No. 1.] NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 117 



Abhaudlungen der Mathematish-physisclien classe der Konigl, clas 

 12, Nos. 2 to 4. Leipzig, 1879-1880. Also, No. 2, 1879. 



Annals of the Museo Nacionalde. Mexico. Part 2. 1880. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Natuvalistes de Moscow. Nos. 

 1, 2, 3, 4. 1879. 



Acta Horti Petropolitani. Tomus VI, Fasciculu 2. St. Petersburg. 



Bulletin et IMemoires de Universite Imperiale de Kazun (en Kusse) 

 1879. No. 1 to 6. 



Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. Vol. 3, Part 3. 

 1880. 



Proceedings and transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Nat- 

 ural Science. Vol. 5, Part 2. 1879-1880. 



Report of the Wisconsin Naturalist Society, G-erman. 1880-1881. 



Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales. 1880. 

 Do. do. do. for 1880. With maps. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 15, New 

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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. London. Vol. 3. 

 No. 4. 



In concluding my report allow me respectfully to suggest to 

 the Council the following necessary and desirable repairs, im- 

 provements and additions in the Museum and building, besides 

 those rendered necessary by the construction of the building on 

 the northern side : 



1st. The drains will require to be lowered, to enable them to 

 drain the water from the under part of the furnaces. 



2nd. In the heating department a new furnace or furnaces 

 will be required (the old ones are worn out), which, in addition 

 to the present heating arrangements, shall convey a shaft for hot 

 air to the floor of the Museum. 



.3rd, The excessively crowded condition of the Hall on the 

 occasions of the Somerville lectures revealed the necessity of pro- 

 viding for the more rapid influx of fresh air and egress of heated 

 air. Increased accommodation can also be partially provided by 

 arran^jing; the folding; doors on the north-east corner of the Hall 

 so that they can be thrown open if desired. 



4th. The addition to our stock of birds and mammals during 

 the past year and the likelihood of equal addition during the 

 coming year necessitates the acquirement of more wall cases in 

 the Museum. 



