REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1905. 
7 
A movement was inaugurated for building a New Lecture 
Theatre during the past year, and an appeal was made to Mr. 
Carnegie to assist the Council with funds for this much needed 
improvement. The appeal was however unsuccessful, and 
there is now hardly time to carry out the work so as to he 
available for the British Association Meeting in August, even 
if funds were forthcoming. Your Council still hopes that in 
the near future funds may be supplied not only for a new 
Lecture Theatre, hut also for a Gallery and enlargement of 
the Library, both of which are a pressing need. The supply 
of further space for the exhibition of the Collections so as to 
render them capable of more popular treatment is much called 
for. Considerable progress has been made in labelling the 
objects of interest in the entrance of the Museum and Hospitium 
during the past year, and it is hoped to extend and complete 
this very desirable work during the coming season. The best 
thanks of the Council are due to Dr. Auden and Mr. Malcolm 
Spence for this work. 
It was found necessary during the summer months to employ 
an ex-policeman to keep order in the Gardens. The Council 
trusts that the members will do all in their power to assist 
the Gardeners, and will not hesitate to report to the Keeper 
of the Museum any abuse of the Grounds and Exhibits, which 
may come to their notice. 
During the past year several notable additions have been 
made to the Collections. Your Council would especially 
thank the Keeper of the Museum, Mr. Oxley Grabham, for 
the presentation of his most valuable collection of British 
Mammals, and Dr. Tempest Anderson for so kindly providing 
the Cabinets in which the collection is housed. 
The portraits of past Curators and others, which from 
exposure in the Entrance Hall and other causes have suffered 
some deterioration, have been carefully treated under the 
supervision of Mr. Howarth, of the Mappin Art Gallery, 
Sheffield, and your Council wish to record their indebtedness 
to him for the assistance rendered. It is gratifying to find 
that no serious injury has been sustained by the pictures. 
The financial position of the Society is on the whole satis¬ 
factory. The accounts shew an excess of receipts over 
