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EEPORT OF THE 
has cost a further sum of £80, it will at once he seen that hut 
for this extraordinary expenditure a large balance would have 
heen in the hands of the Treasurer for the purpose of the 
Society. 
Gteology. —The additions to the Greological Department 
include donations from the following Gentlemen :—W. Eeed, 
Esq., F.G.S.; J. F. Walker, Esq., M.A.; Thomas Boynton, 
Esq.; The Eev. C. B. Norcliffe; Canon Eaine, D.C.L., and 
S. Chadwick, Esq. 
The work of the year has heen mainly the formation of a 
secondary collection. The reasons for forming the collection 
are as follows:—The great and increasing importance attached 
to the teaching of Science will not only cause a large number 
of students to turn their attention to Palieontology, hut will 
necessitate their having a deeper knowledge of the subject than 
they can possibly get by simply looking at specimens through 
the glass covers of cases; but at the same time the Honorary 
Curator feels that it would be inconsistent with his duty as 
custodian of the specimens in the Geological Department to 
allow young and inexperienced students free access to the 
collection, especially as very many of the specimens are not 
only excellent of their kind, but could not possibly be replaced 
if destroyed. To meet this difficulty, it has been resolved to 
make a secondary collection from the duplicate fossils; they 
will be fully and carefully labelled and arranged stratigraphic- 
ally in a cabinet (presented some little time back by the 
Honorary Curator) and in this form will be found very useful 
to anyone desirous of having something more than a superficial 
knowledge of Palaeontology. It has been felt most deshable 
that, where possible, the collections of this Museum should be 
made available, not simply for the specialist and collector, but 
for giving a practical groundwork to the ordinary student. As 
to the secondary collection itself, the Honorary Curator wishes 
it to be distinctly understood that it is not composed of 
specimens that are considered unfit for exhibition in the general 
collection; on the contrary, no specimen is admitted into it 
which is so imperfect as to be useless or misleading; they are 
