MU. SOUTHWELL ON ADDITIONS TO THE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM. 45 
V. 
SOME ADDITIONS TO 
TIIE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM IN 1899. 
By Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., V.-P. 
Read 27tli February, 1000. 
So far from there having been any material filling oir in the 
number of visitors to the Museum after the first two years of its 
abode in its new home, which, as might have been expected from 
the novelty of the thing were exceptionally large, the return for 
1899, the fourth complete year, shows a small increase over that 
preceding it, 129,106 visitors having passed the turnstiles. The 
attendances on pay-days have been the largest in the four years, 
and tho same may be said of the visitors to the architectural 
features of the building, which are separately shown, this number 
having maintained an annual increase, till in the past year it has 
reached a total of 7,603, being 1,749 more than in 1896, the first 
complete year. This result is very gratifying, showing that those 
who prove their interest by paying the small charge for admission, 
as compared with the mere sightseers, have steadily increased. 
There have been no very striking additions to the Natural 
History Collections during the past year, but this has been amply 
atoned for in the splendid additions to the Picture Gallery, through 
the munificence of the late Mr. J. J. Colman, and the addition of 
the large collection of forest-bed fossils accumulated by the same 
gentleman, and presented last year by his son, Mr. Russell J. Colman. 
This latter has necessitated the building of a gallery in the Geological 
Room similar to that in the Raptorial Bird Room, which is now in 
a forward state, and the re-arranging of the whole collection will 
be proceeded with without delay. 
In the Mammalian Room the chief addition is the head of 
a Musk Ox ( Ovibos moschatus), killed by the Whaler “Polar 
