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lists printed in our Transactions, are kept together in the 

 natural history gallery, and are being added to by Messrs. 

 Stainforth and Drake.' In this way the Transactions form a 

 sort of catalogue of the specimens in our gallery, and at the 

 same time the museum possesses the material for verifying 

 the records published in our annual reports. 



Amongst the Mollusca, our member, Mr. T. Petch, who 

 is now occupying an important position in Ceylon, has 

 handed over to us his excellent series of land and fresh 

 water shells, mostly collected in the district, amongst which 

 special attention should be drawn to the semi-fossil mollusca 

 from the ancient meres of Holderness. 



Our present very excellent show of birds' eggs is largely 

 due to the specimens presented by our Past President, Mr. 

 T. Audas, and Vice-President, Mr. E. W. Wade. Largely 

 through the efforts of the former also we received the 

 valuable collection of eggs formed by the late Johnston 

 Swailes, of Beverley, consisting almost entirely of locally 

 gathered specimens. Our aquarium is kept replenished by 

 the efforts of another of our members, Mr. A. J. Moore. 



The geological gallery has recently been considerably 

 increased in value by the addition of numerous specimens, 

 handed over by our recorder for palaeontology, Mr. H. C. 

 Drake, to whom we are also indebted for the assistance he 

 has given and is giving in the matter of classification and 

 labelling of the specimens. 



Others of our members have also added to the value of 

 the local geological gallery by presenting specimens of* 

 exceptional interest. 



Amongst the antiquities the specimens we possess relating 

 to the interesting Anglo-Saxon period, which are very 

 complete for a local museum, are due to the efforts of Dr. J. 

 W. Wilson, of South Cave, a prominent member of our club, 

 and one to whom we are in many ways indebted. 



The show of wild flowers which is such a feature in our 

 museum during the summer months owes its very existence 

 to Messrs. Brumby, Robinson, and Waterfall, and Miss 

 Jackson, and other members of our society. 



From the preceding remarks I trust it has been shown 

 that the museum is greatly indebted to the members of the 

 Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club, collectively and 

 individually, and in return our museum endeavours to show 

 its gratitude in a practical way. I am hoping that the 

 museum's indebtedness to the club may be still further 

 increased at no very distant date by receiving at the hands 



