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There is also a prospect of valuable material for publication 

 in the near future, including a completion of Mr. J. E. Robson's 

 catalogue of the local Lepidoptera, an annotated list and key 

 of local Diptera by the Rev. W. J. Wingate, and a catalogue 

 by Col. Adamson of the fine collection of Burmese butterflies 

 which he has presented to the Society. It is gratifying to be 

 able further to report that an illustrated work on the British 

 Tunicates by Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock, two of the 

 greatest naturalists who have ever been connected with this 

 Society, has been accepted for publication by the Ray Society. 

 The manuscript, on the death of the authors, was left in an 

 unfinished condition in the possession of the Natural History 

 Society, and it is owing to the initiative of the Rev. Canon 

 Norman that it is now in process of publication. Canon 

 Norman has also kindly undertaken to supervise the material 

 in the press, and to write an explanatory preface to the work. 

 As regards the museum, a report by the curator on the year's 

 work is appended to the Council's report. 



An exceptional feature of the past year of the Society was a 

 conversazione given in the museum on January 19th by the 

 President and Lady Armstrong. On this occasion, through 

 the kindness of members and friends, a large number of 

 objects were brought together to illustrate topics of current 

 interest in the scientific world, local and colonial industrial 

 enterprise, and special points in many branches of natural 

 history. Among the exhibits were photographs showing 

 certain properties of radium emanations lent by Sir Wm. 

 Crookes and Mr. Henry Crookes ; models of a number of the 

 most noted ships recently built on the Tyne, lent by Messrs. 

 Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Messrs. the Parsons Marine 

 Steam Turbine Co., and Messrs. Swan, Hunter, and Wigham 

 Richardson ; models of locomotive and stationary engines 

 lent by Mr. Wilson Worsdell; and a large series of objects 

 and photographs illustrating the scenery, products, and natural 

 history of Rhodesia, exhibited, through the kindness of Earl 

 Grey, by the British South Africa Company. These, together 

 with a large number of special exhibits by members of the 



