Perthshire Natural History Museum. 
Report of the Museum Joint Committee 
for the Year ending loth May , 1909. 
To the Hon. the Lord Provost , Magistrates and Town Council 
of Perth. 
Gentlemen, 
The Joint-Committee of the Perthshire Natural History 
Museum has pleasure in submitting the Seventh Annual Report, 
being the Twenty-sixth year and Report of the Museum. 
The fabric has received the following attention. The slating on 
the roof was examined, some leakages located and repaired, a roof- 
light at the top of the staircase was raised, and a framework built 
in to carry sliding doors to facilitate access to the roof. 
All paint work in the Museum (except inside of the cases) has 
been washed down with soap and water, and the stippling on the 
roof-lights renewed. In the local Museum the roof-lights have been 
fitted with spring roller blinds ; the parquet flooring has likewise 
been washed, treated with varnish, and afterwards waxed. The 
above improvements amply repay the trouble involved, while the 
convenience in being able to admit and regulate the amount of light 
is great, as well as affording a saving in artificial light. 
A seventh case has. been added to the gallery rail cabinet; it will 
be more fully utilised as soon as the necessary trays are acquired. 
The number of specimens borrowed for teaching purposes was 162 ; 
more use will no doubt be made of duplicate material in the 
Museum, in this direction, as the facilities offered become more 
widely known. 
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