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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. in. 
parative Anatomy, and since become unrivalled 
through the care of a wise and liberal adminis- 
tration. 
‘ The subsequent confidence reposed in me by 
the Council in reference to the preparation of the 
descriptive catalogue of the Physiological Depart- 
ment of the Collection confided to me demands 
my warmest acknowledgments ; their favourable 
reception and approval of that work have always 
formed my most grateful recompense, and have 
given the strongest stimulus to increased exertions 
towards its completion in a manner as nearly as 
possible equal ’ [the draft ceases here]. 
Mrs. Owen’s diary then continues : — 
'April 21. — Richard^ went to the Hon. Ar- 
tillery Co. for ball practice.’ 
‘ — My Father and R. at the great Zoo 
Meeting at the Adelaide Gallery to vote for the 
new Council. A printed letter on the subject 
came last night from the “ malcontents.” After 
tea to the Royal Institution. Mr. Faraday on 
manufacture of black-lead pencils.’ 
‘ May 4. — Richard off to a Zoo Council. 
Back about 8.30. Then wrote to Lord Derby to 
' Owen joined the H.A.C. 
in 1834. He was informed in 
April of that year that his ad- 
mission would be ‘ balloted for 
at a Court of Assistants of the 
said Company to be held at the 
Armoury House, in the Artilleiy 
Ground, on Thursday, April 
10, 1834, at 7 o’clock in the 
afternoon [szc\. The fees of 
admission and the subscription 
to be paid at the time of ad- 
mission are 6/. 6s: He resigned 
in July 1842. 
