The Autumn and Winter Free Lectures, of which notices will be found 

 below, have been eminently successful. The two Autumn courses, con- 

 sisting of six lectures each, had an average attendance of 1,050. The 

 Winter series, of a more popular character, consisted of forty lectures, 

 most of them illustrated. The average attendance was 1,315. 



The particulars of the Walker Art Gallery are given below. It will be 

 found that, notwithstanding the exceptional character of the previous 

 year's Exhibition, the number of visitors has only to a small extent 

 diminished. 



In the Museum the circulating loan cabinets of interesting specimens 

 have been found exceedingly attractive in the Public Elementary Schools, 

 and beneficial both to the teachers and pupils. 



It will be seen that a valuable bequest in the Entomological depart- 

 ment has been made by the late Mr. Nicholas Cooke, of Liscard. 



The Ethnological collection, which for a considerable period was an 

 object of great interest and instruction, is now altogether dismantled for 

 want of adequate space, giving evidence that the extension of the Museum 

 ought no longer to be delayed. 



On the whole, the institution may be pronounced in a sound and 

 healthy condition, performing its work quietly and unostentatiously, and 

 materially contributing to the cause of education and progress. 



EEFERENCE LIBRARY. 



Table I. — Showing the Books issued during the year : — 



Daily 

 Classification. 



Theology, Morals, &c. 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 



Natural History 



Science and the Arts 



History and Biography 



Topography and Antiquities 



Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, 



Magazines in Volumes, &c.) 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 



Education and Language 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 



Prose Fiction ... ... 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, and Works of Eef erence . . . 



Total 650,152 2,316 



