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room, on the east side, to correspond as near as may be 
with the book cases, in height and style, and constructed in 
sections extending from the door to the south wall. 
The reasons for proposing this location, are that the 
specimens will be convenient for examination at our sci- 
entific meetings; that they will be ornamental rather than 
not, to the room itself, and especially, because the absence 
of day light from the room for the chief portion of the time, 
will tend greatly to the preservation of the specimens of 
vegetable origin. 
It is proposed that all substances at all perishable by ex- 
posure, and especially those which will not require to be 
removed from the containing vessel, be placed in glass bot- 
tles or jars, capable of being securely stopped ; that others 
may be kept in earthen jars, also protected from the air, and 
as few as possible be placed in a manner exposed to the at- 
mospheric changes. 
As the object is a permanent collection, worthy of the 
College, it should be placed under the superintendence of 
the Standing Committee on the cabinet and apparatus, who 
should be required to report annually to the March meeting 
of the College, in a well digested form, suitable for publica- 
tion in the minutes ; giving the condition of the collection, 
the donations received, and recommending such action as 
they may deem important to its advantage. 
The Committee therefore recommend that a committee 
of four members, including the three professors, be ap- 
pointed to carry out the design, with authority to draw on 
the Treasurer for fifty dollars, and report at the next meeting, 
Daniel B. Smith, 
Charles Ellis, 
William Procter, Jr., 
Joseph Carson, 
Robert Bridges, 
Committee. 
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