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Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of 

 research, reference or sketching, can obtain, by application to the Director, 

 and on giving satisfactory references, tickets enabling them to enter on 

 Fridays, when there are special facilities afforded them for study ; a room 

 is devoted to their accommodation, where particular objects of study may, 

 with the approval of the Director, be brought for their convenience from 

 the cases. Tickets were issued, as usual, during the year (chiefly) to 

 Artists and Students of Natural History, Osteology anil Dental Anatomy, 

 who have made extensive use of the collections on the days the Museums 

 were otherwise closed to the public. 



The Museums were open on twenty-five Monday evenings during the 

 periods of January to March and October to December, when the total 

 attendances were 8,768, giving an average of 350 each evening. 



The following, among others, have visited the Museums during the 

 year for the purpose of inspecting the Collection or other special 

 objects : — Dr. A. B. Macallum, Toronto ; Prof, and Mrs. Baldwin 

 Brown, Edinburgh ; H. Duckworth, Jesus College, Cambridge ; Dr. 

 Priebsch, London ; Major-General Robley ; Prof. Bower ; Prof. Hall 

 Griffen, London ; Dr. Murie, Edinburgh ; Dr. and Mrs. Jessop ; 

 Fleet-Master Lowther, R.N. ; W. E. Hoyle, M.A., Manchester; Purdon 

 Clarke ; Prof. Paterson, M.D. ; Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, Loyalty 

 Islands ; W. Crosfield, J. P., and Miss Crosfield ; C. Madeley, Curator, 

 Warrington Museum ; R. Newstead, Curator, Chester Museum. 



III. — Lectures. 



Twenty Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on Monday 

 evenings in the Theatre of the Museum. They were illustrated by 

 specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The total attendance 

 at the Lectures was 2,440. 



The following is a list of the subjects : — 



A course of six Lectures on " The Animals of Australia — a chapter 

 in Geographical Distribution " — was given by the Assistant Curator of the 

 Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M. Sc. : — 

 Jan. 10th. — " Zoo-Geographical Distribution." 

 Jan. 17th. — " The Zoological Regions." 

 Jan. 24th. — " The Egg-laying Mammals of Australia." 



