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has been, on the whole, somewhat larger than last season, 

 but not at all regular; the largest audience numbering 196 

 persons. A programme of the course is attached to and forms 

 a part of this report. 



Recently facilities have been provided for the lighting of 

 the entire Museum, consequently, upon evenings announced 

 for gatherings of the Society, the Museum is open from 7 to 

 8 o'clock. 



Four thousand one hundred and fifty-eight persons have 

 visited the Museum during the year. The largest month 

 being May, 1893, with 614 visitors; w r hile Wednesday, 

 November 1, 1893, bears the palm of any single day, with 224 

 visitors. Since September 1, 1893, 2 >599 visitors have reg- 

 istered, as against 2,680 for a like period last year. 



The number of visitors to the Museum on Sundays did not 

 justify the Sunday opening, hence, the trial has not been 

 made a permanent feature. 



In accordance with our recommendation, a successful effort 

 was made to revive the work among the young people — The 

 Cincinnati Lyceum of Natural History. The initiatory meet- 

 ing was held November 4, 1893, with an attendance of nine- 

 teen. These meetings are held every Saturday morning, and 

 the elementary work is made as practical as possible, while 

 field excursions will constitute the bulk of the Spring pro- 

 gramme. For the special benefit of the High School pupils, 

 dissections were made of the circulatory (injected specimen), 

 respiratory, and nervous systems of the dog and cat. Out of 

 a membership of twenty-eight, the regular attendance has 

 been twenty-five, a sure sign of the interest taken in the 

 work by the members." At an illustrated lecture by the 

 Director, on " Some Microscopic Animals," seventy-two per- 

 sons were present, while sixty-six attended the talk on " Ner- 

 vous Systems of Vertebrates." It is the desire of the man- 

 agement, whose success depends on your assistance, to show 

 a decided gain in this department another year. 



The Society assisted the State authorities with their Anthro- 

 pological and Angling Exhibits at the Columbian Exposition, 

 by giving the Director's time and the loan of a typical collec- 

 tion from the pre-historic cemetery near Madisonville, and a 

 series of the smaller fishes from the streams of this county. 



