It may be pleasing to record, that as the Society's 

 Museum is becoming* more and more perfect, it continues 

 to create an increasing interest as a public feature, and 

 it is to be hoped tends to cultivate the taste of the 

 humbler classes of society, who see and find abundant 

 opportunities of gratuitous admission : as a proof of this, 

 it may suffice to mention that on Easter Monday and 

 Tuesday about 1300 visiters were admitted, and that 

 although the concourse was at times somewhat threaten- 

 ing, yet no damage ensued to any of the property of the 

 Society. 



The additions to the Geological department have 

 not been so numerous as is desirable. The Museum is, 

 however, indebted to one of its earliest benefactors, 

 Thos. Meade, Esq., of Chatley Lodge, an Honorary 

 Member, for several beautiful Ferns, from the coal field 

 of Bath, Encrinital Stems, Alcyonites in flint, and shells 

 from the green sand of Wiltshire. 



The Council had the pleasure last year of reporting 

 a valuable donation from the Chevalier Michelotti, of 

 Turin. This year they have the gratification of re-, 

 cording another donation from the celebrated entomolo- 

 gist. Professor Burmeister, of Halle, who forwarded a 

 stuffed specimen and skeleton of the Hamster, which is 

 particularly interesting, as forming the connecting link 

 between the true Rats (Mus) and the jumping Rats or 



