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Sixty meetings were held in the buildings, including a short 
course of lectures by Mr. Steele, of the Edinburgh and East of 
Scotland College of Agriculture, on Bee-keeping. Between 3(J and 
40 persons interested in the management of bees took advantage of 
the course. 
During the year many applications were received for information 
in various branches of natural history ; in no previous year were 
these so numerous. Teachers engaged in Nature study borrowed 
169 specimens for school work ; Students in Art, Artists and 
others were given every facility in the prosecution of their work 
in the Museum 
During the winter eggs of trout and sea trout were kept for 
observation; in spring those of the toad were on view. The 
hatching out and development of these, as well as the living fresh 
water animals on view in a number of small aquaria in the Lecture 
Room, were a source of much interest. 
It is pleasing to note that the Perthshire Society of Natural 
Science continues the work of encouraging school boys and girls in 
the City and County to take up the study of nature, and in response 
to their circular 66 essays were sent in on “Perthshire Mammals." 
The Hon. the Lord Provost, in presenting the prizes, gave a most 
thoughtful address on “ Hobbies ” to the young folk. The subject 
of the essay for the present year is “ Birds and their Nesting 
Habits.” 
Thanks are due to the Director of the British Museum, the 
Director of Kew Gardens, the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, 
Rev. James Waterson and Mr. A. E. J. Carter for their courtesv 
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in naming critical material. 
Weather observations were taken dail}' at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. 
The morning readings were available to the public by means of a 
chart placed in the window, alongside of the daily forecast of the 
Meteorological Office. 
Returns were made each week to the Registrar General ; com- 
plete monthly returns to the Scottish Meteorological Society; 
reports were also sent to other bodies engaged in meteorological 
work, as well as to the Water Works and to the local press. An 
abstract for the year 1910 appears at the end of this report. 
Thanks are due to the local press for their courtesy in publishing 
occasional notes of donations and exhibits. 
