104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Museums Association. 



Dr. F. A. Bather was appointed to act as the representative 

 of the Natural History Museum at the annual conference of 

 the Museums Association held at Brighton in July. 



Meteorological Office. 



By permission of the Trustees, the Director of the Meteoro- 

 logical Office, which recently moved to South Kensington, has 

 placed a set of instruments for his daily observations and 

 weather reports on a plot of grass in the Museum grounds, to 

 which he is allowed access at 6 p.m. daily. 



Protection of Whales in Antarctic Seas. 



The attention of the Trustees having been directed to the 

 wholesale destruction of Whales said to be going on in 

 Antarctic Seas, representations on the subject have been made 

 to the Colonial Office, v/ith a view to bringing about an Inter- 

 national Conference, in which the Trustees would be prepared 

 to participate, on the need of measures being taken for the 

 protection of these animals. The subject is one of considerable 

 importance, for it is certain that the unrestricted slaughter of 

 these marine mammals cannot be continued without serious 

 danger of the extermination of the species concerned. 



Protection of Birds in the West Indies. 



At the request of the Acting Governor of the Windward 

 Islands, received through the Colonial Office, schedules of 

 species of birds for total and partial protection, with popular 

 and scientific names, have been prepared for substitution 

 en bloc for the present lists in the Wild Birds' Protection 

 Ordinance (St. Lucia), 1839, 



Bombay Natural History Society. 



In response to an appeal from the Bombay Natural History 

 Society, the Trustees have, with Treasury sanction, contributed 

 towards a fund raised by that Society for the employment of 

 trained European collectors to make a systematic collection of 

 the mammals of India, Burma, and Ceylon ; it being a part of 

 the scheme that all the specimens obtained will be sent to the 

 Natural History Museum for identification and description, and 

 the types and other specimens that may be required for the 

 Museum will be presented by the Society to the Trustees, 



Uganda Boundary Commission. 



At the request of the Trustees, Mr. Kobin Kemp, an expe- 

 rienced collector, was attached as naturalist to the Commission 

 appointed to delimit the boundary between Uganda, the Congo, 

 and German East Africa. A valuable collection consisting of 

 mammals (including 23 species new to science) and birds has 

 been received from Mr. Kemp. 



