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The number of admissions during the year were as follows: — 

 Admitted free . . . . 2,566 



Members and Friends , . 337 



Admitted on payment . . 460 



3,363 



Mr. Gregg, the Curator, whose services have been most 

 valuable for many years, has been appointed Assistant Science 

 Master at the Central Technical Schools for Cornwall ; and the 

 Committee, therefore, greatly regretting his departure from the 

 Institution, have had to select a qualified successor to his office. 

 They are fortunate in having secured the able assistance of Mr. 

 Geo. Penrose, who has now entered on his duties, and will 

 continue the important work which has hitherto been so well 

 carried on in connection with the Museum, the Library, and the 

 Meteorological Records, &c. 



The interest in the Museum and Library is shown by the 

 valuable presents received from time to time. The thanks of the 

 Society are due to the many donors, the following being 

 especially worthy of mention. 



Mrs. Chamberlin, of Trenewth, Eestronguet, has made a 

 very valuable addition to the Museum by sending a beautiful 

 collection of foreign birds grouped in 10 cases. They are well 

 set up and are in an exceptionally fine state of preservation. 

 Many rare birds will be found in this collection, including the 

 Kiwi, the wingless bird from New Zealand. A very good 

 specimen of the Duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus) 

 also comes from the same donor. 



Mr. Eupert Vallentin has given a number of shells collected 

 by him in the Falkland Islands during his recent visit there, and 

 an interesting arrow, the head of which is a shaped piece of 

 bottle glass, made by a native of Terra del Fuego. 



Mr. John D. Enys, F.G.S., a munificent donor to this 

 Institution, has presented a set of fossils from the Tertiary beds 

 of the Broken Eiver Basin, New Zealand, collected by himself 

 2000 feet above the sea level. Also eggs of the Albatross and 

 the Kiwi. Mr. J. D. Enys has further augmented the Library 

 by giving 9 volumes of the Proceedings, together with 4 volumes 



