BELFAST MUSEUM: 
Tue annual meeting of the shareholders of the Belfast 
Museum was held on the 2d June, 1858—Dr. Stevelly, 
president, in the chair—when the following report was 
read :— 
“The council of the Belfast Natural History and Phi- 
losopbical Society, in their present report to the share- 
holilers of the Belfast Museum, have but little to lay 
before them, as the past twelve months have presented 
but little variation from the preceding year. The pro- 
ceedings of the society have been of that satisfactory, but, 
at the same time, unvaried character, that nothing has 
occurred which calls for any special remark. The property 
Re in the Museum is in excellent order, owing to the unre- 
 mitting attention of the curator, with the aid of several 
hy members of the society. The collection of spe- 
cimens is well displayed, and is continually receiv- 
ee eee ey 
* ing additions; and the library 1s likewise increas- 
’ ing by donations, and at present contains 1,200 
volumes, available to members and subscribers. A re- 
a arrangement of the specimens in the Museom has been 
commenced by a committee of the council, which, be- 
sides easing the different objects to be fresbly and cor- 
rectly labelled, will afford an opportunity of removing 
duplicates, and of procuring space for specimens not 
hitherto displayed for want of room. The council have 
it also in contemplation to carry out a plan suggested by 
the British Association, of placing together a series of 
typical specimens, for the benefit of cultivators of na- 
tural history. The Museum, as usual, was thrown open 
on Easter Monday to the working classes, at the cns- 
tomary charges, when the attendauce was, perhaps, the 
largest which has yet taken place, being upwards of 7,000 
persons, who conducted themselves with perfect propriety. 
In pursuance of the plan adopted for the last two years, 
the council arranged with Dr, Andrews to deliver a short 
course of lectures on chemical science, the proceeds to 
