Mr. R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S., of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), South Kensington, and the Council 

 hope this may be completed next 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. 



A reference to old Reports will show that the list of 

 Subscribers and Donations have very materially fallen 

 off, to the great injury of the Society ; still the hope 

 must be entertained that so useful and excellent a 

 Museum, far better than most country towns possess, 

 will not be allowed to remain without some advance and 

 improvement suitable to an age of progress, and when a 

 desire for scientific knowledge is so rapidly increasing. 

 Notwithstanding the disappointing result of the appeal 

 recently made, the Council feel assured that a Society 

 founded with so desirable an object, by gentlemen whose 

 names and memories will not readily be forgotten, and 

 valuable collections brought together by their zeal 

 and liberality will not be permitted to suffer for want of 



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