230 records of the australian museum. 



Transfer of Speclmens. 

 The only transfers of specimens to other public bodies within 

 the State were: — 



1. Technological Museum, Sydney — (a) Additional metallurgical 



specimens; (b) Building stone blocks, showing tooling; (c) 

 Twenty-four glazed boxes, displaying alluvial gold-field 

 deposits; (d) Large photographs of Mining Machinery. 



2. Trustees. Art Gallery, Sydney — Portraits of Her late Majesty 



the Queen and the Prince Consort. 



3. Public School, Moss Vale — Collection of miscellaneous Shells, 



to assist in forming a School Collection (458 specimens, 

 comprising 108 genera and 200 species). 



Spirit Collections. 



The store collections are all in good order, and were carefully 

 looked after. Two important alterations were effected. Our tanks 

 have hitherto been of wood, and leaked, notwithstanding all pre- 

 cautions to the contrary. We are now trying the experiment of 

 lining these wooden tanks with thin sheet lead, and coating the 

 latter with a composition; it is, however, intended in the future 

 to replace the whole by slate tanks, and one has already been 

 made and taken into use as an experiment. 



Twenty-four gallons of old spirit were redistilled during 1901. 

 The still was also made use of in the preparation of distilled water 

 for the Chemical Laboratory. 



Taxidermists. 



(Messrs. J. A. Thorpe and R. Grant.) 



As in former years, the Taxidermists were charged with the 

 supervision of the Skin Collections, both exhibited and in store. 

 The Assistant Taxidermist also aided greatly in keeping clean the 

 interior of the Palreontological and Mineralogical cases. 



The re-mounting of the Australian Birds was continued from 

 the previous year, under my personal supervision, as opportunity 

 would permit; and by May the remainder of those displayed on 

 the east side of the gallery, including the Ducks, Waders, Gulls, 

 Petrels, Grebes, and Penguins, was completed, and a commence- 

 ment was made with the Hawks on the west side. 



A very fine series of Paradisea, comprising twenty birds, was set 

 up for Mrs. E. E. Kolbe, of Rallum, New Britain, in our Taxider- 

 mists' best style. This work was performed in return for many 

 valuable donations made by Mrs. Kolbe. 



Two Sea Trout (Salmo trutta, Linn.), and a Sock-eye Salmon 

 ( Onchorhynchus nerka, Walb.), were mounted for the Fishery 

 Commissioners of N. S. Wales, and gave every satisfaction to 



