ANNUAL MEETING. 15 



The interest of the public in the Museum has not declined, 

 as the following return, giving the number of visitors, will 

 show : 



Admitted free 2733 



Members and friends . . . . 180 



By payment . . . . . . 449 



3,362 



The Henwood Gold Medal was awarded, in accordance with 

 the terms of the will of the donor, at a very fully attended 

 Council Meeting on the 29th of June last, to Mr. Joseph Henry 

 Collins, F.Gr.S., for his able essay on "The Origin and 

 Development of Ore Deposits in the West of England." The 

 paper (which is a continuation of a former series) had been 

 published in the eleventh volume of the Journal, and was 

 adjudged to be the best which had appeared, during the last 

 triennial period, on either of the eight specified subjects for 

 which the medal was offered. The presentation of the medal 

 to Mr. Collins will take place in the course of to-day's 

 proceedings. 



The papers by Mr. Thomas Clark on "The Magnetic Eocks 

 of Cornwall," were also highly commended, and it is proposed 

 that he be elected an Associate of the Institution. 



In the Museum Mr. Gregg, the Curator, has continued the 

 work of arranging the minerals, commenced by Mr. Crowther, 

 his predecessor. The very valuable collection given by Mr. 

 J. C. "Williams, M.P., has been temporarily placed in the upright 

 cases in the geological room, but they cannot be adequately 

 displayed until extra space for them is provided. 



In the Antiquity room, the cases have been completely 

 re-arranged, and labels which had become indistinct have been 

 replaced by new ones written in Indian ink. 



In the Natural History collection, wire brackets, designed 

 by the Curator, have been substituted for those of wood, where 

 necessary, in the bird cases. 



Many of the stuffed birds are in poor condition, having 

 been in their present positions for a number of years. The 

 Council will therefore be glad to receive specimens from members 

 ^nd friends to replace those which are 4efective. 



