REPORT OF THE CURATOR. 



There are at present in the museum of the Institute the fol- 

 lowing specimens : 



Minerals 207 



Plants, pressed and mounted in the herbarium 422 



(In addition to these there are several hundred un- 

 mounted specimens.) 



Insects 1098 



Other Invertebrates 192 



Fish 13 



Batrachians • • 10 



Reptiles • 43 



Birds » 157 



Birds' Nests 30 



' ' Eggs, species ■> 77 



Mammals 27 



Skulls of Vertebrates 28 



Casts 116 



Pictures and other works of art, exclusive of casts 141 



Antiquities (furniture, tools, weapons, etc.) 128 



Of Indian relics, chiefly arrow and spear points, with some 

 stone axes, mostly found about Manchester, there are several 

 hundred. 



In addition to these, there are a number of curios, unnum- 

 bered and unclassified. 



W. H. HuSE, Curator. 



