ANNUAL REPORT, 1893 
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instruction in science and art. The maintenance of the present 
small staff of the Museum consisting of a clerk, a porter and 
Lecturers and the current and regular expenses of the lectures 
and meetings amount to at least three times the amount of the 
subsidy from Government and there is nothing to provide 
for repairs and renewal of building, apparatus for scientific and 
technical instruction, furniture and fittings, or for an appropri- 
ation towards the extinction of the debt due by the Institute. 
Besides which the Museum Building requires certain absolutely 
necessary additions, for instance, latrines, and a workshop in 
which specimens belonging to the collections can be repaired, 
mounted or prepared for preservation and exhibition. It is also 
highly desirable that the grounds of the Museum should be 
properly fenced and laid out in a neat manner. The scheme of 
lectures and meetings already referred to has been arranged and 
is now in full work. It is, however, much to be regretted that 
the attendance at these lectures and meetings is far below what it 
ought to be. The terms on which admission is granted to the 
the lectures are so liberal that any person in the island desirous 
of attending the lectures can in one way or another easily 
do so. The lectures arranged for under the scheme laid down in 
the bye-laws of the Institute are six courses of six lectures each 
annually, in all thirty-six lectures. Besides these, occasional 
lectures on subjects not included in the regular program may be 
given. The lectures are chiefly intended for instruction in the 
elementary principles of Agriculture, Chemistry, Geology and 
Natural History. In addition to these lectures the scheme 
includes twelve evening meetings annually at which questions 
of science and practice may be discussed and original papers read. 
The annual payment for associates of the Institute is ten shillings 
and for this sum each associate is intitled to attend all lectures 
and evening meetings of the Institute and to make use of the 
museum and reading-room. The subscription of members of the 
Institute is Five Dollars annually and for this they are intitled 
to attend the evening meetings and to vote at the election of 
