1 2 MUSEUMS. 



University; Prof. Boyce, University College, Liverpool; W. E. 

 Hoyle, M.A., Owens College, Manchester; St. George Littledale ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Director of the South African Museum, Cape Town ; 

 Dr. Chute, King Williams Town, Cape Colony ; Der Graf zu Erbach- 

 Fiirstenau ; M. Salomon Reinach (Member of the Institute of 

 Fiance) ; E. Dunkinfield Jones ; Dr. Durant. 



III. — Lectures. 



Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on 

 Monday evenings in the Theatre of the Museums. They were illus- 

 trated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The 

 total attendance at the Lectures was 2,470. 



The following is a list of the subjects: — 



A course of four lectures on " New Zealand and its Aborigines " 

 was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. 

 Entwistle, as follows : — 

 Jan. 9th. — " The Coming of the Maoris." 

 Jan. 16th. — " Fortifications and Habitations." 

 Jan. 23rd. — " Moko, or the Maori Art of Tattooing." I. 

 Jan. 30th. — " Moko, or the Maori Art of Tattooing." II. 

 and two on general subjects, as follows : — 

 Feb. 6th. — " Recent Additions to the Museum from N.W. Australia 



and Tibet." 

 Feb. 13th. — " Loot from Benin." 



A course of three lectures on " The Fishes in the Museum 

 Aquarhmi " was given by the Assistant Curator of the Derby 

 Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Sc, as follows: — 

 Feb. 20th. — " General Characteristics of Fishes." 

 Feb. 27th.—" Electric Fishes." 

 March 6th.—" The African Lung and Walking Fishes." 



A course of three lectures on " The Life-History of a Fern " waB 

 given by the Assistant in the Derby Museum, Mr. W. S. Laverock, 

 M.A., B.Sc, as follows: — 



March 13th. — " Spores and the part they play." 

 March 20th. — " The Seedling Fern, and where it comes from." 



