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time occurred, in consequence of changes of residence, 

 or other circumstances, over which your Council had 

 no control, but they have never been to any great 

 amount. 



The entire liquidation of this debt is most desirable, 

 but without the aid of a Subscription, or a Bazaar, or 

 a very greatly extended List of Subscribers, it must 

 necessarily be a work of time. 



The progress of the Museum has, on the whole, 

 been steady and satisfactory; if, on the one hand, no 

 rapid stride has been made, your Council have, on 

 the other, the pleasure to report that no ground has 

 been lost ; and it cannot fail to be pleasing to the 

 Members of the Society to reflect, that at a trifling 

 cost, they have been enabled to afford to the eye of 

 the curious and reflecting traveller, a rich gratification, 

 when examining the collections which the Museum 

 now contains, — the increasing interest taken in such 

 local depositories being satisfactorily shewn, both by 

 the number of visitors (upwards of 400) during the 

 year, and the greatly increased amount (£8) received 

 for admission. 



