measure from the Members of the Society. 

 Hence, the number of visitors since last Anni- 

 versary, has been considerably less than in the 

 former year; amounting only to 282, of whom 

 231 are in the list of strangers, and 51 belonging 

 to the town and neighbourhood. It may be 

 supposed by some, that a shorter space of time 

 might have intervened between the shutting of 

 the old Museum, and the opening of the new; 

 but we have to notice, that much time was ne- 

 cessarily employed, in fitting up the present 

 Museum with suitable cases, and other accom- 

 modations, for receiving the collections of the 

 Society ; that nearly the whole of these collec- 

 tions required to be newly arranged ; and that 

 the labour of arranging them devolved almost 

 entirely on one individual. Under these cir- 

 cumstances, it is not surprising, that so great a 

 portion of time was consumed ; and the length 

 of the interval was of the less moment, as it oc- 

 curred at a season when visitors are not the most 

 numerous. 



But the sacrifice of time or of labour, attend- 

 ing this removal, must be regarded as well be- 

 stowed, when we consider the vast advantages 

 resultinc*" from the measure. We have removed 

 to a situation every way more eligible than the 

 former ; possessing the advantages of light, fresh 

 air, an agreeable prospect, and convenience of 

 access. Here our whole collection, in its various 



