46 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The Society, in common with many other institutions and 

 interests in the district, has suffered a great loss in the death 

 of the late C. W. Mitchell, Esq., who was a member of the 

 Committee, and a generous supporter of the Society. Another 

 loss by death is that of the late G. P. Bulman, a keen 

 naturalist, who had a wide knowledge of marine zoology, and 

 took a deep interest in some of the philosophical problems 

 connected with the science. 



The names of the new members elected during the year 

 will be found in the complete List of Members, where the date 

 of election is now given. 



CURATOR S REPORT ON MUSEUM WORK, 

 1902-1903. 



The following is a brief account of the progress made in 

 the museum during the year, irrespective of routine and minor 

 pieces of work, which naturally occupy a large amount of 

 time. 



In the geology department the re-naming and labelling of 

 the Permian fossils has been proceeded with, but is not yet 

 completed ; the fine series of Permian fishes has been brought 

 together into proper order ; and the Hutton and Atthey collec- 

 tions have been re-arranged, and are now seen to better 

 advantage. A small but interesting set of the commercially 

 valuable ores and minerals of Newfoundland, presented by 

 Mr. J. J. Oxley, has been labelled and displayed in the 

 mineral corridor. Some advance has also been made with 

 the series of index cases, which are intended to furnish a clear 

 and short summary of the ' geological record ' of life on the 

 earth. 



A great improvement has been effected amongst the birds' 

 eggs and nests in the museum, and a large share of the work 

 involved in this has been done by Mr. S. Graham. The 

 arranging of the Raine collection of eggs, alluded to in last 

 year's report, has been completed. The exhibited series of 



