REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 153 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



OF 



NOETHTTMBEBLAND, DITEHAM, AND NEWCASTLE- 

 UPON-TYNE. 



ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 9th, 1888. 



EEPOET, 1887—1888. 



At the last Annual Meeting of the Society, held in the Library 

 of the Museum, on the 11th of August (1887), your Committee 

 were able to congratulate the members on the completion of the 

 New Building, and its formal opening to the public by their 

 Eoyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of "Wales, on the 

 removal of the collections from the Old Museum and the sale of 

 the Old Building to the North-Eastern Eailway Company. The 

 Honorary Treasurer was also able to state that after the payment 

 of Mr. Clayton's mortgage (£2000) on the Old Building, and 

 the sums due for the costs of erection of the West Corridors, etc., 

 that a balance was left from the sale of the Old Building of 

 £1861, which, together with a portion of the balance in the 

 hands of the Treasurer, enabled the Committee to invest £2000 

 towards a Maintenance Pund for the Museum. This sum was 

 invested in Newcastle Corporation Stock, at 3^ per cent., in 

 July, 1887. 



The experience of the last twelve months has clearly proved 

 to your Committee that in order to carry out the objects of 

 the Society in an efficient manner a substantial and permanent 



