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The falling oft' in the aggregate attendance of visitors for the year 

 is probably owing partly to the fine summer, and partly to the 

 unavoidable closing of part of the Exhibition Galleries. Our daily 

 average, notwithstanding, is slightly in excess of that of the British 

 Museum (Natural History) for 1898. 



The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers 

 lias been well maintained, upwards of 1,200 children and 60 teachers 

 having availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code, 

 whereby time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school 

 attendance. 



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 and Dental Anatomy, who have made 

 extensive use of the collections on the days the Museums were other- 

 wise closed to the public. 



The following, among others, have visited the Museums during 

 the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special 

 object: — C. W. Andrews, British Museum; E. Meinertzhagen, 

 Mottisfont, Hants; K. B. N. Walker, Gold Coast ;Dr. Chalmers, 

 Accra; Prof. Gonner, University College, Liverpool; G. W. Stokes, 

 Ckaka, West Africa ; W. L. H. Duckworth, Jesus College, Cam- 

 bridge ; Dr. Hutton ; Major Ross, I.M.S., University College, Liver- 

 pool ; Sidney F. Harrner, King's College, Cambridge ; Dr. Wigles- 

 uurth, Rainhill: Dr. Phil. A. Haseloff ; J. H. Holland, Old Calabar, 

 West Africa; Dr. Scharff, Dublin Museum; Prof. Haddon, Dublin 



