154 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



issued with the forthcoming volume of the Transactions ; but 

 special mention may here be made of the following donations : 

 a set of objects from Central Africa, presented by the Rev. R. 

 Stewart Wright, including horns of Eland, Hartbeeste, and 

 Water Buck, and several native ornaments and utensils to 

 add to the large series recently presented by the same gentle- 

 man; a remarkable piece of improvised ordnance from the 

 Philippine Islands, presented by F. J. Charlton, R.N.; and a 

 copy of Claus and Sedgwick's Zoology, presented by Mr. R. 

 Y. Green. 



The following gentlemen have been elected Members and 

 Associates of the Society : — 



MEMBERS. 



Prof. T. H. Middleton, M. Sc. Durham College of Science. 



Capt. H. A. Pratt, R.A 71, Osborne Road, Newcastle. 



Henry 'Richardson Literary and Philosophical 



Society, Newcastle. 

 Chas. S. Shortt 9, Grainger St. W., Newcastle. 



ASSOCIATES. 



Herbert Stevens 23, Mundella Terrace, Heaton. 



E. Victor Nisbett 4, Summerhill Grove, Newcastle 



APPENDIX, 



EPITOME OF CURATOR'S REPORT OF JULY ioth, 



1901. 



I have made as full an inspection of the Society's collec- 

 tions as time has allowed, and the following report on their 

 present condition is the result of that inspection. 



The collections contained in the Museum may be described 

 as illustrating with considerable completeness the sciences of 

 Zoology and Geology in general, and in addition as com- 



