tJ 



Art from foreign countries ; and the more perish- 

 able kinds of Antiquities; not to mention Lich- 

 ens, Mosses, and some other departments in 

 Natural History, for accommodating* which ther6 

 is scarcely any provision made in the present 

 arrangements. But after having incurred an 

 expense of about £lb, in fitting up this Museum, 

 your Council found it necessary to pause, before 

 deciding on the erection of any more cases; lest 

 you should have just cause to charge them with 

 improvidence. We trust, however, that as se- 

 veral new and respectable contributors are join- 

 ing our Institution on the present occasion, and 

 as a liberal subscription has been entered into 

 for defraying the expense of fitting up the Mu- 

 seum, the time is not very far distant, when the 

 debts incurred by this important measure will be 

 paid ofi^, and the Society be enabled to provide 

 such other cases as may be required to contain 

 their growing collections. 



It will be seen from the List of Donations for 

 the past year, that the Museum continues to be 

 enriched by the liberality of numerous Friends, 

 in various departments, especially in that of 

 Antiquities : and your Council cannot omit men- 

 tioning in particular the generosity of Mrs. 

 Benson of London, who has presented a valuable 

 donation of Egyptian Antiquities. The largest 

 accessions received during the year, are in the 

 departments of Minerals, Rock Specimens, and 



