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those ladies and gentlemen who have kindly assisted us by giving 
lectures, reading papers, or in other ways helped on the work of 
the society. 
A statement of accounts is now submitted to you, and you will 
see by the balance sheet that we began the year with a balance of 
£3 4s. 5d. in hand. We have received £6 Os. 5d., chiefly from 
members’ subscriptions, making a total of £9 4s. 10d., we have 
expended £5 11s. Id. on the museum, which includes a grant of 
£5 towards the new cabinet, 9s. 3d. on the “ Midland Naturalist ” 
and binding, and our establishment charges have amounted to 
£2 3s. lid., leaving a balance of £1 Os. 7d. in hand. 
In conclusion, your committee would, as it has done on several 
previous occasions, remind the members generally that the object 
of a society of this kind is the acquisition and increase of our know¬ 
ledge of Nature’s works, and it is hoped that each individual 
member will do his or her best to further this object, and give the 
society the benefit of their researches. 
This report was adopted, subject to the accounts being audited, 
on the motion of Miss L. Jebb, jun., seconded by Miss Bickley. 
The following report of the curator (Birds and Curiosities), Rev. 
W. C. Tabor, was presented :—During the past year the following 
birds have been added to the collection :—Egyptian Goose, pre¬ 
sented by Mr. Brownlow Tower ; Brambling, by Mr. Kesterton ; 
Royston Crow, by Mr. Brownlow Tower; Greenshank, by Mr. 
Williams ; Water-rail, by Mr. Dumville Lees ; Water Oozel (Dipper), 
by Mr. Tatton. Various coins and tokens have been given by the 
following persons:—Mr. Dymock, thirty-five; Mr. E. Stanley, Mr. 
Tabor, Mr. C. Moore, Mr. P. Powell, Mr. A. Moore, Mr. Groom, 
Mr. George Harry. Some interesting papers and other things 
have been given by Mrs. Whitfield, Mr. Mainwaring, Mr. Brownlow 
Tower, Mr. H. Adams, Miss Nunnerley, Mr. James, Miss Bickley, 
Mr. Giles, Mr. Green, Mr. Sharman, and Mr. A. Thompson. 
Mr. H. J. Peake, lion, curator of the Natural History Section, 
read the following report:— 
This year has been an eventful one in the history of this depart¬ 
ment of the museum. For the first time the natural history 
July, 1893. 
