REPORT 
3 
REPORT, 1911 
Through the absence of several Members of the Committee 
from the country, and pressure of business and official duties upon 
others, the affairs of the Society during the past year, the Com- 
mittee regret to record, have been more or less at a standstill, 
and there has been a considerable falling off in Membership. 
During the year the Society has been fortunate in receiving 
two handsome donations for the Museum, one of £100 from 
Mr. W. N. Macmillan and one of £25 from Mr. Gilbert Blaine. 
These generous donations will more than cover the cost of 
the cases which are now completed and installed in the Museum, 
and have also enabled the Committee to obtain from home 
setting-up material, mounting boards, preservatives, labels, 
bottles, botanical papers, &c. &c. 
A considerable amount of material is now in the possession 
of the Society, and steady efforts will be made to arrange and 
catalogue the specimens in such a way as to render them 
accessible to Members for purposes of reference. When this 
is done it is believed that further material will flow in at an 
increased rate. The work of arrangement is being divided 
up amongst various Members of the Committee and others, 
and will, it is believed, be completed at an early date. 
It is proposed to notify Members from time to time in 
the Journal as to what class of specimens is mostly needed 
to make our collection representative. At present anything 
and everything which can be obtained will be welcomed, if 
it is properly preserved and labelled with full data, &c. Ac. 
It is gratifying to be able to report that His Excellency 
Sir Percy Girouard has asked Members of the Administra- 
tion to obtain specimens of heads of the greater fauna for 
the Society’s collection, and that he takes an interest in the 
Society’s progress. 
Mr. McGregor Ross kindly gave a lecture in Garvie’s Hall 
on the evening of August 2, in aid of the funds of the Society, 
entitled ‘ Down the Tana River,’ illustrated by a series of 
lantern views, at which His Excellency the Governor and 
suite were present, and from which the funds of the Society 
received considerable benefit. 
