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The structural alterations, made necessary by the new system of 

 heating and ventilation, have entailed a large amount of work in 

 seeing to the careful removal and conservation of specimens from the 

 numerous cases, which had to be removed to enable the openings for 

 the ventilation inlets and outlets to be constructed. 



The series of photographic enlargements, illustrating the various 

 races of mankind, still continues to grow, and there are now upwards 

 of 125 of these anthropological photographs. Further copies have 

 been presented to the British Museum and Cambridge Fniversity, 

 where they are highly appreciated. 



The Science Cabinets have been distributed to the various 

 Elementary Schools in the City as in former years, and the appli- 

 cations have become more numerous for specimens for object 

 lessons (mainly Natural History), and for the series of Technical 

 Appliances on loan from the Museums. The increase in the appli- 

 cations for Museum specimens has necessitated considerable additions 

 to the loan collections. Gifts of duplicate mounted birds have been 

 made to the Liverpool Institute and Greenbank School in response 

 to applications received. 



It is interesting to record the visit of Mr. J. Liberty Tadd, Director 

 of the Public Industrial Ait Schools of Philadelphia, to inspect the 

 School Science Cabinets. Mr. Tadd came with the special object of 

 making himself acquainted with our system, and expressed himself 

 very favourably both in regard to the scientific value of the Cabinets 

 themselves and to the arrangements made for circulating them to the 

 Elementary Schools of the City. 



The Director has much pleasure in testifying to the care and 

 attention to duty given by all the members of the Staff. 



( // ) A RRANGEMENT . 



This has been dealt with in the preliminary observations. 



(c) Conservation. 



All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined, 



dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The stoi'e cabinets 



and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been 



systematically gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or 



