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NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
meet tli iar demands and circumstances of t se ccording- 
ly an oak cabinet was obtained from England through the Crow 
Agents, with cards formulated to contain all information connected 
with a specimen necessary for rvation, and the serious task of 
a as commenced towards the end of the year. The scheme 
briefly is divided into two separate catalogues : (1) aecording to the 
order of acquisition, a ot umbers to be started with 
each year; (2) according to location in the Museum, this latter series 
it can be easily understood that any single specimen, or 
particular group of specimens, can at any time be expeditiously Fanii 
up and their history examined. 
e difficult and important question of effective labelling has yet 
to be dealt with. A few new hand printed labels were attached to 
unless 
employed at the work, which, ide in da c untry, is practicably 
соса It is hoped to deal finally with the problem during the 
urrent year. 
In song this report, I should ег to draw the Government's 
attention to the educational value of i s Museum, which up to the 
one by w 
for an unintelligible array of so-called “ curios,” or as the ho obby- amie 
of a few eccentric men. Great Britain has followed. i i Aie зосннорв 
. of the Continent and America in this direction, and attendance at the 
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of 
many London and Provincial schools. I have myself seen the practical 
results derivable from this method of instructing the young; and from 
personal experience, and after mature considération, I see 
reason why Taiping should not азай itself of the great. advantage 
p at its тала Even in the present conditions of wd 
Museum collections practical delhobaird ots could be made to 
е certain collections with this 
те нем the pupil food for thought, eciam 
