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Museum has been opened to the public, and that upon the open- 
ing ceremony the Mayor (Mr. Alderman Ireland) gave a Soirée to 
over 3,000 of the inhabitants: when the chief part of the Micro- 
scopical and Scientific Instrument display was arranged, at the 
request of the Mayor, by this Society. 
The thanks of the Society are specially due to the Town 
Council of Brighton for allowing the Society to take up its 
quarters at the Free Library and Museum, where its books have 
been deposited, on the condition that, while the Society shall hold 
its meetings in the Curator’s room, the public may use its books 
under the same conditions as those in the Free Library, full rights 
being reserved to members of taking books home. 
Your Committee are pleased to hear that the public have 
made great use of the Society’s books since their removal to the 
Free Library. 
The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. G. Scott, the 
Curator of the Free Library and Museum, for the valuable 
‘assistance he has rendered to the Society during the past year. 
The thanks of the Society are due to those gentlemen who 
have read Papers, -exhibited Objects, or presented Slides for the 
Cabinet, Photographs and Drawings for the Society's Album, or » 
Specimens. 
The Society is to be congratulated on the increased attendance 
at its meetings, the far greater accommodation afforded at the Free 
Library and Museum, and the growing interest taken by the 
Members in the welfare of the Society. 
The Field Excursions since the last report have been as 
