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CURD eer tae cae is fe a -~" 316 »* A ©; a" i ares | a: A § ott ie % F y : Le 73 7 eet i ra & 7 ee b, ih, 2 (See ai a _ i. pal i 7 i, Wee Se ay as Peer a ‘ be + =a te } ahs Per ew ae sw dell need) cay: 7 kee aad 4 a) Sees eee SON EWENTY-SIXTH iS ANNUAL REPORT t r OF THE COMMITTEE | FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. | MUSEUM, : WALKER ART GALLERY, — a | i OF THE | BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. i" | y ie Asie ce Soke ‘ ! ~— + & err a > _ 7 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MitS:E> UM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET, 1879, COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1878-79. Committee. JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, Cuareman. EDWARD SAMUELSON, Depury-CHareman. THOMAS BLAND ROYDEN, Mayor. WILLIAM BENNETT, THOMAS HOLDER, ANTHONY BOWER, ROBERT DURNING HOLT, CHARLES TRICKS BOWRING, ARTHUR HORNBY LEWIS, STEWART HENRY BROWN, WILLIAM JOHN LUNT, ANDREW COMMINS, JOSEPH MAYER, WILLIAM CROSFIELD, PHILIP HENRY RATHBONE, BERNARD HALL, SIR A. B. WALKER, REV. HENRY H. HIGGINS, OWEN HUGH WILLIAMS. Chief Librarian. PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Superintendent of the Lending Libraries. HENRY GRICE. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Assistant Curator, Mayer Collection. CHARLES T. GATTY. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery, CHARLES DYALL,. REPORT. Noruine of sufficient importance to demand special notice has occurred during the year. Every department of the institution continues in a state of active efficiency. The completion of the New Reading Room has been delayed from an alteration in the construction of the floor, required in consequence of the proposed lecture room in the basement story. The work is now proceeding in a satisfactory manner. It has been determined to sur- round the room with galleries and bookcases, contracts for which have been entered into. It is expected that within a short time the room will be opened to the public. The removal of a large portion of the books to the new room will set at liberty several rooms now occupied in connection with the Library. The appropriation of these will have the careful consideration of the Committee. Arrangements are proposed by which separate accommodation will be provided for the readers of periodicals and light literature, leaving the New Reading Room for scientific and general subjects. Reference Library. Taste I.—Showing the total issue of volumes of books :— Classification. Neies Peni mheolapy. WMoralsf Ooms Cae tig... 238 capsid epee j-stodedee Oem 18,458 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &¢. ...........0..::sceceeeseeeees 12,109 43 5 Persie PEAR COLY seca ce- ace eetemeei OTT: onc sas ekaddetueanst scnpassosaarte 5,982 22 REECE ANG ENO ATES eee ee thi. oc is ns cee ccmctbasslepunetton sec ccie se 24,527 86 SAAB LONY ANC MEMOPTAOIUY Dae ese ynckwiindéevendesernnnsae deen teas ene 28,303 102 Topography and Antiquities .................cccecseeeeeeeee ners ness 6,393 23 BVA CCR ONG TLAVGIS: cc ntiret cle cciccesctccsssaudenatressnenccerheses 16,513 59 Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Works, Maga- REE M OEE) Mic acct Meee Tein as kcace ceeuerst caacics peerage ss 92,724 330 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ..............0.c:ececeeedeneeeeeees 3,298 12 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics...................5. 2,855 13 Ua MOM Man WAP tsi; ssccccrscese teregenee caneessuusegtans cc 6,036 23 Poetry and Dramatic Literature .........6.c.cceseesconsceeccseeeess 18,228 65 PYONGHMEINOHM cca. cs ceri acih cee cack ragcaste dh ant RRO AES MBE 190,198 678 Latin and Greek Classics, and Translations ................00665 4,672 16 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference ............ 7,450 26 4 Taste I1.—Showing the issue of Quarterly and Mouthly Magazines exclusively :— Magazines Daily Classification. Tasted! Average. Mb eolosy sw MOA GC... .yee0s.econs.co4essdeercses enuscrassersnsvaneeen 2,934 10 Natural Philosophy, &€. .........ccsp+..p0tseeecerseceaneredeseenerennes 762 3 IN AMA MELTS COTY +. cols vaccdsteccdosoltrab ote tation sotcantamess MeMasteneten te 394 1 GLEN Ce aU LAS OATES) loys thins ncoveeTenvinw se sbasobcdse cee sereoumetceneer 3,425 12 Mapopra phy and AqtiGuibles) ...--oseqss2e+abes-chsrem= sie -eetreaess 238 1 WON AmeR aE CaVele. Mateccese tectonics eat vo seveperrnaccus tuner aeons 252 1 Mascellaneous ateratire. cc Ah divacouses¢sahy cnseWoeaesar dey cgiter sete ne 42,625 152 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics .................. 708 3 Hiducation and Language.............creoesescererseceenersescrntsen ose 286 1 A Ua 2 | a ol eR RRs 51,654 184 Taste II].—Showing the issue of Weekly Periodicals, &e., exclu- sively :— Periodicals Daily Classification. eenead! Average. Natal Philosophy; , «cscs. «2 be ssepeaal Spice vcedeen + -seeonentvers¥-- dren aes, C0) 11 Natural History... eoaneronteceeeasseee aeeeeenees 3,814 13 Science and the Arts zd 14,168 51 Miscellaneous Literature (principally 1 Illustrated and Literary Periodicals)........... ae tresbtcscestenetasneuesee nL Oo pLOO 685 Law and Politics ........ ede Peepicines) Barbh care ienixs 729 3 Commerce and Political Economy | Pitas y even -ioes ers eelmaaecy es cer 703 3 Directories and Dictionaries ...... 02.0 cececteee ceeeceeecereneceeeee 13,463 48 Total....c.ssecsesesssscessteeee 229,958 © 817 Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 11,152. Daily Average, 40. RECAPITULATION OF Li dank: Volumes of Books ......... jeeenttssry4o1;410 Quarterly and Monthly Magazines... reoeee 51,654 Weekly Periodicals, &¢, ........sseese coeeeseesee 229,258 Patents consulted . -stepas quecuansetiereeseo Mille Wotdllyssccsctancenesesssaccunsv® 729,540 Besides the constant and unrestricted use by Students of some eighty volumes of Dictionaries and other works wholly of reference, of which no statistics are taken. Tastz IV.—Showing the issue and classification of books in the Students’ Room :— Classi 2 Volumes Daily assification. Tssued. Ayerage. Theology, Morals, &e ...... ARIA Re PRE i aes bac! Poll) 34 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, & eee ee a Ueno 16 Natural History .. Seen ERECT pop le taT 6 Science and the Arts. Diab cbt Rede bac e coasahce wacko state co ecerersen ty OSCE 22 History and Biography mauaaeeaeecens adataueoeseestegeec mabey ree saes 4,533 16 Topography and aeiiiaties dae eapleamne ce daccenamacd eee tececmunnons foe 1,639 6 Woyagesiand: Dravels.sc:7. cts sccsun seer ccst nese ters venenteceetee ht meet 8 Miscellaneous Literature : coahansish seeeageeecotertatanes 6,524 24 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ....--.... EeaitecnssReees 5s> 760 3 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics... ...sse..ss. 557 2 Education and Language... PBs Bag as Ba an: ce se TAT eallghe FTI 2 8 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ....... BAD Ah at Sir eae (5, 7 Latin and Greek Classics, and Translations Badave serwebacws wees, « Cj aeiee 8 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference . + EES 1,762 6 Tottulaesccavastssneancyaaeacies 46,645 166 ;*- —rne —_ ——— The number of Students now entitled to the use of the Students’ Room is 813, against 643 in 1877, 529 in 1876, and 417 in 1875; thus show- ing a steady and most satisfactory yearly increase. issued in this room. Prose fiction is not Taste V.—Showing the number and classification of works added during the year :— Classification. Volumes Total No. in Added. the Library. Theology, Morals, &c. ... CBeoprc, Lieto: 207 ; Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, & CE RC EENS POR, 38 1,566 Natural History... irate wAeeaee Ae eA e re eS 94 3,761 Science and the ‘Arts | 187 8,044 History and Biography Roucnnatercisasdccqct-eteerscesaseectas 250 9,071 Topography and Antiquities ............ccesssecessseeceeseesseenees 102 3,252 Voyages and Travels.. 97 3,937 Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Ww Works, Maga- zines, &c.) . Revensee 358 13,937 Jurisprudence, Law, ‘and Politics Bones ee BAD rue eee eee |i 5,655 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistidagd Jac tes eee: 4] 730 Education and Language... Bes aonpe nlossie dete enenatetlac=\c o 17 1,099 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ......-. 49 2,953 Prose Fiction ......... Jeehicnssadensesasres 38 5,295 Latin and Greek ‘Classics ‘and “Translations Recents ished 72 557 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of ‘Reference. = 38 2,095 The following is the list of Magazines and Periodicals illustrating Tables II. and il. — QUARTERLY. : Annales des Sciences Naturelles Archeologia Cambrensis Archeological Journal British and Foreign Evangelical Review British Quarterly Review Church Quarterly Review Dublin Review Edinburgh Review Ibis Journal fiir Ornithologie Journal of Anatomy Journal of the British Archzological Association Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Society of Antiquaries Journal of the Statistical Society London Quarterly Review Mind Navy List New Quarterly Magazine North American Review Popular Science Review Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science Quarterly Journal of Science Quarterly Review Revue Celtique Revue et Magasin dé Zoologie Stray Feathers Theological Review Traethodydd Westminster Review Zeitschrift fiir Deutsche Philologie MonTHiy. All the Year Round Annals and Magazine of Natural History Argosy Army List Art Journal Atlantic Monthly Band of Hope Review Banker’s Magazine Belgravia Bibliothéque Universelle Blackwood’s Magazine Cassell’s Magazine Chambers’s Journal Congregationalist Contemporary Review Continental Railway Guide Cope’s Tobacco Plant Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of Rest Montuiy—/ Continued. ) Dietetic Reformer Educational Guide Educational Times Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Florist and Pomologist Fortnightly Review Fraser’s Magazine Gazette des Beaux Arts Gartenlaube Gentleman’s Magazine Geographical Magazine Geological Magazine Good Words Homeopathic World Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of Horticulture Leisure Hour Library Journal London Society Macmillan’s Magazine Magazine of Art Month Monthly Microscopical J ournal Musical Times Nautical Magazine Next of Kin Gazette Nineteenth Century Once a Week Orchestra Phonographic Reporter Portfolio Quiver Railway Guide Revue Archéologique Revue Britannique Revue Chrétienne Science Gossip Scribner’s Monthly Shorthand Magazine St. James’s Magazine Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine Sunday Review Temple Bar Tinsley’s Magazine Truthseeker United Service Journal University Magazine Yachting Magazine Zoologist FortTNIGHTLY Gazette des Architectes Revue des Deux Mondes Unsere Zeit WEEKLY. Academy Anglo-American Times Atheneum Architect British Architect Broad Arrow Builder ; Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building News Cambridge University Reporter Capital and Labour Carpenter and Builder Chemical News Civilian Colonies Comptes Rendus Economist Engineer Engineering English Mechanic Era Estates Gazette Examiner Field Fun Gardeners’ Chronicle Good Templars’ Watchword Graphic Home Chronicler Tilustrated London News Tron Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gaslighting, &e. Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Keystone Lancet Land and Water Law Times London Gazette Mayfair Mining Journal Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oxford University Reporter Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Saturday Review Scientific American Spectator Sydney Mail Universal Engineer Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes Woman's Suffrage Journal World : 7 DONORS AND DONATIONS. The following donations have been received during the year :— Anonymous Donations :—Cattle Traffic, by G, T. Turner (Pamphlet); Une Gra- vure de 1389 (Pamphlet); May Young England Smoke? (Pamphlet) ; Observa- tions, &c., on ‘‘ Paths of Honour and of Shame” (Pamphlet); Financial State- ment of the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales, 1878 (Pamphlet). ARKLE, GEORGE:—Sammlung Architek- tonischer Entwurfe, von L. von Klenge. AspprEN, THomas (the Author) :—Histo- rical Sketches of the House of Stanley. Barker, W.:—The Liverpool Courier, 1812-16 (2 vols.). BrrkENHEAD Literary Society :—The Newspaper Press in England, by R. Bryson; Report, 1877-78 (Pamphlets). Bovtt, JosEPH (the Author) :—Submari.e Forests on the Shores of Liverpool Bay ; On the Former Topography of Liver- pool, Parts 1 and 2 (Pamphlets). BricHt, Henry A., M.A. :—Poems from Sir Kenelm Digby’s Papers; Unpub- lished Diary of Mme. Roland (Pam- phlet). British Assoctation:—Report of the 46th Meeting, Glasgow, 1876. British Musrum TrustExs :—Catalogue of Chiroptera, by G. E. Dobson. Cryton, THE Lirut.-Govr. or:—Ad- dresses Delivered in the Legislative Council, 1833-77 (2 vols.). Crvit ENGINEERS, THE INSTITUTION OF :— Proceedings, Vols. 49-52 (4 vols.). CLARE, JoHN:—Navy Estimates (Pam- phlet). Cuark, Henry (the Author) :—Medizval Art (Pamphlet). CoPENHAGEN Royau Liprary (per C. Bruun) :—Codices Orientales Biblio- thece Regie Havyniensis, 3 parts; “Aarsberetninger og Meddelelser fra det Store Kongelige Bibliothek (2 vols.). CousrouGH, ANDREW :—Crawfurd’s In- dian Archipelago (3 vols.). Davis, —.:—Warleigh’s Discussions on Eyil Persons and Things. — Davis, J. C. Bancrorr:—Mr. Sumner, the Alabama Claims, &c. (Pamphlet). De Rance, Cuartus E. (the Author) :— The Secondary Rocks of England, &e. (Pamphlet). EpE, Rey. W. M. (the Author) :— Lectures on the Mind (Pamphlet). Ewart, Miss:—Between Whiles, edited by B. Kennedy. FarrcHi.p, Gen. L. (U.S. Consul) :—Cen- tennial History of Fall River, Mass., by H. H. Earl; Geology of Wisconsin, Vol. II., with Atlas (2 vols.). Garry, CHARLES T. (the Author) :—The Mayer Collection as an Educational Possession ; On Some Ancient Glass in the Mayer Collection (Pamphlets). _Gray’s Inn, Tat Hon. Soctety or :— Supplement to Library Catalogue. GUTHRIE, Maicoum (the Author) -—Cau- sational and Free Will Theories of Volition (Pamphlet), Hamitton, JosepH (the Author) :—The Starry Hosts; Animal Futurity. Hanpysipe#, P. D. (the Author) :—Shall I Study Medicine ? (Pamphlet), Harvarp Couiece, U.S. (per A. Agas- siz):—Report on the Hydroids, by G. Allman; Report on the Fossil Plants of the Sierra Nevada, by L. Lesquereux. Herrorp, Epwarp (the Author) :— Alleged Defects in the Office of Coro- ner; Facts and Fictions of the Currency (Pamphlets). Hieeins, Rev. H. H., M.A. :—Estudios sobres las Deformaciones Hnfermedades, &c., by A. Ernst (Pamphlet). Hisroric Society or LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE :—Transactions, Vol. XXIX. HotmswortnH, C. B.:—Good and Evil Made One (Pamphlet). HoweE.t, Epwarp (the Publisher) :— Notes of a Field Naturalist in the Western Tropics, by Rev. H. H. Higgins. Huarb, ApotexEe (the Author—per J. ~ Missol):—Les Grands Bienfaiteurs de VY Humanité. Library Reports from the following Libraries :—Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Boston, U.S. A., Chicago, U.S. A., Derby, Dundee, Germantown Friends, U.S. A., Indiana- polis, U.S.A., Leeds, Leicester, London Institution, Manchester, Melbourne, New York Apprentice’s, U.S.A., New York Mercantile Library Association, U.S.A., Nottingham, Philadelphia Mer- cantile Library Association, U.S.A., Plymouth, Rochdale, Salford, Sheffield, South Shields, Southport, Swansea, Sydney, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Westminster, Willenhall, and Wolverhampton. LrverpooL Art CiuB:—Catalogue of Loan Collection of Fans; Catalogue of Loan Collection of Wood-Engravings (Pamphlets). LiverPooL CoLLEGE:—Sundry Reports of the Annual Prize Deliveries (Pam- phlets). LiverPooL GEOLOGICAL Socrery—Pro- ceedings, 1859-76 (2 vols.). Liverpoo. InstiruTe:—Sundry Reports of Annual Prize Deliveries. Liverpoot Lyceum Liprary :—London Gazette, with Indexes, 1802-76 (275vols. ) LiverPooL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHI- cAL Society :—Proceedings, 1876-77. LiverPoot NATURALISTS’ FreLp CLUB :— Proceedings, 1877-78 (Pamphlet). LrverPooL ScHoo~t Boarp:—Proceed- ings, 1876-77. LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HumMANE So- crety :-—38th Annual Report (Pamphlet) LiverPooL Younc’ MeEn’s CHRISTIAN AssocraTIon :—Annual Report, 1877 (Pamphlet). LLEWELYN, THomas, M.D. (the Author) : —kEssays on Har and Throat Diseases. 8 DONORS AND DONATIONS—( Continued. ) Luioyp, Lronarp, Esq. (The Editor) :— Poets’ Magazine, Vol. 1. Lonpon, THE Society oF ANTIQUARIES oF :—Proceedings, Vol. 7. Lonemans & Co. (the Publishers) :— London Science Class Books (6 vols.). Macgrntosu, D. (the Author) :—Origin of Boulder Clay, &c. (Pamphlet). MANCHESTER STATISTICAL SOCIETY :— Transactions, 1876-77. MANDER, SAMUEL S. (the Author) :—Our Opium Trade with China (Pamphlet). MARPLEs, JosIAH (the Author) :—Amy Robsart (Pamphlet). Marrat, F. P.:—Introduction to Me- chanics, by W. Marrat; Elements of Mechanical Philosophy, by W. Marrat; Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britanni- carum, by John Ray. Mayer, JosEpH :—A Free Village Library, Bebington (Pamphlet). MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, INSTITUTION oF :—Proceedings, 1877-78. Minnesota, U.S.A., ‘THE UNIVERSITY oF (per N. H. Winchell) :—Reports on the Geology and Natural History of Minnesota. MonTeFIoRE, Str Moses, Bart. :—An Open Letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., &c., by the Rev. M. Auerbach. NationaL Socrety FoR WomMEN’s Sur- FRAGE:—Sundry Pamphlets on the Women’s Suffrage Question. New South Wa.Les GovERNMENT :— Annual Report, Department of Mines, 1876. New York, A Citizen or :—Metaphysics, by John Miller. New York Free Trape Ciup :—The Tariff Question, by Horace White (Pamphlet). New York State MvusEum, per James Hall :-—Palzontology, by James Hall, Vol. IV., part 1. OapeEn, W. S. (the Author) :—Studies in Mercantile Architecture; Christian Gravestones. Pautmer, Francis I. (the Author) :— Floods in the Thames Valley, &c. Paris, THE Mounicrearity or :—Bulletin de Statistique Municipale, 1876-77; Compte Générale des Recettes et Dé- penses; Budget de |’Exercice, 1877 ; Procés- Verbaux, 1876; Rapports et Documents, 1876; Notes sur l’Adminis- tration des Services et Ktablissements Municipaux, &c.; Assainissement de la Seine, Epuration et Utilisation des Eaux d’Egout; Notes de l’Inspecteur Général des Ponts et Chaussées, &e. Paton, ALLEN P. (the Author) :—The Tragedy of Macbeth (Pamphlet). PENDLEBURY, R.:—Lehrbuch der Deter- minanten-Theorie fiir Studirende, von Dr. 8. Giinther. PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY oF NATURAL Sciences, U.S.A. :—Proceedings, 1877. Porock!, ALBERT (the Author) :—Nosce te ipsum. ! QuaRitTcH, BERNARD (the Compiler) :— Supplement to General Catalogue of Books, 1875-77. Rozinson, W., Mayor of Burnley (the Translator) :—German Views on the Eastern Question (Pamphlet). RoveutTon, WALTER:—Annuario des Correos y Telegrafos de la Republica Argentina. Royat AstronomicaLt Socrety :—Me- moirs, Vol. 43, 1875-77; Monthly Notices, 1878. Royat Cotonrau Institute :—Proceed- ings, Vol. 9. ScortanpD, THE SocreTy oF ANTIQUARIES oF :—Proceedings, Vol. 12. ScratcHLey, ARTHUR, M.A. (the Au- thor): — The Principles of Sound Friendly Societies. SmitHsontan Institution, U.S.A. :— Report, 1876. SoctaL Scrence AssocraTiIon :—Transac- tions, 1877. THompson, W. P. (the Author) :— American Yarns and Fables; Patent Law in Plain English (Pamphlet). Toner, J. M., M.D. (the Author) :— Address before the Rocky Mountain Medical Association. Tryon, G. W. (the Author) :—A Mono- graph of the Terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. Turner, E. L. (the Author) :—A Mes- sage to the Churches. Unirep STrates GOVERNMENT :—Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency ; Congressional Directory, by B. P. Poore. VaAcHER, Francis, M.D. (the Author) :— Report on the Sanitary Condition of Birkenhead; A Villa Hospital (Pam- phlets). Vicroria, THE AGENT-GENERAL OF :— Homes and Homesteads, by Rev. J. Ballantyne; Victorian Year-Book for 1875 and 1876-77, 2 vols. ; Notes on the Colony of Victoria, by H. H. Hayter. Waters, H.R.H., tHe Prince or (Pre- sented by desire of) :—Catalogue of the British Section, Paris International Exhibition (2 vols.). WaALEs, THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF :— Calendar, 1877-78. Warp, REaR-ADMIRAL (the Author) :— Poems and Thoughts in Verse. Wavueu, J. W.:—Mission Hymns. WILMSHORST, (the Compiler) :— Bibliothece LEcclesie Cicestrensis Librorum Catalogus. Witson, Henry (the Author) :—Five Important and Interesting Discoveries (Pamphlet). Wisconsin, THE LEGISLATURE OF (per T. C. Chamberlin) :—Geology of Wis- consin, Vol. IT. Youne, FREDERICK (the Author) :— Imperial Federation of Great Britain and her Colonies. ZooLocicaL Society oF Lonpon :—Pro- ceedings, 1877-78; Transactions, 1877-78 9 Lending Libraries. The following are the returns for the year :— This Year. Last Year. Nak [pamee ce Library. Library. | TOTAL. 200,720 | 227,800 | 428,520 North South | Library. | Library. | ToTaL. r 224,705 | 216,519 | 441,224 Volumes lent .....------++:°: New Tickets issued........---- 2,619 2,414! 6,033 2,461 2,613 5,074 Tickets renewed ......-----+-= 2.986| 2,416| 4,702 | 2,194| 2,204) 4,491 Tickets cancelled.........----- 2,369 2,458 4,827 2,055 1,978 4,033 Total readers on the books .. 4,878 4,855) 9,733 4,628 4,899} 9,527 Books lost or injured, and paid for 57 55 112 32 46 | 78 "Books lost..c....<% --=pfees ses t: 9 6 16 6 7 13 Volumes worn out—replaced.... 450 657, 1,107 597 722 1,319 Volumes worn out—withdrawn. . 228 | 210 438 254 160 414 New volumes added .......---- 318 | 3214 639 21,048 21,553 42,601 | 21,040 '21,441| 42,481 437 423 860 Total No. of vols. in the Libraries Classification of Volumes Lent and Added, 1878 :-— Z Volumes Lent. Volumes Added. Mae ih ies Dae ee TT North South North South Library. | Library. ToTaL. | Library. | Library. Torat. Theology, Moral Philosophy, &c.| 4,927) 4,267 fru ie. ke 36 Nat. Philosophy and Mathematics} 3,658 2,950, 6,608 42 ho od 26 Natural History .....-----+-+-- 2,301 2,179| 4,480 4 fe 2 6 Science and the Arts ....----+- 8,385| 7,264, 15,649 Lah Avital 22 History and Biography ..-....- | 11,788} 10,492) 22,230 49}, 6 100 Topography and Antiquities .... 1,384| 1,228| 2,612 anata. Yb: x Voyages and Travels ........-- 5,887} 5,548| 11,439 cies i wae 69 Miscellaneous Literature .....- 14,248} 15,261) 29,509 94 99 193 Jurisprudence, Politics, eee che st 362 278 | 640 1 1 2 Commerce and Political Economy 681 | 538 1,219 1 1 2 Education, Languages, Logic, &c., 2,421 2,036, 4,557 | 2 2 4 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,939 2,262; 4,201 | 6 6 12 Prose Fiction .......--.--++-+ 166,103} 161,710 | 327,813 | 84 84 168 Latin and Greek Classics . ... | 421 | 357 | 778 Ae : oa Books for the Blind .......... | 150 149 299 ‘ Porat .«3 ++ | 224,705) 216,519 441,224 | 318 s21_ | 639 Museum. STATISTICS. The visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— g. 1877-8. 1876-7. Decrease. © Total Day Visitors....s.scceseecseeereestereeeees 413,923 435,012 21,069 Weekly Average........:secsesseeseserteneessee tes 8,075 8,365 290 Daily Average......-..+-++ eclonetacevgy 9 bjstee. 2,051 108 The depression of trade throughout the manufacturing districts has continued to affect unfavourably the number of visitors, R 10 The 18th of October, 1878, was the 17th anniversary of the opening of the Museum in the present building. The total number of visitors during that time amounted to 7,575,811, giving a yearly average of 445,636. DONATIONS. Two specimens of ‘‘ Sussex Marble,” from the Wealden at Billings- hurst, Sussex, showing numerous examples of Paludina shells; pre- . sented by Mr. Frank Archer. A Poisonous Caterpillar, found feeding on the Breadnut Tree, Honduras ; presented by Surgeon-Major S. Archer. A specimen of Rossia, from the Wellington Dock; presented by Mr. C. J. Arkle and Mr. Nevins. A Shark from Galveston ; presented by Mr. James Barton. A recently-described species of Beetle (Eupholus Bennettit, Gestro), from Yule Island, New Guinea; presented by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.L.S. A specimen of the Monk Seal (Monachus albiventer), from the Desertas Islands, Madeira; specially obtained for the Museum and presented by Messrs. Blandy Bros. and Co. Twenty-three Birds from the interior of South Africa, chiefly from the Amaswazi and Bamangwato Countries ; collected and presented by Mr. R. M. Brooke. Skins of a Monkey (Semnopithecus), from Singapore, and of two Birds (Centropus superciliosus and Tockus melanoleucus), from the district of Zanzibar, and a Coralline (Antipathes), from Sumatra; collected and presented by Mr. E. C. Buxton. Two Badgers (Meles taxus); presented by Lady Margaret Cecil, per Mr. G. C. Hale. Three living Gold Fish, of abnormal growth, from Shanghai ; presented by Mr. John Cheshire. A collection of Sponges from Western Australia; collected by Miss Bunbury, of Picton, Bunbury, Western Australia; presented by Mr. Arthur C. Cole. A Whip Snake and Tarantula from Benin: presented by Captain E. Davies, 11 A Lepidopterous Larva from New York; presented by Mr. Douglas E. M. Elder. Three Indian Skulls from Peru and a Culminated Albatross; pre- sented by Mr. T. W. Ellwood. -Hulse. 7 A large Siluroid Fish (Platystoma orbignianum) from the River Four specimens of Fish (Hutropws), and one Electric Fish (Malapterwrus), from Old Calabar : presented by Mr. Walter Evans. Specimens of Amber containing Insects, from Dantzig; presented by Mr. F. Faltin. Thirteen Bottles of Reptiles ; presented by Mr. R. A. Gaskell. Two Groups of small Barnacles (Balanus), from the Ship Norseman, after lying two months in the port of Salaverry, Peru ; presented by Mr. Thomas Higgin, F.L.S. A collection of Skeletons, Skulls, Osteological, Anatomical, and Geological specimens and Casts; also numerous preparations of the Heart and other Organs in illustration of contrivance and design ; . prepared and presented by Mr. Alfred Higginson. The Skull of a Dolphin, three Teeth of a Cachalot Whale, Rostrum of Saw Fish (Pristis), Section of Shell (Melo), and a Cane Head-rest or Pillow ; presented by Mr. Philip H. Hope. A complete collection of Samples of Cotton of every known growth, made up according to Liverpool classification, and named and arranged in case; presented by Messrs. Hornby, Hemelryk and Co. A Gillaroo Trout and three Salmo nigripennis, from Lough Melvin ; presented by the Rev. William Houghton, F.L.S. Two large Turtle (Chelonia mydas) ; presented by Mr. George Plate ; presented by Mr. Donald Hutchison. A Frog Fish (Cheironectes) and the Beak of a Cuttle Fish, from Amoy ; presented by Captain Jackson, S.S. Glaucus ‘The Skull of a Cinnamon Bear from Wyoming, two Skulls of Black Bears from Colorado, Skin and Skull of Hairy Poreupine, and the Skin and Skull of Badger from Wyoming, two Skins of Squirrels and flat ‘Skin and two pair of Horns of Goat Antelopes (Nemorhedus erispus) om Japan, the Skull of a young Sea Otter and forty-seven Skins of 12 Mammalia from California, ten Skins of Birds from Hawai, Sandwich Islands, and a Pheasant-tailed Grouse (Tetrao wrophasianus) ; collected and presented by Mr. H. Heywood Jones. The Skin of an adult male Kiang, or Thibetan Wild Ass; shot and presented by Mr. O, Heywood Jones. A Chameleon from Sherboro River, West Africa; presented by Captain Justice. A rare Crustacean (Calappa fornicata), from Cebu; presented by Mr. R. J. Keen. A Hooded Merganser and a Red-winged Starling (variety) ; presented by Mr. William Langley. The skull of an American Bison, and a Cetacean Vertebra from the new North Dock Works; presented by Mr. Joseph Leyland. The skin and skull of male and female specimens of Ovis Ammon or gigantic sheep of the Himalayas, and of the Shapoo, an allied species ; also of the male Burhel and the Black Buck; the skin of a Snow Bear, and skeletons of young and adult of the same, and limb bones of the Black Bear ; skins of two rare Monkeys, a Flying Squirrel, a Marmot, Lagomys, &c.; two Lammergeyers, or Bearded Vultures, and nineteen other bird skins; from Kashmir, Ladakh, Baltistan, and Lower India ; presented by Mr. St. George Littledale, and specially collected by him for the Museum. A collection of Horns and Bones from the excavations for the new North Docks, received from Mr. George Fosbery Lyster, Dock Engineer, on, behalf of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. A polished section of Fossil Palm, showing structure, from the Lias; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. A Ray’s Wagtail; presented by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. A stuffed specimen of a female Ibex, from the Museum of Natural History, Geneva; specially obtained and presented by Mr. Charles P. Melly. Eight Fish, two Birds, a Bat, three Sponges, two living Cat Fish, twe Water Newts, and specimens of Anemones, from New York; presented by Captain J. H. Mortimer ship, ‘‘ Hamilton Fish,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 18 A specimen of Limestone with Oolitic structure, from the Carboni- ferous Limestone, Avon section, Clifton, Bristol ; presented by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. The Head of a Bison, from California ; presented by Messrs. Nicholson and McGill. A. living specimen of Amphiuma, or “Congo Snake” (Amphiuma means), from New Orleans ; presented by Captain J. A. Perry, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Eight young living specimens of the Common Snake; presented by the Postmaster of Liverpool. A living Lizard, found in Esparto grass from Egypt; presented by Mr. Charles Potter. Specimens of Crustacea, Gorgonia, and Polyzoa, chiefly from Sorrento, Mediterranean, and two specimens of H elix pomatia, from Cheltenham ; presented by Mrs. A. Powell. A specimen of the Giant Clam Shell, Tridacna gigas, from the Indian Ocean; presented by Captain Raymond. A collection of Skulls and Bones from the Submarine Peat and Forest Beds, Mouth of the Alt ; presented by Mr. T. Mellard Reade, C.E. A Bottle of Snakes, collected by Professor Jameson, probably from Quito; presented by Mr. T. A. Readwin. A specimen of a new Passerine Bird, Setophaga bairdi, Salvin, from Quito; presented by Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.R.S. A Bald Crow, Gymnocephalus calvus, and a Tanagrine Grosbeak, Pitylus erythromelas, from Demerara; presented by Mr. G. R. Sandbach. 5 Specimens of the Coral formation of the Island of Barbadces; presented by Messrs. Sandbach, Tinne and Co. Three Fossil Shells and specimens of Chalcedony from Montana ; presented by Mr. A. Schirmacher. The Model of a Cingalese Surf Boat, specimens of the Hooded Snake, Cobra da Capello; of Fish (Diodon, Tetraodon, Uranoscopus) ; the Rostrums of three Saw Fish ; Shells, Insects, and Sponges; from the Red Sea, Birmah, and Ceylon; specimens of Shells from Malta, Gozo, . and the Red Sea; specimens of living Fresh water F ish from Point de 14 Galle and Colombo River, and Gold Fish from Barbary; collected and presented by Captain C. A. Sibthorpe, S.S. “‘ European,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Specimens of Sea Anemones and Blennies from Tenby ; presented by Mr. E. J. Sing. A Slab of Anthracosia robusta from the Coal Measures, presented by the Rev. R. Sinker. A large Mud Turtle, Trionyx niloticus ; presented by the Southport Aquarium Company. Two polished Shells of Nautilus ; presented by Mrs. Charles Speakman. A specimen of the rare Marine Lizard, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, from the Galapagos Islands; presented by Captain Thomas Strick, barque ** Arica.” A specimen of the Oblong Sun Fish, Orthagoriscus truncatus, taken with a hook and line in latitude 18° N., longitude 45° W., in September, 1877 ; presented by Captain Sutherland, ship ‘‘ Importer.” Six selected samples and specimens of Rock Salt; presented by Messrs. John Thompson and Son. A Seed Pod of the Bombax, or Silk Cotton Tree of India; presented by Dr. Murray Thomson, per Surgeon-Major 8. Archer. Egg of Ray Fish, or Skate, showing young enclosed, and specimens of Pholas ; presented by Mr. P. S. Tomlinson. A living Electric Fish, Malapterurus, from Old Calabar; presented by Mr. Toner. A young Apteryx in the Egg, a Kokako, or Native Crow, Glaucopis, and a Lizard; specially collected and presented by Colonel Trimble, of New Plymouth, New Zealand. A collection of Specimens, chiefly Marine, collected on the voyage to and from Calcutta; presented by Captain Cawne Warren, ship ‘‘ Bedfordshire,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. A specimen of Jasper Iron from Merionethshire; presented by Mr. E. Wheldon, per Mr. F."P. Marrat. A young Alligator from New Orleans; presented by Mr. John H. Wilson. 15 A collection of Land Shells, recent and fossil, from the Madeira and Canary Islands; named and presented by Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston, executor of the Rev. R. T. Lowe, by whom they were collected during many years’ residence at Madeira. A model to scale of the full-rigged ship “ Evelyn,” 1,179 tons register, built of iron, with steel masts and yards, in Liverpool, 1863 ; presented with plate glass case and stand, by Miss Evelyn Wrigley. PURCHASES. The principal purchases for the Museum have been the following :-— A Two-humped Camel; an Fared Seal; a Virginian Opossum and young; and twenty-six other Mammalia. A specimen of Bulwer’s Fireback Pheasant (Lobiophasis Bulwert) from Borneo; two young Ostriches; a young Cassowary ; and twenty- one other Birds. A Matta-Matta Tortoise; a Temminck’s Snapper; and three other Reptiles and ten Fish. es The skeleton of a Flying Lemur (Galeopithecus) ; two polished sections of Elephant Teeth ; and twenty Skulls of Mammals, Birds, and Fish. ~ A Magilus Shell in sité, showing section, &e., and forty-nine dpatretbits of Shells. Two large Beetles, Dynastes Neptunus, ‘and fifty-seven other Insects. a. Two fine specimens of Red Coral and one of White Coral, from Japan; and eighteen Corals, Corallines, and Sponges. : a “Five Starfish, three Echini, and a Comatula. hi ‘A small Cast of Labyrinthodon and twenty-seven Fossils. A specimen of Moss Gold from Oregon. EXCHANGES. The following specimens have been received in Exchange :— A case of live Spawn of the Californian Salmon (Oncorhynchus quinnat) from Prof. Baird, United States Commission of Fish and q Fisheries, Washington, per Mr. F. Mather. \ 16 Two living specimens of Menopoma, or “‘ Hell Bender” (Menopoma Alleghamensis) from the Alleghany River, from Mr. Eugene Blackford, Fulton Market, New York. A series of Teeth and other Remains of Pleistocene Mammalia from the Cresswell Caves, Derbyshire, from the Free Library and Museum, Derby, per Mr. Thomas Heath, Curator. A specimen of Walrus (Trichechus rosmarus) from the North Atlantic, from the Dundee Free Library and Museum, per Mr. A. Greig. Casts of Foot of Swan and Foot of Maribou Stork, from Mr. R. E. Holding. Two Black Rats from Stockton-on-Tees, from Mr. R. Morton Middleton. Two specimens of Gold-bearing Quartz from Merionethshire, from Mr. T. A. Readwin. Six Humming Birds from Peru, from Prof. Rudler. The perfect skeleton of a fine adult Aurochs or European Bison (Bison Bonassus) and 182 specimens of 93 species of European Micro- Lepidoptera, from Dr. F. Steindachner, Director of the Imperial Royal Zoological Museum, Vienna. A Cast Shell of a large specimen of a Sea Cray-Fish (Palinwrus vulgaris) from the Southport Aquarium Company, per Mr.’ Long, Curator. 239 specimens of 68 species of Shells, from Prof. G. W. Tryon, Jun. MAYER COLLECTION. The second part of the Catalogue of this Collection, that on the Pottery and Porcelain, is in preparation by Mr. Gatty. The issue of the first part of the Catalogue (on the Egyptian Antiquities) having been nearly exhausted, a second edition is being prepared, with numerous additional woodcuts. It has been found necessary for the protection and better exhibition of this collection to provide additional cases and substitute others for many which are imperfect. An annual sum has been set aside for this purpose. During the last year a set of new table cases, extending round one half of the upper gallery, has been added for the better exhibition of the Wedgwood Collection, a 17 DONATIONS. Specimens of Chinese, Japanese, and Medieval Ivories; four Gold Watches ; Gold Ornaments from South America; specimens of Romano- British Pottery; two rare Roman leaden Seals of the Emperor Con- stantine; two Persian Seals; three Phoenician Seals; a Babylonian Hematite Cylinder ; two Plaster Casts of a Babylonian Tablet; a Slip Ware Mug, inscribed ‘“‘ Richard, 1680 ;” a Delft Bowl, probably Liver- pool ware of Alderman Shaw, painted with flowers and ship, and lettered Success to the William and Mary; a pottery figure of an Old Liverpool Military Volunteer, with the Liver on his cap; a large circular Dish of early Staffordshire Slip Ware, with figures of a Man, Hare, and Dog, and the initials 7.H.; a Staffordshire Slip Ware Dish, with figure and title of “St. George, 1780;” a collection of small objects in Wedgwood Ware, consisting of Necklaces, Cameos, Intaglios, &c.; two Dessert Knives and one Fork, with blue and white Jasper Wedgwood Ware handles, and five Japanese Nutskis in Ivory; pre- sented by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. A fragment of Medizval Pottery, found at Burley Hill, near Derby ; presented by Mr. William Bemrose, Jun. An ancient Copper Ingot and other small Egyptian Antiquities ; collected and presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester. A small Musical Instrument, 18 inches in length, composed of 17 cane pipes and wind box, lacquered and mounted in silver, from the Port of Hiogo, Japan; presented by Mr. O. Heywood Jones. An inscribed Turkish Tombstone of Hajji Othman Agha, dated Zul Hageah, A.H., 1147 (corresponding to May, A.D. 1734) ; presented by the Rey. R. J. Livingstone, M.A. An Oriental Plate, with the name of Coombe of Bristol, on the back ; presented by Miss Lovell. A large two-handled Tyg and Cover of early Liverpool Slip Ware, lettered A.W., and covered with Birds and Devices, and a carved _ wooden Ladle ; presented by Mr. John Melson. A fragment of Slip Ware found in King Edward Street, Oxford ; presented by Mr. John Henry Parker, C.B. A large piece of Egyptian Mummy Cloth found in a Tomb at Abydos, in 1856, a Scarabeus Beetle found at Denderah, and a fragment of 18 Wood inlaid with Hieroglyphics in ivory or composition, from the Salt Collection; presented by Dr. Theodosius Purland, F.S.A., per Mr. Joseph Mayer. A Model of the King of Ava’s State Barge, from Rangoon, and a Model of a Native Hut, with fittings and appliances, from the Orinoco River ; presented by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe. A Cup and Saucer of Venetian Porcelain, marked with a red anchor and decorated with roses; presented by Mr. P. H. Rathbone. A North American Indian Dress attributed to Osceola, a Seminole Chief, prominent in a struggle in Florida with the United States Govern- ment, 1882-7; presented by Mr. John Vickers. A Native Ashira Weaving Machine, from the "Nguni, a branch of the River Ogowe, West Africa; presented by Mr. W. Woodward. A collection of Wedgwood Medallion Portraits, specially struck for the Mayer Collection from the original moulds, has been received through the courtesy of Messrs. Wedgwood, of Etruria. EXCHANGES. The following objects have been received in exchange for duplicates :— “A hundred and one Wedgwood-ware Portrait Medallions, from Mr. W. Bartlett. - An English Delft Bowl, an ancient Venetian Glass Bottle, and thirty- eight small Wedgwood White Biscuit Porcelain Cameos, from Mr. W. Wareham. ; Three Paleolithic Flint Implements and five other specimens, from Mr. A. W. Franks. PURCHASES. A pair of Japanese Bronze Storks. A large Incense Burner in Japanese Kioto Ware. Eleven specimens of Early English Pottery, including pieces recently found in High Street, Oxford. A Four-handled Tyg of Liverpool Slip Ware, said to have been made on Shaw’s Brow. A collection of Greek, Coptic, and Arab Papyri, from the Mounds of Crocodilopolis, Egypt. 19 A collection of Egyptian, Greek, Arab, and other Antiquities. Eighteen specimens of Spanish and Italian Pottery, Glass, &c. One hundred and twenty-one specimens of Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities. A collection of small Peruvian Antiquities, from Samamer. A diminutive Jivaro Indian Head, from the River Napo, Ecuador. FREE LECTURES. The Thirteenth Course of Free Lectures was delivered in January, February, and March, 1878. ILIST: One Lecture on Social Life amongst our Ancestors, by Mr. Coun- cillor J. A. Picton, J.P., F.S.A., Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee. One Lecture on Bible Lands, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A. One Lecture on Medieval Art and the Monastic Orders, by Mr. Henry Clark. , Two Lectures on Vocal Music, by Mr. James Veaco. One Lecture, A Visit to Sunny Lands, by Mr. Councillor J. A. Forrest. Two Lectures on Navigation, by Mr. James Gill, Teacher of Navi- gation and Nautical Astronomy at the Sailors’ Home. One Lecture on the Chemistry of Sugar Refining, by Dr. Edmund Alleyne Cook, F.C.S. _ Two Lectures on the Education of the Blind, by the Rev. Alexander Whishaw, M.A., Minister of the Church for the Blind, Liverpool. “< One Lecture on Mary Queen of Scots, by the Rev. William Cun- ningham, M.A. Two Lectures on Robert Burns and one on Edinburgh, by the Rev. William Graham. One Lecture on Sponges, their Natural History and Development, by Mr. Thomas Higgin, F.L.S. Three Lectures on Art, by Mr. Councillor P. H. Rathbone (viz., Nuremberg and Albert Durer ; Antwerp and Rubens; F lorence, Giotto and Donatello). 20 Two Lectures on the Chemistry of Water Supply, by Mr. Norman Tate. Two Lectures on Socrates and Charles Lamb, by the Rey. Samuel Pearson, M.A. One Lecture on the Rutter-Phillips Collection of Minerals, by Mr. F. P. Marrat, M.L.G.S. One Lecture on the Natural History of the ‘‘ Challenger” Expedi- tion (Atlantic Researches), by Mr. T. J. Moore, Curator of the Museum. One Lecture on the Arithmetic of Saving and Growing Money, by — Mr. William Relton. Two Lectures on Hogarth’s Industrious and Idle Apprentices, and Leisure, by the Rey. Hugh Stowell Brown. Two Lectures on the Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Life, by Mr, Edward Davies, F.C.S. One Lecture on Adam Bede and Daniel Deronda, by Mr. B. Herdman Grindley. One Lecture on Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man, and one Reading with Recitals, by Mr. Charles Dyall, Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. - One Lecture on the Pacific Ocean ; its Shores and Islands, and the Evidence found there concerning the Human Race; by Mr. A. J. Mott, late President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. One Lecture on William Caxton and the Invention of Printing, by Mr. Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian of the Free Public Library. One Lecture on the Geological Map of Great Britain, by Mr. R. A. Kskrigge, F.G.S. Two Lectures on the Balance of Power in Europe, by Mr. James Birchall, author of ‘“‘ England under the Normans and the Plantagenets.”’ One Lecture on California and the Yosemite Valley, by Mr. Councillor A. H. Lewis. One Lecture, A Visit to Pompeii, by Mr. Henry Duckworth, J.P., =E.R.G.S. 21 One Lecture, An Hour with the Microscope, with special reference to the origin of Minute Forms of Life, by the Rev. W. H. Dallinger, Vice-President of the Royal Microscopical Society. One Lecture on Torpedo Warfare, by Lieut. Francis Ingram Palmer, R.N. One Lecture on the Character of Abraham Lincoln, by Colonel J. W. Forney. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LECTURES. In addition to the above it was thought advisable to institute a course of high-class lectures and examinations in connection with the Cambridge University Syndicate. The first course—on Political Economy, consisting of eleven lectures— was delivered by the Rey. W. Moore Ede, M.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge, commencing on the 9th October last. Examination papers were sent in by 72 persons. Of these 14 failed, 22 passed in the first class, 36 in the second. High praise was bestowed by the examiners on the general character of the papers sent in. The success of this course has encouraged the Committee in the proposal to establish a similar course during the current year. The Liverpool School of Science has had the use of rooms as in former years, in which the following Courses of Lectures have been delivered, in connection with the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington :— Practical Plane and Solid Geometry, and Machine Construction and Drawing. ‘Teacher, Mr. A. J. Briant. General Biology and Animal Physiology. Teacher, Mr. J. Powell Wright. Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. Teacher, Mr. James Gill. Geology and Mineralogy. Teacher, Mr. William Semmons. Examinations conducted under the management of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and of the Civil Service Commissioners have taken place as usual. The following Societies have also had the use of rooms :—The Amateur Photographic Society, the Liverpool Numismatic Society, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 22 Walker Art Gallerp. —_—-— VISITORS. Sincz the date of the last Report the Gallery has been open on 272 days, and closed on 44 days for cleaning and the re-arrangement of the per- manent collection. Total Visitors during the year, 567,626 (being a daily average of 2,083). Of this total, 89,110 persons paid for admis- sion to the Autumn Exhibition of Pictures. The Committee invited 34 schools in the town to visit the Exhibition free of charge, and scholars to the number of 7,962 attended. These are also included in the total admissions to the Gallery. AUTUMN EXHIBITION. The sales from the exhibition this year have not equalled those of the previous year, owing to the depressing circumstances of the times. In all other respects this has been the most successful exhibition yet held. The following are the statistics :— 1878. 1877. Number of Pictures and other Works ——— of Art exhibited, ...:..:.sessccss: sense 1,062 1,320 Number of Pictures sold.......esseeseeeeeee 238 302 Amount realised by gaia ‘teaanes of a Picture by Herkomer, purchased FTOMVUME CCABGCI! oecrikes'coe suvienstbnasauceyes *£7,340 7 0 £10,989 6 0 Season Tickets .........seseceeeeeeeses 2,734 528 14 6 2,316 443 14 0 Admissions at one shilling......... 39,297 1,964 17 0 38,572 1,928 12 0 Ditto threepence ......... 33,860 423 5 0 33,533 419 3 3 Ditto sixpence ............ 13,219 330 9 6 Catalogues SOld........:secsesseeeeeeenenscereee 562 8 6 45410 1 Commission On Sales... ..csssseecsees corsereee 242 4 2 537 11 2 Amount received, et sive of e .. 93,809 14 6 3,245 19 4 * This amount includes the Pictures purchased out of the Exhibition by the Corporation, on which commission is not charged. DONORS OF WORKS OF ART. The Donations and Bequests to the Gallery have been numerous and important. A valuable collection of Oil Paintings, Water-colour Draw- ings, and Engravings has been bequeathed by the late Mrs. Margaret Harvey, of Aigburth. Seven important Oil Paintings were presented in the names of various members of his family, by Mr. George Arkle, J.P, SO EE —. SC —— 23 Three valuable Paintings were presented, by deed of gift, by the late Mr. James Aikin, J.P. ; and the members of his family also presented a fine marble copy of the ‘‘ Crouching Venus.” The Committee are also indebted for other important Donations to Mr. A. G. Kurtz, Messrs. Agnew & Sons, Mr. Thos. Harding, Mr. A. Legros, Col. A. H. Brown, and H. Herkomer. Messrs. Frisch & Shierwater have presented a large Clock, which is placed in the upper Hall. The sum of £2,994 16s. 2d. has been expended in purchases as follows :— Om Paintinas— ** And when did you last see your Father ?”—Commissioners and Soldiers of the Long Parliament in a Manor House, questioning the inhabitants as to the whereabouts of the Royalists; by W. F. Yeames, A.R.A. ** A War Despatch at the Hotel de Ville,” by A. C. Gow. “ Gathering Bait,” by J. Aumonier. ‘*The Duenna,” by J. Ecford Lauder. ** Voices of the Sea,” by the late F. W. Topham. “The Lake of Lucerne,” by T. Danby. ‘© A Woman and Child,” by F. Goodall, R.A. ‘* Eventide : a Scene in the Westminster Union,” by Hubert Herkomer. ** The Port of Genoa,” by the late J. Holland. Watsr CoLours— ‘“ A View of Water Street in 1810,” by W. G. Herdman. ‘The New Haymarket in Liverpool,” by S. Eglington. DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. Om PantiIncs— “An Italian Hostelry between Rome and Ancona,” by C. W. Cope, R.A.; presented by Mr. Thomas Harding. ** The North Shore, or Estuary of the River Mersey,” by the late A. - Hunt ; presented by Mr. Thomas Harding. ** Portrait of John Gibson, Esq., R.A.,” by Partridge; presented by Messrs. T, Agnew and Sons. 24 “* Lady Macbeth ” (ideal portrait), by T. F. Dicksee; presented by Mr. A. G. Kurtz. “The Pattern,” Connemara, by the late F. W. he atest presented by Lieut.-Col. A. H. Brown, M.P. ** Ruins in the City of Rome,” by Cavaliere Giovanni Paolo Pannini ; presented by Mr. James Aikin. ‘King Aidipus and his Daughters,” by Henry Fuseli, R.A. ; presented by Mr. James Aikin. “The Finding of Aisculapius,” by Tagloni; presented by Mr. James Aikin. “The Parable of Forgiveness,” by J. Eckford Lauder; presented by Mrs. Arkle. “Ruins of a Temple and Amphitheatre,” by D. re R.A. ; presented by Mr. George Arkle. “The Trial of the Earl of Strafford in Westminster Hall, 1641,” by William Fisk; presented by Mr. James Arkle. “King Richard I. of England, surnamed Coeur de Lion, and Soldan Saladin,” by S. A. Hart, R.A.; presented by Mr. George Herbert Arkle. “Cromwell Refusing the Crown,” by J. Schex; presented by Mr. Edward Stanley Arkle. “View on the Thames near Maidenhead,’ by EK. J. Niemann; presented by Mr. Alexander Baillie Arkle. ‘Robinson Crusoe Explaining the Scriptures to Friday,” by Alexander Fraser ; presented by Mr. Frank St. John Arkle. Landscape, ‘‘ Moorland Scenery,” by T. Creswick, R.A.; Harvey bequest. River Scene, ‘‘The Way Across the River,” by T. Creswick, R.A. ; Harvey bequest. “‘ Head of a Young Man,” by Gerard Douw; Harvey bequest. ‘“‘Lady and Cavalier Taking Refreshment,” by Terburg; Harvey bequest. “‘Pharold Dividing the Spoil with his Tribe,” by Thomas Clater ; Harvey bequest. ** Cattle in Dutch Landscape,” by Van Stry; Harvey bequest. **The Outcast, Crazy Kate,” by W. J. Bishop; Harvey bequest. 25 “The Gathering of the Vintage, Seville,’ by Robert McInnes; Harvey bequest. “Dutch Boors”’ (a pair), by D. Teniers; Harvey bequest. “Landscape and Water Mill, Waterloo,” by Breughel; figures by Luigelbach ; Harvey bequest. “Marine View,” by Van de Velde; Harvey bequest. Water Cotour Drawines— ** Landscape and Sheep,” by Birket Foster ; Harvey bequest. *“Wormhead, Coast of Cornwall,” Shipping off the Coast; By E. Duncan; Harvey bequest. | Swiss Scene, ‘‘ Part of the Village and Church of Val Orsiere, on the road between Chamouni and the Tete Noir,” by T. M. Richardson ; ' Harvey bequest. “Ttalian Lake, Maggiore,” by T. M. Richardson; Harvey bequest. “Cow and Sheep,” by T. 8. Cooper, R.A. ; Harvey bequest. ** Jar of Flowers, and Basket of Flowers,” by Mrs. Harrison ; Harvey bequest. apr Contemplation,” by W. Hunt; Harvey bequest. “The Wreckers,” by A. Herbert ; Harvey bequest. * The Stile,” by Birket Foster ; Harvey bequest. “ Group of Children,” by F. W. Topham; Harvey bequest. Eneravines anp Ercuines— a “The Infant Samuel ;” Harvey bequest. “The First Minuet,” after Millais; Harvey bequest. “The First of May,” after Landseer ; Harvey bequest. “The Queen ;”’ Harvey bequest. “The Late Prince Consort ;” Harvey bequest. “The Finding of Christ in the Temple,” after Holman Hunt ; Harvey _ bequest. “The Immaculate Conception,” after Murillo; Harvey bequest. ““Shoeing,” after Landseer ; Harvey bequest.” “Head of an Old Woman,” etched by H. Herkoner; presented by the Artist. ‘ 26 The following Etchings, by A. Legros, have been presented by the Artist :— ) ‘* Cardinal Manning,”’ ‘Le Mouton Retrouve,” ‘* Les Bucherons,”’ ‘*Tete d’Homme,”’ and five Drawings and Etchings, executed before the Students of the Slade School of Art, London University. Marble Copy of the ‘‘ Crouching Venus,” presented by the family of the late James Aikin. Clock for upper Hall; presented by the makers, Messrs. Frisch and Shierwater. LECTURE ON ART BY MR. HERKOMER, Painter of “The Last Muster,” “ Eventide,” &c., Gold Medallist Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878. On Saturday, November 2nd, a lecture entitled ‘‘A Philosophical Ramble in Search of True Art’ was given at the Hall of the Free Library, under the auspices of the Committee, by Mr. Herbert Her- komer. About 400 students, and others interested in art culture, attended. At a conversazione, held at the Art Club on the following Monday, Mr. Herkomer suggested the holding of an Art Congress, or Painters’ Festival, in Liverpool, at which some of the leading artists should be invited to give practical illustrations of painting to the students of the district. The proposal has. been received with considerable favour, and is likely to be acted upon during the ensuing summer or autumn. LESSON IN PAINTING BY MR. A. LEGROS, Professor at the Slade School, London University. As a step in the direction indicated by Mr. Herkomer, the Committee availed themselves of an offer by Mr. Alphonse Legros to give a public lesson in painting to some of the art students of the town. The lesson was given at the Walker Art Gallery on Wednesday, November 27th, and was attended by nearly 200 Students, who received tickets free on producing certificates of advanced studies in drawing and painting. Mr. Legros painted a fine study of a head from the life in one hour and forty minutes, which he afterwards presented to the Committee for the perma- nent collection, together with a number of etchings and drawings also by himself. By The exhibition was brought to a close on Monday, December 9th, when a soirée was held, attended by about 1,000 visitors. _ The following Pictures, in response to a request from H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, were lent to the Paris Exhibition, and have been returned in good order :— 2 “ Serf Emancipation,” by Armitage. “ Richard II. Resigning the Crown to Bolingbroke,” by Sir John Gilbert. “Dinner Time at Purbeck Quarries,” by A. D. Fripp. , Signed, on behalf of the Committee, J. A. PICTON, CHAIRMAN. DMNA SU a 7D 15 JUL. 1898 TWENTY-SEVENTH me ANNUAL REPORT : a OF THE COMMITTEE i OF THE : ;)| . : TWh x i : “2 : tt , a hh ia MUSEUM, fm WALKER ART GALLERY, - BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. "ta ‘ — - 1880. ste Seer TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL BREPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, mee SS EY One: AND WALKER ART GALLERY,» OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. | aS ee LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. 1880. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS. FOR THE YEARS 1879-80. Committee. JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.S.A., CHaArRMAN. ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Derury-CyHarrMayn. ALDERMAN BERNARD HALL, Mayor. ALDERMAN WILLIAM BENNETT. ROBERT D. HOLT. ANTHONY BOWER. WILLIAM J. LUNT. CHARLES TRICKS BOWRING. | JOSEPH MAYER. STEWART HENRY BROWN. | DAVID RADCLIFFE. ANDREW COMMINS, LL.D. PHILIP H. RATHBONE. , WILLIAM CROSFIELD. THOMAS B. ROYDEN. Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, M.A. THOMAS E. STEPHENS. THOMAS HOLDER. ALDERMAN Sir A. B. WALKER. OWEN H. WILLIAMS. Chief Librarian. PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Curator of the Mayer Collection. CHARLES T. GATTY. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL. REPORT. Tue Committee have pleasure in reporting the continued progress of the institution in all its departments. The Reference Library, which was the original foundation, and from which the other departments have sprung, has developed considerably during the year, the number of volumes issued having risen from 437,746 to 516,527, and the total issues from 729,540 to 808,045. This is the result up to the close of the municipal year on the 31st of August last. “The New Reading Room, in regard to which the Council have honoured the Chairman by attaching his name to it, was opened on the 8th of October by the Mayor and Council, after which a banquet was held in St. George’s Hall, the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby in the chair. _ The greater portion of the books have been transferred to the shelves in the new room, but a large number still remain in the old library, space being required for the rapid accumulations in the several divisions and classes. The Council having given their consent, the completion of the new Lecture Room under the New Library will be proceeded with, without delay. The completion of the Picton Reading Room, forming the connecting link between the Brown Library and Museum on one side and the Walker Art Gallery on the other, has furnished the town with a range of apartments having internal communication, almost unrivalled for the purposes of a public demonstration. These advantages were felt on the occasion of the Post Office and Telegraphic Conference of Delegates from all parts of the world, which was held in Liverpool in September last, and again at the Soirée at the close of the Annual Exhibition in December. 4 REFERENCE LIBRARY. Since the opening of the Picton Reading Room the arrangements for the readers have undergone some modification. The old reading room is appropriated to light literature and periodicals, the new room to science ~ and general literature. Having made this arrangement it was thought desirable to abolish the system of tickets to the private or students’ room, which to many appeared an invidious distinction, the new room affording ample accommodation for quiet study, and open freely to all. At the same time, should circumstances require it, the old students’ room is still available. The statistics are as follow :-— Taste I.—Showing the total issue of volumes for the year :— Classification. Meee ie ae) Theology; Morals, 606.0 nee s'Byo os ea woes Salle. « a oreuts aes 19,888 71 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ................00005: 15,108 54 Natta ral Pastory: och. heeds Riis terete ante, Necele tevin. shoei ewer ae 6,906 24 melencerand the ATES is aaciers dnt oats arr oth ake eisi cree ctesSalans’euasavags 27,777 99 lignorysand oro ys (00 157,278 | 156,826 Latin and Greek Classics ...... 255 306 Books for the Blind .......... 130 169 | PROMST ete 5s os 214,467 | 209,104 ToTAL. 8,765 6,612 4,572 15,639 20,547 2,081 11,894 27,968 662 1,749 4,397 3,722. | 314,103 561 | 299 423,571 Volumes Added. North . South | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. 16 15 | ol 16 Wy Plage bel ee 20 16 | 36 37 25 62 67 65 132 7 a 12 3 27 | 60 89 73 162 3 3 | 6 3 5 8 1 1 2 8 4.12 167 156 323 457 412 869 Museum. STATISTICS. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— Total Visitors in the yea Weekly average Daily average 1879 219 Days. r 416,156 7,852 1,900 1878. 213 Days. Increase. 397,808 18,348 7,650 202 1,867 33 The 18th of October, 1879, was the 18th anniversary of the opening of the Museum in the present building. 11 The total number of visitors during that time amounted to 7,980,181, giving a yearly average of 443,343. DONATIONS. Specimens of Flint Flakes from the Raised Beach, known as the Corran, at Larne, County Antrim; also Flint Flakes and Core from the gravel pit in the Raised Beach at Kilroot, near Carrickfergus, County Antrim, collected and presented by Mr. Frank Archer. A cluster of Zoophytes, Aglaophenia angulosa, dredged in 8 to 10 fathoms at Johore Shoal, Singapore; presented by Surgeon-Major S. Archer. A Sea Snake, Chersydrus, from the Java Seas; presented by Mr. William Baldwin. Living specimens of Sessile Barnacles, Balanus, taken from the hull of the 8.8. Egypt on her arrival at Liverpool after lying five weeks at Port Durnford, South Africa; presented by Mr. Edward Banner, J.P. A specimen of Flexible Sandstone from near Delhi; presented by Mr. E. Bibby, Jun. A living ‘‘ Gopher” Terrapin ; presented by Mr. Eugene Blackford, New York. . A living young Tortoise-Shell Turtle, Chelone imbricata, and a young Green Turtle, Chelone viridis, from the West Indies; presented by Mr. Walter Blythe. Specimens of 26 species of Fossil Shells and 1 of Cirrhipeds from Post Pliocene beds of Canada and Portland, Maine, U.S.A.; presented by Dr. E. C. Bolles, per Mr. James Samuelson. Six living Sea Urchins, Hehinus sphera, from Port Erin; presented by Mr. H. R. Boult. ° The skin of a Puma, small India-rubber Model of a Manatee, specimens of Birds, Reptiles, Insects, &c., from the River Amazon ; collected and presented by Mr. Septimus Brocklehurst. The Skull of an Egyptian Mummy ; presented by Mr. J. A. Brown. An Otter, killed near Corwen; presented by Mr. Thomas Cope. A collection of Moa Bones, Dinornis, forming a nearly complete skeleton ; also a small plate of Baleen, 19 inches long; the Ear-bone 12 of a large Seal; and specimens of Porpita; presented by Dr. Millen Coughtrey, Dunedin, New Zealand. A young male African Elephant; presented by Mr. William Cross. A collection of small Food and other Fishes from Malabar and Cochin ; collected, named, and presented by Dr. F. Day. A Red Deer (Hind) from Knowsley Park; presented by the Earl of Derby for the Osteological Collection. A Culminated Albatross, Diomedea culminata ; presented by Mr. T. W. Ellwood. A small Cabinet of Minerals, collected by the late Professor Fownes ; also-specimens of Volcanic Rocks and four Fossil Coal Plants ; presented by Mrs. R. F. Fownes. A collection of one hundred and twenty selected specimens of Australian Minerals and Geological Specimens, including four models of Gold Nuggets; with MS. Catalogue and Labels, collected, prepared, and presented by Mr. John Greenwood, Melbourne, formerly of Liverpool. Seven living Bull Frocs, presented by Prof. Hall, Albany, New York. The Skull of a female Gorilla killed in "Ngove, West Coast of Africa ; presented by Mr. J. G. C. Harrison. | A Bottle of Freshwater Sponges, Spongilla lacustris, from the River Charles, near Wellesley, Mass., U.S.A., from Dr. Ephraim Cutter, of Boston ; presented by Mr. Thomas Higgin. A Sea Snake, ten and a half feet long, from Penang Harbour; collected and presented by Mr. Alfred H. Highton. A Lobster covered with barnacles; presented by Mr. F. Howlett, for the Aquarium. A Fossil Coral, from Andalucia, Illinois, and two Fossil Shells, from Buttalo, Scott Co., Iowa; presented by W. Hughes. A large specimen of the Logger-head Turtle, from the West Indies, and a Collared Peccary ; presented by Mr. George Hulse. A sample of Metallic Arsenic ; presented by Mr. F. Jackson. A large Trilobite and a Septaria, from Newfoundland ; presented by Messrs. Job, Brothers. a i hee oe ee eee 18 Specimens of Barnacles, Balanus, and masses of Hschara (Polyzoans allied to the Sea Mats), taken from the hull of the ship Portia in dry dock, San Francisco, after a voyage thence, clean, to Manilla and back, February 1st to July 25th, 1878, and lying about six weeks in Manilla ; presented by Captain Johnstone. A Slab of Pouka-Beck Stone, from Pouka Beck, near Ulverstone ; presented by Mr. J. Jones. Three Young Alligators; presented by Captain Kennedy. A Common Adder, from Calvelly, Tarporley, Cheshire; presented by Mr. Frank H. Leah. Mounting of twelve Slides of Spicules of Gorgoni@, supplied from the Argo Expedition; prepared for the microscope by Mr. Alfred Leicester. The Skin, Skull, and Horns of a Wapiti Deer; the Skin, Skull, and Horns of a Black-tailed Deer; a pair of Prong-horn Antelope Skins, with Skull of Male; and a Hairy Porcupine, from Wyoming ; expressly collected for the Museum and presented by Mr. St. George Littledale. A Snake Nut, presented by Mr. Joseph Mayer. _ The Cast Skin of an American Snake, presented by Miss Mayer. A large Boulder of Greenstone (Hornblendic Porphyry of Scotch Geological Surveyors), finely scored by glacial action, observed in the Boulder Clay in excavations for No. 3 Branch Steam Dock, Bootle, and reported by Mr. James Macintosh, F.G.S.; presented by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Two Siluroid Fishes, two Bass, a Pleuronectid and a Squid, pre- sented by Captain J. H. Mortimer, Associate of the Literary and Philo- sophical Society of Liverpool. Two specimens of Gneiss from Santos, South America (one with a vein of Quartz and Felspar, Orthoclase), and a Flying Squid, Onychoteu- this, from the East Coast of North America; presented by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. A Specimen of the Blind Crayfish, from the Mammoth Caves of . Kentucky ; presented by Dr. J. B. Nevins. Two Specimens of Ptarmigan from the Grampian Hills ; presented by Mr. W. Nicol, per Rev. E. A. Pitcairn Campbell. 14 A series of Marine and other Specimens; collected during the voyage of the Ennerdale from Liverpool to Australia by Mr. C. E. Patterson, assisted by Dr. McAfee, and presented by Mr. C. E. Patterson. Two specimens of the Spotted Bower-Bird, Chlamydodera maculata, and a fine example of the Bower, from Banana, Walloon, Queensland, collected by Mrs. A. M. Frances and presented by Mrs. H. McK. Powell. A Polyzoon, Hornera, from Gavrilova, Arctic Coast of Russian Lapland ; collected and presented by Mr. Edward Rae, F.R.G.S. A Snake, from Seville River, Spain; presented by Mr. James Rushton. The Skin of a Fox, Canis vulpes, from Norway ; presented by Mr. James Samuelson. A Bottle of Insects’ larve and pupe of ‘Sugar Borers,” from the West Indies; the Skull and Bones of a Siluroid Fish, and the Skull and Bones of a small Dog-Fish Shark; presented by Messrs. Sandbach . Tinne & Co. A young Shark, one of 48 taken alive from the mother Shark, October 7, 1877, by Captain James, Barque “Iron Crown ;” presented by Mr. T. R. Shallcross. Specimens of Gorgonie and a Sponge from West Africa; presented by Mr. J. S. Tyerman. An extensive collection of Marine specimens, consisting of Fish, Mol- lusea, Crustacea, Echinoderms, Zoophytes, Sponges, &e., collected be- tween Liverpool, Sydney, Tuticorin, and Rangoon, and presented by Captain W. H. Cawne Warren, Ship “ Bedfordshire,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. A Bald Coot, Fulica atra, shot at Llanerchymor, near Mostyn ; pre- sented by Mr. Henry Williams. Three Butterflies, Papilio podalirius, and three Moths, Synlomis phegea, from Creuznach, Rhenish Prussia; collected and presented by Mr. Maurice Wurzburger. PURCHASES. The principal purchases for the Museum have been as follows :— A Proboscis Monkey; two striped Hyzenas; a Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, stranded in the Mersey and the first recorded capture in the district; a Merian’s Opossum and: young; and -seventeen other, Mammalia. dpa” OX 15 The skeleton of a Flying Fox ; sections of lower jaw of Hippopotamus and of Skull of Horse, showing growth and development of the teeth. An important series of Bowers and Bower-Birds, which is believed to be unrivalled. They were purchased from Mr. Waller, of Sydney, by whom they were obtained during many years’ residence in Australia. Of the Bower of the Regent Bird only one other example is known. The series is as follows :— The Bower of Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, or Satin Bower-Bird, obtained in the Sheebin Scrub, Brisbane River; and four Birds, one adult male, one female, and two males in change of plumage. The Bower of Chlamydodera nuchalis, or Great Bower-Bird, Port Denison, Northern Queensland, and three Birds, two adult with nuchal plumes, and one without, probably female; also bones and shells with Bower. The Bower of Chlamydodera maculata, or Spotted Bower-Bird, three Birds, two adults with plumes and one without, obtained in the Myall gy Scrubs, near the borders of New South Wales and Queensland, and nearly two hundred miles inland from Brisbane; also bones and shells with Bower. The Bower of Chlamydodera cerviniventris, or Fawn-breasted Bower- Bird. This Bower, with pair of Birds, was collected at Port Moresby, New Guinea. This species also inhabits Cape York, North Australia. The Bower of Sericulus melianus, or Regent Bird, obtained at the Eagle Farm Scrubs, about seven or eight miles from Brisbane, Queens- land. It has four birds with it, two adult males, one male half changed in plumage, and one adult female. A Wilson’s Bird of Paradise, a pair of D’Albertis’s Bird of Paradise, _ a D’Albertis’s Crowned Pigeon and thirteen other Birds, and eight specimens for Osteological purposes. A Horned Viper, two Basilisks, and a large Amazonian Terrapin ; . also two large Terrapins and a Turtle for Osteological specimens. A large Trout from Windermere. Specimens of sixty selected species of Shells. A Disarticulated Lobster and Scorpion. Forty specimens of selected Insects from New Guinea, Sumatra, &c. 16 Five specimens of beautiful and delicate roseate Corals, Allopora; a Madrepore ; two Corallines, and two Sponges. The Skull of a Horse from the Cambridge Peat Fens; two teeth in siti, of lower Jaw of Mammoth; a young specimen of Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar; the Carapace of a Turtle, showing upper and lower surfaces, from the Purbeck Oolite; a series of Fish Teeth from the Carboniferous Limestone; a slab of Corals, Thecosmilia annularis, from the Coralline Oolite; and four other Fossils. EXCHANGES. The Skeleton of a male Hooded or Crested Seal, Stemmatopus cristatus, killed by Captain West, Steam Whaler ‘‘ Ravenswing;”’ from the Committee of the Free Library, Museum, and Albert Institute, Dundee. The Skin, Skull, and Horns of a Rocky Mountain Sheep, Ovis montana, and two Skins and Skulls of the Coyote, Canis latrans, from Professor Ward, Rochester, New York. FREE - LECTURES. The Fourteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures was delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Library in January, February, and March, 1879. Total number of persons who attended the 41 Lectures ...... 14,906 AY OPAC MEL PMC CLURE ae ohleunjesiniatedess isa cus niaterin Ven raaaieds aaa 363 List. ‘“‘ Books,” by Mr. Councillor J. A. Picton, J.P., F.S.A., Chairman — of the Library, Museum, and Art Committee. What is Science good for? by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A. Geological Results of the late British Arctic Expedition, under Captain Sir G. Nares, R.N., and their Bearing on the Geology and Glaciation of Britain, by Mr. C. E. De Rance, F.G.5., of H.M. Geological Survey. John Milton, by the Rev. William Graham. Levi Coffin, President of the ‘‘ Underground Railway,” by the Rey. A. M. Symington. 17 England to Rome, with a Rest at the Paris Exhibition, illustrated by Photographic Transparencies, by Mr. Councillor J. A. Forrest. A Day at the Court of Nimrod, by Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen. The Value of Literature to Young Men of Business, by Mr. Alder- man W. B. Forwood, J.P. Life as it Is and as it Shall Be, by the Rev. John Burbidge. Prison’ Characters and Pictures of Perverted Life, by the Rey. James Nugent. Disinfectants and their Action, by Mr. Edward Davies, F.C.S. The Abbeys and Conventual Cathedrals of England, with Photo- graphic Lantern Illustrations, by Mr. James Birchall. The Steady Man, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown. The Poetry of Pre-Raphaelitism—Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by Mr. T. H. Hall Caine, President of the Liverpool Notes and Queries Society. Popular Culture, by Mr. Baron L. Benas. Our Ironclad Navy, Present and Past, by Lieut. Francis Ingram Palmer, R.N., late of H.M.S. ‘‘ Magdala.” On Zoological Study and Classification (illustrated), by Mr. James Samuelson. A Key to Tennyson’s “‘ In Memoriam,” by the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D. The Italian Renaissance—Painting, by Mr. Henry Clark. The House we Live in, by Mr. James T. Armstrong, F.C.S. _ The Poetry of Sir Walter Scott, by Mr. Alfred H. Cowie. Morality in English Fiction, by Mr. James Ashcroft Noble. On the Rules of Good Taste as regards Modern Dress of Men and Women, by Mr. Councillor P. H. Rathbone. Some account of our English Bible—illustrated by some early copies in the Free Public Library, by Mr. Peter Cowell, Chief Librarian. The Hand and Foot in Man and Animal, with illustrations, by Mr. T. J. Moore, Curator of the Museum. 