§ MR. GREGORYtrusted that before the Government proceeded to remove the Natural History collections from the British Museum, they would take some means of consulting the general feeling of the public, and also of scientific men, upon the subject. The proposed removal would be very unpopular with those who were in the habit of visiting those collections; and the dissatisfaction it would produce would not be lessened by the fact that the step had been decided upon, as he believed, by a mere majority of one—that bare majority having, moreover, only been obtained through the attendance of a number of ex officio trustees, who were not usually present at the ordinary meetings of the Board. There was obviously the greatest advantage in having these Natural History collections under the same roof as the splendid library of reference which the British Museum now boasted; but that advantage would be wholly sacrificed if the contemplated removal were persisted in.