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Another Cabinet has also undergone complete revision,, 

 that containing the collection of British and Roman Coins, 

 and some interesting Medals. The contents of this Cabinet 

 are worthy of being openly displayed, but the Committee 

 are seriously hampered by the want of space, and can only 

 hope that in time this will be remedied. In the meantime 

 they are, as occasion serves, acquiring specimens of the 

 Imperial Roman Coinage, with a view to filling up gaps in 

 the series. 



In the Geological department the Local Rocks cases 

 have been rearranged, and the labels renewed. 



On the ground floor a clearance of imperfect specimens 

 of Birds has been effected, greatly to the improved 

 appearance of the remainder ; and the rare Egyptian 

 Funeral Tablets, also on the lower floor, have been placed 

 more conveniently for inspection. 



The Committee thought it desirable that a number of 

 valuable maps of the City, and many paintings, drawings, 

 and engravings of notable Citizens, as well as of public and 

 other buildings should be brought together, to form the 

 nucleus of a more extensive collection of such memorials 

 of the City, which they hope in the course of time to 

 accumulate. The number of these at present is sixty, and 

 they have been arranged on the walls of the inner staircase. 



While referring to this matter the Committee would 

 also mention that a valuable painting by Morland, presented 

 by Miss Byrn a long time before the Museum was transferred 

 to the Corporation, was found to be greatly in need of 

 attention to preserve it from permanent injury. It has 

 therefore been carefully renovated. This painting has 

 probably come down from the time when science and the 

 fine arts were associated in the objects of the Bristol 

 Institution, the exhibition of works of art being then 

 carried on in conjunction with the Museum. 



