THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. 



Sunimai^ of IRepoit of Coininitfce of /IDuscum auD 

 Xecture 1l5all, 



For Year ending 31st December, 1892. 



Notable among the donors to the Museum this year are Mr. 

 Thomas Steel, formerly of Greenock, and an active member of the 

 Greenock Natural History Society, who has presented a number of 

 articles of great interest both in ethnology and natural history ; and 

 Mr. Thomas Fisher, an earnest local botanist, who has been actively 

 working up the Flora o{ the district. The plants given by the latter 

 have been mounted, and add largely to the herbarium, which is now 

 almost complete as a local collection. 



Dr. Pilgar, of Paddington, through his friend, Dr. Calder, pre- 

 sented several splendid carboniferous fossils. 



Other gentlemen have added considerably to thuir former gifts, 

 and ladies also have made notable presentations. 



A set of fifty beautiful photographs of scenes in the Sandwich 

 Islands has been kindly lent by Dr. Douglas for exhibition during 

 the New Year holidays. 



During the past year much has been done towards furnishing and 

 for the better showing of many of the exhibits. The Egyptian Lion 

 has been set upon a pedestal at the doorway ; and the large carved 

 Egyptian stone has been coloured in the manner adopted at the 

 British Museum. A number of large wall-cases have also been 

 erected, and the Committee has decided to continue the building of 

 these round the ground floor of the Museum. 



