1890.] Address. 53 



logical, were made to the collections ; among them, a nearly complete 

 collection of the avi-fauna of the Himalayas, from Masuri, Darjil- 

 ing and Native Sikkim ; a fairly representative collection of sea-fishes 

 and marine invertebrates, and a collection of the moths and butterflies 

 of the Kumaon Hills. Dr. Fiihrer reports that the country people, who 

 come in crowds, display a real and intelligent interest in the zoological 

 collections. 



In the Art section, also, several additions have been made to the 

 collections, the greatest care being exercised to procure good old speci- 

 mens of indigenous art-work and ornament, in order to keep up the 

 standard by letting the native artist see only chefs d'oeuvres of his art. 

 The archjBological collections and coin cabinet have also received some 

 important additions which will be noticed hereafter. 



A valuable collection of fossils and other remains found at Benares 

 during the sinking of the " wells " for the piers of the Dufferin Bridge 

 have been presented to the Museum, 



The publications of the Museum comprise a collection of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Committee of Management from 1883 to 1888, with the 

 Curator's monthly reports, and accompanied by a short history of the 

 Museum, which has just been published. The revised editions of the 

 Catalogue of Birds and the Coin Catalogue were in the press. A des- 

 criptive essay on the Pathan and Mogul Coinage of the Sultans of 

 Delhi, based on the Museum collection, has been published in Urdu by 

 Munshi Chhoti Lai. 



The Museum was visited by 206,628 persons during the year, the 

 cost per visitor admitted being about 1*1 anna. 



Government Central Museum, Madras. From the Report of Mr. 

 Edgar Thurston, the Superintendent, for 1888-89 — it appears that the 

 Museum was visited by 337,801 persons, or a much larger number of 

 visitors than in any previous year, and the actual cost per visitor 

 was nearly 1'25 anna. The " Catalogue of Batrachians of South India" 

 referred to last year, was issued, and the " History of the Coinage 

 of the East India Company " was in the press. Lists of the Butterflies of 

 South India and of the Eggs of Indian birds contained in the Museum 

 were printed for distribution. Several rare coins were acquired and 

 are noticed elsewhere, A Catalogue of the Mineralogical collections 

 and of Meteorites recorded to have fallen in Southern India, pre- 

 pared by Mr. Bosworth Smith, was in the press. The Archseolo- 

 gical collections received many valuable additions from Mr. A. Rea, of 

 the Archaeological Survey of Southern India, including a quantity of 

 pottery from cairns and cromlechs and sculptures from Amravati and 

 other Buddhist sites. 



