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series of insect pests have been added fifty new prepara- 

 tions, and the Museum can now exhibit a fully repre- 

 sentative collection of all the commoner forms which are 

 found in the West of England. 



With the formation of the Dame Emily Smyth room 

 for Botany and Economic Biology, it is hoped that the 

 Museum will be able to demonstrate in a thorough 

 manner the enormous value of the section to all interested 

 in Agriculture, and allied interests. The Department 

 can easily become one of great utility and value, for the 

 West of England is pre-eminently one in which it can 

 render good service, whilst the districts from which 

 enquiries are now sent in, show that the Museum is 

 exercising a useful influence far beyond the borders of 

 the city. 



The value of Lady Smyth's gift will be fully realised 

 in coming years. 



Statistics, etc. 



The following are the comparative attendances 

 during the Bank Holiday weeks of the past two years : — 



Christmas .. 1908 3,515 .. 1909 9,128 



Easter .. 1909 13,071 .. 1910 9,676 



Whitsuntide „ 10,467 . . „ 7,246 



August .. „ i3>459 •• >» .".474 



The following are the comparative total attendances 

 for the past two years : — 



1908-9 .. 203,974 | 1909-10 .. 191,321 



The Museum was open to the public on 304 days 

 during the year, and the above total gives an average 

 attendance of 629 per day. 



