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the Museum, the attendance at which was very good. 

 Last year the numbers rather fell away towards the close 

 of the Course, but this year the largest attendances were 

 at the two or three closing lectures. 



The number of visitors to the Museum has been 

 considerably larger than last year. On Saturday — the 

 free day — it has varied from 10 or 12 to about 100. On 

 the other days, when only members are free, the number 

 of visitors has been about 350, so that, including also the 

 evenings of the Somerville Lectures, about 2,000 visitors 

 must have been to the Museum during the year. 



There is still much work needed to put the whole 

 Museum into a good state of order. The collection of 

 Fishes, and also that of Minerals, requires cleaning, 

 re-arranging and labelling, and there are many objects 

 stored away in drawers and cupboards, which would form 

 interesting and valuable additions to the Museum if they 

 were put into a proper state for exhibition. 



J. B. Williams, 



Curator. 



Mo7itreal, June 3rd, 1897. 



Natural History Society of Montreal, 



IN ACCOUNT WITH 



F. W. EiCHARDS, Hon. Treas. 



From May 28th, 1896, to June 3rd, 1897. 



Dr. 



To balance cash on hand $232 50 



" Rents 900 00 



" Members' Subscriptions 587 00 



" Donations 213 00 



" Entrance Fees to Museum 21 50 



" Rebate of tax re widening Palace Street 18 20 



' ' Record of Science .• 15 08 



' ' Cash from sale of old benches 9 00 



*' Surplus from Field Day and Conversazione 3 61 



" Interest as per bank book 1 64 



$2001 53 



