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of which the fossil collection numbers 315 specimens, 

 minerals 179. 



The total number of specimens in the various collections 

 particularised above amounts to 2,526. The number of 

 different species (including as species well ascertained 

 varieties) amounts to 1,761 in all. These numbers show 

 an increase of about 1,000 specimens and 600 species on 

 those of last year, and I think the members of the Club 

 may justly congratulate themselves on the increase of the 

 Club's coDection. 



In conchision, I may say that, with the aid of my able 

 assistant-curator, Mr. F. H. Haines, the arrangement of the 

 various collections has been carried out according to the 

 best authorities obtainable, and in the order most nearly 

 approaching the natural system laid down by our greatest 

 natiiralists. 



The Library contains fifty books on Natural History, 

 but very few members avail themselves of their privileges 

 in this direction, and I expect to see an increase of interest 

 in this department result from the moving of the Museum 

 to a more central position in the town. 



EOLAND ELLIS, 



Curator and Librarian. 



March 31, 1883. 



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