MUSEUM. 



The transfer of the CollectioDS from Duke Street has occupied a 

 large portion of the past year. The danger arising from damp has 

 delayed until very recently the removal of the Natural History Collec- 

 tions. The fitting-up of the rooms has required much time and a large 

 outlay. These circumstances combined have delayed the opening, 

 which has at length been effected, and, from the number of visitors, 

 the Museum appears veiy attractive. The upper floor has been fitted 

 up with wall and table cases for the Derby Museum, and a similar 

 arrangement is in progress for the lower floor. The Collection of Casts 

 from the antique has been placed in the large central hall. 



The Hall of Science and Inventions is nearly complete. 



The Lecture-room and Class-rooms are beginning to be made 

 available for scientific and literary purposes. A School of Science, 

 principally for the working-classes, has been inaugurated, under very 

 favourable auspices. The building is thus being made available to the 

 fullest extent for the intellectual improvement of the community. 



The following donations have been received duiing the year : — 



A Lion ; by Mr. Mauder. • 



The Skeleton of an Alpaca ; by Alfred Higginson, Esq. 



Two Ostriches, a Ehea, Two Porcupines, Two Monkeys, a Seal, and 

 a Pelican, &c. ; by Mr. Hulse. 



A Tapir, Coati, Three Monkeys, and Four Serpents ; by Mr. Newby. 



Three Mammals and Five Birds, from Austraha ; by C. Aspinall, 

 Esq. 



A pair of Ibex Horns, a Shark's Jaw, &c. ; by Captain Keane. 



The Skull and Horns of an Indian Buffalo ; by Captain Sharp. 



An Egg of the Little Auk f Alca allej ; by Dr. D. Walker. 



A Nest of the Banana Bird ; by Messrs. Walthew and Cuthbert. 



A Black-shouldered Peacock ; by W. H. Grimmer, Esq. 



A Genet and Two Falcons, from Victoria, West Africa ; by S. B. 

 Jackson, Esq 



The Nest of an Indian Weaver Bird ; by Captain Mackay. 



A large Crocodile, from Jamaica ; by Captain Griffiths. 



