addition, together with the purchases for the General 

 Collection, renders this department of your Museum still 

 more largely and admirably represented by fine speci- 

 mens of fossil remains from the local formations, and, as 

 a whole, the Geological Collection contains a most 

 useful and instructive set of characteristic fossils from 

 all the great stratagraphical divisions, viz., the Tertiary, 

 Secondary, and Palaeozoic, including the Sub-divisions. 



Another desideratum of great importance has also 

 been carried out during the past year. The original as 

 well as the Kirshaw Collection have been accurately 

 and systematically classified by Mr. R. Bullen 

 Newton, of the British Museum (Natural History), 

 South Kensington. Want of funds do not admit of 

 re-labelling and re-tabletting the specimens, which, 

 desirable as it may be to make ♦ the arrangements 

 perfect and complete, the Council for the present are 

 unable to undertake, but hope this object may be 

 attained during the following year. 



The whole will then be in a most complete and 

 excellent condition for educational purposes, and few 

 Geological collections will be found in any country town, 

 forming so efficient a medium of education. 

 . It is hoped, therefore, that the means adopted by the 

 Council may cause the Museum to be more generally 

 used and appreciated by the students from the schools in 

 and around Warwick, and indeed by the County at large, 

 and that their efforts to increase and maintain the 

 usefulness of the Institution may be rewarded by 

 increased subscriptions and number of visitors. 



