. This Directeur Suppleant 

 is chosen by the Minister from amongst the names pre- 

 sented by the Committee for the funotions of Director, 

 and, like the Director, he is named for five years. The 

 Committee of Professors names annually one of its mem- 

 bers as Secretary. The Professois are the Keepers of 

 the collection and are responsible for their order and ar- 

 rangement. Each Professor presents annually to the 

 Committee of Professors a report on the state and require- 

 ments of laiboratoriies and collections under his charge. 

 These reports are transmitted to the Minister with the 

 opinion of the Committee and of the Director. The 

 materiel is inspected once a year. 



The present personnel is as follows : — 



Director, M. Ohevreul. 



Directeur Suppleant, M. MLlne-Edwards. 



The Professors (who are also Adiministrators of these 

 Departments)' are, of — 



General Physiology, M. Claude Bernard. 



Comparative Anatomy, M. Paul Gervaiis. 



Anatomy and Natural History of Man, M. de Quatre- 



fages de Breau. 

 Zoology, Mammals and Birds, M. MUne-Edwards. 

 Zoology, Reptiles and Fisih, M. Dareste. 

 Zoology, Insects, Crustacea, and Arachnidse, M. Blan- 



chard. 

 Zoology, Annelids, Molluscs, and Zoophytes, M. 



Deshayes. 

 Botany and Vegetable Physiology, M. Brongniart. 

 Culture, M. Decaisne. 

 Geology, M. Daubr^e. 



Mineralogj% M. Delafosse. 



PaliBontology, M. AJibert Gaudry. 



Physics, applied to Natural Hij>U)i-y, M. Becquerel. 



Vegetable Physics, M. Georges Ville. 



Organic Oliemistiy, M. Clievreul. 



Inorganic Chemistry, M. Fremy. 



All lectures are public and free ; the time of the com- 

 mencement of the coui-se and the i)rogramme being settled 

 each Septemiber, and submitted to the Minister of Public 

 Instruction for his approval. Each professor gives 40 

 lectures annually. The lectures' are followed by t-nx) 

 classes, first the general pulblic (audateurs benevoles), and, 

 secondly, the students of the Ecole Nonnale Supeiueure 

 of tlie third year who must attenid at least two lectures a 

 week. 



The collections are enriched by exchanges, and there is 

 an elaborate system ^of distributing dupiicates from the 

 collections not only to the local museumis in France and 

 her colonies, but also even to foreign countries. Thus 

 from the mineralogical collection 1,800 duplicates were 

 distributed between 1860 and 1865, 3,000 being still 

 retained. 



I annex the budget for the Natural Histoiy Museum for 

 the present year : — 



Personnel. fr. fr. 



Traitements de 16 professeurs, a 7,500fr. 120,000 



,, de 2 maitres de dessin, a 



2,500fr. - - - 5,000 



,, d'un bibliothecaire et d'un 



sous-bibliothfca'ire - 8,000 



,, d'un secretaire, agent compt- 



able - - - 5,000 



,, de 19 aides naturalistes, de 



2,000 k 4,000fr. - - 57,000 



,, de 3 gardes des galeries, de 



3,500fr. a 4,000fr. - 11,500 



,, d'un jardinier-en-chef - 4,000 



,, de 21 pr^parateurs, de 1,500 



h 2,500fr. - - - 42,800 



,, de 20 employes, controleur, 



chef d'atelier, jardiniers, 



inspecteurs, de 750 

 3,000fr. - 



h. 



38,400 



Gages des gens de service - 



- 



31,680 

 323,380 



Indemnit^s aus voyageurs naturalists 



- 



25,000 



Materiel. 







Galeries, lalboratoires, cours, etc. - 



- 



83,700 



Jardin et serres - - - 



- 



65,100 



Menagerie - - - - 



- 



75,000 



Ateliers et entretien 



- 



32.800 



Oliauffage, eclairage, et frais divers 



- 



30,500 



Bibliotheque, frais de bureau, et de ser- 

 vice int6ideui 



42,700 



. .... ,:^QQ Rnn 



fr. 678,180 



CONTINUATION OF THE REPORTS OF THE 

 ROYAL COMMISSION ON SCIENCE. 



The second volume of the Reports of the Royal Com- 

 mission contains the following extracts from the 

 evidence of Rear-Admiral George Henry Richards, C.B., 

 F.R.S. , Hydrographer of the Admiralty. 



Questioned, 11,600, as to the advisability of instructing 

 naval ofiicers in natural history, he said it would be un- 

 objectionable, but there would be difficulties in making 

 collections in ships of war generally. " In the surveying 

 service, ships are prepared expressly for scientific research, 

 and very generally there is a naituralist attached to each 

 surveying s'hip," but he was quite sure that it would " be 

 impossible to carry it out to any extenlt 'in a regular ship 

 of war." 



The collections that are brought home by ships of the 

 navy are not as a rule handed over to tlie British Museum. 

 11,602. " The plan I always adopt is, that if there is a 

 naturalist in the ship he himself recommends where the 

 collections should go, and with the approval of the 

 Admiralty they are so sent. Some go to the British 

 Museum, and others go to other departments, such as the 

 School of Mines," or to various miuseums in the country. 

 ■where they are made use of." 



Rear- 

 Admiral 

 G. H. 

 Richards, 



C.B, F.R.S. 

 1872. 



