iic'coiiliiiy to ])0])ulati(iii. Tliis is llu- first lime I liavc uivcn thi^ 

 tiil)lc siiK'i- !h(' I'c-ilivision of tlic town. 



In studying tliese figures, and appraising their value, (he distance 

 from the centre is no doubt the most important factor: hut the class 

 of houses and tiie social ])osition of their occu])ants, also have due 

 e ffect. 



In the Museum, since the comi)letion of the arrangement of the 

 Insects, several of the best of the Mineral Specimens have been 

 arianged, and the e.x;hibiti(m of an Kgg of each of the most important 

 birds ill the case with the bird itself, is now in progress and is almost 

 complt ted. The completion of the Foreign birds, and a representative 

 collection of Reptiles and Fishes will make the .Museum pi'actically 

 complete. Six small cases have l)een altered so as to secure better 

 lighting of the oljjects contained in them. 



My principal work in the .\rt Gallery beyond that involved in 

 the usual Exhibitions, has l)een the arranging, labelling, and catalogu- 

 ing of the "Henry Evans" Porcelain. This was practicallj- completed 

 in time for the last Spring ?]xhibition, and the Catalogue was 

 publisheil directly after. Our collection of Derby China is now 

 unique, and is being ninch visited by connoisseurs and collectors 

 from all ])arts of the Kingdom. 



In the Newsrooms, l)oth here and at the .Arboretum, the attendance 

 has been large, and the conduct of those who attend, exemplary. I 

 have had no serious cause of complaint thi-oughout tlie year, and I 



