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In a communication addressed to you, dated Feb. 8th, of the present year, I suggested a plan for the chemical exhibit, which I proposed should be printed for circulation among chemists & manufacturers. As that time you were not prepared to act upon the matter, and the plan remains still to be considered. It seems to me that the time has come when the museum may well undertake to build up a [[strikethrough]]chemical[[/strikethrough]] collection illustrating [[strikethrough]]the[[/strikethrough]] pure chemistry & the chemical industries, such as cannot ^[[now]] be found in any instruction in this