HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



large class of marine fauna. The estimated cost was $50,000. In this 

 connection it was stated that the visitors to the Museum at that time 

 exceeded by 2,000 per week the number visiting the British Museum 

 in London. This petition was one of the last acts of Mr. Stuart's 

 administration. 



Mr. Stuart resigned the presidency on February 14, 1881. His 

 connection with the Museum had been made memorable by important 

 changes both in the erection of the building and in the equipment of 

 the collections. An increase in maintenance had been secured from 

 the City. It can be said that the Museum had entered in a way upon 

 its present scientific career. 



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