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Minerals. The main work during the past year has been the 

 making of a systematic reference catalogue of the collection, 

 taken case by case ; and much miscellaneous work has also 

 been done, including the mounting of special specimens in 

 such ways as to show them off to the best advantage. 



Raine Collection of Birds^ Eggs. Miss Scott has been 

 working through this fine collection, replacing the cotton wool 

 where necessary and dealing with any signs of mould. 



Photography. We have made a good deal of use of the 

 camera during the year. We prepared a number of lantern 

 slides to illustrate lectures, took a series of photographs for 

 the purpose of a paper in the Transactions, and used the 

 camera and other parts of our outfit for a variety of other 

 purposes. 



Wild Floivers. We expected to find great difficulty in 

 keeping up a good show of fresh wild flowers this summer, 

 but after the first few weeks we were able to make at least as 

 good a display as we had ever done before. This was very 

 largely due to the kind efforts of Lord Ridley and Mr. Nicholas 

 Temperley. 



Lessons and " TalksT During the two winter terms I again 

 gave weekly lessons in the museum to classes of boys from the 

 Grammar School. There were three classes, and the lessons 

 lasted twenty minutes for each. Among the subjects were 

 birds (from the general and structural point of view), shore 

 life, and British mammals and fishes. My "museum talks,'' 

 for reasons connected with the war, were fewer in number than 

 usual, and for the most part poorly attended. 



Parties Conducted. Among the parties of visitors conducted 

 round the museum were two of special interest. One was a 

 party of children from St. Ann's Mission, who seemed to enjoy 

 their visit amazingly ; the other was a group of convalescent 

 soldiers brought by Mrs. Pease from the hospital she has 

 established in her house at Benwell. 



