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vi.sit was, for the purpose of preparation, partly stored in the cellar of 

 the new museum, so that I saw little or nothino- of it. Earlier years 

 are covered by the Annual Reports: Corporation of Glasgow (parks 



department); museums and o-alleries. For example, r(^i)()rt for the 

 year 1899, 16 pages. The Natural History Museum was visited in 1899 

 by 232,000 persons. 



