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preservation, and in a state calculated to keep well, shall be
sent to the Honorary Secretary of the Museum Committee,
accompanied hy the name and address of the collector, the
name of the object (if then determinable), the locality where,
and the date when, collected, with any other details of inte-
rest, legibly written.
2. That a record of facts interesting in natural science
shall be preserved in the museum.
3. That a list of plants and animals found in the district
be drawn up for future revision and publication.
4. That an accurate register of the daily reading of the
barometer, thermometer, and hygrometer, be kept in the
museum.
5. That a descriptive catalogue be kept of the contents of
the museum.
6. That by degrees, as the museum finances shall admit,
a collection of works on natural science be formed and kept
in the museum for the use of members and students visiting
the museum.
Other rules, besides those here suggested, will doubtless
occur to the Committee, or become necessitated by circum-
stances which are not here considered. Enough has perhaps
been said to pave the way for a careful consideration of the
question whether the formation of a local museum is not
well calculated to give members of the Society and their
friends an additional source of improvement, healthy recrea-
tion, and worthy occupation.