Museum of Natural History. 



Report of the Curator. 



To the Directors and Members of The City Library Association: — 



The twelfth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is 

 hereby respectfully submitted. 



For the third time in the space of ten years the museum is facing 

 the need of more room. Since the present building was opened in 

 1899, it has been the policy of the institution to place on exhibition 

 only the choicest and most valuable material in its possession. But 

 so generous and well advised has been the interest of the friends of 

 the museum that each year has seen the addition of both wall and 

 floor cases. Now the main hall and the two upper rooms are com- 

 pletely filled and a still more careful process of selection must be 

 adopted. The present collections consist of the following cases: — 



Main Hall. 



Mineralogy and geology, 7 cases. 



Botany, 10 cases. 



Zoology, : 16 cases. 



" 20 groups. 



Henry S. Lee collection of coins, 2 cases. 



oo cases. 



Upper Rooms. 



Archaeology and relics, 15 cases. 



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Total, 70 cases. 



In addition there are on exhibition relief maps, photographs, and 

 also specimens of such a size that they cannot be placed in cases. 



This growth has gone on steadily from year to year without solici- 

 tation on the part of the officers and at a very small expense to the 

 Association. Even the cases have in a large measure been provided 

 by friends. Some idea of the increase in material is given by com- 

 parison of conditions now and in 1899. At the former date groups 



