jfrom tfje Charter of 1 869 



"flov tye purpose of establishing ano main- 

 taining in jsaiD eft? a Museum ano morar? of 

 Natural l^tjstort; of encouraging ano oebelop* 

 tng t^e situo? of Batumi defence; of aabancing 

 tfoe general fenotoleoge of feinoreo subject^ ano 

 to tbat eno of furnishing popular instruction." 



