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insects in various stages, with specimens of injuries committed by 
these insects in their various stages. 
Mr. Barclay still continues the work of re-arranging the European 
collections of dried plants. 
Many other donations have been made to the Museum, as detailed 
in the list of donations. 
During the year a number of teachers have taken advantage of 
the facilities to give special lessons on the premises to classes of 
children. 207 specimens also have been borrowed for school work- 
in Nature knowledge and drawing, while the Science Department 
of the Academy has conducted numerous classes and had the use of 
the cases and duplicate material. 
Several University student have read at the cases during the year ; 
and a number of birds, fishes, &c., have been borrowed by art 
students, and also by designers for models. 
The exhibition cases were twice inspected during the year for 
measurements, &c., and specimens of the fittings given to con¬ 
tractors who have instructions to use our pattern for a model. 
The exhibition fish tanks employed in our Museum were described 
b}^ the Curator to the Museum’s Association at their meeting in 
Aberdeen, and very favourably commented upon. The paper 
appears in the Association Journal. 
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A number of special visits have been made to the Museum during 
the year in connection with the Perthshire Society of Natural 
Science and its work, viz. : — 
The Dunfermline Naturalists’ Society, on 9tli May, 1903. 
The Edinburgh Natural History Society, on 21st May, 1903. 
The Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom, from 
4th to lltli July, 1903. 
The Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, on 29th September, 1903. 
The children’s essay competition for the last year on “ The Part 
which Water has played in the breaking down and building up of 
the Rocks of Perthshire” was a popular one, no less than 163 essays 
being sent in. This year the subject is “ The Fishes of the Lochs 
and Streams of Perthshire.” Duplicate material is now to hand for 
those schools desirous of borrowing material. 
In connection with the essay competition scheme, there has been 
inaugurated a Junior Section in connection with the Society. 
The number of Visitors to the Museum was 16,110. 
