GKKEXOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



/ID'Xeaii /IIMiscum aiiC> Xectme If^all— Bnmial IReport 

 bv? Committee of /Iftanatjement. 



Read and Adopted at Joint Meeting of Proprietors of the Greenock Library 

 and Philosophical Society held on 25th December, 1899 



The Committee of Management of the M'Lean Museum and 

 Lecture Hall have pleasure in submitting their Twenty-second 

 Annual Report. 



At the Statutory Meeting, held in January last, ^Ir. Andrew 

 Carmichael was elected Chairman of Committee, Mr. R. L. Younger 

 was reappointed Treasurer, and Mr. George Dunlop was appointed 

 Secretary in room of Mr. H. D. Lusk who had resigned. The 

 Committee desired to place on record their appreciation of the 

 valuable services rendered by Mr. Lusk during the four years in 

 which he acted as Secretary. 



From the very complete Report submitted by Mr. Rennie, the 

 curator, it will be seen that large additions have during tiie year 

 been made to all the Collections, both by donation and purchase, 

 and the Committee desire to tender their thanks to all who have 

 assisted by contributing or lending specimens to the Museum. 



Attention may be called to the following points referred to in 



the Curator's Report :— 



The collection of British Birds being now representative of 

 almost every species on the British Museum Catalogue, the Com- 

 mittee are endeavouring to make this Department more interesting 

 by adding specimens of Birds in down (that is young birds already 

 hatched); 53 such specimens have already been purchased and 

 will shortly be placed among the collection. 



