THE TWENTY-NINTH REPORT, 



LTHOUGH your Council have not 

 much that is gratifying or im- 

 portant to communicate on the 

 present occasion, yet they feel 

 that they ought not to depart 

 from the custom of presenting a 

 periodical report, inasmuch as it not only enables 

 the Members to ascertain the progress of the In- 

 stitution in public estimation, and its real utility, 

 by bringing under observation the source both of 

 its strength and weakness ; but it affords at the 

 same time, a suitable opportunity for recom- 

 mending the adoption of such measures for its 

 improvement as may have received the sanction 

 of experience in similar Institutions, and appear 

 best calculated to advance its interests and use- 

 fulness. 



The Donations to the Society's Museum during 

 the past year have not been so numerous as in 

 some former years. About 300 strangers have 

 visited the Museum ; the receipts for admission 

 have only amounted to £4 14s., owing no doubt 

 to the all powerful attraction of the Great Exhi- 

 bition in London. 