18 Travelling in the Good Old Times—illustrated with diagrams, by the Rey. Samuel Pearson, M.A. Readings from Shakespeare, Poe, Seott, &e., by Mr. Alexander Tough. Geological Periods of the Earth’s History, as interpreted by the the Fossil Remains of Gigantic Animals, by Mr. B. Waterhouse _ Hawkins, F.G.S. Smiles’s Life of Thomas Dick, Baker, Botanist, and Geologist, by Mr. B. Herdman Grindley. English Speech and Common Errors in Pronunciation, by Mr. W. Relton. _ The Unity of the Physical Forces—Light, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism; Sound, the Phonoscope, the Telephone, the Micro- phone, the Phonograph, &e., by Mr. C. H. Stearn. Boswell’s Life of Johnson, by the Rev. Charles Beard. The Social Condition of the United Kingdom during the early part of the last Century, by Mr. W. H. Jones, J.P. Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, by the Rev. William Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. Buddha and Buddhism—with illustrations, by Mr. Henry Duck- worth, J.P., F.R.G.S. Historical Poetry of Scotland, by Mr. Alexander Tough. . The Vagaries and Follies of Fashion—illustrated by numerous sketches of Costume, ancient and modern, by Mr. Charles Dyall, Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. Heroines of Shakespeare, by Mr. E. R. Russell. Sleep and Dreams, by the Rev. T. A. Snow, M.A. Islands and People of Polynesia, by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee (late of Samoa), F.R.G.S., C.M.Z.S. A Study of the Lifetime of one of the Least and Lowliest Organisms in Nature—What we-may learn from it; with Oxy-hydrogen illustrations, by the Rev. W. H. Dallinger, V.P.R.M.S. 19 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LOCAL LECTURES AND q EXAMINATIONS. ; A course of fourteen lectures on Political Economy, has been delivered by the Rev. W. Moore Ede, M.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge. To these 480 tickets for the course have been issued. These lectures were delivered in the Lecture Room of the Library. Four experimental lectures, by Professor Roscoe, F.R.S., on the ‘Four so-called Elements of the Ancients,’’ were delivered in the ‘ Concert Room, St. George’s Hall, in the month of October, to crowded E audiences. _ Admission to these lectures was by ticket free of charge, Dr. Roscoe In the month of November Dr. J. Campbell Brown delivered four ie experimental lectures, in the Concert Room, on the ‘“‘ Chemical Elements as now understood, or the Materials of which the Earth is Composed.” __. The admission to these was by ticket without charge. The attendance was very good. Dr. Campbell Brown also placed his services at the disposal of the Committee gratuitously. The Liverpool School of Science has had the use of rooms as in former years, and the following courses of lectures are being delivered i1 connec- _tion with the Department of Science and Art, South Kensington. Practical Plane and Solid Geometry. By Mr. J. A. Briant. _ Machine Construction. Do. ” Building Construction. Do. General Biology. By Mr. G. W. Slatter. Animal Physiology. " Do. Elementary Botany. Do. Examinations conducted under the management of the Universities of _ Oxford and Cambridge and of the Civil Service Commissioners have taken place as in former years. hy The following societies have also had the use of rooms:—The Amateur Photographic Society, the Liverpool Numismatic Society, and _ the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 20 MAYER MUSEUM. A second edition of the Egyptian Catalogue,.with a number of addi- tional woodcuts, and a description cf the Assyrian and Babylonian antiquities, has been issued during the past year. The Egyptian antiquities, which are on the basement of the Mayer Museum, being at present exhibited in unsuitable cases and in too dark a position for careful examination, the Committee have set aside an annual amount for providing more convenient cases. The Mayer Collection, with the other antiquities, have now been grouped into a new Department called the ‘‘ Mayer Museum,” of which Mr. Gatty has been appointed Curator. During the early part of the year the Committee granted the loan of a large selection of Wedgwood-ware from the Mayer Collection for an exhibition at the Liverpool Art Club, which formed an important feature in that exhibition. DONATIONS. A Cabinet containing a series of red sealing-wax impressions from the Intaglios of Josiah Wedgwood; a Plaster Cast of an Assyrian clay tablet in the British Museum, of the time of Assurbanipal, recording the sale of a field in the vicinity of Nineveh. The inscription gives the names of certain neighbouring properties, and a list of names of persons witnesses to this transaction. The seal of the owner is impressed on the tablet, the subject being Ishtobar holding a gazelle, size, 33 in. by 14 in.; a Cast of an Assyrian black basalt Dedication Stone, the original of which was presented to the British Museum by Lord Aberdeen. The stone was found in the Temple of Nebo at Babylon, and is covered with cuneiform writing, the inscriptions giving accounts of Offerings and Restorations of the Temples effected by Esarhaddon, after his retirement from the throne, B.C. 670, size, 9 in. by 4} in. ; a Rosewood Cabinet, fitted with drawers for Medallions ; a late Celtic Bronze Spoon, found in a Turbury in Ireland ; two Anglo-Saxon circular Gold Fibule, with raised decoration ; four silver Anglo-Saxon Tags, with ornamentation in shape of grotesque animals; a protrait of Mr. Joseph Mayer by Daniels ; presented by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. A collection of Greek, Roman, and modern European Coins and Medals, in gold, silver, and copper ; presented by Mr. Baron L. Benas. . ; t . f 21 Portrait Medellions of Sir Hans Sloane and Dr. Woodward, in fawn- coloured jasper-ware of Wedgwood and Bentley ; a Portrait Medallion of Klaproth, in red and black pottery, marked Wedgwood ; presented by Mr. W. Bateson. Four Coins from Cephalonia; collected and presented by Captain Caleb Brown. A Quern from Annesley Bay ; presented by Captain Burns. Three Assegais from Durban, South Africa ; presented by Mr. Henry Cuming. | A small Vase in Chelsea China, presented by Mr. M. I. Courtney. A specimen of Egyptian Mummy Cloth, embroidered, 13 inches long ; a Sepulchral Figure in blue porcelain ; a Coptic Bronze Cross; a Porce- lain Stud for inlaying; and a Terra Cotta Weight or Net Sinker ; presented by Rev. G. J. Chester. A Copper Coin, found ir Ceylon, inscribed Spi Mat Sahasa Malla, A.D. 1205-1213 ; presented by Mr. H. P. Fry. An Afghan War Knife from Kurrum Valley; presented by Major Foord. A collection of 28 selected Carthagenian and Roman Coins, found at Cagliari, Sardinia ; presented by Mr. J. Hargreaves. A Tonda or Ivory Hairpin; two Necklets; a Belt of Beads for Women; a Slave Whip of Hippopotamus hide; a Chief’s Stick of Ebony from Ashiras, West Africa; four Spears used in hunting the Hippopotamus and Lamantin ; a Grass Mat; a Fetish Stick from the Byaka Country, Mayumba, West Africa; collected and presented by Mr. J. G. C. Harrison. A “Stone Axe ” or Celt ; a “Skinuing Stone” or Celt, and Arrow Heads from Iowa; presented by Mr. W. Hughes. _ A Printed Catalogue of the Duke of Marlborough’s collection of Gems, printed for private distribution ; presented by Mr. N. Story Maskelyne. Three fragments of Early English Pottery from Burslem ; two Covers for red ware teapots, with engine lathe decoration, and a fragment of a brown and yellow Slip Ware Dish ; presented by Mr. John Podmore. A third Brass Coin of Crispus, son of Constantine the Great, recently found in Neston Churchyard, Cheshire; presented by Mrs. H. McK. Powell. 22 A First Brass of Antonius Pius, found in a Roman Wall at Hoyton Bridge, Northumberland, 1877 ; presented by Mr. James Raffles. A Jug of Liverpool (?) Pottery, painted with flowers and bearing the inscription ‘‘ John Baron, 1800,” presented by Mr. H. B. Roberts. A red, blue and Green worsted Scarf, decorated with white beads, North American Indian work; presented by Miss Snaith. Three small Terra Cotta Figures of Deities, with inscriptions, from the Palace of Yung-Ming-Yung, Pekin; presented by Mr. W. H. Tapp. A Third Brass Coin of Arcadius and one of Honorius; presented by Mr. Henry Theakstone. A Stone Implement pierced with two holes, found at Ferguss in Ontario, and presented by Mr. Charles Tobin. A small Vase in red pottery, decorated with classical subjects in black outline, after the Ancient Greek Vases, and marked ‘‘ Bishop’s Wal- tham ;”’ a Pedestal of same ware, subjects in red on black ground ; and a piece of English Painted Pottery, representing Polito’s Travelling Menagerie ; presented by Mr. Henry Willett. . PURCHASES. Nine Liverpool printed Tiles (5 in black 4 in red) with subjects from AXsop’s Fables, and other sources. A Cream Ware Jug, printed probably in Liverpool, with designs commemorating American Independence. Three specimens of Pottery, viz., a small glazed Terra Cotta Vase, with the Three Graces, and similar to Wedgwood Ware. A tea Canister in light coloured Staffordshire Pottery, green and yellow, with sword-shaped leaves, &c. A Sauce Boat in early English salt glazed pottery, green, with patterns of leaves. Eleyen Persian or Rhodian Tiles, and one Rhodian Plate. A Bowl and three Jugs of printed cream-coloured Pottery, Paakebly of Liverpool manufacture. A Dish of Italian Pottery; Seven Egyptian Antiquities; a Roman Bronze Stamp; Two Birds, in Ivory, Italo Greek, from Capua; and Two Silver Card Counters, temp, Chas. II. 23 Three Medallions in Wedgwood Ware, commemorative of the Wedg- wood Exhibition at the Liverpool Art Club. A large Amphora, from Cyprus. A selection of 39 Photographs of Views in Egypt, and of Assyrian and other Antiquities. The Model of a Man-of-War Ram (with glass case and stand). DEPOSITED. | An Earthenware Capital of a Column from the Emperor’s Palace, _ Yung-Ming-Yung, Peking; by Mr. W. H. Tapp. 24 Walker Art Gallery. VISITORS. THE Gallery has been open on 254 days during the year, and closed on 32 days for cleaning and rearrangement of the permanent collection. 551,188 persons have visited the Gallery during the year, being a daily average of 2,169. Of this number 72,093 paid for admission to the Autumn Exhibition of pictures, and 4,391 school children, specially invited to visit the Exhibition, are also included in the gross total of visitors. Every effort has been made during the year to make the fullest display possible of the works of art belonging to the town, and with this view the beautiful series of facsimiles of works of sacred art known as the Arundel collection were specially framed and exhibited in illustration of the Florentine, Roman, and Flemish schools. To these were added a number of busts in marble and plaster of notable men which had hitherto been very imperfectly displayed in the Museum. The Committee have added to the ornamental appearance of the building by laying out the ground in the areas with plants and gravel walks, and flower boxes have been placed in the windows, the work having been most tastefully carried out by Mr. Richardson, of the Botanic Gardens, and it is believed that the public have expressed pleasure and satisfaction at these endeavours to add to the cheerful appearance of the town. The Committee, with a desire to assist in the promotion of a taste for art in other parts of the country, acceded to several requests for loans of paintings from the permanent collection, and the following were lent for limited periods :— To tue NotrinecHam Art Muszum— “And When Did You Last See Your Father?” (Yeames.) “Julian the Apostate Presiding at a Conference of Sectarians.” (Armitage. ) To THE Darwen Art TREASURES’ EXHIBITION— ‘““A Nautical Argument.” (Hemy.) ‘‘Snowdon, from Capel Curig.” (Finnie.) ‘The Hunted Slaves.” (Ansdell.) en ate bras a 25 The picture of “‘ Eventide, a scene in the Westminster Union,” by Mr. Herkomer, was exhibited (with the Committee’s sanction) at the Paris Salon during the season. PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF THE BUILDING. The attention of the Council has been directed to the necessity of _ enlarging the accommodation by erecting additional galleries at the rear of the present building to afford suitable space for the permanent collection as well as for the Annual Exhibition of Pictures and for other purposes. The Council evinced their appreciation of the necessity for increased accommodation by passing a resolution empowering the Committee to obtain plans and estimates for the proposed extension, and this subject will occupy their earnest attention. During the mayoralty of Mr. T. B. Royden, the Gallery was used on ‘several occasions for the purpose of entertaining various public bodies. On May Ist, a luncheon was given in one of the lower rooms by His P Worship the Mayor, to the members of the Council and others invited Bee ecsict at the opening of the Steble Fountain. On July 24th a Con- _ versazione was given to the distinguished scientific delegates of the _ International ‘Postal and Telegraph Convention. On Wednesday, _ September 24th, a similar entertainment was given by the Mayor to the _ members of the Iron and Steel Institute; and on October 8th, the | Gallery and the Picton Reading Room and Museum were thrown open to the guests attending the Banquet given at St. George’s Hall in AUTUMN EXHIBITION. 1879. 1878. umber of Pictures and other Works of Art P 1) (a 5 cd a a 1,356 1,062 Number of Pictures sold .................... 263 238 mount realised by sales ..................:. £9,059 17 0 £7,340 7 0 Season UGE 22, ee 2,991 £566 7 6 2,754 528 14 6 Admissions at one ROWMN .sce Watters 30,332 1,516 12 0 39,297 1,96417 0 Ditto BERENS Met cise s a'c t's.- 8,483 212 1 6 13,219 , 330 9 6 Ditto GOEGEPEHEG rr cribs! csi0-0 - 30,287 378 11 9 33,860 423 5 0 REET | 504 9 3 562 8 6 gomimission on sales. ..................2.000% 364 14 6 2A2 4 2 Amount received exclusive of sales .........., 3178 20 3,811 16 3 26 ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. PuRcHASED— Marble Bust, ‘‘ Young Augustus,” by John Gibson, R.A. Water Colour, ‘‘ Formby Mill, Harvest Time,” by W. L. Kerry. eS », ‘Summer Time in the Highlands,” by W. Small. Or Paintines— ‘* On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo,” by E. Crofts, A.R.A. * «The Old Man’s Treasure,” by Carl Gussow. ‘Woman and Child,” by Sir Godfrey Kneiler. Donations— Portrait of the late Thomas B. Horsfall, by Patten; presented by J. Campbell, Esq. “The Struggle for Existence’ (Oil), by Bouverie Goddard ; presented by the Executors of the late Robert Carlyle. ‘* Students of Salamanca” (Oil), by John Phillip, R.A. ; presented by Benson Rathbone, Esq. ** Elijah in the Wilderness” (Oil), by Sir F. Leighton, P.R.A. ; presented by A. G. Kurtz, Esq. Two Vases (Terra Cotta) ; presented by Messrs. Doulton & Co. * This work was purchased with a portion of the sum of £1000, placed at the disposal of the Committee for the purchase of Works of Art, by Mr. J. A. Picton. a ee Pas Hera | “Im ave is / 15 JUL. 1898 <<” ee y TWENTY-EIGHTH ie ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE PRE PUBLIC LIBRARY musk UM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. | LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. 1881. TWENTY-HIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE | FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND WALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. 1881. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1880-81. Committee. JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.S.A., CHartrMan. ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Depvuty-CHarrMAn. ALDERMAN WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, Mayor. ANTHONY BOWER. 8. LEIGH GREGSON. CHARLES TRICKS BOWRING. Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, M.A. STEWART HENRY BROWN. ROBERT D. HOLT. ANDREW COMMINS, LL.D., M.P. WILLIAM CROSFIELD. WILLIAM J. LUNT. JOSEPH MAYER, F.S.A. WILLIAM CROSS, M D. EDMUND K. MUSPRATT. GEORGE C. DOBELL. PHILIP H. RATHBONE. ROBERT GALLOWAY. ALDERMAN Sir A. B. WALKER. OWEN H. WILLIAMS. Chief Librarian. PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Curator of the Mayer Museum. CHARLES T. GATTY. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL. REPORT. ‘Tue history of this institztion has been one of continued progress from its commencement, nor has the last year fallen short in any department of its usefulness. The opening of the Picton Reading Room has fully answered the expectations entertained of its usefulness. The old Reading Room of the Brown Library, which formerly accommodated the whole of the readers, is now appropriated to light literature and periodicals, and continues to be as crowded as heretofore ; whilst the new Reading Room affords ample accommodation for the students of science, and literature of a higher class. The electric light has been adopted in the Picton Reading Room with advantage, avoiding the injurious effects, both to the books and readers, of the fumes from the consumption of gas. It is probable that this will be ultimately applied in other portions of the building. The Catalogue of the Reference Library was revised and condensed into one volume in the year 1870. Since that date three supplements have been printed. The inconvenience of having to search through such a number of volumes has decided the Committee to comprise all the works received since 1870 into a second volume, which will be about equal in size to the first, and will much facilitate the researches of readers. ' The new Lecture Room or Rotunda, under the Reading Room, is in - course of completion, and will probably be opened in the course of the _ year. This will give the much-needed additional accommodation for the attendance at the Winter Courses of Lectures, which have increased in popularity to such an extent that, in many cases, the audiences have been far greater than the Lecture Room could hold, and in others advantage has been taken of the Concert Room at St. George’s Hall. The particulars are given below. In the early part of the year an Exhibition of Pre-historic Antiquities and Ethnography was held under-the auspices of a local Committee. Of this exhibition a large portion consisted of the Pre-historic Antiquities of 4 the Mayer Museum and the Ethnographical Collections acquired from time to time by this Committee. The experiment was so successful that the Committee determined on ~ the erection of an annexe behind the Walker Art Gallery, which is now in progress, for the better display of the permanent collection of Ethno- graphical objects. The second part of the Catalogue of the Mayer Museum, including the Medieval Antiquities and the Mather Collection of Miniatures, i is in the press and will shortly be issued. The Lending Libraries and the Museum call for no special remark except that their interest and usefulness, and the public appreciation, have been fully maintained. The Walker Art Gallery has received a considerable impulse during the year. Fifteen pictures have been added during the year by donation and purchase, besides other works of art. With one exception (1875) the amount of pictures sold during the exhibition (£11,753) has been greater than in any former year. On Sept. 3rd, 1880, the Statue of Sir A. B. Walker, executed in Marble by Mr. Warrington Wood, the expense of which was defrayed by a public subscription, was unveiled by the Mayor in the :peeuenre of Members of the Council and other leading citizens. The following are the statistics of the several departments :— REFERENCE LIBRARY. TaBLE I.—Showing the books issued during the year :— Classification. Volumes. rece Phenlogy. Morals, Gir. ooo 2 Sits tiie os bins Cee > ee cee 18,786 67 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ............-..-. ..-- 16,942 60 Waturalimistory fi) cchtas lame Sek Sincort asain > GOEW tee TELL 6,601 24 Nolence'and« |9 O LB |9 OT TST |e et TF 0 91 F298 | PAST 9 AT GOV'L | TLE | T 999'T|O OTe 0 L1-TLg. [9 241 661 |9 8 96 8 OL 6% 0 81I 999 | SZgT 9 ¥ T&s'9 | 8m |$ 8 SOs'T/Ee BITE 0 ® ZIg. 19 0 8OT 19 O 69 9 @ SF 0 4 109 | CLT 9 @ 9689 | G86 |F @ Seat |F F OF 9 stoze |o or got jo @ 29 9 FI L102 0 91 084 | TLeT PROF ORE LE SF a ese. | peg pee ee lp ee ps F ‘eousdoortyy, ‘eouedxig ‘BUTTS euoC , ‘sqdroooyy ‘sqd100037 “PPS ‘pjog “BJO, ; : ee [e0], snoouereostyy | Pood a sonso[ey49, wosveg oe “SNOISSINGY “OS TL8T Now “SUVAA NAL WOM “oY ‘SHUNLOId JO SATIVS ‘SNOISSINGY JO INANALVLIS CALVINGVE 26 ADDITIONS TC THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. PuRcHASED— Casts in Plaster—‘‘ David,” ‘“‘ Apollo,” ‘‘ Perseus,” ‘‘ Hebe,” ‘*Diana,” ‘‘The Laocoon,” and: busts of .‘‘ Juno” and ** Hercules.” A Japanese Study from Nature—Birds and Palm Leaves carved in ivory, tinted in natural colours and inlaid in wood. Ercuines (for the use of Students)— Three Volumes of Etchings, after Rembrandt, and Dalziels’ Bible Gallery—a collection of Engravings by eminent modern artists, illustrating Bible History. Om ParntInes— “One of the Family,” by F. G. Cotman. ** The Village Lawyer,” by Carl Schloesser. ‘* Down in the Reeds by the River,” by Frank Walton. ‘* Blanchisseuses,” by Miss Alice Havers. ** Moorland, Barmouth,” by Albert Hartland. ** Sunday Morning,” by J. Campbell Noble. ‘‘The Ante-Chamber at Whitehall during the Last Moments of Charles I.”, by E. M. Ward, R.A. <¢ A Marine View,” by R. Serres. «A Village Festival,’ by John Molenaer. The following were also purchased with the balance of the Picton Fund :— ‘« Faithful,” by C. E. Perugini. ‘* Footprints of War,” by F. W. Lawson. ‘* Weal and Woe,” by Charles Gregory. ** Table d’Hote at a Dogs’ Home,” by J. C. Dollman. WORKS PRESENTED. Om— ‘* Flower Sellers,” by Gustave Doré; presented by Henry Thompson, Jun., Esq. Water CoLour— ** The Port of Shields,” by C. Napier Hemy ; presented by Jameg Harrison, Esq. Four Bas-reliefs (terra cotta), illustrating incidents in the life of the late Lord Derby; presented by Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, 27 -On— ‘Fireworks at the Castle of St. Angelo, Rome, on Easter Monday ;”” presented by Robert Neilson, Esq. Burmese carved Screen ; presented by Henry Thompson, Jun., Esq. _ Six Magnifying Glasses, for inspecting pictures; presented by Messrs. Lewis and Brereton. . 4D 15 JUL. 1898 TWENTY-NINTH i eww TAA REPORT OF THE “4 MW FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. MUSEUM, AND OF THE COMMITTEE WALKER ART GALLERY OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. ‘a : LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY4HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. Bes 1882. bi Ak yore eat He ¥a>> ‘ ee ee, secret vi Ie het 3 ong so Fema a 7 i TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE REE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. Z LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. 1882. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1881-82. Sm JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.S.A., CHAIRMAN, ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Depury-CHarRMAN. JOHN HUGHES, Mayor. ANTHONY BOWER. CHARLES TRICKS BOWRING. STEWART HENRY BROWN. ANDREW COMMINS, LL.D., M.P. ROBERT GALLOWAY. S. LEIGH GREGSON. ROBERT HAMILTON. Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, M.A. ROBERT D. HOLT. WILLIAM J. LUNT. CHARLES McARDLE. JOSEPH MAYER, F.S.A. EDMUND K. MUSPRATT. PHILIP H. RATHBONE. THOMAS E. STEPHENS. WILLIAM J. STEWART. . Srr A. B. WALKER. * Inbrarian. SOWELL. vit WAN. AS FORMBY. urator of the Musewm. THOMAS J. MOORE. Curator of the Mayer Museum. CHARLES T. GATTY. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL. REPORT. ——<—— Tu Committee have pleasure in reporting that the several departments continue in a state of efficiency, and are fully appreciated by the public. The statistics given below afford the information necessary to under- stand the working of the Institution and its results. Several circumstances of interest have occurred during the year. The New Rotunda Lecture Hall was opened on the 4th January. The result has exceeded the most sanguine anticipations. The Hall is - calculated to contain 1,100 persons all comfortably seated, but on many occasions this number has been far exceeded ; on several evenings nearly 2,000 have been packed within the area. The Hall has given general ‘satisfaction, and promises to add materially to the usefulness of the Institution. Plans have been prepared for the extension of the Walker Art Gallery, giving the additional space necessary to avoid the removal and replacing of the permanent Gallery pictures annually, during the exhibition. The ‘cost of the new building will be about £12,000, towards which a grant of £6,000 has been made from the Corporate funds. a Tt will be seen from the notice below that the recent Exhibition has, with one exception to a trifling extent, been the most successful ever held. _ The second volume of the Catalogue of the Reference Library has been issued, containing 703 pages, including all the works received during the ten years from 1871 to 1880. This has already been “appreciated as a great boon to students. The work has been very care- fully prepared by Mr. Cowell, the Chief Librarian, and his assistants, and contains a large fund of information besides the list of books. The Annexe to the Walker Art Gallery mentioned in the Report for 1881, for the reception of the Ethnographical Collection, has been opened, and forms a very interesting department. The building will have to be removed to allow the erection of the new portion of the Art Gallery, 3 The facilities given by the extensive range of buildings for public demonstrations have been availed of during the year. On Friday, July 4 2nd, the Committee invited the members of the Wesleyan Conference then assembled in the City to a Conversazione, when about 400 were present, including the Rev. Dr. Osborne, the President of the Conference, the Mayor and Members of the City Council. On Thursday, November 3rd, the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Forwood) with Mrs. Forwood, held a reception in the Gallery, on which occasion about 800 persons were present, including the principal local Artists and many of the leading citizens. The most important event connected with the Arts in this Institution during the year has been the purchase of the picture by Mr. Dante Rossetti, entitled ‘‘ Dante’s Dream.” The picture has attracted great attention, and will add to the celebrity of the Gallery, which already contains many works of a very high class. In the intervals between the exhibitions it has been usual to open to public view any private collections which might be available. During the past year about 200 drawings by Mr. Barker, of Trefriw, and Mr. Charles Green, of London, were so exhibited, and more recently a similar collection of the works of the late Henry Dawson haye been on view. The Lecture Season has been attended with great success. The particulars will be found below. The following are the Statistics and other information in the several departments :— REFERENCE LIBRARY. TaBLE 1.—Showing the books issued during the year :— Classification. Volumes. Rates (Pheolegy,, MoralaP&cx Sisics tckisede Widdea leben de «supe -- 18,072 64 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. .......++++++- a asteroid note 17,308 62 Natnral Piatory oS.F sce s cca cles steels cate het eaiewte ieee 6,499 23 Sciencejand the Arts « ....ccecesccecntecccvceseds cece soos 28,581 102 History and Biography ............ voce ceccerecs eis vle cine 22,574 81 Topography and Speauibies sR eS ais minieyaiie. wing o.a\ex- aia wConte 6,244 22 Voyages and Travels... 2... .0racece cose vessels bUscles ee 11,754 43 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- zines in Volumes, &c.) ........0++ bis c vewieinlews ceceunels 113,348 407 Jurisprudence, Law, aad Pelitios (uid . 2h. -eedewiaty sack o viares [PROVE 14 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ....-------.. » . Ze 10 Education and Lanpuaten sss s.scseeeeee eee eatiehe cM akiete 6,000 22 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ..........+- Nomtdoealaae ster 12,916 46 Prose MiGhOn” - 50 cans see eee «las hee b ate etias «dees dswale > ae 231,834 832 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations......+.+++++++++- 4,214 15 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference.....-- ++. 26,645 96 Total eee eter rere eeeteees sere 512,638 1,839 5 ; aa I1.—Showing the issues of Quarterly and Monthly Magazines :— Classification. Magazines. Pee Py ESE 7 es schol ole 4 b MEA MIDRO PNG, O50. 6 32-00 =, 6 ) on jciac Ae We aaa ce wo Foe Ricloeics cue eg sle cies 725 16,139 Jurisprudence, Law, avid Polities..... .... Sulelsivie wanes » 0/0 er OEyaOe 6,297 Commerce, Political BCOMOUVANGOS MS «whoa cies c's he we tide ne acre 52 887 Education and Language .......... fete rete lae a= Aone ee 41 1,248 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ............eeee cece ee enes 107 3,278 ONC MMICEION(: .-ieech, Sai PRINCI SCT. chice ce clowece uve aieces 34 5,343 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ................ 43 675 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference .......... 78 2,357 PRGEARI cln.cjc'ceai cocstieceacces 2patennn)s4S30 Tables II. and III. :-— QUARTERLY. Century Magazine ; Annales des Sciences Naturelles amy teh yee tery ae Mee Church Missionary Gleaner 8" au Church Missionary Intelligencer Archeological Journal a) se : British and Foreign Evangelical Review Charch ‘Missionary Juvenile Instructor British Quarterly Review Congregationalist Calcutta Review i Contemporary Review Church Quarterly Review Cornhill Magazin Dublin Review Dahei ’ } : eim Edinburgh Review Day of Days ——— Day of Rest Journal de Conchyliologie oslo Obese Journal fiir Ornithologie Educational Guide Journal of Anatomy _ : Educational Times Journal of the British Archeological Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Florist and Pomologist Fortnightly Review Fraser’s Magazine - § Association Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Society of Antiquaries Journal of the Statistica] Society London Quarterly Review Mind : : Gazette Archéologique Seta ever Gazette des Beaux-Arts Navy List f A Gartenlaube Numismatic Chronicle and Journal Gentlinaate Mapantne i Popular Science Review 6 The following is the list of Magazines and Periodicals illustrating F ; { Quarterly Journal of the Geological Beological # iagazine Baeey, Hand and’ Heart Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Har = M sak Science AYPer 8 iL oeaeine Home Words Homeeopathie World Indian Antiquary Quarterly Review Revue Celtique Revue et Magasin de Zoologie : Stray Feathers ee Sunday Review = ae . Be noe Traethodydd : tae rs’ Recor te Westminster Review di Terao es Zeitschrift fiir Deutsche Philologie be . Zeitschrift fir Ethnologie 8 : ournal of the Chemical Society ournal of Horticulture MontTRLy. akan ee see og All the Year Round Library Journal American Naturalist Livre, Le Annals and Magazine of Natural History London Society Antiquary Macmillan’s Magazine Argosy | Magazine of Art Army List Mineralogical Magazine Art Journal Month Atlantic Monthly Musical Times Band of Hope Review Nautical Magazine Banker’s Magazine Nineteenth Century Belgravia North American Review Bibliothéque Universelle Orchestra Biograph Palatine Note Book Blackwood’s Magazine Petermann’s Mittheilungen British Temperance Advocate Portfolio Cambridge Examiner Printer’s Register Cassell’s Magazine Printing Times Catholic Presbyterian Quiver + Pa es. — ae Railway Guide Revue Archéologique Revue Britannique Revue Chrétienne Notices Sanitary Engineerin Science Gossip ‘ Shorthand Magazine | Spelling Reformer Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine Temple Bar Theatre ‘Tinsley’s Magazine Tonic Sol-fa Reporter ‘Truthseeker United Service Magazine Women’s Suffrage Journal Yachting Magazine Zoologist Zoophilist ; ForTNIGHTLY. Annalen der Physik ette des Architectes termédiare ue des Deux Mondes ere Zeit WEEKLY. itish Architect suilding News News MontHLty—Continued. Royal Astronomical Society’s Monthly Royal Geographical Society’s Journal British and Colonial Printer and Stationer ingler’s Polytechnisches Journal 2’s Annalen der Chemie er ilders’ Weekly Reporter ridge University Reporter cal WEEKLY—Continued. Comptes Rendus Draper Economist Engineer Engineering English Mechanic Entr’acte Era Estates Gazette Field Fun Gardeners’ Chronicle Graphic Illustrated London News ron Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gaslighting, &c. Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Knowledge Lancet Land and Water Lantern Law Times League Journal Liberal Review - Local Government Chronicle London Gazette Mining Journal Musical and Dramatic World Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oxford University Gazette Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Saturday Review Scientific American Spectator Sydney Mail Temperance Record Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair ; Weekly Notes Weekly Register World 8 DONATIONS. The following donations have been received during the year :— ABERDEEN Mucuanics’ Instirurron :— Handbook, 1881-82 ; Report, 1880-81. ANDERSON’S CoLLEGE, GLASGow :—Calen- dar, 1880-81. BarBabos CoLontAL SEcRETARY :—Bar- bados Blue Book, 1879. Barker, Masor(the Compiler) :—Birken- head Police Report, 1881. Barr, Dr. James (the Editor) :—Liver- pool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, No. 1. Bree, Perer:—The Adhesive Stamp, by P. Chalmers; The Penny Postage Scheme of 1837, by P. Chalmers. Brtoz, Cuartzes H. :—Annual Report of the United States Life Saving Service, 1880. Brees, Mrs. :—Vivisection Considered, by James Macaulay and others (2 Copies) ; A Plea for Mercy to Animals, by James Macaulay (3 Copies). Bieas, W. W. (the Author) :—Conserva- tism of Liverpool, by ‘‘ Vindex.” BirkenyeaD Lirerary Society :—Re- port, 1880-81. BIRMINGHAM PHILOSOPHICAL SocreTy :— Proceedings, Vol. 2. * Boston(U.S, A.) ATHEN ZUM LIBRARY :— Catalogue, Compiled by C. A. Cutter (pp. 2315-3004). Boston (U. 8. A.) Pusric Liprary :— Bulletin, Nos. 56-59. Boutt, JoserH :—Description of the Sea- Coast of England and Wales, with Charts, by Fearon and Eyes; Minute- Books and other Papers and Pamphlets relating to the Roscoe Club, Liverpool ; Liverpool Trade-Lists; Outlines and Sketches, by C. Allston; and numerous other Volumes and Pamphlets, chiefly Local. Bout, Miss :—Liverpool Mercury, 1818- 1820; Life of Richard Wilson, R. A. ; and 19 other Volumes. BREWER, CHARLES :—Liverpool General Review, 1853. BRIDGEMAN, Rey. THE Hon, G. T. O. (the Author) :—History of the Princes of South Wales. British ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- MENT OF ScIENCE :—Report, Swansea Meeting, 1880, British Museum Trustexs :—Catalogue of Birds, Vol. 5 ; Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Vol. 6; Illustrations of Lepid- optera Heterocera, Pt. 5. Byrng, P., ONTARIO GOVERNMENT AGENT, LiverPoot :—Report of the Ontario Agricultural Commission, 2 vols. CamBripce FREE Liprary :—Catalogue of Books, Referance Department, Pt. 2. CarrRiz, JoHN (the Author) :—Ancient Things in Angus. . Carson, P. M. :—Some Observations on Astronomy, Geology, and Meteorology, by James Carson, M. D., F. R. 8. (In- edited MS.) ! Carter, Henry J., M.D., F.R.S. (the Author):—Geological Paperson Western India, with Atlas, 2 Vols. ; Geographical Description of Certain Parts of the 8. E. Coast of Arabia. CASTELLAIN, ALFRED, J. P. :—Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. 17, Pt. 1. Cincinnati Pustic Lisrary :—Bulletins, 1879-80, 2 vols. CoppEN Cius:—Financial Reform Al- manack, 1881 ; The Reciprocity Craze, by G. W. Medley ; Imports, Exports, and the French Treaty, by J. K. Cross ; Free Trade and Taritis, by John Slagg, M.P. ; The French Treaty and Recipro- city, by Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.; Systems of Land Tenure, Edited by J. W. Probyn ; History of the Free Trade Movement, by A. Mongredien. Coz, JoHN :—Saint Augustine: a Poem, by H. W. Cole (3 Copies). Conver, G. A. :—The Advance of Popery, by J. C. Philpot. Cox, Rev. J. B., M.A. :—Monthly Papers, Jan.-April, 1881. Davies, Rev. E. T. (the Author) :— Cydymaith y Cymro. DawBarRN, Wuittram:—The Eccentric Club. , Dopps, Jou» :—Report upon the Thames and Isis. Doveton, F. B. (the Author) :—Snatches of Song. Duncan, P. M., AnD W. P. SLADEN (the Authors) :—-The Echinodermata of the Arctic Seas. ENGINEERS, THE Socrety or :—Tran- sactions, 1861-80 (19 vols.). Entomotocicat Society or Lonpon :— Observations on the Athalia Centi- foliz. FinanciaL Rerorm Assocration :—Fi- nancial Reform Almanack, 1881. Forest, JAMEs A. :—A Collection of Re- orts and Pamphlets on the Liverpool ~ ater Supply. Futon, R. E. (the Publisher) :—Commer- cial Directory and Shippers’ Guide, 1881. Gat, Str A. T. :—What Farmers say of the Canadian North-West. GREENSTREET, J AMES, AND CHAS. RUSSELL (the Authors) :—Reference List of Rolls of Arms. Grey, Henry (the Author) :—Classics for the Million. ; Harvarp University, U.S. A. :—Mu- ‘4 seum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletins, f Vol. 8, Nos. 1-14; Memoirs, Vol. 8, No. 1; Annual Report of Curator, 1879- 80; Library Bulletins, Nos. 17-20; 8rd Report of Justin Winsor ; Biblio- peahitins] Contributions, No. 12. Hepiry, WitL1aAm :—The Model Loco- motive Engineer. &c., by M. Reynolds. Hissert, ALDERMAN JAMES (the Com- piler) :—Notes on Free Public Libraries and Museums. Hicerms, Rey. H. H., M. A. :—Florule ologique de la Réunion, par E. Bescherelle ; Journal of the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, Vol. 13; Geo- logical Survey of Newfoundland, by _ Alexander Murray, and others. ‘Hixve, Wiut11aM :—Thou’s History of his own Time. ‘ustonic Socrety oF LANCASHIRE AND TRE :—Transactions, Vol. 32. ‘Hones, Soak & Co. (the Publishers) :— _ Dublin University Calendar, 1881. _Incorporatep Law Society :—Calendar, _ 1881. Invi, THE SecRETARY OF STATE FOR:— Sacred Books of the East, Vols. 10 & 11. “Insrrre 2 oF CIVIL ENGINEERS : :—Minutes of Proceedings, Vols. 63-66; Regula- tions and List of Members; Subject __ Index to Vols. 1-58. Institution oF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: nt ee eens Oct., 1880—July, 1881 ; Library Gelegte Subject Index of ‘apers, 1847-80 SE ‘Laxp Comarrrez :—Eight Pamph- ets on the Irish Land Question. J Horace, F.R.1.B. A. (the Author) : Markets Notice of the Metropolitan ets. Kerra, Wi111am:—Photographsof Scenes f Liverpool during Royal Visit, 1881. , THomAs (the Author) :—Caer S Sacleakts GNANO, LA PRINCESSE DE (the thor) : :—Les constitutions de tous les § Civilisés. . Y Reports from the following Li- ies :—Manor of Aston, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bolton, Boston (U.S.A.), Cambridge, Chicago, Cincinnati, Clithe- _roe, Copenhagen Royal Library, Derby, Dun dee, Germantown Friends,Glasgow, Hereford, Manchester, Middlesbrough, w York Astor, New York Mercantile, are Plymouth, Preston, Roch- Francisco Mercantile, e eld Southport, Stockport, Swan- Ivetham srw es hyp r olver p igan, orcester, a s. (U.S.A) spon 9 DONATIONS—(Continued.) Liverroot Art CLUB :—Caricature Exhi- bition Catalogue. LiveRPooL ENGINEERING Society :— Proceedings, Vol. 1. LiverPoot GEoLoGicaL Society :—Pro- ceedings, 1880-81. Liverroo. Instirotions, &c. :—Reports have been received from the following: Auxiliary to Army Scripture Readers’, &e. Society, Au Bible Society, Blue Coat Hospital, Catholic Reforma- tory Association, Central Relief, &c. Society, Clerks’ Association, Holy Trinity Ragged School, Horticultural Association, Juvenile Reformatory Association, Kirkdale Industrial Ragged School, Mercantile Marine Service As- sociation, Preventive Home, Ragged School Union, Royal Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, Sailors’ Homes, Savings Bank, &c., School for Deaf and Dumb, School ‘of Science, Seamen °s Orphan Institution, Shipwreck and Humane Society, Sunday School Union, Training Ship Indefatigable.” LrvERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL Socrety :—Proceedings, Vol. 34. LiverPoon (Lyceum) Liprary :—Annual Supplemental Catalogue, 1881. Liverpoot Natura.ist’s Frecp Civ :— Proceedings, 1880-81. LIVERPOOL PHILOMATHIC SocrEeTY :—Pro- ceedings, 1860-80 (19 vols. ). LivERPoot ScHooL BoaRrD :—Proceedings, 1879-80. McCosx, Joun (the Author) :—Grand Tours in many ds: a Poem. Macrig, R. A. (the Author) :—Literary Copyright ; Cries in a Crisis. McLintock, R. (the Translator) :—A Trip to the Brocken, by Heinrich Heine. MapeELEey, CHARLES :—Proverbs of Solo- mon, by George Holden. MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL SocreTy :— Transactions, Vol. 16, Pts. 1-10. MANCHESTER Narionat Society For Women’s SvFFrrRace:—l4th Annual ° Report. Miastherestru STATISTICAL Society :— Proceedings, 1880-81. Marrat, F. P. :—Liverpool Naturalists’ Scrap Book ; A Naturalist’s Calendar, by Rev. G. White ; Catalogue of Plants in Liverpool Botanic Gardens, 1808 ; Philosophical Letters of John Ray ; Systematical Arrangement of the Ani- mal Kingdom ; ta of the Genus Nassa,. by F. P. Marrat, and other Pamphlets. Mrxynesota, UNIVERSITY oF :—Geolo- gical, &e. a nn of Minnesota, Eighth stile Bieport Mortox, G.H., F. Gs. (the Author):—Geo- logy of the Country around Liverpool, 10 DONATIONS— (Continued. ) NationaL AssociIATION FOR THE PROMO- TION OF SoctaAL ScrencE :—Transac- tions: Manchester, 1879; Edinburgh, 1880. NATIONAL Socrety FOR Women’s Sur- FRAGE:—Words of Weight on the Woman Question ; Woman’s Claim, by Emily Pfeiffer ; Annual Report, 1881. Nevins, J. Brrkpeck, M.D. (the Author) : —The Translation of the Authorised Version. New South WaAtEs, AGENT GENERAL For :—Annual Report of the Depart- ment of Mines 1879-1880; Financial Statement of the Colonial Treasurer ; ‘*Harl Dalhousie” Gazette ; Report on Crown Lands, with Maps; Speech on Immigration by Sir H. Parkes; and other Papers relating to New South Wales. NoRWEGIAN GOVERNMENT :—Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, Pts. 1-3. Oszorn, Rev. G., D.D. (the Author) :— Outlines of Wesleyan Bibliography. Packarp, Hon. S. B., U.S. Consut, LivErPoor :—Reports from the Consuls of the U.S. on the Commerce, &c., of their Consular Districts, Nos. 1-11. Paris, Municipatity or :—Bulletin Re- capitulatif de Statistique Municipale, 1878 et 1879. Peapopvy InstiTuTE, BALTIMORE, U.S.A. : —14th Annual Report. PHILLIPSON AND GOLDER (Publishers) :— Chester Diocesan Calendar, &c., 1881. Pingineton, Linvut.-Cou. J. :—The Bon- dage of the Will, by Martin Luther ; Colloquia Mensalia, or Familiar Dis- courses by Martin Luther, 2 vols ; The National Rifle Association by J. R. MacDonnell ; Proceedings, &c., of the 15th Lancashire R.V.; Report of Liverpool Art Club, 1872-3. Pitman, Isaac :—Phonetic Journal, 1880. Reavez, T. MELLARD (the Author) :—The Last Change of Level in Lancashire ; Notes on the Southern Drift of England and Wales. ReEynoups, R. 8. (the Author) :—Essay on the Breeding and Management of Cart Horses. Ricumonp Free Pusiic Lisrary :— Catalogue, 1881. Rio pE JANerRo, Museu NAcronaL Do :— Archivos, Vols. 2 and 3. RopinsoN AND THompson (the Photo- graphene) :—Photographs of Liverpool uring Royal Visit, 1881, Cotton Corner, and Laying Foundation of Vyrnwy Water Works. Rost, Rev. W. F., M. A. :—Licheno- graphia Britannica, by Dawson Turner and W. Borrer ; Muscologis Hibernicx Spicilegium, by Dawson Turner. Roya AstronomicaL Socrery :—Month- ly Notices, Vol. 41. Royaut CotontaL Institute :—Proceed- ings, Vol. 12. : RoyaL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY : —Annual Report, 1880. Roya INstituTs OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS: —Transactions and Proceedings, 1880- 1881. Roya Society oF Lonpon :—Philosophi- cal Transactions, Vols. 171, Pt. 3, and 72Pte St. Lovis Pupiic ScHoot Liprary :— Bulletins, Nos. 11-13. SAMUELSON, ALDERMAN E., J.P. :—Re- port of the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1879-80. ScorTLaNnD, Society oF ANTIQUARIES OF :— Proceedings, 1879-80. SHERLOCK, FREDERICK (the Author and Editor) :—Illustrious Abstainers (3 copies); Heroes in the Strife (3 copies) ; More than Conquerors (6 copies) ; Home Words, 1880; Fireside Annual, 1880; Day of Days, 1880; Hand and Heart, Vol. 5. SMITHSONIAN Institution, U.S.A. :— Miscellaneous Collections, Vols. 18-21 ; Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. 23 ; Report, 1879; Memorial of Joseph Henry. SNAPE, JOSEPH (the Author) :—Reminis- cences of a Dental Surgeon. SourH AUSTRALIAN InstiTUTE :—Annual Report, 1880-81. Spratt, VicE-ADMIRAL T. A. B., C.B. (the Author):— Suggestion for the Improvement of the Entrance to the Mersey (3 copies) ; Report on the Pre- sent State of the Navigation of the River Mersey, 1880 (3 copies). Sruart-GLENNIn, J. 8. (the Author) :— The Youth of Arthur. Surroy, C. W. (the Author) :—George Eliot : a Bibliography. TAYLOR, J. SropFrorD, M.D. (the Author) : —Importation of Infectious Diseases. Tuomas, RatpH (the Author) :—Agera- vating Ladies. Tinneg, J. A., J P. :—Illustrated London News, Vols. 77 and 78. Trinity CoLLeGE, Lonpon :—Calendar, 1881-82. Tuttocn, Cot, SiR ALEXANDER (the Au- © thor) :—The Crimean Commission and the Chelsea Board. UnitTeD STATES GOVERNMENT :—Bureau of Education; Library Aids; Coast Survey Report, 1876-7; Geographical Survey Reports, Vols. 2-6 and Atlas; — Geological Survey Report ; Naval Ob- — servations, 1876 (2 vols.,) 1877, and — Reports on the Solar Eclipses of 1878 — and 1880, ph ater pre wg heath wot® University CoLLEGE or WALES :— Calendars, 1880-1, and 1881-2. Vicrorr1A Roya Socrery:—Transactions, Vol. 17. _ Vining, Epwarp P. (the Author) :—The _ Mystery of Hamlet. Warrineton Free Liprary :—Supple- ment to Lending Library Catalogue. Warernousr, Capt. Henry :— Old Nottinghamshire, edited by J. P. Bris- coe ; Report of the St. John Ambulance Association, 1881. Waruersron, E. J. (the Author) :—Pro- gress of British Commerce. _ WEBLEY-PAarRy, ELLEN (the Author) :— _ Epitome of Anglican Church History } 3 Copies). a an > + t s iS gularly by the Publishers :— ance News nerican Settler o-American Times tish Temperance Advocate ‘ilders’ es Reporter m bridge E xaminer olic Times lurch Missionary Gleaner h Missionary Intelligencer = h Missionary Juvenile Instructor man’s Magazine DONATIONS—(Continued. ) WESLEYAN CONFERENCE Orrice :—124 Volumes of Selected Publications. Wuiter, Epwarp (the Author) :—Life in Christ (3 Copies). Witurcort, Mrs. :—Homilies appointed to be read in Churches. WoopsiIprE, THE ANDERSON FREE LIBRA- RY :—Catalogue of Books, Compiled by A. W. Robertson, M.A. Worcester Pustic Liprary:—A Re- trospect, by C. M. Downes. Worcester (Mass., U.S.A.) Pustic Liprary :—Relation of the Public Library to the Public Schools, by S. S. Green. ZooLoGgicaL Society ofr Lonpon :—Tran- sactions, Vol. 11, Pts. 3-5; Proceedings, 1880-81; List of Fellows and Members, a The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented Trish Temperance Banner Tron and Coal Trades Review Journal of the Statistical Society League Journal Liverpool Albion + Courier 2 Echo as Express as Journal - Lantern a Liberal Review 2 Mail By Mercury f- North fi End Times Musical and Dramatic World Naval and Military Gazette Sanitary Engineering Spelling Reformer Sunday Review Sydney Mail Temperance Record Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter Toxteth and Garston Times Waterloo Times Weekly Register Women’s Suffrage Journal Zoophilist 12 LENDING LIBRARIES. TaptE I.—General Statistics :— This Year. Last Year. = North South | North South Library. | Library. | TOTAL. | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. Vislawids lens: chest Ys. Seether 222,212! 200,839 423,051 | 215,052) 221,363) 436,415 Tickets issued to New Readers..| 2.278, 2.417| 4,695| 2646 2641) 5,287 Tickets renewed .............. 2,496, 2,209) 4,705 2,346 2,344 4,690 Tickets cancelled.............. 2,719! 2,683; 5,402 2,487 2,452 4,939 Total No. ofreaders on the books} 4,647 4,705| 9,352 4,965 56,049) 10,014 Books lost or injured, and paid for AT 37 | 84 35 31 66 Bookksléstseesiss|.cidel et asldect = = as — 4 — 4 Volumes worn out—withdrawn. . 228 | 239 | 467 289 322 611 Volumes worn out—replaced.... 700 | 611, 1,311 664 719 1,374 New volumes added .......... 607 | 554. —s-1,161 586 594 1,180 Total No. of vols. in the Librari 21,717 | 22,262) 43,979 | 21,338] 21,947) 43,286 Taste II.—Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— } Volumes Lent. / Volumes Added. North | South | North South Library. | Library. TOTAL. | Library. Library. | TOTAL. ee | eee Theology, Moral Philosophy, &c., 3,566; 3,768) 7,334) 20 LA soe ssh Nat. Philosophy and Mathematics) 3,186) 3,476| 6,662) 16 ae Natural History <.....+.5...«: 2,176 2,187, 4,363 17 16!) of3 Science and the Arts .......... 7,883 7,832| 15,715 51 YE ae! PR 3 History and Biography ........ 9,307 9,722 | 19,029 | 69 70 | 189 Topography and Antiquities .... 921 1,046; 1,977 15 11 26 Voyages and Travels .......... 5,653 5,188 10,841 O8 a eee 54 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 12,057| 11,753) 23,810 112.) aa 219 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 488 461) 949 aaa 2 5 Commerce and Political Economy 644 703; 1,347 1; uaa 3 14 Education, Languages, Logic, &c.| 1,893, 1,668 3,561 3 4 7 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,518} 1,917 3,435 12 9 21 ProsoWichioo. <. wis «s,s oe o.e mee | 172,569 | 150,404 | 322,973 250 +. 209 459 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 305 432 | 737 ar 5 6 Books for the Blind .......... 46 | 272 | 318 ee 17 RGAE eater c. oe | 222,212, 200,839 423,051 | 607 | 654 1161 MUSEUM. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1881. 1880. : 215 Days. 213 Days. Increase. Total Visitors in the year .............. 422,326 415,122 7,204 Weekly average .... .secsece scece Seles 8,121 7,983 138 Daily AVOrAage <0. simian as fy Sho whim Hepsi « © 1,964 1,948 16 The 18th of October, 1881, was the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Museum in the present building. The total number of visitors during that time amounted to 8,677,853, giving a yearly average of 433,892. 18 DONATIONS. _ Specimens of two species of Shells, Natica picta and Cassis areolata ; _ presented by Mr. R. M. Adam. _ A Comatula clinging to a Gorgonia stem, specimens of rare Echini _ and Cake Urchins, from Singapore ; presented by Staff Surgeon Samuel _ Archer, A.M.D. Six living specimens of the Sea Hare, Aplysia punctata, from Angle- - Sea; presented by Mr. George Atkin. _ Two Sea Snakes, Pelamys and Chersydrus, from the Indian Ocean ; _ presented by Messrs. Bathgate and Son. A Horned Pheasant, Ceriornis melanocephala, from India; presented _ by Mr. F. S. Bocquet. A Piece of Timber, from the Mediterranean, bored by Teredos; Horns _ of a Four-horned Antelope ; Skull of a Hornbill; Skull and Jaws of a Shark ; Teeth of a Fish, Dentex ; and seventeen bottles of Snakes, &c.; presented by Mrs. Bocquet. ; a Specimens of Ichthyosaurus Teeth and Bones, Ammonites, &c., cut Strombus accipitrinus, and found in Barbadoes; presented by Sir T, Graham Briggs, Bart. a4 young Giraffe, seven feet high, stuffed, 2 Rocky Mountain Goat, Crin oids, Comatula Eschrichtvi, from the late Arctic Expedition; six Y Starfishes, from the same; and 1,061 specimens of Insects of arious Orders ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, from h @ duplicates of the National Collection. E Four specimens of Stromatopara concentrica and two of Caunopora acenta, from the Devonian Limestone, Dartington, near Totnes ; also, 1 polished section of Stromatopora elegans, Rosen, Devonian Lime- stone, Teignmouth ; specimens of seven forms of Foraminifera, Num- 14 mulites, Carpenteria, &c., mounted and named ; Cocoons of the common Leech ; two cases of Caddis Larve, from South America; and specimens illustrative of nineteen groups of Sponges of the Order Holoraphidota ; presented by Dr. H. J. Carter, F.R.S. A female Eider Duck, Somateria, and a Little Auk, or Rotche, Mer- : gulus alle, from West Spitzbergen ; presented by Mr. J. M. Caw. Two Woodeocks, from Knowsley ; presented by the Earl of Derby. A Long-eared Bat, from Llanfairfechan, North Wales; presented by Mr. Henry Duckworth, J.P. A Guinea Baboon ; presented by Mrs. Edmonds. A specimen of Chrysocolla or Silicate of Copper, from Devonshire ; presented by Mr. C. T. Gatty. Three Nestling Hedgehogs, from Broadgreen; presented by Mr. W. L. Gladstone. Ten Facsimile Models of Australian Gold Nuggets, and specimens of 16 varieties of Minerals and Rocks, Zeolites, Phacolites, &c., from Mel- bourne; presented by Mr. John Greenwood, of Melbourne, formerly of Liverpool. A specimen of Petrified Hickory, from Mobile, Alabama; presented by Captain Halcrow. An Electric Fish, Malapterurus, and a young Crocodile, from West Africa; presented by Mr. H. Heard, Jun. The Skeleton of a common Frog, also the Skeleton of a common Chick _ at the 16th day of incubation ; three Chicks at various stages; and one © Chick at the 4th day, mounted for the Microscope; presented by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks. A small rare Sponge, Plocamia gymnayusa, dredged off Cape Palmas, West Africa; presented by Mr. T. Higgin, F.L.S. A Loggerhead Turtle, weighing 206 lbs., from Pernambuco, and the Head of a large Edible Turtle; presented by Mr. George Hulse. A Long-eared Bat, from County Derry ; presented by Mr. A. Jenkins. A collection of about eighty species of Butterflies and Mcths with their transformations, from Sao Paulo, Brazil; collected, bred, and pre- — sented, together with notes on their various stages, by Mr. E. oe Jones, C.E., Corresponding Member of the Literary and Philosophical ” Society of Liverpool. 15 ' Five specimens of the Coney of Scripture, Hyrax Syriacus, and _ specimens of Birds, from Palestine ; specially collected for the Museum, and presented by Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones. A White-tailed Deer, Cervus leucurus, from Big Horn Mountains, and a Snowy Owl, from Long Point, Lake Erie; collected and presented by Mr. St. George Littledale. A Fossil Fish, from Crato, Province of Ceara; presented by Mr. John Mackee, of Ceara, per Messrs. R. Singlehurst. Two small specimens of Aberthaw Limestone, from near Cardiff ; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. _ ABat, 10 Reptiles, and a Fish, from Persia and West Africa ; 4 — Cocoons of Tusseh Silk Moth; 3 Shells from Queensland (Melania glandiformis) ; 3 Fossil Spines of Cidaris, and 2 Cuttle Bones of Sepia Lycidas ; presented by Mr. F. Moore, F.Z.S. | ; "4 e Snake ; presented by Messrs. J. Nickel & Son. _ Specimens of the Edible Nest and Eggs of an Indian Swallow, ~Collocalia, from Borneo ; presented by Lieutenant Niblett, R.N. pA Common Guillemot, Uria troile, changing to winter plumage, from Formby ; presented by Mr. R. Paden. A Fish Spine, Hybodus; Bones of Turtle and Shell, from Portland Oolite ; presented by Mr. C. Potter. A large group of Crystals of Calcite, from the Cueva de Bella Mar near Matanzas, Cuba; presented by Mr. J. W. Schofield, per Messrs. J.T. Nickel & Co. 3 An Oil Picture of the Orang Outan, Simia satyrus, from Borneo, painted from nature by Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, F.G.S.; presented by Mr. James Smith. Sq in exchange by Professor Schnitger, Lippe Detmold. _ Two Swans, shot at Bromboro’ ; presented by Mr. Horace Turner. A branching Sponge, order Echinonemata; presented by Mr. J. S. Tye man. sented by Mr. R. B. N. Walker, F.R.G.S., Corresponding Member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 16 A collection of Marine Specimens collected on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Acapulca, and San Francisco; presented by Captain W. H. Cawne Warren, Ship ‘‘ Bedfordshire,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. A Fir Ball, found in Windermere ; presented by Mr. W. Woods. A collection of 85 named specimens of 80 species of Fishes, from the ~ Pacific Coast of North America; presented by the Smithsonian Institu- tion, Washington, per Professor Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Institution, and U.S. Fish Commissioner. Specimens of British Birds; presented by Mr. Thomas West. PURCHASES. The principal purchases for the Museum haye been as follows :-— A Kooloo-Kamba Chimpanzee, a young Gorilla, a Malayan Bear, a Red River-Hog, a young Koodoo Antelope, a Chamois, a Great Ant- eater, and thirteen other Mammalia. . Two Oyen Birds (Furnarius), with nest and eggs, from Brazil, and 16 other Birds. A Serpent, 17 feet in length, and two Matamata Tortoises. The Beak of a Sword Fish (Histiophorus), 42 inches long, taken from a specimen captured off Rhode Island, U.S.A. Seventy-six selected Insects of various Orders, including a specimen of Ornithoptera Brookiana, from Borneo, and other rare Butterflies. A fine example of a rare Crustacean (Ranina dentata), a Balanus, and | four specimens of Echinoderms. Thirteen models of molluscous animals, 13 specimens of seven species of Shells from Lake Tanganyika; and 129 other selected specimens of Mollusca. A collection of specimens from Barbadoes, chiefly marine, including specimens of Pentacrinus or Sea Lily. A left lower Molar Tooth and cut and polished sections of other teeth _ of Elephas meridionalis, from the Cromer Forest-bed, Norfolk; and polished sections of the Pear Encrinite, Apiocrinus Parkinsoni, from the Bradford clay. ee ok Ae tn toy ee ee 17 FREE LECTURES. The Sixteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures, forty in number, was delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Free Library, in January, _ February, and March, i881. Total number of persons who attended the Lectures ...... 14,815 Average per Lecture -.+eseee-srecseenseeeesececsceecsees 370 List. Primeval Man; with Illustrations from the Mayer Collection; by Sir J. A. Picton, F.S.A.' Floral Defences; with Dlustrative Drawings; by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A. Through Norway to the North plist and Back; by the Rev. Samuel Pearson, M.A. The Sailing Ships of all Ages; with Illustrations by the Oxy- hydrogen Light; by Captain Stubbs, R.N. On the Changes that occur in Plants during the Ripening of Seeds ; , Illustrated by Coloured Drawings; by Dr. J. Birkbeck Nevins. The City of the Lily and the City of the Liver; an Instructive Contrast ; by Mr. P. H. Rathbone, J.P. Miscalculations; by the Rev. J. Burbidge. A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Steam Navigation; with Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Captain Stubbs, R.N. % The Dimensions of the Stellar Universe; with Illustrations by the - Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Mr. R. C. Johnson, F.R.A.S. _ Zoophytes or Animal Plants of the Mersey; with Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks, F.R.M.S. Work in Pleasure or Toil for Pay; by Mr. A. H. Mackmurdo. Solar Eclipses ; with Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by : the Rev. S. J. Perry, 8S. J., F.R.S. 3 _ Solar Eclipses ; with Illustrations by the Oxy-hydrogen Light; by the Rev. S. J. Perry, 8.J., F.R.S. The Value of Art and its Relation to Life; by Mr. A. H. Mackmurdo. _ Humorous and Dramatic Recitals from English and American Authors; by Mr. William Bennett, 18 Legends and Proverbs of the Olden Time; by Mr. B. \L. Benas. How to Acquire and how to Utilize Musical Knowledge so as to read Vocal Music at sight; with Illustrations ; by Mr. J. Veaco. Athens; with Photographic Ilustrations ; Mr. James Samuelson. Liverpool Imports ; Illustrated by Specimens, Drawings, and Ex- periments ; by Mr. Norman Tate, F.1.C. Win and Wear ; by the Rey. J. Henry Skewes. On Expression in Vocal Music; with Illustrations; by Mr. J. Veaco. Readings from Shakespere and other Writers ; by Mr. F. Kempster, M.A. Household Words from Shakespere, by the Rev. H. Stowell Brown. Fishes, Recent and Fossil; their Structure and Distribution ; by Mr. T. J. Moore. Mathematical Science ; its Influence on the World; by Mr. J . Gill. On the Study of Natural History in the Neighbourhood of Sip Site - by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Scottish Song and Song Writers; by the Rev. H. T. Howat, M.A. The Structure of Mountains; by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. Shaftesbury—the First Great English Party-Leader ; by Mr. James Birchall. Concerning Duty by Smiles; by Mr. B. H. Grindley. The Catacombs of Rome ; with Illustrations; by Mr. H. Duckworth, J.P., F.G.S., F.L.8. Ideals in Christian Art; with Illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Mr. C. T. Gatty, F.S.A. Sulphur and its Compounds; Ilustrated by Experiments; by Mr. K. Davies, F.C.S., F.1.C. China and the Chinese ; by Dr. George Shearer. The Shores of the Mediterranean ; historically considered and — Photographically Illustrated by the Lime Light; by Mr. J. A. Forrest. Another Evening with some Rare and Valuable Books in the i Library; by Mr. P. Cowell. Literature and Poetry of Ireland; by Mr. Walter Pierce. 19 Incandescent Electric Lighting ; with Experimental Illustrations ; by Mr. C. H. Stearn. On the Search for Happiness ; by Mr. Charles Dyall. Utopia; by Mr. E. R. Russell. LECTURES ON ENGLISH LITERATURE. In consequence of the Cambridge University Local Lectures Syndicate being unable to supply a Lecturer to continue the Course on English Prose Literature, commenced and successfully carried on during the _ previous year by the Rev. A. Caldecott, the Committee appointed Mr. _ T. Hall Caine to deliver a Course of Twelve Lectures ‘“‘On English | - Prose Literature from Addison to Carlyle (1720-1880).” _ At these lectures there were 3,177 attendances, giving an average per - lecture of 264. _ The attendants at these lectures were invited to send in essays on the subjects treated in order that certificates might be given in the order of merit. / _ The Rey. Professor Graham, of London, kindly gave his assistance to _ Mr. Caine in this adjudication. The list of the essayists and the report of Dr. Graham are as follows :— Report from the Rey. Proressorn Granam, D.D., Adjudicator :— London, 20, Endsleigh Street, Tavistock Square, February 15th, 1882. 2 Dear S1r,—Mr. T. H. Caine has sent me the MSS. of the Essayists in his English Literature Class that I may give some judgment upon heir relative merits. I have read them over—all of them with interest, some of them with admiration—both of the Essayists and of the Lecturer who had impressed the substance and spirit of his Lectures so thoroughly on the minds of his students. J u might have slightly changed one or two names in the table Mr. Caine sent me, and which I transmit to you ; but the real order of merit vi wuld not have been affected by any change Icould make. I would only say further that the boy Palethorpe, 12 years old, writes a Paper so ju dicious and at the same time so naive that he almost, or indeed altogether deserves, to be put into a class of which he is the only 20 representative. So let Mr. Caine’s table stand, as I thoroughly adopt it, and that after personal careful examination. Such a class in Liverpool must have influenced a far larger circle than even that of the Essayists, and must, when conducted as Mr. Caine has evidently conducted it, prove a real quickening and encouragement to many young minds. I am, my dear Sir, Yours cordially, WILLIAM GRAHAM. Ist Class.—Distinguished. Hiram Tattersall. Fred. Broadbridge. John Smitton. Ist Class. Miss M. E. Osborne. », FF. D. Palethorpe. » M. C. Palethorpe. Herbert Savile. Miss S. H. Thompson. Ed. Watkins. 2nd Class. P. R. Palethorpe, a boy 12 years old. This ought to be stated on the certificate drawn up -by Mr. Caine. W. J. Banks. H. V. Cantrell. H. A. Keily. | Miss Sarah Kendall. i A. Maddock. ; j E J. Watkins. P.S.—I adopt this table of the relative merits of the Essayists a8 — substantially correct and just. I do so after careful independent reading ~ and inspection. (Signed) WM. GRAHAM, D.D., Adjudicator. 21 _ Three Experimental Lectures were delivered by Dr. J. Campbell ‘Brown, in the Small Concert Room, St. George’s Hall, in continuation of previous Courses on the “‘ Chemical Elements,” the subject treated of being Carbon. ' The total attendances amounted to 2,441, being an average of 813. The Liverpool School of Science has had the use of rooms as in former years, and the following Courses of Lectures are being delivered in connection with the Department of Science and Art, South Ken- -sington :— Solid Geometry. By Mr. A. J. Briant. Machine Drawing. Do. Building Construction. Do. _ Agriculture. By Mr. C. F. Cooper. Also a Class on Shorthand. By Mr. R. F. Finlay, in connection . with the Society of Arts, London. _ Examinations conducted under the management of the Universities of Ixford and Cambridge, and of the Civil Service Commissioners, have taken place as in former years. ; _ The following Societies have also had the use of rooms :—The Amateur Photographic Society, the Students’ Geological Society, the Liverpool Association of Science and Arts, and the Lancashire and Jheshire Entomological Society. 22 MAYER MUSEUM. REPORT. The Ethnographical Annexe at the back of the Walker Art Gallery was opened to the public early in the year, and has proved a considerable source of attraction. A Catalogue of this collection, with several illus- trations, is about to be printed, and other parts of the Mayer Museum Catalogue are in course of preparation. DONATIONS. A collection of Ethnographical Objects ; presented by Mr. G. Holt. Mandingo Dagger, and a Grass Hammock ; presented by Mr. B. R. Isaac. Ethnographical Specimens, from Australia ; presented by Mrs. Morley Francis. One hundred and ten Flint Arrowheads, collected in Nottoway County, Virginia, and presented by John Whitford. Rent Roll on parchment of a Monastery, dated during the reign of Henry VIII.; presented by Mr. H. R. Huband. A valuation of the ‘‘ Manor of Littleton,” in the time of William and Mary ; presented by Mr. H. R. Huband. Three Vases made from clay taken from the foundations of this Museum ; presented by Mr. Joseph Mayer. Fragments of Breccia, also a few Bones, taken from the flooring of the cave-dwelling at Llandudno ; presented by Mr. C. T. Gatty. Walking stick, a bronze armlet, and four beads, from West Africa ; presented by Mr. R. B. N. Walker. Cap and pouch, embroidered with beads and grass, North American Indian ; presented by Miss Neilson. Medal of Napoleon, struck at Lancaster in 1802; presented by Mr. Arthur Greer. Five Miniatures on Ivory ; presented by Mr. Joseph Boult.! Early English Tortoiseshell Dish ; presented by Mr. John Nicholson. Small Glass Beads, from the Gold Coast, W. Africa; presented by Mr. R. B. N. Walker. 28 Two Small Square Brass Objects, used to give to street beggars in Jerusalem by the Jews ; presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester. (1) Carved Wooden Figure of Our Lord from a Crucifix. (2) Bronze Vase from an early Greek Cemetery Camirus in Rhodes. (8) Two _ Silver Girdle Ornaments worn by Norwegian Peasants ; presented by Mr. A. W. Franks. P, __ Sling of Plaited Grass, used by the Maories for carrying heavy weights ; presented by Mr. John Cullen. Mummy and Case, from Thebes ; presented by the Earl of Denbigh. _ Three Implements made of the shell Strombus Accipitrinus, from the _ Island of Barbadoes ; presented by Sir T. Graham Briggs, Bart. Five Silver Coins of Demerara and Essequibo, 1816; presented by ‘Mr. John Davies, C.C. _ Ball of Plaited Human Hair, made by the inhabitants of Easter sland ; also a Scroll of Oriental Inscriptions ; presented by Dr. J. L. Palmer, R.N. Octangular Stone Vessel inscribed “ R.L.M.L. 1656,”’found at Ash- ton Hayes, near Chester, and presented by the Rev. J. H. Staite. PURCHASES. _ Facsimile of the Paper Money and Coinage used in France about the Epoch of the first French Revolution. Model of a Canoe, Polynesia. Plate of Seacombe Pottery. Album of Ethnographical Photographs. Copper Plate, from India. ' Silver Filigree Hair Ornament. Dagger with Carved Ivory Handle. ‘Carved Ivory Tusk, West Africa. OM ndingo Sword, West Africa. Wedgwood Bowl and Jug. Liverpool Printed Jug. ° eet Drawings and ce 24 Japanese Book, with Landscape Paintings on Silk. Two Japanese Lacquered Bamboo Vases. Model of a Frigate, date 1763. Nine Jewish Coins—a Shekel, half Shekel, and seven Copper Coins. Fiji Club elaborately carved, also an Old English Tortoiseshell Ware Plate. Specimen of Swiss Pottery. Medieval Chart. Early English Wine Bottle, found at Great Meols. Liverpool Jug, with Masonic devices upon it. Ivory Tusk, West Africa. Liverpool Enamel, with printed portrait of William Pitt upon it. Shell Leglet. African Ivory Figure. Model of a Hand in Liverpool Pottery, also a Silver Medal of the Cireus Street Schools, dated 1806. Club from New Caledonia. Group of Kylins in white porcelain. Pottery Medallion Portrait—‘‘ Miss Wedgwood.” Silver Badge, probably that of the Liverpool Honourable Society of Bucks. Medal of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. Polynesian Paddle. Seventh volume of the ‘‘ Bilder Atlas.” New Zealand War Medal, and a Medal for long service and good conduct. Three specimens of Early English Pottery. Group of Ethnographical Objects, from the South Seas. Liverpool Painted Jug, with a figure of Garrick in the character of Don John in the Chances. , Small Woven Bag, Peruvian. East Indian Dagger. 25 WALKER ART GALLERY. _ Suvce the date of the last report the Gallery has been open on 264 days and closed on 49™days for cleaning and the re-arrangement of the permanent pictures in the upper rooms. 484,402 persons have visited the Gallery during the year, being a _ daily average of 1,834. This total includes 72,919 persons who visited the Autumn Exhibi- - tion, and 6,870 pupils of schools of various denominations admitted gratuitously by invitation of the Committee. _ The Art Students who have the privilege of copying have availed _ themselves of this advantage to about the same extent as last year, the average attendance on the Student days being 14. . A descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Permanent Collection has been compiled by the Curator, with the sanction of the Com- “mittee, and since its publication in July last 3,600 Copies have been ed of. AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. 1881. 1880. umber of Pictures and other Works of PRSIOXMIDIGE ©... oe oe hai ce kes es 1,435 1,081 ‘Number of Pictures sold .............-+++5 315 271 A mount realised by sales..........0eeeeeereeeeee £12,210 11 0 SIL (5s. a0 6G ‘s MMETEELICKOLS .. 5.o.5 ccc cece ee cced cases 2,557 475 14 0 2,672 499 16 0 Admissions at one shilling ......:...0+...: 28,695 1,484 15 0 28,991 2449 11 0 MEOH | BIXPONCO dre. ans efepels ojsitye ns 11,569 289 4 6 10,969 Die 6 Ditto threepente ..........+---+ 30,098 376 4 6 35,198 439 19 6 NSU ane oc ns a hay « so na 468 19 9 509 7 3 Commission On saleS ....... cee sere rece ee eeeeee 523 7 6 544 3 38 Amount received exclusive of sales .........