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population, the better it would be for the welfare of the country 

 generally. Apart from the fact that the collection was made at 

 Brighton, and a large number of the birds obtained in the im- 

 mediate neighbourhood, Brighton seemed to be a particularly 

 suitable place for preserving a museum like this. They had a 

 vast number of visitors, who come for the purpose of seeking 

 repose or health, for whom such a light, interesting, and easy 

 occupation as is afforded by learning what that museum could 

 teach, ought to be the best that can be found. It only needed to 

 be better known, and, if possible, without disturbing its arrange- 

 ment and order, to be placed in a more convenient and central 

 situation to be very much more widely appreciated than it had 

 been hitherto. In conclusion, he said he was sure that he was 

 expressing the feelings of friends around him who were interested 

 in the advancement of the Natural History sciences, and of many 

 more who were unable on account of other engagements to be 

 present, in thanking the Mayor and Corporation for asking them 

 to come to this interesting meeting, and in congratulating them 

 on possessing such a valuable addition to the many attractions of 

 the town. 



The Mayor having announced that the Museum would, for the 

 present, be carried on in the same way as hitherto, and that it 

 would be looked after by the Museum Committee under the 

 chairmanship of Mr. Crane, one of the most enthusiastic of their 

 fellow-townsmen who were naturalists, the formal proceedings 

 terminated. 



In the evening a banquet, presided over by the Mayor, was 

 given at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, to which about eighty 

 guests sat down, including Aldermen Sendall, Cox, Brigden, Soper 

 (the Mayor elect), Abbey, Davey, Ewart, Hawkes, Martin, Beeves, 

 and Wood; Councillors Booth, Colbatch, Clark, Daniel, and 

 Tester ; Mr. H. Willett, Mr. Crane, and most of the clergy of 

 Brighton and the neighbourhood. The visitors also included 

 several well-known naturalists, among whom were invited Prof. 

 Flower, C.B., F.R.S., Director of the Natural History Museum, 

 Dr. A. Gunther, F.R.S., Mr. II. B. Sharpe, Mr. Henry Seebohm, 

 Count Salvadori, Mr. W. Borrer, Mr. T. J. Monk, and Mr. J. E. 

 Harting, though some of them were unavoidably prevented from 

 taking part in the proceedings. 



