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Explanatory demonstrations have been given by the 

 Curator to the members of various Societies. 



The following expert authorities have made use of 

 the Museum collections : — Mr. F. Haverfield, M.A., 

 Christ Church, Oxford ; Mr. R. Smith, of the British 

 Museum ; Dr. Von Huene, of the Tubingen University ; 

 Miss J. Donald ; Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne, B.A., F.G.S.; 

 Miss Alice Grenfell ; Professors and Students of Univer- 

 sity College. 



The Lecture Theatre has, during the year, been 

 utilised on several important public occasions : — 



The National Union of Teachers had the use of the 

 Theatre granted them during their Conference held 

 in this City in Easter week. Also the Association of 

 Municipal Engineers during their meetings held in July. 

 The members of the Festival Choir met regularly in the 

 Lecture Theatre when preparing for the recent Musical 

 Festival. Professor Flinders Petrie delivered another 

 of his interesting lectures on " Exploration in Egypt," 

 with special reference to the Egyptian collections in the 

 Museum. 



Zhe Reference ULibrarg- 



The following is a statement of the work of the year 

 in the Reference Library : — 



The number of works consulted during the year was 

 70,905, this being 1,826 in excess of the number of the 

 previous year. 



During the same period the following additions 

 have been made to the collections : — 



Vols. Pamphlets. Maps and Plans. Engravings. Newspapers. Total. 



1,084 96 1 249 25 vols. 1,455 



