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MONDAY EVENING OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. 



The Museum was open on 25 evenings, and the total attendances were 

 7,189, gmng an average attendance of 287 per evening. 



The following Lectures were given on specimens in the Museum, and 

 were much appreciated : — 



1892. 

 Jan. 4th. — " Cockles and Mussels, and their History," by Mr. W. H. 

 Read. 



Jan. 11th. — " The Manners and Customs of the Early Egyptians," by 

 Mr. A. H. Frazer. 



Jan. 18th.—" The Phases of Butterfly Life," by Mr. C. H. Hesketh 

 Walker. 



Jan. 25th. — " Time Indicators, Ancient and Modern," by Mr. T. Tarleton. 



Feb. 1st. — " Footprints of Extinct Animals found near Liverpool," by 

 Mr. H. C. Beasley. 



Feb. 8th.—" The Cat Tribe," by Mr. G. J. Hill. 



Feb. 15th. — " Alkali Metals and Earth Metals," by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. 



Feb. 22nd.— " The Common Lobster," by Mr. J. A. Clubb. 



Feb. 29th. — " Sponges, and how they grow," by Mr. John Chard. 



Mar. 7th.—" Elephants," by Mr. G. F. Moore. 



Mar. 14th.—" Thunderbolts," by Mr. William Hewitt, B.Sc. 



Mar. 21st. — " The Ingenuity of Primitive Races," by Mr. P. Entwistle. 



Mar. 28th.—" The History of Geology in the 19th Century," by Mr. 



F. P. Marrat. 

 Oct. 3rd. — " Curious Chapters from the Book of Nature," by Mr. F. P. 



Marrat, 



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