6 



The following are the statistics cas furnished by the Sub-Committee of the 

 Exhibition : — 



Pictures Exhibited 1,136 



Pictures Sold, amoiinting to £12,300 12 4 



Number of Visitors 41,584 



Season Tickets 1,099 



Amount received, exclusive of sales .£1,774 17 



In connection with the Museum a very liberal offer has recently been made 

 by Reginald Cholmondeley, Esq., of Condover Hall,, near Shrewsbury, who has 

 chartered a large steam yacht for the purpose of deep sea dredging and collecting 

 in the West Indies. Mr. Cholmondeley offered a free passage to any deputation 

 the Committee might send, with a due proportion of the collections made. 

 The offer has been accepted, and the Eev. H. H. Higgins will go as the repre- 

 sentative of the Committee, with two assistants from the Museum. It is to be 

 hoped that this liberal offer will result in advantages to the parties concerned 

 and to natural science in general. 



The Reference Library has sustained a severe loss during the year by the 

 decease of Mr. George Hudson, the Chief Librarian. He had been connected 

 with the Libraiy almost from its commencement, and fulfilled his duties with 

 an earnestness and diligence above aU praise. It is to be feared that his over- 

 anxiety and refusal to take necessary relaxation contributed aeriously towards 

 the undermining of his health. Mr. P. Cowell, late Superintendent of the 

 Lending Libraries, has been appointed his successor. 



Mr. Howarth, assistant in the Museum, has been appointed Curator of the 

 Public Museum in Sheffield, being another instance of the advantage which the 

 training in this institution offers to young men wishing to devote themselves to 



natural science. 



REFERENCE LIBRARY. 



The following table shows the issues for the year : — 



Daily 



Classification. Volumes Average 



Issued. about 



Theologj', Morals, and Metaphysics 19,205 69 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, &c 16,624 60 



Natural History, Botany, Mineralogy, &c 10,830 39 



Science and the Arts, Architecture, Painting, &c 41,362 149 



History and Biography . . 27,181 98 



Topography and Antiquities 9,132 33 



Geography, Voyages, and Travels 17,625 03 



Miscellaneous Literature 171,299 615 



Jurisprudence, Law and Politics 4,002 14 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Social Statistics 5,078 18 



Education, Logic, Language, &c 9,432 34 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 15,504 66 



Works of Imagination 139,236 600 



Classical Litf-rature 2,779 8 



Heraldry, Eacyclopoedias, and Works of Eeferenoe 28,104 101 



517,393 1,857 



