FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



years. The collection consists of some seventy preparations 

 illustrative of most of the great groups of animals. A few of the 

 types have been prepared to show internal anatomy, but for the 

 most part the collection consists of typical animals mounted to 

 show their general appearance. Most of the Invertebrates are 

 represented by marine forms common in the Clyde or in British 

 waters. The collection will be found in the West Gallery near the 

 entrance door, and should prove of great value to students. 



The Geological collection by Mr. William J. C. Laurie, referred 

 to in last Annual Report, has also been completed. It contains 

 245 specimens and is intended to show the chief types of rocks 

 found in the area of the Clyde basin below Glasgow. A few 

 specimens, however, have been taken from just outside that area. 

 The rocks are classified according to origin and composition rather 

 than according to locality, as being more useful to students, and, 

 Mr. Laurie remarks, perhaps more satisfactory in general. The 

 specimens have been phiced in two new cases occupying the centre 

 of the Museum and these, together with the Geological Survey 

 Maps of the District which have been procured for relerence, form 

 an important addition to the (jeolugical Section. 



The Committee desire to express the great pleasure they have 

 in receiving these two collections, representing, as they do, a great 

 amount of skill and labour given freely by two young Greenock 

 students in the time they could spare from their own work and 

 studies ; and the Committee now record their thanks to Mr. Kussell 

 and Mr. Laurie for having made these valuable additions to the 

 collections in the Museum. It should be mentioned that both 

 gentlemen in their reports to the Committee acknowledge their 

 indebtedness to Mr. Brunton, the Curator, for his willing and 

 careful assistance in the arrangement of the specimens and the 

 preparation of labels, often given long after the usual closing hour 

 of the Museum. 



Among the additions to the collection of pictures may be 

 mentioned an old coloured print (1835) of the Royal Northern 

 Yacht Club Regatta off the Bay of Quick, and a Water Colour of 

 the Old Mansion House by Patrick Downie, R.S.W. 