+--+- 3,044 17 9 3,172 18 3 26 ‘Kroyer Yuouruteg I10y} 10 OE poseyoung foodssary Jo uoryesaodiosy oy, savok TT 4sv_ oy} Satnp pyog soangorg SLo‘e jo 40 *LOO‘ST¥ 0} poyunowe yorya jo soord onSopvq¥0 ony 9 ¥ PEO'TOT| €40'S|9 &T vOT‘0S IT £ 0L6 0 IT OT@‘ST =) L 89L'TT QT 6916 PL 96e'9 IT £96‘0T OT 198°8 8T 66061 ST F196 LT S0V'L v 13'9 0S 8) © 2 OO SO eS OS & $68'9 's rd S18 TLG L9G GEG 10€ G96 GPR LES TL6 &PG G&G ‘ON ‘aT0g saunLorg 6 T 0 0 ‘p 8 F ——S FI $898 |9 6 ST 6T L6L'8 OT 099'8 TL 681'F FI T08‘é I ST 60¥'S T LT 9092 &T 9L6'T T 999'T 8 9898'T @ 8e9'T ‘sqydieooy TeOL L LT OT 0 414 b 0 GFT 6 vb 8ST 4 016 Go LL 0 4 @ 0 OT G € 8— & y v OP ps F . *sgdre00yy SNOOUV[[POSTTAT “T88T Of TL8T woud ‘ SUVAA TT ONTYNG IT OT 6PL'r |L 6 T98‘S 9 L 69 & & HS 0 9T POE 0 &T L&e 6 IL Leg 9T OF € 119 0 6LP LT TLE 9 GI& 8T 0&8 a "g F ‘PISS soInqorg, Wo TOISSTULULOL) 61 897 4 609 6 709 ee ee 9 LT 661 9 0 89 0 OL $9T ps F ‘PISS sonso[eyVO 9 L QTE al Bas) wen 22 = a! Pp “ow” ‘CIOS SHUNLOIM TL GLY “s,0401T, é mosteg ‘ 0 9 E'S |9 OT FFT 9 F OLE (9 F B86 9 61 64h \9 F PLE 6 TL 848 |9 T 616 0 9 Scr |9 6 O&& eg 6p toto 9 4 886 |9 6 98 0 WE 48 |9 AT Lh @ elie leo oo e ores | oot 9 & 8P 9 6 GLT 9 FL L08 p 8 F Pp 8 F ‘gouedeory y, ‘gouedxIg “‘SNOISSINGY iy GT L00'ST| THIOL ST ia oT AT 9T ‘8 PsV'T 6PV'T 919'T P96'T 866'T SIT'T G16 r98 999 109 064 F “suITIYS euC, T88T O88T 6L8T SL8T LLST 9L8T LET PLT ELST LET L4sT “10 K SNOISSINGY 40 LNUNYLVLIS GALVTOPVEi 27 _ ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. _ Purcnasep— — Oil Painting : ‘“* Dante’s Dream,”’ by D. G. Rossetti. In Tempera: ‘* Market Place, Verona,” by John O’Connor. Water Colour : _ Landscape (Sunset), by John McDougal. Bef oa WORKS PRESENTED. Or Pamrines— z The ‘‘Shepherd of Jerusalem,” by Phil. R. Morris, A.R.A.; : presented by Hy. Branston, Esq. “Boulders at Rest,” by J. G. Naish; presented by Philip Rathbone, Esq. 7 Mo del of Windsor Castle, executed by Mr. Bellamy; presented by _ William Bennett, Esq. Signed on behalf of the Committee, J. A. PICTON, CHAIRMAN. a4 15 JUL. 1898 THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE PREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, wu SE UM, WALKER ART GALLERY CITY OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: ze RINTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET. ee oh 1883. TREK THIRTIETH mewNUAL RHPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE ARE PUBLIC. LIBRARY ALKER mr ee CITY OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: NTED BY HENRY GREENWOOD, 32, CASTLE STREET, 1883, . COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS For the Years 1882.83, Committee. Sm JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.S.A., CHarrman. ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Deprury-CHarrMan. WILLIAM RADCLIFFE. Mayor, ANTHONY BOWER. ROBERT D, HOLT. CHARLES TRICKS BOWRING. WILLIAM J. LUNT. STEWART HENRY BROWN. CHARLES McARDLE, ANDREW COMMINS, LL.D., M.P. JOSEPH MAYER, F.S.A. ROBERT GALLOWAY. EDMUND K. MUSPRATT. 8S. LEIGH GREGSON. PHILIP H. RATHBONE. ROBERT HAMILTON. THOMAS E. STEPHENS. Rey. H. H. HIGGINS, M.A, WILLIAM J. STEWART. ALDERMAN Sir A. B. WALKER. Chief Librarian. PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Curator of the Mayer Museum. CHARLES T. GATTY. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL, REPORT. Tue particulars of each department will be found under their respective heads. It may be stated generally that the efficiency and interest of _ the institution continue to be fully maintained. . The increased facilities afforded by the completion of the Rotunda Lecture Room have been availed of to a large extent, as is shown below, _ the numbers in attendance having been in many cases such as to crowd 4 the building in an inconvenient manner. _ Encouraged by the popularity of these lectures, it has been determined by the Council, on the motion of Mr. Stewart, to provide courses of similar lectures in other parts of the City. For this purpose a grant . pes recently been made by the City Council. ~The building for the extension of the Walker Art Gallery has made port progress, and it is expected it will be ready for opening d during the current year. any visits by distinguished persons from abroad have been paid during the year, amongst which may be mentioned the Officers of the REFERENCE LIBRARY. _ Taste I.—Showing the books issued during the year :— ; Classification. Volumes. j cox _ Theology, Morals, &c..........++ Sister dal Sel tates ceeerce. See IS Te 65 - Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ......++ $e hd eee 65 Natural History ..cccecesssevecece Rate AS sty Sepa - 6,961 21 Science and the Arts ....s.se0s Gecaragissacee 52 SRC SH 98 _ History and Biography .......+.+++ exams e's Matas anes 24,230 86 - Topography and Antiquities ..........++ Aeenadesaveriney’ p/0;408 23 Voyages and Travels ...cseceseseccsccerererceseerere ve = :12,645 45 _ Miscellaneous Literature (principally nalieated Works, Maga- ; : zines in Volumes, &C.)...eseseeeseees Detects steaecee Lima 422 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics .......eseceseeesereeece 4,372 16 é Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics.....+++++++++ 3,238 12 Education and Language ......seseeceeeeeeres yrs me Cla 26 Poetry and Dramatic Literature .....sseeececeseeeeecess 13,886 50 D) Prose Fiction 6c ceceeeeee's tiidceccsecgsgetcctatacs Mnaen 738 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations..... Seats caeanee pee Ce 16 " Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference........ 30,163 108 Total. .cesecececeveres seeee 503,348 1,791 4 Picton Reapine Room. Classification. This Year. Last Year. Theology, Morals, &c.......sesceeeee arataieie aime enctats'= Pec nls, Jife! 18,072 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, ie. Seriisteeets ce oan 9 Grete) 17,308 Natural History ...0.s.00000s eleinie'n/ via wisia’s\n oielssotbiniavareters tM 6,961 6,499 Science and the Arts .....csecccescseveces STOR OS AN 2TOb 28,581 History and Biography .......s.sssee. saekercpiy: «Byetens ere 24,230 22,074 Topography and Antiquities .......cscsceccscccvccsececs 6,458 6,244 Voyages and Travels ..ccsccscvcccccccscccsscccrscccecs 12,645 11,754 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- ZINN AM VOLUME Ny MECN ois, 015, Vee/etipieiaseles.nacs® vais ¢ clcqeam Spyoe 37,947 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics .............ceeees S4i%> 4,372 3,924 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics.............% 3,238 2,725 Hducation, and Languages. +... cecseeaeep ceeatnens ceeded ae lates 6,000 Poetry and Dramatic Literature .....csesceecececcccsses 13,886 12,916 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations................ 4,471 4,214 - Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference........ 12,018 8,076 kek: eee soeseee 205,930 186,834 Brown Reapine Room. Classification. This Year. Last Year. Illustrated Periodicals in Volumes ........ceceeseece pane it KA)! 75,401 ProseHictionys . oct «LList. Jc. fae . OF. as... OUR RAR 207,342 231,834 Directoriessc seen vies coewevns sats « aibon la saute ste e tyeie .. =: 18,145 18,569 POPAL sss): Geotatsineissesits als aae 325,804 Taste II.—Showing the issues of Quarterly and Monthly Magazines :— Classification. Magazines. ices. Average. Theolowy, Morals; &Ci. subsite ssteaee ovate cherry ce seuiee « 966 3 Natural Philosophy, &. .....seeeeeeeeees Aes a es 615 2 Natural HIStory: “rac eulelesiauicueaeaorecige x ceagn os p loleleidbers 652 2 Science and the Arts ........... Sratbleetentetetsversia ere apie 1,109 4 Topography and Antiquities ........... soliiwel? MAYS ie Parcs 479 2 Voyages and Travels ........... iatet scntaietera ABISODO CODER. -c 216 1 Miscellaneous Literature ....... ania sie\nleb awa weenie: je . 74,975 267 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics.......... rine 426 2 Hidueationyands angsuare we cssse/ngssee arate saauaas de 346 1 Totals. Dale cra wee siaieieg iii sttare 284 Taste III.--Showing the issue of Weekly Periodicals, &c. :— Classification. Periodicals. Matar) Shsloee phy, Wein ty swe ctans sa! dads Aa A cas ne 2,750 Natural History ....... aie» Bia: ace tot falanete SE Ae ion) AGS Soiencojand tho vAtts weet ss cei eRe See eee dak omack 6,733 Miscellaneous Literature (principally illustrated and literary POVIQdI Ala) io. cs rarae ttn ton gee cere emesis eses oe ote ae 199,233 Law and Politics ..... Beh Gia eh ron ee: RA, Ae ee 787 Commerce, Statistics, &c. .......... Ih Mes Pee Pe 797 Dotal....:igasyette sess ‘mpeee 210, g00 5 Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 16,129. Daily average, 57. RECAPITULATION OF TOTALS. Volumes of Books....-.------ee0+-- This Year 503,348 Last Year 512,638 Quarterly and Monthly Magazines... as 79,784 iF 64,789 Weekly Periodicals ...---+++-++++++ re 211,796 be 236,968 Patents Consulted........---+++++-- * 16,129 i 14,130 Cianamaewes). J... i 811,037 828,525 Taste IV.—Showing the number and classification of works added during the year :— , casino, vine ae Theology, Morals, &c.seeeseeeseeecerees srseese settee 160 6,140 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c....--++++seserereeers 77 1,817 Natural History......2cess+ +++ Lec ceeoe its sectioning f LOS 4,275 Science and the Arts....-.2.-sesceceecsceeesrcsererrer® 273 9,078 History and Biography ....++++seeereeesere sss eeceree® 284 10,204 Topography and Antiquities ....++-e+eeerrrrseers waeaeesl MES 3,915 Voyages and Travels...+seesssevesesrsecesstsests rte ete 103 4,415 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- RRs om acide aida ns onisiges se temeseacrences se $l: 731 16,870 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ...+--++sseerseeserseree 106 6,403 Commerce, Political Economy, &c. seeeseessseereerrerse® 43 930 Education and Language ....ssccceeecscerrcsessessreee® 48 1,296 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ....+++eeeess--sreeeere® 113 3,391 Prose Fiction ......-2---ccccerecncecccscescsecesenress 68 5,411 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations...+---+++++++** 14 689 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference seseee-- 71 2,428 Be tal 2. One. ee aaes-s 77,262 The following is the List of Magazines and Periodicals illustrating Tables IL. and III. :— QUARTERLY. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Anthropological Journal Archzologia Cambrensis Archeological Journal British and Foreign Evangelical Review British Quarterly Review Calcutta Review Church Quarterly Review Dublin Review Edinburgh Review Grevillea Ibis Journal de Conchyliologie Journal fiir Ornithologie Journal of Anatomy Journal of the British Archeological Association Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Society of Antiquaries Journal of the Statistical Society London Quarterly Review Manchester Quarterly Mind Modern Review Navy List Numismatic Chronicle and Journal Popular Science Review Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Quarterly Journal of Science Quarterly Review Revue Celtique Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Stray Feathers Sunday Review Traethodydd Westminster Review Zeitschrift fiir deutsche Philologie Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie Microscopical MonTHiy. All the Year Round American Naturalist Annals and Magazine of Natural History Antiquary Atlantic Monthly Band of Hope Review Banker’s Magazine Beiblatter der Physik Belgravia Bibliographer Bibliotheque Universelle Biograph ‘ Blackwood’s Magazine British Temperance Advocate Cambridge Examiner Cassell’s Magazine Catholic Presbyterian Century Magazine Chambers’s Journal China Review Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Church Standard Clergyman’s Magazine Congregational Magazine Congregationalist Contemporary Review Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of Days Dietetic Reformer Ecclesiastical Observer Educational Times Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Florist and Pomologist Fortnightly Review Fraser’s Magazine Gazette Archéologique Gazette des Beaux-Arts Gartenlaube Gentleman’s Magazine Geological Magazine Good Words Hand and Heart Harper’s Magazine Home Words Homeeopathie World Indian Antiquary International Review Inventors’ Record Trish Temperance Banner Journal of Conchology Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of Horticulture Journal of Science Leisure Hour Library Journal Liverpool Diocesan Gazette Livre, Le London Society Macmillan’s Magazine Magazine of Art Mineralogical Magazine Month Musical Times Nautical Magazine New Church Magazine Nineteenth Century North American Review Orchestra Palatine Note-Book Petermann’s Mittheilungen ‘ i Montuty—Continued. 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Civilian Colonies Comptes Rendus Draper Economist Electrical Review Electrician Engineer Engineering English Mechanic ra Estates Gazette Field Fun Gardeners’ Chronicle Graphic Illustrated London News Tron Iron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gas Lighting, &e. Journal of the Society of Arts Journal of the Vigilance Association Judy Knowledge Lancet Land and Water Lantern Law Times Liberal Review Local Government Chronicle London Gazette Mining Journal Musical and Dramatic World Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oxford University Gazette Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Railway Review Saturday Review Scientific American Spectator Sydney Mail Temperance Record Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes World 8 DONATIONS. The following donations have been received during the. year :— ABERDEEN Mecuanics’ Institution :— Report, 1881-2, AupDsLEy, W. and G. (the Authors) :— Outlines of Ornament in the Leading Styles. Barngpripge, R. B, Royan Court THEATRE, LIVERPOOL:—Playbills, &c., 1882, BARROW-IN-FURNESS FREE PUBLIC Lisrary:—Catalogue, compiled by John Frowde, Librarian; Juvenile Catalogue; The Free Library and its Catalogue: a Lecture by Rev. J Macmillan. BartLert, WiLttaM (the Compiler):— Catalogue of a Collection of Old Wedge- wood Ware. Bew, H. T. Mackenzix (the Author) :— Verses of Varied Life (2 Copies). Betoz, C. H.:—Annual Report of the ee States Life Saving Service, 88). Bicas, Mrs.:—Vivisections, by W. G. Gimson, M.D. (4 Copies); Vivisection, by George Macilwain; and other papers on Vivisection, BIRKENHEAD LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC Sociery:—Report, 1881-2. BrrmMincHam Free Pusric Liprary:— Birmingham Books in the Reference Department, 1881. Boston (U.S.A.) ATHENZUM LIBRARY:— Catalogue, 1807-71, Compiled by C. A. Cutter (pp. 3005 to end). Boston (U. S. A.) Pusiic Lipary :— Bulletins, Nos. 60-63. Boutr, Josrpu,—The Security of English- men’s Lives, by John L. Somers. Bowes, James L.(the Author):—Japanese Marks and Seals. BrapsHAw, Henry (the Author):— Notice of a Fragment of the Fifteen Oes and other Prayers, printed by Caxton: The Skeleton of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales; The University Library, Cambridge ; Address at the Opening of the 5th Meeting of the ee Association, Cambridge, Sept., British AssoctaTION FOR THE ADVANCE- MENT OF ScIENCE :— Report, York Meeting, 1881. Britiso Museum Trustezs :—Catalogue of Printed Books, 27 Parts ; Facsimile of the Codex Alexandrinus: New Testament and Clementine Epistles ; Catalogue of Ancient MSS. Pt. 1, Greek ; Catalogue of the MSS. in the Spanish Language, Vol. 3; Catalogue of Birds, Vol. 6; Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia; Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera ; Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Vol. 7; Prints and Drawings, Pt. 1, Italian Prints; List of Hymenoptera, Vol, 1. CASTELLAIN, ALFRED, J.P.—Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol.18, Pt. 2 CHAMBERLIN, T. C., CHIEF GEOLOGIST, Wisconsin :—Geology of Wisconsin. Survey, 1873-9, Vol. 3 and Atlas. _ Cincinnati Pusiic Liprary:—Bulletin, 1881. CLARKE, Hype (the Author):—EHarly His- tory of the Mediterranean Populations. Coppen Crius:—The A B C of Free Trade, by E. N. Buxton (12 Copies) ; England under Free Trade, by G. W. Medley ; Financial Reform Almanac, 1882 (12 Copies); Free Trade v. Fair Trade, by ‘'. H. Farrer (40 Copies); Life of Richard Cobden, by John Morley (3 Copies); Pleas for Protection Examined, by A. Mongredien (100 Copies); Local Government and Taxa- tion: Essays (3 Copies); Popular Fallacies regarding Trade and Foreign Duties, by E. R. Pearce (6 Copies); Transfer of Land by Registration, by Sir R. Torrens (6 Copies). CONSTANTINE, JOSEPH (the Author):— Practical Ventilation and Warming (3 Copies). CorneLL University (U. S. A.):— Library Catalogue, Vol. 1, No. 3. Donatpson, JAMES (the Author):—Prac- tical Guide to the Use of Marine Steam Machinery. Excuo, Lorp, M.P. (present Earl of We- myss) :—Self-Help v. State-Help. Emery, Frank, Prince or WALES THEATRE, LIVERPOOL :—Playbills, &c., 1882. ENtTWISTLE, PeTeR:—Abridgment of the History of England, by Dr. Goldsmith. Evans, Hucu:—The Latin Prayer-Book of Charles II., by C. and W. W. Marshall. FINANCIAL Rerorm Assocration, LIVER- POOL :—Financial Reform Almanack, 1882 ; Financial Reform Tracts. Fine Art Society, Lonpon:—Notes on Exhibitions held by the Fine Art Society. Forwoov, W. B., J.P. :— Memorial Volume of the Royal Visit to Liver- pool, September, 1881. Fox, CHARLEs (the Author):—The Salva- tion Armyists no Quakers. FRASER, JAMES:—Surveyors’ Reports of Township Surveys in Manitoba, &c., with Maps. a be ee ee Garry, C. T., F.S.A. (the Author):—The Liverpool Potteries. Gittmors, Henry C.:—Liverpool Mer- cantile Gazette and Myers’ Weekly Advertizer, 15 Vols. earec StTirRLine’s PuBiic LIBRARY:— upplementary Catalogue, 1871-81. oie Rev. TW aka EA (the Author): :—Proposals for the. aot a of the Education Code of 1881. _ GRANNELL, Dennis, Rorunpa THEATRE, LiverpPoot:—Playbills, &c., 1882. GREEN, 5. 8., WorcrsTeR, Mass. :— James A. Garfield: Eulogy, by Hon. __ G. F. Hoar. Greic, Masor J. J., C.B.:—The Lock- hart Papers, 2 Vols. ; Camden’s Im- perial History of England, 2 Vols. ; and _ 45 other volumes. _ Grey, Henry (the Author):—A Key to all the Waverley Novels. : ae Rey. A.B. :—Standard of ~ Israel, 2 vols. ; Miscellaneous Writings of Stacey Grimaldi, 3 vols. ; Catalogue _ of Paintings, &c., by Ww. Grimaldi ; Glover's Harbours of Refuge ; Wilson’s _ Mission of Elijah ; and other Papers. UTHRIE, Matcotm (the Author) :—On Mr.Spencer’s Uniticationof Knowledge. ALLAM, JOHN (the Author) :—Notes on __ Free Libraries and Books, &c. Harrnop, Joun (the Author) :—Report of the Astronomer to the Mersey Docks + _and Harbour Board, 1875-8. HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, US.A.:— ~ Library Bulletins, Nos. 21-23; Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pt. 2; Bulletins of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, Vol. 6, Pt. 2, No. 12, Vol. 9, Nos. 6-8; f Annual Report of the Curator, 1880- Ls 4th Report of the Librarian, 1881. AIBBERT, James (the Editor) :—Brief _ Inquiry concerning Human Knowledge and Belief (2 copies). Hiceins, W. H., M.B. (the Author) :— __ Names of the Stars and Constellations. -Hisroric Soctery or LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE :—Transactions, Vol 33. Honces, Fiecis & Co. (the Publishers) : — ‘Dain University Calendar, 1882, and amination Papers, 2 Vols. Toward AssocrIATIon :—Report, 1881 ; _ Vagrancy and Mendicancy : a Report ; _ The Boarding-Out System. Hucues Joun L. (the Author) :—Dry- ate Photography. Seed ORATED Law Society :—Calendar, In pia, THe Rr. Hon. THE SecRETARY OF _ Srave ror :—Sacred Books of the East, _ ed. by F. Max Miiller, Vols. 8, 12, 13, a and 16. 9 DONATIONS—(Continued. ) Iystiture or Civin ENGINEERS:—Minutes of Proceedings, Vols. 67-70 InstituT(on OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: —Proceedings, 1881-2. Jackson, Luis (the Author) :—Relton Reggs, the Protectionist ; New Political Economy (2 copies); The Big Mississippi Melon (3 copies) ; The Protectionist and Political Review, Nos. 1-4 (5 copies. ) Jerson, A. O. & Co. (the Publishers) :— Mercantile Directory & Manufacturers’ Guide, 1882. JESSE, Grorce R. (the Author) :-- Violation- ism; Correspondence with Professor Owen on John Hunter, &c. ; Corres- pondence with Charles Darwin on Experimenting on Living Animals; Evidence given before the Royal Com- mission on Vivisection. Kenprick, J. W. (the Author):—Stomach Worship: a Growl from a Vegetarian. Lacu-Szyma, Rev. W.S. (the Author) :— M. Sebillot’s System as applied to Cornish Folk-Lore. Lairp, Epcrerton K. (the Author) :— Incidents of Travel in South Africa. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLO- GicAL Society :—5th Annual Report. Lawrence, Mrs. :—Poems, by W. S. Roscoe ; Cameos from the Antique, by Mrs. Lawrence ; The Poetical Primer, by Mrs. Lawrence; Scriptural and Historical Pictures, by Mrs. Lawrence. LxEtE, JosEPH :—The Family of Leete, by C. Bridger. Liprary Reports from the following Libraries :— Birkenhead ; Birmingham Free Libraries; Birmingham Library ; Blackpool; Bolton; Boston, U.S.A.; Bridgeport, Conn, U.S.A. ; Brighton ; Cambridge; Cardiff; Chester ; Chicago, U.S.A. ; Cincinnati, U.S.A. ; Clitheroe ; Copenhagen Royal Library; Derby ; Doncaster ; Dundalk ; Dundee; Exeter; Germantown Friends’, U.S A.; Glasgow, Mitchell Library ; Glasgow, Stirling’s Library ; Leamington; Leeds; Man- chester ; Middlesborough; New York Astor; New York Mercantile; New York State; Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Newton, Mass., U.S.A.; Norwich; Phi- ladelphia Mercantile; Plymouth; Pres- ton; Richmond; Rochdale; Rotherham; Salford; San Francisco Mercantile ; Sheffield ; South Shields; Southport ; Sunderland; Swansea; Sydney; Victoria; Walsall; West Bromwich , Westminster ; Wigan; Wolverhampton; Worcester, Mass. U.S.A. LivrFrPooL CHEMISTS’ Transactions, 1853-82. LiverPooL GEOLOGICAL ASsocIATION:— Transactions, 1880-2; Ann. Report, 1882. ASSOCIATION :— DONATIONS—(Continued. ) Liverpoo. InstrruTE : — Fifty-seventh Annual Report ; Pennant’s Tour in Scotland; Aiken’s Description of Man- chester; Foot’s Life of Arthur Murphy; and 9 other volumes. Liverroo. Instirurions, &c.:-—Reports have been received from the following: —Auxiliary to the Army Scripture Readers’ Society ; Auxiliary Bible Society ; Blue Coat Hospital; Catholic Reformatory Association; Clerks’ As- sociation; Engineering Society; Horti- cultural Association; Juvenile Re- formatory Association; Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; Shipwreck and Humane Society; Train- ing Ship ‘‘ Indefatigable.” LivERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL Socrety:—Proceedings, Vol. 35. LiverrooL Mepicau Instirurion :— Liverpool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, Nos. 2 and 3. LiveERPOOL MERCANTILE MARINESERVICE ASSOCIATION: — Reporter, 1881, and Jan.-Aug., 1882; Report, 1882. Liverpoot Natura.ists’ Fiztp CLus:— Proceedings, 1881-2. LiverPpooL PxiLnomatuHic Sociery :— Proceedings, 1881-2. LoucuporouGH, J. N.:—History of the Sabbath, by J. N. Andrews; Harmony of Science and the Bible, by J. H. Kellogg, M.D. McGovERN, JoHN (the Anthor) :—A Pastoral Poem and other Pieces. MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL SocIETy :— Transactions, Vol. 16, Pts. 11-18, Vol. 17, Pts. 1-2. MancueEsteR Mecuantics’ INstrrution:— Fifty-eighth Annual Report. MancuesterR NatioNaL SociETyY FOR Womens’ SUFFRAGE :—Fifteenth An- nual Report. MANCHESTER Pusiic Free Liprary:— Catalogue of Books in the Reference Library, Vol. 2, 1864-79, with Index, 3 Vols. MANCHESTER STATISTICAL SocreTy :— _ Transactions, 1881-2. Marrat, F. P.:—Entomologia Carnio- lica Giovanni A. Scopoli. Marspen & Co. (the Publishers):—Anglo- Indian and American Traders’ Journal. Martin, Joun:—Diary of the Mission of James Johnston. Marewes, Jostan:—Some Notes on the Last Months of the Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mason, THomas:—Letter Addressed to Mr. Henry Price, by John Stewart. MELBouRNE Pusiic Liprary:—List of Newspapers, &e... _ Mo.inevux, GuisBorNE (the Author): Memoirs of the Molineux Family. Mortey, FREDERICK (the Compiler) :— Michigan and its Resources, Mu itiins, J. D.:—Seven Local Pamphlets. NATAL GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION Acrncy:—Report upon the Coal Fields of Klip River, &c., Natal by F. W North, F.G.S.; Natal Almanac, &c., 1882. NationaL ASSocIATION FOR THE PrRo- MOTION OF SocraL ScrENcE:—Transac- tions, Dublin Meeting, 1881. NationaL Society ror WOMENS’ SuFFRAGE:—Report, 1882; Observa- tions on Womens’ Suffrage, by Viscount Harberton ; Womens’ Suffrage in Wyoming, by J. W. Hoyt. New South Wates, AGENT-GENERAL FOR:—Ways and Means, New South Wales, 1881; New South Wales in 1881; The Technical or Working Mens’ College, Sydney. New York Srate Museum or NaTuRAL Hisrory:—30th and 3lst Annual Re- ports; Descriptions of Bryozoa and Corals of the Lower Helderberg Group, by James Hall (2 Editions). Nickexs, Joun T. & Co :—Liverpool Bill of Entry, 1841-80 (40 Vols). Nortu, F. W., F.G.S. (the Author) :— Report upon the Coal Fields of Klip River, &c., Natal. Norwecian GOVERNMENT :—Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 1876-78, Pts. 4-7. NoRWEGISCHEN COMMISSION DER EvRoPi- ISCHEN GRADMESSUNG :—Geodatische Arbeiten, Hefte 1-3 ; Vandstandobser- vationer, Heft 1. PackaRpD, Hon. S. B., U.S. Consut, LiveRrPoo. :—Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Commerce, &ec., of their Consular Districts, Nos. 12-22, ; PALMER, Temptation of Job. Pannett, Mrs, :—Acts of Parliament of the Reign of William III. Patents, THE COMMISSIONERS OF:— Specifications of Patents, 1880-81; Abridgements, 1881-2; Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office ; Sub- ject-Matter Index of Patents, 1880 ; Alphabetical Index of Patents, 1881. Paton, ALLAN P. (the Editor) :—The Hamnet Shakspere, Pts. 6 and 7. PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF NATURAL © ELLEN (the Author): — The Screncrs:— Proceedings, 1880 and 1881. _ Picton, Sir J. A :—Topographical De- — scription of Cumberland, &c., by John ~ Housman ; Liverpool Magazine, 1816; The ‘‘ Missing Link” Discovered, by — A. M. Berean ; Suczess in Life, by Sir J. A. Picton. Prrman, Issac :—Phonetic Journal, 1881 PLANT, JoHn :—The First Charter of Sal- ford, by J. E. Bailey ; Transcript and | _ Translation of the Salford Charter. Piyrmovra Free Lrerary: — Index- Catalogue of the Lending Department. Poor, W. F. (the Author):—Report on _ the Progress of Library Architecture ; ~The Construction of Library Buildings. — QvanitcH, Bernarp (the Compiler and Publisher) :—Catalogue of Periodical Literature, &c., 1882. RatuHeone, Wiii1AM, M.P.:—Local Gov- _ ernment. Memoranda, 2 Pts. ; The Increased Earnings of the Working hh a Speech, by W. Rathbone, Reape, T. Mewiarp, C.E. (the Author): _ —The Relations of the Glacial Deposits of the Clyde and Forth, &c. Rivers. _ Ricwarpson, Wixt1am (the Author) :— ays of Ancient Greece and Rome ; Alma Mater, and other Poems, Rio pe JanerRo Nationa Liprary (per _ P. H. Rathbone, J.P.) :—Catalogo do _ exposicao de Historia do Brazil. Rogson, Richarp :—Sundry Reports of _ various Charitable Institutions of Liver- _ pool. OCHDALE FREE Pusiic Liprary :— _ Catalogue of the Lending Department. Rotiir, A.K., LL.D. (the Author) :— The Need of a Public Library for Hull. Roya Astrronomicat Socrety :—Me- _ moirs, Vol. 46 ; Monthly Notices, 1882. Roya Cotontat Institute :—Proceed- ings, Vol. 13. ‘Roya Cornwatt PotytEcunic Socrety: _ —Forty-Ninth Annual Report. Royat Dustin Socrery :— Scientific _ Transactions, Vol. 1, Series 2, Pts. 13 and 14; Scientific Proceedings, New Series, Vol. 2, Pt. 7; Vol. 3, Pts. 1-4. _—Transactions, 1881-2; Proceedings, _ 1881-2 ; List of Members, 1882-3. Royat Socrery or Lonpon:—Philo- _ sophical Transactions, Vol. 172, Pts. 2 and 3, and Vol. 173, Pt. 1; List of ‘Members. Saker, Epwarp, ALEXANDRA THEATRE, Liverroor .—Playbills, &c., 1882. SAMUELSON, JAMES :—Histoire, Politique et Sociale, des Principautes Danu- _biennes, par E. Regnault; La Roumanie, ar A. Beaure et H. Matherel ; Notice sur la Roumanie, par P. S. Aureliano ; Romanische Studien, von R. Roesler ; Ruminien : Land und Volk, von Rudolf Henke ; With the Armies of the Bal- _kans, by Lieut. -Col. Fife-Cookson ; and _ eleven other Volumes on Roumania, 1 DONATIONS—(Continued.) SHarpsr, Wiiu1am, M.D. (the Author) :— Alcohol (2 Editions), SHEFFIELD FREE Pvusric Liprary :— Catalogue of the Central Lending De- partment. SHERLOCK, FREDERICK (the Author):— Joseph Livesey: a Life Story (6 Copies). Sryctair, Alexander:—Centenary of the ‘*Glasgow Herald.” Smeat, Rogert (the Publisher):—Jour- nal of John Woolman. Smita, Walter (the Author):—Popular Industrial Art Education, &c. _Smrrxsontan Instrrurion, U. 8, A. :— Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, &c., 1879-80 ; Annual Report, 1880 ; List of Foreign Correspondents, Jan., 1882. Soctery oF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND: —Proceedings, 1880-1. Socrery oF ENGINEERS :—Transactions, 1881. Souta AvstRALiAN InstituTe:—Annual Report, 1881-2. Spratt, Vice-ApmiraL T. A. B., C.B. (the Author):—Report on the Present State of the Navigation of the River Mersey, 1881 (6 Copies). Stocker, J. R., M.B. (the Author):— On Sea Sickness. SrrerTon, CLEMENT E. (the Author):— A Few Remarks on Railway Accidents. Surron, C. W.:—Lecture on Secular Business, by H. Griffiths; The Saviour’s Grace and Truth, by Rev. R. Tweddell; Matilda di Shabran and Corrodino: an Opera (the words). SwansEA CoRPORATION :—Charters granted to Swansea, Translated, Illus- trated, and Edited by G. G. Francis, F.S.A Taytor, J. StoprorD, M.D.(the Author): —Report on the Health of Liverpool, 1881 (2 Copies). THORNELY, James:—Shareholders’ Certi- ficate of the Herculaneum Pottery Company, Liverpool. Turupp, G. A. (the Author) : — His- tory of the Art of Coachbuilding (2 Copies). TinnE, JouHNn A., J.P.:—A collection of 29 Water-Colour Drawings of Views of Old Liverpool ; Illustrated London News, 2 Vols., 1881. TIRERUCK, WILLIAM (the Author) :— Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Unirep States GOVERNMENT :—United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1878; United States Astronomical, &c., Observations, 1877; Instructions for Observing the Transit of Venus, 1882 ; ea States Geographical Surveys, ol. 7, DONATIONS—Continued. VacHer, Francis (the Author):—Re- ports on the Sanitary Condition of Birkenhead, 1880 and 1881; The Transmission of Disease by Milk; The Transmission of Disease by Food; What Diseases are Communicated to Man from Diseased Animals used as Food ? Health and Cleanliness : an Address ; Sanitation at Boston, U. S. A.; Sani- tation in Massachusetts. VIGILANCE ASSOCIATION:—Eleventh An- nual Report. Waters, UNIveRsITy COLLEGE OF :— Calendar, 1882-3. Watms.ey, G. G.:—Sundry Liverpool Pamphlets, WarHerston, E. J.. (the Author):— Indian and other Foreign Productions in Silver (4 Copies); Our Iron High- ways (2 Copies). WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OFFICE :— Minutes of the Wesleyan Conference, Birmingham, 1879. Worcester, Mass., U.S.A., Pustic Liprary:—Rules, Documents, &c. YARKER, JoHN (the Compiler) :—Gene- alogy of the Surname Yarker. Zoo.Locicat Society or LonDon:—Trans- actions, Vol. 11, Pts. 6 and 7; General Index to Transactions, Vols. 1-10; Proceedings, 1881, Pt. 4, 1882, Pts. 1-3; Index to Proceedings, 1871-80; List of Fellows, 1882. The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the Publishers :— American Settler Anglo-American Times Birmingham and Sheffield Hardware Circular Bootle Times British and Colonial Printer and Stationer British Mercantile Gazette British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Weekly Reporter Cambridge Examiner Catholic Times Christian Commonwealth Church of England Temperance Chronicle Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Church Standard Clergyman’s Magazine Colonies Congregationalist Day of Days Dietetic Reformer Draper Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Englishwoman’s Review Estates Gazette Financial Reformer Fireside Home Words Homeeopathic World Insurance Gazette of Ireland Insurance Times, New York Inventors’ Record Temperance Banner Tron and Coal Trades Review Journal of Dramatic Reform Journal of the Statistical Society Journal of the Vigilance Association Feit oe Latest News Liverpool Albion and Telephone 3 Courier a5 Echo - Express 3 Journal OL & y OW 6 0 0 € 8st & ¥ ps F “83d 19003] SNOOULTOOST | orssraru109 8 GL TITS |T + EEF 6 9 § o.°o o oD Oo oO ind o o ‘p 8 F 8 698 L &69 & FS 9T P9S ST LEG IT 4&9 QT OPP § LT9 0 6Lh LT TLE 9 GIs 8ST 068 “PIS sonqorg uo i] on) Oo et oo oO oD oa — @ Qa co 19 — en FL GLY 61 897 AT 66T 0 sot OT $9T p 8 F “PISS sensoyey2p 0 aot Pees §o VSS) 2 Tee) ee 9 8 T6L‘S T 9LP VL GLP 9T 669 4 999 FI 809 VL &tV T 186 L O16 OL TST 8 96 9 69 6 69 "9 F “8}04OLT, uosvag 0 & 1998/0 0 QFA‘T |0 0 91 686 |9 & 666 9 F OLE |9 FB 686 9 61 6th |9 BF PLE 6 IT 848 |9 T TG 0 Gg Str |9 6 0&6 ee 6p teow 9 L GEG |9 6 98 0 FE LEG «|9 AT bh @ SLi feo ot @ or ee ft oo 9 G 8D 9 6 kT 9 PIT L0e | oo Ds F ps F ‘aousdooly,y, ‘eoued xIg “‘SNOISSING VY ST L99'FT| TOL 0 € O8P'T | 8ST 0 GT F&P'T | TST 0 If 6PPT | O88T 0 @L 9TS‘T | 6L8T 0 LT F96'T | 8L8T 0 GT 826'T | LL8T 0 0 SII'T | 9L8T 0 €L G46 | 9L8T 0 91 198 | FLET 0 81 999 | SLT 0 ¢ 109 | LST 0 9T OGL | TL8T ps F “SUITTEYS 9UO ey UD, oe has 2) & 2 eee FE 2s ee ee ee “ZEST OL TLET MoUs ‘SIVA ZI ONINAC “OY ‘CIOS SHAUNLOId ‘SNOISSINGV JO LNANALVLS CALVING VL 31 It will be seen that the sales at the Autumn Exhibition have not realized so large an amount as those of last year, but the admissions and the issue of Season Tickets show no diminution in the popularity of the Exhibition. q _ ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. PurcHAsED— — Oil Paintings : Portrait of the late Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., by D. Maclise, R.A. The Way in the Wood, by Lewis Pulinckx. _ Maiwand: Saving the Guns, by R. Caton Woodville. From the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition : q The Murray Firth, by John Fraser. From he Liverpool Autumn Exhibition : _ A Street in Brittany, by Stanhope A. Forbes. From the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition : _ Portrait of William Daniels, the Artist, as a Brigand, painted by himself. | Water Colour : _ Stepping-Stones at Bettws-y-Coed, by C. Branwhite. o WORKS PRESENTED. F Bone Volume of Autotype Reproductions of Early Italian Prints (plates i.-xxx.), and Eleven Volumes illustrating the Ancient ‘ Marbles in the British Museum ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Oil Paintings: 4 /- The Port of Liverpool, ” by Samuel Walters; presented by Thomas Davies, Esq. Nature’ s Mirror” (landscape), by Peter Ghent; presented by Malcolm Guthrie, Esq., J.P., and T. W. Oakshott, Esq. _ Portrait of Charles MacIver, Esq., by Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A.; _ presented by Subscription. “Psyche in the Temple of Love,” by E. J. Poynter, R.A. ; y presented on behalf of the Local Committee of the Social Science Congress (Meeting in Liverpool, 1876), by William Crosfield, Esq., Treasurer, P. H. Rathbone, Esq., and A. Hornby Lewis, Esq., Hon. Sees. 32 The following oil paintings were presented by T. Arthur Hope, Esq., viz Venus beseeching Vulcan to Forge a suit of Armour for Eneas (from the collection of the late Don Miguel, of Spain), by Rubens. The Holy Family. Artist unknown, supposed to be of the Bolognese School. Landscape, by Francesco Casanova. “The Rape of Europa,” from the collection of the late Alexander Nowell, Esq., Underley Park, Westmoreland, by Romanelli. Landscape, from the same collection, by Gaspar Poussin. ‘© A German Birthday in 1575,” by C. Napier Hemy, Marble Bust of the Duke of Wellington, by Matthew Noble, and Marble Bust of the Hon. C. J. Fox, by J. Nolekens, R.A.; pre- sented by Mrs. Tait, Executrix of the late James Carlyle, Esq. Portrait of William Bennett, Esq., J.P., by W. B. Boadle; pre- sented by Subscription. Portrait of the late James Pownall (Bailiff of Liverpool), by Gamba- della ; presented by James Tapley Pownall, Esq. Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.; pre- sented by Mrs. Tait, Executrix of the late James Carlyle, Esq. Water Colour : ‘*Old Shaw’s Brow,” by W. H. Herdman; presented by Lucas P. Stubbs, Esq. Marble Group : ‘‘Florizel and Perdita,” by Joseph Durham, A.R.A.; presented by Edmund Jardine, Esq. Signed on behalf of the Committee, J. A: PICTON, CHAIRMAN, PRET TED . : ’ eee he Ce a a THIRTY-FIRST SANOAL RHPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Of THE AREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Aba a: 7 aaa 5 oy * oo) Pee a ln - ~~ oe be. Ro ae ee A ke ene Maes as) me 4s TUE Rey ere MP => ae ' <2 Two f +P See nee MUSEUM, WALKER ART GALLERY CITY OF LIVERPOOL. = ¥ ors LIVERPOOL: * HENRY GREENWOOD, PRINTER, 32, CASTLE STREET, 1884. THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY MUSEUM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY GITY OF LIVERPOOL. 3 . LIVERPOOL: IRY GREENWOOD, PRINTER, 32, CASTLE STREET, a 1884. ie a ar” COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS. For the Years 1883-84, Committee. Str JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.S.A., Cuarrman, ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Dervury-CHarrMan, THOMAS HOLDER, Mayor. ANTHONY BOWER. THOMAS HUGHES. STEWART HENRY BROWN. WILLIAM J. LUNT. ANDREW COMMINS, LLD., M.P. CHARLES McARDLE. -JOHN DAVIES. JOSEPH MAYER, F.S.A. S. LEIGH GREGSON. EDMUND K. MUSPRATT_ ROBERT HAMILTON. PHILIP H. RATHBONE. Rey. H. H. HIGGINS, M.A. THOMAS E. STEPHENS. ROBERT D. HULT. WILLIAM J. STEWART. ALDERMAN Sim A. B. WALKER. - Chief Librarian. PETER COWELL, Sub-Librarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Curator of the Mayer Museum, CEA Boy Ese oie. 3G Avi Ty Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL. REPORT. ‘Turs Institution has now attained a magnitude and extent of operations which, at its inception, the most sanguine promoters could not have yentured to anticipate. The modest collection of 1852 has overstepped ‘the limits of a mere library, and has developed into four great depart- ‘ments embracing the whole circle of Literature, Art, Antiquities, and Natural History. The buildings devoted to the purpose have year by year expanded to meet the growing wants, and now constitute the largest Institution in the City, having its habitat in a series of connected buildings of considerable architectural display, the largest in extent, and the most comprehensive in their scope, of any kindred Institution in the kingdom. The extension of the Walker Art Gallery, mentioned in the last Report, is now very near completion. The accommodation it will give for the future development of art in this district is unsurpassed. A erant of £5,500, which has been made during the past year by the City uncil will defray the balance of the Building Contract, and thus relieve the Institution from any pecuniary incumbrance. ; _ The adaptability of-these buildings for social and public gatherings has seen demonstrated on several occasions during the past year. In August last the Medical Association of Great Britain held their Annual Conference in Liverpool, under the Presidency of Pee VER. rs, M.D., when the rooms were placed at their service. On one of venings a brilliant soirée was held, which for comprehensiveness and tractions was almost unique. | September the Library Association of the United Kingdom held Sixth Annual Meeting within these walls. The Chairman of this nstitution filled the office of President. The meetings were attended y delegates from all the Chief Libraries of the kingdom, amongst thers—Mr. George Bullen and Dr. R. Garnett of the British Museum, fr. Henry Bradshaw, Librarian to the University of Cambridge, Mr. ‘obert Harrison, of the London Library, &e. A soirée was given with zat success by the Committee of this Institution, and visits were paid —— the libraries of the Earl of Crawford, Haigh Hall, and of the Earl of 4 The Councils of the Medical Association and of the Libraries expressed in very cordial terms their sense of the kind reception accorded to them. In addition to the two volumes of the Library Catalogue already in existence, a supplementary volume of the additions during the last three — years is in the press, and will shortly be issued. In response to a generally expressed desire a portion of the Brown Library has been fitted up as a Newsroom, well supplied with the London, the Provincial, and Local Newspapers. This has been duly appreciated by the public, the room being daily crowded with visitors. | Steps have been taken towards the establishment of Branch Reading Rooms in four different localities, in which object the Committee have been greatly aided by the courtesy of the School Board in allowing their School Rooms to be used for the purpose. The particulars referring to each department will be found under their respective heads. : REFERENCE LIBRARY. The Rooms having been closed for cleaning during an entire month, the returns have been necessarily diminished, but the average during the open period considerably exceeds that of any fornfer year. Taste I.—Showing the books issued during the year :— Daily. Classification. Volumes. Average. Phevlopy,Moralay Ger. uly, Hetelenls. MAS ite tohe, ae 17,086 67 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &.......... ......e0e, 16,672 66 Na barrall Seis tory ecrivinie'< enetomelas Ws c!sIuie is katate leg savers 6,417 25 Steneyatereyes rete bin) Vex a olf ane ooitaun ahaa SerigGeic o Niots Ammerrencecaeie 25,266 39 History, and Biography ..:. 02.0. 00+ pace eeeds cena nulie’d ee 20,694 ~—§i Topography and Antiquities ........-.cesssesseeeeeeee 6,471 25 OY APOSANO! DEAVELS ciyicnia dteipto caste sty sera ceisler ss 5) sysr ets 11,065 44 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Magazines in Volumes, &.) ....... s.00s-s ee 119,767 464 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ...........sssseeeeeee 4,364 17 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ............ 3,237 13 Education and Language: .. 6... ceeeis ec eee tere et ee cens 6,408 25 Poetry and Dramatic Literature..............-++++.e0+- 10,190 40 Prose WACLION mii cietaehe okie cosa eluis reel nprace sina, ernie! ee it 190,717 745 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations .............. 3,584 14 Heraldry, Encyclopzdias, and Works of Reference ...... 24,481 96 5 sissies’ Reapine Room. ¢ Classification. This Year, BEG LOP Ys MOTALS, GO. ! ii. catia oes soe aetna nein bo ome nince 17,086 ae, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &¢..........0..000se005 16,672 SOS IDS ET a gy or 6,417 MND GD ARE Sis fi es oe ee ee ee van cana bndy eee 25,266 BestOrY and Biography voc. veces ccs sce eee eewinne tastes 20,694 Butepopraphy and Antiquities ..............seceeeesvenes 6,471 (TT hea TYG Ud E72) Ee a ee Ad 11,065 _ Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, bs Magazines in Volumes, &c.).........0.45. Pibace Wee eet aie 41,758 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ........... seeseeeves 4,364 _ Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics .. ......... 3,237 rial and Language Bas Patan Mchsl o[a'c, is setdy tele ehemia Gaede. 122 6,262 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ............se sees 83 1,900 Webra ELISCORY test imetal st civic elvis) viotetreictate overeat a rtetverears wes are 139 4,414 Dcience and tHeLAPtAl eran aie dierers oFr0 oat ewr aulaloioielaielaisishaye nave 348 9,426 ESOL ANG BIOPTAPNV ical: sails asisceive is 2 oles Parca ios 347 10,551 Topography atid Antiquities ........0rdweeeee denser sa 184 4,099 VOM ACR AICS TIEY OI crate cinicuncnie unis alee tea ries aiee ei \eyalsyaqe' ot 108 4,523 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, PEE Oe yO pea ali re ge Swat am a re 641 17,511 Jurisprudence, Law and Politics ...........csceeseeeae 207 6,610 Commerce, Political Economy, &c. .........c0ceeeeeree 50 980 Hdutdtionranid Wan guage ssn tobias se stejtaate eet had eevicne.¢ iB 1,327 Poetry and Dramatic Literature.............2208 cesses 75 3,466 ME OSE HSC LLOTIMM «strip, [6 alel s uass-r7erabaislisis) a's aE MTN ro! oie ib as 60 5,471 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations .............. 17 706 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference ...... 106 2,534 MADC RL porary testator site rsa sae nee lew or Poca samara tages 144 144 TT ObAL Sctede rere assilerectienatareiy) cae ae RIE 2,662 79,924 * This number shows a decrease of 8,541 issues from those of last year. But if we t the average issues during the last three years corresponding to the time th Library was closed this year for painting, &c. (viz., from June 15th to July 16th), we shall have a grand total 863,873, or an increase of 52,816, : ‘ables IT and III :— , QUARTERLY. Annales des sciences naturelles Anthropological Journal ologia Cambrensis ological Journal h and Foreign Evangelical Review ritish Quarterly Review utta Review nal de conchylivlogie nal fiir Ornithologie nal of Anatomy al of the British Archeological Association al of the Royal Agricultural Society al of the Society of Antiquaries al of the Statistical Society al of Speculative Philosophy mn Quarterly Review hester Quarterly st matic Chronicle and Journal Science Review ly Journal of the Geological erly Journal of Microscopical rift fiir deutsche Philologie fiir Ethnologie Monruty. nal ¢ Monthly Hope Review 8s Magazine The following is the List of Magazines and Periodicals illustrating British Temperance Advocate Cambridge Examiner Cassell’s Magazine Catholic Presbyterian Century Magazine Chambers’s Journal China Review Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Church Standard Clergyman’s Magazine Congregational Magazine Congregationalist Contemporary Review Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of Days Dietetic Reformer Educational Times English Illustrated Magazine Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Florist and Pomologist Fortnightly Review Gazette archéologique Gazette des beaux-arts Gartenlaube Gentleman’s Magazine Geological Magazine Good Words Hand and Heart Harper’s Magazine Hardware Circular Home Words Homceopathic World Indian Antiquary International Review Inventors’ Record Irish Temperance Banner Journal of Conchology Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of the Froebel Society Journal of Horticulture Journal of Science Journal of the Vigilance Assoc. Leisure Hour Library Journal Liverpool Diocesan Gazette Liverpool Jewish Magazine Livre, Le London Society Longman’s Magazine Macmillan’s Magazine Magazine of Art Methodist Temperance Magazine Mineralogical Magazine Month Musical Times National Review MontHiy—Continued. Nautical Magazine New Church Magazine . Nineteenth Century North American Review Observatory Onward Orchestra Palatine Note-Book Petermann’s Mittheilungen Portfolio Printer’s Register Printing Times and Lithographer Quiver Railway Guide Revue archéologique © Revue britannique Revue chrétienne Royal astronomical Society’s Monthly Notices Royal Geographical Society’s Journal Sanitary Engineering Science Gossip Shorthand Magazine Spelling Reformer Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine Temple Bar Theatre Tinsley’s Magazine Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Truthseeker United Service Magazine Unsere Zeit Western Antiquary Women’s Suffrage Journal Yachting Magazine Zoologist Zoophilist FortTNIGHTLY. Annalen der Physik british and Colonial Printer and Stationer Dingler’s Polytechnisches Journal Ecclesiastical Observer Gazette des architectes Intermédiaire Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie Revue des deux mondes Stone and Hardware Circular WEEELY, Academy American Settler Anglo-American Times Anti-Vivisectionist Architect Atheneum British Architect British and Colonial Prin erandStationer | Broad Arrow Builder Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building News } Werxixy—Continued. Chemical News Christian Commonwealth Cambridge University Reporter Church of England Temperance Chronicle Chronique des arts Civilian Colonies Comptes rendus Draper Economist Electrical Review Electrician Engineer Engineering English Mechanic Era Estates Gazette Field Fun Gardeners’ Chronicle Graphic Home Review Illustrated London News Tron Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gas Lighting, &e. Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Knowledge Lancet Land and Water Lantern Law Times Liverpool Review Local Government Chronicle London Gazette Mining Journal Money Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oracle Oxford University Gazette Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Railway Review Saturday Review Scientific American Spectator Sydney Mail Temperance Record Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes World s nperson, G.:—Biography of Charles adlaugh, by A. S. Headlington. Rson’s OoLtecr, GLascow:—Ca- dar, 1881-2, 1883-4 (2 vols). xymousty:—Glimpse of the Great eret Society ; Life of William Penn, §. W. Janney; Ontario: a New uit Colony, &c.; Passages from the and Writings of James Fox (3 pies); Passages from the Life and Titings of William Penn (3 copies) ; rt on the Necessity of Preserving Replanting Forests, by R. D. pps; Robert Burns and the Ayrshire erates; Views of the Christian veh (a Poem), by Edwin Ather- ne (2 vols.); A Midsummer Day’s m, etc., by Edwin Atherstone. Ivisection Soctery:—The Vivi- tion Controversy, by the Earl of aftesbury, &c. James, Liprarian, Toronto :— sant Places by the Shore, and in Forests of Quebec. riper, R. B., Royat Covurr ATRE, LivERPooL:—Playbiils, &c., H. B. (the Author) :—Suggestions Students’ Classes. C. H.:—Annual Report of the ted States Life Saving Service, HEAD Free Lrsrary :—Catalogue., EAD Watcu ComMITTEE:—Report ie Birkenhead Police Establish- ts, 1883. : RMINGHAM Free Lisrary :—Reference ibrary Catalogue. Letter A. op, Wit11AM :—Schools and Teachers or the Children of the Working Classes. Bensamin (the Author):—The y, Ancient and Modern (2 copies). Pustic Lisrary: — Bulletins 4-66, 1883, » Henry (the Author) :—The al Resources of New Zealand; ent’s Address to tho Liverpool gical Association. AND Foreicn Bisie Society :— the Beginning, by M. E. R. ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- or Scrence: — Report of the ampton Meeting, 1882, Museum Trustees :—Catalogue f Birds, vols. 7 and 8; Catalogue of tresk Coins, 2 vols,; Catalogue of - ; L = z ig 6 Mae 9 DONATIONS. oie The following donations have bven received during the year :— Printed Books, 10 pts.; Catalogue of Prints and Drawings, Division I., vol. 4; Lutheran Exhibition, 1883, by George Bullen; Catalogue of Early Prints, vol. 2; Catalogue of the Ba- trachia Caudata and Apoda. Brown, J. Henry (the Author):—The Rambler’s Calendar. Browy, Barnes, & Bett, Messrs, :— Sketches by ‘‘ Buz.” Brown, Encar A. :—On Certain Physical Evils Induced by Over-Schoolirg. CanapA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE :— Canadian Patent Office Record, vol. 11. CastELtain, A., J.P.:—Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, vol. 19, pts. 1-2. CrncinnaTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE :— 34th Annual Report. Crxcinnatt Pusiic Liprary :—Bulletin of Books. Crank, Henry (the Author) :—William Roscoe and his Life. CriockMAKERS, THE WoRSHIPFUL CoMPANY or, Lonpon:—Some Account of the Company. Cospen Cuvus: — Financial Reform Almanack, 1883 (12 copies); Keform of the English Land System, by G. C, Brodrick. Cornett University, U.S.A. :—Library Bulletin, vol. 1, No. 4. Cowr.t, P., Lrsrartan: — Beginners’ Drill-Book of English Grammar, by James Burton. DarvDenneE, Epwarp (the Compiler), Pri- FECTURE DE LA Seine :—Commission des bibliotheques. Rapport. Davis, Cuartes E., F.S.A.(the Author): — The Mineral Baths of Bath, Dietetic Rerorm Assocration :—Ethics of Diet, by Howard Williams, M.A. Dresser, FREDERICK (the Author) :—Rice, its History, Culture, &c, Dyxr, Joun, CanaDian GovERNMENT Acent, LiverpooL :—Ontario Agricul- tural Commission, 5 vols.; Tenant Farmers’ Reports, 2 vols,; Handbook for Emigrants; and Miscellaneous Pamphlets on Canada. Epnonps, E. M. (the Author):—Hesperas: Rhythm and Rhyme. Epmonps, Joun (the Author): — New System of Classification, &c. Emery, Franx, Prince or WALES TueatkE, LiverPoot :—Playbills, &c., 1855. Excingrrs, Soctety or:—Transactions 1882. , WwW DONATIONS—Continued. FinancrAr Rerorm Association :— Finan- cial Reform Almanack, 1883-4. Forwoop, ArtuurB,, J.P. (the Author): — The Dwellings of the Industrial Classes in the Diocese of Liverpool, and how to Improve them (2 copies). Frowpz, Joun, Pusiic Liprartan, Barrow-1n-Furness :—Addresses and Sermons, by Rev. H. McNeitr, D.D., and others. Frayer, Aurrep ©. (the Author): Cuth- berht of Landisfarne: his Life and Times. Fotton, R. E. (the Publisher):—Fulton’s Commercial Directory, 1883. Gorr, G., LL.D. (the Author):—The Scientific Basis of National Progress. GRanNELL, Dennis, Rotunpa THEATRE, LtvEerpPoot :—Playbills, &c., 1883, Grey, Henry (the Author) :—Bird’s-Eye View of English Literature. Groseysky, Rey. L.:—Hagadah for Passover; ed. by Rev. B. Spiers and Rey. L, Grojevsky. Harrtson, Recinatp, F.R.O.S. (the Author) :—Use of the Ambulance in Civil Practice. Harvarp Cottece, Camprince, U.S,A.: — Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 10, Nos 5and6; Bul- letin, vol. 7, Nos. 9 and 10; vol. 11, Nos. 1-4; Library Bulletin, Nos. 24 and 25; Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 7, No. 2; vol. 8, No. 2; vol. 9, Nos. 1 and 2. Haywoop, G. R, (the Author) :—Direct Taxation, Hepiery, Gzrorer, LAncaster:— William Hedley: Inventor of Railway Loco- motion on the Present Principle, &c. (2 copies). Henpric, MarrHew :—Mersey Missions to Seamen: Reports, 1881-2; Liver- pool Scripture Readers’ Society, 31st Report; Royal National Life Boat Institution Report, 1883. Herpman, Pror. W. A., D.Sc. :—The invertebrate Fauna of the Firth of Forth, by George Leslie and W. A. Herdman, Heywoop, J. (the Publisher):—State Directed Emigration, by J. F, Boyd, Hisss, Rey. R., M.A. (the Author): Prussia and the Poor. Hieorn, Tuomas :—Zeitschrift fiir Wis- senschaftliche Zoologie, Bde. 36-38. Hiearns, Rev. H. H.:—Sithron the Star Stricken; transl. from an ancient Arabic Manuscript. Honess, Fiecis, & Co. (the Publishers) :— Dublin University Calendar, 1883 ; Dublin University Examination Papers. Howarp Association :—The Cellular Sys- tem of Imprisonment ; Social Wreckage, by Francis Peek. Howanrtu, Exisau (the Author) :—Visitors’ — Guide to the Sheffield Museum. Howortu, D. F., F.S A. (the Author) :— — The Natural Science in the Ashton- under-Lyne Free Library (2 copies). Hourcuinson, M. L., J. P.:—Hutchinson’s Australian Almanac, 1883 ; Our Trip to Gippsland Lakes and Rivers; A Glance at Australia in 1880, by H. M. Franklyn. Inp14, Tue Rr. Hon. toe SecRETARY OF State ror :—The Sacred Books of the East, vols. 14,17, 18, 19, and 23. Institute or Cryin Encinerrs :—Minutes of Proceedings, vols. 72-74; Charter, By-Laws, &c., 1883. InstituTION of MrecHaNIcaAL ENGINEERS: —Proceedings. Noy. 1882, April 1883, and July 1883. Jorpan, A, J.:—Home Education and its Influence: an Essay, by W. M. Patterson. Kay, Fisuer, & Co. (the Publishers) :— London and Provincial Directory, 1883. Kurtz, A. G,:—Roman de la rose, par G. de Lorris et J. de Meung,5 vols; Works of Robert Hall, A.M., 6 vols.; and 7 other vols. Lewis, J. (the Author):—Nuggets and Gems. Liperty AnD Property Derence LEAGUE: —Lord Bramwell on Liberty, and other Speeches, j Lisrary Reports rrom THE FoLiowine Lipraniss :— Aston, Manorof, Barrow- in-Furness, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bol- ton, Boston, U.S.A., Bradford, Bridge- port, Conn., U.S.A., Brighton, Chicago, U.S.A., Copenhagen Royal Library, Doncaster, ~ Dundee, Germantown ~ Friends, U.S.A., Glasgow, Mitchell Library, Glasgow Stirling’s Library, Halifax, Handsworth, Leamington, Leeds, Manchester, Middlesborough, New York Mercantile, Newcastle-upon- - Tyne, Newton, Mass., U.S A., Norwich, Plymouth, Preston, Richmond, Runcorn, St. Helens, St. Louis Public School, San Francisco, San Francisco Mercan- tile, Southport, Stoke-upon-Trent, Swansea, Sydney, Twickenham, Tyne- mouth, Victoria, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Westminster, Wigan, — Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. LiverPooL ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY :— Proceedings, 1881-1883. - Liverroot AsfronomicaL Society :— Abstracts of Proceedings, 1882-3, and 1883-4, pts. 1 and 2. Liverroo. GeronocgicaAL AssocraTion :— Annual Report, 1883; Transactions, ROoL GeoLoaricaL Socrery : —Proceed- 8, vol. 4, pts. 4 and 5. RPOOL INCORPORATED LAw Sociery :— seedings at the Annual General _ Meetings, 1880-82. f[veRPooL InstiruTions, &c.:—Reports have been received from the following : _ Amateur Photographic Association, Auxiliary Bible Society, Council of Education, Catholic Reformatory Associ- on, Diocesan Institutions, Juvenile ormatory Association, Microscopical ciety, School for the Deaf and Dumb, chool of Science, Shipwreck and fumane Society, Training Ship ‘‘ Inde- igable.”’ RPOOL (Liyczum) Lrsrary :—Annual pplemental Catalogue. pooL Mepicat Institution :—Liver- 901 Medico-Chirurgical Journal, No. 6. RPOoL Naturatists’ Frenp CLus:— oceedings, 1882-3. RPOOL Purnomatuic Sociery :—Pro- ings, vol. 28, VERPOOL PoLYTECHNIC SocieTy: — urnals, 44th Session, 3rd-9th Meetings d Annual Report, 1882. RPOoL University CotteGe :—Calen- r, 1883-4 (3 copies). ReooL Water Commitrex :— Nine he of Vyrnwy Valley Water ey, R. S. (the Editor) :—Reminis- nces of St. Philip’s Church, Liverpool. on AnD NortH-WeEstTERN Rattway :—Official Tourist’s Guide to the don and North-Western Railway : copies). 1B, R. A. (the Author) :—Copyright Patents for Inventions (2 copies) ; he Patent Bills of 1883 (2 copies) ; The atent Bills of 1883, No. 2. Govern, JosrpH H. (the Author) :— nts to Brewers, &c., on Making terations to, or Mnlarging, or Build- New Licensed Premises, &c. ; pool Compensations. ND, Fow er (the Author) :—Build- Estates. ISTER GEOLOGICAL Sociery :— nsactions, vol. 17, pt. 10. ster StavisticaL Society :— actions, 1882-3. at, F. P.:—Elementary Irtroduc- on to Mineralogy, by Wm. Phillips, nd, 3rd, 4th, and new editions (4 vols.) ; metrical Amusements, by J. H. ale; Physiological Fragments, by hn Bywater; Traité général des iféres, par E. A. Carriére. il DONATIONS—Continued. Marriep Women’s Property Com- MITTER:—Report of the Committee; Rights of Married Women. MarsnHatt, Grorce W. (the Author): Miscellanea Marescalliana: being Genea- logical Notes of the Surname of Marshall, vol. 1, Mason, Tos. (the Author) :— Stirling’s and Glasgow Public Library, Glasgow. Maxwett, Rev. W. J., M.A. (the Author) :—Notes of a Visit to America. Mercantine Marine Service Assocta- Tion:—Report of the School Ship ‘* Conway,” 1883, Mipranp Rattway Co. :—Official Guide to the Midland Railway. Mittar, James F, :— History of Rob Roy, by A. H. Millar. Natrionat AssocraTIon FOR THE PROMOTION oF Socran Scrence:— Transactions, Nottingham Meeting, 1882. New Sovrn Wates, Acrent GEnerAL ror: — Customs Statistics for 1852; Financial Statement of the Colonial Treasurer, New South Wales; Statis- tical Return of the Australasian Colonies, 1881; Ways and Means, New South Wales, 1882 and 1883, Newton, A. V. (the Author): Analysis of the Patents Act, 1883. Norweeran GovernMEnT: — Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, 1876-8, pts. 8-10. Norrineuam Frer Pusric Liprary:— List of Books in the Children’s Lending Library. Open, J., Rocupate: —Companion to the Liverpool Museum, 1809. Packarp, Hon. 8. B., U.S. Consuz, Liverroot:—Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Commerce, &e, of their Consular Districts, Nos, 21-32 and Index; Annual Report of Department of Statistics, State of Indiana; Professional Papers of the U.S. Signal Service, Nos. 2, 9, 10; Work of the U.S. Signal Service in the Arctic Regions; U.S. Monthly Weather Reports, May-Aug., 1883, Peazsopy AcADEMY OF SciencE:—Memoirs, vol, 1, Nos. 1-6. Peasopy Institute, Annual Report, Pearson, Rev. James, M.A, (the Author):— The Computation of Tides; Treatise on Tides, : Proria, Inu., Pusnrc Lisrary:—The Library News, No. 6. Puintrrson AND Gotper, Messrs. (the Publishers) :—Chester Diocesan Calen- dar, 1883. Pirman, Isaac, Batu :—Highty-two Vol- umes, Sundry Pamphlets, &c, BaLtimoreE :—16th “He DONATIONS— (Continued. Pirr anp Scorr, Messrs. :—Emigrants’ Guide for 1883. Pootr, Mrs. Lovisa :—Wilson’s Tales of the Borders (3 vols.). Preston, Epwarp (the Author) :—Un- claimed Money. PsycuicaL ReEsfarcy, Proceedings, pts. 1-3. Queen’s Cottece, Lonpon : — Calendar, 1882-3. Reape, T. Metxiarp (the Author) :—Drift of the North-West of England; Ona Section of the Formby and Leasowe Marine Beds, &c.; A Traverse of the Yorkshire Drift. Rio DE JANEIRO, Museu NActonaL Do :— Archivos, vols. 4 and 5. Rozinson, S. (the Editor): — Persian Poetry for English Readers, Roya Conoxtat Institute :—Report of Proceedings, 1882-3. Roya. Gornwa.t PotyTecunicSocrery :— 50th and Jubilee Report, 1882, Royat Inystiture or British ARCHI- Ttects:— Transactions, 1882-3; Pro- ceedings, 1852-3, Nos, 6-18, 1883-4, Nos. 1-6, Roya Socrery oF Dvuzuin :—Scientific Transactions, Series 2, vol. 1, pts. 15-19; vol, 2, pt, 2; Scientific Proceedings, vel. 3, N.S. pt. 5. Royat Society or Lonpon:—Philosophical Transactions, vol. 173, pts. 2-4; vol. 174, pt. 1. Royat Socrery or Vicrorra :— Tran- sactions and Proceedings, vol. 19. RoyaL Untversiry or Norway :—Die Animie, von S. Laache; Die lateinische partikel ‘ut,’’ yon Bastian Dahl. St. Heren’s Free Lisrary :-—Catalogue, pts. 1 and 2. Sr. Lovis Pusiic ScHoot Liprary:— Bulletin, Nos, 22-24. Sr. Margaret's Institute, LiverPoot :— Catalogue of the Lending Library. Saxer, Mrs. Enwarp, Roya ALEXANDRA THEATRE, Liverroot :—Playbills, &c., 1883. Samvueztson, JAMES:—Cestuinea Dunarei: Acte si documente, 1792-1883 (in French). Suearer, Gzeorce, M.D. (the Author) :— Opium Smoking and Opium Eating: their Treatment and Cure. SHoorpreD, James N. (the Author) :— The Measurement of Electricity. Stexet Lisrary, Epinsurcu :—Catalogue of Printed Books, 2 vols. Smirusonran InstitTuTIon :—Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vols. 22-27; Annual Report, 1881, Society FOR :— Smytu, Natwanret (the Compiler) :— Drink Map of the City of Liverpool. Snare, Tuomas (the Author) :—The Growth of Democratic Power. Society or AnTIQqUARIES OF ScoTLAND :— Proceedings, vol. 4, N.S. Soutm Avsrrauian InstiroTe: —Annual Report, 1882-3. Surron, C. W., Pupric Lisrarian, Man- CHESTER :—An Account of Ether, by M. Turner ; First Lessons in Latin Read- ing, by MacGowan; 6 Local Pamphlets, Szyrma, Rev. W. 8. Lacu, M.A. (the Author) :—Cornish Proverbs; Notes on the Churchyard of St. Hilary, Cornwall; Notes on the Borough Records of the Towns of Penzance, Marazion, &c. Tate, Jonn, Portapown (the Author) :— New Theory of Electricity ; The Uni- verse; The Sun; its Constitution, etc. Tinne, Joun A., J.P. : — Illustrated London News, 2-1882, 1-1883; Mit. ford’s History of Greece (large paper), 5 vols; Acts of Parliament on the Alt Drainage ; Liverpool Police Force In- structions (2nd ed.); and a Collection of Local Pamphlets. Trinity Cotiee@e, Lonpon:—Calendar, 1883-4. United States’ Government :—Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Carrency, 1881 (2 copies); Astronomical and Meteorological Observations made at the United States’ Naval Observatory, 1876, 1878, and 1879, Appendix II., 1879 (4 vols,); United States’ Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reports for 1879, 1881, and 1882 (4 vols.); United States Compendium of the 10th Census, 1880 (2 vols.); Report upon the United States Geographical Surveys, West of the 100th Meridian (vol. 3); War Department Library: Alphabetical Cata- logue. Vacuer, Francis, M.D. (the Author) :— Tenement Hospitals; Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Borough of Birkenhead, 1882. Vicrorta Pustic Lizrary, MerzournE:— | Catalogue (2 vols.). Vicinance Association: —T welfth Annual Report. Waters, University Contece or :—Cal- endar, 1883-4. Watrorp, Coryetius (the Author) :— King’s Briefs; their Purposes and History. Watmstey, G, G.:—Haining’s Guide to the Isle of Man; Albert Fox, the Devout Merchant; Orchard’s Clerks of Liver: pool. Warres, J. H., M.D. (the Author) :— Hernia, Strangulated and Reducible. ‘Wixson, W. & Son, Liverpoon:—Mercan- tile Directory of the World: Liverpool Section, 1883-4, Wincuett, N. H., Stare Geotocisr, % Minnesota :—Geological and Natural _ History Survey of Minnesota; Ninth _ Report, glo-American Times mingham and Sheffield Hardware sootle Times ritish and Colonial Printer and Stationer tish Mercantile Gazette sh Temperance Advocate ders’ Weekly Reporter abridge Examiner holic ‘limes tian Commonwealth h of England Temperance Chronicle ch Missionary Gleaner ch Missionary Intelligencer h Missionary Juvenile Instructor ch Standard pathic World nee Gazette of Ireland ace Times, New York ’ Record emperance Banner Coal Trades Review 18 DONATIONS—Continued. Yorx Sunscription Liprary :—Appendix to Catalogue, 1882. Zoorocican Socirty or Lonpon :—Trans- actions, vol. 11, pts. 8-9; Proceedings, 1882, pt. 4; 1883, 1-3; List of Feilows, 1883; List of the Vertebrated Animals, 1883, ~The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented Journa! of Dramatic Reform Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Statistical Society Journal of the Vigilance Association w. Bs Gs iverpool Albion and Telephons Catholic Times Courier os Echo s Express es Jewish Magazine Fr Journal cs Mercury 5 North End Times 3 Porcupine 3 Post Methodists’ Temperance Magazine Money Musical Education Naval and Military Gazette New Church Magazine Newcastle Chronicle North Times Onward Oracle Preston Herald Railway Review Sunday Review Sydney Mail Temperance Record Tonic Sol fa Reporter Waterloo Times West Derby and Wavertree Times West Riding Machinery Mart Women’s Suffrage Journal Worcestershire Herald Zoophilist 14 LENDING LIBRARIES, TapLE I.—General Statistics :— 1883. 1882. Ni South | North South ime? Library. | Toray. | Library. | Library. | TOTAT. ~~ SS — _—— | = ————— — Volumies lent ..2..........05 202,710 176,102) 378,812| 189,102 204,789 393,891 Tickets issued to New Readers. . 2,296 | 2,1389| 4,435 2,325| 2,388 4,708 Tickets renewed .............. 2,142} 1,894) 4,036 2,161 2,059 4,220 Tickets cancelled.............. 2,344} 2,688) 4,882] 2,613) 2,674) 6,087 Total No. ofreaders on the books} 4,411| 4,155) 8,6526| 4,459, 4,514) 8,973 Books lost or injured, and paid for 26 27 | 52 34) 29 63 Books Lost owt... steiee Swain. 5 _ —| — 1} — 11 Volumes worn out—withdrawn. . — — — 596 | 482! 1,078 Volumes worn out—replaced.... 443 411. 854 572 | 380, 952 New volumes added .......... 513 488, 1,001 657 | 515, -1,172 Total No. of vols. in the Libraries| 22,478] 22,879 45,357| 21,965| 22,391) 44,306 Taste II.—Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— ne Volumes Lent. Volumes Added. North | South | North South | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. Library. Library, | TOTAL ch a oe ....1 8642] 2,968] 6,600] 16 .| 910 26 Natural Philosophy............ | 2,969] 2,686 5,655 | 5 Kd 12 ING Lora EISbOLY 6s ora. vs lea cs Z,220| 2,122 4,347; 138 1l 24 Science and the Arts .......... | 8,358 | 7,024} 15,382 81 4|.> Ba 58 History and Biography ........ 9,239 7,867, 17,106 40 43 83 Topography and Antiquities ....| 1,062 | 857; 1,919 Ua 8 16 Voyages and Travels .......... ) 5,740 | 4,652 10,392 32. | 33 65 Miscellaneous Literature ...... | 12,463! 10,301, 22,764) 199 lll 220 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 402 | 309 711 L et 2 3 Commerce and Political Eeoonomy 593 | 615 1,108 8 7 3 11 Education, Languages, and Logic, 1,868 ) 1,230| 3,098 5 | 3 8 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,229] 1,721) 2,950] 14 | 12 26 Prose Fiction .............00. | 152,683| 133,284! 285,967; 232 | 218 450 Latin and Greek Classics ...... 186 | 318 | 604; — | = _— Books for the Blind .......... | BI] | 258} 309.2 | eee Towanery a 4 eck): 202,710 176,102) 378,812; 513 488 | 1001 LS ne er 15 MUSEUM. — ‘ The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1883. 1882. 214 Days. 213 Days. PPOPAUOVISILOTS 1M ENO VEAL .sccce re -- pe cusscevenced 386,275 391,237 Weekly average ......... cece cece ncsereeesacene 7,425 7,523 Daily average ......c0cccecseecs sccesecsccececs 1,805 1,836 The 18th of October, 1883, was the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Museum in the present building. a The total number of Visitors during that time amounts to 9,459,864, giving a yearly average of 429,993. oO DONATIONS. The tail of a large Ray; a fine serrated-spined Echinus; specimens of Sponges, and an important collection of Marine specimens, specially dredged and collected at Singapore for the Museum by Staff Surgeon- Major Archer; presented by himself and his brother, Mr. Frank ition, London; exchange presentation by Professor Spencer F. Baird, om missioner of Fish and Fisheries, U.S.A., per Mr. R. Edward Earll. ss ented by Mr. Wm. Baldwin. Two male specimens of the Golden-winged Bird of Paradise, Diphyl- des chrysoptera, Gould, from New Guinea; presented by Dr. G. yphemus) ; presented by Mr. Eugene Blackford, New York. Three large Centipedes, from Gutzlaff Island, Shanghai; presented Mr. C. W. Bond, per Mr. J. M. King. “2G A Skull of a Walrus, from Newfoundland, killed by explosive shell, which destroyed lower law; presented by Mr. W. B. Bowring. _ Four specimens of the Steamer Duck, Micropterus cinereus ; a King Penguin, Aptenodytes pennantii; and a Cormorant, from the Straits of Magellan; presented by Mr. M. F. Buchner. Ten Sharks’ Teeth, from the Phosphate Beds, near Bull Run, South Carolina; and three fragments of Cetacean Bones, from the same locality ; presented by Mr. John Burnley. Specimens of two Pentremitidea schultzii, D’Orb, Devonian, Laon, Spain; two Pentremites pyriformis, Say, Chester Limestone, Illinois, U.S.; presented by Mr. Herbert Carpenter. The Skin of a male Paradise Rifle-Bird, Epimachus paradisea, from Brunswick River, New South Wales; collected and presented by Mr. Theophilus Carrington. A piece of Silicified Palm (?) stem showing peculiar internal structure ; presented by Mr. D. Clague. A Collection of Natural History Specimens, chiefly from California, containing numerous specimens of Reptiles, Amphibia, Insects, Crustacea, Echinoderms, and a large series of Mollusca; also Botanical and Rock specimens, &c.; a fine specimen of the Heloderma, or Poisonous Lizard, from Arizona; and living examples of several American species of Helix; presented, and mostly collected, by Mr. A. W. Crawford, Oakland, California; formerly of Liverpool. A Molar Tooth of Toxodon (an extinct gigantic mammal), from Frey Bentos, Banda Oriental; presented by Mr. Charles Croker. Selections from a collection of Shells from Scinde; a Sting Ray (Trygon) ; two specimens of Indian Crustacea (Peneus and Palinurus) ; and four specimens of Amphibia and Reptiles (Rana, Emys and Trionyx); presented by Dr. Francis Day, Special Commissioner for India, International Fisheries Exhibition, London. Two specimens of Indian Starfish (Asterias), and five specimens of Crustacea (Lupea and Platyonichus) ; presented by Dr. Francis Day. A large living specimen of Mygale (or so-called Bird-catching Spider), from Old Calabar ; presented by Mr. W. J. Davey. A Dog Fox, shot at Knowsley; presented by the Karl of Derby. “See 17 ’ Nest of Tree Wasp, from Brazil; presented by Mr. F. W. Earle. A collection of Osseous remains from the Breccia or Ursine deposit of . K ent’s Cavern, representing 31 finds, with exact reference to each place of finding ; presented by Lord Haldon (proprietor of the cavern) and the 5 itish Association, per Mr. Wm. Pengelly, F.R.S. ‘ Living specimens of Roach and other Freshwater Fishes for the Aquarium ; presented by Mr. John Hannam. _ Specimens of three species of Bivalve Shells, Scrobicularia piperata, ¢ ardium edule, and Tellina solidula, from the boulder-clay of North W ales; presented by Mrs. G. C. Harrison, per Mr. Alderman Samuelson. — Two enlarged Diagram Drawings of Foraminifera and Polycystins ; drawn and presented by the Misses T. and M. Longuet Higgins. A small Oil Painting of a Salmo ferox, caught at Loch Awe, Sept., 1883; presented by Mr. Thomas Higgin, F.L.S. _ An Osprey, caught at sea off the west coast of South America; presented by Capt. Thos. Hughes, ship ‘‘ New York.” A Hawksbill Turtle, from Pernambuco; presented by Mr. Geo. Hulse. Specimens of 72 species of British Polyzoa, mounted on slides for microscopic examination and study; prepared and presented by Miss E. J. Jelly. A small collection of Freshwater Fish ; living Cocoons of Atlas Moths; ivine Larve of Oiketicus ; living Molluscs, Bulimus, from Santo Paulo; nd a Larvex in spirit of Attacus, from the Organ Mountains; specimens Re villa, and Echinoderms (Luidia, Ophiwra, and Melitta), from the ast of Santo Paulo; also a second collection of Butterflies and Moths, their transformations, from Santo Paulo, Brazil, collected, bred, 1d presented, together with notes on their various stages, by Mr. E. ikinfield Jones, C.E., Corresponding Member of the Literary and ilosophical Society of Liverpool. A collection of Specimens, chiefly Marine, dredged between Liverpool 1 the west coast of South America, together with date and place of pture, and other notes and observations; also a living specimen of the shing Frog, and two living specimens of Pipe Fish, with examples e nest of the former, from the Sargasso Sea; collected and pe Capt, S. Griffith Jones, barque ‘‘ Hermine.” 