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Report for the Year ending 15 th May , 1 . 911 . 
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To the Ron. the Lord Provost , Magistrates and 
Town Council of Perth. 
Gentlemen, 
The Committee of the Perthshire Natural History 
Museum has pleasure in submitting the Ninth Annual Report, 
being the twenty-eighth year and report on the Museum. 
The fabric throughout is in good repair. 
In autumn, under the supervision of Mr. McLaren, Depute Burgh 
Surveyor, doors, windows and iron work were attended to and 
painted ; the brick walls in the rear of the building were coated 
with duresco. 
The ninth cabinet under the gallery rail was added, the trays for 
this giving 64 sq. ft. of accommodation for storage of local reference 
material. New bolts were fitted to all doors of the cabinets under 
the east and north wall cases ; the former were also fitted with new 
1-inch runners. Eighteen glass-topped drawers, yielding 42 sq. ft., 
were added to the local insect cabinets. 
The exhibition of wild flowers was continued last summer under 
the charge of Mr. David Campbell, with assistance from other 
members of the Society. The Lecture table was used for the display 
of flowers collected within the area from week to week, and in all 
upwards of 300 species were shown. The common and technical 
name, the locality, and other information were given on cards attached 
to the plants. The exhibit was most successful and much appreciated. 
In this connection the Committee deplores the loss of Miss Thomas, 
who died in France last August. No later than July she took a 
share in the above work, and until three years ago this was a branch 
of Museum work she began and carried on each year with enthusiasm. 
