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MINUTES OE PROCEEDINGS OE 
sible. As a guide io those members willing to assist, by sending skins or 
complete specimens, a list is given of the desiderata in this part of the museum. 
More than 100 typical specimens of birds have been added to the 
mounted collection, the whole of which have been named and labelled. A 
catalogue of all the mounted specimens has been completed. 
The antelope heads, horns, as also the reptiles arranged round the 
museum, have been labelled, and the donors' names attached. 
Twelve officers have received instruction in Taxidermy during the year. 
Consequent on the long connection with, and valuable services rendered 
to the Institution by Mr. Whitely, the Curator of the Museum, and also 
in consideration of the many donations given to it, the Committee has 
granted him, subject to the approval of the general meeting, an increase 
of £10 yearly, commencing on the 1st January, 1871. 
Presentations to Museum. 
Frogs... 
Chinese Summer Shirt and Slippers.. 
Large Chinese Drawings in Water ') 
Colours, mounted on rollers .j 
Mineralogical Specimens, consisting of) 
Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lead Ores § 
Japanese Fishing Bod . 
Skin of White Tiger... 
Antelopes’ Heads and Skins.. 
Collection of Birds and Minerals, 4 Horn") 
Spoons, Horn Drinking Utensil and ‘ 
Dish, and Bamboo Snuff-box, from f 
Madagascar .... ) 
29 Birds and 1 Fish from Canada . 
Type Specimens of rare China Birds ... 
Humming Birds .... 
Birds from India ... 
Birds from Scotland...... 
Birds shot at Alderney... 
Birds from India.... 
Australian Birds .... 
Armstrong E Time Fuze, whole section^ 
n B a a a 
i, Concussion „ A „ 
/, Percussion „ C „ 
i, Pillar 
„ Percussion 
Moorsom’s Fuze, whole and section. 
Boxer’s Time Fuze, section only . 
Pettman’s Land Service, „ 
(The whole in a mahogany case.) 
Obsolete Copper Coins from Gibraltar... 
Begulation Helmet for Officers, It.A., in 
india, from 1864 to 1870 . 
C Plug & thimble, 
l N aval Service. 
2 Pev. A. C. Fraser. 
Yice-Admiral Gold smith, C.B. 
4 Capt. J. B. Dyce, Tt.A. 
14 Lieut. A. B. Brown, It.A. 
1 Maj.-General Buchanan, It.A. 
1 Capt. W. Wilson, It.A. 
2 C Lieut. J. Biddulph, 19th 
I Hussars. 
Lieut. J. It. Itobinson, It.A. 
30 Lieut. A. G. Yeatman, It.A. 
| Mr. Whitely. 
2 Lieut. Beadneli, E.A. 
2 Capt. J. S. Stirling, It.A. 
7 Lieut. Montgomerie, It.A. 
9 C Brig.-General G. Bourchicr, 
* l C.B., E.A. 
10 Asst.-Surg. Fiddes, M.B.,E. A. 
Mrs. H. F. Strange. 
75 Capt. J. B. Eichardson, B.A. 
1 Lieut. T. H* Lloyd, E.A. 
