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near Cleveland, Ohio, which last is intrinsically the most valuable specimen 

 recently added to the collection. 



Tin. Museums Association held its annual conference in Sheffield on July 1-8, 

 iiinlcr the presidency of Alderman Brittain, who, in his address, gave a history of 

 the growth of Museums in Sheffield. The papers read were: "Museums in 

 Relation to Art Teaching," by Prof. W. C. F. Anderson, of Sheffield, who might 

 have entitled it " Unfortunate experiences of an Art-Studen1 in search of infor- 

 mation"; "The Relation of Museums to Elementary Education," by Prof. A. 

 Denny, who deall chiefly with object-lessons for teachers drawn Erom zoological 

 subjects; "A History of the Glasgow People's Palaee," by James Paton ; " Pro- 

 vincial Museums and the Museums Association," by H. Bolton, a suggestion 

 subsequently endorsed by the Council, that a return of all provincial museums 

 in the United Kingdom, their staff, expenditure, and character should be pre- 

 pared by a committee : " Museums from a Philistine's point of view," by R, E. 

 Ariel Wright; "Note on some Arrangements and Fittings in the Sheffield 

 Museum," by E. Howarth ; "Methods of Preservation and Arrangement of Sea- 

 weeds for Exhibition," by Prof. F, E. Weiss ; "The Arrangement of Museum 

 Herbaria," bj E. M. Holmes, who described various methods adopted in various 

 large establishments ; "The Advantages of a Gallery of Sculpture (Casts) to an 

 Art Museum," by .1. MacLauchlan ; "Notes on some Russian Museums," by 

 V. A. 1 lather, who used certain museums of St Petersburg, Reval, Jurjew (Dorpat), 

 Moscow, Saratow, Astrakhan, Tiflis, Theodosia, as pegs for various controversial 

 subjects ; "The Electric Light Installation at the Manchester Museum," by W. E. 

 Hovle; "The Cleaning of Museums," by Miss Nordlinger, who described the 

 process as it i> and as it should lie carried out at the Manchester Museum ; "The 

 Individuality of Museums," by "William White of the Rusk in Museum; "Marine 

 Animals Mounted as Transparencies for Museums," by Dr H. C. Sorby ; "The 

 Ethnological Arrangement of Archaeological Material," by Harlan I. Smith ; and 

 "The Australian Museum," by its secretary, S. Sinclair. During the meeting 

 visits were paid to the Ruskin Museum, the Sheffield Public Museum, the Mappin 

 Art Gallery, University College, the electroplating works of Messrs John Round 

 & Son and Messrs AValker & Hall ; and to the works of Messrs Cammell to see 

 the rolling of an armour-plate for H.M.S. 'Ocean.' The meetings of the Associa- 

 tion were held in the Council Chamber of the Corporation, and lunch was kindly 

 provided each day by the Lord Mayor. Hospitality was also offered by the 

 President, by Alderman Gamble, and other residents of Sheffield. The meeting 

 c« included with excursions to the Langsett Water Works under the guidance of the 

 engineer, Mr W. Watts, and to Castleton under the direction of Mr John Tym. 



Otr remarks last month with reference to the salary offered to the curator of 

 the Bristol Museum have led a correspondent to send us the Western Daily Press 

 for July 13, from which we are glad to see that there are enlightened councillors 

 in Bristol after all. On the recommendation that the salary of the curator 

 should be £200 perannum, Mr Saise asked who assessed the value of the curator's 

 services. He thought that the salary was ridiculously inadequate, and that they 

 would shortly be asked to increase it. Mr Stephens suggested that Mr Saise 

 should have the courage of his convictions and move a larger salary. Personally, 

 he thought 6200 sufficient to start with. Mr Lloyd said that the Museum only 

 served a small portion of the city, and, considering that fact, he thought the 

 £2000 per annum which was required for its maintenance was too much. Mi- 

 Barker was not surprised at Mr Saise having raised the question as to the salary, 

 because to many people the amount would seem inadequate. But the committee 

 were placed in a difficulty, inasmuch as the .-alary which Mr Wilson received was 



00, and a proposal to increase it would have necessitated the committee 

 coming before tie Council, and involved delay in the appointment. The idea 



