Perthshire Palural pisiorv jPuseum 
PERTH. 
Report of the Museum Joint-Committee 
for the Year ending May 15th, 1907. 
To the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council. 
Gentlemen, 
The Joint-Committee of the Perthshire Natural History 
Museum has pleasure in submitting its Fifth Annual Report. 
The Museum fabric and fittings are in good repair. A number of 
improvements and alterations have been made since the last Report. 
The most important alteration was the extension made to the 
first upright case in the Index Museum, whereby an additional 
space of two feet has been given to the width of the case. The case 
now measures 12 ft. 9 ins. x 4 ft. 9 ins. inside. It was further 
strengthened by carrying ~J~ iron along the inside of the astragals, 
and the fitting of whole sheets of plate-glass in both ends of the case. 
The latter gives an uninterrupted view of the whole interior. The 
thanks of the Committee are due to Mr. M‘Laren, of the Burgh 
Surveyor’s Ofiice, for drawing up the specification for these altera¬ 
tions. It is intended to exhibit a number of Arctic animals, with 
natural surroundings, in this case, and the material is now well in 
hand. 
The first edition of the Handbook to the Museum having been 
exhausted, a second edition was prepared and issued. A large issue 
having been contracted for, your Committee were enabled to improve 
the book in several respects. A better paper was chosen, a number 
of new illustrations were added, and the size of the book was 
reduced to one adapted for carrying in the pocket. 
A small exhibition of named wild flowers has, as hitherto, been 
placed in the Lecture Room during the Summer months, for the use 
of beginners. The Committee is indebted to Miss Thomas and 
other members of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, who 
collected and named the material from week to week. 
