58 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Feb. 



So great a cause your Committee do not believe is destined to fail ; 

 and in this persuasion, they submit it to the consideration of the wise, 

 the prosperous, and the patriotic of their countrymen. 



In conformity with the recommendations in the preceding report, 

 your Committee subjoin two resolutions for the action of the Trustees. 

 All which is respectfully submitted, 



George Ticknor. 

 Jacob Bigelow: 

 William Gray. 

 Council Chamber, Boston, October 31, 1860. 



First. Resolved, That the Treasurer of ^iis Corporation pay the 

 written drafts of the Faculty of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 as they may, from time to time, be duly certified to him, to an amount 

 not exceeding in the aggregate two thousand two hundred dollars, to 

 be expended under the direction of the same Faculty for repairs and 

 care of the Buildings, including fuel, and for current expenses, until 

 November the first, 1861 ; previously to which date no further appro- 

 priation whatever, on account of the Museum, can be made by this 

 Board. 



Second. Whereas, The first instalment of the grant by the Com- 

 monwealth to the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 will be payable on the first day of August next : 



And whereas, The Trustees regard the disposition of this bounty of 

 the State with peculiar interest and solicitude, and believe that the 

 growth and permanent prosperity of the Museum will depend, in a 

 large measure, upon the use which is made of that bounty : 



And whereas, The Trustees have a deep conviction that no such 

 Institution can live and thrive without a constant annual income for 

 its support and increase ; and that, without the guaranty of its con- 

 tinued usefulness which such income would give, no large donations 

 from the liberal and wise can be looked for : Therefore, 



Be it Resolved, unanimously, by this Board, that the whole amount 

 of the principal of the grant by the Commonwealth shall be invested, 

 from time to time, when received, under the direction of the Com* 

 mittee on Finance, and the same shall remain and continue a Per- 

 manent Fund, and that the income only -of such Fund shall be 

 expended. 



