REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 3 1 



arrangement is the plastering of the ceilings of the Eastern 

 Corridor and Staircases, ventilators in some of the windows, 

 and the whole of the walls and ceilings coloured. This will 

 cost about ^325, making a total of about ^1,925, which sum 

 includes my charges. 



It will be in the recollection of the Committee that my 

 original estimate of the work was ^1,978. 



Beyond the work I have mentioned, I should like to have 

 done something to the urinals, as they are in a bad condition, 

 but when we are a little further on I will report as to how we 

 are getting on with money matters. 



I am, yours faithfully, 



Frank W. Rich. 



Repairs Fund. — In May last year an appeal was made, in 

 accordance with a resolution passed at a General Meeting of 

 the Society, to the members and public generally, and it was 

 also strongly urged in the last Report of the Society that a 

 sum of ^2,500 was needed to put the Museum Building into 

 a fit state of repair. Of this sum about ^1,900 has now been 

 subscribed, as will be seen in the full list of subscribers. 

 Nearly the whole of this has been subscribed by members 

 within the Society, not more than four or five donations have 

 been received from the general public. This great want of 

 sympathy of the inhabitants of the three counties towards a 

 charitable and learned Society, whose only aim is to benefit, 

 instruct, and afford a source of refined pleasure, and impart a 

 knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of the Northern Counties 

 at a trifling cost to poor and rich, is a source of much regret 

 to the Committee, especially as the number of visitors from 

 country places in the summer months shews the benefit which 

 the inhabitants of these counties continually receive from the 

 Museum Collections. 



Membership. — Though there has been during the last twelve 

 months considerable loss of members by death and resigna- 

 tions, the receipts for subscriptions and admission fees shew a 

 decided increase compared with the preceding year. The 



