IReport of the Curator of tbe Natural 

 Ibistor? fIDueeum. 



REVIEW OF THE YEAR. 



The museum year which closed on Sept. 29th, 1906, 

 will, in all probability rank as one of the most important 

 in the history of the Institution, not only because the 

 Museums Association was welcomed within its walls 

 for the first time, but also because of the great and 

 far-reaching improvements effected in the general 

 character of the museum collections. In every sense it 

 has been a strenuous year, and the resultant good to 

 visitors and students has been correspondingly great. 

 The greatest progress and improvement has been made 

 in the Zoological section on the ground floor, whilst the 

 geological and mineralogical sections have also ex- 

 perienced many changes for the better. Some of the 

 main features of the year have been the gift of two large 

 mahogany wall cases, fixed at the southern end of the 

 Lower Room ; the provision of a new floor bird-case, 

 also of mahogany, and intended as the first of a series to 

 replace the older inadequate ones now in use ; the 

 remounting of the great bulk of the mammal collections ; 

 the provision of a fine series of group cases of Birds in 

 natural surroundings, and illustrating their nesting 

 habits ; and the welcome support given by means of a 

 Grant-in- Aid from the Board of Education. 



MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. 



The members of the Museums Association held 

 their Annual Meetings in the Lecture Theatre of the 

 Museum from July 2nd to 7th, under the Presidency of 



