296 MR. SOUTHWELL ON ADDITIONS TO THE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM. 
X. 
SOME ADDITIONS TO 
THE ■ NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM IN 1896. 
By Thomas Southwell, E.Z.S., Y.-P. 
Read 6th April, 1897. 
It is gratifying in the extreme to find that the interest in the 
beautiful Museum, which has found so fitting a home in the grand old 
Castle, is fully maintained, and that according to the Deport for 
the year 1896, issued by the Committee, the goodly number of 
159,400 persons visited the building in that year. Although at times 
almost inconveniently crowded, not a single case of wilful damage 
to any object in the Museum or of misconduct has been reported, 
and the intelligent interest evinced in the various collections by 
young people of both sexes has been very marked. An official 
Guide Book to the collections has been issued, which it is hoped 
will be found useful to those whose object is really to profit by the 
opportunities afforded them ; and many of the principal objects in 
the various sections have been photographed, these are on sale at 
reasonable prices, and appear to be much appreciated by the 
visitors. 
Through the kindness of Mr. Charles Hose of Baram, Borneo, 
who has long been a liberal benefactor to the Museum of his 
native county, the collection of Quadrumana has been enriched 
by the addition of several Bornean species, including Semnopffliecus 
hosei, S. natuvce, and S. femoral in ; Hylobates miilleri, Nasa/is 
larvatus, and Macacus cynomolgus. Four Squirrels, Sciuruspreuosfi, 
S. notatus, S. tenuis, and S. bicolor var. bangoranenses ; also 
a Flying Squirrel, Steromys nitidus, all from Borneo. Mr. Bostock 
has also continued to send such of the animals which have died in. 
his travelling collection as are of uso to us, amongst others we 
