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but specimens (and these will probably be the more numerous) which 
do not exactly come under the category of a University teaching 
collection will find a resting place in the West Australian Museum. 
This institution should house, if possible, a specimen of every species 
found upon our coasts. It will then be fulfilling what is to my mind 
its most important function, and its collection will be of value both to 
the scientist and the layman : to the seeker after real information, 
as well as to the mere curiosity-monger. 