18 Two pieces of Heliopora cerulea, a rare coral, with blue fracture; presented by Miss Keen. A Nest of the Oven Bird (Furnarius), brought from the River Plate by Capt. Edward Hairby, 8.S. ‘‘ Maskelyne;” presented by Messrs. Lamport and Holt. Four living young Tortoises, from Shanghai; presented by Mr. ie Lane. The Skull of a Four-horned Sheep, from the Seaport of Supé, 10 miles North of Callao; the rostrum of a Saw-Fish (Pristis), from Peyta, Peru; the Nest of a Weaver Bird from Akyab, Bay of Bengal; and a piece of Teak bored by Teredos in 4 months at Rangoon; presented by Capt. Alexander Mackey. A group of Sand Tubes of a Marine Annelid (Hermella), from the River Mersey; presented by Mr. Robert McMillan. A young specimen of Eared Seal, from the South Pacific ; two speci- of Scienoid Fish; a specimen of Calyptocephalus gayi ; six specimens of two species of Crustacea; thirteen specimens of Shells (Mytilus, Unio and Helix), and samples of Actinie, dried for food, exchange presentation from the Chilian Commission, International Fisheries Exhibition, London, per His Excellency Sr. Don Marcial Martinez and Major G. 8. Sewell-Gana. Two specimens, male and female, of a Silk Moth (Cricula trifene- strata), from Burmah ; presented by Mr. F. Moore, F.Z.S8. A Cast, (taken from a Human Skull which was found in cutting a trench for a sewer in Gloucester Road, Birkdale, 1872), given by Mr. T. Mellard Reade, F.G.S. (who had the cast made) to Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S., and by Mr. Morton presented to the Museum. The skull was obtained from the workmen who found it by Mr. Kershaw, of Birkdale, who presented it to the Royal College of Surgeons, London.—See Geological Magazine, for Dec., 1883, p. 547. Specimens of three species of Fossil Shells from the Lower Grsiatranieel viz., Terebratula Monetoniana, T. Fittoni, and T'. Sella, var. upwarensis ; presented by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. . Living specimens of the Quahaug or American Hard-Clam, Venus mercenaria, for Aquaria and Naturalization experiments ; presented by Capt. J. H. Mortimer, Premier Associate of the Literary and Philo- sophical Society of Liverpool. 19 A specimen of Peripatus capensis, collected by Prof. Moseley, in South Africa, and believed by him to be a nearly related representative of the Ancestor of all the Insects and the Tribes related thereto; also specimens illustrative of the young stages of Julus; presented by Prof. H. N. Moseley, F:R.S. _A Blue-fronted Amazonian Parrot (Chrysotis estiva) ; presented by M s. Charles Newman. Nine specimens of Australian Fish of the genera Arripis, Urolophus, Gi rella, Scorpena, Chrysophrys, ‘Aracana and Trigla; two specimens f Crustacea (Palinuride) ; and two specimens of Trepang (Holothuria) ; xchange presentation from the New South Wales Commission, Inter- ational Fisheries Exhibition, London, per Mr. E. P. Ramsay, F.L. St Secretary. lwo specimens preserved in salt, of a rare Cetacean, Pontoporia slainvillit, expressly obtained for the Museum; two Nests of the ven Bird, Furnarius, and a large Nest of the Camoate or Wild Bee; also ur large Fishes from the River Plate (Platystoma, Salminus éc.) ; nted by Mr. P. H. Rathbone. Five young living Alligators, Alligator Mississipiensis ; presented by apt. Reynolds. T he Tooth of a Shark, from the Phosphate Beds, South Carolina ; ssented by Mr. John 8. Rigby. ! A large glazed Show Case 9 feet high, 10 feet long, and 6 feet wide specially made to exhibit the series of Newfoundland Seals presented to M (useum by Mr. C. Bowring, lent at his request for the Inter- 1 Fisheries Exhibition, London); presented by Sir Ambrose Commissioner for Newfoundland ; also a large specimen of New- 1 yy Codfish. e Skin of a Crocodile and three young living Terrapins, a liz ee by Dr. Soldat. Specimens of Coleoptera (Chrysomela) and Orthoptera (Hipacromia), n Constantinople; also a Fossil Shell, Sporifera Walcottii, Lias ; lected and presented by Mrs. Malcolm Thomson. P aR a — i Plain” and ‘‘ Curly” Shale ; cecmees by 20 A specimen of Arenocolites(?); or supposed Annelid track from Hawes’ Flags, Addleboro’, Askrigg ; presented by Mr. Wm. Turner. A specimen of the Gwyniad, Coregonus clupeoides, from Bala Lake; presented by Mr. Wm. Owen, per favour of Mr. Owen Slaney Wynne. A Silk Moth (Attacus cynthia), from New York; caught and presented by Mr. James Weir. © A collection of Marine Specimens dredged and collected between Liverpool and Callao; presented by Capt. W. H. Cawne Warren, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Eight shells from Middlesborough, Clausilia nigricans and Pupa ; presented by -— PURCHASES. The principal purchases during the year are as follows, many of the Vertebrates being for Osteological purposes :— A Pluto Monkey; a young Muff Monkey (Colobus); male, female, and fetus of Aye-Aye (Chiromys Madagascariensis); specimens of Centetes; Arctic Fox; West African Poreupine; European Beaver ; Llama; Head of Roe Deer, from Amur River; a Flamingo; Pelican ; Ceylon ory; and Magellanic Goose; two Viperine Snakes; an Arctic Chimera Fish; an Australian Spined Shark; an Eagle Ray (Urogymnus), and egg capsules of the Cestracion, or Port Jackson Shark ; a Hippopotamus Skull; Lower Jaw of West Africn Elephant, prepared to display development and progression of the teeth; Skeletons of the New Zealand Owl-Parrot (Stringops), and of the Kagu (Rhinochetus), from New Caledonia. Skulls of Proboscis Monkey, Apteryx, Boatbill, and other Osteological specimens. A collection of sixty named species of small Marine Crustacea, found on the Arctic coasts of Norway, and most probably being a chief food for salt-water fishes; named, prepared and mounted by Sparre Schneider, of the Tromso Museum, for the International Fisheries Exhibition, London; specimens of fourteen species of Crustacea, from Japan, and eighteen species from Jersey. A large Melon Shell (Melo) and seven selected Shells from Western - 4 Australia; twenty selected specimens of thirteen species of Shells from 21 _D’Entrecastreaux Island, South East Coast of New Guinea; twenty-nine specimens of twenty species of Marine Shells from Japan; fourteen , specimens of seven genera of Shells, including Cyclosurus, Waldheimia, _ Siphonium, &c.; the original type specimen of Peripoma Angasi, and 5 other shells from Vancouver Island. Three specimens of Starfishes ; two large specimens of the Japanese Glass-rope Sponge (Hyalonema), and other Corals and Sponges. _ A femur and humerus of Pliosaurus ; a Jaw of Ceratodus, and other fossils from the Ouse Bone-bed, Bristol; a compressed specimen of Ammonites Bucklandi; specimens of Trilobites (Homalonotus and Encrinurus) &c.; a series of Fish Teeth, &c., from the Woodbridge district of the Red Crag of Suffolk; polished sections of unworn cusps 7 Eighteen electrotype facsimiles of small Labyrinthodont remains from the Gaskohle und der Kalkstetne der Permformation Béhmens, by Dr. Ant. Fritsch. 9 Vertical, horizontal, and oblique semi-transparent sections of forty species of European wood, mounted by Burkart. COURSES OF AUTUMN FREE LECTURES. _ Three Experimental Lectures were delivered by Prof. J. Campbell wn, D.Sc., University College, Liverpool, in the Rotunda Lecture fall, in continuation of his previous Courses on the ‘‘ Chemical The subject treated of was Sulphur and its compounds. The total attendance amounted to 2,128, giving an average per Lecture of 709. A course of three Lectures, on the Development and Modification of I ants, was delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall, by the Rey. John rerard, S.J. of Stonyhurst College; and the attendance amounted to §22, giving an average of 540. A course of four popular Lectures, on the Instruments used in Modern \stronomical Observatories, and the information they afford us regarding the nature of the Heavenly Bodies, was delivered by the Rev. S. J. erry, S.J., F.R.S. The attendance at these Lectures amounted to t,154, giving an average per Lecture of 1,038. 22 WINTER FREE LECTURES. The Eighteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures, forty in number, was delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall, in January, February, and March, 1883. Total number of persons who attended the Lectures.......... 45,045 MveragerperLieclurerc aiecies, ways tic ovis svete eye v's wooly ao, Oe cota 1,126 Against 41,295 in 1882. Average attendance, 1,032. List. The Great Buildings of the World ;, illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Sir J. A. Picton, F.8.A. Periodic Comets; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Mr. R. C. Johnson, F.R.A.S. The History of an Apple; illustrated by Sketches and Diagrams; by the Rev. John Gerard, S.J. The Interstellar ther, and its functions; illustrated by experiments, and by the Electric Light; by Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, Professor of Physics, University College, Liverpool. . ‘Recent Arctic Explorations ;” with illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light of the Voyages of Her Majesty’s Ships ‘‘ Alert” and “ Discovery,” and the Steam Yacht “Fox”; by Captain Edward Stubbs, R.N. From Atlantic to Pacific—the Isthmus of Panama, and its Canal: with dioramic effects ; by Mr. W. H. Golding, Lecturer to the late Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. A Naturalist’s Experiences on the Coast of Brittany; with diagrams and illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Dr. W. A. Herdman, F.L.S., F.R.S.E., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. Local Geology, and What it Teaches ; by Mr. T. Mellard Reade, F.G.S. Character Created by Art; by Mr. E. R. Russell. Sir Francis Drake, the first English Captain who Sailed Round the World; by Mr. J. MacCunn, M.A., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, University College, Liverpool. Readings and Recitals from Shakespeare, Aytoun, and others; by Mr. Alexander Tough. Old English Towns; illustrated with pictures, shown by the Oxy- hydrogen Light; by Mr. James Birchall. 23 Greek Social Life ; with illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Mr. G. H. Rendall, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Principal of University College, Liverpool. illustrated by Vocal and Instrumental by Handel, His Times and Music ; H. A. Branscombe. ef M ‘usic; by Mr. W. J. Stewart, B.A., and Mr. g Readings: Humorous, Dramatic, and Poetic, original and selected ; by ‘Mr. Robert Crompton. - The Lady of the Lake; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by ‘Mr. James Birchall. Matter and its Forces; illustrated by experiments; by Mr. J. Abbott, B.A. — Schubert, his Times and Music ; illustrated by Vocal and Instrumental Music; by Mr. W. J. Stewart, B.A., and Mr. H. A. Branscombe. An Idea of a Museum ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; by Mr. C. T. Gatty, F.S.A., Curator of the Mayer Museum. Life in the Time of Nero; with by the Rev. E. C. Selwyn, 1 z Pompeii, or Roman Provincial illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light ; Principal of Liverpool College. Coal ‘and its Products; illustrated by experiments ; Tate, F.G.S., F.C.S. Success ; by the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown. Be ‘he Telephone, Microphone, and Photophone; illustrated by the x yhydrogen Light ; by Mr. Wm. Lant Carpenter, B.A., B.Sce., F.C.S. ‘The Transformation of Insects, as exemplified in the Silk Worm, the Gnat, the Locust, and the Grasshopper ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen ight ; by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks, F.R.M.S. ‘The Life and Writings of William Makepeace Thackeray; by the Rey. S. Fletcher Williams. : To our Young Men and Young Women; stals from English and American Dr. George py the Rev. J. Henry Skewes. ‘Humorous and Dramatic Rec Authors ; by Mr. William Bennett. ‘The Mouths of Insects : How they Bite and Suck ; illustrated by the Jxyhydrogen Light ; by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks, F.R.M.S. 24 Oliver Cromwell; by Mr. A. C. Bradley, M.A., Fellow of Baliol Col- lege, Oxford; Professor of Modern Literature and History, University — College, Liverpool. Harmony and Discord; with illustrations of their Optical Study by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by the Rev. Sebastian Sircom, M.A., 8.J. Roscoe and his Life; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Mr. Henry Clark. The Geology of the Country Around Liverpool; by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. Sugar and Cotton from a Chemical Point of View; illustrated by | experiments; by Mr. Edward Davies, F.C.S., F.LC. On Amateur Art, Useful and Ornamental; with illustrations; by Mr. Charles Dyall, Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. Working Men who have Risen; by Mr. C. F. Lumb, M.A., LL.M. Facial Expression. Illustration: The Passions. By Mr. Henry Vandenhoff. The Great Truths of Astronomy; and the Recent Transit of Venus ; with illustrations by the Oxyhydrogen Light; by Dr. Robert 5. Ball, LL.D., F.R.S., Andrews Professor of Astronomy, University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Books: A few Thoughts for Working Men on the Subject of Reading; by the Rev. J. Burbidge. Home Readings: Ballads and Stories; by Mr. Henry Vandenhoff. The Liverpool School of Science has had the use of rooms as in former years, and the following courses of Lectures are being delivered in connection with the Department of Science and Art, South Ken- sington :— Solid Geometry .o.s..000ssssecccarerses one By Mr. A. J. Briant. Machine Drawing. sod. icin td. cise Do. Building Construction «...........00.00 Do. Baia BDV |. 5c6 4 __ The pecuniary suceess has been satisfactory, a net balance of £2,070 haying been realised after payment of all expenses. This has been expended in the purchase of pictures for the permanent Gallery. The extension of the Walker Art Gallery has enabled the permanent eollection to be displayed to the best advantage, without being subject to the expense and confusion annually incurred by the removal and replacement consequent on the annual exhibition, 4 A well-deserved compliment has been paid to Mr. Alderman Samuelson, the Chairman of the Arts and Exhibition Sub-Committee, by giving a commission to Mr. Stirling Lee, the eminent sculptor, for a marble bust to be placed in a suitable position in the Gallery. The subject of a collection of casts illustrative of the progress of art, similar in kind to those at the British Museum, at South Kensington, and at the Archeological Museum at Westminster, has occupied the attention of the Committee. It is scarcely fair that little or nothing should exist out of London which can give to our artisans any insight into the progress of art, or furnish examples for their improvement in taste and skill. Collections of this class do exist, but they are not free and accessible to the public. This Committee are of opinion that the time has arrived when a vigorous effort should be made to remedy this deficiency. The sum contributed by Sir Andrew Walker setting free the amount set apart from the City Fund by the Council for the erection of the Art Gallery, seems reasonably and suitably applicable for this pur- pose, and it is hoped that this project will recommend itself for adoption during the current year. Notwithstanding the increased accommodation obtained by the exten- sion of the buildings, several of the departments are seriously crowded for want of room. ‘The fine ethnological collection which is of the most interesting character, containing many objects which it would be difficult or impossible now to procure, is waiting space for development, and a great portion of the Mayer Collection requires more room for its proper display. The Library also is rapidly gaining upon the space provided, both in regard to the storage of books and the accommodation of readers. The introduction of newspapers into the Brown Reading Room has been felt as a great boon, by the working class especially. It has been found necessary to double the original provision, and thus to encroach on the space for readers of books. Some relief has been obtained by trans- ferring the magazines to the Picton Reading Room, which draws away a considerable number and thus gives more accommodation. Reference was made in the last Report to the proposed establishment of branch reading rooms in different parts of the City. This has now been carried out with complete success. From the statistics below it i - 5 will be seen that four reading rooms have been opened, with a collective average attendance of 160 each night. A third volume of the general catalogue has been recently issued. It ‘may here be stated that the plan and arrangement of the Liverpool cata- logue has met with general approbation, numerous applications being made from various public libraries for copies as models to be followed. The serious injury to the bindings of the books by the fumes of the gas and the foul air poisoning the atmosphere, led to the trial of the electric light, which was found so successful that a contract has been entered into for lighting the whole of the Library and Reading Rooms in this ‘way at an expense rather below that of the gaslight. ’ In the Lending Libraries, a new catalogue for the South Library is in the press and will shortly be issued. The two Libraries continue to be worked to the full extent of their capacity. _ In the Museum a new departure has been taken by the preparation of circulating collections of interesting specimens of natural history of an educational kind, which are issued to the various Board and Public Schools, and exchanged periodically. This has created a wonderful amount of interest and healthy excitement amongst the pupils. The selection and arrangement of these has been undertaken by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, whose untiring exertions in the cause of education in the best i sense cannot be too highly valued. ~ Z The Winter Lectures have continued to be interesting and attractive. The particulars will be found below. In addition to the specially popular series, a course of twelve was given m Astronomy by the Rev. Father Perry, Director of the Observatory at Stonyhurst. These were largely attended by the artisan class, the average ance being 1,211. A class was formed of students, with an attend- nee each evening of 156. At the close of the series an examination wsa - el d, and prizes and certificates were given to the successful com- On the whole it may be stated with perfect truth that at no period has he Institution been in a more flourishing and useful condition. The details and statistics are as follows :— 6 REFERENCE LIBRARY. TaBLE I.—Showing the Books issued during the year :— Daily Classification. Volumes. Average. Theology, Morals, &c. .-. ahs wae = ae «. 25,085 87 Natural Philosophy, eke &e. ad soe veo » 215742, 77 Natural History ... pad Be aS Rf 3 tn 8,597 31 Science and the Arts... me ae Ace of Aol “SZ, 78U 115 History and Biography ... as aa nee ae .- 30,161 105 Topography and Antiquities ... ase “es ee x 8,983 ol Voyages and Travels... see . 13,045 45 Miscellaneous Literature fediinnipally collected ‘Works, Magazines in Volumes, &c.) “ ss “+ vs» 147,241 515 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics... = ae 6,256 21 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics dee eA 4,839 17 Education and Language ff ate as ate ab 10504 37 Poetry and Dramatic Literature... 5 Bec .. 18,447 47 Prose Fiction ... MS A ... 215,408 755 Latin and Greek Classics and Tyantilestigns BAS at Bee 4,837 17 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference «+ 56,923 199 Total... Bsc ae +» 599,844 2,099 TasLe II.—Showing the issues of Quarterly and Monthly Magazines :— Daily Classification. Magazines. Average. Theology, Morals, &e. ... at ef Baa is dee 3,496 13 Natural Philosophy, &c. eis " sag af ric 2,283 8 Natural History ... se - # ae a Ae 1,651 5 Science and the Arts ... oe uss ae =. e 5,607 19 Topography and Antiquities ... “ch Ms ae Bo 1,978 7 Voyages and Travels... Ee Se oa 30 ote: 1,306 5 Miscellaneous Literature me exe eer .. 163,643 573 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ii} u 1,611 5 Education and Language oa aA iss = oes 1,387 5 Total... ay ss - 182,961 640 Taste III.—Showing the issues of Weekly Periodicals, &¢. :— Daily Classification. | Periodicals. Average. Natural Philosophy, &c. ms ee pad a me 1,219 4 Natural History .. ara sy Fer a we of 919 3 Science and the ee see oe uae ” 1,812 6 Miscellaneous Literature (principally pilfseaied and literary periodicals) ... sie Fa iss br fae ... 206,461 723 Law and Politics sa te xe ay a ian 1,335 Commerce, Statistics, &c. ree aa ae aaa -E 1,269 5 Total... aos os ws 218,015 746 | Total Patents for Invention consulted, 21,666. Daily average, 75. REOAPITULATION oF TOTALS. Volumes of Books ae F .. This Year 599,844 Last Year 466,419 Quarterly and Monthly Magazines ... 182,961 ys 110,090 Weekly Periodicals... et as i 213,015 Po 207,115 Patents ... ae AE «aa oe 75 21,666 si 18,892 1,017,486 802,516 Taste I[V.—Showing the number and classification of works added _ during the year :— Volumes Total Number in Olassification. added. the Library. Theology, Morals, &c. ... e + ro es oat 197 6,459 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, io, = eae ae 86 1,986 Natural History ... fe aap a te oe ee 130 4,544 Science and the Arts ... ia * tu a Wis 318 9,744 History and Biography... oe bee RE Ke w 226 10,777 Topography and Antiquities ... a eed dee was 162 4,261 Voyages and Travels ... eae x 128 4,651 Miscellaneous Literature (orinipally ie ‘Works, Magazines, &c.) ... get : im eee «. 1,213 18,868 Jurisprudence, Law, and Polities _... oa “se cor 102 6,712 Commerce, Political Economy, &e_ ... ere at nes 79 1,059 Education and Language 1% = oe os as 34 1,361 Poetry and Dramatic Literature as = ay =p 74 3,540 Prose Fiction ... -f ee es aia bee 41 5,512 Latin and Greek Classies and mpdalations”. ng a 25 731 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of ee aes 135 2,669 Total... coe = «2,950 82,874 Za Branco Eventna Reapine Rooms. Place. When Opened. Attendance. Average. Stanley Road ....... 11th March, 1884... ... 12,468 =. S51 Queen’s Road’... FP a my Cape ... 10,268 a 42 Chatsworth Street soa WSth TS. |, cee ws 9,995 oa 41 Wellington Road... ... 14th ,, 4, « «= 6,339 «. 26 39,070 ... 160 8 The following is the List of Magazines and Periodicals illustrating Tables II. and III. :— QUARTERLY. Annales des sciences naturelles Anthropological Journal Archzological Cambrensis Archeological Journal British and Foreign Evangelical Review British Quarterly Review Caleutta Review Church Quarterly Review Dublin Review Edinburgh Review Geninen Grevillea Ibis Journal de conchyliologie Journal fiir Ornithologie Journal of Anatom Journal of the British Archzological Association Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Society of Antiquaries Journal of the Statistical Society London Quarterly Review Manchester Quarterly ind Navy List Numismatic Chronicle and Journal Popular Science Review Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. Quarterly Journal of Science Quarterly Review Revue celtique Stray Feathers Sunday Review Traethodydd Westminster Review Zeitschrift fiir deutsche Philologie Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie MonTHLy. All the Year Round American Naturalist Annals and Magazine of Natural History Antiguary Anti-Vaccination Reporter Argosy Army List Art Journal Association News Atlantic Monthly Band of Hope Review Banker’s Magazine Beiblatter der Physik Belgravia Bibliographer Bibliothéque universelle Birmingham, &c., Hardware Circular Blackwood’s Magazine Botanical Magazine Microscopical | MontTHLy—Continued. British Temperance Advocate Building World Cambridge Examiner Cassell’s Magazine Century Chambers’s Journal China Review Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Clergyman’s Magazine Congregational Magazine Congregationalist Contemporary Review Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of days Dietetic Reformer Educational Times English Illustrated Magazine Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Fortnightly Review Gazette des beaux-arts Gartenlaube Gentleman’s Magazine Geological Magazine Good Health Good Words Hand and Heart Harper’s Magazine Herald of Health Home Words Homeopathic World Indian Antiquary Investor’s Monthly Manual Irish Temperance Banner Journal of Concholo Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of Science Journal of the Vigilance Association Leisure Hour Library Chronicle Library Journal Liverpool Diocesan Gazette Livre, Le j London, &c., Philosophical Magazine London Society Longman’s Magazine Machinery Market Macmillan’s Magazine Magazine of Art Mineralogical Magazine Miscellanea genealogica Moniteur des architectes Month Musical Times National Review Nautical Magazines “ is Montuiy—Conéinued. New Church Magazine Nineteenth Century North American Review Observatory Palatine Note-Book Petermann’s Mittheilungen Pitman’s Musical Monthly Portfolio Present Truth Printer’ s Register Revue archéologique Revue britannique Revue chrétienne Royal Astronomical Society’s Monthly _ Notices F toyal Geographical Society’s Journal nitary Record ence Gossip rthand Magazine Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine T emple Bar Theatre sley’s Magazine Tonic Sol-fa Reporter tern Antiquary omen’s Suffrage Journal hting Magazine FoRTNIGHTLY. val Annalen der Physik gler’s Peieteininchies Journal eclesiastical Observer e des architectes édiaire, L Annalen der Chemie e des deux mondes WEEKLY. N08 can Settler ur Photographer American Times ct and Colonial Printer and Stationer 0 Arrow uild fee Weekly ‘Reporter lilding News nemi cal News 21) id i WEEKLY—Continued. Christian Commonwealth Cambridge University Reporter Church of England Temperance Cheeniale Chronique des arts Civilian Colonies Comptes rendus Draper Economist Electrical Review Electrician Engineer Engineering English Mechanic E ; ra Estates Gazette Field Fireside News Fun Furniture Gazette Gardeners’ Chronicle Graphic Illustrated London News Iron Iron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gas Lighting, &c. Journal of Horticulture Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Knowledge Lancet Land and Water Law Times Light Liverpool Review Local Goverment Chronicle London Gazette Medium Mining Journal Money Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oxford University Gazette Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Railway Review Rambler Saturday Review Scientific American Signs of the Times Spectator Temperance Record Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes World The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the Publishers :— Amateur Photographer Association News American Settler Anglo-American Times Anti-Vaccination Reporter Birmingham and Sheffield Hardware Circular Bootle Times Brewers’ Guardian British and Colonial Printer and Stationer British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building World Cambridge Examiner Christian Commonwealth Church of England Temperance Chronicle Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Clergyman’s Magazine Colonies Congregationalist Day of Days Dietetic Reformer Draper Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Englishwoman’s Review Estates Gazette Financial Reformer Fireside News Good Health Herald of Health Home Words Worcestershire Herald Homeceopathic World Zoophilist Irish Temperance Banner DONATIONS. The following Donations have been received during the year :— Axpany, U.S.A., Youne Men’s Assoctia- TION :—Public Exercises at the Semi- Centennial Anniversary, 1883; Annual Report, 1883-4. ANONYMOUSLY :—Confessions of a Fic- tumbury Churchman ; Life of William Penn, by S. Janney (2 copies); The Proposed Cathedral for Liverpool. ArRmstRONG, T. :—Laudate, Beatus vir, Magnificat, Laudate Dominum, by Haydn (MS.); Bickham’s Musical En- tertainer. 2 vols. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE FREE LIBRARY :— Catalogue, 1883. Atkinson, Ropert (the Author) :—On Trish Metric: a Lecture on Celtic Philo- logy. AUBERTIN, J. J. (the Translator) :—The Lusiads of Camoens; translated into English Verse, 2 vols. 10 \ Iron and Coal Trades Review Journal of the Statistical Society Journal of Speculative Philosophy Light Liverpool Albion oo Catholic Times rh Courier . Echo Je Express 5 Mercury as North End Times as Porcupine is Post ” Review Machinery Market Medium Money Musical Education Naval and Military Gazette New Church Magazine Newcastle Chronicle Pitman’s Musical Monthly Present Truth Preston Herald Railway Review Rambler Sunday Review Signs of the Times Temperance Record Tonic Sol fa Reporter Waterloo Times West Derby and Wavertree Times Woman’s Suffrage Journal BainsBripGk, R, B., and Carn Rosa, — Roya Court THEATRE, LIVERPOOL :— Playbills, &c., 1884. BaLtTmMore, Peasopy Institute :—Cata- logue of the Library, Part 1; Annual Report. : Baytey, W. K. (the Author):—The Philo. sophy of Sleep; Recollections of a Visit to South America. Broz, CHARuEs H,:—Annual Report of — the Operations of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1883. f BIRcHALL, CHARLES (Publisher):—A Series of Articles on Current Commer- — cial and Shipping Topics. ; BIRKENHEAD LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC Socrery :—Report, 1883-4. BrrMIncHAM FREE LIBRARIES :—Refer- ence Department Catalogue: Biblic graphy. BIRMINGHAM PHILOSOPHICAL Society :— Proceedings, vol, 3, and 4, part 1. Boarp or TRADE :—Inquiries under Mer- chant Shipping Acts, Nos, 1 to 2,283 (several numbers excepted) ; Boiler Ex- _ plosions Act, Nos. 72-75. _ Boston Pustic Lisrary :—Bulletins. Bovutt, JosrrH :—The Duties, &c., of Customs and Excise Payable in Great Britain, by T. Sherlock and J. Towne. Bowes, James L. (the Author) :—Japa- nese Enamels, _ BrapForD FREE Pusiic LIBRARIES :— Catalogue of the Central Lending | Lib- rary. i aeaxt, Henry (the Author) :—Mo- _ dern Progress of Mine Engineering. Braziz1an Consut, Liverpool :— José Maria da Silva Paranhos, visconde do __ Rio-Branco : elogio historico. _ British AssociATION FOR THE ADVANCE- _ MENT OF ScIENCE :—Report of the Southport Meeting, 1883. _ British Muszum Trusress :—Catalogue _ of English Books to the year 1640. 3 vols. ; Catalogue of the Greek Coins (Central Greece) ; Catalogue of Oriental Coins, vol. 8; Catalogue of Romances in the Dept. of MSS.; Catalogue of the Fossil Sponges, by George P. Hinde ; _ Catalogue of the Birds, vol. 9; Cata- logue of Printed Books, 21 pts.; Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, during the _ Voyage of H.M.S. ‘‘ Alert,” 1881-82. Browne, H. J. (the Author) :—The __ Higher Branch of Science. BROWN, RicHARD (the Author):—Optical _ Lantern Readings: Liverpool. Brown, BARNES, AND BELL, Messrs, :— _ Photograph of the Birthplace of the _ Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Rodney _ Street, Liverpool. ‘Bonster, Mrs. E. J.:—The Lincolnshire _ Survey, temp. Henry I.; ed. by James _ Greenstreet. Burnert, J. C., M.D., F.B.G.S, (the _ Author) :— The Law of Similars, the __ Scientific Principle of Vaccination. -Camprian Raiiway Co. :— Picturesque _ Wales, by G. Turner. Carus, F. J. R., F.0.s, (the Author): _—The Steel Age: a Lecture (3 copies). CASTELLAIN, ALFRED, J.P.:—Journal of Sa Royal Agricultural Society, vol. _ 20, pt. 1. UHALMERS, Patrick (the Author) :— _ James Chalmers, the Inventor of the _ Adhesive Stamp, not Sir Rowland an ETHAM LisraRy, MANCHESTER, THE __ Fxorrexs or :—Catalogue of the Books _ and Manuscripts, vol, 6, 11 DONATIONS— (Continued. Curistiz, Dr. T. W. (the Author) :— The Proposed Desecration of St. James’ Cemetery : a Letter. CuurcH Assocration:—The ‘‘ Legal History” of Canon Stubbs Reviewed, by J. T. Tomlinson, CINCINNATI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE :— Annual Report, 1883. Cincinnati Pusric Lisrary:—Bulletin. CriarKk, A. M. anv W. (the Authors) :— Analytical Summaries of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks’ Act, 1883. Curr, THe Late Miss AnnE:—Unum necessarium; or, the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, by J. Taylor, 1655, CoppEN Crus :—Cobden Club Dinner : Special Report; The Peers and the People; Egypt and the Soudan : Speech y W. E. Gladstone; The Franchise Bill : Speech by W. E. Gladstone ; Pro- gress of the Working Classes in the last Half-Century (12 copies) ; The History of Reform, by A. Paul; Our Sailors: a Speech by J. Chamberlain (3 copies) ; Special Report of the Annual Meeting, 1884; Three Panics, by Richard Cobden (50 copies). Cooper UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT oF ScIENcCE AND ART, New YorK :— 25th Annual Report. Dick, A. E. (the Author) :—Marine In- surance Popularly Treated. DinspAtE, JoHN, LiveERPooL:—Subpceenas of Witnesses to an Inquiry before a Select Committee of the House of Com- mons concerning the Liverpool Elec- tion Petition, May, 1853; Translation of Magna Carta. Drew, G. R., BIRKENHEAD :—The Great Controversy between Christ and Satan, 3 vols ; The Sanctuary and the Twenty- three Hundred Days, by U. Smith; History of the Sabbath, by J. N. An- drews ; Thoughts, Critical and Practi- cal, on the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. 2 vols; Good Health: a Journal of Hygiene; The Present Truth, vol. 1. Drury, E. J. (the Author) :—Recreative French Grammar. Dusiin Untversity:—Calendar, 1884; Examination Papers, 1883, Duptey, Miss A. FLoreNnce (Joint-Au- thor) :—Daddy’s Bobby ; or, the Star of Bethlehem. EarLe, ARTHUR :—Certificate to A. C. Mathew upon Admission to the Free- dom of the Town of Liverpool, 1790; Plans in the Principal Cities of the World, by J. Andrews. Earp, JOHN (the Author) :—Strictures on Religious Creeds and Religious Usages, 12 DONATIONS—Continued. EpinspurGH Museum oF ScIENCE AND Art :—Report, 1883. Euis, JoHN W., L.R.c.P. (the Author) : —Coleoptera of the Liverpool District, parts 1-4, Emery, FRANK, AND ALEX. HENDERSON, Prince oF WALES THEATRE, LIVER- PooL :—Playbiils, &c., 1884. ENGINEERS, Society oF :—Transactions, 1883. FrnanctiaL Rerorm Association :—Fi- nancial Reform Almanack, 1885. FisHer, A. K., AnD Co. (the Publishers): —London and Provincial Directory and Continental Guide, 1884. FirzGERALD, P. F. (the Author) :—Essay on the Philosophy of Self Consciousness. Foster, Emrty (the Author) :— Grey- stone Abbey (2 copies). FRowDE, JOHN, BARROW-IN-FURNESS :— A Compendium of the Faith and Doc- trines of Latter Day Saints, by Franklin D. Richards. Gact, James, LiverPoot :—Paul Pry: a Liverpool Periodical, 1834-5 (12 Nos.) ; Collection of Playbills, Theatre Royal and Olympic Circus, Liverpool, 1819-25. Gatry, CHARLES T., F.s.A. (the Au- thor) :—Greek, Estruscan, and Roman Antiquities in the Mayer Museum, Liverpool. Gipson, JamMes:—A History of the Shakespeare Memorial, Stratford-on- Avon. Grey, Henry (the Author) :—Key to the Waverley Novels ; Trowel, Chisel, and Brush. GurTuRiz, MALcoLm, J.P. (the Author) :— On Mr. Spencer’s Data of Ethics. HARGREAVES, JAMES, F.c.s. (the Au- thor) :—The Educational Franchise (3 copies). Harvarpb CoLLEce, CAMBRIDGE, U.S. A.: —Bulletins of the Museum of Com- parative Zoology; Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology ; Annual Report of the Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. HaywarpD, JoHN W., M.D. (the Au- thor) :—Crotalus (Rattlesnake). HippertT, ALDERMAN JAMES :—Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings of the Newsham Bequest to the Corporation of Preston. Hopeson, W. B., REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LATE:—Life and Letters of W. B. Hodgson, 11.D.; The True Scope of Economie Science, and 3 other pam- phlets. Hoskins, JoHn (the Author) ae Henry VII., and other Dramas an Pvems, Howarp AssoctaTion :—Report, 1884. Howorra, D. F., ¥.R.¢.s. :—Liverpool — Odes: Satirical Poems. Inpia, THE Rr. Hon. THE SECRETARY oF STATE FoR:—The Sacred Books of the East, vols. 15 and 21. INsTITUTE OF CrviL ENGINEERS :—Mi- nutes of Proceedings, vols. 75-78 ; The Practical Application of Electricity : Lectures. * INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: —Proceedings, 1883-84. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION EXxEcuTIvE Councit :— Health Exhibi- tion Literature, vols. 1-16. JessE, G. R. (the Author) :—Extracts from a Note upon the Report of the RoyalCommission of Vivisection,refut- ing its Conclusions; and four other pamphlets, Kenprick, Miss, Warrineton :—Hol- den’s Tide Tables, Liverpool, 1795 and 1797 ; Book of Words for the Mr. and Misses Fraser’s Musical and Literary Evenings ; Poetic Tales and Miscella- nies; Almido: a Poem, by J. Gro- cott, Jun. Lacu-Szyrma, Rev. W. S., M.A. (the Author) :— Aleriel; or, a Voyage to other Worlds: a Tale. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .ENTOMOLO- GICAL Society :—7th Annual Report. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE HIsToRIC Society :—Transactions, vol. 34. . Liperty AND PROPERTY © DEFENCE Leacue :—Liberty and Law, by W. Donnisthorpe ; and six other pamphlets, LIBRARY REPORTS FROM THE FOLLOWING Liprarizs :—Aston, Manor of; Balti- more, U.S.A., Peabody Institute ; Barrow-in-Furness ; Birmingham Li- brary; Bolton; Boston, U.S. A.; Messrs. Braby & Co.’s; Bradford; Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A.; Brighton ; Bristol ; Canterbury ; Cardiff ; Ches- ter; Chicago, U.S.A.; Cincinnati, U.S.A.; Copenhagen Royal Library ; Corwen; Derby; Doncaster; Dun- dee; Kaling; Germantown Friends, U.S.A. ; Glasgow, Mitchell Library ; Glasgow, Stirling’s Library ; Hands- worth ; Indianopolis, U.S.A.; Kidder- minster; Leamington; Leeds ; Maccles- field; Middlesborough; Newcastle- upon-Tyne; New York Mercantile ; Newton, U.S.A.; Norwich; Notting- ham; Philadelphia Mercantile; Ply- mouth; Preston ; Reading ; Rochdale ; Rotherham ; Runcorn; St. Louis Mer- cantile; St. Louis Public School; San Francisco ; San Francisco Mercantile ; Sheffield ; Smethwick ; Southport ; Stafford; Stoke-upon-Trent; Swansea; 18 DONATIONS—Continued. Tynemouth ; Victoria ; Wednesbury ; Westminster, St. Margaret and St. John; Wigan; Wolverhampton; Wor- cester, Mass. Lirttt & Co., Merssrs., Barrow-in- Furness :—The Barrow Route to the Isle of Man, by E. P. Stokes (2 copies). LiverProoL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC _ AssocratTion :—Annual Report, 1883. Liverroon ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY :— Proceedings, 1883-4.. Liverroo. Arr Cxvs : — Exhibition _ Catalogues and Annual Reports. LiverPoo, ASTRONOMICAL Society :— Abstract of Proceedings, 1883-4; Jour- nal, vol. 3; Transactions, No. 4. VERPOOL ExcHANGE NEwsRooM Co. :— Times. 29 vols.; Liverpool News- papers. 114vols.; Mining Journal. 41 vols.; Railway Journal. 47 vols. ; Railway Times. 48 vols.; and 73 other volumes of selected books; 6 _ Maps and Charts. LIvERPoOL GEOLOGICAL Society :—Pro- ceedings, 1883-4, Liverrcot Hore Srreer CuurcH :— _ Discourses by the late C. J. Perry, B.A. Liverroon Institutions, &c. :—Reports _ havebeenreceived from the following :-— _ Catholic Reformatory Association; Cer- tified Industrial Schools; Church of _ England Army Scripture Readers’ So- _ ciety; Holy Trinity Ragged Schools ; ‘Juvenile Reformatory Association ; _ Liverpool Clerks’ Association : Mersey _ Mission to Seamen; Penny Savings Bank Association; Royal National Lifeboat Institution ; Royal Society ; the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; School for the Deaf and Dumb; School of Science ; Seaman’s Friend Society;Shipwreck and Humane Society; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Town Mission; ining Ship ‘‘ Indefatigable.” RPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHI- Socrery :—Proceedings, vol. 38. RPOOL (Lyceum) Linrary :—Annual upplemental Catalogue; Pamphlets ting to the Dispute, Lyceum »v. erpool Library. RPOOL MeEpiIcaL INSTITUTION :— erpool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, s. 4, 6, and 7. SIVERPOOL MERCANTILE MARINE SER- FICE ASSOCIATION :—Reporter, vols. 7-8. IVERPOOL PuitomaTHic Sociery :— Journals; Annual Report; Prize Essay on Machine Belting, by A. H. Barendt; #F Lane by T. Marsden, and Lecture by -E. Latham, = Lrverroot Roya Institution :—His- tory and Description of the Barberini, or Portland Vase, by James Boardman (4 copies) ; Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Pictures, &c., in the Gallery of Art; Annual Reports and Addresses, 1825-84. LiverrooL ScHooL Boarp :—Proceed- ings, 1881-2. LiverPooL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE :— Calendar, 1884-5. Loaver, 8S. T., Consun ror Urnucuay, LiveRPoon :— Uruguay, South Ame- rica: its Geography, &e. Lone, Capt. S., R.N. (the Author) :— On Libraries considered as Subsidiary to Education. Lorp’s Day OBSERVANCE Society :— Report of Conference Proceedings. McGovern, J. H. (the Author) :—Liver- pool Compensations (2 copies). McNaps, Carr. J., R.N.R. (the Author) : —Going to Sea (2 copies) ; Catechism of the Law of Storms (2 copies). Macinnis, ArtHUR J. (the Author) :— Crane Power for Dock Estates : a Paper. MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL Socrery :— ‘Transactions, vol. 17, parts 14-18, vol. 18, parts 1-2. MANCHESTER STATISTICAL Socrery :— Transactions, 1883-4. Marrat, F, P., Liverroon :—Account of Ceylon, by R. Percival ; Catalogue of Third Exhibition of Fine Art Objects, Liverpool, 1844; The Hindee-Roman Ortheopigraphical Ultimatum, by J. B. Gilchrist, LL.D. ; The British Months: a Poem, by Bishop Mant. 2 vols. MarriacE Law Derence Union :— Tracts, Nos. 1-38. Marriace Law Rerorm Association :— Opinions of the Hebrew and Greek Professors of the European Universi- ties, &e., on the Scriptural Aspect of the Question of Marriage with a De- ceased Wife’s Sister ; edited by T. P. Allen (8 copies). MarspEN, J. (the Publisher) :—Anglo- Indian and American Traders’ Journal, 1884, MarsHAaLL, A. M. anp W. P. (the Au- thors) :—Report on the Oban Pen- natulida. MaxweE.L., Rev. W. J., M.A. (the Au- thor) :—The Revised Version of the New Testament: Papers from the ‘* Advocate.” May, Grorcre T. (the Author) :—The Ever-Living Life : a Poem. Mort, A. J. (the Author) :—Alcohol and Total Abstinence (2 copies). Musuet, W. B., M.B. (the Author) :— Cholera ; its Etiology, &c. ; The Age of Clay: a Satire. DONATIONS—Continued. Nactez, JoHN T. (the Author) :—Suicides in New York City. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMO- TION OF SocrAL ScrENcE : — Transac- tions, Huddersfield Meeting, 1883. NatronaL Society FoR WoMEN’s Sur- FRAGE :—Annual Report. Norske GRADMAALINGSKOMMISSION :— Vandstandsobservationer, hefte 2. Norwecian GOVERNMENT :—Norwegian North Atlantic Exhibition : Zoology, pt. 11. NorringHam Free Pusric LIBRARIES : —Class List (No. 4) of Books in the Reference Library. Orntent Lint or SteAMERS Co,:—Illus- trated Guide of the Orient Line of Steamers between England and Aus- tralia. Paris MunicreaL Councit :— Rapport sur le service des enfants assistés, 1876-77; Rapport sur Vorganisation définitive du service des halles et marchés; Rapport de M. Gréard sur Venseignement primaire 4 Paris, &c., 1867-77; Concours musical de 1881-82 : Rapport de M. Perrin ; Rapport de M. Marié-Davy sur l’emploi de la subven- tion municipale applicable 4 l’étude de Vhygiéne de Paris, 1878; Note du Directeur des travaux de Paris sur la situation du service des eaux et des égouts, 1878. Parkinson, RicHarp:— New General Atlas of the World. PATTERSON, JOHN, J.P. :—Papers relating to Foreign Affairs, United States, 1863-5. 9 vols. Peacock, R. A., ¢.£. (the Author) :— Saturated Steam, the motive power in Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Perry, Rev. 8. J., 8.J., F.R.S. (the Author) :—Stonyhurst College Obser- vatory : Results of Meteorological and Magnetical Observations, 1883. PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY oF NATURAL ScrencrEs :—Proceedings, 1883, pts. 2 and 3. Pierce, WALTER (the Author) :—H. M. Queen Victoria : a Lecture. Pinx, Joun, Cambridge :— Four local pamphlets. Prrman, Isaac :—The Phonetic Journal, vol. 42. Power, T. J. (the Author) :—Hints on Cutting and Making (3 copies). Preston, Epwarp (the Author) .—A Few Facts about Unclaimed Money. PRIDE, WALTER H. (the Author) :—Court of Passage Reforms: a Paper. QuEEN’s CoLLEGE, Lonpon :—Calendar, 1883-4. RatHponE, P. H., 3.P. :—Five Maps and 14 Charts of Liverpool ; The Place of Art in the Future Industrial Progress of the Nation, by P. H. Rathbone, s.P. Reaves, T. MELLARD, ¢.5. (the Author) : —The Circulation of Water in Sand- © stone ; Ripple Marks in Drift in Shrop- shire and Cheshire, and five other pamphlets. Reppatu, Peter :—Catalogue of Books presented to McGill College, Montreal. Reticious Book Funp, THE :—Reprints of the Early Hymn Writers, originally published by D. Sedgwick. 6 vols. f Rosson, RicHarp :—The Practical Me- chanic and Engineer’s Magazine, vols. 1-4, RownTREE, J. S., Lonp Mayor or YorkK (the Author) :—Free Libraries: an Ad- dress ; Municipal Corporations : a Lec- ture. Royat Astronomicat Socrety :—Me- moirs, vols. 46, 47, and 48, part 1; Monthly Notices. ; Royat Cotonrat Instirute :—Proceed- ings, vol, 15. Royaw Dustin Society :—Scientific Transactions, vol. 1, parts 20-25, and vol. 3, parts 1-3 (ser. 2); Scientific Proceedings, vol. 3., parts 6-7, and vol, 4, parts 1-4 (new series). Royaut Institute oF British ARCHI- — TECTS :—Transactions, 1883-4; Pro- ceedings, 1883-4; List of Members, 1884. Royat Society or Lonpon :—Philé- sophical Transactions, vol. 174, part 2. Royat Soctety or Canapa :—Proceed- ings and Transactions, vol. 1. Royat Socrety oF Vuicrori1a :—Trans- actions and Proceedings, vol. 20. Runcorn Free Pus.ic Linrary:—Cata- logue of the Lending Library, 1884. Sr. Lovis Pusric ScHoon :—Library Bulletin. Saker, Mrs. Epwarp, Royan ALEx- ANDRA THEATRE, LIVERPOOL :—Play- bills, &c., 1884. SaMvuEL, Smm SAUL, K.C.M.G., AGENT- GENERAL FOR New SoutH WALES :— Handbook for New South Wales (2 copies). | SaniITaRy ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION :— Sanitary Arrangements of Dwellin Houses, by M. H. Judge. : Suimmin, THE LAte Huen, Executors or :—Brief Memoir of George Holt, Esq., of Liverpool (3 copies); Christian’s Wardrobe, by Rev. A. McConkey. Ist suit; Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Furness, by J. P. Morror ; Letters on the Cathedral System, as Exemplified in the Cathedral of Chester, by Rev. A. McConkey. “SmirH, ALEXANDER (the Author) :—- Proposals for Reform of Procedure of the House of Commons. Swirn, Exisna :—Addresses delivered by the Presidents of the Liverpool Philomathie Society, 1828-31. SmirH, SAMUEL, m.P. (the Author) :— Nationalisation of the Land; Letters in Reply to the Manifesto of the Demo- cratic Federation. Smiruson1An InstrtuTrIon :—Annual Re- __ port of the Board of Regents, 1882. Society ror PsycuHicAL RESEARCH :— Proceedings, parts 4-6. _ Socrery or ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND :— __ Proceedings, vol. 17, 1882-3. Sours Avstrauian Institure :—Final _ Report, 1884. Sours Kensineron Musztum :—Calendar and General Directory, Science and Art Department, 1884; Drawings of Glass-Cases in the South Kensington Museum. Spratt, Vick-Apmrrat T.A.B., c.8. _ (the Author) :—Report on the Present State of the Navigation of the Mersey (3 copies). STATISTICAL SocteTy :—Catalogue of the Library, 1884. Surron, C. W., Mancuestrer :—The _ Office of Reason in Religion, by J. _ Clarke; A Sketch of the State of Christianity in Wales, by W. Richards; ,. A Brief Account of the Original State of the Sacred Writings, by W. ‘Richards. ‘Swansea Pusric Lisrary :— Supple- _ mental Catalogue of the Lending De- _ partment, 1878-83. Swepenzore Society, BRITIsH AND ‘OREIGN :—74th Report. ‘TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT :—41 Photo- __ graphic Views in Tasmania. ‘Txomas, Hueu O., m.R.¢.s. (the Author): _ —Contributions to Surgery and Medi- _ cine, Tuompson, W. P., c.E. (the Author) :— _ Handbook of Patent Law of all Coun- tries. 6th edition (2 copies). Toyne, Toe Late Joun A., D.L., 5.P.:— y eo London News, July-Dec., me Toronto Pustic Lisrary :—Catalogue __ of the Circulating Library. ‘Townsend, B. O’Neriu, 4.8. (the Au- _ thor) :— Plantation Lays, and other _ Poems. 15 DON ATIONS—Continued. Trinity CoLtteGe, Lonpon :—Calendar, 1884-85. : TuRNER & Dunnett, Merssrs. (the Pub- lishers) :— Historie and Guide to Lever- poole, by Triplets. Unirep Srares GOVERNMENT :—Astro- nomical and Meteorological Observa- tions made at the United States Naval Observatory, 1879-1880 ; Alphabetical List of Additions made to the War Department Library, from June 1882; The Teaching, Practice, and Literature of Shorthand, by J. E. Rockwell ; Sta- tistics of the 10th Census of the United States: Report, vols. 1-8; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: Reports of the Superintendent, 1882. Union oF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE Institutes :—Report, 1883-84. VACHER, FRANCIS, M.D. (the Author) :— Report on the Sanitary Condition of Birkenhead, 1883. VoORSTERMANN VAN OYEN, CHEVALIER :— Dictionnaire nobiliare. WavDE, CHRISTOPHER :—Liverpool Mer- cury, vol. 1, No. 17. Watts, W. M., p.sc. (the Author) :—A School Flora for the use of Elementary Botanical Classes. WEVILL, FreEp. (the Author) : —The Ethies of George Eliot. Witcock, THomas M., Chester :—The Borough Laureateship, by J. Shaw. Wittiams anD Norcate, Massrs. :— Reasons for Dissenting from the Philo- sophy of Comte, by Herbert Spencer. WIsconsIN GOVERNMENT :—The Geology of Wisconsin, vols. 1-4. WoRKEINGMEN’S Lorp’s Day Rzst Asso- ciaTIon :—Working Class Organiza- tions and the Sunday Opening of Museums. YARKER, JOHN (the Author) :—Specula- tive Freemasonry. Yorxk Susscrietion Lisrary :—Appen- dix to the General Catalogue, 1883. YorKSHIRE Unton or Mecuanics InstI- TUTIONS :—Report, 1884. Youne, G. E. (the Compiler) :—Liverpool Cyclists’ Pocket Guide and Club Direc- tory, 1883-4. 2 vols. Youne, Henry :—Some Account of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth Park, Li- verpool, by Valentine D. Davis, 3.4. ZooLocicaL Society or London :—Pro- ceedings, 1884, pt. 2; List of Fellows, 1884, 16 LENDING LIBRARIES. TasLe [.—General Statistics :— 1884. 1883. North South | North South Library. | Library. | TOTAL. | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. Wolninas lont 2 et 202,840| 188,649 | 391,489| 202,710! 176,102 | 378,812 New Tickets issued,........... 2,313 2,247 4,560 2,296 2,139 4,435 Tickets renewed .............. 2,198 1,820 4,918 2,142 1,894, 4,036 Tickets cancelled.............. 2,240| 2,213) 4,453) 2,344) 2,538) 4,882 Total No. of readers on the books} 4,434 4,149, 8,633 4,411) 4,155) 8,526 Books lost or injured, and paid for 21 29 50 25 27 52 SOOKE OBO ire se) as, con cin smarenecers> — —| — — — —_ Volumes worn out—withdrawn. . 237 1,479! 1,716 —a = = Volumes worn out—replaced.... 838 371} 1,209 443 | 411 854 New volumes added .......... 564 570 1,134 513 488; 1,001 Total No. of vols. in the Libraries| 22,805] 21,970| 44,775| 22,478) 22,879 Taste II.—Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— Volumes Lent. | Volumes Added. | North South North _ South Library. | Library. | TOTAL. | Library. | Library. Tota. Theology ......se-eeccee- eres 3,891 3,177} 7,068 26.) 23 49 Natural Philosophy.........+.+ 3,037 2,664 6,701 19 24-2 a8 38 Natural History ........+++++: 2,310 1,870 4,180 Ii sioe Te 24 Science and Arts...........05. 9,261 6,738} 15,999 28 22 50 History and Biography ........ 9,517 7,908) 17,426 49 43 92 Topography and Antiquities .... 973 937 1,910 SF ol 7 15 Voyages and Travels .......... 5,424 4,931] 10,355 OF ve le) oe 63 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 12,297} 10,650) 22,947 95 100 195 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 327 265 592 eal 4 9 Commerce and Political Economy 596 630 1,226 8 ll 19 Education, Languages, and Logic} 1,802 1,384 3,186 6 4 10 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,215 1,680 2,895 ll 7 18 Prose’ Fiction «....-.-cecsoecs 151,963| 145,289| 297,252) 271 | 291 562 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 176 266 | 442 = = 25 Books for he Blind .......... 51 260 311 — — = aie, ae. Jk 202,840 188,649 391,489 670 ~—+| «1134 : 17 WINTER LECTURES, 1884. : The Nineteenth Winter Course of Free Lectures, forty in number, was delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall, in January, February, and March, 1884. Total number of persons who attended the Lectures........ 47,490. IAVERAZO PELLOChULO «6. ec cn ens Hs Fee re ceie els viele s onenien es 1,187. List. Liverpool Sixty Years since: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Sir J. A. Picton, J.p., F.s.. A Nineteenth Century Cathedral: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Sir W. B. Forwood, J.P. A Visit to the Falls of Niagara: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. William Lant Carpenter, B.a., B.sc., F.C.S. The Life and Work of Sir W. Siemens, by Dr. Oliver J. Lodge, Professor of Physics, University College, Liverpool. _ The Division of Labour and the Education of the People, by Mr. J. Ma Cunn, m.A., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, University College, Liverpool. ‘Piracy in Chinese Waters: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Captain E. Stubbs, z.n. Charles Dickens, by Rev. S. Fletcher Williams. Habitations of Insects: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Dr. J. Sibley Hicks, ¥.R.M.8., F.B.8. Living Stoves and their Fuel, or the Philosophy of Respiration and sod: illustrated with experiments, by Mr. J. Abbott, B.a. ‘Spectacles ; or, How will he Look at it? by Rev. J. Burbidge. 18 Readings from Shakespere, Tennyson, and other Authors, by Mr. Charles E. Clegg. Stories and Storytelling, by Mr. E. R. Russell. A Piece of Chalk: illustrated by experiments, by Mr. E. Davies, ¥.0.8., FIO. Mount Vesuvius and the long buried Cities of Herculaaeum and Pompeii: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Rev. W. W. Phillipson, o.s.B. Concerning Insanitary Houses.—Light, Pure Air, and Water: how to obtain them. Illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. Coard — S. Pain, F.s.1., Engineer to the Northern Sanitary Association. Recent Additions to the Museum: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. T. J. Moore, Curator of the Free Public Museum. Readings, Humorous and Dramatic, chiefly original, by Mr. R. Crompton. The Dangerous Classes, by Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown. Concerning Insanitary Houses.—Impure Air and Water: their evil effects; illustrated by experiments, by William Carter, m.p., B.sc., LL.B. (Lond.). Mozart, his Times and Music: illustrated by vocal and instrumental music, by Mr. W. J. Stewart, B.a., and Mr. H. A. Branscombe. English Memorials of some Old French Towns: illustrated with photographs and drawings shown by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. J. Birchall. Corals and Coral Islands.—Part 1.—the Structure and Life History of Coral Animals: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light and Specimens, by Dr. W. A. Herdman, F.R.8.E., F.L.S., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. Was Hamlet Mad? With Readings from the Play and Selections from the Dagonet Ballads, by Mr. Henry Vandenhoff. Christopher Columbus: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. A. C. Bradley, u.a., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Professor o Modern Literature and History, University College, Liverpool. 19 _ Homer, and his Story of Odysseus: with illustrations by the _ Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. G. H. Rendall, m.a., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Principal of. University College, Liverpool; two Lectures. Corals and Coral Islands.—Part 2—How Coral Reefs are formed: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light and Specimens, by Dr. W. A. - Herdman, F.R.S.E., F.L.8., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. Illustrations of Elocutionary Vocal Training—Bardell v. Pickwick, Dickens, by Mr. Henry Vandenhoff. ‘The Chemistry of Water: illustrated by experiments, by Dr. George Tate, F.a.8., F.c.8. _ Primitive Navigation: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. Charles Tindal Gatty, r.s.a., Curator of the Mayer Museum. | a Customs, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of Lancashire, by Mr. Peter ; Cowell, Chief Librarian, Free Public Library. Beethoven, his Times and Music: illustrated by vocal and instru- ‘mental music, by Mr. G. Ashdown Audsley and Mr. H. A. Branscombe. ih Our Empire of the Sea—How we Won it and How we have Kept it, ‘by Mr. Willmott Dixon, uu.B., of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Inner Temple. a i _ Man—his Life and Manners in Great Britain before History was ture, exhibited by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. Charles Dyall, Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. Sacred Animals: illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, by Mr. 20 MUSEUM REPORT. CrrcuLating Muszum CoLLECTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. AN experiment, occupying a considerable amount of time in preparation, new to Museums, and of much promise, was commenced by the Committee in the Spring, and has been carried on with considerable success. It consists in the selection und arrangement of duplicate specimens of instructive and attractive character from the Museum collections, and placing them in small portable cabinets of less than two feet cubical measurement, of plain and simple construction, and very portable. These cabinets are circulated one by one for a definite period of one month among such of the Public Elementary Schools of all denomina- tions, within the Parliamentary boundaries of the City, as have, on invi- tation, expressed a desire to receive them. Sixteen cabinets are in circulation, and sixty-four schools have each had a cabinet for one month, with very satisfactory results. The speci- mens have suffered no damage, and the teachers have been glad to receive them as most useful and attractive subjects for object lessons to their various classes. The cabinets are now going the round of the schools again, each school receiving a different cabinet from the one that pre- ceded it. AQUARIA. Several new Aquaria are being fitted up for the display both of marine and fresh-water specimens on a larger scale than has hitherto been attempted in the room devoted to this purpose. The old Aquaria, although on a small scale, have always been popular. Many objects of rarity and interest have been exhibited from time to time, several of which have lived many years in the limited accommodation provided for them, and it is hoped that the improved arrangements may be still more successful and attractive. 21 MUSEUM. The visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1884. 1883. 217 Days. 214 Days. Total Visitors in the year .. bi A 3 a -» 370,744 386,275 Weekly average... <3 ote = nn ate 7,129 7,425 Daily average ee se Ae 1,708 1,805 7 The 18th of October, 1884, was the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the Museum in the present building. _ +The total number of visitors during that time amounts to 9,833,498, _ giving a yearly average of 427,543. DONATIONS, &c. A small collection of Eggs from the Falkland Islands; presented by Mr. John Bonner. _ A young double-bodied Harp Seal, from the Newfoundland Fisheries ; Breteitited by Mr. Henry Bowring. _ A Ring-tailed Coati-Mundi, Naswa rufa, from the Argentine Misiones; presented by Ramon Cayenago, second commander of the gunboat “Uruguay.” _ A considerable collection of specially selected specimens of Fossil Corals, Graptolites, weathered specimen of Eozoon, &c., &c., from nada; presented by Sir J. W. Dawson, F.z.s., M‘Gill University, Montreal (some in Exchange). . 7K Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix, shot at Huyton; presented by Mr. H. S. Daine. _ ‘The Hand, Foot, and Ear of a large Chimpanzee, Anthropopithecus odytes, brought from Cameroons, in exchange; also 10 specimens of ers from Cameroons; presented by Miss Gertrude M. Fletcher. A slab of new Red Sandstone, showing ripple marks, from the Lime treet Tunnel ; presented by Mr. J. A. Forrest. 22 Three specimens of Stalactitic Sulphate of Iron, from the roof of a coal mine; a nodule of grey Chert found in the Yard Coal Mine, July 1879, at Kirkless Colliery, Aspull, at a depth of 18 inches in the seam of coal; 4 specimens of smooth and curly Cannel Coal from North Wales, and 4 specimens of curly and plain Anthracite Coal from South Wales; presented by Mr. Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Coal Mines, Rainhill. A Kestrel, Nests and Eggs of British Birds, specimens of Fresh- water Fish for Aquaria, &c.; presented by Mr. John Hannam. Specimens of Entozoa from the Horse, Dog, &c., prepared and pre- sented by Professor Allen Harker, F.u.s. A specimen of Crystallized Salt (sun-dried) from Benghazi, Egypt; presented by Captain John Hollis. Piece of a Pile bored throughout by Teredos in 11 months at Lankat Wharf, Sumatra; presented by Mr. Alfred Holt. A Great Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, from Cedar Grove, Florida ; a Green Heron, Ardea virescens, from Black Creek, St. John’s River, Florida; three Ground Doves, Chamepelia passerina, from Green Cove Spring, Florida; a Common Thrush from Morsgail, Isle of Lewis, and a specimen of a white variety of the Red-Throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis ; presented by Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones. The skin of a Yapock Opossum; two Woodpeckers; a Barbet; a Cocoon of an Attacus Silk Moth; specimens of twelve species of Land and Freshwater Shells and a Water Scorpion from San Paulo, Brazil; presented by Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones, o.z., Corresponding Member of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. Two specimens of the Coypu Rat, a Capybara skin and skull, and a collection of specimens, chiefly Marine, made on a voyage between the West Coast of South America and Liverpool, collected and presented, with written notes and observations, by Captain S. Griffith Jones, barque ‘‘ Hermine,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Skulls and Bones of Gorilla and Chimpanzee (?) and five Skulls of Hippopotamus from West Africa; presented by Mr. Alfred L. Jones (Messrs. Elder, Dempster and Co.), per Mr. C. Potter. 23 The Skull and Jaws of a Ceylon Elephant; presented by Mr. Hugh Ledward, Colombo, Ceylon, per Mr. J. A. Ledward. _ Two specimens of the rare Rocky-Mountain Goat, Mazama Ameri- cana, specially collected for the Museum and presented by Mr. St. George Littledale. Three young living Alligators from New Orleans; presented by Captain Lochead, S.S. ‘‘ City of Paris.” Specimens of Horns and Bones of Ox, Bones of Sheep, and Fragments of Bottle marked “‘ John Love, Cor. 1722,” found in lowest ‘excavations (in blue mud) for new buildings in Paradise Street; presented by Mr. Philip McEvoy, per Sir J. A. Picton. _ A-young specimen of Funiculina quadrangularis, collected at Oban, 1883 ; presented by Mr. W. P. Marshall. ; A specimen of the American Sheep’s-head Fish, Archosargus proba- tocephalus, also a specimen of American Shad; presented by Captain J. H. Mortimer, Associute of the Literary and Philosophical Society of A Collection of 48 specimens of 48 species and varieties of small and Shells, Clausilie, from the Levant; collected and presented by ice-Admiral T. A. B. Spratt, c.B., F.R.8. 24 Two heads of Four-horned Sheep (a lamb and a four-year old ram) ; presented by the Rev. Thomas Staniforth. Four bottles of small Freshwater Fishes from Tirtgaaier presented by © Mr. W. J. Sloane, Estanzia del Ombu. Eight Rattles of Rattlesnakes, from Ceara, North Brazil; presented by Dr. W. Studart. An Albino Opossum, Didelphys, from America; presented by Mr. Federigo T. Sulvas. A collection of 95 selected specimens of about 50 species of Butterflies, — from West Africa ; presented by Miss Marian Swanzy, per Mr. 8. Leigh Gregson. Two blocks of earth containing Nests of Trapdoor Spiders, and living and dead specimens of the spiders, from Bordeaux; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. A photographic view of the Skeleton of Iguanodon in the Brussels Mu- seum, and of a Claw from the Isle of Wight ; presented by Mr. G. Thomas. A specimen composed of Curvilinear Lenticular Crystals of Calcite (Carbonate of Lime), from the floor of a Lead Mine at Bryn-yr-afr, Aberystwith; presented by Mr. Norman Thomas, per Mr. George Thomas. A South American Barn-Owl, Strix flammea, from Venezuela; pre- sented by Senor Jose J. Vegas, Caraccas, per Mr. F. W. Earle. A collection of Marine and other specimens, collected on a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil and Burmah; collected and presented by Captain W. H. Cawne Warren, ship “‘ Bedfordshire,” Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. A Green Woodpecker, a Rock Dove, and other British Birds; pre- sented by Mr. Thomas West. A living specimen of a green Locust, Copiphora cornuta; presented by Mr. D. de Yborrondo. Four specimens of Coral, from the Java Sea, brought by Captain Anderson, of the Siamese Barque, ‘‘ Koon Kramorn,” from the scene of the late Earthquakes in the Bay of Sunda; deposited by Capt. Findlay. A Cast, from the original slab in the British Museum, of the Fossil Bird from the Lithographic Stone at Solenhofen, Bavaria (Archeopteryz lithographica) ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, in exchange, per Dr. Henry Woodward, F.z.8. 25 PURCHASES. _ The principal purchases during the year have been as follows, many of the vertebrates having been obtained for Osteological purposes :— _ A Human Skeleton, for Lecture purposes ; a White-Thighed Macaque _ Monkey; a Tortoise-Shell Marmozet; a Stuffed Wolf; a Wolf and Jackal, for Skeletons; a male Pudu Deer (Pudua humilis), from Chili, (the smallest living species of true Deer); a Servaline Cat (Felis); an ; Jndian Paradoxure (Paradoxurus Grayi?); four Jerboas (Dipus); a -Two-Toed Sloth (Cholopus Hoffmanni); a large upper grinding tooth _ of an Indian Elephant, weighing over seventeen pounds; the Skull of a Rhinoceros; a large and very complete Skull of Hippopotamus ; the Skull of a Dugong ; the Skull of a Viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus); Mounted Skeletons of an Opossum (Dasywrus viverrinus), and of the rare Marsupial, Myrmecobius; and disarticulated Skulls of a Young Orang and American Tapir. A Crested Eagle; a Yarrell’s Curassow (Crax carunculata) ; a Sarus Crane (Grus antigone); two Puffins; a Bittern, shot some years since at Formby ; and three Australian Banded Grass-Finches (Poephila cincta). A Zonure Lizard (Zonurus Derbianus); Mounted Skeletons of the gigantic Japanese Salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), of an Aldrovandi’s Skink Lizard (Plestiodon auratus), of an Amphisbena, and of a Common Snake. An Electric Ray (Torpedo vulgaris), weighing seventeen pounds, caught in a trawl net by fishermen, at Meols Bay, off Southport. 9 ‘Specimens of Trophon Gerversianus, Cypricardia oblonga, Turbo Jordani, and twenty other selected species of Shells. 26 A Lower Jaw of a rare species of Mastodon (Mastodon andium), with the Molar Teeth in place, illustrating the final stage of dentition, from the Newer Tertiary formation of Potosi, South America ; also a detatched Upper Molar Tooth of the same species, and from the same locality. A small Slab of Fossil Echinoderms, Melonites multipora, from the Sub-carboniferous Limestone of St. Louis, U.S.A.; a Fish Palate, Lepi- dotus Mantelli; polished sections of Ammonites heterophyllus and A. raricostatus ; Casts of Fish Teeth, Deltodus, Orodus, and Acrodus, of a Saurian Tooth, Pliosaurus, and of an Ichthyosaurus Paddle. Three Peruvian Fossils, Leptena and Spirifera; fourteen specimens of Graptolites, chiefly from Skiddaw, and a collection of Carboniferous Fossils. A collection of selected Fossils, chiefly from the Carboniferous Lime- stone of Belgium. Large polished section of Agate, and of Moss Agate; specimen of Amber and of Turquoise; a fine specimen of Iceland Spar, and of Crystallized Native Copper, and a large group of Crystals of Stibnite, or Sulphide of Antimony, from Japan. MAYER MUSEUM. During the past year numerous additions have been made in the various departments, particularly in the collection of local pottery. The Ethnographical Department has also received numerous additions, and has become more fully developed than any other department in the Mayer Museum. New balustrade cases have been placed in the Pottery Gallery, and have materially assisted in the better display of the specimens, and they have also considerably eased the wall cases in which the specimens were previously cramped for space. DONATIONS. Sheet of White Tappa Cloth, from the Sandwich Islands ; presented by Mr. R. W. Janion. Three Chinese Compasses, presented by Mr. Andrew Burman. A Collection of Ethnographical Specimens, from the Andaman Islands; presented anonymously. : 27 % Cast of a Roman Stone Carving, found in Cumberland ; presented by ‘Mr. Robinson. Two Stone Implements and part of an Urn used by the Aborigines of North Brazil; presented by Dr. W. Studart. Tinder-Box Pistol; presented by Mr. Charles T. Gatty. Girdle Dress and a Knife, from Central Africa ; presented by Dr. A. acdonald. Impression from the Great Seal of Queen Victoria; presented by Mr. Arthur Earle. A Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, found in 1884 by Mr. Flinders Petrie, mostly at San el Hagar; presented by the Committee of the Egyptian Exploration Fund. These specimens prove interesting as having the exact localities attached to them. A Granite Lion, from the Foochow Pagoda, China; presented by Mr. T. Tolson Edward. A Plaque, with figures of Idols, probably part of a frieze, found by Captain C. C. Wyse on his estate at Syriam, Burmah; presented by Captain Cawne Warren. # PURCHASES. Australian Boomerang. Adze, stone head, and elaborately carved wooden handle, from the Jervey Islands. ‘Two Fetish Figures, from West Africa. ; jollection of Antiquities. Calvert and Williams, ‘“ Fiji and the Fijians.” Japanese Musical Instrument. even Greek Votive Offerings. Twelve specimens of Liverpool Printed and other Pottery. ir of Artificial Cock’s Spurs, made by Rodgers and Sons. Series of Photographs of Greek Antiquities, &c. Sixty Prints, Portraits, &c., from various Magazines. Sextant, date 1786, and “The Parallatic Rotula for finding the ongitude at Sea.” 28 Cast of a Medallion of Mrs. Hay; Cup and Saucer of Herculaneum Ware. : Eleven specimens of Liverpool Printed and other Pottery. Delft Dish, Liverpool Printed Jug, and a Plate of Herculaneum Ware. Selection of Staffordshire and other Pottery. . Cream-coloured Printed Plate, impressed ‘‘ HeRcuLANEUM.” War Axe, from the Gaboon River, West Africa. Four Spears, from New Britain. Liverpool Printed Jug. Jug, Printed with Sadler’s Transfers. Mask, from New Ireland. Collection of 40 National Medals. ' Two Jars of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel, and Piece of Carved Agal-. matolite. Two Japanese Teapots, Banko Ware, and a North American Paddle. WALKER ART GALLERY. The Gallery has been open to the Public on 256 days during the year, and closed on 57 days for cleaning and rearrangement of the Permanent Collection. 