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jfrom tfjc Charter of 1869 



"for fl&e purpose of egtaWteftfng ano main* 

 tatning in jsaiD eft? a Museum anD Hibrar? of 

 Natural pgtDr? ; of encouraging anD Debelop* 

 ing tbe jStufit of Natural Science; of advancing 

 tfte general fcnoMeDge of fefnDreD subjects, and 

 to t^at eno of furnisbing popular f instruction." 



