REPORT 



OF THE 



DIRECTORS and CURATORS of the MUSEUM. 



The Directors and Curators in presenting a Report of the 

 proceedings of the year now closed, call the attention of the 

 Members of the Institution to the Report last published ; by 

 a reference to which, they will be reminded of the anticipa- 

 tions then indidged in, for the improvement of the Museum 

 during the succeeding season. By a careful comparison of 

 the Museum at that period with its present condition, the 

 Members will perceive that those anticipations have been 

 more than realized, and that its appearance and usefulness 

 have alike been improved and extended during the past 

 twelvemonth. 



The recent erection of large Glass-cases, which has been 

 effected through the liberality of the Public, has very essen- 

 tially contributed to the appearance of the Museum, and has 

 given space for new and more complete arrangements both of 

 Birds and Animals to be formed. Those friends who were 

 fearful of the want of space in the building, will now be con- 

 vinced that future dispositions may be made, that will enable 

 the Museum to contain all that can be collected for a long 

 scries of years. 



At the formation of the Collection, the system of classifi- 

 cation adopted was that of Linnaeus, which having compara- 

 tively but few subdivisions, was best calculated for the dis- 

 play of a limited number of specimens; but as the Collection 

 increased, it became capable of illustrating to a still greater 

 extent — it is presumed therefore, that the change of arrange- 



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