497,104 persons visited the Gallery during the year, being a daily average of 1,941. Of this number 105,774 paid for admission to the Autumn Exhibition of Pictures, and nearly 10,000 school children—specially invited to the Exhibition—are also included in the gross total of visitors. The following pictures were lent for exhibition by the Trustees of the National Gallery, acting under the terms of the National Gallery Loan Act. These works will be permitted to remain at the Gallery so long — as the conditions as to insurance, &c., are carried out :— “‘Cleombrotus ordered into Banishment by Leonidas;’’ by Ben- — jamin West, P.R.A. ‘‘ Old Pier, Little Hampton ;’’ by Sir A. W. Callcott, R.a. ‘‘The Countess of Darnley ;”’ by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. ‘‘ Female Bathers ;”” by William Etty, p.a. 29 ‘€ § Capuchin Friar, Calais ;” by E. V. Rippingille. ‘The Surprise :”’ by C. M. Dubufe. ‘* Bloodhounds and Pups ;” by Charles Landseer, R.A. “The Foundling ;” by G. B. O'Neil. ‘Evening in the Meadows;” by F. R. Lee, r.a. (Cattle by T. Sidney Cooper, R.A.). ‘“‘ View of Rome from the Vatican ;” by J. M. W. Turner, r.a. “ Rizpah watching the Bodies of her Sons;” by J. M. W. Turner, R.A. “* Venice Quay—the Riva, degli Schiavoni;” by J. M. W. Turner, R.A. 4 Photographs of the principal pictures in the Permanent Collection, taken by Messrs. Brown, Barnes and Bell, have been on sale during the year (prices 2s., 1s., and 6d.). As the fact of these being obtainable becomes more widely known they will, no doubt, be in considerable jemand among connoisseurs and art lovers generally. The Committee acceded to a request from the Manchester Arts Committee for the loan of the Rossetti Picture ‘‘ Dante’s Dream ” for their Autumn Exhibition. The opportunity of seeing this celebrated vork was very highly appreciated by the Manchester public. ‘The Committee have also granted permission to several illustrated gurnals to reproduce some of the pictures for their pages in the form f wood and steel engravings, etchings, &c. AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. Yumber of Pictures and other Works of 1884. 1883. Art Exhibited . a .. 2,280 1,636 mber of Pictures Sold . “ss “ ce = 208 226 mount realised by Sales .. a re £12,313 7 6 £8,472 10 6 eason Tickets 2 ; a .. 8,464 649 7 6 2,098 381 3 6 Imission at One Shilling... .. «» 39,332 1,966 12 0 26,041 1,302 1 0 Sixpence a Re .. 21,401 535 0 6 10,936 273 8 0 ’ Threepence .. os .. 41,577 519 14 3 24,389 304 17 3 Meld wk a as 599 13 3 43415 9 mmission on Sales a8 ot 2} 432 6 3 403 13 0 iscellaneous Receipts... , Zi 87 7 5 32 6 10 = Received, Exclusive of Sales ini 4315 5 6 2,696 5 6 30 ‘Kaoypex) quouvuneg W9y4 10} SP posyomny ood Tl 81 L769 0 IL 966°LT| THIOL 0 9 8L9°6@T) ZOB'E|L 8 SOY TFT PF SIP 9 L SIS@t | 16e |@ T O64 |G & 28 € 9 @8F |S 81 669 |9 & 679 |S FI ETE 1/9 og9¢ [0 8 996'T | F88T 9 OT GLY'R 903 '|¥ ¢ BETS [OT 9 bE 0 &1 80h |6 ST PSF |9 € TBE € LT v0E GO8'T | S88T 9 8 88's Tig |8 8 968°S |TITT £€@ 6 8 G98 9 TIeLp |0' TL 8Ly 0 YT a&E 0 O8F'T | B88T 0 IL O1@@T ! qte |6 FI esc's |9 6 ST 9 L 82 |6 61 89H |0 FI 9LP 19 F OLE |9 68¢ |0 ST PPT | 18ST 9 L SSLIL | TL46 |T 61 £ee'§ | 4 LT OT & & FE § 4 609 0 91 66P 9 61 6&rF |9 VLE 0 IT 6P¥'T | O88T 0 ST 6916 496 |O0 ST 0998 |0 LT 4 0 9L ¥9E §& 6 ¥09 9 4 999 6 IT 848 9 IT 616 0 GL OTT | 648T 0 FI 96e'9 Gks |OL 2 6RTV | O BFT 0 €&T LEG 9 8 699 9 FI 809 0 Gg Ser |9 6 OFF 0 LT P96'T | BLET 0 If 89601 | Tog |8 PI TOX'e |% F 8T 6 IT see LT OL oP 0 FI &tV R SeL6ly. [te Soe" 0) CL Ser | 4280 0 OT L98'8 Gg@ | OL ST 60F@ |4 OL 6 §& ¢T OMF |0 GT TOE 0 T 16% 9 L 6&@ 9 6 98 0 0 STITT | 948T 9 ST 6601 | GFR |IT LT 90S |G 6 IT 0 $s 219 8 PIL 626 0 L OT@ 0 FI LEG 9 LT LL 0 8&1 GL6 GL38Tt 0 &I PI9'6 “ee |9 &1T 9L46T 0 &£ G € 0 64h |9 0 LV 9 91 TST RQ JOT Tre ce ee OO amas PLOT 9 LT COWL Te |@ T 99ST |0 OT @ O LT TLé 9 LI 661 9 8 96 W OL 620 & lt att 28° eh -STugO9 ELT 9 ¥ TEs‘9 eve [8 8 89ST |S STS 0 9 @TL& 9 0 89T 9 9 69 9 & 8 9 6 GLT 0 @ TO9 GL8T 9 &@ &68'9 Gee |v @ Rel |F F IF 9 8T 068 0 OT 99T 0 &@ 69 Of PTeLog eg |e ee 0! BLOGs TL8T il Laer a ‘ON |p 8 F Pp BF Bo SF P38 F cpm 9 ee a PS F Paw og *pyo ‘gousdoar ‘goued x1 “Bur ou ‘a10g suAnLoIg aia Fe a santo uo a : ae eee ae = a “189K “PERT OL TST Koa ‘GYVAR FI ONIVOAG “OF ‘TOS SHUOLOId ‘SNOISSINGV JO LNANALVIS CHLVINAVL b | P 81 ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. — PURCHASES (Om ParntINGs). « A Mastiff,” by Richard Ansdell., R.a. «The Old Soldier,’ by James S. Morland (from tke Liverpool Autumn Exhibition). ‘ Golden Moments,” by Isaac Cooke (from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition). ‘Dante and Beatrice,” by Henry Holiday (from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition). “ Rival Grandfathers,” by John R. Reid (from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition). “A New Light in the Hareem,” by Fredk. Goodall, r.a. (from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition). “Missed,” by Julius M. Price (from the Liverpool Autumn Exhi- bition). ‘‘ Lorenzo and Isabella,” by J. E. Millais, B.a. ‘The Port of Liverpool, from the Cheshire Shore ’’ (water colour), by Wm. Collingwood, 8.w.s. Engraving of the ‘‘ Madonna di San Sisto” (after Raffaelle), by Professor Mandel. A Series of Autotype Copies of Pictures from the Galleries at Dresden and St. Petersburg. DONATIONS. Portrait of John Hughes (Mayor 1882), by Jerry Barrett ; presented by subscription. Bust of O’Connell ; presented by the Catholic Union. Volume of Early German Prints (autotype copies); presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. “Mercury Instructing Cupid,” copied from the original Painting by Correggio in the National Gallery, by Joseph Derry ; pre- sented by George Taylor, Esq., u.p., of Derby. “The Mocking of Christ” (oil), artist unknown ; presented by Malcolm Guthrie, Esq., J.P. 52 “Madonna Pietri Degli Scrovigni” (water colour); presented by the subscribers through H. S. Rathbone, Esq. ; ** Eve of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew ” (oil), by A. B. Clay ; presented by S. H. Thompson, Esq. A series of six Oil Paintings, illustrating ‘‘ The Progress of Intem- perance,” by E. V. Rippingille; presented by the Trustees of the Liverpool Institute. A series of Photographic Views at the Cape of Good Hope; pre- sented by Joseph Boult, Esq., F.R.1.B.A. “The Graces” ‘marble group), by John Gibson, R.A. ; wie by the late Spencer Steers, Esq. The following Models, executed by James Bellamy, have been presented by William Bennett, Esq., viz. :— St. Andrew’s Castle (Fifeshire), Kirkstall Abbey, Dudley Castle, Netley Abbey, Warwick Castle, Goodrich Castle, Corfe Castle, Tintern Abbey, Kenilworth Castle, Raglan Castle, Fonthill Abbey, Berkeley Castle, Melrose Abbey, Brougham Castle, Egremont Castle, Stonehenge (Salisbury Plain), and Ruins of the Pharos in Dover Castle. SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, J. A. PICTON, ‘Kr, CHAIRMAN. Pypty aee aye ~ D 15 JUL. 1898 ai t WE | ALY THIRTY-THIRD - ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE -PREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, a MUSEUM, = ; . AND - WALKER ART GALLERY ~ OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. Ag LIVERPOOL : Sa : ; ge A. Russet, Son & Baruey, Printers, 30, Moonrrizxps. 1886. OF THE COMMITTEE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. MUSEUM. WALKER ART GALLERY OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. a LIVERPOOL: A. RUSSELL, SON & BAYLEY, PRINTERS, 30, MOORFIELDS. 1886. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1885-86. I LDP.PAI LOO IOI Committee. Sir JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, F.s.4., CHAIRMAN. ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Derury-CHarRMAN. ALpERMAN DAVID RADCLIFFE, Mayor. ANTHONY BOWER, | ROBERT D. HOLT, Lizvr.-Con. A. H. BROWN, ™r., | WILLIAM J. LUNT, ANDREW COMMINS, t1.p., »-P., JOSEPH MAYER, r.s.a., JOHN DAVIES, EDMUND K. MUSPRATT, GEORGE C. DOBELL, ‘JAMES POOLE, ROBERT HAMILTON, | PHILIP H. RATHBONE, Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, ™.a., | ‘THOMAS E. STEPHENS, THOMAS HOLDER, ALDERMAN Str A. B. WALKER, Barr, Chief Pibrarian. PETER COWELL. Sub-Pibrarian. THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum. THOMAS J. MOORE. Conchologist, Mineralogist, «Kc. F. P. MARRAT. Curator of the Galker Art Gallery. CHARLES DYALL. Re PtoR T. a LYE PPT IIIS ‘Tan past year has been one of continued usefulness and steady progress, _ without any incidents of a sensational character. The whole of the site is now occupied by the buildings of the three departments : the Brown Library, the Derby and Mayer Museums, and the Walker Art Gallery. Every department is fully utilized, and each is pressing for increased accommodation. This can only be obtained by extending the buildings westward, the north, east, and south sides abut- ting on the streets. __ The premises on the west, extending to Byrom Street, are now the sporty of the Corporation, purchased under an Improvement Act. It is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when public opinion will be brought to bear on the subject, and will support an attempt to com- bine with the present institution provision for technical education in the arts and manufactures, for the want of which our artizans are placed at a 2 eat: disadvantage compared with the French and Germans. ~ Tn this direction reference was made in the last Report to a proposed Collection of Casts illustrative of the progress of Art, especially as con- nected with architectural decoration, similar to those which exist in London and Paris. On the motion of Mr. P. H. Rathbone, a resolution was carried in the Council on 2nd December, 1885, for the establishment Steps have been taken towards carrying out the proposal. ‘The Committee have to record with deep regret the decease of Mr. Joseph Mayer, a member of this Committee, and the generous donor of 4 = ‘Museum as ti Soe name. He pad spent a long life in devotion Mentioned also that at Bebington, in the neighbourhood aie he resided, e formed and endowed a Free Public Library, and presented to the ablic an ornamental park. The Branch Evening Reading Rooms, established last year as an ex- periment, have been found successful, having been visited during the year by 70, 000 readers, being an average of 230 each night. 4 The Autumn and Winter Free Lectures, of which notices will be found below, have been eminently successful. The two Autumn courses, con- sisting of six lectures each, had an average attendance of 1,050. The Winter series, of a more popular character, consisted of forty lectures, most of them illustrated. The average attendance was 1,315. The particulars of the Walker Art Gallery are given below. It will be found that, notwithstanding the exceptional character of the previous year’s Exhibition, the number of visitors has only to a small extent diminished. In the Museum the circulating loan cabinets of interesting specimens have been found exceedingly attractive in the Public Elementary Schools, and beneficial both to the teachers and pupils. Tt will be seen that a valuable bequest in the Entomological depart- ment has been made by the late Mr. Nicholas Cooke, of Liscard. The Ethnological collection, which for a considerable period was an object of great interest and instruction, is now altogether dismantled for want of adequate space, giving evidence that the extension of the Museum ought no longer to be delayed. On the whole, the institution may be pronounced in a sound and healthy condition, performing its work quietly and unostentatiously, and materially contributing to the cause of education and progress. REFERENCE LIBRARY. Taste I.—Showing the Books issued during the year :— Daily Classification. Volumes. Average. Theology, Morals, &e. ... giao = penne deem 2 2! 88 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, iy oe St .. 22,681 81 Natural History ... ha =F hs 7,905 28 Science and the Arts... Ask ck cet «- 384,205 122 History and Biography .... «os. sas) s- / os 28,896 103 Topography and Antiquities... tee Sed es 8,204 30 Voyages and Travels... 12,618 45 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Magazines in Volumes, &c.) M52 190,901 679 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics se ie 7,063 25 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics .. ane 4,355 17 Education and Language meee Rcze ees. gee 26 Poetry and Dramatic Literature. Soe aes -- 14,109 50 Prose Fiction... gs.” eat Eee 920 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ... we 3,433 12 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference... 25,236 90 Total... sac ... 650,152 2,316 | 5 _ In order to enable readers of the various magazines and periodicals to them to the Library Assistants, they are now placed on the Library tab es to be selected at pleasure. While this plan has given great satis- faction to readers and increased the use of the magazines, &c., it has prevented satisfactory statistics being taken of their issue. . it is computed, on the basis of the increased attendances this year at the Library, that their issue has greatly exceeded that of last year which ‘amounted to 395,976. _ A list of these magazines and periodicals is given on pages 6-8. Total Patents for Inventions consulted: 16,199. Daily average: 58. Tas II.—Showing the number and classification of works added during the year :— mt Volumes Total Number in Classification. added. the Library. _ Theology, Morals, &. .... e os das .. 261 6,720 % Bs _ Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &. ... oe oA 84 2,070 ‘4 _ Natural History .. es Pe ak ca sit ee SO 4,750 _ Science and the Acta pad ie a ads . we erneay 10,101 _ History and Biography ... ae ta wes ae. Soe 11,167 ‘Topography and Antiquities... aad aoe we «241 4,502 _ Voyages and Travels... 101 4,752 Miscellaneous Literature (rinipally eolleiee Works, Magazines, &c.) = “3 ie .. 1,074 19,942 _ Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics iat ws .-. 406 7,118 _ Commerce, Political Economy, &. ... SA ee 94 1,153 « Education and Language an by oa pen 1,422 Poetry and Dramatic Literature a5 we is 83 3,623 _ Prose Fiction a es we 31 5,543 Latin and Greek Clana ois Gienslatichis ads is 40 771 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of eran 126 2,795 ME | hicks Cotecwigh «nix SDE 86,429 Brannon Evrenine Reapine Rooms. Average tae Place. Attendance. _ per night. Stanley Road Board School ... «. ss ws 20,854 69 ~ Queen’s Road Board School ___... a a J NNT GTS 58 Chatsworth Street Board School eietese ack. RIS OD 62 _ Wellington Road School... et! we see ae ADOT 41 69,915 230 ese Rooms are open from 6 to 9.30 p.m. for the reading of newspapers and 6 The following is the List of Magazines and Periodicals taken in the Reference Library :— QUARTERLY. Annales des sciences naturelles Archeologia Cambrensis Archeological Journal British and Foreign Evangelical Review British Quarterly Review Calcutta Review Church Quarterly Review Dublin Review Edinburgh Review Geninen, Y Grevillea Ibis Journal de conchyliologie Journal fiir Ornithologie Journal of Anatomy Journal of the British Archeological Association Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Society of Antiquaries Journal of the Statistical Society London Quarterly Review Manchester Quarterly Mind Navy List Numismatic Chronicle and Journal Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science Quarterly Review Revue celtique Stray Feathers Sunday Review Traethodydd Westminster Review Zeitschrift fiir deutsche Philologie Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie MontTHLy. All the Year Round American Naturalist Annalen der Physik und Chemie Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik Annales de chimie et de physique Annals and Magazine of N atural History Antiquary Argosy Army List Montaty—Continued. Art Journal Association News Atlantic Monthly Band of Hope Review Banker’s Magazine Belgravia Bibliotheque universelle Birmingham, &. Hardware Circular Blackwood’s Magazine Book Lore Botanical Magazine British Temperance Advocate Building World Cambridge Examiner Cassell’s Magazine Century Chambers’s Journal China Review Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Clergyman’s Magazine Congregational Magazine Congregationalist Contemporary Review Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of Days Dietetic Reformer Draughtsman’s Sketch Book Ecclesiastical Observer Educational Times English Illustrated Magazine Englishwoman’s Review Expositor Financial Reformer Fireside Food Fortnightly Review Furniture Gazette Gazette des beaux-arts Gartenlaube, Die Gentleman’s Magazine Geological Magazine Gloucestershire Notes and Queries Good Health Good Words Hand and Heart Harper’s Magazine Herald of Health Hibernia Home Words Homeopathic World a Montuty—Continued. Ind dian Antiquary ance Times vestor’s Monthly Manual [rish Temperance Banner Seiinal of the Chemical Society Journal of Science Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation Journal of the Vigilance Association iowledge ig’s Annalen der Chemie verpool Diocesan Gazette vre, Le ndon, &c. Philosophical Magazine ndon Society ngman’s Magazine chinery Market illan’s Magazine azine of Art ethodist Chronicle — iscellanea genealogica iteur des architectes nth al Anti-Vaccination Reporter onal Review ical Magazine Church Magazine teenth Century h American Review atory e Note-Book mann’s Mittheilungen ’s Musical Monthly lio t Truth 8 Register g Times and Lithographer cial Medical Journal y Guide, Bradshaw’s archéologique britannique chrétienne = somical Society’s Monthly Geographical Society’s Journal y Record ¥ Montuty—Continued. South American Journal Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine Temple Bar Theatre Tinsley’s Magazine Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Truthseeker United Service Magazine Unsere Zeit Walford’s Antiquarian Wesleyan Methodist Magazine Western Antiquary Women’s Suffrage Journal Yachting Magazine Zoologist Zoophilist FortNIGHTLY. Intermédiaire, L’, Revue des deux mondes WEEKLY. Academy American Settler ¢ Amateur Photographer Anglo-American Times Architect Atheneum Brewers’ Guardian British Architect British and Colonial Printer and Stationer Broad Arrow Builder Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building News Chemical News Cambridge University Reporter Church of England Temperance Chronicle Chronique des arts Civilian Colonies and India Comptes rendus Dingler’s Polytechnisches Journal Draper Economist Electrical Review Electrician Engineer Engineering English Mechanic Era WEEKLY—Continued. Fair Play Field Fireside News Fun Gazette des architectes Gardeners’ Chronicle Graphic Grocer Illustrated London News Invention Tron Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gaslighting Journal of Horticulture Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Lancet Land and Water Law Times Light Liverpool Review Local Government Chronicle London Gazette Medium Mining Journal WEEKLY—Oontinued. Money Moonshine Nature Naval and Military Gazette Notes and Queries Oxford University Gazette. Pharmaceutical Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Railway Review Sale and Exchange Sanitary World Saturday Review Scientific American Signs of the Times Spectator Temperance Record Tit-Bits Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes World The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the Publishers :— Amateur Photographer Association News American Settler Anglo-American Times Birmingham and Sheffield Hardware Circular Bootle Times Brewers’ Guardian British and Colonial Printer and Stationer British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building World Cambridge Examiner Cape Argus Church of Chronicle Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Clergyman’s Magazine Colonies Congregationalist Day of Days England Temperance Dietetic Reformer Draper Draughtsman’s Sketch Book Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Englishwoman’s Review Fair Play Financial Reformer Fireside Fireside News Food Good Health Hand and Heart Herald of Health Home Words Homeopathic World Insurance Times Invention Irish Temperance Banner Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish World Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation , . «a Journal of the Statistical Society Journal of the Vigilance Association ht Liverpool Albion (daily and weekly) Liverpool and Bootle Evening Times Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo Liverpool Express iverpool Halfpenny Weekly iverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) iverpool Porcupine erpool Post (daily and weekly) iiverpool Review erpudlian hinery Market dium Methodist Chronicle Money = Naval and Military Gazette a: Bi i‘? Newsroom :— rv ac Amserau Cymru ast News-Letter rmingham Daily Gazette rmingham Daily Post rnarvon and Denbigh Herald reeman’s Journal (2 copies) gow Herald h Times ds Mercury erpool Daily Albion pool Daily Post (6 copies) erpool Journal of Commerce zam, A. C. :—Pharmaceutical Jour- F and Transactions, vols. 1-9. ANONYMOUSLY :—Account of two Cases Diabetes, by John Bostock; The omenclature of the new London armacopeia, by John Bostock ; Re- ks on Pharmaceutical Nomencla- e, by John Bostock. ERSON’S COLLEGE, GLASGow :—Calen- , 1884-85. 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BARTON FREE Pusiic LIBRARY :— HAM UNIvERSITY :—Calendar, 1885. WARDS, FREDERICK W. (the Author): The Elementary Education Acts; hnical Education; its Rise and Pro- Joun W., 1.R.¢.P. (the Author): leoptera of the Liverpool District, s 5-6; The Lepidopterous Fauna of neashire and Cheshire, part 1. FERS, THE SocieTY oF :—Transac- for 1884. A., LiverPoot :—Spiritual Reli- m and Pulpit Power, by Rev. J. mas, D.D. Rerorm AssocratTion, LIVER- oL:—Financial Reform Almanack, 86; Reply to the Attacks upon the aancial Reform Association. > y Free Pusiic Liprary, AUvs- ra :—Catalogue, 1878. MAN, Henry (the Author):—On Formation as the Basis for True —_— C., ph.p., M.A. (the or):—Aidan, the Apostle of the ; Book of English Fairy Tales the North Country ; Harold and Months; “Vic”: the Autobio- hy of a Pomeranian Dog. N, R. E. (the Publisher) :—Com- Directory and Shipper’s Guide, L. D. (the Author):—An At- pt to solve the Problem of the inspiration of the Scriptures. SEN, SAMUEL S., U.S.A. (the Author): ic Libraries and Schools. ELL-PHILLIPPS, J.O.(the Author): Stratford Records and the Shakes- Autotypes (2 copies). NCE, Epwarp W. B. M., LL.B. (the thor):—On the Relation of the State he Individual: a Paper. SON, REGINALD, F.B.C.S.:—Les pro- des de Paris, par A. Alphand, RD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MAss., :—Annual Report of the Curator Museum of Comparative Zoology, 85; Bulletin of the Museum of 11 DONATIONS—Continued. Comparative Zoology, vol. 7, Nos, 2-8, and 11], vol. 12, Nos. 1-2; Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 11, part 1. HENDERSON, ALEXANDER, AND Muss FANNY JOSEPHS, PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, LIVERPOOL :—Playbills, &c., 1885. Henpriz, Marraew :—Annual Report of the Royal National Life-Boat Insti- tution, 1885. Hitz, Miss Rosamond DAVENPORT, AND Miss FLoRENCE DAVENPORT HILL (the Authors):—What we saw in Australia; The Recorder of Birmingham: a Me- moir of Matthew Davenport Hill (2 copies). 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Liverroot Science Srupents’ Assocta- tron :—Annual Report, 1884-5. Liverroot University Contice:—Cal- * endar, 1885-86. Luoyy’s Recister or Surprine, THe Commirrer or:—Annals of Lloyd's - Register. (3 copies). ‘Lonpon, Tur Corporation or :—Calen- _ dar of Letters from the Mayor and Corporation of the City of London, @irca A.D. 1350-70; London’s Roll of _ Fame: being complimentary Votes and _ Addresses from the City of London on Presentation of the Honorary Freedom * of that City. poN +TRintry CoLtLecr :—Calendar, 1885-6. Maorig, R. A. (the Author):—The Ques- tions put by the Royal Commissioners ‘on the Depressed State of Trade dealt with in an Independent but Sympathe- ¢ Spirit, by a former M.P. GovERN, JoszPH H. 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THompson, J. R., LiverPoot (the Author) :—Grateful Reminiscences of God’s gracious dealings in hearing and answering Prayer (6 copies), Tompson, S. E., Liprartan, SwANSEA Pusuic Lisrary :—Boletin de la Biblio- theca-Museo-Balaguer, Nos. 1-4. THompson, WitLiam P., LivERPooL :— United States: Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Patents, 1870, vol. 3, and 1871, vol. 3. Toronto Pusiic Liprary:—Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets presented to the Toronto Public Library by John Hallam. TREASURY, THE Lorps ComMMISSIONERS OF THE: ~-Acts of the Lords’ Auditors of Causes and Complaints, 1466-1495; Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes, 1478-1495 ; Ancient Laws and Institutes of England ; Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, 2 vols.; Regis- ter of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1545-1592, 4 vols. ; State Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII., 11 vols.; to- gether with 25 other volumes. Unitep States GOVERNMENT :—Astro- nomical and Meteorological Observa- tions made at the U.S. Naval Observa- tory, vols. 27-28; Results of Meteoro- logical Observations, 1882; Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1884; The Existing Laws of the United States ; Final Report of .the Tenth Census of the United States, vols. 9-10, with accompanying maps; Laws of the United States of a Local or Temporary Character, 2 vols.; The Public Domain: its History, with Statistics ; Reports of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1873-1884, 11 vols.; Report of the Commissioners of Educa- tion, 1882-3 ; Report of the Superinten- dent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883; United States Survey of the Territories, vol. 3, book 1 and vol. 8. , DONATIONS— Continued. VACHER, FRANCIS, BIRKENHEAD (the Author) :—Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Borough of Birken- head, 1884. Very, Mrs. L, J. (per J. E. Rockwell), Wasuincton, U.S.A. :—A New System of Phonography, by J. 8. Verity. VicToRIA, THE AGENT GENERAL FOR :— Handbook to the Colony of Victoria, by Henry H. Hayter, c.M.c. (2 copies). Victoria Pusiic LipraRyY, MELBOURNE: —Victoria: Patents and Patentees, vols. 13-14, WALES, THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF :— Calendar, 1884-5. WaLkeER, Ropert (the Author) :—The Five Threes : 33,333 Miles by Land and Sea (3 copies). WanpDswortH Pustic Liprary :—Cata- logue, 1885. FREE LECTURES. LECTURES DELIVERED FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, 1885. The Twentieth Winter Course, consisting of forty lectures as specified below, was delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall from January 5th to March 12th inclusive. Total Attendance: 52,950. LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS : Axgort, J., B.A. The Chemical History of the Grape; illustrated by — Experiments. ALEXANDER, A., Director of the Liverpool Gymnasium. Exercises ; illustrated by Members of the Liverpool Gymnasium. BENNETT, WILLIAM. Dramatic Recitals from English and American Authors. BIRCHALL, JAMES. by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Brown, Rev. Hucu §S&. Proverbs. Footsteps of the Normans in Europe; illustrated “Vox populi, vox Dei,” WHitFiELD, M. W.,m.A. (the Author):—_ Durham. ‘ Wincuett, N. H., Strate Ge£oLocist, Minnesota:—The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota : Reports 1-7, and 10-12. 5vols. York Supscription Liprary:—Appen- dix to the General Catalogue, 1884. Younc, GrorcE E. (the Author) :—A_ Vindication of Debate; Liverpool — Cyclists’ Pocket Guide, 1885. Youne, Henry, Liverpoot:— The Churchman’s Creed: a few Remarks and Questions addressed to Church- goers. 4 ZootoeicAL Society oF Lonpon :— Transactions, vol. 11, part 10; Pro- ceedinys, 1884, part 4, and 1885, parts 1-3. Average: 1,315. Healthful and other Latin 17 BIDGE, Rev. JOHN. Husbands and Wives. Car ENTER, W. LANT, B.A., B.Se., F.C.S. Sunspots and their connection oa with Weather Changes; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Ciecc, CHartes E. Dramatic Readings from Tennyson, Longfellow, 0 aoa Minor Authors. Crow PTON, ROBERT. Readings: Original and Selected. OURZON, FRANK. Our Faces, and How we came by them; illustrated by Sketches on the Black Board. DAVIES, EDWARD, F.C.S., F.C. The Prevention and Extinction of Fire ; illustrated by Experiments. Drs ON, WILLMOTT, LL.B., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. High 4 Life in the Middle Ages: Glimpses of our Ancestors at Home. DYALL, CHARLES, Curator of the Walker Art Gallery. Great Painters: their Lives and Works; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ML: son, CoLtoneL C. O. A Trip to the Netherlands; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Formpy, James, and J. FianaGay. Readings and Recitals from ~ Popular Authors. GoLpine, W. H. Through Canada with the Marquis of Lorne ; illus- b. trated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ERDMAN, Dr. W. A., F.R.S.E., Professor of Natural History, Liverpool a a College. The Common Cockroach: its Structure and Mode of Life; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ot | Ss, Dr. J. SIBLEY, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. A Plant Parasite and its Family; Puligstrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. J ONES, Rev. W. Henry. Fai airy Tales: their Origin and Meaning, with something about Fairy Music ; with Pianoforte Illustrations. juD: W. H., Principal of the Liverpool Organ School. Musical br Beenius, ; with Piano, Harmonium, and Vocal Illustrations. smart, A. E. Glimpses of Paris, Ancient and Modern; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. % 18 Lestir, Frank J. Lancashire's Part in the Great Civil War; illus trated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. LopcE, Dr. OLIVER, Professor of Physics, Liverpool University College. Thunder and Lightning; illustrated by Experiments. ‘ MacCunn, J., M.A., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, Liverpool University College. The Efficiency of Labour: its Importance and Causes. Manson, Rev. A. C., B.A., Merton College, Oxford. Robert Browning. Picton, Sir J. A., 7p, F.S.A. Olid Lancashire; illustrated by the Oxy-_ hydrogen Light, Popr, JOSEPH J., M.R.C.S., Special Lecturer, National Health Society, London. Ourselves—Long Life to us! Why not? illustrated with Diagrams. RaTHBONE, P. H., 3p. Art Work for the Artizan ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. : RENDALL, G. H., M.A., Camb., Principal of Liverpool University College. Cambridge University: its Rise and Work. Rosinson, Dr. W. CLARKE, M.A., B.Sc., Lecturer in Modern Literature — and Languages, Durham University. Lord Byron. Robert Burns. Thomas Moore. RussELL, EpwARD R. William Wilberforce, Statesman and Philan- thropist. SoMERVELL, ROBERT, B.A., Camb., Assistant Master, Liverpool College. How England got a Parliament ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. | Srewart, W. J., B.A, and H. A. BranscomBe. Schumann: his Life and Music ; illustrated by Vocal and Instrumental Music. The Ballad; with Musical Illustrations. Srupps, Capt. EDWARD, R.N. Scenes in the Squadron for the Sup- pression of the Slave Trade; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 19 Pare, Dr. GEORGE, F.GS., F.C. The Chemical and Physical Properties of Atmospheric Air ; illustrated by Experiments. NDENHOFF, Mrs. H. Readings from the Poets. us, Rev. S. FLETcHER. Sir Walter Raleigh. RES DELIVERED DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1885. - Two courses, of six lectures each, were delivered weekly in the fotunda Lecture Hall, from October 5th to November 12th inclusive. Total Attendance at the two courses : 12,598, Average: 1,050. . LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS. , YERVELL, ROBERT, B.A., Camb., Assistant Master, Liverpool College. _ The History of Government in England. A Total Attendance: 5,810. Average: 968. . EWART, W. J., B.A. Our Colonies. Total Attendance : 6,788. Average : 1,131. LENDING LIBRARIES. TasLE I.—General Statistics :— 1885. 1884, North | South | North South Library. | Library. | ToraL. | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. Volumes lent ............005: 193,835 | 189,293 | 383,128 | 202,240 | 188,649 | 391,489 New Tickets issued ........... 2,024; 2,129 4,153 2,313 2,247 4,560 Tickets renewed .............. 2,365 1,921 4,286 | 2,198 1,820| 4,018 Tickets cancelled.............. 2,146 2,146 4,292 2,240 2,213 4,453 Total No. of readers on the books 4,362 4,132! 8,494 4,484 4,149 8,633 Books lost or injured, and paid for 15 25 40 21 29 50 Books osteo sak hades te late. 6 — 6 — — — Volumes worn out—withdrawn.. 232 — 232 237 1,479 1,716 Volumes worn out—replaced.... 872 613 1,485 838 371 1,209 New volumes added .......... 694. 610 1,304 564 570 1,134 Total No. of vols. in the Libraries} 23,267 | 22,580, 45,847 | 20,805 | 21,970| 44,775 TaBLE II.—Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— Volumes Lent. Volumes Added. North South North South | Library. | Library. | TOTAt- | Library. | Library. | TOTAL. Bheology'ic acacasicas athiteu cass 3,239} 3,322] 6,561 40 30 70 Natural Philosophy............ 2,892 2,600 5,492 9 Il “}) #326 Natural History .............. 1,893 1,911 3,804 20 18 38 Science and Arts.............. 8,769 7,285 | 16,054 38 | 41 79 History and Biography ........ 8,183! 7,938] 16,121} 39 | 28 67 Topography and Antiquities .... 898| 1,006} 1,904 + fi 11 Voyages and Travels .......... 5,090 | 4,713 9,803 22 20 42 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 11,027 | 10,920} 21,947| 120 130 250 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 291 212 503 | 3 1 4 Commerce and Political Economy 646 536| 1,182 7 § 15 Education, Languages, and Logic} 1,609| 1,077] 2,686 2 1 3 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,016 1,539 2,555 7 7 14 Prose Fiction *,.... 200.4000. 148,020 | 145,861 | 293,881 | 381 307 688 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 192 181 373 g — 2 Books for the Blind .......... 70 192 262)" — 1 1: = _—— ee TOTALS eon isha 193,835 | 189,293 | 383,128 | 694 | 610 1304 i | : nnn cmmmmneeccames 21 MUSEUM. ——_— CrrcuLaTiINc MusruM COLLECTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. This experiment, commenced by the Committee in the Spring of 1884, has been continuously and successfully carried on. "4 Eighteen Cabinets are now in circulation, and others are in course of preparation. The specimens suffer no damage, and teachers are slad to receive them as successfully serving the purpose for which hey are lent, as most useful and attractive subjects for object lessons to their various classes. New CASES. A series of upper wall cases have been erected round the principal room for Mammalia for the better display of many of the larger run inating animals, such as the rare Rocky Mountain Goats, expressly p cured for the Museum by Mr. St. George Littledale, the Big-horn and Argali Sheep, Ibexes, Chamois, Deer, &c., to the great relief of the lower cases which were much overcrowded. . Two central upright cases have been provided for the Marsupial animals, also previously overcrowded and inadequately displayed. ‘The above increased accommodation has greatly facilitated the atural arrangement of the various orders concerned ; but further is still desirable, the carnivorous animals especially requiring nore space and fuller illustration. T wo additional table cases have also been provided on the upper floor for minerals and fish. 7 - BEQUEST. In August last the Executors of the late Mr. Nicholas Cooke, of Jorsey Hey, Liscard, announced to the Committee that by a codicil of heir father’s will, dated the twentieth day of April, 1885, he had bequeathed to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of 22 Liverpool the whole of his collections of British and Continental Lepidoptera, together with the two cabinets in which the bulk of them are contained, to be preserved in the Museum for the use of the public, especially as reference for Entomological Students. This important bequest has been received and deposited in one of the Class Rooms, and a special vote of thanks to the Executors was passed by the City Council in due course. VISITORS. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1885. 1884, (214 Days.) (217 Days.) Total Visitors in the year a SS .. 325,878 370,744 Weekly Average .. ne hs Ae + 6, 266 7,129 Daily Average : foe eb oe cis 1,522 1,708 Donations, &c. A rare Shell, Zyonsia saxicola, from Vancouver's Island ; presented by Mr. Frank Archer. Two bivalve Shells, #theria semilunata, from Tanni, above the Third Cataract of the Nile; collected and presented by Brigade- Surgeon S. Archer. A Collection of Echinoderms and Starfishes, in spirit, presented, in exchange, by Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Museum of Zoology, Harvard University, comprising numerous specimens of the following species, viz.: Asterias Forbesii, Mass. Bay; Echinarachnius parma, Mass. Bay; © Pentacta frondosa, Maine; Pentaceros reticulatus, St. Thomas, W.I.; Toxopneustes pileolus, Acapulco, Mexico; be? 3,248| 3,061] 6,309| 8 9 17 Natural Philosophy...........- D885 |. Dashes 5,607 7 Ps 14 Natnral History . 27.mae 2 edeetisis 2,043 1,809 3,852 15 17 32 Science and the Arts .......... 8,920 7,371 | 16,291 30 32 62 History and Biography ........ 8,158 | 7,666] 15,824 51 44 95 Topography and Antiquities .... 897 898 | 1,795 6 6 12 Voyages and Travels .......... 4,943| 4,729 9,672 25 21 46 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 10,870 | 10,621 | 21,491} 105 118 223 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 310 236 546 3 5 8 Commerce and Political Economy _ 722 426) 1,148 4) 4 13 Education, Languages, and Logic 1,566 1,044 2,610 | 2 1 3 Poetry and the Drama ........ 1,106 1,057 2,163 | 6 9 15 PYORG HAGUION © int wie e iciue oe ne 156,696 | 138,832 | 295,528 | 159 176 335 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 245 280 525 | 2 1 Books forthe Blind .......... 93 108 201 — — — ORL Ay ce cea 202,652 | 180,910 | 383,562 | 428 450 878 MUSEUM. Visitors TO MUSEUM. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have beeu as follows :— 1886. 1885. (212 Days.) (214 Days.) Increase. Total Visitors in the year .. .. 857,916 325,878 32,038 Weekly Average .. a aie 6,883 6,266 617) = Daily Dverage a ei re 1,688 1,522 166 CIRCULATING MusEUM COLLECTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. These cabinets, first issued in 1884, continue in circulation with sustained interest, and without damage or loss. New CASE. A large upright central baywood and plate-glass case has been erected in the Mammalia Room, No. 4, for the fuller and better display of the Cheiroptera, or Bats, and the Insectivorous Mammals. 21 By this provision more space is available for the arrangement of the Lemurs and the Quadrumana, and they are in consequence much _ better displayed than was previously possible. THE CooKkE BEQUEST OF BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. ___ This Collection is under careful re-arrangement by Dr. J. W. Ellis, _ Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological _ Society, who has kindly undertaken the task. PURCHASES. The principal purchases during the year have been as follows :— . THE AUSTIN COLLECTION OF FossILs. The principal features consist of the well-known Collection of Carboni- _ferous and other Crinoids, to the collection and study of which the late _ Major Austin, long resident in Ireland and subsequently at Bristol, - devoted so many years of his life; and also of his Collection of Fossils _ from the Millstone Grit discovered by him in Britain. Major Austin commenced, but, from insufficient encouragement, did not complete his work entitled, A Monograph on Recent and Fossil Crinoidea, with Figures and Descriptions. Of this work, in quarto, only 128 pages, 16 plates, and frontispiece, were published. The unpublished drawings and text remain the property of his family; but the specimens figured and described therein are now permanently placed in the Liverpool Museum. This important Collection was purchased on the recommendation of the highest authorities on the subject, after an exhaustive examination by the Rey. H. H. Higgins on behalf of the Committee. SELECTIONS FROM THE GODEFFROY COLLECTION. The Brothers Godeffroy, distinguished among the Merchant Princes of Hamburg, for many years stimulated and encouraged, by all the means in their power, a taste for the collection of objects of Natural History among their numerous captains and agents in the Pacific Ocean. The 22 Weymouth, made large purchases, and from these careful selections were made by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, for the enrichment of the Museum, chiefly for the Invertebrate Collection. A specimen of Mimetite, from Cumberland, and a specimen of the early Fossil Fish, Pterichthys. Ninety specimens of 55 species of Shells. Sixty-sia specimens of 48 species of Fossil Echinoderms, &c., from the Inferior Oolite, Gault, Chalk, and Green Sand. A selection of Fossil Nautili, Ammonites, &c. An internal natural cast of Ammonites perarmatus, jointed, and show- ing the sutures. Two specimens of Venus’s Flower Basket (Euplectella) from the Philippine Islands, shewing peculiarities of structure ; and two specimens of Cup-shaped Sponge, from Florida. A finely-carved specimen of Cassis Shell (Cassis madagascariensis) ; a Spondylus Shell attached to a Pearl Oyster (Margaritifera), and a Kuphus Shell, three feet in length. Sixteen selected specimens of Lepidopterous Insects, including examples of Morpho Adonis, Caligo Tencer, Papilio Hippolytus, P. Aidippus, Antherea Menippe, éc. A Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus) and a small Sting Ray (Urogymnus) from India. Two specimens of Iguana and an Australian Water Tortoise. A Horned Pheasant (Ceriornis), a Maximilian’s Maccaw, a Smew, and a Garganey Teal. An Adult Cassowary (Casuarius galeatus), for the Osteological Col- lection. A Stuffed Specimen of a Russian Wolf. 238 } A Skin of the rare Margin-tailed Otter (Pteronwra Sandbachii) from Guiana. j A Flying Squirrel from India, a Foetal Peba, and the Skull of a _ Mauntjac Deer. : A large specimen of the Three-toed Echidna (Echidna Bruijni), 7 recently discovered in Northern New Guinea, and a Skull of the same. _ An Equestrian Group, consisting of the mounted Skeletons of a Horse _ and his Rider : a study in Comparative Osteology. Mounted Skeletons of a Philantomba Antelope (Cephalophus maxwelli), ! in flight; and ofa Great Eagle Owl (Bubo maximus), also in flight. A Skeleton of a Propithecus Lemur and of a Tenrec. Polished ~ Section of Molar Tooth of Indian Elephant, Skulls of Capybara, Hyzna, _ Chamois, Tarsius, Tuatera Lizard, Port Jackson Shark, Jaws of Ray, and Teeth of Ceratodus. A polished specimen of the Coco do Mer. selected by Mr. F. Moore, F.z.s., and presented by the British Museum - Natural History Department), South Kensington. f ; Specimens of the Saw Wasp (Sirex juvencus), from Clitheroe; col- _ lected and presented by Mr. Thomas Altham. od Specimens of Beetles, Spiders, Ants, and a Fresh-water Crab, collected id a Korti, 1,400 miles up the Nile, and presented by Brigade-Surgeon ‘Ss. Archer, per Mr. Frank Archer. 24 Five Terrapins (Malaclemys palustris), ten American Salamanders (Amblystoma tigrinum), and fifteen Bull Frogs (Rana mugiens), for Aquaria; presented alive by Mr. Eugene Blackford, United States’ Fish Commissioner, in return for living specimens of the Common Sole, suc- cessfully imported to New York from the Aquaria by R.M.SS. Britannic, Captain Hamilton Perry, per favour of Mr. W. S. Graves, of the White Star Line ; as recorded in the Proceedings of the Literary and — Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Vol. xu., 1885-6, pp. 185-196. A living Land Crab, found in a cargo of timber from Brazil ; presented by Mr. John Brotherton. A living specimen of the Telescope Fish (Carassius auratus), a culti- vated variety of the Gold Fish ; presented by Capt. J. Cummins, to whom it was given, at Mandalay, by an attendant upon the King of Burmah. The Rostrum of a Saw Fish (Pristis antiquorum), and a Centi- pede; presented by Capt. Henry Daniel, 8.S. Caribbean. Six Mortimer Ship-Aquaria; presented by Mr. W. A. Duncan. Two specimens of a rare British Beetle (Chrysomela cerealis), found only on Snowdon; collected August, 1886, and presented by Dr. J. W. Ellis. Specimens of 22 species of S. African, Australian, New Zealand, and other Hydroida, named by Prof. Allman, L1.D., F.R.s., in the Journal of the Linnean Soeiety (Zoology, vol. 19, pp. 1382-161), and mostly new; presented by Miss H. Gatty from her own collection: also two specimens of Plumularia pinnata, and a specimen of Azygoplon rostratum, from | examples described in Prof. Allman’s ‘‘ Report on the Plumularide of the Challenger Expedition.” A Common Ringed Snake and a young Leveret from Childwall; pre- sented by Mr. W. L. Gladstone. A large specimen of Pipe Fish (Fistularia), caught off Cape St. Vincent, Cape de Verde; presented by Capt. Thomas Hening, per Mr. H. C. Beasley. 25 4 _A fine example of a rare Shell (Spondylus Victorie); presented by the _ Rey. H. H. Higgins, m.a. Z a” large Amazonian Terrapin or Water Tortoise (Emys amazonica), - from Para; presented by Mr. George Hulse. a Specimens of Osteocella, preserved in spirit, from ae Inlet, - British Columbia, and a collection of Marine Specimens obtained on the -yoyage from Liverpool to British Columbia and back ; presented by Capt. J. Griffith Jones, barque “ Hermine,” Associate of the Literary and * = Society of Liverpool. _ A living Spider of the genus Delena, with its egg sac, found in hard wood timber at the Prince's Dock; presented by Mr. Joseph Leyland. By, "Living specimens of Dragonet Fish, Sea Urchins, Star Fishes, > Barnacles, é&c., for the Aquaria, dredged by the Liverpool Marine Biology ; presented by the Hon. J. E. Mason, mL. ~ weas ; ‘ 7. n Indian Rock Snake (Python molurus); presented by Dr. Hugh A Hymenomycetus Fungus, growing on trees, and often worked up for German tinder, and now brought into use as a material for soft hats ny Messrs. Mander and Allender ; presented by Sir J. A. Picton. 8 Specimens of Ripple-marked Sandstones, Sun Cracks, and Rain it Bee | from recent excavations in the Lime Street Tunnels and Sols iz 26 A large living Beetle* (Dynastes typhon), brought from Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, and a preserved Trap-door Spider (Lycosa) and its enemy, from Estancia Yerua Concordia, Entre Rios, by Mr. Thomas Taylor, junr. ; also living specimens of the only species of Trap-door Spider found in Britain (Atypus piceus), male and females, nests of each, and mounted specimens of male and female, specially procured by Mr. F. Enoch, of London, and presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor ; also Trap-door Spiders _ from Mon Repos, Bordeaux, from Tangier, Morocco, and from Zante , presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. A collection of Marine Specimens, chiefly Fish and Mollusca, dredged in Panama Bay for the Museum; presented by Capt. W. H. Cawne Warren, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. Two Vertebre of the Finner Whale (Balenopteras Sibbaldii) and other Cetacean Bones; a male and female Merganser, a Raven, and other specimens from the Isle of Lewis; collected and presented by Mr. Thomas West. A series of Fossil remains of Plants from the Carboniferous Sandstone of Billinge Hill, including specimens showing scars in the outer coating of Lepidodendroid Trees, of which one is exceptionally fine, and does not appear to have been figured or described; presented by Mr. Nicholas Roskell, proprietor of the quarries. Two small nests of Tree Wasps (Polybia), two small Insect Nests of Mud (Pelopeus), and two small Nests of Trap-door Spiders from Brazil ; presented by Dr. Ewing Whittle. * This Beetle fed freely on Bananas, and lived for more than three months after its _ arrival at the Museum. 27 MAYER MUSEUM. .f 7 : DonaTIONs. | Watch, made by Thomas Traunter, Salop; presented by Mr. bart Fowler. Rikiotin, a copy, picked up at Abu-Klea, during the retreat from Metemmeh, February 16th, 1885 ; presented by the Rev. Dr. Hyde. 4 Selection of Pottery, &c., from San-el-Hagar, Egypt ; presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Part of a Roman Mosaic Pavement, found by Mr. H.E. Dibbin, cz., at the Village of Medbourne, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire ; ulso, a coloured lithograph of the pavement as it would be when perfect. Brick, with Cuneiform inscription ; presented by Dr. Ewing Whittle. 4 fifteen Stone Implements, from India; collected and presented by Mr. H. Gompertz. - Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, found by Mr. Flinders Petrie, at Jaukratis, Egypt ; presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Stone Pounder, brought from Antigua by the Hon. 8. H. Gatty; pre- ted by Mr. C. T. Gatty. c Jhinese soap-stone Joss, found during excavations in St. Thomas’ hu i Liverpool ; presented by Mr. T. Shelmerdine, Surveyor. Ei ght specimens of Glass used by His Royal Highness, Prince Albert, c, ., at the opening of the Albert Dock, Liverpool, July, 1846; pre- mted by the Rey. William Bramley-Moore. .G. ‘Selection of Antiquities from Tell Gemayemi and Tell Defenneh, ug or ; presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. ‘wo 17th Century Forks, with silver-plated handles ; presented by - Benson. 28 PuRcHASES. Group of Ethnographical Objects, consisting of two Adzes, Solomon Islands; two Food Bowls, two Spoons, a Head-rest, and two Shell Implements, made from the “ T’ridacna gigas,” from New Guinea. Group of Ethnographical Objects, as follows :—Adze, with Tooth head, Tortoise-shell Armlets, Lime gourd with spoon, Idols, Wand, Head-rest, Club, Bone and Tortoise-shell Fish Hooks, Girdle Dress, — netted Cradle and three Bags, from Northern New Guinea. Pair of Japanese Vases. Sunderland Frog Mug and Spode Plate. Marble bust of George Canning. Ancient Egyptian Armlets, Rings, and a Pectoral plate. Twenty-nine Photographs of Natives of South Africa. Wooden Idol or Ornament, from New Ireland. Wedgwood “ Queen’s ware” plate, with a Sadler transfer print on it. Facsimiles of Twenty-nine of the most famous Diamonds of the World. WALKER ART GALLERY. The Gallery has been open on 285 days during the year, and closed for cleaning and other purposes on 28 days. The total number of visitors was 539,623, or a daily average attendance of 1,893. Included in the above total are 80,000 visitors to the several Exhibitions, for which a charge was made, and 9,879 pupils of schools, of various denominations, admitted free. 29 ‘In addition to the Autumn Exhibition, a Loan Collection of Pictures, cin dly lent by the owners of Art Treasures in Liverpool and the neigh- 0 2 hood, was open in the Gallery during May, June, and July. This forded great satisfaction to all who visited it, and gave ample evidence f the wealth of Art stored in the mansions in and around the City. y0thic and Renaissance periods of Architecture, was opened. The Col- ection was made by the Chairman of the Art Department, P. H. Rath- one, Esq., and Mr. Alderman Samuelson, with the assistance of Mr. T. I eerone, and Mr. H. M. Cundell, of South Kensington, the funds for e same being provided by a grant of £500, made by the City Council, ipplemented by a grant of £182, from the Lords of the Council on an cation. This department of the Art Collection is likely to be of rea utility, and if used by the artizans, cannot but add to their techni- ul and artistic knowledge. The Committee lent Pictures during the year for the adornment of the ‘own Hall, during the visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and for Yewsham House, on the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen. Two Pictures were also lent for Exhibition at Berlin, viz. :—*“‘ And en did you last see your father?” by W. F. Yeames, n.a., and the al Grandfathers,” by John R. Reid. Honours were awarded to the s by the Fine Art Authorities at Berlin, Mr. Reid receiving the all Gold Medal, and Mr. Yeames Honourable Mention. 30 and Messrs. Bodley and Garner, which attracted a large number of visitors. The number of students admitted to copy in the Gallery is steadily increasing, the total number of attendances being 3,865, or a daily average of 12. The use of the Gallery was granted to the Society of Chemical In- dustry for the purpose of a Conversazione, on the 15th July, in connection with their meeting in Liverpool. The Committee have granted to several firms the privilege of repro- ducing works of which they hold the copyright, and this, in addition to popularizing the respective Pictures, has yielded a sum towards additional purchases. ADDITIONS. Donations— Ori PatntTINGs : “The Blind Fiddler” (after Wilkie), by W. Weir; and “Interior of a Butcher’s Shop,’ by Jan Stein; presented by Mr. Alderman Samuelson, J.P. ENGRAVINGS : ‘The Queen and Prince Consort Visiting Wounded Soldiers from the Crimean War” (after Jerry Barrett), by T. O. Barlow, B.a. ; presented by Mr. Alderman Samuelson, J.P. 1 Volume of early Italian Prints; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Purchases— WateR CoLouRs: “ Bridge over the River Calder at Whalley,” by W. J. Bishop. a “a pare of Art Exhibited of Pictures Sold mount Realised by Sales son Tickets mi sion at One Shilling ; ad Sixpence Threepence ogues Sold ion on Sales ‘ laneous Receipts .. of Pictures and other Works Received, Exclusive of Sales.. 31 “Hard Times,” by Fredk. Brown. 1,279 224 1,831 .| 22,941 .| 15,908 ..| 26,703 _ “ Awaiting an Audience,” by Prof. Willem Geets. «Ruth and Naomi,” by P. H. Calderon, R.a. 1886. £8,576 18 302 10 1,147 1 397 14 333 15 434 9 336 13 27 19 2,615 10 AutumMN EXHIBITION oF PICTURES. wo © oo 8 SS Oo Oo SoS “Off to the Fishing Ground,” by Stanhope A. Forbes. 1,462 196 2,952 26,349 14,658 27,560 1885. 2 Doro co 4. oc —oeiS 7 {9 @L €8¢ SI 919°8 8 9820'S ) 9 9 4 STSCI 9 OT S278 9 € 9899's 0 IT OL er 9; LaGoL'TT 0 &T 6ST'6 PL Gee'9 IL €96‘0T OT 4988 81 660'6T &1 F196 LT OP‘ v 83'9 6 g6e'9 SF ~~ 9FI| “a109 SsaunLorg ated Olina Pe Paes nt wey FP FI GISLF LG 98h /8 6 8299 [O16 PEC9|9 LI 9099 |& 61 600919 IT ATE [0 T TOEOR| pee (8 & 0860/8 GI LZ |6 eL98E O 6 per |9 ot soe |6 Gtece |O HT 46e [0 T ZPr'T ger |t & Gore |OLL PH {0 LL ese |6 4 T8h |9 4 10G |0 OL HE |0 6 99E |0 6 L1€‘T | 988T 16g |. 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OL aap ere (8 8 Soest |& STs 0 9 ere 9 0 sot |9 9 6 |9 @ gp {9 6 Get |0 9 TOD | GABT cen | @ Geet? F OF 19 ST Ose JO OT S9T {0 @ BD lo ptuoe | ct [0 OT Oss | TLET OMGORS eer Ree Re hPa Cie es hp oe i Pate “pro ‘eouedeat ‘goued xr “SUTTIIYS 9UC sino | zteon | es | AK, | Sam | “OS8T OL TLST Nous ‘SYVAA 9T DNINAG “OF ‘A'TIOS SHUNLOId “SNOISSINGV 40 LNANALVLS daLvTAdvViL PRESENT ID "Tiel “SIN, MET “Ve Liao ; i) i f ters Or P THIRTY-FIFTM ANNUAL REPORT OFTHE COMMIT TEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. MUSEUM, AND VALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. . LIVERPOOL: - 34. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE. 18s°s. ~) « Lary : are - — _ - cain : iss * . a » - ‘ . /. THIRTY-FIFTH mNNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. MUSEUM, “WALKER ART GALLERY, CITY OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE, 1888. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1887-88. ESS Leese Committee : Sm JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, r-.s.a., CHAIRMAN. AtpERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Depury-CHarman. THOMAS WILLIAM OAKSHOTT, Mayor. GEORGE H. BALL, THOMAS B. HALL, WILLIAM BENNETT, | ROBERT HAMILTON, ANTHONY BOWER, | ‘Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, ua, Lievt.-Coz A. H. BROWN, »-r., | THOMAS HOLDER, ANDREW COMMINS, tx.p.. xP. ROBERT D. HOLT, JOHN DAVIES, WILLIAM J. LUNT, GEORGE C. DOBELL, PHILIP H. RATHBONE, ALDERMAN Sir A. B. WALKER, Barr. Chief Librarian: PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian: THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum: THOMAS J. MOORE. Conchologist, Mineralogist, &c.: F. P. MARRAT. Gurator of the Walker Art Gallerp: CHARLES DYALL. GENERAL REPORT. eee N the last Report reference was made to the difficulties arising from a diminishing income and increasing expenditure, and the failure of the attempt to induce the Ratepayers to apply for Parliamentary sanction to add a farthing in the pound to the rate. Allusion was also made to the ae usal of the Council to sanction the purchase of a portion of the Mayer oo lection. This valuable assemblage of interesting objects has since en disposed of by auction at Sotheby and Wilkinson’s in London. A w lots, to the utmost extent of our means, have been secured for the i] ibrary. Since the establishment of the Lending Libraries, thirty-five years go, many circumstances connected with their scope and object have he nged. The City has doubled in population, but the extension has een irregular in its advance, and it became an important question how he additional demand thus arising could be best met. At the beginning of the year a Sub-Committee was appointed to msider and report on the district libraries and reading rooms as to their ‘ nsion, and, if necessary, their removal to more suitable situations. . T. B. Hall, Chairman. This Sub-Committee, after a patient and liligent i inquiry, has presented a report, a copy of which accompanies the ent issue.* This was brought before the Council on the Ist of y, and after ample discussion and a division, the following reso- was adopted: ‘‘ That the Report on the Free Lending Libraries be d and referred back to the Library Committee to obtain plans and tes for carrying out their recommendations, to be hereafter nitted to the Council.” The Committee cannot but feel that their work of enlightenment and ducation has to be pursued under circumstances of great difficulty. here is no doubt that, in respect to the support accorded to these Insti- tions, Liverpool is falling behind in the race, whilst other communities, ch as Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Preston, are advancing with rapid rides, and obtaining a proud pre-eminence. It remains to be seen ta * See Appendix, 4 whether the second city in England is content to occupy this humiliating position. In any event this Committee has done its duty in calling public attention to the fact. SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, J A. ELOTON Ke CHAIRMAN. REFERENCE LIBRARY. THE accommodation for the ever-increasing store of Books is becoming very limited, and before very long some effort will have to be made to extend its borders. The lighting and heating of the extensive premises occupied entails a large expense, and requires constant vigilance. The poisonous atmos- phere arising from the burning of gas in the bookrooms was found very injurious to the health of the employees, and also to the bindings of the books. With a view to improving this a trial was made of the incandescent electric light and a contract entered into for carrying it out. After twelve months’ experience it had to be abandoned, principally on account of the greatly increased expense. A system of improved gas lighting by Messrs. Sugg & Co. has been adopted, which is more economical, and has the advantage of lighting and ventilating at the same time. It is now working satisfactorily. TaBLE I.—Showing the Books issued during the year :— Classification. Volumes. Average Theology, Morals, &. ... a8: ae ... 20,840 77 Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, é Spe lis) Bee ... 19,669 72 Natural History ... 2. Me «s+, 9006 32 Science and the Arts ees “ep - be ae ... 29,809 110 History and Biography ... “as HE Sag 61 26,175 96 Topography and Antiquities... es ae = _ 1,064 26 Voyages and Travels a 12,255 45 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Magazines in Volumes, &c.) Pe as . 179,131 658 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics au ae ese O687, 24 Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ... sae) 4,275 16 Education*and Language... és aes wes eee rekils) 27 Poetry and Dramatic Literature 700 ax .-- 13,240 49 Prose Fiction os eas ... 372,285 1,368 Latin and Greek Classics ‘and Translations... o.- 4,495 17 Encyclopedias, and Works of General Reference ... 20,714 76 Patents for Invention ... he ae ae Be I SA 73 Total . eK . 752,542 2,766 The various Quarterly, Monthly, and “Weekly Maponics and Reviews are placed at the discretionary use of the readers. No statistics are taken of their issue, Taste Il.—Showing the number and - during the year :— Classification. Theology, Morals, &c. .. Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, ‘&e. Natural History p Science and the Arts History and Biography ... Topography and Antiquities Voyages and Travels Miscellaneous Literature (principally co collected. Works, Magazines, &c.) Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics Commerce, Political Economy, &c. Education and Language... te Poetry and Dramatic Literature Prose Fiction Reference Library :— - QUARTERLY. Annales des sciences naturelles Archzologia cambrensis Archeological Journal ic Quarterly Review sh and Foreign Evangelical Review tta Review ch Quarterly Review in Review inburgh Review ish Historical Review pal de conchyliologie | fiir Ornithologie of Anatomy e. sere British Archeological Jou ae the Royal Agricultural ea Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of the Statistical Society verpoc! University Magazine poe Quarterly Review anchester Quarterly nx Note Book find a vy. List fumismatic Chronicle e ly Journal of the Geological u Na Latin and Greek Classics ‘and Translations... : Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference ... Total ... 5 classification of works added Volumes ‘Total Number in added. the Library. 99 6,948 61 2,184 79 4,946 239 10,578 284 11,674 133 4,806 125 4,953 796 21,476 137 7,447 129 1,331 21 1,473 62 3,763 57 5,613 75 857 107 3,026 2,404 91,075 The following is the List of Magazines and Periodicals taken in the QuARTERLY—continued. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science Quarterly Review Reliquary Revue celtique Traethodydd Zeitschrift fiir deutsche Philologie Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie MontTHLy. All the Year Round American Journal of Science American Naturalist Annalen der Physik und Chemie Beiblaitter zu den Annalen der Physik Annales de chimie et de physique Annals and Magazine of Natural History Antiquary Argosy Army List Art Journal Atlantic Monthly Band of Hope Review Banker’s Magazine Belgravia Bibliothéque universelle Birmingham, &c., Hardware Circular Blackwood’s Magazine Board of Trade Journal Montuty—Continued Bookbinder Book Lore Botanical Magazine British Temperance Advocate Building World Cambridge Examiner Cassell’s Magazine Century Chambers’s Journal China Review Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Classical Review Congregational Magazine Congregationalist Contemporary Review Cornhill Magazine Daheim Day of Days Ecclesiastical Observer Educational Times English Illustrated Magazine Englishwoman’s Review Expositor Financial Reformer Fireside Food Fortnightly Review Furniture Gazette Gazette des beaux-arts Gartenlaube Gentleman’s Magazine Geological Magazine Gloucestershire Notes and Queries Good Health Good Words Gymnasium News Hand and Heart Harper’s Magazine Herald of Health Home Words Homeopathic World Indian Antiquary Investor’s Monthly Manual Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation Knowledge Leisure Hour Library Chronicle Library Journal Liebig’s Annalen der Chemie Livre London, &c., Philosophical Magazine London Society Montuty—Continued. Longman’s Magazine Machinery Market Macmillan’s Magazine Magazine of Art Mineralogical Magazine Miscellanea genealogica Moniteur des arcbitectes Month Musical Times Musical Society National Review Nautical Magazine New Church Magazine Nineteenth Century North American Review Observatory Oddfellows’ Magazine Personal Rights’ Journal Petermann’s Mitteilungen Pitman’s Musical Monthly Portfolio Present Truth Printer’s Register Printing Times and Lithographer Quiver Railway Guide, Bradshaw’s Revue archéologique Revue britannique Revue chrétienne Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices Royal Geographical Society’s Journal Sanitary Record Science Gossip Scribners’ Magazine Script Phonographic Journal Shipping World Shorthand Magazine South American Journal Sunday at Home Sunday Magazine Temple Bar Theatre Tinsley’s Magazine Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Truthseeker United Service Institute United Service Magazine Unsere Zeit Vegetarian Messenger Wesleyan Methodist Magazine Westminster Review Western Antiquary Woman's Suffrage Journal Yachting Magazine Zoologist Zoophilist FoRTNIGHTLY. Brewers’ Guardian Intermédiaire Revue des deux mondes Ht WEEELY. Academy American Settler 4 mateur Photographer Anglo-American Times Architect Atheneum itish Architect tish and Colonial Printer and sroad Arrow and Naval and Military ~ Gazette Builder ders’ Weekly Reporter Building News Ch emical News Cambridge University Reporter ironique des arts Citizen Jivil Service Times ilian nies and India ptes rendus gler’s Polytechnisches Journal conomist trical Review side News te des architectes ners’ Chronicle c arly by the Publishers :— Ama water Photographer erican Settler American Times ngham and Sheffield Hardware cular Times ers’ Guardian and Colonial Printer and ioner ritish Temperance Advocate WEEKLY—Continued. Grocer Illustrated London News Invention Tron Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish Chronicle Journal of Gaslighting Journal of Horticulture Journal of the Society of Arts Judy Lancet Land and Water Law Times Light Liverpool Review Local Government Chronicle London Gazette Medium Mining Journal Money Moonshine Nature Notes and Queries Oxford University Gazette Pharmaceutical Journal Phonetic Journal Pictorial World Porcupine Public Opinion Punch Railway Journal Railway Review Sale and Exchange Saturday Review ‘Scientific American Spectator Tablet Truth Volunteer Service Gazette Vanity Fair Weekly Notes World e following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented Builders’ Weekly Reporter Building World Cambridge Examiner Cape Argus Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Citizen Civil Service Times Colonies Day of Days Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Englishwoman’s Review Fair Play Financial Reformer Fireside Fireside News Food Good Health Gymnasium News Hand and Heart Herald of Health Home Words Homeeopathic World Invention Irish Times Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish World Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation Journal of the Statistical Society Leeds Times Light Liverpool and Bootle Evening Times Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo Liverpool Express Liverpool Halfpenny Weekly Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) Liverpool Porcupine Liverpool Post (daily and weekly) Liverpool Review Liverpool University Magazine Machinery Market Medium Methodist Chronicle Mona’s Herald Musical Society Money Naval and Military Gazette New Church Magazine Oddfellows’ Magazine Oxford Chronicle Personal Rights’ Journal Pitman’s Musical Monthly Porcupine Present Truth Preston Herald Railway Review Rhyl Journal Richmond and Twickenham Times Sale and Exchange Script Phonographic Journal Shipping World Signs of the Times Sloan-Duployan Phonographic Journal South American Journal Sunday Review Temperance Record Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Vegetarian Messenger Western Daily Press Woman’s Suffrage Journal Worcestershire Herald Zoophilist The following is a list of the Newspapers provided for the use in the Newsroom :— Baner ac Amserau Cymru Belfast News-Letter Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham Daily Post Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald Freeman’s Journal (2 copies) Glasgow Herald Guardian Trish Times Leeds Mercury Liverpool Courier (6 copies) Liverpool Daily Post (6 copies) Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (6 copies) London Daily News (2 copies) London Morning Post London Standard (2 copies) London Telegraph (2 copies) London Times (2 copies) Manchester Courier Manchester Guardian New York Herald Pall Mall Gazette Scotsman Western Daily Press Yorkshire Post Donations. The following Donations have been received during the year :— Axsranam, A.C. :—Pharmaceutical Jour- nal, istser., v. 9-18, and 2ad ser., v. 1-4. AyNonyMovusLy :—Letter to the Bishop of Liverpool on the Jubliee, by Sacerdos ; Scottish Metaphysics Reconstructed ; Shaksperean Characters. . _ AsuTon-UNDER-LyNE Free Liprary :— Catalogue. Barrow-in-Furness :—Catalogue. Betor, Cuarues H. :—Annual Report of _ the United States Life Saving Service, _ 1886. BrrkKenueadD Free Liprary :—Bulletin of Books. BIRKENHEAD LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC _ Society :—Report, 1886-7. Birmincuam Free Liprarties :—Cata- logue of the Reference Department, a 2. pts. BrmouineHam PHILOSOPHICAL SociEry :— roceedings, v. 5, pt. 2. Boston Pusiic Lisrary :—Bulletins, _ Nos. 74-75. BRAMLEY-MoorzE, Rev. W. :—Plans of _ the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks. _ 1860 and 1863; Plan of the Borough of _ Liverpool, 1865. Briston Free Pousric LipRartes :— _ Catalogue. British Association FOR THE ADVANCE- ‘MENT OF ScrIENCE :—-Report, 1886. British Museum Trusters :—-Catalogue _of Printed Books, 30 vols. ; Catalogue of Bengali Printed Books; Catalogue of Fossil Mammalia, pt. 4; Catalogue of Greek Coins ; Catalogue of English Coins (Anglo-Saxon), v. 1; Catalogue of Lizards; Egyptian Text of the Earliest Period from the Coffin of Amann ; General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History); Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes. 30W NESS-ON- WINDERMERE ASSOCIATION : uide to Bowness. RUSHFIELD, T. N. (the Author) :—Sir Walter Ralegh and his History of the World. Byrne, P. :—Educational System in anada. A, DEPARTMENT OF THE In- oR :—Geological and Natural ry Survey of Canada: Report,v. 1. AND Co., Messrs, (the Pub- lishers) :—Facsimile of Magna Carta. VASTELLAIN, ALFRED, J.P, :—Journal of ie Royal Agricultural Society, 2nd ser. 23, pt. 1. CHARLTON, C. (the Author) :—The Fair _ Maid of Codrington. ~HELTENHAM PUBLIC atalogue. (CINNATI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE :— Sth Annual Report. (CINNATI Pustic Liprary :—Bulletin Books, 1886. DIAN GOVERNMENT :—Canadian rth West, and other Pamphets, by n. Clarke (6 copies). W. B. (the Editor) :—Intermediate ‘ts Guide, 1887 ; Matriculation Direc- LIBRARY :— tory, No. 2., 1887 ; London University Examination Matriculation Guide. CoppEN CiuB :—The British Empire, by SirJ. Campbell ; Fair Trade Unmasked, by G. W. Medley (50 copies) ; Technical Education, by F. C. Montague (3 copies); What Protection does for the Farmer and Labourer, by J. 8. Leadam (3 copies); The World’s Workers : Richard Cobden, by Richard Gowing (25 copies.) CcLtonIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION, Lonpon, 1886:—Report of the Com- missioners. CoLtumBIA CoLLeGE Liprary :—Circular. Contagious DisEAsE Acts, ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE EXTENSION OF THE :—Reports and Papers. CoRNELL UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES :— Register, 1886-7. CowE LL, P.:—Handbook to Birmingham. Denvir, A. G. :—Muse’s Delight. Dickinson, J. W.:—Cumbriana, by William Dickinson. Dore, J. R. (the Author) :—Old Bibles. Dove, P. E. (the Author) :—Opinion of Council as to Public Rights in Navig- able Rivers. Doyir, J. P.:—Hospital and Medical Reform in Dublin. Dustin University :—Calendar, 1887 ; Examination Papers, 1886. Dustin Protestant ORPHAN REFUGE Society :—57th Report. Dusuin. Trinity CoLtEcEe :—Catalogus librorum impressorum qui in biblio- theca collegii sacrosanct et individuze trinitatis regine LElizabethe juxta Dublin, 9 vols. Eprn, Tomas :—Autobiography of John B. Gough; Boons and Blessings, by Mrs. 8. C. Hall; Devil’s Chain, by Edward Jenkins; Lectures and Addresses ; Sunlight and Shadow, by J. B. Gough; and other Books and Pamphlets. Exuis, Dr. Joun W. (the Author) :— The Lepidopterous Fauna of Lan- cashire and Cheshire, pt. 4. Eriru, F. N. (the Author) :—The Church, the Body, and the Bride. ‘* FELL”? ASSOCIATION OF FURNESS :— Registers of Fells and their Con- nections, Fisk, Francis (the Editor) :—Skyring’s Builder’s Price Book, 1887; Adcock’s Engineer’s Pocket Book, 1887. Fraser Institute, Monrrean : — 8th Report. Green, 8.:—Voluntary Maintenance of Ministers in Plymouth and Massa- chussetts Bay Colonies. GrEENWoop, W. N. :—Kludonometric Tide Tables, (3 copies.) GuinnEss, H. G. :—Romanism and the Reformation. Haupane, W. C. (the Author) :— Civil and Mechanical Engineering. HarvarpD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, Mass, U.S.A. :—Bulletins, Memoirs, Biblio- graphical Contributions, and a Record of the Commemoration of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Henpriz, M.:—National System of Political Economy. Heywoop, J. :—How to assess the value of land and property. Hieerns, Miss Anna :—Architectural Designs, 2 vols. Hiaeerns, Rev. H. H., M.A. :—Opuscula, vol. 3. Houeate, C. W. :—Account of the Chief Libraries of Australia and Tasmania. Account of the Chief Libraries of New Zealand. INCORPORATED Councit oF Law REport- 1nG :—Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes, LOth ed. to 1886. InprA, Ricut Hon. THE SECRETARY OF SraTE ¥For:—Sacred Books of the East, vols, 25, 29, & 31; Report of the Secretary on the records of Indian Offices. InstTituTION oF CrIvIL ENGINEERS :— Minutes of Proceedings, vols. 87, 89, and 90: Brief Subject Index to vols, 59-90; Charters, By-Laws, &c., 1887. InstITUTION OF MecHanicaAL EN- GINEERS :— Proceedings, 1886, No. 4, and 1887, Nos. 1 and 2; Library Cata- logue, and Subject Index and Papers, 1847-1887. