REPORT. 17 



It may now be expected that the Society will derive profit 

 from a source, which the want of convenient accommodation 

 has formerly rendered unproductive. In the beautiful 

 LECTURE-ROOM of the ncw Museum, very complete pro- 

 vision has been made for lighting, ventilation, and warmth ; 

 and it is conceived that an able lecturer will collect a 

 crowded audience. The Council have engaged the Keeper 

 of the Museum to deliver, in the month of July, eight lectures 

 on the animals which inhabit the waters in this neighbour- 

 hood ; a subject, the novelty of which will give additional 

 interest to its illustration. 



The Society's collections will be removed to their new 

 repository at an earlier period. It is intended to lay down 

 the floors of the Museum in March, and to occupy the 

 premises in May. Thus, by the exertions of the Committee, 

 the work will have been finished within the period proposed. 

 There was indeed no time to be lost : every corner of the 

 Society's present apartments is filled with cases and drawers, 

 and every drawer and case is crowded with specimens ; 

 nor has the number of donations diminished, which have 

 continued to be received at every meeting ; so that in a short 

 time these accessions must either have been declined, or 

 subjected to injury and confusion. 



The Geological specimens contributed in the last twelve- 

 month, have amounted to 1380 ; and among these there have 

 been many of more than ordinary value. The oolitic fossils 

 from Switzerland, presented by Professor Necker, with those 



