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Botanical. 



Plants ... ... ... (J47 Species. ... ... 1209 Specimens. 



Geological and Mineralogical. 

 Rocks and Minerals ... 203 Specimens. 



The aggregate number of specimens acquired by the Derby Museum 

 during 1901 is thus 1 2,179, compared with 4,458 acquired in 1900. 



B.-MAYER MUSEUM. 



(a) General. 



The Mayer Museum, which contains a very valuable collection of 

 Antiquities, Ethnography, and Pottery, besides a large assemblage 

 of objects which may be classed under the heading of Art, possesses 

 a great many specimens which there has been no room as yet to 

 adequately exhibit. 



As to this Museum, the Director proposes to arrange the various 

 specimens according to the Races whose handiwork they are ; that is, 

 under the three great ethnic divisions of the globe, namely, the 

 Caucasian (white), the Mongolian (yellow), and the Melanian (black) 

 Paces. 



The Mongolian (the Chinese, Japanese, and Malayan, &c.) Gallery 

 would occupy the upper floor of the Mayer Museum. 



The objects of Caucasian origin (practically those of the civilised 

 races, and, of course, more numerous than the others) will be placed 

 in the Main Hall and its surrounding balcony. 



The Anthropology of the Melanian (African, Melanesian, Australian. 

 &c.) peoples, will be located in the Mayer basement and the adjoining 

 Ethnographical Gallery now containing these general collections. 



Owing to the continued alterations taking place in several of the 

 exhibition rooms throughout the year, visitors have not been able to 

 have the same access to the exhibits as hitherto. 