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND PEACE Association :—Monthly Journal. Ir1sH LoyaL anp Patriotic UNION :— The Case for Loyalists; Paddy at Home. Jerrs, O. W. (the Author):—Geological History of Storeton Quarry; Calday- Grange Fault, West Kirby. Jove, B. St. J. B. :—Strictures on the Sermon preached before the House of Commons, 22nd May, 1887. Jones, M. H.:—Deacon’s Legal Hand- book, with Notes by M. H. Jones. Jones, Mr.:—East India Association Report, 9th May, 1822; Letters by Jos. Sanders ; Liverpool Night Asylum for Houseless Poor; Sermon on the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. KersLakE, THos. :—Gyfla. Laca-Szyrma, Rey. W.S. (the Author) : —Alerial, (2 copies) ; Church History of Cornwall; Voyage of Sir Francis Drake. Lez, Haroip :—Madeira and the Canary Islands (2 copies). Levin, W. :—Logic of Money. Liprary REPORTS FROM THE FOLLOWING Liprarizs :—Aberdeen ; Aston, Manor of; Barrow-in-Furness; Birkenhead ; Birmingham ; Birmingham Proprietary Library; Bolton; Boston, U.S.A.; Bradford ; Bridgeport, U.S.A.; Brook- lyn, N.Y.; Burlington Fletcher, U.S.A. ; Cambridge ; Cardiff ; Chester ; Chicago, U.S.A.; Cincinnati, U.S.A. ; Columbia College, N.Y. ; Copenhagen Royal Library ; Derby; Doncaster ; Dublin; Dundee; Ealing; Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; Glasgow ; Great Yarmouth; German- town Friends; Halifax; Handsworth ; Hereford; Indianapolis; Kidder- minster ; Leamington; Leeds ; Maim- onides Library, N.Y.; Manchester ; Middlesbrough ; Milwaukee; New- castle-upon-Tyne ; New York Mercan- tile; Newton, U.S.A.; Norwich ; Not- tingham; Peabody Institute, Baltimore; Philadelphia Mercantile ; Plymouth ; Preston ; Richmond; Rochdale ; Run- corn; St. Helens; St. Louis Mercantile Library ; St. Louis Public Library ; St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster ; Salford; San Francisco Mercantile Lib- rary ; Sheffield ; Shrewsbury ; Sydney ; South Australian ; Southport ; Stirling’s and Glasgow; Swansea; Tonbridge; Tor- onto; Twickenham; Victoria; Walsall ; Wandsworth; Watertown, Mass.’; Watford ; Wednesbury ; West Brom- wich; Wigan; Wolverhampton ; Worcester ; Mass. LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL SoOcIETY :— Proceedings, July, 1887. LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SoOcLETY :— Journal, vol. 5, part 4—6; vol. 6, part 1. LivERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY :— Reports 73-76. LivERPooL CounciL oF EpucaTIon :— Address by the Bishop of Chester. LIvERPOOL ENGINEERING SocieTy :— Transactions, vol. 6. LivERPooL GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION :— Transactions, vols. 6 and 7. LiveRPooL GEOLOGICAL Proceedings, vol. 5, part 3. LivERPOOL HoRTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: —7th and 8th Annual Reports. LivERPooL INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM :— Report, 1887. LivERPooL InstrtuTIONs :—Reports have been received from the following :— Catholic Reformatory Association ; Central Relief and Organization Society ; Church Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses’ Benevolent Institu- tion; Clerks’ Association ; Liverpool Institute ; Mercantile Marine Service Society :— Association; Mersey Mission to Seamen ; Ragged School Union ; Royal Institution; Savings Bank; Penny Savin Bank Association; Royal National Life-Boat Institution ; School Ship ‘ Conway’; School of Science ; Shipwreck and Humane Society ; Town Mission ; Training Ship ‘Indefatigable.’ Liverroon (Lyceum) Lrsrary :—Annual _ Supplementary Catalogue, 1887. ERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL Society :—Proceedings, vol. 41. LIVERPOOL MepicaL INSTITUTION :-— - Liverpool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, _ Nos. 12 and 13. LiverPoot MicroscopicaL Socrery :— 18th Annual Report. LIVERPOOL NaruraAL History Society : _ —Ist Annual Report. AIVERPOOL NaTuRALists’ FreLp CLUB :— _ Proceedings, 1886-7. LiverRPooL POLYTECHNIC _ Journal. Liverroot ScHoot Boarp:—Proceed- ings, 1885-6. LiverrooL UwNtIversiry COoLLEGE:— Calendar, 1887-8. Locxuart, W. :—Annals of Liverpool ; History of the late Conspiracy against the King; Medical Missionary in China; Poll for the Election of _ Members of Parliament for Liverpool, — 1812. Liverroot CENTRAL _ Advertisers A.B.C. LoveELL, J. (the Author):—The Land Question (2 copies). facCartuy, D. F. :—Calderon’s Dramas ; Dramas of Calderon (2 vols.) ; Poems. [atet, H. P.:—Sunlight. MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL SOcrIETY :-—— Transactions, vol. 19, pt. 8, 9, 11, and Mancurster Lirerary AND Puitoso- F ong Socrrry:—Memoirs, vol. 8 and 9. HESTER STATISTICAL SOCIETY :— sactions, 1886-7. Tr, F., P.:—Anatomical and logical Observations ; Boulevards aris ; Marine Shells of Southport. AR: , G. W.:—Surname Feather ; _ Notes on the surname of Hall. May, Witiiam, Free Liprary, BIRKEN- AD :—Memoirs of W. J. Gomersall. ANTILE Liprary, NEw YorK :— letin of New Books, No. 10. R, Kuno (the Editor) :—Peredur ab awe. Socrery :— AcEncy :—The J.:—Republica Argentina tamento general de Immigracion ; moria correspondiente al sexemo 11 (Moon’s Books for the Blind.) Mortry, J. C. (the Author):—Some singular Bequests; Brief Memoir of Abraham Hume ; Newspaper Press and Periodical Literature of Liverpool. Morris, J. S. OC. :—Business Directory of London, 1887. Morton & Co. :—Illustrated Railway Guides, 12 pts. (3 copies) MounicipaLtity oF BERLIN :—Verwal- tungs-Bericht des Magistrats zu Berlin, 1885-6. NationaL ACADEMY OF ScIENCE :—Me- moirs, part 3. NationaL Foorpatu Society :—2nd Report. PRESERVATION NationaL Press AGENcy :—Mr. Glad- stone or Anarchy. Nationan Socirry FoR WomMeEnN’s SUFFRAGE : —Report. Nevins, J. B., m.p.:—U. S. Entomological Commission relating to the Rocky Mountains, Locust, &c., Reports 1-3. New York GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN :—Report, 1887. NEWCASTLE-vUponN- TYNE PUBLIC Liprary :— Catalogue of Books in the Juvenile Lending Department; Lending Library Supplementary Catalogue, 1887. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE EXHIBITION :— Official Catalogue and Guide (2 vols.) New SourH WALEs, THE AGENT GENERAL FOR :—Year Book of New South Wales, 1887. Nicsotson Instrrution:—2nd Annual Report. NorweEciaAn GOVERNMENT :—Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, parts17 and 18 ; Norske Gradmaalingskommission : Vanstandsobservationer, Hefte 4. NorrincHam Free Pusric Liprary :— Class List (Nu. 9) of Books in the Reference Library. Norrine#am Mecuantics’ INSTITUTION :— History of, 1837-1887. Parts Municrpan Councin :—Conseil municipal de Paris: Proces verbaux, 1884-5 (4 vols) ; Rapports et documents, 1884 and 1885 (2 vols.) ; Budget de Vexercise, 1887 (1 vol.) ; Instructions pour le classement et le fonctionne- ment des bibliothéques municipales (1 vol.), avec list des ouvrages (3 pts.) Patron, J. M..—Dance of Death. Prapopy Institute, BALTIMorRE :— Catalogue, Part 3. Perry, Rey. S. J., s.a.:—Stonyhurst College Observatory: Results of Meteorological, &c., Observations, 1886. PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF Sciences :—Proceedings. PHILADELPHIA CoRPORATION : — 2nd Annual Message of Wm. B. Smith. PuitipsoN AND GOLDER, Messrs. : — Chester Diocesan Calendar, 1887. Picton, Sir JAMES A.:—Address de- livered at the opening of the British Archeological Association ; Notes on the City Walls of Chester. Pitman, I.:—Leaves from a Note-book of Thomas Reed, 2 vols. ; Manual of Phonography ; Phonographic Reporter ; Phonographic Teacher; Phonetic Journal, vol. 45 ; Phonography in the Office ; Tales and Sketches. Porr, W.:—Architects’ Register, 1887. 2 vols. Price, Rev. THomas :—The case Tithes simply stated. RaTHBONE, P. H., J.P. :—Prange’s Estancia Company: Statistics. Ricuarpson, B. W. :—Natural Selection for Science and Art. Ross, Jamers :—Seymour’s Inheritance and other Poems. (6 copies.) RoyaL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY : Monthly Notices, vol. 47, pt. 5. Royaut Conontat Institute :—Proceed- ings, vol. 18. RoyaL CornwatLt Potytecunic So- CIETY :—54th Report. Roya DusuLin Socrety :—Transactions, vol. 3, parts 11-13. Proceedings, vol. 5, parts 3-6. Roya InstiruTion oF British ARCHI- TECTS :—Transactions, vol. 3, New series, parts 2-3. Proceedings, vol. 4, New series, parts 1-5. Kalendar 1887-8, and General Conference of Architects, May, 1887. Roya Soctety oF CANADA :—Proceed- ings and Transactions, vols. 3 and 4. Royat Society or Lonpon :—Philo- sophical Transactions, vol. 77, pt. 2. SALKELD, R. N. :—Sketches. SaniraRy REGISTRATION BILLS 1886-7. SEISMOLOGICAL SocrETY oF JAPAN :— Transactions, vol.10. SHIELDS, W. :—The Final Philosophy. Stoan, J. M.:—The Sloan-Duployan Phonographic Instructor. Smiru, SAMUEL, M.P. : —The Bi-Metallic System. SmiTHSONIAN InstTiTUTION, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. ;—Annnal Report, 1884-5; Bureau of Ethnology, 4th Annual Report; Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vols. 28-30. Socrety oF ANTIQUARIES OF LoNDON: Proceedings, 2nd ser., vol. 11, No. 3. Soctrery or ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND :— Proceedings, vol. 20. Socizty or ENGINEERS :—Transactions, 1886. Sout, J. W :-—Physiology. 2 vols. for FOR 12 Stewart, Rev. W. E. :—The end of the Commandments. Storss, CHEVALIER:—Records of the Liverpool International Exhibition, 1886. Surro, THEODORE :—-The Sutro Tunnel Company and the Sutro Tunnel. Surron, C. W., Manchester Public Libraries :—Williamson’s _ Liverpool Advertiser, Feb. 19th, 1762, Swan & Co., Mrssrs. :—Index to unclaim- ed Property. Swansea Pusric Liprary :—Catalogue of the ‘‘ Deffet Francis” Collection. SypNEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE :—Calendar, 1887. Tuomas, J. :—Liverpool Social Reformer ; History of the Temperance Movement ; Meliora, 7 vols ; The Whisky Demon ; World’s Temperance Convention, 1846 ; with 32 other volumes. Tinuey, R. H. :—American Genealogical Queries, 1887. Trinity CoLLEGE, Lonpon :—Calendar, 1887-8. TRUBNER & Co. :—Dhatuvrttisara. Twining, Louisa :—Women’s Official and Un-official. UNTIED STATES GOVERNMENT :—Circulars of Information; Census Returns, vols. 12, 15, and 18; U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Report, 1885; Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 13th and 14th Reports; Special Report of the Bureau of Education. VEGETARIAN Society :—Ethics of Diet‘ Fruits and Farinacea ; Plea for Vege- tarianism ; and 11 other books. Vernon, Lapy .—Dante Alighieri. VICTORIA, AGENT GENERAL FOR :—Vic- torian Year Book, 1885-6. VicrorIA Parent Orrice :—Victoria Patents and Patentees, vol. 16, 1881. WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, PHILADELPHIA :—Transactions, vol. 1. Waker, Rey. F. A.:—Oriental Eto- mology. Wuirt, W. (the Publisher) :—Insur- ance Register, 1887. Wiean FREE Pusric Liprary :—Biblio- graphy in the Reference Library. WinnipeG Boarp oF TRADE :— 8&th Work, Annual Report. Woopwarp, C. J.: — Arithmetical Physics. Wyman & Sons :--Royal Album of Arts and Industries of Great Britain. Youne, A. M.:— In Pawn. Zinckk, F. B. (the Author) :—The Irish Difficulty (2 copies). ZooLtogicaL Society oF Lonpon :— Proceedings, 1886-7. Transactions, vol. 12, 13 FREE LECTURES. —_— ' LECTURES DELIVERED FROM JANUARY TO Marcu, 1887. The Twenty-second apace Course, consisting of forty lectures as 3 rd to March 10th, inclusive. Total Attendance : 49,868. Average: 1,246. LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS: Apzorr, JosEPH, B.A. The Atmosphere and some of its Phenomena ; illustrated by Experiments. A paMs, Rev. W. J. Common Sense: being a talk to Working Men. XANDER, A., F.R.G.s., Director, Liverpool Gymnasium. Physical Recreation for the Working Classes; illustrated by themselves. Benas, Baron L., s.p. Popular Proverbs and Sayings. Bircwaut, James. The Territorial Growth of Russia; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) r Burpipcr, Rev. Canon. Pokers, general and particular: Thoughts on _ the World’s Pioneers. Coaay, J.D. Musical Sounds; with Musical and Experimental illus- _ trations. WAY, W. M., m.a., Roscoe Professor of Art, University College, Liverpool. The Palaces of Nineveh. Assurbanibal’s Great Lion ” eement illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) if te Rey. A. L., sz. Solar Flames; illustrated by the Oxy- hydrogen Light. : vies, Epwarp, F.c.s., F.1.c. Alcohol chemically considered; illus- trated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. SIFFIELD, VERO C. Photography; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, 14 Dyatt, Cuarues, Curator, Walker Art Gallery. On Wit, Humour, and Pathos in English Poetry. Exuison, Cononen C. O. Pleasant Memories of a Tour through Belgium ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Gipson, R. J. Harvey, M.a., F.R.S.E., Demonstrator of Biology, Univer- sity College, Liverpool. Our Common Food Plants. The Cotton Plant: its History and Commercial Value; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) Hancox, Joun, Chief Superintendent of City Police. Police Recollec- tions within the last Forty Years: Street Cries, Musicians, Vocalists, Beggars, &c. Herpman, Dr. W. A., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. The Great Depths of the Ocean and their Inhabitants ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jerrs, Osmunp W. Lakes and their Origin ; illustrated by the Oxy- hydrogen Light. Jounson, Ricwarp C., r.n.s.a. Application of the Spectroscope to Astronomy ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jones, Rev. W. Henry. Finland and its People: their Manners, Customs, Stories, and Music ; illustrated by Diagrams, &c. Jupr, W. H., Principal, Liverpool Organ School. Musical Pictures ; with Vocal and Instrumental illustrations. Lopcr, Dr. Oxtver, Professor of Physics, University College, Liverpool. On the Tides; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Loarman, W. S. Shakespere in the 16th and 19th Centuries; illus- trated by the Oxybydrogen Light. MacCunn, Joun, m.a., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, University College, Liverpool. The Consumption of Wealth. MacKay, J. M., .a., Professor of History, University College, Liver- pool. The Pioneers of the English Marine, 15 _ Rarusone, P. H., ze. How Cities were made Beautiful in the Olden Time, and may be again, as illustrated by the Gallery of Casts ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ‘Renpvatt, G. H., m.a., Principal, University College, Liverpool. Death’ and after Death to Greeks and Romans; illustrated by the Oxyhydro- gen Light. - ‘Rucsy, Rey. E. A., s.3., Professor of Physics, Stonyhurst College. How and why we breathe. Corals and Coral Reefs; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) ‘Snaw, H. S. Hens, Professor of Engineering, University College, | Liverpool. James Watt and the invention of the Steam Engine. George Stephenson and the introduction of Railways ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) SomeRveLt, Ropert, B.A. Work and Trade, good and bad. -Srrone, HERBERT A., M.A., LL.D., Professor of Latin, University College, Liverpool. Fields of Emigration in the Southern Hemi- sphere ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Sruses, Caprarn Epwarp, x.y. Our Lighthouses and Lightships ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ao Tuompson, Isaac C., rrms. A Holiday in the Pyrenees; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Witums, Rey. 8. Frercuer. Simon de Montfort and the first _____ House of Commons. LECTURES DELIVERED DURING OcToBER, NovEMBER, AND DrEcemMBER, 1887. a2 delivered in the Rotunda Lecture Hall, from October 17th to Decem- be: 5th inclusive. Total attendance at the three Courses : 12,339. Average: 771. 16 LECTURERS AND SuBJEcTS: Four lectures on “The Art of Sculpture,” by John A. P. MacBride, Sculptor. Total Attendance: 2,581. Average : 645. Four Lectures on “The American Constitution of 1788,” by J. K. Stephen, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. Total Attendance : 2,480. Average : 620. Eight Lectures on “‘ The Structure and Functions of the Human Body,” by the following Professors and Lecturers of University College, Liverpool, viz.: —W. Mircuenn Banxs, m.p., F.R.cs. Professor of Anatomy; ALEXANDER Barron, M.B., o.m., Demonstrator of Pathology ; RicHarp Caton, M.D., M.R.C.P., Professor of Physiology; R. J. Harvey GIBSON, M.A., F.R.S.E., Demonstrator of Biology; Dr. W. A. Herpmay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Professor of Natural History; E. W. Hops, m.p., p.sc., Lecturer on Hygiene, and Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Liver- pool; F. T. Paun, F.r.c.s., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence ; H. 8S. Heitz Suaw, u.1c.£., Professor of Engineering. Total Attendance: 7,278. Average: 909. ———— LENDING LIBRARIES. TasLeE I.—General Statistics :— 1887. 1886. Sou North South luneane | pies ToraL. | Library, | Library. | TOTAL. Wolumosslent) osc ceca cour . | 203,200 | 202,071 | 405,271 | 202,652 | 180,910 | 383,562 New Tickets issued........... 2,029 2,276 4,305 2,005 2,194 4,199 Tickets renewed .............. 2,388 2,121 4,509 2,311 1,953 4,264 Tickets cancelled.............. 1,928} 2,038! 3,966; 2,080] 2,097} 4,177 Readers on the books .......... 4,388| 4,467| 8,855| 4,287] 4,229] 8,516 Books lost or injured, and paid for 15 24 39 21 il 32 IBGOKS IONE Ste iss cateice ee okie — = =: — 4 4 Volumes worn out—withdrawn.. 212, 77 349 550 419 969 ‘Volumes worn out—replaced.... 406 751 1,157 534 526 1,060 Volumes added................ 632 670| 1,302 428 450 878 Total vols. in Libraries ........ 23,505 | 23,204| 46,709| 23,145 | 22,611 | 45,756 17 _ Taste II.—Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— Volumes Lent. Volumes Added. North South North | South | Library. | Library, | TOTAL. | Library. | Library. Torat. | | | I bvepeedlan etre teae ae Spare rie 3,281 3,081 6,362 1] 9 20 Natural Philosophy Fate wicks Sarat 2,875 | 2,893| 5,768 14 30 44 PETES TEGO fed eiee)s 0, 012)'s10,0 2,260 1,805] 4,065 17 15 32 ce and the Artal. sists 9,185 8,407 | 17,592 99 93 192 story and Biography ........ 8,241 8,800 | 17,041 78 71 | #149 opography and Antiquities . 822 994} 1,816 16 12 28 yages and Travels .......... 5,115 5,720 | 10,835 19 20 39 iscellaneous Literature ...... 11,598 | 12,176| 23,774 93 128 221 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 278 215 493 4 4 8 ommerce and Political Economy 621 443} 1,064 8 5 13 ducation, Forma: Nai and Logic| 1,434| 1,253] 2,687 —_ 1 1 etry and the Drama ........ 1,349| 1,017| 2,366 11 13 24 MSEIOM nc mic awe baal d'e.s sas 155,883 154, 902 310, 785 | 262 239 501 n and Greek Classics . .... 203 290 93 — a — ae ee 55 75| 130 | = 30 30 r Torah jak iecaik 203,200 / 202,071 | 405,271 | 632 | 70 1,302 ? ? | an > \ 1 BRANCH EVENING READING ROOMS. Average Place, Attendance. per night. Chatsworth Street Board School aes PA ... 26,408 88 Low Hill School ... on 34 eee te .-- 13,780 46 Queen’s Road Board School _... we 7 ... 19,198 64 Stanley Road Board School ae RSs nas seas COAG 92 Wellington Road School ... bee axe eae -.. 19,232 64 Total ... was --- 106,264 354 ———@——_ MUSEUM. ‘A Committee have to record a valuable presentation from Mr. Frederick , of Rainhill, of a Collection of Humming Birds, with handsome se = accessories, as a Jubilee gift. A Collection of Skins from Palestine, India, &c., formed by the late r Hugh Heywood Jones, have been presented by his family. The rticulars will be found below. 18 A Collection of Skins and Horns of Large Game Animals from the Caucasus, specially collected and presented by Mr. St. George Littledale, as recorded below. The Museum possesses a large number of skins, in part from the original Derby Collection, which have since been added to. In stuffing and preparing these for exhibition attention is being paid to the pictorial grouping and natural surroundings, as will be seen further on. The Circulating Museum Collections, for educational purposes in schools, introduced by the Rey. H. H. Higgins, have been attended with great success. A letter of acknowledgment to that effect is given below. Visitors To MusEum. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1887. 1886. (215 Days.) (212 Days.) Total Visitors in the year. . .. 255,616 357,916 Weekly Average .. ae BE, 4,915 6,883 Daily Average a. fe 5 1,188 1,688 The great and unusual Jubilee attractions in Manchester and other places have had an adverse influence on the spring and summer visitors to the Museum as well as to Liverpool in general. The numbers, however, compare favourably with those of the British Museum of Natural History in London, for the daily average in 1886, as gathered from the Return to the House of Commons, dated May 10th, 1887, amounted to 1,234, while the daily sini to this Museum © amounted to 1,688 for the same period. The number of Special Visitors has considerably increased, and includes a larger number of Scientific Travellers, Museum Curators, and American ~ and Continental Professors, than in any previous period, to inspect the — collections, arrangements, methods, and appliances. 19 Cracunatinc Museum CoLuecTions FoR ScHOOLS AND OTHER EpucaTionaL Purposss. The following letter testifies to the educational value of these collections :— LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, 68, BerkLey Srreet, LvERPoot, February 3rd, 1888. To the Liverpool Musewm Sub-Committee. GENTLEMEN, At the last monthly meeting of the above Association, held on January 28th, a motion was unanimously passed to the effect that a letter should be written, thanking you on behalf of the Teachers for the valuable Circulating Museum you have provided, and expressing their appreciation of the great help and value of such a means of instruction. It was mentioned, as a proof of the usefulness of the boxes of objects, that scholars were set thinking and enquiring, so that they have proved a real aid to teaching. We should be glad indeed to get them oftener, since they have been so helpful and interesting. Our own School Museums are very useful to us, but necessarily limited, and the Circulating Museum supplies us with very many objects quite out of our reach. The boxes are a reminder of the large collection in the William ____ Brown Street Museum, and many of our scholars have thus been induced to visit it. We believe the Circulating Museum is doing a good .work, and we feel we _ Owe you a deep debt of gratitude for so kindly providing it. I am, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, JOHN W. WOOD, SECRETARY. These cabinet collections, small and limited in number, but specially ected and arranged, are lent in certain order, and usually for a month a time, to Elementary Schools within the boundaries of the City. IF iicate specimens are also lent from time to time, on application, for ial object lessons by Teachers and for other educational purposes. 20 An increase in the number of children and young persons, evidently resulting from the use of the Circulating Collections, has long been noticed, especially on Saturdays. Several meetings of the Geological Association, for lecture purposes in the Museum, have taken place on Saturday afternoons by arrangement, and have been addressed by their own members, by the Rey. H. H. Higgins, Mr. F. P. Marrat, and the Curator. Students from the Training College, Mount Pleasant, from Wallasey Grammar School, and children from various schools, have made special visits of inspection to the Museum. THE Cooxe Bequest OF British LEPIDOPTERA. Dr. J. W. Ellis has kindly continued his services in re-arranging this valuable collection, successive drawers of which are exhibited at the monthly meetings of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, which take place within the building. PicTorRIAL GROUPS. The mounting of stuffed specimens, so as to show, where possible, the male, female, and young with natural surroundings, and artistically dis- played, was commenced in the Museum as far back as 1865 with a group of the Common Bald Coot. Other groups have been similarly mounted from time to time for several years past. Among the latest are Pictorial groups of the Common Pheasant, Gold and Amherst Pheasants, the Talegalla or so-called Brush Turkey, and other Mound-making Birds of Australia, New Guinea, and neighbouring islands; (birds which leave — their eggs to incubate by the heat produced by the decaying vegetable matter of which the mounds are more or less composed); groups of 1 Guillemots and other Sea-birds; also Chamois and Ibexes from the © Caucasus, and examples of all the so-called Flying Mammals. Such groups arrest the attention, give life to a collection, and add greatly to the instructiveness of the specimens so displayed. Several of these, as also other objects of interest, and recent acquisi- tions, have been exhibited at the meetings and the Soirée of the Associated Societies of Liverpool. bd in ba | 21 The Austin Collection of Fossil Crinoids has been carefully arranged, and has proved of greater scientific value and interest even than was anticipated. A room devoted to Fish Amphibia and Reptiles and the Phillip’s Collection of Minerals is being re-arranged, and will shortly be ready for exhibition. Loans. as _ A group of Harp Seals from Newfoundland, presented by Mr. C. T. Bowring, Arctic Foxes, Moose and Walrus Heads, &c., Northern Shells and Crustacea illustrating Life in High Latitudes; Oil Paintings of Bison, Moose, Wapiti, &c., by Catlin; and a series of Mounted Photo- sraphic Views of Melbourne in 1862, were lent to the Liverpool Jubilee Exhibition. EXCHANGES. E Whymper, received from the British Museum of Natural History ; so a small Marsupial animal (Podabrus) from the same. DonaTIONs. Th ee living full-coloured Gold Carp or Telescope Fish (Carassius ratus), with trifid tails and projecting eyes, nated from Shanghai ; 1 esented by Mr. D. Alexander. 22 Specimens of Fossil Sponges (Heaactinellida, Lithistina and Calcarea) : a case of Parasites in recent Sponges, &c.; selected as type specimens for tie teaching series of Sponges; presented by Mr. H. J. Carter, F.R.S., per Mr. Thos. Higgin, F.L.S. \ Seven Cock Pheasants and five Hen Pheasants (one assuming the plumage of the male), from the Knowsley preserves, for a pictorial group; presented by the Earl of Derby, per Mr. G. C. Hale. A large specimen of the Lump Sucker Fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) and a Northen Stone Crab (Lithodes maia); presented by Mr. Councillor J. Duncan. A specimen of Shale or Cannel Coal from the Brackenridge range of mountains, Kentucky ; presented by Mr. C. J. English. Four small Gorgonias from West Africa; presented by Mr. P. Entwistle. An Insect Cocoon, in gum, from Oregon; presented by Mr. J. Harris Gibson. A Caleareous deposit taken from a water pipe in a colliery shaft in Flintshire, in 1886 ; presented by Mr. Henry Hall, Inspector of Mines. A series of Fungi collected in the vicinity of Liverpool, by the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, and presented by him to this Museum. The series occupies twelve drawers, and was in 1858 deposited by the Collector for Exhibition in the Museum of the Liverpool Royal Institution. Specimens of Fish and Crustacea from Buenos Ayres; presented by Mr. Councillor R. Hamilton. A specimen of the Half-beak Fish (Hemiramphus); collected and presented by Capt. Hening, s.s. Rosse, per Mr. H. C. Beasley. A Rare Insect (Deinacrida megacephala) from New Zealand ; collected and presented by Mr. Harry P. Higginson, C.E., per Mr. H. B. Higginson. 23 . Specimens of Fossil Bivalve Shells (Anthrocosia robusta) from Newton _ Colliery ; collected and presented by Mr. John Housley. s Specimens of Bismath, Magnesium, and Foliated Zinc ; presented by Messrs. Johnson & Co. A Collection of one hundred and sixty Skins of Birds, and three small Mammals, chiefly from Palestine; collected by the late Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones, and presented by Mr. B. Heywood Jones on behalf of the family. - The Collection consists of 160 unstuffed skins, chiefly of perching birds and birds of prey. It comprises examples of most of the characteristic birds of Western Palestine, as well as of species whose ‘range extends to India, to Egypt and other parts of Africa, and to Britain, thus illustrating among birds several peculiarities of the Palestine fauna. These are due to the unparalleled physical conditions of wilderness, mountainous ranges, and the deep gorge of the Dead Sea, _ whose surface is nearly 1,300 feet below the ordinary sea level, the deepest depression on the earth’s surface. Mr. Hugh Jones made collections in Palestine in 1880 and 1881, and = - 1885. ne the first au peene he had already a Ss aeaeias we been received with them. One or two larger species were pre- ly given by Mr. Jones from his earlier expeditions to that country. ps ‘ All the specimens have been carefully labelled with the place and date of capture, and, in the 1885 collection, with still further particulars of colour of feet, eyes, &c., at time of capture, adding materially 50 the scientific value of the specimens. 24 Mr. Hugh Jones was a liberal donor to the Museum. Among his gifts may be mentioned a series of Hyrax from Palestine, a series of small Mammals collected in Wyoming, and of heads and horns of large game shot by himself during his various excursions to the Himalayas, Cachmere, and Thibet, where he made numerous graphic sketches of the scenes he visited and the game he met with. These sketches have been copied and printed, and a set has been given for use in the Museum when the drawings may serviceably illustrate the specimens collected on these excursions. Three skins of the Ollen Stag and one pair of horns; two adult male Tur Ibex skins and skulls, and one skin of female, and skeleton ; one Bear skin and skeleton, and two young Bear skins ; two Chamois skins, male and female, and skulls; all specially collected in the Caucasus in 1886 for the Museum, and presented by Mr. St. George Littledale. The skull and horns of an Ollen Stag, the skin and skull of a young Chamois, and the skin and skull of a Wild Boar; specially collected in the Caucasus in 1887 for the Museum, by Mr. St. George Littledale. A bottle of specimens of Lamp Shells (Waldheimia) from Sydney Harbour, N. 8. W.; presented by Professor A. Liversidge, University of Sydney. Specimens of Bats from Cape Coast Castle; presented by Major C. B. Lyster, per Mr. Frank Archer. A Hoopoe, a Bee-Eater, a Sand-Grouse, three other Bird Skins, and a collection of Shells from St. Augustine’s Bay, Madagascar ; presented by Mr. Hugh McCubbin. Specimens of Ear Shells (Haliotis Californianus and Haliotis Kamschatka), and a specimen of Antimony, from Borneo ; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. A Stoat in Ermine dress, shot at Noctorum, Cheshire, January 29th, 1887 ; presented by Mr. John Merry. A case of Gardeners’ Insect Friends, and a case of Gardeners’ Insect Foes, with popular descriptions and illustrations of their life history ; prepared and presented by Mr. 8. L. Mosley. “ot Aye vee 25 ” 2 Twenty-one plates of Radiolaria, from the “ Challenger presented by Mr. John Murray, F.R.S. Reports ; A collection of Birds and Beetles from Bechuana Land, between Kuruman and the Table River; presented by R. W. P. Two living young Alligators (Alligator Mississippiensis) from _ Savannah; presented by Capt. E. Parry. _ Three pieces of Fossil Fish Teeth (Ceratodus) from Aust Cliff, Bristol; presented by Mr. Spencer George Percival. Fore and hind feet of a Rein Deer, showing their peculiar adaptation ; _ presented by Mr. Councillor J. Ruddin. A living Northern Stone Crab (Lithodes maia) from Ayr, Scotland ; presented by Mr. Fred. Saunby. _ A-specimen of Peripatus from Demerara; collected and presented by Mr. W. L. Sclater, F.L.S. An Insect “of very great zoological interest, as lying near one ae the main stems of be great zoological family tree.” — A Convolvulus Hawk Moth (Sphinx convolvuli) caught in the Botanic r8 oor presented by Mr. Charles Sherry. ¢ A Longicorn Beetle (Stenocorus), and the Larva of a species of Goat Moth (Cossus), with their borings in oak staves, from Quebec; presented by Mr. J. A. Sutton. ‘The Taylor collection of Humming Birds, comprising about 150 pecimens, grouped in a large polished walnut and plate glass case with 26 glazed drawers and accessories; presented as a Jubilee gift by Mr. . Frederick Taylor, of Rainhill, together with coloured drawing by Gould, and a portrait by Ferranti; also two drawers of Bird-catching and other Spiders from the collection of the late Mr. Melly. Also by the same donor, fifteen skins of Humming Birds, specially procured for adding to the above collection ; and two male and two female Trap-Door Spiders, and three nests of the same; obtained from Jamaica for the Museum. A collection of three species of small Gorgonias, from the West Coast of Africa; presented by Mr. Charles Teare. Two young Alligators (Alligator Mississippiensis), for the Aquaria ; presented by Mr. Teare. A living pale-coloured Gold Carp (Carassius auratus), with trifid tail, brought from San Francisco; presented by Capt. R. H. Tulloch. A fine specimen of a Fruit Bat from Yokohama, Japan; presented by Mr. W. Walker, per Mr. Walthew. A Sclavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus), and a Golden Eye Duck (Clangula glaucion), shot and presented by Mr. Thomas West. The larva of a longicorn Beetle (Acanthophorus), found in sawdust on the ship ‘“‘ Dardanus”’ from Ceylon ; presented by Mr. Thomas Whelan. The Skull, Horns, and Jaws of a Flat-horned Buffalo from West Africa, presented by Mr. W. A. Ring. PURCHASES. The principal purchases have been as follows :— A large stuffed specimen of the Black-faced Kangaroo (Macropus melanops), a Canadian Lynx, and two Snowy Owls. A male Gold Pheasant and two Hybrids (male and female), between — the Gold and Amherst Pheasants, bred in captivity, and mounted in a Pictorial Group. 24 An adult male Goosander (Mergus merganser). A group of Hedgehogs, male, female, and five young ones, pictorially mounted. Mounted skeletons of two large American Amphibians (Amphiwma tridactyla and Sirenia lacertina), skin and skull of Desman or Mygale from Russia, and a series of sixteen selected skulls of Mammalia, and nine of Reptiles, for the Osteological Collection. , A case of specimens, with Notes and Drawings, illustrating the Life _ History of the ‘‘ Hessian Fly’ (Cecidomyia destructor). Two rare Crustaceans (Thalassina scorpionoides and Acanthopus planissimus). Two rare Gorgonias or Sea-Fans. A Fossil Polyzoon (Chalcites septosus). A large foliated Sponge. Enlarged Glass Models, by Blaschka of Dresden, of the Microscopic ‘Structure of Hexactinellid Sponges. Selected Specimens of Napoleonite, Precious Opal, Calamine, Blende, -Franklinite, Cupro-Uranite, Calcite, Turgite, Libethenite, Azurite, of 4 ” Malachite, and other Minerals. Living Local Marine and Freshwater Specimens for the Aquaria. MAYER MUSEUM. _ During the past year the collections of Ethnography and Armour were lent to the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool. The Ethno- graphical Collection formed the principal exhibit in the Exploration Courts; and the Armour a corresponding exhibit to Lord Londes- borough’s in the War Trophies Court. The Armour Collection is now in course of re-arrangement, and is being thoroughly cleaned. The 28 Ethnographical Collection, owing to there being insufficient room for its exhibition in the Museum, has been carefully stored away in cabinets of easy access provided for that purpose. DONATIONS. Napoleon Medal, ‘‘ Conquest of Germany ;” presented by Mr. Thomas Harries. Pottery Box, painted by William Fifield, a Bristol Enamel painter ; presented by Mr. Spencer George Perceval. Salt-glazed Dish ; presented by. Mr. John Spencer. Seven Carnelian Amulets, in form of Arrow-heads; presented by Mr. E. Bidwell. Two Jubilee Medals, 1887; presented by Mr. F. T. Turton. EXCHANGES. Seven duplicate pieces of Wedgwood Ware, in exchange for forty-five specimens of Wedgwood Ware, new to the collection. A duplicate Egyptian figure of Seti I., in exchange for a blue porce- lain figure of Pinotem IL, found at Dayr-el-Bahari. LOAN. Specimens of the various Coins of Great Britain, Ireland, India, and the Colonies, struck during the reign of Queen Victoria; lent by Mr. James O'Byrne. PURCHASES. Silver Medal, “ Circus Street School, Class of Honour, 1806, Liverpool, No. 5, given to Mary Lewis.” Salt-glazed stoneware Jug. Dancing Mask from Ceylon. 29 Selection of Arrow-heads, Bronze Implements, &c., &c., from Pena Blanca, North Chili. Flint-lock Pistol, highly inlaid with gold ; Italian late 17th Century. . Teapot and Cream Jug, made by Elijah Mayer. Photograph of a Soudan Arab. Two Necklaces and Armlets ; from the Soudan. Two Breast Ornaments of Shell; from the Admiralty Islands. Specimens of Feathery Quartz, Crystal Ball, Paris Diamond, and Imitation Topaz, Beryl, and Ruby. Group of Ethnological Objects, from Somali Land, specially obtained by Dr. Godfrey Thrupp for the Exploration Court, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool, and recently exhibited there, viz.: Two Circular Hide Shields, Grass Mat, Water Bottles, Pottery Vessel, Food Bowls, Stool, Sandals, Sword and Sheath, Whips, Spoons, Apron, and Spears. Laneaster Jubilee Medal, 1887. Fifty-three Engravings, illustrative of Captain Cook’s Voyages. - Copies of Helmet and Shield of Henry IV of France ; originals in . the Louvre. WALKER ART GALLERY. During the year the Gallery has been open on 292 days, and closed for _ cleaning and other purposes on 21 days. The total number of visitors was 416,820, or a daily average attendance of 1,427. Included in the above total are 55,428 visitors to the Autumn Exhibition, and 9,693 _ pupils of schools of various denominations admitted free. An Exhibition of illustrations of the works of Raphael was held in the gallery during the months of April, May, June, and July. It included 30 over 400 examples (reproduced as Autotypes, Photographs, Etchings, and Oil Paintings) of Raphael’s works, contributed by the Authorities of the Liverpool University, Mr. Enoch Harvey, Mr. Philip Henry Rathbone, Mr. A. B. Dunsford, Messrs. Elkington & Co., and the Liverpool Corpo- ration. These were classed under the Umbrian, Florentine, and Roman periods. The Exhibition was collected and arranged by Professor Conway, who also prepared a Catalogue which contains not only the titles of the works exhibited, but a complete list of all the Artist’s known works. The Liver Society of Artists held their Exhibition in the Gallery during the month of April, and during May and June, the Liverpool. Society of Water-Colour Painters also held their Exhibition in the Gallery. The Committee contributed to the Liverpool Jubilee Exhibition a collection of 18 models of Castles, Abbeys, &c. The Committee lent the following pictures during the year :— To the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition: —“ Julian the Apostate,” by E. Armitage, R.A.; ‘‘Saving the Guns,” by R. Caton Woodville; ‘‘ The Evening of the Battle of Waterloo,” by Ernest Crofts, A.R.A.; and “The Castle Rock, Cumberland,” by Clarence Whaite, R. W. S. The following pictures were lent to the Jubilee Exhibition at Saltaire :— “ Trial of the Earl of Strafford.” by W. Fisk; ‘‘ Nature’s Mirror, by Peter Ghent; ‘‘ The Ante-Chamber at Whitehall during the last moments of Charles IT,” by E. M. Ward, R.A. The Committee also at the request of the Artist contributed a picture by W. L. Picknell, entitled ‘‘ Wintry March,” to the American Exhibition, held in London. The Arts Committee at Manchester reciprocated by lending to the Committee :— “The Good Samaritan,” by G. F. Watts, R.A.; ‘“‘ The Ides of March,” by E. J. Poynter, k.a.; and “ Eve Tempted,’’ by R. Spencer Stanhope. Two Soirees were held during the year. The Congress of the British Archeological Association, holding their meeting in Liverpool, in August, were invited by the Committee on the 19th of that month to a Conversazione, which was largely attended. 31 A similar entertainment was given to close the Autumn Exhibition of _ Pictures, on Monday, December 5th, which was attended by the local Artists and many leading Citizens. A large number continue to attend the Gallery for the purpose of _ study, and during the year 88 new students have applied for and obtained permission to copy. . In November Mr. Charles Langton, J.P., deposited in the Gallery, on ; loan, his Collection of Oil and Water Colour Paintings for a period of six months. This collection is of great interest, and includes fine examples of the _ works of De Wint, Copley Fielding, Sam Prout, David Cox, R.a., David _ Roberts, r.a., E. W. Cooke, r.4., ©. Stanfield, r.a., T. Sidney Cooper, R.A., T. M. Richardson, George Fripp, George Morland, and others. - In December the Committee granted an application from Messrs. Dowdeswell and Sons, to rent some of the principal rooms for an exhibition of the works of the celebrated Russian Artist, Verestchagin. The Exhibition was opened on Saturday, December 17th, when Mr. Verestchagin gave a reception, which was attended by a large number of Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association, for an International Exhibition of Photography and Photographic Appliances, to be held from 8rd to the 17th March. _ The Committee have also granted the Association the free use of the rooms for the purpose of a Conyersazione to inaugurate the Exhibition. List or WorKs ADDED To THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. Donations— Om PAINTINGs : _ “Shooting Party in the Highlands—Halting for Lunch,” by Richard Ansdell, R.A.; presented by O., Omerod Walker, Esq., and Capt. Edgar J. Garston, R.A, 32 “‘Samson,” by Solomon J. Solomon; presented as a Jubilee Gift by James Harrison, Esq. ENGRAVING, &c. : “Lady Godiva” (signed proof), after Van Lerius. The Pediment of St. George’s Hall, designed by C. R. Cockerell, B.A. ; presented by Mrs. Frederick Cockerell, per Jos. Boult, Esq., F.R.1B.A. ScuLPTURE: Plaster Bust of the late Canon Hume, L.L.D., D.c.L., by E. E. Geflowski; presented by the Rev. J. Mansell. Marble Bust of the late John Foster, Surveyor to the Corporation, by William Spence ; presented by William Oulton, Esq., J.P. Marble Group, illustrating the Parable of the wise and foolish Virgins, by Rinaldi; bequeathed by the late Daniel Busby. Purchases— The Pediment of St. George’s Hall (Lithograph), designed by C. R. Cockerell, R.A. “The Accusation ” (Water Colour), by Jas. Shaw Crompton; purchased from the Spring Exhibition of the Liverpool Society of Water Colour Painters. The following works were purchased from the 17th Autumn Exhibition of Pictures :— Ort PAINTINGs : “ An Encore Too Many,” by Francis Barraud. “ Pelagia and Philammon,” by Arthur Hacker. “The Bow-Net,” by T. F. Goodall, 33 « The White Lady of Nuremberg,” by Wyke Bayliss, B.B.A. iw Yr ** Peonies,” by C. E. Perugini. vl TeRRA-CoTta Busts: | | “ The Good Husband” and “The Happy Wife,” by Miss Mary Redmond. "a >) ow | AvuTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES, 1887. 1886. g 5 Yumber of Pictures and other Works Sea sssard. £! Ssend! of Art Exhibited.............. 1,279 1,279 * aber of Pictures sold .......... 181 224 nount realized by sales.......... 4,791 19 0O 8.576 18 0 Season Tickets sold ....... 4 eae 1,256 216 4 O 1,831 302 10 6 888 15 0O | 22,941 |1,147 1 0 889 18 6 | 15,908 397 14 O 260 O O | 26,703 333 15 «9 371 2 3 118,628 | 434 9 0 18 3 9 336 13 9 iscellaneous Receipts ............ is 11 0 36.19 7 7 jal Bereipts, exclusive of sales .. 2,329 14 6 2,989 3 7 — . 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REPORT OF THE DISTRICT LIBRARIES AND READING ROOMS SUB-COMMITTEE. eee In accordance with the following resolution of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee of the 2nd December, 1886, “ That a Sub-Committee consisting of six members to be designated the District Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, be appointed to direct and superintend all matters connected with the management of the North and South Lending Libraries, or any other branch libraries and reading rooms that may hereafter be established in connexion with the Central or Reference Library, and that with the object of bringing the district libraries more into harmony with the Central Library, the Sub-Committee report to this Committee whether the district libraries are now capable, or could be rendered so by structural alterations, of being utilized in the two-fold capacity of reading rooms and circulating libraries, and generally as to any improvement the Sub-Committee may deem desirable, in order to maintain the present _ efficiency or future development of the district libraries.” The Chairman of the Sub-Committee—Mr. Hall, Mr. Lunt, and the Librarian, have visited the Evening Reading Rooms and the Lending Libraries, and in regard to the latter have given special attention as to _ what structural alterations would be required to establish Public Reading Rooms in connexion with them, open both day and evening; and the notes made during this visit, with various suggestions, are embodied in _ the following report. The great popularity of the Reading Rooms of the Central Library, and the success which has attended the recent establishment of the five branch evening reading rooms, together with the success which has accompanied the establishment of reading rooms in connexion with the 36 lending libraries of Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and other large towns, give every assurance that similar rooms attached to the North and South Lending Libraries of this city would be attended with equal popularity and success. Since the opening of the Central Reference Library, the growth of the city on the North, South, and East, has been immense, yet so far, no branch reading rooms, other than the somewhat inconvenient schoolrooms for the perusal of newspapers and periodicals from 6 to 9-30 p.m., have been established in the midst of these densely populated districts. The North Library, situated in Great Nelson Street, is a long narrow room, 75 feet by 17. The front portion (coloured red on plan), 35 feet in length, is used as a reception room for readers coming to exchange their library books. The back portion (coloured yellow on plan), with gallery and small adjoining room, are used for the storage of library books. It has been thought that by removing the projecting wing book-cases on the ground floor, and withdrawing entirely from the library some ten thousand volumes, equal to the number of volumes now stored on the ground floor in that part of the library coloured yellow on plan already referred to, this space, 39 feet by 17, might be used for a reading room. This would obviously be a small room for the purpose desired ; and whether the gain of such a room by the sacrifice of so many volumes, and the increased difficulty of working the library, which would follow from having nearly all the books stored on the gallery, is a matter for serious consideration. With regard to the South Library in Upper Parliament Street, there is little or no doubt either as to what is best to be done or how it is to be carried out. This library being situated at a much greater distance from the Central Library than the North Branch, may be said on this account to deserve priority of consideration in the establishment of a public reading room. As this distance, particularly in the winter time, must do much to prevent readers residing in this locality from visiting the Central Library, a reading room here would, it is thought, do much to satisfy and promote a taste for reading and study, and if made cheerful and comfortable, prove a valuable counter-attraction to places of a less worthy character. The South Library premises are held by the Committee under a lease from the Corporation, of which there are some thirty years torun. Their 37 position is exceedingly well adapted for a library and reading room, being open and conspicuous, and close upon a great public thoroughfare, while, at the same time, lying so as to be free from the noise and disturbance of ‘yehicular traffic. The Library is in close proximity to the Wards of North and South Toxteth, Pitt Street, and Rodney Street, which, with the _ Ward of Gt. George in which the Library is situated, are estimated to contain a population of 155,637. The premises consist of two dwelling houses, not absolutely old, but far from being new. The alterations : _Thecessary in the first instance to make them suitable and convenient for q _ the present Library, have done much to weaken them, consequently any further structural alterations can hardly be deemed judicious, even ; if they were capable of providing a reading room of sufficient size, and with the requirements necessary to make it a success. But this is not the case. After a careful examination of the premises by the Corporation Surveyor, it has been considered the best and cheapest course to pull them down and build a new Library and Reading Room, consisting of one storey with basement, on the plan prepared by the ‘Surveyor and the Librarian. This plan, while providing for the full requirements of the Library, also provides a Public Reading Room capable of seating a hundred persons at tables, and accommodating some forty to fifty more standing at newspaper desks. i he cost of this new building and fittings is estimated at a sum not exceeding £2,500, with an addition of £150 for furniture. 4 ‘The annual average charge of this Library during the past five years thas been £760, without deducting the receipts for fines, catalogues, ie a tickets, &c., which have averaged £160 during the same period. 1e proposed New Library and Reading Room will cost not less than £1 re a year more for magazines, newspapers, extra gas, extra cleaning, allowance to Librarian for loss of house, &c , and some extra assistance during the evenings. _ By the above arrangement the city will gain two reading rooms for books as well as periodicals and newspapers, open both day and evening, in situations where they are greatly needed and would be much appreciated, t a cost of about £308 10s. per annum, whereas two additional evening eading rooms (similar to those the Committee have opened in schoolrooms 38 for the perusal only of periodicals and newspapers) would cost about £110 a year each, or a total of £220. The superior advantages and in cheapness of the Library Reading Rooms are apparent. If success attends the New South Library and Reading Room, and of this there can be no reasonable doubt, then the establishment of an East Library and Reading Room ought to follow at the earliest possible opportunity. The site might either be in Low Hill, Hall Lane, or in some good public thoroughfare a little further southward. It is a mistake no less injurious to the success and popularity of a library and reading room, than it is to many other places of business and public institutions, to erect or open it where it cannot make itself well known, or in common phrase, advertise itself. After this the North Library ought certainly to be dealt with by the erection of a New Library and Spacious Reading Room, on a site further North than the present Library, and somewhere say in Scotland Road, near to where it joins Stanley Road. Three branch libraries, with reading rooms attached, more or less on the plan of the proposed New South Library and the eight branches which Manchester has obtained so deserved a reputation for having established, supplemented by the five school evening reading rooms, would do much towards satisfying the reading wants of the many inhabitants of the city who are compelled to live at a considerable distance from the reading rooms of the Central Library. How the necessary funds for the erection and maintenance of these branches are to be provided may not be easy of solution in the Committee’s present financial position, but no doubt they will give the subject full and due consideration, as it is felt by many persons that some development of the library system in the direction of additional lending libraries and reading rooms, particularly in the neighbourhoods indicated, is urgently required. T.. 5. HARE CHAIRMAN. PRESOT ' a . 4 Y- ¥ y * Q 7 4 ae ° A . ; ox e 3 & 7 ere Cae 4 van ee Vents ee | \ Mt jal % ¢ % 5 p< \ - Es » ~ t ; ‘ TMIRTY-SIXTM ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY i MUSEUM, AND ae OF THE LIVERPOOL: J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE. 1889. < see E "oe ee OE ONIN ely Coie . a . ee Paci n orw ye meecett —w ‘ - a0 < wy ’ i “s on ‘ ‘ of an fi cr 7 i 2 >i © 2 r - Tz) G aot z fia kis j v / OP ee ems seme seme ry “ott te ewe * “ : ewe ~ 2 7” ; , THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL .REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. MUSEUM, ALKER’ ART ‘GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL: J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE, 1889. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1888-89. Committee : Str JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, f.s.4., CHarrman. ALDERMAN EDWARD SAMUELSON, Dzputy-CHarRMAN. EDWARD HATTON COOKSON, Mayor. GEORGE H. BALL, ROBERT HAMILTON, WILLIAM BENNETT, Rev. H. H. HIGGINS, ».a., ANTHONY BOWER, THOMAS HOLDER, WILLIAM B. BOWRING, ROBERT D. HOLT, Lizut.-Cot. A. H. BROWN, ™.P., WILLIAM J. LUNT, ANDREW COMMINS, L1.D., M.P., THOMAS W. OAKSHOTT, JOHN DAVIES, PHILIP H. RATHBONE, THOMAS B. HALL, ALDERMAN Sir A. B. WALKER, Bart. Ghief Hibrarian: PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian: THOMAS FORMBY. ery ei Sea Gurator of the Museum: THOMAS J. MOORE. ee GConchologist, Mineralogist, &c.: F. P. MARRAT. Gurator of the Walker Art Gallerz: CHARLES DYALL, REPORT. A few general remarks on the action of the several departments may form a fitting introduction to the statistical information appended. REFERENCE LIBRARY. _ This, which may be considered the nucleus and centre of the institution, pursues the even tenor of its way with little vicissitude. To whatever cause it may be owing, the issues have fallen off about 15 per cent. during the year. This is principally manifest in the department of pr se fiction, where the volumes read have diminished from 882 per day to 698, or 20 per cent. This undoubtedly indicates a greater proportionate demand for a higher class of literature. Even on the reduced scale the circulation of more than 10,000 volumes per week of wholesome literature, much of it of a high class, diffusing its influence through every stratum of society, cannot but have a very favourable nfluence both morally and intellectually. During the year, 113 volumes worn out have not been replaced, after lowing for which an addition has been made of 2,108 volumes, making he number now on the shelves 93,1838. ‘The increase in the contents of the library is pressing upon the vailable space, and before very long some additional provision will have ) be made. e City, specially with reference to the street architecture, a large part f which has been swept away by progressive improvements. Since his cease these collections were offered by auction and haye been secured r the Library. The number of drawings is 948, which have been tained at the price of £450. Lenpine Lrsrarigs. These have during many years been worked up to the extent of their pacity so that any serious increase in the issues is not to be looked a It will be seen, however, from an inspection of the figures that re has been an extension of the issues during the last year from ),271 to 427,532 volumes. Ine very gratifying circumstance connected with these libraries is the y small percentage of books lost or unaccounted for. Out of issues 4 during the last two years of nearly a million volumes, only 9 are lost or missing. This speaks well both for the honesty of the readers and the efficiency of the working staff. In the last report an account was given of the proceedings of the sub-committee appointed to consider the question of the extension of Lending Libraries to the north and east districts of the city, and a Report on the subject was appended. It was subsequently found desirable to modify the conclusions then arrived at, and ultimately it | was decided to request the Council to appropriate a plot of land at Kensington Fields fronting the high road, for the erection of a Lending Library and Reading Room. This report was adopted by the Council, who further agreed to erect the building at a cost of about £3,000, the rent calculated on this basis to be paid out of the Library Fund. This will be a valuable boon to the increasing population of an important district. The existing reading rooms continue to be popular, the attendance in each of them having increased, amounting in the whole to 114,777, as against 106,264 in the previous year. Museum. The visitors have increased during the year, from 255,616 to 291,754. 5 Since the 1st October last the Museum has been thrown open to the public on Monday evenings from 7 to 10. Some years since a similar attempt was made, but owing to the disorderly conduct of some of the visitors, it had to be abandoned. It — is gratifying to find that at present the utmost order and propriety prevail, indicating an advance and improvement in the popular feeling. | In connection with this movement addresses or short lectures have been given illustrative of the collections by voluntary lecturers, which — have been highly appreciated. A list of these will be found below. Mayer Museum. | Not many additions have been made during the year, but those which — have been acquired are of high interest. ‘The attention of the curator has been principally directed to classifying, cataloguing, and labelling the collections, so as to render them more intelligible and available to the Visitors. SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, J. A..PICTON, Kae CHAIRMAN, 3 5 REFERENCE LIBRARY. Taste I.—Showing the Books issued during the year :— Classification. Volumes. Pees Theology, Morals, &. _... ‘ a so Stele Natural Philosophy, Astronowy, ke. a i eT ODA 63 ‘Natural History... ar es pk ie 52; 280,960 29 Science and the Arts ds £e i Loa ONG 99 _ History and Biography ... a Be Oe Le RhE, 85 Topography and Antiquities sey ie ig yes) TGA 27 Voyages and Travels Bee : 11,638 43 Miscellaneous Literature (principally colleckaak Musik Essays, Reviews, Societies’ Beawediey. “kes in Be volumes) so = ots ..- 148,264 544 Jurisprudence, Law, and Polities.. Ries Eh ... 5,468 20 Commerce, Political Economy, - Statistics ... Poe zo 17 Education and Language ... at ap Rs ete Gar 25 _ Poetry and Dramatic Literature ... TF aap eZ 199 45 Prose Fiction Fase ae ici: pl nas Se ere Lg ee NO 698 Latin and Greek Classics and ‘Translations ee on. me LO 12 _ Encyclopedias, and Works of General Reference .728 1) 195269 71 Patents for Inventions ... aha see st ... 24,048 88 Total... a ae ... 526,346 1,930 a II.—Showing the number and classification of works added luring the year :— Volumes Total Number in Classification. added. the Library. _ Theology, Morals, &. ... i A a 8 99 7,047 Natural Philosophy, wbicottidin ys &. ... ee ad 51 2,235 _ Natural History .. ve si ies & bal’ "hehe 5,085 _ Science and the eta ak a Rei nidcher WAS 10,801 4 _ History and Biography .. ne me a shape Oe 11,956 "Topography and ‘Antiqhitibs a: a ee any ihe 4,951 _ Voyages and Travels”... 3 99 5,052 Y iscellaneous Literature (pr incipally collections Works, Essays, Reviews, core ieee uals in Volumes)... iy awe " 627 22,103 Jurisprudence, Law, ae Polities aor BS Pee LOO 7,607 Commerce, Political Economy, &c. _ ..- ae Bs 64 1,395 } Education, and Language ao ae oes at 33 1,506 oetry “oe Dramatic Literature ic oe = 86 3,849 Prose 4, a 1 5,614 Latin and Greek Classics Eu fedssintions me a 13 870 Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference . 86 3,112 Total ... asin ae * 9 108 *93,183 * After deducting 113 Volumes worn out and not replaced 6 The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the respective Publishers :— Agriculture Amateur Photographer Association News American Settler Anglo-American Times Birmingham and Sheffield Hardware Circular Bootle Times Brewers’ Guardian British and Colonial Printer and Stationer British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Weekly Reporter Cambridge Examiner Cape Argus Church of England Temperance Chronicle Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Citizen Civil Service Times Colonies Day of Days Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Electrician Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Fireside News Good Health Hand and Heart Herald of Health Home Words Homeeopathic World In His Name Invention Trish Times. Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish World Journal of Speculative Philosophy Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation Journal of the Statistical Society Leeds Times Liberal Unionist j Light Literary News Literary Society Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo Liverpool Express Liverpool Halfpenny Weekly Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) Liverpool Porcupine Liverpool Post (daily and weekly) Liverpool Programme Liverpool Review Liverpool University Magazine Machinery Market Medium Miller Mona’s Herald Musical Society Money New Church Magazine Oddfellows’ Magazine Oxford Chronicle Personal Rights’ Journal Pitman’s Musical Monthly Porcupine Present Truth Preston Herald Railway Review Recreation Research Rhyl Journal Richmond and Twickenham Times Sale and Exchange Script Phonographic Journal Shipping World Signs of the Times Sloan-Duployan Phonographic Journal Sunday Times Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Vaccination Inquirer Vegetarian Messenger Western Daily Press Woman’s Suffrage Journal Worcestershire Herald Zoophilist The following is a list of the Newspapers provided for use in the Newsroom :— Baner ac Amserau Cymru Belfast News-Letter Birmingham Daily Gazette Birmingham Daily Post Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald Freeman’s Journal (2 copies) j Glasgow Herald Irish Times = Leeds Mercury Liverpool Courier (6 copies) Liverpool Daily Post (6 copies) Liverpool Journal of Commerce 7 Liverpool Programme | Manchester Guardian London Daily News (2 copies) New York Herald London Morning Post Pall Mall Gazette London Standard (2 copies) Scotsman London Telegraph (2 copies) Western Daily Press London Times (2 copies) | Yorkshire Post Manchester Courier Liverpool Mercury (6 copies) Donations. ABERDEEN Pospiic Liprary :—Supple- mentary Author-list, 1886-8. _ ANDREW, SAMUEL, (the Author) :—The seven Holy Crosses of Oldham. ANONYMOUSLY :—The Synod of _ Streonshahl, or Council of Whitby, by R. T. Manson; The neccessity of a _ sanitary reform in Infant Rearing: why and how it should be effected, by _ Francis E. Clotten, (3 copies). Askin, W.:—The Docks and Trade of London and Liverpool, (4 copies). BAKER, Miss:—The History of Rome: from the building of Rome to the ruin _ of the Commonwealth, by N. Hooke, _ 2 vols, Banks anv Son, Messrs. (the Pub- _ lishers) :-—Israel’s Hope and Destiny, vol. 8. Barpavdos, Colonial Secretary for :— _ Barbados Blue Book, 1882, 1884, 1885, and 1887. Bartierr, Wit~14am:—The Leasehold _ Estate of the Corporatioa of Liverpool, _ (2 copies). Bett AnD Sons, Messrs. (the Pub- _ lishers):—Goethe’s Faust; translated _ by Anna Swanwick, part 1. GEN Museum, Norway :—Bergen’s _ Museum Aarsberetning, 1886. BICKERTON, T. H., (the Author):—Colour dness, (2 pamphlets). NHFAD LITERARY AND SCYENTIFIC CIETY :—Report, 1887-8. TLE-CUM-LINACRE FREE LIBRARY :— talogue. ‘on City AupIToR :—Report, 1887-8. TON Positc LipRARY:—-Bulletin, 1888. T, JosEpH:-—-The Enquirer; or, hilosophical and Mathematical epository, by W. Marrat, No. 2. DFORD FREE PuBLIC LIBRARIES :— ‘Supplementary Catalogue of the Jentral Lending Library. LEE, CALEB D., (the Author):—Jesus ist eternally alive. RITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- T oF ScrencE:—Report, 1887 ; dbook to Bath. RITIsH Museum Trusteis :—Catalogue of Printed Books, 20 vols. ; Catalogue of Birds, by Philip L. Sclater, vol. 14; The following Donations have been received during the year :— Catalogue of Gems; Catalogue of Greek Coins, by Barclay V. Head ; Catalogue of Persian Coins: Shahs of Persia, by R. S. Poole; Catalogue of Seals, by W. de G. Birch, vol. 1; Catalogue of . Reptilia and Amphibia, by Ricbard Lydekker, vol. 1 ; Catalogue of Turkish MSS., by Charles Rieu. BeooKkLyN FREE Lisrary, U.S.A. :— Bulletin, No. 25. Brown, T. B., (the Publisher) :—Adver- tiser’s A.B.C. of Official Scales, and Advertising Press Directory, 1888. BrypceEs, Guintermo K., (Consul of the Argentine Republic) : —Message of the President of the Republic on opening the Session of the Argentine Congress, May, 1888, (12 copies). Burma CoLoniaAL GOVERNMENT, (per F. Dresser, Esq.) :—Report of the Admin- istration of Lower Burma, 1886-7. CAMBRIDGE UNiversity, THE SYNDI- caTE :—Cambridge Local Lectures : Report on a Conference in the Senate House, Cambridge, on the Affiliation of Local Centres of the University, and other matters, March 9, 1887; 15th Annual Report; Regulations for the Promotion of Home Study; Oxford University Extension: Home Reading Circles ; Higher Local Examinations : Report, 1888. Canapa, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: —Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, Report, 1886; List of Publications. JASTELLAIN, ALFRED, J.P.:—Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 2nd ser., vol. 23, pt. 2, and vol, 24, pt. 1. CHALMERS, Patrick, (the Author) :— The Adhesive Postage Stamp in America, France, and Germany. Cuester Society or NATURAL SCIENCE : —17th Annual Report. Cuicaco Boarp oF TRADE:—13th Annual Report of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago, 1887. Cincinnati Pusitic Liprary :—Bulletin of Books, 1887. . CiarkK, W.:—Hindustani Manual, by Duncan Forbes ; Russian Language, by F. Alexandrow. CogppEen Crus :—Fair Trade and Agricul- ture, by the Rt. Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.c.B., M.P. (12 copies) ; Industrial Competition and Commercial Freedom, by the Rt. Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, KcC.B., M.P. (12 copies) ; Local Administration in the United States and in the United Kingdom, F. C. Montague (12 copies); Sugar Bounties, by Sir Thomas H. Ferrer, Bart. (12 copies) ; The British Farmer and his Competitors, by William E. Bear (4 copies); The Carribean Con- federation, by C.S. Salmon ; The Pablic Education in Austria, by J. Russell Endean. Cotes, ABRAHAM, M.D., LL.D, (the Author):—A new rendering of the Hebrew Psalms into English verse. - Cotumpia CoLLecEe Liprary, NEw YORE: —Annual Oration: American Univer- sity, by Prof. Charles 8. Smith, a.m. Cooker, Bancrorr., (the Author) :— Individualism. Cooper UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ScIENcE AND ArT, New York :— Report, 1888. CorRNELL UNIversiry Lisprary, NEw York :—Bulletin, 1888. Costa Rica NatTionaL Museum :— Anailes del Museo Nacional Republica de Coste Rica, 1887. Curtis AND Harvey, Messrs., (the Publishers) :—Notes on Shooting. Davis, Rogpert C. :--Liverpool Asso- ciates’ Annual, 1887. Dusiin University :—Calendar, 1888 ; Examination Papers, 1887. DurRHAM UNIVERSITY:—Calendar, 1888. EpWARDs, FREDERICK W., (the Author) :—Industrial Education (2 copies). ELuis, JOHN W., L.R.¢.P., (the Author) : —Coleoptera of the Liverpool District, pts. 11-13; Fifty years of Economic Botany; Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire, pts. 5-6. EneotisH Diatect Society Liprary :— Catalogue, 1880, (2 copies). Enoch Prart Lisprary, BALTIMORE, U.S.A. :—Finding List, 1887-8. ENTWISTLE, PreTerR:—Narrative of the Massacre of the crew of the Ship ** Boyd,” at New Zealand, by Cannibals. Evans, GEoRGE E., (the Compiler) :—A History of Renshaw Street Chapel. FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION :— Almanack, 1888. Fisk, Francis :—Skyring’s Builders’ Price Book, 1888 ; Adcock’s Engineer’s Pocket-Book, 1888. FRYER, ALFRED C., (the Author):—Toots: the autobiography of a Persian Cat. (2 copies). FREEMAN, Henry, (the Author) :— Writing Simplified. FURNIVALL, Percy, (the Author) :— Physical Training for High Speed Competitions (2 copies). GLascow AND West oF SCOTLAND TECHNICAL CoLLEGE:—Calendar, 1887-8, 1888-9. GLASGow, STIRLING’s LIBRARY:— Catalogue. Goopcuitp, J. E., (the Author), per JosErH Bovuxt, Esq. :—Study of the Halicarnassian Marbles in the British Museum, with reference to the Restor- ations of the Tomb of Mausolus, by the late Prof. C. R. Cockerell. Gray’s Inn, HonouraBLe SocieTy or :—Library Catalogue, 1888. GREENWOOD, W. N., (the Author) :— Kludonometric Tide Table for the Lancashiie Coast and Bristol Channel, 1889. Grey, Henry, (the Author) :—Resting without Rusting in the North of Europe and Egypt; The Plots of some of the most famous Old English Plays. GriFfFitH, Morris, (the Author) :—Who were the Inventors of Telegraphs ? GkIMALDI, Rev. ALEXANDER B., (the Author):—A Catalogue of Printed Books, Pamphlets, &c., composed, edited, or translated by writers bearing the name of Grimaldi ; Britain’s Inherit- ance, 2 pts.; Miscellaneous Writings from Printed and Manuscript Sources. GuittauME, H., F.R.G@.s., CONSUL GENERAL FOR PERU (the Author) :— The Amazon Provinces of Peru as a field for Emigration. HALeEs, JOSEPH : SECRETARY, LIVERPOOL Y.M.C.A. :—The Rise and Progress of Ships and Steamships, including the Trade of Liverpool, by William Blood. Harritp & Sons, Mzssrs., (the Publish- ers) :—Abridged Specimens of Wood- Letter; Catalogue of Printing Machinery; Selected Specimens of Modern Printing Types; Stereo- Foundries. HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., U.S.A. :—Bibliographical _Contribu- tions, ed. by Justin Winsor, No. 26-32 ; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, vol. 18, No. 6; University Bulletin, Nos. 40-41. Heyes, J. F., (the Author) :—On the Tetravalency of Oxygen; On Valency, Validity, and Residual Affinity. Hiccrn, Georce, (the Author) :—Com- mercial and Industrial Spain. Historic Society oF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE :—Transactions, vols. 36-37. Hore, Rev. A. H., M.A., (the Author) :— The Church in England from William III. to Victoria, 2 vols. Howarp AssocraTION :—Social Wreck- eh age, by Francis Peek. Horst, THomas :—Cornish’s Stranger’s Guide through Liverpool, 5th ed. Inpra, Rr. Hon. