282 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



The Museum of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 



The Members of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science are 

 about to make an extensive addition to their Museum — the Perth- 

 shire Natural History Museum — the rise and progress of which were 

 duly chronicled in the Scottish Naturalist. For some years past it 

 has been but too evident that the accommodation provided for the 

 collections was quite inadequate, and that an extension of the build- 

 ing was urgently needed. The Society is fortunate in possessing 

 ground at the back of the present building, and on this it is purposed 

 to erect a hall (41 feet by 32 feet), surrounded by a gallery, and 

 lighted from the roof. A new laboratory will also be put up, and 

 space found for a herbarium room. The new building will be de- 

 voted to the collections illustrative of the Natural History of Perth- 

 shire, while the present museum hall (55 feet by 22 feet) will be 

 chiefly occupied by the Index Collection or guide, by means of 

 typical specimens, to Natural History in general. To meet the 

 cost of building, furnishing, and specimens, the Society wishes to 

 raise a sum of between ^2500 and ^"3000, and, has just issued a 

 circular asking for subscriptions. In the meantime a few kind 

 friends have already promised upwards of .£1700, so that there is 

 every prospect of the extension being carried out. We are requested 

 to state that donations of specimens to either department of the 

 Museum will be gratefully accepted. They should be sent to the 

 Museum, Tay Street, Perth. 



