To the Council of the City and County 

 of Bristol. 



Zhc IReport of tbe HIMiseum Committee- 



ROUTINE AND SPECIAL 

 WORK OF THE YEAR. 



EN addition to the routine work necessary for the 



I care and preservation of museum specimens, 

 much has been accomplished in various directions. 



The collection of Reptilia was carefully worked 

 over, cleaned, and where necessary, remounted in 

 November and December of 1899. 



The Pre-historic collections have been considerably 

 extended and arranged in chronological order, and 

 sectional descriptive labels added. 



During the early part of the year, three aquaria 

 containing the ova of the common frog, the common, 

 and crested newts, were placed in the lower room of the 

 museum, in order that the various stages of development 

 passed through by these forms might be witnessed by 

 visitors to the museum. A descriptive label and illustra- 

 tive drawings were placed alongside the aquaria, and 

 the whole proved of considerable interest to visitors, 

 especially to young people. 



A commencement has been made with the re- 

 mounting of spirit specimens in square glass bottles. 



