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KKPOKT ON THE SELANaoJI STATE MUSEUM. 



1905. 



EXPEXDITURE. 

 N the vote of .>j6,096 for personal emoluments there was a 

 savimr of 82,31(3.06, owing to the non-appointment of a taxider- 

 mist as provided for in the estimates and to the rise in exchange. 



2.- Under other charges, annually recurrent expenditure, J>3,600 was 

 voted, which was spent as follows : 



(1) Collecting trips and transport ... ... ;^8tI1.34 



(2) Specimens 830.75 



(3) Glassware 422.05 



(4) Preservatives, collecting and cleansing 



matei'ials ... ... ... ... 303.18 



(5) Mounting birds and mammals ,.. ... 98.82 



(6) Plates for " Museum Journal '■ 82.52 



(7) Books and periodicals ... ... ... 136.15 



(8) Postage and petty cash ... ... ... 108.03 



(9) Freight and insurance charges ... ... 54.71 



(10) Repairs and sundries ... ... ... 55.26 



3. Under special expenditure, i^l,000 was voted for the purchase 

 of instruments and specimens and utilised as below: 



(1) Purchase of ethnographical specimens ... ."5735.00 



(2) Microscope ... ... ... 193.88 



(3) Eifle 60.00 



(4) Freight charges ... ... ... ... 10.77 



Total .. S999.65 



4. .*10.200 was revoted for purchase of furniture and much pro- 

 gress was made with the construction of cases for the new building ; 

 bv llip eml of the year the whole of the hardwood framing for the 

 wall cases of the main galleries was practically ready for erection and 

 the construction of talile cases well advanced. A further supply 

 of glass-topped boxes for containing the study collections of birds 

 and small mammals, similar to those used in the British Museum, 

 was obtained from the Crown Agents, and three zinc-lined cabinets, 

 designed to be practically air tight, were ordered from the Public 

 Works Dej-artment Factory. It is hoped that this method of storing 

 specimens will be 8ucces.sful in preserving the valuable collections of 

 the Museum from the ravages of a climate which is peculiarly 

 destructive to zoological specimens. 



A further stock of chengai was purchased at the end of the year 

 and f-ta^ked to season, as it has been found that it is hopeless to 

 attem])t to make satisfactory cases unless the wood of which they are 

 built has been cut approximately to size for at least a year. 



