62 ANNUAL MEETING. 



To these Addresses His Majesty has been pleased to return 

 a most gracious answer, and has condescended to continue to the 

 Institution the patronage vouchsafed by our late sovereign. 



An Address was also presented to His Eoyal Highness the 

 Duke of Cornwall and York, asking His Eoyal Highness to 

 become Vice-Patron in succession to His Majesty the King. A 

 reply was received to the effect that the application would be laid 

 before His Eoyal Highness on his return from the colonial tour.* 



The Council refer with pleasure to the increasing interest 

 shown by students and the general public in the collections in the 

 Museum. During the past year more visits have been made by 

 children of the various Day Schools, under the direction of their 

 teachers, than previously noted. The number of admissions 

 during the year were as follows : 



Admitted free 2,809 



Members and Friends . . . . 344 



Admitted on payment . . . . 333 



3,486 



The gifts to the Museum during the past year have been 

 numerous and valuable. 



Occupying the foremost position are the Skeletons, Fibulae, 

 and other interesting relics excavated at Harlyn Bay. 



Sir Eobert Harvey, who has already done so much for this 

 Society by valuable gifts to the Museum, has recently presented 

 a very interesting collection of Cornish portraits, which he has 

 generously had framed, and they are now hung in the entrance 

 hall of the Museum. 



Professor Clark has presented a large number of objects to 

 commence the formation of a type collection of the Fauna of 

 Cornwall. These include an unique specimen of the Oleander 

 Hawk Moth — two specimens of a variety of the Peacock butterfly 

 (Vanessa loides), evidently new to Britain, — about 200 species of 

 local beetles, and a number of Crustacea, Sponges, Polyzoa, and 

 Mollusca, as representatives of the sub-littoral fauna of our 

 coast. 



* His Royal Highness has since graciously acceded to the above invitation. 



