3o8 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



of Mr. Ernest Scott they have been overhauled by Messrs. 

 Scott and Mountain for a sum covering only the cost of the 

 labour and the materials used. The heating apparatus of the 

 Museum is also at present in an unsatisfactory condition. 

 One of the three boilers is practically worn out, and an 

 extension of one of the main pipes is necessary to produce a 

 better circulation of the hot water in the front of the building. 

 But the work needed to remedy these defects has had to be 

 postponed owing to want of funds. 



The following programme of Evening Meetings and After- 

 noon Lectures for Children was drawn up : — 



Evening Meetings. 



Nov. 9.— Rev. Arthur Watts, F.G.S. : "The History of the Browney 

 Valley" ; chair taken by Mr. Ernest Scott. 



Dec. 14.— Mr. R. Coltman Clephan, F.S.A. : "The Social Life and 

 Literature of Ancient Egypt " ; chair taken by Mr. C. E. Stuart, 

 B.Sc. 



Jan. II. — Mr. J. W. Turnbull : Photographs of Nests and Eggs of 

 British Birds taken by Messrs. Cookson ; chair taken by Mr. 

 W. M. Pybus. 



Feb. 8.— Mr. D. Woolacott, D.Sc. : "The Geological History of 

 the Rivers of Northumberland and Durham"; chair taken by 

 Sir G. H. Philipson, M.D., D.C.L. 



Mar. 8. — Lieut. -Col. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. : "The Secondary 

 Sex Characters of certain Genera of Butterflies" ; chair taken by 

 Sir Isambard Owen, M.A., M.D. 



Mar. 22. — Mr. J. E. Robson, F.E.S. : "Appearance and Disappear- 

 ance of Species among Lepidoptera" ; chair taken by Prof. Thos. 

 Oliver, M.D., F.R.C.P. 



April 12.— Mr. A. T. Gillanders, F.E.S. : " Insects Injurious to 

 Forest Trees." 



Afternoon Lectures to Children. 



Dec. 29.— Prof. G. S. Brady, M.D., F.R.S. : "The Colours of 

 Plants and Animals"; chair taken by Lieut. -Col. C. H. E. 

 Adamson, CLE. 



Jan. 5.— Mr. John Bidgood, B.Sc, F.R.H.S. : "Daffodils"; chair 

 taken by the Right Hon. Lord Armstrong. 



