KEPORT OF THE COMMITTJii;. 151 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



OF 



NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NEWCASTLE- 

 UPON-TYNE. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 14th OCTOBER, 1891. 



REPORT OE THE COMMITTEE, 1890-1891. 



The Sixty-Second year of the Society's existence closes with a 

 roll of 319 memhers. Six members have died and six resigned, 

 while 16 new members have been elected during the past year. 



More than 27,000 visitors have paid for admission to the Mu- 

 seum during the year, of which number about one-third were 

 juveniles, realizing rather more than £200 in entrance fees. 

 Considering the many counter attractions of the present day, 

 and the more than usually fine weather during the race week 

 and the holidays, this result is on the whole very satisfactory, 

 and compares favourably with other large towns in which ad- 

 mission to the Museum is free. 



It will be seen from the balance sheet that the business of the 

 Society has been conducted with the most rigid economy, and 

 little or nothing has been expended in increasing the collections 

 or completing the furnishing of the Museum. 



During the year the Committee have had prepared and issued 

 a printed circular calling the attention of the public to the col- 

 lections exhibited in the Museum. Mounted copies of this have 

 been sent to the principal works and factories in the neighbour- 

 hood, and to numerous Institutes and Reading Rooms in the two 



