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ANNUAL REPOET, 1916 
The subscription list is still open, and we appeal to members 
to help forward the Society in this as in other matters. 
The thanks of the Society are due to Dr. Pirie, who gave 
a public lecture in aid of the Building Fund. 
Visitors . — The average number of visitors to the Museum 
was roughly 20 per week. 
Monthly Evening Meetings . — These have been started 
with a view to stimulating interest in the Society, in Natural 
History, and for the mutual benefit of those working on the 
numerous branches of Natural Science. 
We have to report a marked lack of support from members, 
many of whom reside in Nairobi. Four lectures have been 
given, and reports on them published in the Journal. 
Collections . — Donations to the Society’s collections have 
continued to come in steadily, with the result that our present 
rented building is quite inadequate for their proper display. 
Frequently visitors have called at the Museum to see a certain 
specimen some friend has sent in. They expect to find it 
prepared for exhibition and on view, whereas they have to 
content themselves with the assurance that it has been received, 
catalogued, and stored away in one of the numerous store- 
boxes which disfigure the interior of the building. 
Through the generosity of Major Meinertzhagen, the 
Society’s bird collection has benefited greatly. Major Meinertz- 
hagen was kind enough to pay all expenses in connection 
with the Acting Curator’s trip to Lamu and district in exchange 
for the Migrants which Mr. Turner collected during his stay 
at the coast, the Society retaining all the African species. 
The result has been the addition of many species which were 
not represented in the Society’s collection. A Report on the 
Collection will be found elsewhere in the Journal. 
A list of specimens received during the year, and donors, 
will be published in the Journal. 
Curator. — Mr. A. Loveridge has been on active service 
during the whole year, but his place has been ably filled by 
Mr. Allen Turner, who is unfit for military duty. Mr. Turner’s 
services to the Society, both as a collector and taxidermist, 
are well known. The Committee takes this opportunity of 
thanking Mr. Turner for his kindness in coming to their aid 
