T72 NATURAL SCIENCE. Sept., 1895. 



coins (not exhibited to the general pubUc), including an almost 

 complete series of the Stycas of the Anglian Kings of Northumbria. 



A portion of the museum still remains in its old quarters at the 

 Norman Keep (where the Society regularly holds its meetings) ; but 

 the larger part, including the almost unique collection of Roman 

 altars, is now deposited in the building known as the Black Gate. 

 This interesting edifice, formerly the principal gateway of the castle, 

 was rescued from destruction and thoroughly repaired by the Society 

 of Antiquaries, and was opened as a museum on the occasion of the 

 visit of the Archaeological Institute to Newcastle in the year 1884. 

 It is important to observe that the museum is now in course of 

 re-arrangement, a process which, it is hoped, will be completed by the 

 end of the current year. 



The general plan of the collections when thus re-arranged will 

 be this : — 



1st Floor. — Roman inscribed stones. 



2nd Floor. — Prehistoric Roman and Mediaeval antiquities. 



yd Floor. — Collections illustrating the local history of Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne. 



The curators of the museum are Mr. Charles James Spence, of 

 North Shields, and Mr. Richard Oliver Heslop, of Corbridge. 



Museum of the University of Durham College of Medicine. 



The University of Durham College of Medicine, Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, was founded in the year 1851, and admitted into connection 

 with the University of Durham in 1852. 



The museums of comparative anatomy and pathology, of materia 

 medica and hygiene are open to students. 



A catalogue has been issued intended to be used in illustration 

 of the text-book descriptions of diseased structures. 



The number of students who attended the college during the 

 academic year 1894-95 was 220. 



A. M. Norman. 



