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MUSEUM. 



Visitors to Museum. 



1891. 1890. 



(261 Days) (262 Days) 



Total Visitors in the Year 320,387 340,228 



Weekly Average 6,161 6,542 



Daily Average 1,227 1,298 



MONDAY EVENING OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. 



The Museum was open on 26 evenings, and the total attendances were 

 6,635, giving an average attendance of 255 per evening. 



Short Lectures were given each evening on specimens in the Museum, 

 and were much appreciated. 



Lecturers and Subjects. 



1891. 



Jan. 5th. — On Ancient Dragons, by Mr. Daniel Clague, f.g.s. 



Jan. 12th. — On Egyptian Flutes, by Mr. W, I. Argent. 



Jan. 19th.— On the Story of a Grain of Sand, by Mr. J. Lomas, 



Assoc. N.S.S. 

 Jan. 26th. — On Ancient Arms and Implements of War, by Mr. T. Tarleton. 

 Feb. 2nd.— On Chalk Makers, by Mr. W. H. Read. 

 Feb. 9th. — On Messmates : Animals that live together for Mutual 



Benefit, by Mr. J. Hornell. 

 Feb. 16th. — On Samian Ware, by Mr. John T. Beer, f.s.a.s. 

 Feb. 23rd.— On Bells, by Mr. W. I. Argent. 

 Mar. 2nd. — On Spinning Wheels, by Miss E. M. Wood. 

 Mar. 9th. — On New Guinea, by Mr. P. Entwistle. 

 Mar. 16th.— On Fossils, by Mr. W. Hewitt, B. Sc. 

 Mar. 23rd.— On Birds, by Mr. Richard Paden. 

 Mar. 30th. — On the Museum, by the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a. 

 Oct. 5th. — On the History of the Living Collections at Knowsley, by 



Mr. T. J. Moore. 

 Oct. 12th. — On the Dawning of Civilization in Egypt and Babylonia, by 



the Rev. F. F. Grensted, m.a. 

 Oct. 19th. — On the Mosses found in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, by 



Mr. F. P. Marrat. 



