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Mr. E. Wilson, of Clifton College — Some glaciated boulders. 



Mr. C. R. Cother, of Clifton — Vegetable ivory nut. 



The Curator (Mr. E. Wilson, F.G.S.) — Australian shells, local fossils, 

 and rock specimens. 



The Clifton Zoological Society — The bodies of a young lioness, of 

 several monkeys, a badger, and two birds. 



To all these donors the thanks of the Association are due. 



LIBRARY. 



The improvement in the number of subscribers to this 

 department noted in the last two Annual Reports has not been 

 maintained. The number of subscribers to the Library alone 

 (Class VI.) is now 343, being 3 less than at the end of the 

 preceding year ; and in subscribers to the Library, in conjunc- 

 tion with other departments, there is also a decrease, the 

 numbers being- 69, instead of 79. 



The receipts from Class VI. show a corresponding diminution, 

 being £11 12s. less than in the previous year. The expenditure 

 upon the Library has been greater by £16 12s. 10d., but in 

 this sum is included the cost of some extra shelving which has 

 been found necessary. The cost of Periodicals has been about 

 £8 less, but this is compensated by an increase of a similar 

 amount in the expense of binding, notwithstanding that a large 

 portion of the needful repairs to books has been executed by 

 the Library assistants. 



The number of volumes added to the Library by purchase 

 during the year is 275, with 100 bound volumes of magazines 

 and periodicals. About 140 volumes, in addition to pamphlets, 

 etc., have been presented. About 320 volumes of the most 

 recently published works in Divinity, Biography, History, 

 Travel, and Fiction, hired from Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son, 

 have been in constant circulation. 



Special thanks are due to Mr. G. Churchill, F.G.S., and also 

 to Mrs. Leifchild, for large and valuable donations of Books and 

 Periodicals. 



