General Meeting, March oth } 1853. xlix. 



tended accommodation, and they would at the same time sug- 

 gest^ that a Curator of the Museum should now be appointed, 

 whose duty it shall be to superintend the reception of all 

 articles in that department transmitted to the Society, and to 

 have the same speedily submitted to examination, and re- 

 ported on, and suitably arranged ; the Librarian continuing 

 his attention to the Books, Manuscripts, Coins, and Antiquities 

 of the Society. 



The increasing number and value of the articles in the 

 Library and Museum, as well as the different character of 

 study and skill required in the several departments of Science 

 and Literature, render such separation of duties desirable, and 

 now requisite, for the proper care and advancement of the 

 departments. 



The Curator of the Museum will thus be a permanent 

 office-bearer of the Society, distinct from the Librarian, and 

 elected annually with the other office-bearers. 



The present Taxidermist was appointed at the Meeting of 

 20th October last, on trial for three months, at £3 per men- 

 sem, and he still continues. Your Committee think his fitness 

 should now be settled, and they recommend that the matter 

 be referred to the Committee, with powers for appointment, 

 or for further trial, or for the trial of any other, as they in 

 conjunction with the Curator of the Museum, shall see fit. 



Adverting also to the state of the Library, your Committee 

 consider authority should be given to procure additional cases 

 for the increasing number of the books; and as some inconve- 

 nience has been felt in regard to ship and other charges for 

 letters and packages, and for the calling in of books from 

 out-stations, your Committee are of opinion that the Treasurer 

 should be authorized to defray all necessary charges in this 

 respect, under the sanction and direction of the Committee; 

 it being always distinctly understood that the carriage of books 

 to Members, and the due return of borrowed books, is at the 

 expense of the parties. 



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