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR :—Report on India Office Records, by Fred. C. Danvers, vol. 1. Institution oF Civit ENGINEERS :— _ Minutes of Proceedings, vol. 91-94s. INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS : —Proceedings, 1887 and 1888, pts. 1-3. _ INTERNATIONAL SHORTHAND CONGRESS : —Transactions, 1887. Trish Loyat anp Patriotic UNIon :— _ Albion and Ierne ; Boycotting, by T. W. Rolleston, (6 copies); Mr. Gladstone : a Study, by Louis J. Jennings, M.P. ; Plan of Campaign illustrated, (6 copies) ; Publications, 1S87 ; Sales of Tenants’ Interest in Ireland, (6 copies); Scotland, Ulster, and Home Rule for Ireland, (8 copies); The Truth about Home Rule, ed. by Sir George Baden-Powell, **United Ireland” on Spencer, _ Trevelyan, and Gladstone, (2 copies). oHNSON, RossiTeR, (the Author) :—A a short History of the War of Secession, 1861-65. = Jones, R. A., (the Author) :—The Land ~ Question and a Land Bill, with special ence to Wales. KDALE VOLUNTARY INDUSTRIAL Day ip Accxn) ScHoox :—Reports, 1879-83, _ 1884-7. JACH-SzyRMA, Rev. W. S., (the Author): /—The Lessons of the Armada ; Wales and West Wales. ONE Y QUEVEDO, SAMUEL A., (the Sth), PER GEORGE SALTHOUSE, Esa. : _ —Londres y Catamarca, 1888. Laine, SaMvEt, (the Author):—A Modern ~ Zoroastrian ; ; Modern Science and _ Modern Thought. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ENTOMOLOGI- _ eau Society :—-11th Annual Report. LAWTON, JosEPH, (the Author) :—The Emperor Frederick III. and the Crown ‘ON, Messrs. C. & E., (the Publishers): ‘The Insurance Register, by William om 1888. EY, Mrs. :—Scripture Studies, by W. . Ley, (3 copies). IBRARY REPORTS FROM THE FOLLOWING RARIES :—Aberdeen; Aston, Manor Baltimore : Peabody Institute ; $ ersea ; Birkenhead ; Birmingham ; ton ; Bootle-cum-Linacre ; Boston, AL. > Bradford ; Burlington : her Library, U.S.A. ; Cambridge ; iff ; Cheltenham; Chester ; Chicago: : ‘ewberry Library, US. A.; Chicago, es. : cuidisros : Columbia College, N Yew York; Cincinnati, U. S.A. ; Derby ; evon and Exeter ; Doncaster ; oF undee ; Ealing ; Enoch Pratt Free | Library, Baltimore, Yarmouth ; U.S.A.; Great Handsworth; Hanley ; Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. ; Hereford; Kidderminster ; | Leamington ; Leeds ; Leicester ; Man- chester ; Milwaukee ; Mitchell Library, Glasgow ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; New- port (Mon.); Newton, U.S.A.; New York Astor Library; New York Library Association; Northwich: Brunner Free Library ; Norwich; Oxford (Bodleian); Philadelphia | Friends Free Library; Philadelphia Mercantile Library ; Plymouth ; Ports- mouth; Preston; Richmond; Roch- dale; Rotheram; St. Helens; St. Louis ; St. Louis Mercantile Library ; St. Margaret and St. John, West- minster; Salford; San Francisco Mercantile Library ; Sheffield ; Smeth- wick ; Stafford ; Stirling’s and Glasgow; Stratford-upon-Avon ; Shakespere Me- morial Library ; Steckport ; Stoke- upon-Trent ; South Australia; South Shields ; Swansea ; Sydney ; Tonbridge ; Toronto ; Twickenham ;_ Victoria ; Walsall; Watford ; Welshpool ; Widnes; Wigan; Wimbledon; Wor- cester, Mass., U.S.A. Lirart, JoHN, (the Author):—Two Fairy Girls and Two Magic Pearls. LivERPooL ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY :— Proceedings, 1888. LivERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL Socrety :— Catalogue of the Library ; Journal, vol. 6, and vol. 7, pts. 1-2. LiverRPooL ATHENZUM LIBRARY :— Miscellaneous Reports of Liverpool Institutions. LIVERPOOL ENGINEERING SOCIETY :— Transactions, vol. 1887. LiverPooL GrEoLoeicaL Society :—Pro- ceedings, vol. 4, pt. 4. LiverPoot InstiTUTIoNS.— REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING: —Amateur Photographic Association ; Army Scripture Readers’ and Soldiers’ 7; Annual Report, Friend Society ; Art Club; Auxiliary Bible Society; Blue Coat Hospital ; Catholic Reform Association; Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society ; Horticultural Society; Land and House Owners’ Association; Mersey Mission to Seamen; Microscopical Society ; Polytechnic Society ; Science Students’ Association; School Ship “‘Conway”; Seamen’s Friend Society ; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ; Town Mission ; Training Ship “ Indefatigable.” Liverpoot (Lyceum) Liprary :—Annual Supplementary Catalogue; Annual | Report, 1888. Liverpoot Mepicat INSTITUTION :— Liverpool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, Nos, 14-15. LIVERPOOL MERCANTILE MARINE SeRvIcE Association :—Reporter, vol. 1: Liverproot Mersey Docks AND HARBOUR Boarp :—Accounts, 1871-3, 1875-6, 1883-4, 1886-8; Acts of Parliament relating to the Mersey Docks and Harbour. LiverPoot NaTuRALIsts’ FIELD CLUB :— Proceedings, 1887. LIvERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY :— Concert Books, 1879-87. Livrerpoot ScHoot Boarp:—Proceedings, 1886-7, LiverpooL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE :— Calendar, 1888-9. Luioyp, Francis, (the Author):—A scientific view of Mr. Galton’s Theories of Heredity ; The Deity as seen by positive science. Luoyp, Miss :—Prussia’s Representative Man, by Francis Lloyd and William Newton, F.R.G.S. LockHart, WILLIAM :—Gore’s Liverpool Directory, 1790. LowbDERMILK, WILLIAM H., (the Author): —History of Cumberland (Maryland). Lunviz, Rev. Ropert H., m.a., (the Author) :—Alexander Balfour: a memoir, McMit.an, Ropert :—Liverpool Sunday Society : Programme, 1886-8. MacMILLAN AND Co., Mussrs., (the Publishers) :—Industrial Peace, by L.L.F.R. Price. MANCHESTER GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY :— Journal, vols. 1-2. MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY :— Transactions, 1887-8. Mancuester Microscopicat Society :— Transactions and Annual Reports, 1883-7. MancueEster STATISTICAL Socrery:— Transactions, 1887-8. Manson, J. W.:—Matter and Energy, by B.L.L. (2 copies). Marrar, F, P.:—Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall, by William Darlington. MARSDEN, PEck, AND Co., Mzssrs., (the Publishers):—The British, Colonial, and Foreign Steam Ship Guide, 1888. MarsHaLtt, GrorRGE W., LL.D., (the Author) :—Miscellanea Marescalliana, vol. 2, pt. 2. Matson, 8. A., (the Authoress) :—Saint George and the Dragon. Minter anv Ricwarp, MEssrs., (the Publishers) :—Specimens of Book, Newspaper, Jobbing, and Ornamental Types. Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY :— Geological and Natural History Survey 10 of Minnesota: 15th Annual Report ; Bulletins, Nos. 2-4. Mo.ze, Exias, PH.B., (the Author) :— Plea for an American Language ; or, Germanic-English. Morris, J. S. C., (the Publishers) :— Business Directory of London, 1888. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRO- MOTION OF TECHNICAL EpucaTION :— First Annual Report; Address by Prof. Huxley ; Address by the Earl of Rosebery ; and 22 leaflets. Nevins, J. BrRKBECK, M.D. (the Author) : —On the sanitary arrangements of the Ancient Hebrew Camp in the Desert, and the Modern Cities of Manchester, Edinburgh, and Liverpool. New Sovra Waters, Acent-GENERAL FoR :—Handbook to the Statistical Register of N.S.W., by A. Coghlan, A.M.; New South Wales : her Commerce and Resources, by G. W. Griffin, (2 copies); New South Wales Year-Book, 1888, (2 copies); Ways and Means: Financial Statement of the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales, 1887 ; The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales, 1886-7, by A. Coghlan, A.M. New York APPRENTICES’ LIBRARY :— Finding List, 1887. New York, GENERAL SocreTY oF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN :— Report, 1887. New York MERCANTILE LIBRARY :— Finding List of French Prose Fiction. NEWALL, Masor-GENERAL D. J. F., RA, (the Author) :—The Highlands of India, 2 vols. Nort, Hon. RopeEn, (the Author) :— Essays on Poetry and Poets. NorrincHam Mrcuanics’ Institurion : —Anunual Report, 1888. O’Hanton, Very Rev. Canon, P.P., (the Author) :—Report of the O‘Connell Monument Committee. OLpHAM FREE LIBRARIES :—Catalogue of the Central Lending Library. PARNELL, JOHN, (the Author) :—Tercen- tenary Ballad: defeat of the Spanish Armada, (3 copies). Pace, Masxett W., (the Author) :— Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887. Pearce, Joun, (the Author) :—The Life — and Labours of Joseph Livesey, (4 copies). Perry, Rey. 8. J., S.J., F.R.S., (the Author) :—Stonyhurst College Obser- vatory : Results of Meteorological and Magnetical Observations, 1887. PHADELPHTA AcADEMY OF NATURAL Sciences :—Proceedings, 1887, and 1888, pt. 1. PHILADELPHIA Boarp or TRADE :—55th Report. *, y ——s Bae 9 RE 8 TDR as YE et eh se Qeece PAILLIPSON AND GOLDER, Messrs., (the Publishers) :—Chester Diocesan Calen- dar, 1888. Proton, Sir JaAmess A., J.P., ¥.S.A., (the Author) :—The Town Halls of Liver- pool. Pirman AND Sons, Massrs, (the Pub- lishers) :—-The Phonetic Journal, 1887. Preston, Sypney H., (the Compiler) :— Supplement to the 4th edition of Chambers’ Index to next-of-kin, (2 copies). QvueEgEn’s Cotitecx, Lonpon :—Calendar, 1887-8—1888-9. Raccep Scoot Union :—44th Annual Report, Ratusone, P. H., 3.P. :—Recollections of a New York Chief of Police, by G. W. Walling. ; Reape, T. MELLARD, C.E., F.G.8., F.R.1.B.A., % (the Author) :—Airless and Waterless Condition of the Moon, by Fred. F. Grensted, with Geological and Physical Notes, by T. Mellard Reade ; Geological Consequences of the Discovery of a Level-of-no-Strain in a Cooling Globe ; Tidal Action as an Agent of Geological Changes ; An Estimate of Post-Glacial Time; The Dimetian of St. David’s ; Effects of Temperature on Terra-Cotta, (2 copies). _ Reyyorps, R. S., (the Author) :—The __ Liverpool Dry Ashpit Refuse, (6 copies). Royat $AsTRONOMICAL Socrery :— Memoirs, vol. 49, pt. 1; Monthly Notices, vol. 48, and 49, pt. 1. koyAL CoLoniaL Institute :—Annual __ Report, 1887, and 1888. Roya CornNWALL Potytecunic Society : __ —55th Report. Royat Dosw Socrery :—Scientific Proceedings, vol. 5, pts. 7-8, and vol. 6, _ pts. 1-2; Scientific Transactions, vol. 4, pt. 1. Royau Institute or BRITISH _ AkcHITECTS :—Proceedings, New Ser., vol. 4, and vol. 5, pts. 1-5; Tran- _ sactions, New Ser., vol. 4; Conser- _ vations of Ancient Monuments and _ Remains ; Hints to Workmen engaged on the Repairs and Restoration of _ Ancient Buildings. Royan Nartionat- Ltre-Boat __ Institution :—Annual Report, 1888. Roya Socrery or CanaDa:—Proceedings and Transactions, vol. 5. AL Soctety or Lonnon :-—Philoso- 4 San Transactions, vol. 178; List of embers. YAL SratTisTicaAL Socrery :—Journal, 1888. Rytanps, J. P.:—Liverpool Parliament- ary Elections, 1818; Result of Poll, 1818; Two Lancashire Rolls of Arms. HELENS FREE LIBRARY:—- s1 or. 11 Supplementary Catalogue. SetsmoLoagicaL Socrery oF JAPAN :— Transactions, vols. 1] and 12. Seputon, Rev. J., m.a., (the Author) :— Thor and his sway. SHarp, CHARLES:—Collection of Facsimiles of the Types, Woodcuts, and Capital Letters used by early printers. SHERBROOKE, MARGARET M.:—The law in relation to woman, by a lawyer, (6 copies). SmITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. :—Annual Report, 1885 ; Smith- sonian Miscellaneous Collections, vols. 31-33 ; Toner Lectures, Nos. 3-4. SociETY FOR THE ABOLITION OF Vivisection:—Man’s Injustice to Animals. SocreTy FoR THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN AS Poor Law GuarpiAns :—7th Annual Report; Social Employment _ of Women; Why I am a Poor Law tuardian, by Dora Downright ; The Work that Ladies can do as Poor Law Guardians. : Society oF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON :— Proceedings, vol. 11, pt. 4, and vol. 12, pts. 1-2. SocreTy oF ANTIQUARIES oF SCOTLAND :— Proceedings, vol. 21. Soctery or EnGINEERS:—Transactions, 1887. SoNNENSCHEIN AND Co., Messrs., (the Publishers) :—Dying Scientifically, by Aisculapius Scalpel, (3 copies); St. Bernards, by Adsculapius Scalpel, (8 copies). Spiers, JAMES (the Publisher) :—Thbe Divine Word Opened: Sermons by Rev. Johnathan Bayley. SrEPHENSON, BLAKE AND Co., MESSRS., (the Publishers) :— Specimens of Print- ing Types, Borders and Ornaments. Surron, CHartes W., (LIBRARIAN, MAnNcHESTER FREE LIBRARIES) :—An Address to the Liverpool Working Men’s Church Association, 1852; An Affectionate Address to the Society of Friends, 1840 ; Our Rhymster Libeller : who he is, by Randal H. Sherlock ; Readings for Advent, selected from the Old and New Testaments. Swepenzore Society :-—78th Annual Report. Sypney University :—Calendar, 1888. TayLor, JAMES, AND Co., MEssrs. :— Liverpool of to-day. ToRONTO, CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF, (per P. Byrne, Esq.) :— Queen’s Jubilee and Toronto ‘Called Back” from 1887-1847, by C. Crawford Taylor, 2 vols. TrautTwinE, JoHn C., (the Author) :— Civil Engineer’s Pocket-Book. 12 TurnsuL., A. H., (MANAGER, SCOTTISH Victoria INstiTuTE :—Oriental Ento- Wipows’ Funp) :—Jubilee of Queen mology, by Rev. F. A. Walker; On Victoria, 1887. Science and Revelation, by G. G. Stokes. Unitep States GoOvERNMENT :—Annual Vincent, J. E. M., (the Compiler) :—The Report of the Comptroller of the Australian Irrigation Colonies. Currency, 1887, vol. 1.; Bureau of Waves, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of, Education: Report of the Commissioner, ABERYSTWYTH :—Calendar, 1887-8, and 1885-6 ; Circulars of Information, 1887, 1888-9. ; pts. 1-3 ; Census Returns, vols. 17 and WARNE, CHARLES, F.S.A., (the Author) :— 19; Report of the Ornithologist, C. Hart | Ancient Dorset. Merrian, A.M., 1887; U. S. Coastand | Warrrick, GzorcEe:-—Brief Account of Geodetic Survey : Report, 1886; U.S. | the Mechitaristican Society ; Natural Naval Observatory, 1883. History of the Polype. UNIVERSITY CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE, Wican Free Liprary :—Catalogue, CAMBRIDGE :—Intermediate Arts Letter B. Guide, 1888, pt. 3; London B. A. WinnipeG BoarD oF TRADE :—9th Guide, 1888, pt. 2; Matriculation Annual Report. Directory, by B. J. Hayes, B. a., 1888, Wisconsin Naturat History Society: pt. 4; Matriculation Latin ; Xenophon —Proceedings, 1885-7; Bericht des Cyropaedeia. Naturhistorischen Vereins von Wis- Vacuer, Francis, (the Author) :—Report consin, 1871-82. on the Sanitary Condition of the WyMAN AND Sons. Messrs., (the Pub- Borough of Birkenhead, 1886, and 1887; lishers) :—Commercial Encyclopedia, Engravers and Engraving. (2 copies). Victoria, AGENT-GENERAL FOR :—Statis- ZootocicaL Society or Lonpon:— tical Register of the Colony of Victoria, Proceedings, 1887-88; Transactions, 1883, 1885, and 1886. vol. 12. WINTER LECTURES. During the months of January to March the twenty-third course of free popular lectures, numbering forty, was delivered in the Rotunda Hall of the Library. Large and appreciative audiences attended the lectures, and they continue to give the Committee every assurance that an important educational work is being effected by their means. The total attendances amount to 47,774, or an average of 1,194 per lecture. LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS: Apams, Rey. W. J. Plain talk to plain people; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Araent, W. I. How Music is made; with Vocal and Instrumental Tllustrations. Benas, Baron L., s.p. A Tour in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Brircuaut, James. European Trade Routes in the Middle Ages. The Great Flemish Cities of the Middle Ages; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) a eS ee ee “0 hes, ; 13 Brapury, A. C., m.a., Professor of Modern Literature, University College, Liverpool. Mazzini and the Struggle for Italian Unity ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Carry, F. S., m.a., Professor of Mathematics, University College, Liverpool. Shooting Stars ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. _ Conway, W. M., m.a., Professor of Art, University College, Liverpool. | Alpine Climbing; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. x ogre, Rev. A. L., 8.3. The Heat of the Sun; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. - Cowe11, P., Librarian, Free Public Library. English Customs and Folk df Lore, particularly of Lancashire. Talk about Manuscripts, Books, and Bindings ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) Daviss, Epwarp, F.c.s. The Nature and Uses of Disinfectants and Antiseptics ; illustrated by Experiments. Dixon, Wiuumorr, uu.B. The Spanish Armada: a Tercentenary Oration. Dix Durr, Rev. Roser, m.a. Livingstone’s Early Researches in Africa; illustrated by Diagrams. «M = Dyan, CHarues, Curator, Walker Art Gallery. Art in Every-day j Life ; with Illustrations. Exuison, Cononen C. O. London in the Olden Time; illustrated by the _ Oxyhydrogen Light. Gizson, R. J. Harvey, M.A., F.B.S.E., Lecturer in Botany, University College, Liverpool. The Life History of a Primrose ; illustrated by _ Experiments. ¢ - OSSMAN, Karu, M.D. The Human Eye; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. _ College, Liverpool. The Life History of our Common Frog ; _ illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, 14 Hewitt, WI uiam, p.sc. Thermometers and their Uses; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Hicks, J. S., FRos., F.L.8. Sea Anemones; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jerrs, OsmunpD W. Ancient Stone Monuments; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jones, Rev. W. Henry. Hungary: its People, Stories, and Music; illustrated with Diagrams. JupE, W. H., Principal, Liverpool Organ School. The Eloquence of Music ; with Vocal and Instrumental Illustrations. Lesuiz, Frank J., F.R.G.s. Stories from Lancashire History. The Jacobites in Lancashire; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. (2 lectures.) Lunn, Rev. T. W. M.,m.a. Through the S. Gothard Tunnel ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. MacCunn, JOHN, M.A., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, University College, Liverpool. What is Socialism ? McMiiian, Rosert. The Life History of our Common Crab; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. RENDALL, G. H., m.a., Principal, University College, Liverpool. Elegies in Marble from Greek Tombs; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Riesy, Rey. HE. A., s.3., Professor of Physics, Stonyhurst College. The Formation of Chalk by Animalecules; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Suarp, CHARLES. The Art of Story Telling; with some Stories not to be found in Books. Suaw, H. S. Hex, Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpool. The Rise and Progress of Steam Navigation; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 15 ; SwApE, THomas. African Exploration; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ‘Srewart, W. J., B.A. Some English Abbeys; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Srrove, Herpert A., M.A., LL.D., Professor of Latin, University College, Liverpool. Early Explorers of Australasia ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Srusss, Captain Epwarp, R.N. Sailing Ships of All Ages and Nations ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Waite, Rev. W. Moorez,m.a.,uu.p., A Visit to the Land of the Pharoahs; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. WicLEswortH, JosEPH, M.D. The Nerves and the Brain: how we Feel and how we Act; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Wuutams, Rey. 8. Firercarr. Sir Philip Sidney; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. AUTUMN LECTURES. These Lectures are intended to be of a more advanced character and higher educational value than the Winter Series, and are given in short rSes. This year they numbered fifteen, and those of a scientific ha acter proved exceptionally attractive, notwithstanding the small e required for admission. The total attendances were §,558, or an erage of 570 per lecture. The names of the lecturers and subjects wo Lectures on ‘‘The World of the Minutest Life,” by the Rev. W. H. i. DALLINGER, LL.D., F.R.S. wo Lectures on “the Bone Caves and the Early Inhabitants of _ Europe,” by Pror. Boyp Dawxrns, M.A., F.R.S. Three Lectures on “Art: the Expression of a Nation’s Character and BY Aspirations,” by P. H. Raruzons, Esq., J.P. our Lectures on “The Principles of Geography,” by W. Hewrr7, 8. sc. 16 LENDING LIBRARIES. TABLE I.—General Statistics :— 1888. 1887. Eni (citenan, | “Bota | ore Branch, | Total. Woltimepsrent... = nance cles cece 217,659 | 209,873 | 427,532 | 203,200 | 202,071 | 405,271 New Tickets issued ............ 2,049 2,167 4,216 2,029 2,276| 4,305 Tickets renewed ........ ..... 2,418| 2,359) 4,777) 2,388] 2,121 4,509 Tickets cancelled ........... .. 1,999 2,037 4,036 1,928 2,038 3,966 Total Readers’*22'..47. 2.5%. . 4,438 4,597 9,035 4,388 4,467 8,855 Books lost or injured and paid for a 26 51 15 24 39 IBooksilost sis.>. cies, 2 nec ct 4 9 —_— — —_— Volumes worn out—withdrawn.. ee 292 549 o72, da 349 Volumes worn out—replaced .... 659 676 1,335 406 751 L157 No: of vols: added ..%...«-6-) 5. 559 564 1123 632 | 670 1,302 Total vols. in Libraries ... .... 23,807 | 23,476| 47,283] 23,505 | 23,204] 46,709 Volumes Lent. | Volumes Added. North South North South Branch. | Branch, | TOTAL. | Branch. | Branch. PE DHCOlO PY ws nineteen. Sere 3,440} 2,716| 6,156 16 16 32 Natural Philosophy............ 3,264 3,068 G.co2d dS 15 30 Natural History ...........:.. 2,315 1,927 4,242 23 18 41 Science and Arts ............. 10,399 8,716} 19,115, 42 45 87 History and Biography ........ 8,321 8,311} 16,632; 74 76 | 150 Topography and Antiquities .... 948| 1,044} 1,992, 5 5 10 Voyages and Travels .......... 5,640 6,026} 11,666, 25 30 55 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 12,350 | 12,691 | 25,041; 121 119 | 240 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 369 224 593 5 6 11 Commerce and Political Economy 882 645| 1,527; 4 ie | 9 Education, Language, and Logic| 1,718 1,309 | 3,027 | 7 6 13 Poetry and Drama ............ 1,354 932 | 2,286 | 8 8 16 PYOSe HICHON 23. cjcee eee shore 166,432 | 161,808 | 328,240, 214 215 | 429 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 157 311 468 — — — Books for the Blind .......... 70 145 215 | = = DO TAT his oats yaie ey 217,659 | 209,873 | 427,532 | 559 564 1,123 BRANCH EVENING READING ROOMS. Average Place. Attendance. per night. Chatsworth Street Board Schcol ie es oes, 29}252 96 Low Hill School ... 3 A “rot So), “laser ai Queen’s Road Board School fe ais ee ... 20,480 67 Stanley Road Board School a0 sa a ... 28,965 95 Wellington Road School ... ee = ee Per onal leas: 72. Total ... ue poe ee iit 377 - i a a a all tt se sa ay 17 MUSEUM. Vistrors to Museum. The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows :— 1888 1887. (214 Days.) (215 Days.) Increase. Total visitors in the year .. -. 291,754* 255,616 36,138 Weekly Average .. ais 5,687 4,915 772 Daily Average st Ai 1,363 1,188 175 i * Including Monday evening visitors from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. _ Students from the Training College, Durning Road, from the Training College, Mount Pleasant, from the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, from the Wallasey Grammar School, and from various other Schools. —s Science Students, Artists, Curators, Travellers, and numerous other persons, visiting the Museum for special purposes. The attendance of children of school age on Saturdays, is very noticeable, a it is believed, by the interest excited by the u MONDAY EVENING LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS. Museum ADDRESSES. Oct. 1.—Introductory, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A. F Oct. 8.—On the Monotreme, Marsupial, Edentate, and Rodent Mammalia, by the Curator. Oct. 15.—On Glass Skeletons, by Mr. R. McMillan. BC ct. 22.—On Gems and Precious Stones, by Mr. F. P. Marrat. . 29—On Zoophytes and Jelly Fishes, by Professor Herdman, F.R.S.E. ae Mr. G. F. Moore. N 5 26.—On the Ancient Civilization of Babylon and Egypt, by the Rey. F. F. Grensted, M.A. 18 Dec. 3.—On the Liverpool Potteries, by Mr. P. Entwistle. Dec. 10.—On Watches and Time Measurers, by Mr. T. Tarleton. Dec. 17.—On Land and Sea Crabs, by Mr. J. Chard. Dec. 24.—On Insects: What are they? By Dr. J. W. Ellis. Dec. 31.—On Cattle and Sheep, by the Curator. The total number of visitors to the Museum on the fourteen Monday Evenings from October 1 to December 31 amounted to 4,291, giving an average of 306 per evening. The visitors were of all classes and ages, working men predominating. Their demeanour was all that could be desired, and no instance has occurred of the levity and boisterousness which led to the discontinuance of the first experiments in Monday evening openings which were commenced in October, 1863, and were terminated in March, 1871. Crrcuntating Musrum CouLEctions. The Circulating Museum Collections for Educational purposes in Public Elementary Schools within the City, introduced by the Rev. H. H. Higgins in 1884, continue to be received with much favour by Teachers. Numerous applications are also received and granted for the loan of Duplicates to Teachers and Pupil Teachers in illustration of special object lessons. Some additional circulating cabinets have been prepared and others — are in hand. Cooke Bequest or British LEPIDOPTERA. The re-arrangement of this collection has been kindly carried on to completion by Dr. J. W. Ellis ; and selected drawers therefrom have been exhibited from time to time at the meetings of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. Fish AnD Reptite Room. The room devoted to the display of the principal forms of Fish, Amphibia and Reptiles, was opened to the Public on Easter Monday, and has proved to be a very attractive and important feature, not only on account of the species living in the present age, but also on account of the representations of some of the extinct forms. ee ane ee i te eel Eb ans 55 Sor Th ctieatthdet Seamuibanktea eee as3 em 19 PICTORIAL GROUPS. Among the Pictoral Groups of Birds mounted during the past year, the most notable are the Penguins. These birds represent in the Southern Ocean the Auks and Divers of the Northern Seas of which groups have been previously prepared. Being adapted in the highest degree to a life in the water the Penguins represent among birds the Seals among Mammals with many corresponding adaptations. These are shown as far as circumstances permit in the arrangement of the specimens and groups, which illustrate all the principal forms and most of the known species. EXCHANGES, A gigantic Sea Pen, Pennatula borealis from the North Sea, received in exchange from the Bergen Museum, per Mr. J. A. Greig, Curator. _ Specimens of Starfish, Echini, Ammonites, &c., from California, A Nest of a Tree Trap-door Spider (probably Moggridgia Dyeri, O. P. Cambridge), from Graham’s Town, South Africa, received in exchange from Mr. Frederick Taylor. _ Two living specimens of Menopoma or “ Hellbender ” (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis) ; two Axolotls (larval forms probably of the American Salamander, Amblystoma tigrinum) ; sixteen specimens of the Cat-Fish, iurus catus, and eleven specimens of Salt-water Terrapin (Walaclemmys concentrica) for the Aquaria, received from Mr. Eugene Blackford, Jnited States Fish Commissioner, New York, in return for living cimens of the Common Sole, per the Britannic, through the kind es of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie & Co. ; Bones and Horns of Bison priscus and Stag, from Caves in the Lake District, from Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, Owens College, Manchester. DoNATIONS. A specimen of Variegated Wood Opal, from Wady Halfa, Soudan ; lected and presented by Brigade Surgeon S. Archer, per Mr. F. Archer. 20 A specimen of the Sponge of Commerce growing on a group of spiral Tenagoda anguina, from Smyrna? ; presented by Mr. Chas. Avgerinos. Specimens of Sulphur, Mud, and Pumice, &c., from the great Tarawera Eruption, New Zealand, presented by Mr. E. Ernest Bilbrough, Auckland, N.Z., formerly of Liverpool. An adult female specimen of Pallas’s Three-toed Sand Grouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus ; presented by Sir Thos. Brocklebank, Bart., being one of five shot at Storeton in Wirral. An aberrant form of Spider Gonyleptis anvipes, from Chili; presented by Capt. Cooper. A small Bat from Savanilla, U.S.C.; a large Beetle, Megalosoma elephas, from the Interior, U.S.C.; a Water Beetle, Belostoma, and a small Spear Ray from Magdalena; collected and presented by Capt. H. Daniel. A Lump Fish, Cyclopterus lumpus; presented by Mr. Councillor J. Duncan, Junr. A fine specimen of the Great Lake Trout, from Lough Neagh, weighing 22 lbs.; presented by Mr. W. A. Duncan. The skull of an adult Sea Otter, Enhydris lutris, (Lutra marina), — Steller, from the Kurile Islands, and a small Bat from India; presented by Mr. T. R. Green of Yokohama, per Mr. W. Walthew. A specimen of the Tope, Galeus vulgaris, a small Shark nearly five feet in length, caught in the Mersey off Tranmere; presented by Messrs. J. Gordon Alison and Co. Three Common Snakes, Natrix torquata, caught near Wrexham; presented alive by Mr. Joseph Griffiths. 1 A specimen of the Slow Worm or Blind Worm, Anguis fragilis, from Germany, caught and presented by Dr. Hanitsch. A large stuffed Flying Fish (Exocetus) from the Atlantic; collected — and presented by Capt. Thomas Hening. 21 Two Fossil Shells, Purpura (Purpurina) Morrisii, from the great Oolite, Minchinhampton, presented by the Royal Institution, per the Rey. H. H. Higgins, M.A. | pA Red-naped Falcon, Falco Babylonicus and two Jugger Falcons, Falco Jugger, Latham, from Quetta, India; presented by Mr. B. Heywood Jones. _ Two large Ear Bones taken from a South African Whale; presented by Mr. John Jones, per Mrs. Joseph Leyland. __A fine male specimen in spirit of the Pichiciego, (Chlamydophorus 4 neatus) found in aes, nappies procured for the Museum ; _ A Common Snake, Natria torquata, caught at Wavertree; presented by Mr. Thomas Lowe: ; A collection of small samples of Raw Commercial Products as imported into Liverpool; also a Copper-head Snake, a Horned Frog (Phrynosoma) and a small Glass Snake, from Kansas; presented by Mr. Charles Makin. A Collection of Corals for the use of Students (forty-five small }) simens of thirty named species), and seven selected Cowry Shells, viz. :—Six varieties of Cyprea pantherina and one of Cyprea tigris, also a Fossil Shell, Exogyra conica, from the Greensand; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. t Two specimens from Storeton Quarry, presented by the Royal stitution of Liverpool, per Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S., viz. :—A 30-¢ eed pneUs 3 : Bee the type and only known Storeton Bpecumen A large and highly finished Model of the S.S. America in plate glass @; presented by the National Steam Ship Company, per Mr. E. K. yward, Secretary. A ‘specimen of the American race of the Peregrine Faleon (Falco regrinus, var. anatum) ; presented by Mr. G. Preston. 22 Four large Cobra or Hooded Snakes, Naia tripudians, one Indian Snake, two Tree Snakes, and a bottle of small floating marine specimens labelled ‘‘ Surface, Equator, 25 degrees W. Long.”’; presented by Capt. W. C. Seabrook, Ship Lord Lytton, per Messrs. Steeves Bros. A living specimen of the Common Guillemot, Lomvia troile, caught on Bidston Hill; presented by Mr. F. Skinner. A specimen of Coral, Madrepora variabilis, Red Sea; presented by Mr. E. Taylor. Specimens of Trap-door Spiders and their Nests, probably Moggridgia Dyer, of O. P. Cambridge, recently discovered in South Africa building on the trunks of Oak and Kaffir Boom Trees, specially procured for the Museum ; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. Three specimens of a Longicorn Beetle, Astinomus edilis, and their borings in Baltic Lathwood, from the North Docks; presented by Mr. Robert Thomas, per Mr. H. C. Beasley. A collection of small Marine Invertebrates and a few Fish collected during a voyage from London to Sydney and San Francisco; presented with notes by Capt. W. H. Cawne Warren, Associate of the Lit. and Phil. Society, Liverpool. Twenty-nine specimens illustrative of the more important Elements ; presented by Mr. H. N. Warren, on payment of expenses of preparing and mounting. . A fine male specimen of the Golden-eye Duck (Clangula glaucion). Nest and four eggs of the Common Snipe, from the Western Islands; and three eggs of the Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum, from the Isle of Lewis ; collected and presented by Mr. Thomas West. PURCHASES. The principal purchases have been as follows :— A fine adult skull of the rare Marco Polo’s Wild Sheep, Ovis Polit, — Blyth, from Central Asia, at an elevation of 16,000 feet. Marco Polo in his celebrated Book of Travels through Central Asia in the 15th Century was the first to make known the existence of 23 extremely large races of Wild Sheep in the elevated plains of Pamir, eastward of Bokhara, 16,000 feet above the sea level. These are ~ now known to consist of several closely allied species, the first of which was named in 1840 in honour of the celebrated traveller, from the only skull and horns then known in Europe. In very recent years other species have been named and described by Explorers, but all are surpassed in size by the Ovis Polit, of which the head and horns purchased for the Liverpool Museum is an exceedingly fine example, the horns of which measure 53 inches round the outer curve, and 15 inches round the base, and 42 between the tips. A new-born Porpoise (Phocena communis), taken alive in the net of a shrimping boat off the S. West Bar Light Ship. q A stuffed specimen of a young Walrus (Trichecus rosmarus, -Linnzus) from the Greenland Seas. FT A disarticulated skeleton of the Jaguar (Felis Onca, Linneus), in | which every component bone of the skull, body, and limbs is mounted separately from its neighbours, and are also removable in groups for study. ~ Two skulls of Sharks from India. a Three specimens of the Common Chough from Sligo. ~ Two large Spider Shells, Pteroceras truncatum, and a Coral Madrepora aculeus). A Shell, Cassis tuberosa, three Corals, Manicina areolata, and two Lophoseris divaricata, from the West Indies. Seven specimens of four species of Fossil Shells, (Inoceramus), from he Chalk. Four polished sections of Fossil Corals, viz.—Acervularia luxurians, Judley, transverse section, and longitudinal section, Lithostrotion vartini, Avon, and Favosites, Wenlock Limestone. A n oval specimen of Landscape Mocha Stone (Chalcedony with an filtration of Manganese). 24 A specimen of Celestine from Gloucestershire, a specimen of Vanadiate of Lead or Wulfenite from Arizona and a Crystal of Amazon Stone (Felspar). A specimen of Serpentine. Eight specimens of three species of Minerals from Alston Moor, Cumberland, Green Fluor containing a movable drop of fluid, Sulphate of Baryta, Calcite, &c. MAYER MUSEUM. Donations. Club, from Guiana; presented by Mr. Philip H. Rathbone, J.p. Miniature, painted on ivory; portrait of Carignoni; presented by Chevalier C. de W. Stoess. Roman Glass Beads, and four Carnelian Beads; presented by Mr. William Bartlett. Stone Celt, and fifteen Arrow-Heads, found in graves, James River, North Carolina; presented by Mr. H. Leaton Edwards. Cup, in light-coloured pottery, Greek, from Pompei; presented by Mr. T. A. Hampson. Works of two Watches, made by ‘Jas. Thearwood, London,” and “Higginson and Fairclough, Liverpool”; presented by Mr. Evan Roberts. Five Coins, found in the garden of the “Old Cheshire Cheese” Inn | Wallasey ; presented by Mr. William Roe. PURCHASES. A selection of specimens was purchased at Mr. James Cross’s sale, consisting chiefly of Metal-work from Hyderabad, Benares, Persia, and Japan; Japanese Pottery, viz.:—Kioto, Kutani, Imari, Satsuma, an Hizen Wares; Delft Ware, Flint-lock Pistols, Swords, &c. French Verge Watch, finely enamelled. Two Mugs, in cream-coloured pottery, with printed landscapes in front, made by Elijah Mayer, Hanley, Staffordshire, 25 Pair of Staffordshire Ware Figures, the Cobbler and his Wife. Modern Japanese Metal-work Inkstand. Two Watch Papers, finely cut by hand. Japanese Ivory Netsuki or Button. Two Buttons, mounted in brass. French, 1790. ; Two J apanese Ivory Carvings. Fur Coat, Jacket, Hooded Caps, Leggings, Bags and Pouches, from the Samoyede Tribes in the neighbourhood of the Samoyede Peninsula. Modern J apanese Iron Vase, elaborately damascened with gold and silver. Abyssinian Manuscript. Necklaces, in cast iron and wire-work, made at Berlin for the ladies who gave up their jewellery to be made into coins for the payment of _ the troops in the Franco-German War, Battle of Leipzig, 1813. Loan. 3 Collection of Ancient Hindu Gods and Sacred Vessels, in brass and copper ; collected and lent by Mr. E. Hodges, A.M.I.C.E., Department WALKER ART GALLERY. - During the year the Gallery has been open on 292 days, and closed or cleaning and other purposes on 21 days. The total number of visitors was 460,937 or a daily average attendance of 1,578. Included the above total are 71,495 visitors to the Autumn Exhibition, and a 0,000 pupils of schools of various denominations admitted free. _ An Exhibition of the works of M. Vasili Verestchagin illustrating scenes in the Holy Land, India, Russia, and battle incidents was held in the Gallery during the months of January and February. A erously-attended Conversazione was held at the opening, when the Artist gave a short lecture describing the collection. The Exhibition in sa 1] ll respects was highly successful. 26 During March and April the new rooms were occupied with an International Exhibition of Photographs and appliances shewing the development of this branch of science. During the season numerous lectures were given illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light, and several Conversaziones were held; the Exhibition was under the auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association, and excited great interest, the attendance being very large. In May the Liverpool Society of Painters in Water Colours, held their Annual Exhibition in the Gallery. Another important event which occurred in the Gallery during the year was the meetings of the first Art Congress of the National Association for the advancement of Art, which took place from December 38rd to the 7th, under the presidency of Sir Frederick Leighton, Bart., P.R.A., the Chairman of the Local Committee being Sir James A. Picton. The whole of the building was placed at the disposal of the Association during their hours of meeting, five rooms being set apart for the reading of papers, exhibition of objects and discussion, and on Thursday, December 6th, the Gallery, Picton Reading Room and Mayer Collection were thrown open to Members and Associates for a Conversazione. The picture of the “‘ Captive Andromache,” by Sir F. Leighton, formed a prominent object in the Autumn Exhibition. A desire was expressed in many quarters to secure this picture for our Permanent Gallery. The Committee in response to this feeling entered into negotiations with the Artist for the purchase of the picture which resulted in a provisional agreement at the price of £4,000. This was negatived by the Council, and no purchases out of the Exhibition have been made this year. The Statistics will be found below. List oF WorKS ADDED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. Donations— Portrait of H. Lonsdale Elmes, Architect of St. George’s Hall, | engraved by T. O. Barlow, R.A. ; presented by Lucas P. Stubbs, Esq. 27, a Drawing in Indian Ink of St. George’s Hall; presented by Lucas y P. Stubbs, Esq. q On the Wharfe” (Water Colour), by Albert Hartland; bequeathed by the late Thomas Occleshead, Esq. Pair Sevres’ Vases ; presented by 8S. H. Thompson, Esq., of Thingwall. _ Reproductions of Drawings, by Old Masters (Part 1); presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. “The Last Man” (Oil Painting), by John Martin, K.L.; presented by Richard R. Heap, Esq. q ‘Nearing the Needles” (Oil Painting), by Henry Moore, A.R.A.; purchased from the Autumn Exhibition of 1888, and presented by George Holt, Esq. — Purchases— _ Photographs (2 vols.) ot Casts in the Royal Architectural Museum. a Embers” (Oil Painting), by the late F. M. Potter. “The Death of Nelson” (Oil Painting), by S. Drummond, A.R.A. AutuMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. 1888. 1887. a ber of Pictures and other Works easel £Y ase es of Art Exhibited.............. 1,412 1,279 ’ mber of Pictures sold .......... 168 181 mou nt realized by sales.......,.. 6,461 6 0O 4,791 19 0 zason Tickets sold .............- D572.) 384.01 )..0 12567 216. 4510 Eisiona at One Shilling.........| 29,465 |1,473 5 0 | 17,775 |° 988 18 0 pS x Sixpence FS ae 24,938 | 623 9 0 | 15,597} 389 18 6 Threepence .......... 14,925 186 11 3 | 20,800 260 0 0O ee 19,472 | 524 17 6 |16,214| 371 2 3 on on sales .............. 268 16 9 | 18 3 9 scellaneous Receipts ............ 40 3 8 18 11 0 ral Receipts, exclusive of sales .. 3,501 3 9 2,329 14 6 ‘he following table will be read with interest :— 28 g0ec'/C Fe vu 9 199 | 89T 0 61 1646 | I8T 0 81 9L9'8 | FZ 9 8 8208 | 96I 9 4 STEet | 16 9 OT GLH'R | 98% 9 § goss | TIS 0 TIT OL@‘SI | STe ® L SOL'TT’| TAs 0 91 69T°6 | 19% 0 FI Gee'9 | 98% 0 TI 96‘0T | LOS 0 OT L98'8 | 99% 9 ST 666'T | ohR 0 SI PT9'6 | LEE 9 LI ZOWL | TAs 9 F TSB'9 | Bh G g6e'9 | 98% s oF ‘ON ‘aT09 SaunLolg wo ® Togs FI 668°C & 6863. 6 60rE T 062% G B@8L'é 8 9688 FI 8989'S 6L LBL'e QT 0g9‘¢ OT 4 6R1'F FI T0S‘e OT ST 60T'S IT LT 90¥'% Pp €I 9L6'T T 999° 8 898'T G¢ ec9'T "Ss F *sqd 10003] T"99.L ae Ht oS So nN at dH ao oOo So oOo fF et RnR eR 8T & Pee OP ‘p "Ss F *syd19004y snooue] [90st Ty sOINjOTT uo MOISSTULULOD 9 LT 66T 0 891 9 0 OT $9T ue) "Sg F “PICS SONSOTLIED oO" 3 O° 8 96 9 69 G 69 "g F *Ss}O20LT, uosveg e 0 0 0 093 |9 8T 68 |0 ST 888 6 at gee |0 FI Lee |O TL ZIT 0 ole |0 6 998 |O 6 ATET @ PT 6I¢ 19 0 989 {0 BT 996'T € s£LF0E [0° 8 S4e [0 T 80ST € 660 |0 & O8r'T 9 F 9LE |9 F 683 |0 ST HSVT 9 61 6&F |9 F FL6 10 TT 6PP'T 6 TL"eLg> 10° T--2ie -}0 eL OLN 0 & eer |9 6 O88 |0 AT F96'T @€ @ 6m |" °* ° 10 GL 8@6T 9 4 683 |9 6 98 0 0 S8IT'T 0 FL 486 |9 LT LL 0 €L GL6 G eae 28s vee ... 5,200 _ Science and the Arts... a2 = os “ee nS ioe HORS History and Biography oe Pe oe Aer ia ... 12,180 Topography and Antiquities ..: si ase Ses as . 5,169 Voyages and Travels... 5,104 Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Essays, Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) a .. 22,554 f Jurisprudence, Law and Politics oe eos ea ee bapahlindls fr tsfe: _ Commerce, Political Economy &c. ... ne ee pee peeves Fey Education and Language enh » oe axa at -. 1,524 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ks Eee ba Ae: .. = 8,943 Prose Fiction... ca fee aes e-- 5,823 Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ... oes bas -e 903 Encyclopedias, and Works of General Reference xb ... 8,169 Total ... a aes ane --» 94,749 8 The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the respective Publishers :— Amateur Photographer American Settler Anglo-American Times Bible Advocate Birmingham and Sheffield Hardware Circular Bootle Times Brewers’ Guardian British and Colonial Printer and Stationer British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Weekly Reporter Cambridge Examiner Cape Argus Church of Chronicle Church Missionary Gleaner Church Missionary Intelligencer Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor Citizen Civil Service Times Clerks’ Journal Colonies and India County Council Gazette Day of Days Ecclesiastical Observer Electrical Review Electrician Englishwoman’s Review Financial Reformer Fireside Fireside News Good Health Hand and Heart Herald of Health Home Words Homeopathic World Illustrated Medical News In His Name Invention Irish Times Tron and Coal Trades Review Jewish World Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- ciation Journal of the Statistical Society Leeds Times Liberal Unionist Light Juiterary News Literary Society England Temperance Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo ~ Liverpool Express Liverpool Halfpenny Weekly Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) Liverpool Porcupine Liverpool Post (daily and weekly) Liverpool Programme Liverpool Review Liverpool University Magazine Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal Manchester Geographical Journal Manufacturer Medium Miller Mona’s Herald Musical Herald Musical Society Money New Church Magazine Oddfellows’ Magazine Official Journal of the Patent Office Oxford Chronicle Personal Rights’ Journal Pitman’s Musical Monthly Present Truth Preston Herald Railway Review Recreation Research Rhyl Journal Richmond and Twickenham Times Sale and Exchange Script Phonographic Journal Shipping World Signs of the Times Sloan-DuployanPhonographicJ ournal Sunday Times Trade Marks Journal Two Worlds Tonic Sol-fa Reporter Vaccination Inquirer Vegetarian Messenger Western Daily Press Woman’s Suffrage Journal Worcestershire Herald Zoophilist Society naADS 9 DONATIONS. Sprcran ConTRIBUTION MADE BY THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE SiR James ALLANSoN Picron, Kr. :— An Annotated Copy of his “ Memorials of Liverpool,” evidently - prepared for a third and revised edition of this valuable historical and topographical work. A Bust of the late Sir James Picton, executed in marble by J. A. P. McBride ; and the Trowel with which the foundation of the Extension of the Library Building bearing his name was laid. Best, W. T., Liverpool :— Bach’s Organ Works, edited by W. T. Best, 3 vols.; Cecilia : Organ pieces in diverse styles, by W. T. Best, 3 vols. British Mustum TRUSTEES :— Publications of British Museum, viz. :—Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia, and Amphibia, by R. Lydekker, vol. 2 ; Catalogue of Greek Coins: Corinth, by B. V. Head ; Ilustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera, by A. G. Butler, vol. 7; Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, by Arthur Smith Woodward, vol. 1; Catalogue of Chelonians, by G. A. Boulenger. New edition ; and 19 other volumes. Brown, Mrs. Saran B. :— Musical Instruments and their homes, by Mary E. Brown and William A. Brown. LARENDON Press, DELEGATES OF THE :— _ Donation of Books selected from the Catalogue of the Clarendon Press to the amount of £25. [ALDANE, J. W. C., c.z., Liverpool :— _ Engineering popularly explained, by J. W. C. Haldane, c.z., 2nd edition. SRMEN IncorPORATION, PertH, THe ‘ Deacon ann Hat BRerHer’ oF THE :— 4 Perth Hammermen Book, 1518-1568 ; with an Introductory Sketch, 1 by Colin A. Hunt. ye 10 Livineston, ALDERMAN J. G., J.p., Liverpool :— An Account of the Voyages for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth, Lu.p., 3 vols. 4to. 1773. Lanspowng, THe Most Honovurasle THE MARQUESS OF :— A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Lansdowne House, based upon the work of Adolf Michaelis. Lonpon, CorPoRATION OF THE CITY OF :— Calendar of Wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London; Vol. I: 1258-1358. Catalogue of the Guildhall Library, 1889. Roserts, [saac, F.R.A.S., Maghull, Liverpool :— Photographs of the Stars. Storss, CHEVALIER C. pr. W., Liverpool :— Records (Documents, Newspaper Cuttings, &c.)of the Royal J ubilee Exhibition, Liverpool, 1887 ; Future of the Liverpool Exhibition (Collection of Newspaper Cuttings, &c.) WHITEHEAD, ALDERMAN Sir J., Bart. :-— Report of the Artizans selected by the Mansion House Committee to visit the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1889. OrHER Books and Pamphilets, Reports, &c., have been received from the following donors, for which the Committee again beg to express their grateful acknowledgments :-— Miss Mary H. Allies; Alloa Public Library; R.J. Anderson; W. I. Argent; Argentine Republic Consul, in Liverpool; Thomas Armstrong; Australian Museum Trustees ; Mrs. Katharine Backhouse; The Colonial Secretary for Barbados; Barrow-in- Furness Free Public Library; Messrs. Bell and Sons; Charles H. Beloe; Messrs. Bennett & Co.; Municipal Corporation of Berlin; T. H. Bickerton, m.R.c.s. ; Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society; Birmingham Free Libraries; Boston City Auditor ; Boston Public Library; J. L. Bowes; The Consul General for Brazil; Ramon Brisefio; British Association for the Advancement of Science ; 8. K. Broadbent; T. B. Browne; T. N. Brushfield; National Library, Buenos Aires; Government of Burma (per F. Dresser); Dr. German Burmeister ; T. B. Burrow; Cambridge University Correspondence College ; Cambridge University Syndicate; Lewis Campbell, u.a., ru.D.; Canada Department of the Interior; Royal Society of Canada; Commissioner for Canada, London; Carl Rosa Opera Company; Messrs. Cassell & Co,; Alfred Castellain, J.P.; Edwin Chadwick, c.B.; Patrick Chalmers; Board of Trade, Chicago; James Christie; Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati; Cincinnati Public Library ; Clerkenwell Free Public Library; Cobden Club; Abraham Coles, M.v., 11 LL.D.; Cuthbert Collingwood; James Conway; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York; Messrs. Cope Brothers and Co.; Cornell University, New York, U.S.A.; Government of Costa Rica ; Mrs. Rose Mary Crawshay; Messrs. Curtis and Harvey; J. T. Danson ; Henry Dauber; Consul of the Republic of Uruguay; R. C. Davies; Denver Chamber of Commerce, Colorado; Messrs. Dougal and Co.; Dublin University; Dundee Free Library; Durham University; George Easter; Rev. W. M. Ede; Frederick W. Edwards; John W. Ellis, L.R.C.P., L.B.C.S.E., &c. ; Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; Financial Reform Association ; Francis Fisk; H. T. Folkard; Thomas Formby; Rupert Garry ; General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York; Glasgow Atheneum; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College; J. E. Goodchild; John Grant; W. N. Greenwood, F.R. MET. soc.; T. W. Greig; Rey. William E. Griffis, p.p.; Guille Allés Library, Guernsey; Messrs. Guy and Co.; Augustus Harris; Sir Robert Hart, K.c.M.c.; Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.; Rev. H. R. Haweis, m.A.; Charles Hecksher ; C. G. Helleberg ; The Secretary, Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition, Salem, Mass., U.S.A.; John Heywood; Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Miss Edith A. Huntley; The Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for India; Indiana Bureau of Statistics, Indianapolis, U.S.A.; Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of Mechanical Engineers ; Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union; Messrs. Jepson and Co. ; Messrs. Jowett and Co.; William Kingston ; Joseph Kérési; Rev. W. 5. Lach-Szyrma; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society; Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society; G. B. Lennard; Library Reports from various Libraries ; The Editor of “Light” ; Liverpool Institutions, Societies, &c.: Architectural Society; Amateur Photo- graphic Association; Astronomical Society ; Auxiliary Bible Society; Catholic Reformatory Association; Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society; Engineering Society; Geological Society; Geological Association; Horticul- tural Association; Literary and Philosophical Society; Liverpool Institute Teachers’ Superannuation Society; Liverpool (Lyceum) Library; Medical Institute; Mercantile Marine Service Association; Mersey Mission to Sea- men; Microscopical Society; Naturalists’ Field Club; Penny Savings Bank; Philomathiec Society ; Polytechnic Society; Savings Bank ; School Board ; School of Science; School Ship ‘“‘Conway;” Science Students’ Association; Seaman’s Friend Society; Self-Help Emigration Society ; Shipwreck and Humane Society; Sunday Society; Training Ship “ Indefatigable ;’’ University College; James McCosh; Alexander B. MacDowall, m.a. ; R. A. Macfie; Joseph H. McGovern ; Messrs. Maclure, Macdonald and Co.; Robert McMillan; Charles Madeley; Manchester Geographical Society; Manchester Geological Society; Manchester Microscopical Society; Manchester Statistical Society ; Frederick P. Marrat; Messrs. Marsden and Co.; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota ; Elias Molee; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, U.S.A. ; National Association for the Advance- ment of Art; National Association for the Promotion of Technical Education ; National Footpath Preservation Society; National Temperance Publication Depot; J. B. Nevins, m.p.; New South Wales Government; The Proprietor, New Theatre Royal, Liverpool ; New York Mercantile Library ; New York State 12 Agricultural Society; Newberry Library, Chicago; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Free Public Libraries; University of North Wales ; Norwich Free Library; Nottingham Free Public Libraries ; The Comptroller of Patents; Peahody Institute Library, Baltimore, U.S.A.; The late Rev. 8. J. Perry, s.s., p.sc.; Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; Messrs. Phillipson and Golder; The late Sir James A. Picton ; Messrs. Pitman and Sons; The Lessee, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool ; The Registrar of Patents, Queensland; Sir Robert Rawlinson, K.0.B.; T. Mellard Reade, c.n., F.c.s., &c.; Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, x.c.p.; The Rotunda Theatre Company, Liverpool; Royal Astronomical Society; Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Royal Colonial Institute; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ; Royal Dublin Society ; Royal Institute of British Architects ; Royal National Life-boat Institution ; Royal Society of London; Salem Public Library, U.S.A.; Heinrich A. Schoetensack ; The Proprietor, Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool; T. W. Shore, ¥.c s., F.c.s.; Joseph Simms; Rev. J. Henry Skewes; Walter R. Skinner; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A.; Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection; Society of Accountants and Auditors; Society of Antiquaries of London ; Messrs. Sonnenschein and Co.; John Southward ; Rev. Robert Spears; Messrs. Street and Co. ; Executive Committee of the Stuart Exhibition ; Messrs. Stubbs and Co.; W.P. Thompson ; Messrs. Thompson and Co. ; B. H. Thwaite; Tokyo Library, Japan; T. Tonge; Toronto Public Library; Toronto Trinity College; Trinity College, London; United States Government; Francis Vacher, m.p.; Victoria Comptroller of Patents; Victoria National Gallery; J. E. M. Vincent; John Waddie; Watford Public Library; University College of Wales, Aberystwyth ; Mrs. W. H. Wells; Wigan Free Public Library ; Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association, Albany, U.S.A.; Zoological Society of London. WINTER LECTURES. The following series of popular lectures, forming the twenty-fourth annual course, was delivered in the Rotunda Hall of the Library, during the months of January to March. They were attended by 83,646 persons, or an average of 921 per lecture. With the exception of some 200 seats the remainder of the hall, numbering 1,000 seats, was free. As a means of instruction and as giving a stimulus to reading, these lectures are, it is believed, performing a valuable educational work. LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS : Batt, Councrtuor G. H. A Visit to Egypt and the Holy Land; — illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. é Brzr, Apotex W., President, Liverpool Amateur Photographic Asso- ciation. A Holiday in the North Riding; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 13 Bernas, Baron L., J.e. The ‘Art Treasures of Italy and of the Vatican ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Bircwatt, James, President, Literary and Philosophical Society. Some old Spanish Cities and their historical associations ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. BRADLEY, A. C., m.a.; Professor of Modern Literature, University College, Liverpool. Fables. Carry, F. 8., m.a., Professor of Mathematics, University College, Liverpool. Comets ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ‘Caton, RicHARD, M.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of Physiology, University College, Liverpool. Holland and the Dutchmen ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Curppory, Frepertc. A Round-about Road to Rome ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Coean, J. D., Royal Institution, Bath. The Manufacture of Glass ; with illustrations of the Art of Glass Blowing. Corrs, Rey. A. L., s.s., Stonyhurst College. The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa : its cause and effects ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Davizs, Epwarp, F.¢.s., r.1.c. Bones considered from a Chemical point of view ; illustrated by Experiments. Dat, CuarLes. Curator, Walker Art Gallery. Pictorial Art: its value as a record of Men and Manners; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ILLISON, Cotoyet C.O. London in the Olden Time ; illustrated by the - Oxyhydrogen Light. iBsON, R. J. Harvey, m.a., Lecturer in Botany, University College, Liverpool. A Visit to a Coal Mine ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. FONNER, KE. C. K., m.a., Lecturer on Economic and Commercial _ Science, University College, Liverpool. The Immigration of _ Foreign Labour. RE srep, Rev. F. F., m.a. Egyptian Life and History ; illustrated by _ the Oxyhydrogen Light, . . 14 GROSSMANN, Kari, m.p. Some Defects of the Human Eye ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. JErFs, OsmunD W. Volcanoes, Ancient and Modern; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Herpman, W. A., D.sc., F.LS., &., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. The Ancestors of our Birds and Reptiles; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jupr, W. H., Principal, Liverpool Organ School. Musical Master- pieces, with Vocal and Instrumental Illustrations. Kirsy, EpMUND, F.R.1.B.A., President, Liverpool Architectural Society, _ What is a Cathedral ? illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Lestir, Frank J., F.R.G.s. Some Old Lancashire Houses and their Stories; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Lopez, Oliver J., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Physics, University College, Liverpool. Lightning Conductors; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Logrman, WitLEM 8. Chaucer; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. LovELL, Joun, Editor of ‘ Liverpool Mercury.’ Thomas Hood. Lunp, Rev. T. W. M., m.a. Canterbury; illustrated by the Oxyhy- drogen Light. MacCunn, Jouy, m.a., Professor of Philosophy, University College, Liverpool. What is Democracy? Mackay, J. M., m.a., Professor of History, University College, Liverpool. Early Explorers of the New World. McMrzan, R. The Story of Van Dieman’s Land; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Murr, J. A. A Series of Readings from Popular Authors. Ports, Joun, r.as. Tiny Rock Builders ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. RenpaLL, G. H., m.a., Principal, University College, Liverpool. Socrates the Philosopher. Riesy, Rey. E. A., s.J., Stonyhurst College. Plants and their Vegetable Foes ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 15 Suaw, H. S. Hentz, m. inst. ¢.z., Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpool. The Age of Steel; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Syare, THomas. Arctic Exploration ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Srupss, Caprain Epwarp, x.y. The War Ships of Great Britain ; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Srrone, H. A., m.a., Lu.D., Professor of Latin, University College, Liverpool. Scenes of Life South of the Line; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ' Tompson, Isaac C., F.L.s., F.R.M.S. Lower Forms of Marine Life found in our Seas; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. VerrcH, JAMES, M.A. Continental Scenes and Cities; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Wiuurams, Rey. 8. Frercuer. A Marvellous Boy and a Mad Poet. AUTUMN LECTURES. The interesting and valuable series of literary and scientific lectures as under, given during the Autumn, was attended by 6,672 persons. A charge of sixpence was made for reserved seats and one penny to other parts of the hall. 4,978 persons paid for admittance to the penny seats. Two Lectures on (1) “The Rise and Early History of Human Culture ;” (2) “The Evolution of Religious Beliefs throughout the World,” by Pror. T. W. Ruys Davins, PH.D., LL.D. yo Lectures on “The Poetry of the Reign of Queen Victoria,” by _Epmunp Gosss, M.a. fo Lectures on (1) “ Music and Noise ;” (2) ‘‘Music and Morals,” by Rey. H.R. HAwWEIS, M.A. Two Lectures on “The Meteoritic Hypothesis,” by Pror. J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.s., Ke. wo Lectures on “The Electric Telegraph,” by Pror. Otiver J. Lopes, p.sc., uu.p., &e. s Lectures on “The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution,” by Pror. G. J. RoMANES, M.A., LL.D., &e, 16 Two Lectures on (1) “The Origin and Uses of the Colours of Animals;” (2) “On Warning Colours and Mimicry,” by ALFrep R. Wanuacg, LL:D.;/¥-L,8. LENDING LIBRARIES. Statistical Table showing the general working of the North and South Lending Branches. North South Total. Branch. | Branch. Volumes lent SPRL set Coke Stik WTR ina a6) Ree ecu eoets (etd lee ioicatettae eee ve 195,485 189,841 385,326 New HeicenSuIRAIOOL 2. ste. Oe eS ee re aim 1,882 2,012 3,894 MCE LERT OHO WEEE ace bite eee tee ee Oe 2,279 2,296 | 4,575 Tickets cancelled ........... Gdhaie itn gach Hes etn eta 5, PD 2,188 | 2,228 4,416 Readers on the Books............ 2s R08 ROSIOMETD eve re aBE Sa ....| 4,182] + 4,881] 8,513 Books lost or injured and paid for ....................005. 12 14 26 Books lost ...... pease Rain Ws Mees fron Va Mey anor Yes: shes tre sp Atoms wore = = Volumes worn out—withdrawn .. .....................- *1,485 *992 | *2,407 Volumes worn out—replaced ...... ................... : 507 444 951 VOMIIMIERTALO CO ne nae cee a etest hehe ects Gea ee es 398 402 800 otal vols: an/Libraries” ©.) O06) yeh bs Ces ek 22,720 | 22,956} 45,676 Included.—* Transferred to East Branch, Kensington, situated in West Derby Ward. North .. -- 1,086 vols. South .. a : 600" |; TaBLE.— Shewing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added :— Volumes Lent. Volumes Added. North South , | ‘Sonti Branch. Branch, Torat. Broch Bionek Tora. Theolosy toa! 4... G81.) aa .3 83832\] 5 25402) } 55734: 6 9 15 Natural Philosophy............ 2,648} 2,541 5,189 | 6 7 13 * ‘NaturaltHistorye.).!3.s.0000.. 1,23 1,582] 3,335} 5 4 9 Science and the Arts .......... 9,450 8,358 | 17,808; 20 21 41 History and Biography ........ 6,944) °'7,279; 14,223) 44 | 48 92 Topography and Antiquities .... 790 889 | 1,679 | 6 SL, 8. 14 Voyages and Travels .......... 5,210} 5,117 | 10,327 16 15 31 Miscellaneous Literature ...... 11,179 | 11,650} 22,829; 102 102 204 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 261 190 451 | 1 1 2 Commerce, and Political Economy 878 GIS! 1,496) .==n at See 2 Education, Language, and Logic| 1,655 1,113 | 2,798 | 5 i 6 Poetry andthe Drama ........ 1,226 1,040! 2,266) S 6 14 Prosavbiohiow | occcleis.: teste he ties 149,856 | 146,603 | 296,489 | 179 178 357 Latin and Greek Classics . .... 185 289 474 — _— = Books for the] Blind ........ on 58 170 228 a _— ar ‘ powers bie ST!) ERPS Poeeee eee oe ee ee ee —. +. 53) ee pra kaa ise che 195,485 | 189,841 | 385,326 | 398 402 800 17 EVENING READING ROOMS. The following Branch Evening Reading Rooms are open for the perusal of Magazines and Newspapers from 6 to 9.30 p.m. in the several Schoolrooms named below :— Average Place. Attendance. per night. Chatsworth Street Board School Di ut ERB A Wodat | 102 *Low Hill School ... ae A ae os 145830 AT Queen’s Road Board School He a as ..1 173823 57 Stanley Road Board School sea ae Ss ... 30,535 i100 Wellington Road School ... Ot oe us ... 23,466 77 Total . AE 116,912 383 *The Low Hill Room being contiguous to the N ew District raprary will be discontinued. MUSEUM. Visitors To MusrEum. 1889 1888 (213 Days.) (214 Days.) Total visitors in the year .. 3 282,559 291,754 Weekly Average .. ae ne 5,424 5,687 Daily Average . Ae At xe 1,326 1,363 _ The Visits of Curators, Scientists and others interested in museums have been numerous, and included Mr. A. R. Wallace, Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., of Cambridge, and Dr. Leidy, of Philadelphia, and several other American Professors on their way to the Paris Exhibition. Several Art Students draw from the Statuary in the Great Hall igently, and Medical Students work at the Osteological Section when dying for their degrees. The Series of Lectures delivered on Monday evenings, to which refer- mee has been made in the general report, have been fairly well attended. This being a new departure time must be allowed for their fuller development. _ The Circulating School Cabinets continue to be in request, and are conducive to the more frequent visits in large numbers of scholars to the Museum. Many applications for the loan of these typical collections have been received for special purposes, and have been as freely granted, as also the loan of specimens for object lessons on the part of pupil teachers in connection with school examinations, 18 MONDAY EVENING LECTURES AND SUBJECTS. Museum ADDRESSES. 1889. Jan. 7th.—The Butterflies of the Deep (Pteropods, &e.), by Mr. F. P, Marrat. Jan. 14th.— On Sharks, by Mr. James Hornell. Jan. 21st.—The Horse and his Rider, demonstrated with the aid of skeletons, by Mr. G. F. Moore. Jan. 28th.—On Music in Bygone Times, by Mr. W. I. Argent. Feb. 4th.—Our Local Strata and their Fossils, by Mr. G. H. Morton, Feb. 11th.—On Minerals, and how to read them, by Mr. D. Clague. Feb. 18th.—On Starfishes, by the Rey. 8. Gasking. Feb. 25th.—The Story of Rock Salt, by Mr. O. W. Jeffs. Mar. 4th.—On Illuminated Manuscripts, by Miss E. M. Wood. Mar. 4th.—On Fishes, by Mr. Richard Paden. Mar. 11th.—The Common Bat, by Mr. G. J. Hill. Mar. 18th.—On the Musical Instruments in the Mayer Collection, by Mr. W. IL. Argent. Mar. 25th.—On Meteorites, by Mr. J. J. Fitzpatrick. Oct. 7th.—On Fishes, by Mr. Richard Paden. Oct. 14th.—On Cuttle Fishes, by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Oct. 21st.—On the Common Lobster, by Mr. G. F. Moore. Oct. 28th.—On the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the Mayer Museum, by the Rev. F. F. Grensted. Noy. 4th.—QOn Scorpions and Centipedes, by Mr. J. Chard. Noy. 11th.—On Musical Eyes and Ears, by Mr. W. I. Argent. Noy. 18th.—On Gold Nuggets, by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. Noy. 25th.—On Coal, by Mr. W. Hewitt. Dec. 2nd.—On Sea Cucumbers, by the Rev. S. Gasking. Dec. 9th—On the Life History of the “Liver” Fluke, by Mr. R. McMillan. Dec. 16th.—On Sea Worms, by Mr. J. Hornell. Dec. 23rd.—On Silk and Silkworms, by Mr. Willoughby Gardner, Dec. 30th.—On Iron Ores, by Mr. D. Clague. 19 OPENING OF THE MusreumM ON TUESDAYS. _ From the commencement of its history the Museum has been open to the public four days in the week, and closed two days for the purposes of cleaning, arrangement, and the convenience of students, for whom the Library and Museum Act required one day to be specially set apart. Recently this arrangement has been altered by the Committee, the Public being admitted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; Fridays only being reserved as a closed day. This arrangement will doubtless be appreciated by visitors. PIcTORIAL GROUPS. ‘The mounting of stuffed specimens in groups rather than on separate nd isolated stands has been continued. The Cranes, Bustards, and Prumpeters have been so treated; also the Sheathbills, Boatbills, and ther less known but marked forms of wading and swimming birds. Of aese the Cranes are the largest and best known, and the following articulars may be of interest. 4 s like array like flocks of wild geese. They are mainly vegetable feeders. gular grace and beauty of their movements. Especially noticeable for e elegance and orderliness of their deportment were the Stanley Cranes, named after the 13th Earl of Derby. No one who saw them in their ing state at Knowsley will forget their stately minuet-like dances a The breeding of Cranes in confinement was not known until the Stanley an es bred at Knowsley. For fear of neglect on the part of the parent, @ egas were placed under the more reliable nursing of large domestic hens. is at first occurred so far on in the year that the young birds became torted and bow-legged, owing to the increasing length of the autumn hts and the enforced cramped position for so many hours under their ter parents, Year by year, however, the Cranes laid earlier until at 20 hae am 8 il last one young Crane nearly attained to maturity, only, however, to meet ¥ A . . . . . . . * with an untimely end. Taking to its wings, it soared to a considerable — elevation, only to alight with its legs thrust between the bars of an iron hurdle, breaking them, and so coming to an untimely and much lamented death. cate Wb CONTRIBUTIONS DESERVING SPECIAL NOTICE. Mr. Sr. Georce LitrLepALe’s Donation. Mr. St. G. Littledale has for many years made valuable contri- butions to the Museum from the spoils of large game, shot by himself on his annual sporting trips to the Far West, to the Caucasus, and to ~ Central Asia, in which he is always accompanied by his wife, who shares — his interest in the Museum. From the Rocky Mountains he presented two specimens of the White Goat peculiar to that region; from the Caucasus specimens of Wild Goats, Ibex, and Stag ; from the Pamir a perfect specimen of Marco Polo’s Wild Sheep, of which no stuffed | example was to be seen in any museum except at St. Petersburg ; and | from Eastern Siberia he sent bones and tusks of the Mammoth (Elephas — primigenius ). At the recent Soirée, held in St. George’s Hall by the Learned ~ Societies of Liverpool, the opportunity was taken to bring these various contributions into one view. They filled the whole of the orchestra platform, were styled the “ Littledale Trophy,” and photographed as i such in acknowledgment of Mr. Littledale’s liberality and public spirit. DonatTIONs. An important collection of Shells of the genus Marginella. ( This collection was made by the late Mr. R. J. Keen, Ship Chronometer — Maker of Liverpool, and was presented to the Museum by his daughter, — Miss Edith Keen. q The shells of this Molluscan genus are mostly small in size, though numerous in species. They are remarkable for the extreme delicacy and beauty of their texture and colouring. They are of consideraliag ss : 4 } i 21 rarity, and much prized by collectors. The species occur most frequently m the coasts of Africa, from whence many of the above were dredged y Capt. Davies specially for his friend Mr. Keen. Mr. F. P. Marrat has also contributed from his own cabinet a few interesting specimens of this genus. A Portrait of the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., Chairman of the Museum and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee, painted in oil, by Mr. R. E. Morrison, and exhibited by him in the 1889 Autumn Exhibition, at the Walker Art Gallery, was purchased by Thomas Higgin, Esq., r.u.s., and presented by him to the Corporation, with a equest that it might be hung in some suitable place in the Museum, ir order to identify it as much as possible with the arduous and invaluable services rendered by him so unsparingly in the interest of the institution. Two living specimens of the Long-nosed Bony Gar Pike (Lepidosteus osseus) ; received in exchange from Mr. Eugene Blackford. A dozen American Clams (Venus mercenaria); presented by Mr. H. D. Brandreth for the Aquaria. A Collection of Fossils of Columnar Botryoidal, Concretionary and Radiated Forms from the Magnesian Limestones near Sunderland ; also | Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from North America; presented by ir. R. Cameron. A specimen of Hematite or Kidney Iron Ore, showing radiated tructure, from Ulverston ; presented by Mr. T. Cooke. A specimen of large Saw Fly, Sirew gigas, “caught on the River Jonway” ; presented by Mr. T. Dutton. 223 specimens of British Beetles (Coleoptera) ; received in exchange om Dr. J. W. Ellis. A specimen of Sponge, from Alexandria; presented by Mr. Wm. I ive specimens of Minerals, viz. : _ Three large Crystals of Cassiterite ite ( Oxide of Tin) from Poolamacca Station, Australia, from Tasmania, and from Cook District, N. Queensland. One specimen of Chloride of Silver, Barrier Range, Australia. One Cerargerite (Chloride of Silver), ditto. One Model of Gold Nugget; presented by Mr. John Greenwood, Melbourne. 