THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



Summai'v? of IReport ot Committee oi /iDuscum an& 

 Xecture Iball, 



For Year ending 31st December, 1897. 



The Museum Committee is indebted to generous friends for 

 many additions to the Museum. 



To the Ornithological Collection a number of birds and nearly 

 300 eggs have been presented. The Entomological Collection has been 

 enlarged by the purchase of over 1,000 species of Coleoptera (British 

 beetles). To the Geological Department a number of specimens of 

 local rocks have been added by donation ; and a number of plaster 

 casts of fossils belonging to the Silurian, Devonian, Jurassic, and 

 Triassic formations, by purchase. 



The former loans from South Kensington have been replaced 

 with three cases containing examples of wood carving, textile 

 fabrics, and electrotypes. A loan has also been received of 

 photographs of a great many models constructed by James Watt 

 in connection with the steam engine and other mechanical ap- 

 pliances ; and twelve pictures and four cartoons from South 

 Kensington at present help to adorn the walls of the Lecture 

 Hall. 



A wall case has been added on the ground floor of the Museum 

 and a standing case in the gallery. 



The facilities for exit from the Lecture Hall have been greatly 

 increased by arranging that the door opposite the entrance and also 

 the door into the Museum shall be available as " Emergency Exits." 

 The drains on the east side of the hall and the lavatories have been 

 put in order, and an incandescent burner has been fitted to the 

 lamp over the gateway. 



