SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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Museum was opened in presence of a large and 

 influential assemblage of subscribers to the fund, 

 and of members of the Perthshire Society of 

 Natural Science. The ceremony took place in the 

 hall of the Perth Working Boys' and Girls' Society, 

 Dr. James Geikie, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Thus we see that in less than fifteen years this 

 humble body of students and lovers of nature — the 

 founders of the Perthshire Society of Natural 

 Science— had the gratification of meeting in a 

 pretentious building of their own. This was the 

 result of their patient labour, for which even the 



MoNCRIEl'KE MEMORIAL MUSEUM. 



The Natural History Museum Buildings consisted 

 of (1) lecture room, (2) laboratory, (3) library, and 

 (4) museum. In addition to these, a large space 

 of ground remained unoccupied behind the museum 

 building, upon which the museum extension of 

 1S94 is now built. 



most sanguine member had hardly dared to hope. 

 During these fourteen-and-a-half years of its 

 existence, the Society had held 114 ordinary 

 monthly meetings, at which 169 papers, including 

 fifteen presidential addresses, had been read. In 

 addition, various lectures had been given under its 



