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afternoon demonstrations open to the public met with ,a 

 gratifying response. The attendance of pupils from 

 various schools shows an increase of 450 pupils, whilst 

 the attendance of teachers has been trebled. The latter 

 increase is especially pleasing because teachers can do 

 so much to extend the work of the Museum amongst 

 their pupils. 



An unusual development of museum work has been 

 the sending, by request, of special exhibits of Economic 

 Series of injurious insects to the Bath and West of 

 England Show at Dorchester, and the Hereford and 

 Worcestershire Show at Kidderminster. In each case, 

 farmers and agriculturists manifested a keen interest in 

 the exhibits, and emphatically expressed their sense of 

 the benefits they derived from an examination of the 

 collections. As a result of these exhibitions, the Director 

 of the Royal Gardens at Kew proposes to form a similar 

 collection of life history groups of insect pests, and at 

 his request full information of sources of material, 

 method of mounting, &c, have been sent to him. Re- 

 quests for the identification of various pests have been 

 received from 52 applicants, and in many cases several 

 insects or insect larvae have been sent in from one 

 inquirer. In each case information has been given, and 

 in most cases remedial measures indicated. In this 

 work the authorities of University College have cordially 

 co-operated with the Museum, and the association of the 

 two institutions has proved mutually beneficial. 



Structural Improvements and Cases. 



The provision of good locks of uniform type has 

 been extended to the mineralogical cases. Forty-two 

 locks have been fitted. Each case is now closed securely 

 by two dissimilar locks thus requiring the use of two keys. 



