the building can conveniently accommodate. The largest of 

 such attendances, carefully enumerated, was on Whit-Monday 

 in the present year, when the number reached 4,225. The 

 total attendance during the three last Bank Holidays was 

 10,120. It is also worthy of note that children belonging to 

 a considerable number of Schools and Institutions, in charge 

 of their Teachers, and also a few Working Men's Clubs, have 

 visited the Museum. 



The Penny Museum Guide continues to be very largely 

 sold, and is revised from time to time. Three editions of 

 5,000 each have been printed during the past two years, and 

 the whole of these have been sold within the time named. 



The Library. 



As regards the Library your Committee have endeavoured 

 to increabe its value for Reference purposes, by adding to it some 

 of the newest and best books in various branches of Science, and 

 they hope to do much more in this direction in the near future. 

 By means of the books which are now regularly transferred from 

 the Museum Subscription Library, a continuous supply of the 

 leading books in current literature is also added without any 

 direct outlay on the part of your Committee. This transference 

 of books began in October of last year, and up to this time 1,074 

 volumes have been received. Of these, 589 volumes have been 

 retained for the Reference Library, and 485 have been placed 

 at the disposal of the Libraries Committee for lending purposes. 

 The arrangements under which books are thus received from 

 the Subscription Library continue to work very satisfactorily. 



Your Committee have received from the department of 

 Her Majesty's Treasury a complete set of the " Challenger " 

 publications comprised in 50 volumes Imp. 4to, and in order to 

 preserve this valuable series intact, and provide space for general 



