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RECORDS OF W.A. MUSEUM. 
MUSEUM NOTES. 
THE TRUSTEES ACT (i Geo. V., 1911, No. 27). 
The Museum on its establishment in Perth in 1889, was directly 
under the control of the Hon. the Commissioner of Crown Lands ; 
in 1894 O'’ appointment of a Minister of Mines, it was trans- 
ferred to his charge; in 1895 it was placed under the control of a 
Committee of eight gentlemen nominated by the Gov^ernment. 
On the i6th February, 1911, assent was given to: — “An Act 
to provide for the appointment and incorporation of Trustees for 
the Public Library of Western Australia, and the Western Aus- 
tralian Museum and Art Gallery, and for purposes consequent on 
and incidental to that object.” 
This Act came into operation on the 20th November, 1911, 
by Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerald 
Strickland, K.C.M.G. (Gov. Gazette No. 63, loth November, 1911). 
At the same time the Governor in Executive Council nominated 
twelve Trustees, of whom seven, the Hon. Henry Briggs, M.L.C. ; 
M. F. A. Canning, Esq. ; Hon. Sir J. Winthrop Hackett, Kt., 
M.L.C., etc.; Dr. H. F. Harvey; Dr. H. T. Kelsall ; The Hon. 
Mr. Justice McMillan ; and the Rt. Rev. Dr. Riley had been 
members of the Committee ; the remaining five are F. W. Burrows, 
Esq.; Walter Dwyer, Esq., M.L.A. ; R. S. Haynes, Esq., K.C. ; 
Sir Walter James, Kt., K.C. ; and H. S. King, Esq. 
On the 24th November, these Trustees met for the co-optation 
of two Trustees under Clause IV, of the Act, when the Hon. Sir 
Edward A. Stone, K.C.M.G., and W. Somerville, Esq., were nom- 
inated. 
On the 27th November, the Hon. Sir J. Winthrop Hackett, 
Kt., M.L.C., M.A., LL.D., Officier de VAcademie Ffangaise, was 
elected President of the Board. 
C. G. Morris, Esq., of the Lands Department has been 
appointed a Trustee in place of the late Mr. M. F. A. Canning. 
