ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PERAIi MUSEUM 



FOR 1895. 



By L. Wrat, Jun. 



BUILDING. 



During the year the front wall of the eastern wing was 

 altered and made to correspond witli that of the western wing. 

 A carriage porch was added to the front entrance, and a room 

 of 45 feet by 12 feet was built at the back. An uniform 

 valance board and gutter, with do^vn pipes, was put up round 

 the eaves, and a brick drain round the new portions of the 

 building. 



The alterations and additions Avere not completed until the 

 end of the year, and as a consequence part of the Museum had 

 to be closed for the greater portion of the year. 



CASES. 



Under this heading the sum of $640.75 was expended, and 

 the following cases were built: — An octagonal case for tin 

 specimens, a 20 -feet by 4|-feet table case, one 10 -feet and one 

 8 -feet long book -case, and four herbarium cabinets. The plate 

 glass for an 18 -feet by 4|-feet table case and for another built 

 the previous year was also pi'ocured. 



FITTINGS. 



Window blinds were fixed to the windows throughout the 

 building, and a dado was put to the uncased portions of the 

 walls in the three large rooms. 



LABELS. 



A Hammond's typewriter was pi*ocured, and a large number 

 of the labels have been re -written with it. They are a great 

 im2:)rovement over the old manuscript ones, as they ai*e nearly 

 as clear as printed tickets, and being written on poisoned paper 

 should last for some time without renewal. Over 3,500 have 

 been written and some hundreds have been pasted on to eyeleted 

 cards for attachment to the specimens. 



