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available, and it is hoped that during- the coming year it will be 

 possible to obtain the necessary exhibition cases. Ee-arrange- 

 ments will now be possible in the various departments of the 

 Museum, by which the usefulness of all the collections will be 

 greatly enhanced. 



The Museum has continued to attract many students and 

 other visitors. In consequence of its being closed during the 

 months of May, June, and July, to allow of the structural 

 alterations being made, the number of admissions for the whole 

 year did not quite come up to the average, but, taking into con- 

 sideration the actual period during which it was open, there was 

 a considerable increase. 



Admitted free .. ..2,133 



Members and friends . . 578 

 Admitted by payment . . 223 



Total . . 2,934 



The additions to the Museum during the past year have been 

 of an exceptional character. The President, at the Spring 

 Meeting, referred to the valuable gifts made by Mr. J. D. Enys, 

 Mr. C. E. Cardew of Insein, Lower Burmah, Mr. Henry Williams 

 of AVestern Australia and Dr. Richard Pearce. Many other gifts 

 have also been made, the following being specially worthy of 

 notice. 



Mr. Upheld Green has forwarded a valuable series of fossils 

 collected by him in Cornwall, together with a number from 

 Grermany intended for comparison. 



Prom Mr. Grerrans, of Tregony, we have received a number 

 of interesting relics of the late South African war. Mr. Gerrans 

 was present at Mafekiug during the whole of the siege and made 

 the collection specially for the Museum. A hundred-jiounder 

 shell fired by the Boers, from the Long-Tom gun, into Maf eking 

 has been presented jointly by Mr. Gerrans and Colonel Vyvyan 

 of Trelowarren, who was also present throughout the siege. 



The great collection of minerals at Menabilly, formed by the 

 late Mr. Philip Eashleigh, and regarded as by far the best in 

 Cornwall, has been secured for this Institution through one of its 

 most generous former Presidents, Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., who 



