44 MUSEUMS. 
Twenty-four lectures were delivered by the members of the Staff 
and others on Monday evenings in the lecture theatre of the 
Museums, specially dealing with the various collections in the 
institutions. They were illustrated by specimens and lantern slides. 
The number of visitors to the Museums on these Monday evenings 
totals 9,239, of whom a large percentage attend the various 
lectures. 
In all sections of the Museums considerable progress may be 
recorded. To the Exhibition Galleries, in addition to the general 
conservation and maintenance of specimens already there, numerous 
important additions have been made, and many descriptive and 
illustrative labels have been added, to aid alike the general visitor 
and the student. 
In the Lord Derby Museum a number of Mammals (Sun Bear, 
Tahr, Maxwell’s Duiker, &c.), Birds, Fishes and Reptiles have 
been mounted and placed on exhibition in the General Collections 
of the Upper Galleries. In the British Galleries twelve new Bird 
Groups, with natural surroundings, and a number of bird migrants 
have been placed on exhibition. Many fluid preparations of 
Invertebrate animals have been prepared and exhibited, and 
collections of British Orthoptera, Neuroptera and Hymenoptera 
have been acquired and are in process of being mounted for 
exhibition. 
In the Botanical and Geological Departments useful work has 
been done. The examination and arrangement of the very large 
Herbarium acquired from the Botanical Gardens, Edge Lane, has 
been continued. 
Considerable progress has been made in the transfer and re- 
arrangement of the Collection: of Egyptian Antiquities so kindly 
undertaken by Professor Newberry. It is anticipated that the 
synoptic grouping of the collection, whereby objects of a like nature 
and use are associated together into series, will greatly increase 
its interest and educational value. 
