REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 7 



to every member of the Society, and that a Special General 

 Meeting of the members should be convened as soon as 

 possible. This Special Meeting was held on the 14th March 

 last, when W. A. Watson- Armstrong, Esq., most kindly con- 

 sented to preside. The Report having been read and duly 

 considered, on the motion of the Chairman it was resolved 

 " that an appeal be drawn up by the Secretaries and issued to 

 the members and the public asking them to subscribe ;^2,5oo 

 to enable the Museum Building to be put into a proper state 

 of repair." 



At this Meeting the Chairman announced that Lord 

 Armstrong would be pleased to head the list of contribu- 

 tions to this fund with ;^5oo, and that he himself would 

 have the pleasure of subscribing ;^2 5o. Other contributions 

 ranging from ^2^ to one guinea were promised at the same 

 time, amounting to more than ;j^8oo. Through the kind 

 exertions of the Chairman, this sum is now increased to over 

 ;^i,8oo, contributed chiefly by members of the Society. 



In accordance with the above resolution the following 

 circular was issued in the first instance to the members of the 

 Society, and afterwards to the most influential inhabitants of 

 the three Northern Counties, but up to the present time the 

 Committee regret that the appeal to the public generally has 

 met with only a slight response. 



The Committee desire to emphasize the fact that the full 

 sum of ;^2,5oo is absolutely and urgently needed. ;^8oo is 

 still required, and they earnestly ask the co-operation of the 

 other members of the Society in assisting them to raise the 

 requisite amount. 



Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, 



AND NeWCASTLE-ON-TyNE. 



Museum, May 2nd, i8g8. 



For some time past it has been evident that portions of the 

 walls, roofs, and main timbers of the Museum Building have 

 been in a very unsatisfactory, if not dangerous condition, and 



