REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



TO THE 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



Held at the Museum, \yth June, 1883. 



The Council for the year 1882-3, appointed by the Shareholders 

 at their annual Meeting, on the 14th June, 1882, desires to lay 

 before them its Report on their property, and the other interests 

 of the Society. 



The Society's Museum and collections are in very good 

 condition ; and during the past year your curators, with the 

 assistance of some of the members, have been able to get much 

 further work done in the way of re-arranging and labelling the 

 specimens in certain departments. A number of specimens 

 have been received from various friends during the year, and 

 have been added to the collections. A list of these additions 

 will be given at the end of this Report. 



On Easter Monday, the number of visitors to the Museum 

 was very large, the charge being as usual, two-pence for adults 

 and a penny for children. The several rooms were specially 

 arranged for such visitors, and these showed much interest in 

 the collections displayed for their examination. 



Seven ordinary meetings have been held during the late 

 session, at which nine papers have been read by members of 

 our Society, as follows : — 



The first meeting was held on the 7th November, 1882, 

 when a paper was read by Mr. Thos. Workman on "A recent 

 visit to Brazil." The second meeting was held on the 5th 

 Dec, when (1st) a paper was read by Mr. Joseph John Murphy 



