Perthshire Natural History Museum. 
Report for the Year ending 15th May, 1912. 
To the Hon. the Lord Provost , Magistrates, and Town Council 
of Perth. 
Gentlemen, 
Your Committee in charge of the Perthshire Natural History 
Museum has pleasure in submitting the Tenth Annual Report, this 
being the twenty-ninth report since the Museum was opened. 
The fabric throughout is in good repair. 
The tenth and final cabinet, under the gallery rail, was added this 
year, and the two corners at the pillars were panelled and rounded off. 
The series now presents a continuous whole round the gallery, and is 
in keeping with the exhibition table-cases. The amount of storage 
space for reference material has thus been considerably increased. 
During June and July the Lecture Room was used for a display 
of wild flowers, the exhibition of which, from week to week, was very 
much appreciated. Over 350 exhibits were shown, and in each case 
cards accompanied the specimens giving the name, habitat, and other 
information. To Mr. D. Campbell, who undertook most of the collect¬ 
ing, and to the other members of the Society who rendered occasional 
help, the Committee tender their thanks. 
The hatching and development of trout at New Year time, and 
frogs in spring, is every year popular. If space in the Museum per¬ 
mitted, this instructive way of exhibiting animals might, with great 
acceptance, be extended, so as to enable the keeping of living animals in 
aquaria throughout the year. Wherever this has been done it has 
been found extremely popular with young folks ; of the instructive 
value there can be no question, since it presents facts about animals 
that only the living forms can show. 
Sixty-nine meetings were held in the buildings, the lecture-room 
at some of these meetings being more than comfortably filled. The 
installation of the electric light and fan, now in process, should have 
a most beneficial - effect throughout the building by maintaining a 
more uniform temperature. The convenience in lighting will also be 
much appreciated. 
