GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



time in London the five pictures forming Turner's last exhibit at the 

 Royal Academy in 1850. So far, no picture has been obtained to 

 replace this one. It may be of interest to note that the old Armada 

 cannon, which stands to the right of the entrance to the Museum, 

 was, at the request of the Directors of the Naval Ship and Fisheries 

 Exhibition, held at Earl's Court, London, sent on loan to that 

 Exhibition. It has now been returned. 



The Curator, Mr. Brunton, was off duty for over two months in 

 summer, suffering from enteric fever. During his absence Mr. 

 Andrew A. Milligan was appointed to take charge of the Museum 

 ad interim, and on Mr. Brunton's return Mr. Milligan was continued 

 as his assistant, the Committee being of opinion that it was desirable 

 to have a permanent assistant in the Museum. The new arrange- 

 ment is giving satisfaction. One or two cases are at present in 

 course of construction in the Museum workshop for the display of 

 the collection of coins and the friezes and medallions referred to 

 above. The Committee are glad to report that the amount received 

 for rent of hall is considerably more than last year. They still think, 

 however, that greater advantage might be taken of the facilities 

 afforded by the hall for meetings and lectures, the scale of charges 

 for the use of the hall being moderate. 



The Members of Committee who retire by rotation at this time 

 are : From the representatives of the Library — Mr. R. Hamilton and 

 Mr. J. A. Brown ; and from the representatives of the Philosophical 

 Society — Mr. A. Campbell Finlay and Mr. George Murray. They 

 are all eligible for re-election. 



The Secretary also submitted the Curator's report. 



The Treasurer afterwards read the financial statement, which 

 showed that the revenue for the past year amounted to ;^382 15s yd, 

 and the expenditure to ^^358 i8s 4d, leaving a credit balance of 

 £,21 17s 3d, to which falls to be added the credit balance from 

 last year (^46 14s), making the net balance at credit of the Museum 

 £10 IIS 3d. 



