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III. Cataloguing and Preparing Collections. 



"(a.) An object of the first importance would be to obtain a cata- 

 logue of the materials in the cabinet as it at present exists. Until 

 this be done, it is impossible to know in what direction efforts for its 

 improvement are to be made. 



" (b.) The next object to be obtained, and to be pursued simulta- 

 neously with the first, should be to fill up the deficiencies, more 

 particularly in geology and palaeontology, and whatever in other 

 departments may contribute to their elucidation. 



"(c.) The collections accumulated should as rapidly as possible be 

 submitted to scientific scrutiny and investigation, description and 

 cataloguing. The arrangement would be first in series, illustrating 

 each species, together with sections, dissections and preparations, to 

 be followed by the systematic arrangement of the whole. 



" (d.) During the examination and preparation of collections, instruc- 

 tion and demonstration should be given for the benefit of such 

 assistants and collectors as may be employed in the Museum. 



IV. Publishing. 



*'The Museum should have the means of publication as the progress 

 of work and investigation suggested will necessarily bring out results 

 of great interest to the public. The publications might be similar to 

 that now given by the Regents of the University, or that made by the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at, Cambridge. They would 

 properly be : 



"An annual report to the Legislature stating the general progress 

 and result of the work carried on in the Museum. 



" A bulletin to be issued as often as the progress of she work should 

 require, accompanied by proper illustrations, and may be the reposi- 

 tory of the permanent results of the operations of the Museum, both 

 in scientific investigations and in their practical application to the 

 pursuits of the community. 



" Should the course of free lectures be adopted, these should, to some 

 extent, be published, either in connection with the annual report or 

 otherwise; and since they would have reference mainly to the practi- 

 cal application of science, they would find an appropriate channel of 

 distribution through the Legislature. 



V. Scientific Staff. 



" The simplest form of organization at the outset would be as follows: 



" A director, competent for the general charge of the Museum, and 

 to carry on and direct investigations in the several departments. 



" Two competent assistants. 



" A taxidermist, competent to make the dissections and preparations, 

 and to mount skeletons. 



