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Fifty-three life-histories of various orders have been 

 prepared, and prove of the greatest interest and value to those 

 who visit the Museum. Many others are partly finished, and 

 it is hoped that by the end of the present year your Curator 

 will have added many more to the collection. 



It is a matter of the greatest regret that all our exhibitive 

 space is now occupied, consequently, further exhibits prepared 

 must be stored away until additional space can be provided. 



The same applies to the Geological collections, many of 

 which are now lying in boxes in the basement rooms. 



Two additional life-histories of Birds have been prepared, 

 and another is nearly complete. Some of the Birds have 

 been remounted upon the new blocks kindly presented by 

 Mr. F. F. Brown, but the greater part are still upon the old 

 mounts ; however, in the course of a month or so, it is hoped 

 that they will be completed, when some permanent style of 

 labelling will be adopted. 



Owing to our Library being very deficient in Zoological 

 and other reference books, I am again considerably indebted to 

 the following for the use of their valuable reference works, 

 without which it would have been impossible to carry on good 

 work : — Rev. E. A. Pitcairn Campbell, Mr. W. Hodges, 

 Mr. Samuel Rigby, Dr. Stolterfoth, The Misses Tomlin, 

 and Mr. Alfred O. Walker. 



It may be satisfactory to know that all the additions to 

 the Society's Museum are catalogued up to date, and that a 

 considerable amount of detail work has been carried on during 

 the past year which it is unnecessary to quote, as a full account is 

 given in the Curator's Diary, which can be seen on application. 



I cannot close my Report without making mention of at 

 least some few of the well-known Entomologists of the day who 

 have kindly rendered such personal assistance as enabled me 

 the better to complete some particular work which I had in hand 

 at the time :— Miss Ormerod, Mr. Edward Saunders, F.E.S., 

 Rev. Canon Fowler, F.L.S., Mr. J. W. Douglas, F.E S., 

 and Mr. G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., &c. 



