ANNUAL REPORT, 1893. 
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“ establish. He stated that it would be the work of the Com- 
“ mittee to decide as to the lines upon which the Institute 
“ should be constituted, and to raise funds to erect the necessary 
“ building, and that the expenses in connection with the ad- 
<( ministration of the Institute would be defrayed bj- the 
“ Government.” 
The objects of the Institute as laid down in the Memo- 
randum of Association, drawn up under the authority and with 
the approval of Government are as follows : 
(a) The collection and diffusion of information on agri- 
cultural, commercial and scientific subjects. 
(b) The formation and maintenance of a museum of agri- 
cultural, commercial products, raw and manufactured 
including a dep6t for the transmission of samples to the 
Imperial Institute, and to international and inter- 
colonial exhibitions. 
(c) The formation and maintenance of a museum of natural 
history and of the arts and sciences. 
(i d ) The establishment and maintenance of rooms for the use 
of the Medical Board, the Agricultural Board, and of 
the Science and Art Department of the Institute, sub- 
ject to such conditions and terms as may be from time 
to time determined upon by the Committee, such rooms 
to be available for Meetings and Lectures, under the 
regulations and bye-laws of the Institute, and to 
acquire and hold such lands as may be necessary for the 
above purpose. 
(e) The publication periodically or otherwise, of a J ournal 
or other papers, with a view to carry out the indica- 
tions under subhead (a) 
(/) The doing of all such other things as may be conducive 
to the extension, or incidental to the attainment of the 
above objects. 
