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Total Number of Visitors in 1868-9 506,892 



Greatest Number in any previous year (1866-7) 505,993 



Excess in 1869 over any previous year 899 



The total numlDer of Visitors to the Museum from its inaugura- 

 tion at William Brown Street, on the 18th of October, 1861, 

 amounts to more than three-and-a-half millions of people, thus : — 



To August 31st, 1862 321,714 



1863 427,412 



1864 488,123 



1865 462,648 



1866 385,596 



1867 505,993 



1868 463,851 



1869 506,892 



Total 3,562,229 



DONATIONS. 



A Silver Penny of Edward I. ; presented by Mr. Giles Ashworth, 

 Salford. 



A Small Slab of Trilobite Eemains, from the Petroleum Shale 

 at Hamilton, Canada West ; collected and presented by Capt. 

 Ballantyne, S.S. " Peruvian. " 



Specimens of Scales and other Fish Eemains from the Shales of 

 the Northumberland Coal Measures at Newsham ; presented by 

 Mr. T. P. Barkas, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Lists of the Eoman Eoads in England, with ancient and modern 

 Names attached ; presented by Mr. Wm. Barrow, Lancaster. 



A poisoned Java Kris ; presented by Mr. Battersby, Walton. 



Three specimens of two rare species of Tree Porcupines; 

 (1 of Ccrcolabes palUdus ? and 2 Chcetomys suhspimsus) from Bahia ; 

 also Four Stycas or Anglo-Saxon Coins of mixed metal, believed to 

 be part of a large number found in Hexham Churchyard, Northum- 

 berland, in 1833 ; presented by Mr. George BeU. 



A Collection of Coal Fossils and Minerals, collected by the late 

 Dr. Birkenhead, and presented by his Widow. 



The Jaws of a Shark from the North Pacific ; presented by Mr. 

 James Bland. 



The head of a Cerestes or Horned Snake, from the West 

 Coast of Africa ; presented by Capt. Burns, ship " Verena." 



A Puzzle Jug of early Staffordshire Ware ; A Dish of early 



