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REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF MUSEUMS. 
I beg to furnish the Sixty-first Annual Report upon the 
CONDUCT and PROGRESS of the Museums. 
1.—GENERAL. 
The visitors to the Museum during the year are as follows :— 
Total Visitors ... > nes ce ... 458,671 
Weekly Average at Ev eee et 8,820 
Daily Average ae Fa Saat sae 1,750 
Many special visitors from other Museums and Educational 
Institutions have visited the Museums for the purpose of inspecting 
important specimens or for other special purpose. The following, 
from among others, may be recorded: Dr. Eduard Seler, Royal 
Kthnographical Museum, Berlin; Sir T. P. Martin, Royal 
Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Dr. Gann, British Honduras; 
Dr. S. J. Johnson, Department of Biology, Sydney University ; 
Dr. Bather, British Museum; Dr. Adolphe Reinach, Paris; 
Prof. Green, Sheffield University; Prof. Baldwin Brown, 
University of Edinburgh; Dr. Hoyle, National Museum of Wales; 
H. Bolton, Esq., Bristol Museum; Dr. J. W. Scott-Macfie and 
Lieut.-Colonel Croft Lyons. 
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. More than 9,500 visitors were recorded in the Museums on 
these Monday evenings, and a large percentage attend the various 
lectures. 
