UPKEEP OF MUSEUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 165, 14 July 1928, Page 12

UPKEEP OF MUSEUM.

INSTITUTE'S CAMPAIGN.

CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.

J:KMMVAL OK EXHJBIT>'

"I am confident the Institute will sueeeed hi it- endeavour," said Mr. H. K. \ aiie. president. at yesterdays meetim* of the council of the Auckland Institute, when mean- of securing ail adequate incline lor the Auckland .Museum was under di-cu — ion. Mr. \ ail" reported that very good proxies.-. w a,- bein;r made in the negotiations lor sei ui in;.' an adequate income through lln- local bodie- of Greater Auckland and nearb, districts. lle and Mr. Amlimciu.itor. had visited various local bodies lor the purpose of explaining the linancial prupo.-als. of the twenty-seven local bodies in and around the city thirteen were t. vourable to an annual levy, eleven had in.it come to a decision and three I.ad expressed themselves against tin- proposal. lie had invitations to addrc.-s six more bodies. All those visited had been fully converted to the scheme. A bill was being drafted and copies would lie sent to all the bodies concerned. He was confident that the institute would succeed iii its endeavour. '1 lie curator reported the removal of exhibit.- and littnige to the new museum had made such rapid progress tliat it had be eoiue necessary to c'ise the old building to tlie public. '1 lie Maori War canoe had been transported successfully, together with most of the material comprised in the. Maori houses. Little now leinaiiicd except the largo natural history group-, the balance of the store loom eases and the library. The w.ril eases had been adapted and moot of them had been transferred. The sixth consignment of new metal showcases had arrived from England and tin! seventh was on its way. Representatives of the manufacturers had leached Auckland la-t week and the work of erecting the cases was going forward satisfactorily. The council accepted a tender for the removal aud re-erection of the large cases containing the natural history specimens. It was resolved that a number of table cases for which there was no further use ahould be offered for sale.