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generally given in connexion with the Institute of 

 popular Science and Literature. Your Council have 

 usually complied with such requests ; taking care 

 that the specimens are always returned uninjured, and 

 without expense to the Society, 



It cannot fail to be pleasing to the Members of the 

 Society and Subscribers to the Institution to know that, 

 in addition to this source of usefulness, and at so 

 trifling a cost, the Museum is still considered the 

 '^ Lion " of the place, and attracts a host of visitors 

 annually, many of whom have expressed their gratifi- 

 cation and surprise at the magnitude and variety of 

 the collections. 



