REPORT OF THE 
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To compensate for these important duties, it is proposed to 
augment in a slight degree the stipend now paid to Mr. Baines, 
which will then become cPIOQ. per annum. 
Into the details of this scheme it appears not necessary or 
useful to enter in this place, but the Council are aware that 
the principal recommendation of such a plan will be found in 
its efficiency; and that it may not be easy to find in a busy 
community members who can devote sufficient time to execute, 
or even to direct, the arrangements in even one department of 
an increasing Museum ; yet they entertain at present a full 
hope of success, not only because several of the Curatorships 
will still be administered by members of tried zeal and know¬ 
ledge, but because substantial assistance is expected from 
young and active officers. 
Moreover, what difficulty there may be in the arrangement 
is rendered less formidable by the consent which Mr. Phillips 
has given to retain for this year the direction of the Geological 
Collection, which is the largest of all, and from its continual 
growth, demands perhaps the greatest attention, and which 
has, in fact, been lately re-arranged so as to include the most 
modern geological classifications. 
In anticipation of this new arrangement, the wdiole Zoolo¬ 
gical Collection is undergoing a complete examination as to 
the condition of the specimens, which has been found satis¬ 
factory, and in the course of the next month it is confidently 
expected that advantage will be taken of the space now gained 
in the Museum of Zoology, to carry into effect the plan of an 
entirely new arrangement of Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and 
Crustacea. 
Of the ability of Mr. Baines to perform the duties which 
will now devolve upon him, the Council have had sufficient 
