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press, and as they have afforded a means of comparing the rain- 

 fall in the neighbourhood have been much appreciated. He 

 proposes adding them to the meteorological tables in the next 

 Journal . 



The interest of the public in the Museum is well sustained, 

 and visitors from various parts of the country express their sur- 

 prise and pleasure at finding such a large and well-kept 

 collection. As in past years, every facility has been afforded 

 students desiring to take advantage of the different departments, 

 and they have again been extensively used. The number of 

 admissions during the year was as follows : — 



Admitted free .. .. 2,826 



Members and friends . . 359 



Admitted by payment . . 367 



3,562 



In the museum the curator has examined very carefully 

 the whole of the cases of birds. A number of the birds re- 

 quired more than ordinary attention, many being in very poor 

 condition, but they have been renovated as far as possible. The 

 interiors of the mineral and conchological cases have been 

 cleaned, and a large amount of re-labelling in Indian-ink has 

 been done. Search has been made in the older numbers of the 

 journals for particulars of articles unlabelled, and when success- 

 ful, labels have been attached. 



Among the gifts to the museum and library the following 

 are especially worthy of mention : — 



Mr. E. Backhouse, of Trebah, presented five sets of drawers 

 containing minerals collected by the late Mr. Charles Fox, and 

 a cabinet of very fine foreign butterflies and moths beautifully 

 set up in a series of glass-topped drawers. Sir Eichard Tangye, 

 who is a frequent donor, sent a document entitled Lease of 

 Mines and Minerals in the Manor of Ee storm el in Cornwall, 

 except Tin and Eoyal Mines, from His Eoyal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales to Charles Eashleigh, Esq., Eobert W. Fox, 

 Jno. Williams, and Charles Carpenter, Esq. It is dated 17th 

 Jan., 1810. Mr. J. D. Enys has further given a striker for flints 

 for a tinder box, thus completing the series of old forms of 



