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The weekly exhibits of wild flowers in June and July of last year 
were marred somewhat by the weather. Some 226 plants were shown 
in the lecture room, and the Committee is indebted to Miss Thomas 
and others for this useful piece of work. 
The Committee is also indebted to Mr. Lumsden, the Fishery 
Board Superintendent, for a number of salmon ova. These were 
hatched in the laboratory, and were visited by a great number of 
people. The young fry were shown under a microscope, and the 
visitors had an opportunity of seeing the more important functions 
going on in the developing fish. 
In spring frogs’ eggs were hatched out; these, along with other 
living aquatic animals, are very popular with visitors. 
Special privileges were granted to students in the study of museum 
material, and the loan of the collection of Perthshire Grossularite 
was granted Dr. Sliand, of the Royal Scot. Museum, Edinburgh. 
The results of his investigations has since been published and the 
material returned. Two artists also made use of natural history 
specimens in the building for purposes of study. 
The Antarctic Photographs, intimated in the last report as on loan 
from Dr. Bruce, have now been returned. The exhibit was much 
appreciated. 
The Museums’ Association held its annual meeting last July in 
Dundee, and devoted a day to Perth. Fine weather enabled the 
members to see the city and surroundings at its best. A report on 
that meeting was read to a meeting of this Committee, 3rd Septem¬ 
ber last, conveying many expressions of thanks and appreciation of 
the visit to Perth. 
During the year we have again had a number of specialists and 
others interested in museum technique conducted over the museum — 
those from Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, 
Bolton, Bombay, Hakadato, etc., being of the more important. 
Special visits also were made by representatives from Hamilton and 
Coatbridge. 
Information on case fittings, etc., was supplied to nine museums— 
5 English, 1 Colonial, 1 Foreign, 2 Scottish, live of whom borrowed 
samples of the fittings. 
The classes on Nature Study arranged for Teachers by the 
Technical Institute, and the Students of Botany from University 
College, Dundee, visited the museum. A special visit was made by 
the Perth Class Teachers also. Twelve arranged visits were thus 
made, and 350 students were conducted over the museum and had 
the main plan pointed out to them. 
