GRKP:N'0CK I'HII.OSOPHICAI, SOCIKIY. 



Siuuniau\? oi IRcport ot Conniittec of /llbuseum an& 

 Xecture 1ball, 



For Year ending 31sL December, IS 



A large number of additions have been made to the Muocum 

 collection. P'or these the Committee is chiefly indebted to various 

 friends. Among the gifts are a walrus head and tusks from Franz 

 Josef Land, brought to London by the S.S. "Windward"; some 

 bird's nests, with eggs ; and several books and valuable works of 

 reference. 



The Trustees of South Kensington Museum have renewed three 

 cases of exhibits with iron work, electro-types, and Indian armour, 

 and to them the Committee is further indebted for the model of the 

 steam yacht " Livadia," which was built for Alexander IL, late 

 Emperor of Russia. 



The collection of British Birds in the Museum is at present being 

 re-arranged according to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's recent classification. 



The collection of British Birds' Eggs makes steady, if somewhat 

 limited, progress. In this, as in other matters, the Committee has 

 been hampered by a burden of debt, which, however, it is satis- 

 factory to notice, is now greatly reduced. 



The Museum and its contents were re-valued this year, and the 

 result proves the buildings to be more valuable, to the extent of 

 _^i,1.43, than at the last valuation. 



The incandescent gas light has been adopted for the lighting of 

 the Museum to some extent, and the gas service pipes, which on 

 examination jiroved to be much corroded, have been thoroughly 

 cleaned. A new main has been laid from Union Street, and the 

 Museum and Hall are now amply supplied with gas. 



Several of the oil paintings in the Lecture Hall have been 

 cleaned, while some additions have been made to the collection, and 

 the Committee is indebted this year for a loan of three paintings from 

 the South Kensington authorities. 



