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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