320 REPOKX OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The Mural Tablet erected to perpetuate the memory of Albany 

 and John Hancock and their lifelong devotion to the study and 

 advancement of different branches of Natural History has now 

 been completed and placed in the Entrance Hall of the Museum. 

 The balance of the Memorial Fund has been expended in the 

 purchase of an excellent portrait of Mr. John Hancock, from the 

 pencil of r. H. Michael, of London. 



The Committee have to regret that, in consequence of the 

 very small attendance of visitors on Saturday evenings and the 

 great expense consequently incurred for the Electric Lighting, 

 they have considered it advisable to discontinue the opening of 

 the Museum on Saturday evenings, at least for the present. 



At the suggestion of Dr. Embleton, and through the obliging 

 co-operation of himself, the E,ev. Canon Tristram, Prof. M. C. 

 Potter, Prof. W. Somerville, Prof. G. S. Brady, and Mr. De 

 Havilland, who gave their services gratuitously, the Committee 

 were able to arrange a short series of Saturday-Evening Lectures 

 on various subjects of Natural History in the months of February 

 and March of the present year. These lectures were delivered 

 in the Museum, and were well attended and so much appreciated 

 by members of the Society and numerous visitors that the Com- 

 mittee look forward to being able to arrange for another series 

 during the coming winter. The following is a list of the lec- 

 tures delivered : — 



Feb. 4.— On the Egg D. Embleton, Esq., M.D. 



,, 11. — On the Origin and Causes of 



the Migration of Birds ... Rev. Canon Tristkam, F.R.S. 

 ,, 18.— On Frogs and Tadpoles ... Prof. Pottek, M.A. 



,, 25. — On the Structure of Timber ... Prof. Somekville, F.R.S., Ed. 

 Mar. 4. — On Parasitism in Plants and 



Animals Prof. C. S. Brady, F.R.S. 



,, 11. — On Germs H. De Havilland, Esq. 



During the past year the Microscopical Society have as usual 

 held their evening meetings in the Museum, and the College of 

 Physical Science still continue to hold the classes in connection 

 with the departments of Agriculture and Biology in the Lower 

 "West Corridor until suitable rooms arc provided for them in 



