GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Special thanks are again due to Mr. George R. Macdougall, 

 New York, for a further interesting and valuable donation of butter- 

 flies and moths, illustrating the various properties with which these 

 insects are endowed by Nature for their protection. These have 

 been placed beside the specimens presented by Mr. Macdougall 

 last year, and the whole forms a very complete and interesting 

 collection. Thanks are also due to the Rev. Dr. Macmilian, who, 

 on the occasion of his leaving town to take up residence in Edin- 

 burgh, presented to the Museum his extensive collection of botanical 

 specimens, also several volumes of the publication " Nature." 



Further additions have been made by purchase to the geological 

 section, which is gradually becoming more complete. 



The Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund have again 

 presented a number of interesting objects to the Museum, and 

 thanks are due to them for these as well as for various books and 

 reports also received. It is worthy of note that a representative of 

 the Society from London, who recently visited the Museum, ex- 

 pressed himself as highly pleased with the excellent way in which 

 the objects in this department are arranged and displayed. 



The curator and his assistant are at present engaged in fitting 

 up an addition to the library case. This when finished will afford 

 much needed accommodation, and will complete the wall cases on 

 the ground floor. 



The Philosophical Society, with the approval of the Committee, 

 recently introduced a supply of electricity to the Lecture Hall for 

 use in the optical lantern at their lectures, and the Museum 

 Committee have at present under consideration the matter of 

 lighting the premises by electricity and also of improving the 

 heating of the Hall. 



The Museum was closed for the usual period during the 

 summer, when the annual cleaning was carried out. The Com- 

 mittee again desire to record their satisfaction with the manner 

 in which the duties of curator are discharged by Mr. Rennie. 



The Members who retire by rotation at this time are Dr. 

 Wallace and Mr Neill from the Library representatives, and Mr. 



