CURATOR'S REPORT. 



In order that the Curator should devote as much time 

 as possible in the preparation and arrangement of the 

 Society's Collections, and the final arrangement of them in 

 the new wing of the Museum, it was found necessary- to 

 forego all field-work f for the time being, and to solicit 

 as little help as practicable from Field - Naturalists. 

 Obviously this has reduced the amount of donations very 

 considerably, as will be seen on comparing the following 

 table with those of previous j^ears : — 



* Impossible to give total of specimens. 

 + Much of the Curator's own time has been devoted to collecting for the Museum. 



Now that the local collections are finally displaj^ed in 

 the new department of the Museum, it has been thought 

 necessary to present a census of them, and a brief descrip- 

 tion of the classification adopted. 



