THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EEPORT. 



The official year having terminated, the duty once 

 more devolves upon the Council of placing before the 

 Society a short account of its proceedings during the 

 twelvemonth just elapsed. 



The amount received during that period from 

 the admission of visitors is upwards of lOL, being 

 slightly in excess of the sum derived from this source 

 during the previous year ; a convincing proof that your 

 Museum offers considerable interest to strangers, and 

 that no decrease of revenue from this source need be 

 apprehended. 



Your Council desire to return their best thanks to 

 those ladies and gentlemen through whose kindness 

 various important and interesting donations have been 



