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specimens have been added to the conchological collection. 

 Mr. Legrand has, as usual, attended to this part of the 

 Museum, and has rendered assistance in various other 

 ways during the year. The very limited amount of 

 assistance available for Museum purposes renders it 

 impossible to make much progress with the collection, — 

 the services of a skilled Taxidermist and Articulator, for 

 whom ample employment could be found, being greatly 

 needed. Additional table cases are required for minerals 

 and fossils ; also book cases, or shelving, for the Library. 

 The attendance of visitors to the Museum keeps up well, 

 as will be seen by the following figures ; viz. — On week- 

 days, 9685 ; on Sundays, 5884, — making a total for the 

 year of 1 5,569. It is only between the hours of half-past 

 2 and 5 in the afternoon of Sunday that the Museum is 

 opened ; and this arrangement, as will be seen by the 

 number availing themselves of the opportunity, may be 

 pronounced to be no longer an experiment, and to be fully 

 justified by the quiet and orderly demeanour of the 

 visitors. 



