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NATURAL HISTORY 



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Established Maech 24th, 1836. 



FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT, 



Of the Council to the Subscribers, 

 Read at the Anniversary Meeting, April loth, 1885. 



In presenting the annual report, the Council congratu- 

 late the Members on the continued usefulness of the 

 Society, and observe with pleasure that the Museum is 

 greatly appreciated by the public on the free days and 

 holidays. 



Some valuable additions have been made to the 

 Museum and Library, by donation and purchase, during 

 the past year, and many important desiderata in the 

 Geological collection have been filled up, both in the 

 Lias and other formations. 



The original Collection, as far as time and means 

 would allows, has been re-labelled and re-tabletted by 



