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welfare of the society. The very valuable collection of books, 

 including the publications of the Royal Society, the Mathematical 

 Society, and other costly works, were presented by her from the 

 late Mr. Jeffery's library. She has further shewn her interest 

 in this association by a legacy of £50, the knowledge of which 

 has been communicated to us by her solicitor, Mr. Nalder. 



The interest in the museum is well sustained, the number 

 of visitors to all departments shewing an increase during the 

 past year over previous years : — 



Admitted free . . . . , . 3955 



By ticket 247 



By payment . . . . . . 356 



Total number . . 4,558 

 Considerable progress has been made in structural improve- 

 ments in the rooms of the institution. In the library two large 

 bookcases have been provided for the reception of the many new 

 books received. In each room of the museum two upright cases 

 have been erected to receive specimens. Another structural 

 imj)rovement of considerable cost has been made on the spacious 

 roof of the Institution ; two of the gutters have been entirely 

 relaid with lead. 



The chief attention of the Curator this year has been given 

 to the classification of the mollusca, and the blending together 

 of the various magnificent gifts of shells from the late Admiral 

 Tucker, Trematon Castle, Mrs. Sharp, Kensington, and Mr. R. 

 Baron Rogers, of Falmouth. These occupy seventeen half cases 

 in the zoological room. Each species is mounted on a millboard 

 tablet labelled with its name and that of the donor, pink tablets 

 being used for Cornish specimens, and white for those from 

 beyond the county. The collection is arranged under two 

 headings made according to Woodward's Mollusca, the other, 

 excluding all foreign molluscs, deals with British shells only. 

 An attempt has been made in the British collection to represent 

 every possible British type by a Cornish specimen if possible. 

 The substitution of sloping shelves in the place of flat ones in 

 the upright cases in the geological and mineralogical room in 

 the museum has effected a great improvement in the display of 

 the objects therein. On walking through the various rooms of 