22 A small sample of Steam Coal, from the 9-foot seam, Coednant Colliery, Tondu, near Bridge End, Cardiff; presented by Mr. R. C. Lockett. A drawer of Jaws and Teeth of Recent and Fossil Sharks, carefully labelled for Students. A specimen of Fluor Spar or Blue John, from — Derbyshire (no longer found). A specimen of Argentiferous Galena or Silver Lead, from Bolivia, yielding 25 ounces of silver to the ton ;_ presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Two Beetles, from Lagos, West Africa; collected and presented by His Excellency Sir C. Alfred Moloney, c.m.c., Governor of Lagos. Thirty-five specimens of twenty species of Shells; presented by Mr. 8. Nowell, Junr. (for School Cabinets, &c.) 27 specimens of 5 species of Shells. 10 specimens of 10 species of Zoophytes. 2 Corals and 2 single Jaws of Port Jackson Shark, from Australia and New Guinea. Two specimens of Shells, Cassis cornuta and Triton (semi-fossil), and 1 Egg Case of Port Jackson Shark ; recently collected and presented by Mrs. Ellen Parkinson. A small collection of Minerals and Fossils, containing specimens of Pecten yiganteus, lamellosus, lens, vagans, Euomphalus sculptus, Lima gigantea, Pterozamites linearis, Ammonites, Chemnitzia, Goniomya, Asplenium, &e., &e.; presented by Mr. Randall, on behalf of the Executors of the late John Maclver. Sections of Spines of Echinoderms, mounted for microscopic examina tion; presented by Mr. Hardy from Spines supplied to him from the Museum. A specimen of Spore Coal from Donibristle Colliery, Fife, N.B. presented by Mr. R. Howse. A Harlequin Duck, male ( Fuligula histrionica, Linn) and a Richardson’s Skua Gull (Stercorarius Richardsonii) ; presented by Mr. Arthur W. Jeffery. A Seal and a Penguin, captured on the Coast of Chili, and a collection — of Marine Invertebrates dredged on the voyage and accompanied by notes ; presented by Capt. J. Griffith Jones, Barque Hermine, Associa Member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Two small slabs containing small Trilobites from the Upper Gre (Cambrian) Slates of the Penrhyn Quarries. Bethesda; collected and 28 _ presented by Mr. Robt. Lloyd. Described by Dr. Henry Woodward, F.a.s. in the Quarterly Journal of the Geol. Soc. vol. 44, 1888, under the name of Conocoryphe viola, H. Woodward. One specimen of Polybasite (Arsenical Sulphide of Silver) ; presented _ by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. Specimens of Locust Eggs, from North Africa; presented by Mr. Eli Sowerbutt. A living Trap-door Spider and Nest, from Bastia, Corsica, imported by Mr. Geo. H. Thompson ; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. A young white variety of the common Starling; presented by Mr. _ Albert Webb. A Nightjar, Caprimulgus europeus, from Eccleston ; presented by _ Mr. T. West. _ Minor Donations have been presented by Mr. Coote Chambers, Victoria, British Columbia; by Mr. John Wilson, per Mr. J. Le Mesurier; Mr. T. West; and others taking an interest in Natural _ History. LOAN. The Rev. H. H. Higgins being desirous of affording to Students and others interested in Conchology the advantage of being able to refer to an extensive series, has deposited on loan his own collection of Marginella in the Museum. PURCHASES. A dwarf specimen of Indian Zebu Bull. An immature specimen of Clouded Tiger Cat, Felis macroscelis, Temminck Habitat, Assam. A mounted skeleton of a Guanaco, Lama huanacos ; and a bisected and disarticulated skeleton of a common! Cat, showing continuity of @ spinal canal with the brain cavity. also a mounted skeleton of a large Amazonian Water Tortoise (Emys Amazonica). ‘ 24 The skin of a magnificent Fruit Pigeon,,Carpophago magnifica, Temm, from Australia. A Monitor Lizard, from Australia, and a large living Lizard ( Teguexin /, from the West Indies. A living West African Mud Fish Protopterus annectens, from the River Gambia. As the dry season approaches, these fish bury in the mud, and become torpid. They are dug up in balls of clay, and so can be readily transported long distances, and on being placed in tepid water, the balls melt away and set the enclosed fish free, which immediately swims away at ease, and will feed readily on small living fish. This Mud Fish lived for several months, grew considerably, and was an object of much interest. 89 specimens of 24 species of selected Shells, including fine series of Turbo Petholatus, shewing remarkable richness and variety of colour patterns. 24 selected specimens of 11 species of Shells, of the family Helicide. One Shell (Conus viridulus ). One Shell, T’riton variegatus. One Shell, Cyprea tigris, very large. Two Shells, Harpa articularis. One Shell, Pearl Oyster, carved. 28 specimens of Fireflies and Silk Moths. Fifty selected specimens of Butterflies and Moths, from Southern India. 23 specimens of Lepidoptera, from Fernan Vas, West Africa. Specimen of Gum containing an Insect, Cercopsis. A specimen of Orthoclase, Italy. A specimen of Garnet, Barrat. A specimen of Ozokerit, Calzien. A specimen of Zincblende, Hungary. Six Elementary Geological Models by Sopwith. MAYER MUSEUM. DonaTIONs, Group of Ethnographical specimens from the Indian tribes of Guiana, presented by Sir Charles Cust, Bart. a Ps eRe de ve x 25. Rain Coat, made of plaited reed ; presented by Stewart H. Brown, Esq. Block of Red Granite, sculptured on one side with a portrait head of King Rameses II. (12th Egyptian dynasty, about B.C. 1324-1219) ; and re-sculptured on the back with part of a processional subject instituted by K ing Osorkon II. (22nd Egyptian dynasty, about B.C. 995-847) ; resented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund in recognition of the richness of the Mayer collection in Egyptian antiquities. _ Bronze Medal, commemorative of the opening of the Library and Museum ; presented by Mr. J. Leete. _ Bow, Arrows, Adze, and Girdle-dress from N.E. New Guinea; Club with stone head from New Britain and Spear from the Solomon Islands : presented by Mrs. E. Parkinson. _ Bight Roman Coins, found at Corwen, N. Wales; presented by Mr. G. H. Ball, o.c. Seven Leases, quit claims and bonds, of the 15th and 17th centuries ; presented by Mr. J. Banner Newton. Ivory War Horn and Horn Powder Flask, cased in red leather, from the Mandingoes; a large Wooden Spoon, used for lading palm oil, from West Africa; anda modern Eastern Dagger ; presented by Mrs. Randall. Hight Copper Coins, principally Russian ; presented by Mr. M. eck, Junr. or, Spears, Arrows, and a Club, from the River Purus, Upper Amazon ; presented by Captain Bisson, 8.8. “ Ambrose.” An important figure of a Satyr, in white marble; 13 Tear Bottles and Lamps, from the ancient town of Cyzicus, Asia Minor, found and esented by Captain John Ferguson, s.s. “‘ Aleppo.” Quiver and four Arrows, from Kikamba, Central Africa ; presented rs. Mountfield. PURCHASES. X edicine case, lacquered ; netsukie attached, Japanese. ‘Two Japanese ivory netsuckies. q ee Wooden Trays, with inlaid designs in brass wire, Mynpuri, Breast Ornament, New Guinea. 26 Wooden Figure and a Comb, New Guinea. Capo-di-Monte, Porcelain Vase. Certificate of Burial, of one Margaret Forrest, in 1688, stating that she “was not put in, wrapt round or buried in any shirt, sheet, shift, or shroud made or mingled with Flax Hemp,” but only in such garments as were made of sheep’s wool, according to the Act of Parliament. Found in an old tree in Hawkshead Churchyard, Lancashire. Maori Wood-carving, formerly part of a whare or house in an old Pa, Te Rapa, Lake Taupo, New Zealand. The carving is said to represent the God Tu Wharatoa, who slew the Dragon Taniwha. The Pa, Te Rapa was buried in a landslip in 1846, together with the celebrated Chief Te Heuheu and 60 natives. The carving was dug out of the ruins. Hippopotamus Tusk, carved with figures, from West Africa. Horn Snuff Box, with three long prongs for sticking in the hair ; Kaffir, South Africa. Large old Chinese purple-glazed Vase. Specimens in many departments of the Museum are now so numerous as to require more than the space available for their public exhibition. Many ethnographic illustrations have to be put by in drawers and cases, where they can only be seen by students. Somewhat less than two years ago the Museum Sub-Committee determined to arrange for the better display of these exhibits by placing groups of them for short periods of time in succession, in table cases to be provided in the central hall of the — Institution. This design has been put into practice, with satisfactory results WALKER ART GALLERY. During the year the Gallery has been open on 292 days, and closed for cleaning and other purposes on 21 days. The total number of visitors was 425,239 or a daily average attendance of 1,456. Included in the aboveare 62,942 visitors who paid for admission to the Autumn Exhibition, and 10,000 pupils of the schools of various denominations admitted free, admission to the Exhibition was granted by resolution of the City Council. 7 and 12,280 visitors on the last four Saturday evenings, when S 27 The chief events of the year in connection with the Gallery have been the Exhibition of Decorative and Applied Art, and the Autumn Ex- hibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colours. _ Tt was originally intended to hold an exhibition of Decorative Art in connection with the Art Congress, held in December, 1888, but the whole of the rooms being then occupied with the various sectional meetings, the project was deferred until the Spring of 1889, when it was carried out on a very extensive scale, and proved to be one of the largest and most comprehensive Exhibitions of Arts and Crafts ever brought together. It was opened on the 30th March, by His Worship the Mayor, E. H. Cookson, Esq., and closed on July 19th. Notwithstanding the fact that an Exhibition of such a character was not likely to attract the public generally in large numbers, the result proved very satisfactory, and a balance of profit remained after defraying all expenses. The Exhibition comprised the choicest examples of Fictiles, Decorative Painting and Design, Wall Papers, Metal Work, Stone and Wood Carving, Stained Glass, Table Glass, Printing, Bookbinding and Furniture, besides a large and important contribution from South Kensington Museum, which included rare examples of Modern Fur- niture and electrotype Reproductions of Old Royal Gold Plate. There were also included some rare Cabinets, Chairs, Coffers, and Tapestry of the 16th Century. ‘The failure of the negotiations for the purchase, by the Committee, of _ the picture “Captive Andromache,” by Sir Fredk. Leighton, Bart., P.R-A., threatened, at one time, to render the holding of the usual Autumn Exhibition a matter of doubt. But this was happily averted, and the usual preparations were made in the Spring, which resulted in the holding of an Exhibition quite as large and important as any of its predecessors. The Committee regard the attendance and the financial outcome as in _ every way satisfactory. The Committee lent the following Pictures during the year :-— To the British Fine Art Section of the Paris Universal Exhibition :— “ Samson,” by Solomon J. Solomon. “ Pelagia and Philammon,” by Arthur Hacker. “ When the Children are Asleep,” by Thomas Faed, B.A. 28 “ Rival Grandfathers,” by John R. Reid. “The White Lady of Nuremberg,’ by Wyke Bayliss, P.R.B.a., and “ Hard Times,” by Frederick Brown. The following pictures were lent for Exhibition at the Leeds Muni- cipal Art Gallery:—‘The Ante-chamber at Whitehall during the Last Moments of Charles II.,” by E. M. Ward, R.a., and “ Wintry March,” by W. L. Picknell. The Committee also contributed to the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, a picture entitled “The Trial of the Earl of Strafford,” by W. Fisk. The following works have been deposited on loan :—‘ By Brink of Cooling Stream,” by Thomas Riley (oil); “The Magdalene,” attributed to Correggio (oil); “The Bull Fight,” by Auguste Bonheur (oil); “The Adoration of the Magi,” by Schiavone ; and a Marble Group, “Cupid captured by Venus,” by Giovanni Fontana. The Committee have entered into an arrangement for letting rooms in the Gallery to the Doré Gallery, Limited, for an exhibition of some of the principal works of Gustave Doré, which promises to be extremely interesting and attractive to the public. ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION BY PURCHASE. The following pictures were purchased from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition :— “A Venetian Faction Regatta—Nicolotti v. Castellani,” by W. H. Bartlett (oil). “From Green to Gold,” by Yeend King, R.1. (oil). “‘ Strangers in a Strange Land,” Albert Starling (oil). “ Finishing Touches,” by W. Brint Turner (oil). “ Nature’s Cathedral Aisle,” by James T. Watts (water colour). Purchased from the Artist :— Posthumous Portrait of the late Sir James Allanson Picton, F.S.A., — by R. E. Morrison (oil). 29 DONATIONS TO THE PERMANENT GALLERY. “ Jeanne D’Arc,” by Harold 8. Rathbone ; presented by the Artist, (oil). “Jepthah,” by Miss Jessie Macgregor, a Commission picture ; presented by friends of the Institution to the Corporation (oil). “ Ready for Cutting,” by George Lance; presented by the Artist’s daughter, Mrs. Alfred Bower, widow of the late Alfred Bower, Hsq., of Liverpool (oil). Original Model (bronzed) of the “ Tinted Venus,” by J. Gibson, R.a. Also Models (Bronzed) of ‘“ Lesbia” and “The Suppliant Mother,” by Henry Weekes, R.A. ; presented by Messrs. Elkington & Co. Second Volume of Reproductions of Early German Prints ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. AutuMN EXHIBITION oF PICTURES. Total Receipts, exclusive of sales .. 3,472 =1 1889. 1888. Number of Pictures and other Works corres Ge Soar of Art Exhibited ............ 1,560 1,412 Number of Pictures sold .......... 184 168 ol coer 8,083 3 6 6,461 6 0O Sy ay ria TRE go 2,481 432 ll 6 2,172 384 1 0 at | 29,504 {1,475 4 O | 29,465 |1,473 5 O Ree OA ee | 23, 535 588 7 6 | 24,938 623 9 O sic idetet camo | 7,422 92 15 6 | 14,925 186 ll 3 Soca caro premmeree | 19,635 524 9 6 | 19,472 524 17 6 bia awpea) 53) estes ae 283 10 6 268 16 9 Miscellaneous Receipts ............ | Car De 7 40 3 3 1 3,501 3 9 30 9 oO amo “68ST OF TL8T Noud ‘SUVAA 61 ONIYUAC “9H ‘CIOS SHUNLOId ‘SNOISSINGY 40 LNANALVLS daly TOdvVL LT % G s s O18‘SI eSL'TT 6916 GBe'9 €96'01 498'8 668'S1 FIo'6 ZOPL 182'9 G68 9 GEG ‘aTog saunLorg ORE. 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LIVERPOO L: Re Re R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, , SCHOOL LANE. y ae 1891. } i : ‘ fs " Z . i ut rhe i « “ ay ; ’ a ae is pov = = = a SE RR SES EBs. f oa dines se eee Bt ae oe ote he THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY MUSEUM, WALKER ART GALLERY, CF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DEcEMBER, 1890. LIVERPOOL: J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE 1891. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1890-91. JOSEPH B. MORGAN, ESQ., MAYOR. Committee. ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN. PHILIP H. RATHBONE, ESQ., J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM B. BOWRING, ESQ., ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P., JOHN LEA, ESQ., EDMOND BROWNBILL, ESQ., ALDERMAN W. J. LUNT, ‘ANDREW COMMINS, ESQ., LL.D., MP.,| JEREMIAH MILES, ESQ., J.P., JOHN DAVIES, ESQ, ALDERMAN T. W. OAKSHOTT, J.P., JACOB R. GRANT, ESQ., GEORGE B. RODWAY, ESQ., JAMES HENDERSON, ESQ., WILLIAM E. WILLINK, ESQ., REV. HENRY H. HIGGINS, M.A., SIR ANDREW B. WALKER, BART. Chief Librarian : PETER COWELL. Sub-Librarian : THOMAS FORMBY. Curator of the Museum: THOMAS J. MOORE. Conchologist, Mineralogist, &c. : F. P. MARRAT. Curator of the Walker Art Gallerp: CHARLES DYALL. D GENERAL REPORT. In presenting the Annual Report of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, the opportunity is afforded, not merely to place before the Council the statistical facts which tell of the magnitude and completeness of the work done by this noble and remarkable group of Institutions, but it also enables us to consider the value of that work, and to estimate its moral and intellectual influence upon the well-being of this great . nanty. To fully appreciate this we have to recognise the changed and 3 shanging principle upon which society has now its basis—to quote the words of a great Statesman, “As civilization has gradually progressed it “has equalised the physical qualities of man. Instead of the strong arm “it is the strong head that is now the moving principle of society. You “have disenthroned Force and placed on her high seat Intelligence, and “the necessary consequence of this great revolution is, that it has become ~ “the duty and delight of every citizen to cultivate his faculties. “Knowledge is no longer the lonely eremite affording a chance and “captivating hospitality to some wandering pilgrim, knowledge is now ‘found in the market place a citizen and a leader of citizens.” It is lifficult to express in a few sentences how far these institutions are ealizing this great mission of civilisation and enlightenment ; but if we onsider that the 11,269 readers at our lending libraries represent so y foci of intellectual culture, that the 108,591 readers at our reading as an army of seekers after knowledge and literary recreation, and ion only of the 196,119 readers in the Picton Reading Room as s students, we have suggested to us some idea of the extent of ntellectual work now carried on. The moral effect of such work cannot be better expressed than in the words of Sir John Herschel : “ It is ‘hardly possible but the character should take a higher and better tone from the constant habit of associating in thought with a class of thinkers, say the least of it, above the average of humanity. It is morally = hat that the manners should take a tinge ce fond breeding 4 “ eonducted themselves in their intercourse with each other. There is a “‘oentle but perfectly irresistable coercion in a habit of reading well “ directed, over the whole tenor of a man’s character and conduct, which “is not the less effectual because it works insensibly and because it is “really the last thing he thinks of.” . We notice a tendency to undervalue the possession of a great Reference Library, because it is largely used by the educated and those who can afford to purchase their own books. A Reference Library worthy of the name should contain every book of repute written upon every subject ; and ifa Library is to maintain its efficiency, its shelves must every year receive the addition of all recognised standard publications. Ittherefore furnishes students with books of reference which they cannot obtain in any other way, and it is very gratifying to note how largely our Reference Library is availed of by the clergy, teachers, students, journalists and others, whose object is to weave the materials they thus collect into a form which will instruct and entertain the people of the city, and thus, directly or indirectly, every citizen can derive benefit from them. We may also venture to hope that the existence of our Library will do something towards promoting the pursuit and love of literature in our midst, and the formation of a literary society ; that Liverpool may some day be as eminent in literature and in the fine arts as she is in commerce may be an extravagant expectation, but there can be no reason why she should not take a prominent position ; and certainly it is our duty, while following the engrossing pursuit of commerce, not to neglect the higher claims of culture and education. We cannot forget that some of the most splendid works of literary genius, and the most admirable discoveries of scientific investigation, have been produced by the leisure studies of men engaged in commercial pursuits; it is sufficient to mention such names as Priestley, Franklin, Ricardo, Grote, Mill, Trollope, and in Liverpool we have the example of William Roscoe. We also observe a disposition to underestimate the usefulness of our Lending Libraries and Reading Rooms, because the popular demand is for works of fiction, periodicals, and newspapers. Very little consideratio will show that this demand is a natural one and its supply a necessi forced upon us by the advance in the general standard of education, ;, Probably one of the most striking facts of our epoch has been the remarkable diminution in crime and pauperism, corresponding with the march of education. An eminent man of science lately affirmed that education, upon which the country now spends annually ten millions sterling, costs the nation practically nothing, as since the passing of the Education Act, the whole sum and more is annually saved in our "expenditure upon criminals and paupers. - But while education has thus happily curtailed and controlled man’s propensity for evil, in the words of the Latin poet “ Emollit mores nee sinit esse feros”’—it civilizes the conduct of men, and suffers them not to remain barbarous ; it has also set up and created an intellectual appetite which must be satisfied, or else the intellect loses its power of application, and also loses its restraining and controlling influence. 1h) : When, therefore, this country happily adopted a scheme of National t heir intellectual faculties, and can continue the education begun in the school, or make use of it for the purpose of recreation. Thus Free Libraries, Museums, and Art Galleries have ceased to be merely the resorts of the cultured, but have become the gathering places of the people. conditions and minister to the intellectual entertainment of the cupation, it is in itself a valuable means of education, and one which, . tes! be 0 doubt, often serves as a stimulus and incentive to reading of a more dvi ntages have been freely availed of. ‘The Museum continues to be a source of attraction and much interest. popular lecture has been given every Monday evening in the galleries, 6 in which some one group of the collection has been described. These lectures have been well attended. The Committee regret that they have had no funds to expend upon specimens or objects of art. The Museum, though in many respects complete, still requires the addition of some links to connect various groups in the Natural History department. The Autumn Exhibition still maintains its great prestige among — provincial exhibitions. The high class of the works exhibited, the atten- dance of visitors, and the sales of pictures, have all been most satisfactory. The Free Courses of Lectures continue to be much appreciated. The lectures delivered have been of great merit and interest, and the audiences have uniformly been large and very attentive. The amount of popular intellectual entertainment and instruction thus provided by the Committee no doubt leads up to the increased use of the — Library and Museum by creating an interest in the subjects upon which the lecturers discourse. Taking our Institutions as a whole they forma unique group, and whether we regard them from the excellence and completeness of the collections of which they are the depositories, or the educational and literary work conducted within their walls, they claim equally the admiration and liberal support of our citizens ; and while they contribute — largely and over a very wide area to the happiness and well-doing of the people, they are not the less valuable to the increasing number of men of eulture and education. WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, CHAIRMAN. REFERENCE LIBRARY. REFERENCE Liprary :—This Library includes the Brown Library and Reading Room and the Picton Reading Room. Connected with it are two lecture halls and several class rooms. Besides the ordinary work of this Library, which includes the delivery during the Autumn and Winter months of several courses of free lectures in the cause of general education, accommodation is found in its small lecture hall and class rooms for the meetings of various small learned societies and for the holding of science and art classes under the direction of the Liverpool School of Science. The Brown Reading Room is assigned for the perusal of popular literature. The principal London, local and other provincial papers are _ available there, magazines of a varied and entertaining character, and a selection of the best works in English prose fiction. There is also “unrestricted access to some 70 county, city, and town directories. Ina commercial city like Liverpool, where there are always so many strangers, the directories in this room prove a great convenience and source of attraction. In the book room of the Brown Library are found the “specifications of patents for inventions, which may be examined at - pleasure. The following statistics of the issues and attendances in this part of the library during the past year, shew that the advantages afforded by the institution still retain a firm hold on public favour and appreciation — Visitors to the Newspapers... a seams Vine 00) Monthly and Weekly Magazines, &c., issued .»» 153,028 Illustrated Papers issued in volumes (“ The Graphic,” “Tllustrated London News,” “Punch,” &.) .... 83,763 Directories... vee aida bad wt ... 42,500 Specifications of Patents for Inventions... Guat PER, aK _ Volumes of Prose Fiction... dias se han he Ua hend icton, who for nearly forty years was Chairman of this Institution, apart as a student’s room and for literary research and inquiry. the entrance will be found some 180 scientific and literary magazines, reviews, &c., to which readers have free access. The issue of novels is confined to the Brown Reading Room. The total issue of books for reference and study has been 191,071 volumes, being an increase of 10,181 volumes. ‘The reviews and other scientific and 8 literary periodicals issued number 116,618, showing an increase of 5,475. This makes the total issue of books and periodicals in the Reference Library 307,689. TasLE.—Showing the number and classification of works contained in the Library. Classification. Volumes. — Theology, Morals, &c. ... ae. ane a one a3 ve RS Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ... ish aE Se Berar 74 Natural History... bes “if bi a. ube a a3) Oyo ee Science andthe Arts ... °... ane roe oe ers Pre | bei History and Biography... os ue ee ae = oe desoo Topography and Antiquities... “a3 ris ae a: BB I) Voyages and Travels... fee .. 5,182 Miscellaneous Literature (inincipaily ees Wor ks, Essay Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c.,in volumes)... 23,240 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ae Sex aes be <3 ao Commerce, Political Economy, &. ... je: 5 = .. 1,504 Education and Language A ads ios ae a ves» glgnd8 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ods Ee he eee pee esi Prose Fiction ... ace Soy ay sie ... 5,363 Latin and Greek Classics and Priselatioia as ce = pe 938 Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... ase .. 38,266 Totals act is ..- 96,689 Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room, 1889-90. Increase Decrease 1890. 1890. Classification. 1890. 1889. Theology, Morals, &e. ... 18,283 16,696 1,587 “ie Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, ke. 16,244 15,650 594 ag Natural History ... te eo 7,546 7,834 as 288 Science and the Arts vocieel: oo tele 3,206 11 983 3 Topography and Antiquities ................... 767 3 187 1 Voyapes.and Travels). 026 ).ic.0...02) cokes. 5) 2,171 8 561 2 Miscellaneous Literature ...................00% 4,227 15 1,832 6 Jurisprudence, Law, (&¢.).2... cece cece cee cees 147 1 7 1 Commerce, Political Economy, &. ............-. 758 3 156 l Education and Language ...................... 504 2 279 1 Poetry and Dramatic Literature ................ 841 3 348 1 Prose RICO | je ares Aer ee tae erm es. 84,115 301 26,770 95 Latin and Greek Classics ..............eeeee0ee 195 1 95 1 Morarsiites one 106,884 383 33,464 119 *Includes 3,201 volumes of music ; daily average 11. Norra anp Sourn Lenpine Brancues :—These branches are still Lending Libraries only, though large and commodious Reading Rooms attached to them would prove useful and attractive. The number of readers at the Hast Library does not altogether represent a plus number, for evidently many readers of the north and south branches have found it much more convenient to resign membership and join the new 15 Bbihitary. The diminution of readers at the North Branch Library has been 816; at the South, 396. The subjoined tables shew the working of these Libraries during the year. TaBLe 1.— Tp Pea Et gs ee a a i ee eee North. South. Total. TN 85 oh «2 de Fetal y ches braids poke, «aE eg ae 146.412 | 178,545 | 324,957 New Tickets issued ...............0005- 1,695 W727). a,4oe Siltickets renewed... heen cece ce weer tees 1,635 | 2,185} 3,820 MCE ORNCEM ACs oo 6 i agahngsdcte fs cae Ais ale # eae, 08 6 aban eee 2 2,124| 4,635 SReaders on the Books.............-..0.eeeeeeee ees eather asal Gree a2900)|) 1 400) Books lost or injured and paid for ........----..-.s0s-000- 13 26 39 MUMPIELG RG) Gite okies ck fang a5) MORE RNAs coo 0.0.3, + imalciayese« afetapee — — —_ ‘Volumes worn out—withdrawn .. ...... cece ee cee eee 443 282 725 Volumes worn out—replaced ...... 12. see eee ee ee ees ‘ 352 373 725 ~Volumesadded ...........-..6. eta cl 2 Nas ce aepeetnnatenekarce 545 570 1,115 - Total number of volumes in Libraries .....-..-....++++++: 22,822 | 23,244) 46,066 TABLE 2.— Volumes Issued. | North. South. | Torat. ee FtipOnC RE ee shale Ae ea gta seta amare «ino? 2,622| 1,744) 4,366 Natural Philosophy ............-+++ sees eeee reese esses 1,872| 2,240} 4,112 Natural History ...... 2.00.2... cesses 1,181 1,611 2,792 ence and the Arts............00:e eee e cee eee cece eens 6,723 | 7,297] 14,020 isprudence, Law, and Politics ..........---+s+.seeeeee 131 170 301 mmerce and Political Economy .........-++ see sere eens 497 931} 1,428 ucation, Logic, and Language ....-...-..-..++eeee sees 956} 1,054] 2,040 yand the Drama ...........++e sence eee e ee eee cree 808 818} 1,626 REI cote ros SERA pe Uereiats gt « ameristar caine 113,985 | 140,722 | 254,707 LENT MOE Wietatage Assoc. N.S.S. Jan. 26th.—On Ancient Arms and Implements of War, by Mr. T. Tarleton. Feb. 2nd.—On Chalk Makers, by Mr. W. H. Read. I eb. 9th.—On Messmates: Animals that live together for Mutual B, Benefit, by Mr. J. Hornell. Feb. 16th.—On Samian Ware, by Mr. John T. Beer, F.s.a.s. Feb. 23rd.—On Bells, by Mr. W. I. Argent. Mar. 2nd.—On Spinning Wheels, by Miss E. M. Wood. Mar. 9th.—On New Guinea, by Mr. P. Entwistle. Mar. 16th.—On Fossils, by Mr. W. Hewitt, B. Se. Mar. , 23rd.—On Birds, by Mr. Richard Paden. ‘Mar. 30th.—On the Museum, by the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, ma. Oct. 5th.—On the History of the Living Collections at Knowsley, by ' Mr. T. J. Moore. et. 12th.—On the Dawning of Civilization in Egypt and Babylonia, by the Rev. F. F. Grensted, m.a. et. 19th.—On the Mosses found in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, by 4 Mr. F. P, Marrat, 20 Oct. 26th.—On Monkeys, by Mr. G. F. Moore. Nov. 2nd.—On the Wonders of Wind Instruments, by Mr. W. I. Argent. Nov. 9th.—On Some Old Bones, by Mr. D. Clague, Fr.a.s. Noy. 16th.—On Arrows and Arrow Poisons, by Mr. T. H. Wardleworth. Nov. 23rd.—On Are Birds Enemies of Man? by Mr. J. W. Cutmore. Noy. 30th.—On the Ancient Pottery of Cyprus, by Mr. John T. Beer, F.S.A.S. Dec. Tth.—On a Stick of Sealing Wax, by Miss E. M. Wood. Dec. 14th—On Wells and Springs, by Mr. J. Butler Davies. Dec. 21st.—On Boulders, by Mr. J. Lomas, Assoc. n.s.s. Dec. 28th.—On Platinum and Lead, by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. Report on a Loan Collection of Mechanical and Physical Apparatus, designed by the Sub-Committee of the Liverpool Free Public Museum, for the Use of Schools and Science Teachers, in accordance with the Government Grant in Aid of Technical Education. Commenced June, 1891. The experience gained by the working of a Collection of Circulating Museum Cabinets, containing specimens of Natural History, Mineralogy and Economic Products, established in 1884, seemed fully to justify the extension of the collection, in the direction of a series of appliances illustrating the details of Technical instruction. A meeting of Head Masters and Mistresses in Training, Voluntary and Board Schools was convened on Saturday, January 30th. Mr. Hewitt and other Teachers attended. After inspecting the apparatus, they assembled in the Board Room, and notes were made of their remarks and suggestions, which were considered to be uniformly encouraging. A second meeting, consisting of Science Teachers, was well attended, and their approbation of the scheme was warmly expressed. Mr. Paden has prepared a catalogue of the apparatus and appliances. The collection will have to be brought into circulation by instalments. foe pare eet ce 21 CIRCULATING ScHOoL CABINETS. As in former years, these Cabinets have been issued regularly, and several applications have been received from Masters of Elementary Schools, during the year, asking to be placed on the list of schools receiving loans from the Museum. It is hoped that before long additional Cabinets of Economic Products will be added to the collection. DownaTiIons. Rose leaves cut by the Leaf-cutting Bee, Megachile centuncularis, with nests, cocoons, grubs, pollen, &ec., taken from a greenhouse; presented by Mr. R. M. Adam. A living Terrapin, Emys Holbrookii, from the Mississippi; presented by Mr. J. Bentley. A Lamprey, caught at New Brighton ; presented by Mr. Henry Buckley. A Fossil Fish, Hybodus strictus ? from Portland, Oolite, and an Ammonite, Harpoceras ; presented by Mr. H. P. Boulnois, City Engineer. A collection of Dried Plants and Mosses, principally collected in the neighbourhood of Liverpool; presented by Mr. Walter Boult. Two Garnets in Mica schist, from America; presented by Mr. Inspector Collingwood. A few small Bones, &c., from Trwyn-y-fuwch Cave, Little Orme’s Head ; presented by Mr. T. R. Connell. _ A small collection of Bird Skins, 31 Birds’ Eggs, and the Skin of a fox, from Fao, India; presented by Mr. W. D. Cumming, per Mr. A. Jones. e A Squid, Ommastrephes, from the West Indies ; presented by Capt. H. - Daniels. _ A Common Snake, T'ropidonotus natria (living), from Caergwrle ; presented by Mr. W. A. Dutton. 4 The Model of a Salt Mine at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria; presented by iss Duarte, per Mr. J. F. Leigh Clare. x A small collection of Shells, &c., from the Philippines; presented by ‘Mr. A. Earle. 22, Black Coral, Antipatharia, from Jeddah, Red Sea; presented by Mr. John Fulton. Three living specimens of the Common Snake, Tropidonotus natria, from Wrexham, presented by Mr. J. Griffiths. A large Shell, Achatina bicarinata ; presented by the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, M.A. A Scorpion and a Spider, from Cape Town, South Africa; presented by Mr. G. J. Hill. Roots of a Willow found growing in a water-tank about 50 feet from the tree; presented by Mr. F. W. Holder. A specimen of Odostomia, and an enlarged Model of Odostomia ; presented by Prof. G. B. Howes. Specimen of Crystallized Bismuth; presented by Messrs. H. & S. Johnson. Three Fresh-water Shells, Paludina Listeri, from Southport; presented by Mr. A. Leicester. One Horned Lizard, from San Diego; presented by Mrs. Litherland. Two Living Chameleons, from Egypt; presented by Mr. Thomas Lockyer. Twenty-one specimens of Marbles, also 170 species of Opercula of Land, Freshwater, and Marine Shells; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Two Jars containing the Metamorphoses of the Ant Lion, and the Colorado Beetle ; received in exchange from Messrs. Moore Bros. A Drawing showing section of Strata from the River Dee to Huyton ; presented by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.«.s. Specimen of Crustacea, from British Columbia; presented by Dr. C. F. Newcombe. A living Mastigure Lizard, Uromastrix, from India; presented by Mr. W. Nicholas. A collection of British Mosses, collected and bequeathed to this Institu- tion by Mr. Thomas Palgrave. This collection is the more valuable on account of the able assistance in the discrimination of the species by most of the learned Botanists of their day, such as Dr. Hooker, of Kew, Dr. Greville, Mr. William Wilson, and many others. Dr. Schimper, of — 23 Strassburg, the most noted of European Botanists, furnished Mr. Palgrave with nearly every rare British species, and with typical foreign specimens. This collection of British Mosses is one of the best and most complete in England at the present time. Casts of Shells from a railway in the Royal Park, Melbourne, 120 feet above the sea level; presented by Mr. James Parr. A young Gavial, 3 feet long, Gavialis gangeticus ; presented by Mr. A. C. Phillips. -A living Alligator, Alligator Mississippiensis, from New Orleans ; presented by Capt. Reynolds, s.s. Governor. A specimen of a new species of Tanager, Spindalis benedicti, Ridgway, from Cozumel Island, Yucatan; presented by Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.z.s. Three samples of Tin Ores ; presented by Mr. J. B. Schweitzer. Five slabs of Keuper (T.M.R.) Sandstone, showing sun cracks and ripple marks, from the excavations for the extension of the Chesire Lines Offices, Brunswick Station, between Sefton Street and Northumberland _ Street ; presented by Mr. Wm. Scott, Engineer to the Co., per Messrs. 4 Neill & Sons, Contractors, and Mr. T. Mellard Reade, F.e.s. A specimen of Fossil Coral, Syringophora on the shell of a Productus in black marble ; presented by Mr. Edward Segar. ; One Shark, one pair of Shark’s Jaws, and five Fish from Barbados ; presented by Mrs. Simpson. _ Two specimens of the Tailed Priapulus, Priapulus caudatus, Lam. contracted and distended, from Waldringfield on the Deben ; collected and presented by Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.s. Fs Three Nests of Humming Birds; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. Seeds of the India-rubber Tree ; presented by Mr. T. J. Taylor. A collection of Seeds from British Guiana; presented by Miss Tinne. Two specimens of Graptolites, from the shale beds, Dobb’s Linn, A lesser White-nosed Monkey, Cercopithecus petaurista, from West Africa; presented by Mrs. Webster. 24 Two Human Skulls, from an old battlefied near Lamu, E. Coast of Africa ; and a Coco-de-Mer, from Praslin Island, Seychelles; presented by Surgeon Weightman, R.N. A Sclavonian Grebe, Podiceps auritus ; presented by Mr. T. West. PURCHASES. The purchases, during the year, for the Natural History Department, have been of a minor character, owing to the limited funds at the disposal of the Committee. MAYER MUSEUM. The loans of specimens from the collection have been very numerous. The late Mayor (J. B. Morgan, Isq.) had on several occasions selections of Liverpool Pottery, Arms and Armour, and Musical Instruments, for display at the Town Hall, on the occasion of his ‘“‘ At Homes.” A selection of Nautical Instruments was lent to the Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, in May last. The majority of the Egyptian Antiquities have been mounted and labelled. The valuable Papyri (Mayer A & B) have been mounted between glass in such a way that both sides of the Papyri may be seen and examined with safety. A translation cf the Papyri was made by Wilhelm Spiegelberg, of Strassburg, and published by the Committee. The reserve cases in the great hall, for displaying the numerous Ethnographical objects (which are not exhibited, owing to want of space) have been of great service; groups of objects from West Africa, Patagonia, Australia, &c., having beeen displayed in them during the year. A few of the balustrade cases in the middle gallery have had spring roller blinds attached, for the better protection of specimens there displayed. DoNATIoNs. Plaque, cut out of coral, from the ruins of a Mosque on Lamu Island, East Africa; collected and presented by Surgeon Weightman, R.N. 25 Shilling of Queen Elizabeth, Halfpennys of George III.. and a Charles Farthing, found by the workmen engaged in demolishing the village of Llanwddyr, N. Wales ; presented by the Water Committee. Medieval Tiles, and portions of Tiles, a Jug, Tygs. and fragments of Glass, &c., found during recent excavations at Burscough Priory; pre- sented by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Derby, per Mr. James Bromley. Casts of New Zealand Jade “Tikis,” and a Carved Head ; presented by Mr. W. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. Belt, with three pouches, made of Capybara skin, from Beunos Ayres ; presented by Mr. James French. Ea : Statuette of J. J. Rousseau, in cream-coloured pottery, an impression from the old mould at Etruria; presented by Mr. Godfrey Wedgwood. Two J apanese Kites; presented by Mr. A. Earle. China Candlestick, modern Wedgwood; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Four Copper Coins, Guernsey, 1889; presented by Dr. J. B. Nevins. PURCHASED. Eight War Medals, Afghanistan, India, Burma, North-West Frontier, China, and Egypt. Jug, cream-coloured pottery, printed subjects :—Hope, resting on an anchor ; Rev. :—Ship, and inscription, “‘ Success ro THE MAuuy, Capr. Rost. JAcKson.” Necklace, in silver, Russian Lapland. _ Pair of Agate Candlesticks, modern Wedgwood. td Repoussé Plaque, from Cashmere. Two Busts of General Washington and Admiral Lord Duncan, made at the Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool. EXCHANGE. A collection of Flints and appliances illustrating fully the manu- facture of Gun and Tinder Flints, as now carried on at Brandon, Suffolk; received in exchange from Mr. Edward Lovett. 26 WALKER ART GALLERY. During the past official year the Walker Art Gallery has been utilized to its utmost capacity, and nothing has been lost sight of by the Committee that would tend to render the Institution popular and instructive. The public have not been slow to avail themselves of the facilities afforded for Art study, and have most loyally supported the various exhibitions that have been held, while the largely increased number of visitors to the Permanent Gallery gives evidence of the growing interest shown in the collection by the inhabitants ot the City and neighbourhood. In the early part of the year a Photographic Exhibition was held in the Gallery, under the auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association, which was very largely attended, and proved very successful and profitable to the promoters. His Worship the Mayor, J. B. Morgan, Esq., during his year of office invited the Members of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers to a reception and ball, for which purpose the upper rooms were specially arranged and decorated. The chief event of the year in the Committee’s operations was of course the Autumn Exhibition, which was more than usually successful. Not only was the general character of the Exhibition of a high order, but several works of exceptional interest, kindly lent by their owners, proved so attractive that the receipts of the exhibition were thereby considerably augmented. The year has been notable from the fact that for the first time the Art Gallery has been open to the public on Sundays, this having been recommended by the Committee and endorsed by the City Council. Up to the time of this report the Gallery has been open on 13 Sunday afternoons from 2-30 to 5-30, the attendance averaging 1,773 per Sunday. In the midst of the activity which characterized the year’s operations the Committee, at the suggestion of the Right Honorable A. B. Forwood, M.P., with a view to calling public attention to technical education, decided upon holding a Naval Exhibition in the Gallery in the early Spring of 1892. The carrying out of this project, involving a large 27 amount of thought and labour, has been successfully accomplished, and the Exhibition is so extensive and complete in character that it will long be remembered as one of the most important and interesting events in the history of the Art Gallery. Mr. George Holt having suggested that Mr. W. Holman Hunt's celebrated picture, ‘‘ The Triumph of the Innocents,” should be secured for the Permanent Collection, and at the same time offering to contribute the sum of £500 towards the purchase, the matter was taken up by Mr. Harold §. Rathbone, with the result that the work has been acquired by the Corporation for the Permanent Collection. Asum of £1,500 towards the purchase of the work was voted by the Arts Committee and a further sum of £2,000 was contributed by the public, this amount having been collected chiefly through the enthusiasm and perseverance of Mr. Harold S. Rathbone. The Gallery was open on 294 days and closed for cleaning and other purposes on 19 days. The total number of visitors was 503,991, being a daily average attendance of 1,714. The above total includes 90,594 visitors who paid for admission to the Autumn Exhibition, and nearly 18,000 pupils of schools of various denominations admitted free. The Committee lent the picture by West, P.R.A., entitled “ The Death of Nelson,” to the Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, which was open from May 2nd to the end of October. AppITIONsS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION BY PURCHASE. From the Autumn Exhibition of 1891 :-— «© A Select Committee” (oil), by H. Stacy Marks, R.A. « An Idyl” (oil), by Maurice Greiffenhagen. “In the Reign of Terror ” (oil), by Miss Jessie Macgregor. « Ronda Fair” (water colour), by Arthur Melville, a.R.w.s. “There is a Rapture on the Lovely Shore ”” (water colour), by George Cockram. Bronze Statue, ‘“‘ Peace,” by E. Onslow Ford, 4.R.a. Terra-Cotta Bust of the late Edwin Waugh, by E. E. Geflowski. 28 From other sources :—(Oil Paintings). “The Triumph of the Innocents,” by W. Holman Hunt, r.w.s. “A Burgomaster ” (Flemish School). ‘“‘ Donkey and Foal,” by William Huggins. . DonATIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. Three Autotypes of Elgin Marbles, and Part II. Reproductions of Drawings of the Old Masters, presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Oil Painting, entitled “ The Founder of English Astronomy,” by Eyre Crowe, A.R.A., purchased from the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition of 1891, and presented by Charles W. Jones, Esq. AutuMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. 1891. 1890. Number of Pictures and other Works be ee Tala eke So ere os of Art Exhibited ............ 1,281 1,307 Number of Pictures sold .......... 159 188 Amount realized by sales.......... 1:003 2 0 6,943 “16 Season Tickets sold ............-- 3,413 593 14 0} 2,961 FLL p12 Admissions at One Shilling......... 35,505 | 1,765 3 0) 27,451 | baz a 0 = SIRPENCG: +: cus ie or wie | 15,951 398 15 6 | 15,007 375 3 6 33 Threepence.......... | 35,927 449 1 9) 19,298 DAYS) o4- (6 Gatalopuewsold ). 5.0.2. ).c8sisse | 23,810 | 589 1 6| 19,345 | 484 18 0 Commission on sales ............+- 281 4 3 2271 16 —9 Miscellaneous Receipts ............ 61 15 6 12s ak sk Total Receipts, exclusive of sales .. 4,138 15 6 3,286, -% 7 29 i ae oe ee 9 F Q9T‘ORT| ZOSES|S OT 6rS'FOS GT 89L L et seis |9 0 FOL'L |e ZI 6669 |9 & 869 eer ee eererens ees “IGST OF TL8T Noud ‘SUVHA T¢ ONTUNA “ow ‘QTOS SHUNLOI ‘SNOISSINGV 40 MOrnonmnnuonaa ae iS) ‘gomedxIg *SNOISSING WY — ‘¢ 10 61 S9E‘L] GI 888 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 LI€‘T 0 BT 996'T 0 T b08'T 0 ¢ 0 QT PEF'T 0 IT 6PP'T 0 BT 9T9'T 0 LT F96'T 0 @T 8e6'T 0 0 S8II'T 0 &T G16 0 9 F928 0 gt 999 0 ¢ 109 0 9T 064 "Ss F “BulTEITS 9uO POL T68T 068T 688T 888T L881 9881 9881 V88T §88T 68st TSsT 08st 6L8T 8L8T LL8T 9L8T GL8T PL8T SL8I GL8I TL8T “18a INANALYLS adauLy TodvL 15 JUL. 1898 2 FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ra) a PREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, | MUSEUM, AND ALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DrcemBEr, 1892. - LIVERPOOL: F wriraies & 00., PRINTERS, 8, SOHOOL LANB, 1893. | Be ° 2 eee QS ieee rare ase» ae an a TE a NE EC ACOA LAL EL AR PIS FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE “FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst December, 1892. LIVERPOOL: - J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE. 1893. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1892-3. ROBERT DURNING HOLT, ESQ., J.P., MAYOR. Committee. ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN. ALDERMAN PHILIP H. RATHBONE, J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. LIEUT.-COL. A. H BROWN, M.P., | RICHARD R. MEADE-KING, ESQ.,J.P., WILLIAM J. BURGESS, ESQ., | JEREMIAH MILES, ESQ., J-P., ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., | ALDERMAN T. W. OAKSHOTT, J.P., JAMES A. DOUGHAN, ESQ., J.P., WILLIAM H. PICTON, ESQ., JOHN L. EILLS, ESQ., GEORGE B. RODWAY, ESQ., J.P., REV. HENRY H. HIGGINS, M.A., JOHN SCOTT, ESQ., JOHN LEA, ESQ., AUSTIN TAYLOR, ESQ., M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, JR., ESQ., ' WILLIAM E. WILLINK, ESQ. Chief Librarian : PETER COWELL. Beputy-Librarian : THOMAS FORMBY. Assistant Gurator of the Mlusenm: RICHARD PADEN. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery: CHARLES DYALL. Assistant Curator: ALFRED H. FRAZER, GENERAL REPORT. It is gratifying to be able to report the continued prosperity of the Institutions under the direction of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee. In every direction we notice an increase in the public estimation of our work, and a growing eagerness to avail themselves of the advantages these Institutions confer. A few figures will at once prove _ this. The Brown Reading Room was last year attended by upwards of 900,000, the Picton Reading Room by over 300,000 readers. Over one million books were issued by the libraries, and over half a million magazines ; while the visitors making use of the newspaper files reached 329,000. The attendances at the Lectures numbered 38,611 ; and at the Evening Reading Rooms 109,258. At the Museum there have been _ 827,448 visitors, or a weekly average of 6,297. The number of visitors _ to the Art Gallery was 619,647. From these figures it is estimated that upwards of two million persons have made use of our Institutions. There is no doubt that a considerable portion of these visits were made for the purpose of entertainment, but it is satisfactory to feel that the entertainment afforded in all cases carries with it some intellectual or educational benefit. The Committee have desired to popularise their work, in the hope that by attracting visitors they were taking the best means of inducing an increased regular attendance. We are very much the creatures of habit, and it has been felt that if we can only attract new comers, a very con- siderable proportion will become regular in attendance ; and though such attendance may in the first instance be for newspaper reading, a certain percentage will be induced to go forward and become serious readers and students ; and in this connection it is gratifying to notice the arge increase in the issue of books on science and art. _Awork of this magnitude cannot be carried on without considerable _ expense. In Liverpool the funds at the disposal of the Library Committee are limited to the produce of a rate of one penny in the pound, which produced last year only £11,300, as against £13,000 five years ago. If it had not been for the grants made by the City Council out of the Exchequer Contribution Account, it would have been quite impossible have maintained the institutions in their present state of efficiency. Other towns are more favourably placed, and in all the larger cities and boroughs a rate of twopence in the pound is devoted to the maintenance of ‘the public libraries alone. 4 Liverpool was one of the earliest cities to inaugurate free public libraries, but we are already left behind in their development. We have only one branch library worthy of the name ; those at the North and South ends of the City being small and inconvenient, and devoid of reading rooms. The time has arrived when new libraries with commodious reading rooms must be provided, and the Committee are taking steps to find suitable sites with a view to recommending the erection of new branch libraries to the City Council. During the past year large and convenient accommodation has been provided in the basement in the Free Library for Patents and Newspaper files : thus giving additional and much-needed book space in the upper room. The sanitary arrangements of the building have also been entirely re- constructed. We have to record the death of the Curator of our Museum, Mr. T. J. Moore, after forty years service. He brought to bear upon the discharge of his duties the enthusiasm of a born student of nature, combined with a profound scientific knowledge of his profession, which won for him the admiration and respect of all naturalists. We have been unable, for lack of funds, to add many specimens to our already splendid collection of Natural History objects. We availed ourselves of an opportunity afforded last Spring to hold a ‘Naval Exhibition in the Art Gallery, which was in every way successful. Out of the profits the Committee were able to purchase Maclise’s great picture “ The Death of Nelson.” The Autumn Exhibition of Pictures was, next to the year 1891, the most successful ever held. The pictures were above the average in excellence, and the exhibits of the Glasgow school attracted much attention. ; During the year the Roscoe Collection of Pictures has been presented — by the trustees of the Royal Institution on permanent loan. They form — a unique collection of medieval pictures, mostly of the Italian school, } containing examples of many of the old masters, which will be of great — interest and educational advantage. This collection forms a very valuable addition to the Permanent Gallery, but will necessitate the addition of turther accommodation for its proper display. We cannot conclude this reswmé without alluding to the great work earried out by the Sub-Committee on Technical Education. A system of technical training has been introduced into Liverpool; so wide-reaching 9s oe tA Lp 5 as to be available to every class and every trade, and so admirable in its organization that there is no apprentice or artizan so poor but can, if he has ability and industry, work his way to the highest branches of his _ trade or profession. The Nautical School has been opened in the buildings belonging to the old Royal Institution. It has started under favourable auspices, equipped - efficiently in every department, and with an excellent teaching staff ; already over one hundred students are entered upon the Register, and _ there is every prospect of its advantages being readily appreciated by our _ seafaring population. WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, | CHAIRMAN. REFERENCE LIBRARY. The Reference Library, through the medium of the Brown Reading Room for popular reading and the Picton Reading Room’for reading of a more studious character, maintains unimpaired its great hold on public favour. There are few sights more calculated to impress the imagination than the Brown Reading Room, crowded as it often is with more than 500 men standing round the newspapers of the day or seated enjoying the contents of volumes of the illustrated periodicals or the works of the best writers of English prose fiction. And if we take, in conjunction with this, the 150 to 200 students who may often be seen in the adjoining Picton Reading Room absorbed in works of a more thoughtful kind, the sight is still more impressive, and well calculated to illustrate the important work which this Library is engaged in. The Brown Reading Room being assigned for the perusal of popular literature, is by far the best-attended room. Here are found the principal London, local, and provincial papers ; magazines of a varied and entertaining character ; the principal trade, county, and city and town directories to which there is unrestricted access; and for those who desire light a terature, there is available a selection of the works of the best novelists. e statistics of issues and attendances of this part’of the Library are as follows :— __ Visitors to the Newspapers (computed on the basis of periodical counts) _.. Pee RS ae! Monthly and Weekly Magazines issued... 248,350 Illustrated Papers issued in volumes (as the Gr raphe, Illustrated London News, Punch, &c.) .. ard jaATjL96 Directories ... e aut 82,214 Specifications of Patents for Inventions... or 13,410 Volumes of Prose Fiction ... sep eto | 3 a; 187,165 6 These figures make a total of 919,668, and though they do not represent distinct persons, they are more representative of persons than might be imagined seeing that readers confine themselves very largely to a particular kind of literature. The Picton Reading Room is an extension of the Library built by Sir William Brown, and was so called by the City Council in honour of the late Sir James Allanson Picton, who for nearly 40 years presided over the Committee of these institutions, and who devoted so much of his time and abilities to promote their success. The room is circular in shape, with a diameter of 100 feet. It is lighted by day from a central roof-light 24 feet in diameter, and by night by electricity from an ornamental column rising from the centre of the floor of the room. The three are lamps, with their screen of opal glass, form one of the most effective and suecessful installations in the country. The room is set apart for study and literary research and inquiry. Novels and popular magazines are not issued except under very special cicumstances. Pens and ink are provided on certain of the tables. Special facilities are given for obtaining dictionaries, encyclo- peedias, and other works of constant reference. Atlases are placed in various parts of the room, and there are some 200 of the principal scientific and literary reviews and journals, both English and Foreign, to which the readers have access at pleasure. Every desire is made to render the room as attractive for literary work as possible, and to dispense with as much “ red tape” as is compatible with the safety of the books and general advantage of readers. The following comparative table shows that 201,705 volumes have been issued during the past year against 173,831 last, making an increase of 27,874 volumes. This is quite apart from the issues in the Brown Reading Room. In the previous Report attention was called to the vote of money by the City Council, under the Customs and Excise Act, for the purpose of increasing the number of technical books in both the Reference and Lending Libraries. The addition to the libraries, from this source, of many valuable and useful books of a practical and technical kind is evidently being appreciated, for the class which has been most affected by the general increase of the issues is that of arts and sciences. Compared with last year, the issue of scientific books has increased by 10,592 volumes. To aid the student and general reader, a small Hand- list of important books of reference, with notes giving the scope and t 7 ] a general character of the books enumerated therein, has been published and copies placed in the room for general use. It is expected that it will prove a useful auxiliary to the catalogue. The hope held out in the last Report of finding in the basement of the Library satisfactory accommo- dation for the specifications of patents and files of newspapers, as well as for those who so frequently wish to consult them, has been fully realised, and apartments are now provided that have given rise to expressions of general pleasure and satisfaction. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. —— Volumes Weekly, &c. | Newspaper Lecture issued. | oer Visitors. Attendances Brown Liprary: | | Volumes issued ........... ce eel 187,165 Monthly and Weekly Magazines ...... aus 248,350 Illustrated Papers, issued in volumes, | (“The Graphic,” « T)lustrated | London News,” “ Punch,” &c.) ..... .| 117,196 A MUIFCOLITIGS<. soc ct neice daiscceccesc veces | 82,214 | ee Specifications of Patents for Inventions 13,410 : bie Visitors to the Newspapers ........-- | . 271,333 Picton Reavine Room : ! Volumes issued .......... 0000 eeeeeees 201,705 ae | Magazines and Reviews ........+++-+++ ae 118,030 | | Norts, Soutu, anp East LENDING | LIBRARIES : THERON oso Blo. ee cs wee asus ware 463,256 | . East Liprary Reapine Room: ) _ Volumes issued... ...----. see eeeeee 35,170 Bi: St oe _ Magazines and Reviews .......+++++++! ie { 68,705 oe we Visitors to the Newspapers....---.-++++ AY: 58,461 | ih ) ss | _Evenine Reapine Rooms: | Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews .. ac 109,258 Be LectTuREs: | PRGGeMdANCe .. 5. ce ees cee s eee ees a + | 38,611 ieee: < Joa soit anil ed om flaca ) Totaleicscicnaincis ass ' 1,100,116 544,343 329,794 | 38,611 \ { : a _ Norz.—The figures in columns 2 and 8 are computed on the basis of periodical counts of readers, but they are rather under-estimated than over-estimated. Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :— Classification. 1892. 1891. gia Theology, Morals, &. ... ee “ies 19,706 15,694 4,012 Natural Philosophy, &c. 3 ee 16,753 14,330 2,423 Natural History... et Sh af 7,997 6,184 1,813 Science and the Arts... $33 te 30,392 24,036 6,356 History and Biography... si = 18,797 15,917 2,880 Topography and Antiquities ... ae 7,637 6,059 1,578 Voyages and Travels... hr En 9,349 8,412 937 Miscellaneous Literature io fe 36,657 34,475 2,182 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics... 5,318 4,559 759 Commerce, Political Economy, &c._... 5,179 4,014 1,165 Education and Language one ie 7,947 6,697 1,250 Poetry and Dramatic Literature oe 10,485 9,728 757 Latin and Greek Classics o ie 4,469 4,053 416 Encyclopedias, &c. Ses sis ve 21,019 19,673 1,346 Totals ... ee ..- 201,705 173,831 27,874 TABLE.—Showing the number and classification of works contained in the Library :— Classification. Volumes. Theology, Morals, &e. ... ah oY ~ a re i! ! SRST Natural Philosophy, &e. Sic act eS — rr Mt aL Natural History... a we ake ae woe ie .. 5,026 Science and the Arts... se je, or a se Pie 13171 History and Biography... ey es oa ae oe . LATO Topography and Antiquities ... ax a aks aoe ... 5,468 Voyages and Travels... oa as a3 2 21D Lb Miscellaneous Literature (principally ciao W orks, Essays, Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) pe .. 24,519 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics is sae Ree vey eau Op lGS Commerce, Political Economy, &. .... ee eae ne 1242 G6BZ Education and Language ee sae a se aes vo) 2S Poetry and Dramatic Literature me ao noe ne .. 4,114 Prose Fiction... Rs i . be 2 ow) SE Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ns i wy 982 “Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... ee . 98,481 Total ... a od ..- 101,262 Agents’ Journal Anglo-American Times Animals’ Guardian Arms and Explosives Assure Athletic and Dramatic News Australian Standard Awake Bible Advocate Blackpool Times _ Brewers’ Guardian british Columbia Commonwealth British Journal of Commerce British ‘Temperance Advocate British Woman’s Temperance Journal Builders’ Reporter Building World Cambridge Examiner Canadian Patent Office Record Cape Argus Chambers’ Journal of Commerce Charity Record Children’s World Child’s Guardian Church Missionary Gleaner _ Church Missionary Intelligencer ~ Church Monthly Church Musician Civil Service Aspirant Civil Service Competitor Colonies and India Commercial and Transport World ieering Review shwoman’s Review G reater Britain p ers’ Review Hand and Heart | The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented _ regularly by the respective Publishers :— Liberal Unionist Library Light Light Line Magazine Lightening Literary News Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo Liverpool Express Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) Liverpool Porcupine Liverpool Post (daily and weekly) Liverpool Programme Liverpool Review Liverpool Sentinel Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal Llandudno Advertiser Machinery Machinery Market Manufacturers’ and Engineering Export Journal Manufacturer and Builder Medium Merchant Taylor’s Review Midland News Miller Milling Modern Review Mona’s Herald Money and Trade Morning Musical Herald National Society of Professional Musicians : Monthly Journal Natural Food Nature Notes New Church Magazine News Nonconformist Musical Journal Northampton Mercury Oddfellows’ Magazine Official Journal of the Patent Office Oxford Chronicle Paper Maker Personal Rights Journal Pitman’s Musical Monthly Portland Cement Journal Post Practical Photographer Present Truth Preston Herald Printers’ Register Protestant Observer Provincial News 10 Hereford Times Queensland Patent Office Gazette Heretic Railway Review Homeland Ramsey Courier Home Words Richmond and Twickenham Times Homeeopathic World Sala’s Journal Imperial Federation Script Phonographic Journal In His Name Shipping World Insurance Agent Stationery World Insurance and Banking Review Stonyhurst Magazine Invention y Sunday Closing Reporter Inventor’s Review Trade Marks Journal Irish Times Two Worlds Iron and Coal Trades Review University Correspondent Iron and Steel Trades Journal Vaccination Inquirer Isle-of-Man Examiner Visitor’s Directory Jewish World Vegetarian Messenger Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Asso- Warrington Observer ciation Warwickshire Herald Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Western Daily Press Journal of Speculative Philosophy Worcestershire Herald Keyboard Zoophilist Ladies’ Review DonaTIONS. British Muszeum TRUSTEES :— Catalogue of Birds, vols. 16, 17 and 20; Catalogue of Persian MSS., by Charles Rieu, vols. 2 and 3 ; Catalogue of Printed Books, 25 vols.; Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection, by C. Bezold, vol. 2; Subject Index of Modern Works, 1885-1890, compiled by G. K. Fortesque. JosepH Gippons Livineston, HsqQ., J.P. :— An authentic account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, by Sir George Staunton, 2 vols. 1797. Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l’empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoise, par J. B. du Halde, 4 vols. 1736. J. ALLANSON Picton, Esq., m.p. (The Author) :— Sir James A. Picton : a biography, by his son. Miss Picron :-— The Life of Sir James A. Picton, F.s.A., by J. Allanson Picton, m.p., Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the edition for use of the blind, worked by Miss Picton. nt a} sh pl am aay mtn NB ee tiaras 4. iia ee. ee ee eee 11 AupERMAN Epwarp SAMUELSON, J.P. :— Antique lingue Britannicze nune vulgo dictee Cambro-Britannice a suis Cymrzecee vel Cambricze ab aliis Wallice et linguee Latinz dictionarium duplex. John Davies, p.p., et Thomas Williams, with MS. additions, 1632. Y Delyn, y Crwth, a’r Pibgorn: being an address on the cultivation of music—chiefly instrumental—in the Principality of Wales, by Edward Samuelson. 4 copies. Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from the following donors, for which the Committee again beg to express their grateful acknowledgments :— Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; A. R. Allison, m.a.; Messrs. Andrews and Co.; Apprentices’ Library, New York, U.S.A.; Ernest Axon; James Bain (Librarian, Public Library, Toronto, Canada); C. C. Knollys, m.a. (Colonial Secretary for Barbados); Francis F. Barrett (Librarian, Mitchell Library, Glasgow); Barrow-in-Furness Free Public Library; F. Bashforth, B.a. ; Messrs. Bell and Sons; Berlin Municipal Corporation; Bermondsey Public Library; Mrs. T. Billing; Birkenhead Free Public Libraries; Blackburn and District Chamber of Commerce; C. K. Bolton; Alfred Booth, s.r.; Bootle Free Public Library; Boston Public Library; Messrs. Boyle and Co.; Bridgeport Public Library, U.S.A.; Bristol Free Public Libraries ; British and Foreign Bible Society; British Association for the Advancement of Science; Brooklyn Library, New York, U.S.A.; J. Campbell Brown, v.sc.; T. B. Browne; T. N. Brushfield, M.D.; National Library, Buenos Ayres; Bureau of Statistics, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.; F. J. Burgoyne (Librarian, Public Libraries, Lambeth); German Burmeister, M.D., &c. (Director, National Museum, Buenos Ayres); Messrs. Cadbury Bros. (per William Talliss); Cambridge University; Messrs. Cassell and Co.; Alfred Castellain, J.p.; Cercle de la librairie, Paris; Henri Cernuschi; Messrs. Chapman and Hall; Chicago Board of Trade, U.S.A.; T. W. Christie, 8.A.; Church Missionary Society; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.; Cincinnati Museum Association, U.S.A.; Cincinnati Public Library, U.S.A. ; Cobden Club; Jonathan A. Cole, m.p. ; Cooper Union for the Advance- ment of Science and Art, New York, U.S.A.; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.; Messrs. Crosby Lockwood and Son; Messrs. Curtis and Harvey; Dublin University ; Durham University; C. A. Ehrenfechter; Emigrants’ Infor- mation Office, London; J. English; English Land Restoration League; General Fairchild; Mrs. P. F. Fitzgerald; Francis Fisk; Alfred C. Fryer; General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen, London; General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York, U.S.A.; Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College ; Glasgow Athenzum; Sir Frederick J. Goldsmid, ¢.8., Kec.s.1.; W.H. Griffiths; W. N. 12 Greenwood, F.R.M.Ss.; Harvard University College, Camb., Mass., U.S.A; Harvard University Library, Camb., Mass., U.S.A.; Hertford Free Library; Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Imperial Institute; the Secretary of State in Council for India; Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of Mechani- cal Engineers; International Congregational Council, London; Alexander Ireland; Mrs. Jackson; Osmund W. Jeffs; Jepson Mercantile Directory Co.; Hugh R. Jones, M.A.; Messrs. Jowett & Co.; Kavasji Edalji Kanga; Kirkdale Voluntary Industrial Day (Ragged) School; Rev. W. 8. Lach-Szyrma, m.a.; Samuel Laing; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society; Messrs. C. and E. Layton; J. Lee; Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society; Leicester Literary and Philo- sophical Society ; Gertrude Leighton; Library Reportsfrom various Libraries ; Liver- pool Institutions, Societies, &c. : Amateur Photographic Association; Architectural Society; Auxiliary Army Scripture Readers’ and Soldiers’ Friend Society; Blue Coat Hospital; Catholic Publishing Depot; Catholic Reformatory Association ; Central Relief and Charity Organization Society; Certified Industrial Schools; Chemist’s Association; Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society; Church Missionary Society; Clerks’ Association; Council of Education; Dental Hospital? Dispensaries; Diocesan Church of England Temperance Society; Diocesan Insti- tution; Diocesan Sunday School Institute; Deaf and Dumb School; Engineering Society; Female Orphan Asylum; Geological Association; Geological Society ; Horticultural Association; Hospital Saturday and Sunday Fund; Incorporated Law Society ; Infant Orphan Asylum; Infirmary for Children; Liverpool College Library ; Liverpool Institute Literary and Philosophical Society ; Medical Institute; Mercantile Marine Service Association; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; Microscopical Society ; Naturalists’ Field Club; Penny Savings Bank ; Philharmonic Society ; Philomathic Society; Polytechnic Society ; District Providential Society; Royal Infirmary; Royal Institution; Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Royal Southern Hospital ; Sailors’ Home; Savings Bank; School Board; School of Science; School Ship “Conway”; Science Students’ Association ; Seamen’s Friend’s Society ; Seaman’s Orphanage Institution; Self-help Emigration Society; Shipwreck and Humane Society ; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress ; Sunday Society ; Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs; Town Mission ; Training School of Cookery; TrainingShip ‘‘Indefatigable” ; United Gas Light Company; United Trades and Labour Council; University College; Welsh National Society; