MUSEUMS. 5 
Lord Derby then formally declared the Galleries open, and in the 
~ course of an interesting speech referred to the long personal 
~ connection of the House of Stanley with Liverpool, and with the 
- Natural History Collection of the Museum in particular. 
II.—Visrrors. 
The following table shows the total number of visitors to the 
~ Museums during the year compared with that of the year 1905: — 
1905. 1906. 
(262 Days.) (263 Days.) 
Total Visitors Fe Ae #3 ee 481,746 eS 453,328 
Weekly Average... fg a: = 9,264 a 8,717 
Daily Average a Jot ore a 1,838 sid 1,723 
The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers 
has nearly doubled, close upon 4,000 children and 170 teachers 
4 haying availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code, 
__ whereby time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school 
attendance. School teachers are making increased use of the 
P a Museum theatre to give special lessons to their pupils—specimens 
; being brought from the Museum cases for illustrating them. Such 
a course is found to be of greater educational value than merely a 
general visit with no specific object. Occasional lectures and 
demonstrations have been given. by members of the Staff, on 
ur rangement having previously been made by the teachers with the 
a During the latter part of the year the lectures to the Pupil 
‘Teachers attending the Training College in Clarence Street were 
— sso ie pe bike them were those of the Church of 
to the senior and junior students on sr aleecaate Fridays. The average 
attendance was 225. 
