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ets for friends. The privileges of Fellows and Patrons 

 contributing larger sums are stated in the By-Laws. 



An illustrated Guide is in course of preparation, but 

 until it is completed, and as an immediate means of 

 rendering the Museum a source of instruction an assist- 

 ant will be in attendance on Mondays and Tuesdays to 

 receive Members and their friends, and explain the 

 plan of the institution and the specimens on exhi- 

 bition. 



The Trustees intend that the Museum shall be made 

 particularly interesting to the youth of our city, and 

 a plan is under consideration for rendering it a direct 

 benefit to the teachers and pupils of our public schools, 

 and therefore a very important element in our system 

 of public education. 



Several rare collections, supplementing those already 

 acquired, are now offered us upon very advantageous 

 terms, and now that the institution has been freed 

 from all liabilities by subscriptions from the Trustees, 

 and a By-Law enacted preventing any purchase being 

 made hereafter, unless the funds to pay for the same 

 are first provided, we confidently appeal to our public- 

 spirited citizens to join us in securing such important 

 additions, and by increasing the facilities for study at 

 the Museum, render our city more and more attractive 

 to the scientific men of our country, and our institu- 

 tion increasingly instructive to our own citizens. 



February 10th, 1880. 



