THE MUSEUM. 



The Museum still continues to attract the interest of the public. The num- 

 ber of visitors during the past year has been very great. The following is an 

 accurate statement of the number of persons who have visited the Museum 

 during the past year, viz. : — 



Total 427,412 



Daily Average 1,997 



being an increase upon the previous year of more than 250 visitors per day. 



The Donations during the past year have been very numerous, as the fol- 

 lowing List will testify. Many gifts of value and interest have been received 

 from the Captains of vessels sailing from Liverpool, all of whom are continu- 

 ing their efforts in the preservation of objects for the Museum. Several other 

 Captains, whose names do not yet appear, are known to be collecting also, 

 with the view of adding to the Collection. 



DONATIONS. 



Marine Specimens, dredged in the Baltic, and presented by S. R. Graves, Esq. 



A Specimen of Pallass' Three-toed Sand Grouse, from Hoylake, by Mr. Thomas Littler. 



Casta of Diana and Flora, by Thomas Avison, Esq. 



Six Bird Skins, two Sharks, the Skin of a Porpoise, the Bones of a Porpoise, and a 



collection of nineteen species of Fish, &c., by Captain Berry. 

 Skeleton and Baleen of Johnston's Hump-backed Whale, {Megaptera longimana) 



stranded at Speke, by Mr. Brock. 

 Fine SkiiUs of a Gavial and large Crocodile, by J. Wienholt, Esq., Calcutta. 

 Skeleton of a Hippopotamus, a Polar Bear, and a Lizard, by the Directors of the 



Liverpool Institute. 

 Four carved stone Images, from Java, by Mrs. Ripley, Lancaster, 

 Skull of a Grampus, by T. D. Anderson, Esq. 



A collection of Swedish and Irish Rocks, by Rev. S. Haughton, Dublin University. 

 Equestrian Statue, in plaster, of Lady Godiva, by Frank Fuller, Esq. 

 A collection of Photographic Views of Melbourne, by the Commissioners of Victoria 



to the International Exhibition. 

 A collection of samples of Agricultural Produce, by the Russian Commissioners to the 



International Exhibition, 

 A small collection of recent Shells, by Arthur Adams, Esq. 

 A collection of Shells from Singapore, by Mr. H. Addenbrooke. 

 Two Wampam Clams, several King Crabs, a Wasp's Nest, a Blmd Fish from the 



Mammoth caves of Kentucky, a specimen of native Copper from Lake Superior, 



and several Bull Frogs, by Captain Anderson, 6.s. " China." 



