building have been repaired and painted, and their contents, 

 including the large Egyptian collection, the archaeological 

 specimens, the china, the Chatterton and other manuscripts, 

 and curiosities from all parts of the world, have been thoroughly 

 cleansed, rearranged, and newly labelled. In this way all that 

 was required in the Anthropological department has been 

 completed, and the improvements have evidently been much 

 appreciated by the public. 



Similarly, in the Upper Museum, the General Rocks 

 Collection has been entirely rearranged, remounted and newly 

 labelled. Many specimens have also been added to this 

 department, partly by purchase and partly by gifts, thereby 

 making the collection much more complete. The arrange- 

 ment of the General Mineral Collection and the General 

 Geological Collection (Fossils) has also been much improved, 

 and many specimens have been added to both those depart- 

 ments. The interesting and nearly perfect skeleton of the 

 extinct " Moa," presented by Mrs. F. F. Tuckett, has been 

 set up and forms a prominent object in the Geological 

 department. 



In the lower rooms the collection of Birds has been 

 greatly strengthened by several welcome gifts, and a number 

 of interesting additions have been purchased for the Archaeo- 

 logical department. 



Several valuable additions have been made to the collection 

 of manuscript letters and papers, also exhibited on the ground 

 floor. The additions include a portion of the poem " Kew 

 Gardens" by Thomas Chatterton, in the poet's handwriting, 

 the gift of Mr. A. C. Pass; and autograph letters of 

 Edmund Burke relating to his Bristol constituency, presented 

 respectively by Dr. John Wilde of Weston-super-Mare and 

 Mr. Alfred Trapnell. 



