engaged in research work with Mr. S. S. Buckman, F.G.S., 

 and has, since his appointment, devoted himself with con- 

 siderable enthusiasm and success to the task of the arrange- 

 ment of a palsontological series of invertebrate fossils. 



A notable loan of a large head of an African Elephant, 

 with tusks five feet long, was received from Mr. A. A. Fowler, 

 of New York. The trophy has been mounted in the Entrance 

 Hall, and opposite to the head of " Zebi," an Indian Elephant, 

 presented by the Clifton Zoological Society in 1910. 



The greater part of an oak-panelled room, formerly in 

 the Vicarage of St. Michael's, Bristol, has been cleaned of the 

 accumulation of years of paint. Almost all the panelling is 

 in perfect and sound condition, and there is every prospect 

 of the whole building up into a unique and perfect specimen 

 of a typical Jacobean room. As an example of a XVII th 

 Century Bristol room, the panelling will be most valuable. 



The Director was granted leave of absence in June to 

 attend the meeting of the British Association in Australia ; 

 to study museum methods in the museums of Australia and 

 the United States ; and to make collections for the museum 

 wherever possible. 



All the Australian Museums were visited, every facility 

 being afforded to thoroughly understand their methods of 

 work, and the various schemes of development. 



In the United States, the Museums, Art Galleries, and 

 Academies of Science of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, 

 Washington, New York, and Brooklyn were visited, together 

 with the Museum collections of various Universities. 



Apart from the study of museum methods, details of 

 which were most generously supplied in all cases, special 

 attention was given to the question of museum effort in aid 

 of Education, and a considerable amount of literature and 

 information obtained. 



