REPOKT OF THE 



MUSEUM. 



In all its departments the Museum has been stored with 

 nevr acquisitions, and generally the cases already provided 

 have been found sufficient to receive them. The large collec- 

 tion of Fossil Okganic Remains has been improved in apart 

 ■where it was the least complete, by donations of much value 

 from the ' Transition"" strata of Christiania, collected on the 

 spot and presented by the Rev. W. Bilton; and the Council 

 have reason to expect ere long some further additions to the 

 contemporaneous fossils of the ' Silurian region,' which may 

 now be advantageously studied in Mr. Murchison's splendid 

 volumes. In this department of natural science it has not 

 been judged necessary to incur any but the most trifling ex- 

 penses. 



In Zoology, the additions to the collection have been 

 considerable, and the Council record with pleasure the com- 

 pletion of measures of great importance for the advancement 

 of this popular and instructive part of the Museum. 



The new cases for the reception of the Mammaha have 

 been erected ; the specimens are in their places, and, as far 

 at time has allowed, their classification and nomenclature have 

 been completed. The interior fitting of these cases has not been 

 expensive, and the arrangement adopted is such as to allow 

 of considerable augmentation with little trouble and no con- 

 fusion ; while it appears equally suited for studious contempla- 

 tion and popular enjoyment, to combine which objects appears 

 to the Council the true end and aim of a public collection. 



No better proof that these objects are rightly appreciated 

 by the members can be required than the large and general 



