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idols, broken flints, called rude knives, and so on, 

 to the exclusion of such objects as have been just 

 before mentioned. 



But, after all, the elimination here suggested 

 would be quite inefficient in providing adequate 

 space even for the Department of Antiquities. 

 And with respect to the Departments of Printed 

 Books, Manuscripts, and Prints, there is no 

 possibility of properly putting a limitation to 

 any of them. In regard to the several depart- 

 ments of Natural History, the Principal Librarian 

 is precluded from giving an opinion, having been 

 especially charged not to speculate on the possi- 

 bility of the Natural History collections being 

 ever detached from the rest of the Museum. To 

 limit any of the collections is tantamount to 

 excluding parts of them from the Museum. 



5. ** Supposing sufficient room cannot thus 

 he obtained^ then in what way would it best he 

 procured f " 



The Principal Librarian being of opinion that 

 a limitation put to the collections, in the above 

 restricted manner, however expedient in itself, 

 would prove inadequate as to space, even for 

 one department, will now consider in what way 

 room could be best procured, without either 

 building on any vacant space belonging to the 

 Trustees, or purchasing land to build upon 

 contiguous to the Museum. These two means 



