9 



Compared with the average of five years, the total numher of 

 Visitors in 1867-8 is very nearly 10,000 in excess, as shown by 



the following figures :— 



. ,„„_ Q 463,851 



Total Number of Visitors in 18b7-H •. 453,914 



Average of the five years preceding 1867-8 ; 



Excess in 1867-8 ' 



DONATIONS. 



A CoUection, chiefly of Marine Specimens collected between 

 Liverpool and Hong-Kong; and an Engraved ^wo^Edged Sworf 

 from tte Sulu Islands; presented by Captain F. E. f'Aer, «hip 

 "Mphon ," Associate ot the Literary and Philosophical Society of 



"^TrL Cetacean, 8 feet long; a Stuffed Dolphin ; a Bonito 

 and a sneciesofTunny; aSawFish (Prisfe) ,• a Rhmohatm ; and 

 rcojro? Marine' Specimens, made between Liverpo-. -d 

 Knn-acbee; presented by Captain Berry, ship •■BichardCoMen 

 Associate ot the Literary and Philosophical Society ot Liverpool, 

 also 60 Specimens ot Fish procured in Kurracbee. 



Snecimens ot Volcanic Eocks from Iceland ; Specimens of the 

 Eor'nland U Vertebra, Elbs, &c., of the »-e ; abo a naass^^f 

 Barnacks, parasitic on the Finner Whale; presented by Mr. 



°Tamef Specimens of 29 species ot British Spiders; presented 

 by Mr. John Blackwall. , 



' Specimens of two Rare species of Beetles, ^^--^^^-^^"^'H^l 

 shire ; presented by Mr. Alfred Bloomfield, per Rev. Mr. Carter. 



Walton. , ^ 



A Racoon ; presented by Mr. John Bragg. 



A Bottle of Squids {Sepia), from Alexandria ; presented by Capt. 

 Browne, s. s. " Agia Sofia," Associate of the Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Society of Liverpool. , j i.„ Mr Tnmpa 



A live Chameleon, from Alexandria; presented by Mr. James 



^TveiT young specimen of the Narwhal {Monodon monoceros), 

 and a small Narwhal tusk, 10^ inches long, from the Arctic Seas ; 

 Dresented by Mr. D. Bruce, Dundee Whaling Company. 

 'T Monkey iCercopithecus — ), from Zanzibar; presented by 

 Mr. Henry Buxton. 



