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that no further purchases of birds or animals be 

 made, till we are enabled to procure glass-casings, 

 by which only they can be preserved from decay. 



In consequence of the debt incurred in ma- 

 king the necessary alterations in the roof of 

 the Museum, a proposition has been submitted 

 by your Secretaries and Curators to the Council, 

 to charge each visitor with a small sum for 

 admission to the room ; which, if carried into 

 effect, will, it is hoped, be a means of liquidating 

 the amount. To forward this desirable object, 

 and to promote the cause of science among the 

 members, the Ilev. George Young most hand- 

 somely offered to give a course of Lectures on 

 Geology, Mineralogy, and Antiquities; which, 

 from the researches and extensive knowledo^e of 

 this gentleman, in those departments more par- 

 ticularly, could not fail of affording much 

 instruction and amusement to all who heard 

 them. The Council consider it proper to offer 

 their best thanks to Mr. Young, for his gratui- 

 tous services in their behalf. 



This course of Lectures has in a ofreat measure 

 superseded the reading of Essays during the 

 present year, the only communication of the 

 kind being a valuable Essay on Public Speaking, 

 by Mr. Robinson, of London, to whom we are 

 under so many obligations. Li that Essay, some 

 excellent hints were furnished on the manner in 

 which periodical meetings of the Society might 



