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which Es. 2,726 have already been realized. The Society has 

 sanctioned an expenditure of Es. 1,200, towards the purchase, which 

 has been delayed only in consequence of the disturbed state of the 

 country. 



Some improvement has been effected in the arrangement of the 

 Society's Coin Cabinet by Mr. ^reeling ; and it is hoped that on 

 the receipt of the Stacy collection, the whole Cabinet will be syste- 

 matically arranged, and rendered easily accessible to the public. 



Museum of Economic Geology. — On the removal of the Govern- 

 ment Museum of Economic Geology from the custody of the Society 

 in 1856, the Government of India invited the Society to permit 

 their own collections to be also transferred to the charge of the 

 Superintendent of the Geological Survey in India, under such restric- 

 tions as the Society might chose to impose. The Council was divided 

 in opinion on this question, and the proposition having been referred 

 to the Society at large, was negatived at the last annual meeting. 



Museum. — The Museum continues to be an object of interest 



From Jan. to Dec. 1857 being 309 and attraction to the public. That 

 days open, exclusive of Sundays and ... ,, . . , . . 

 other Christian holidays. lfc 1S generally appreciated is shown 

 Native Females. European Females. Dy the figures quoted in the mar- 

 Males. Males. f . • 

 38,430 2,090 2,597 811 gin. During the year under review 



~~~7 43~928™ th ere were 43,928 Visitors, which, 



exclusive of Sundays and other 

 Christian holidays, give an average of 142 persons per diem. 



Several glazed cases have been provided for the preservation and 

 display of Zoological specimens, and the hands of the Curator in 

 that Department have been strengthened by an increase of his 

 establishment. 



Dr. Falconer's important Catalogue of Tertiary fossils in the 

 Society's collections, is in the Press, and will shortly appear. 



Proposed Imperial Museum. — A careful inquiry into the condition 

 of the Museum, its growing importance, and the scanty accommoda- 

 tion available in the Society's building, together with the inadequacy 

 of the funds at their disposal, impressed the Council with the 

 necessity of appealing to Government for aid. After mature deli- 

 berations they resolved that the most satisfactory mode of dealing 

 with this important question would be to petition the Government 



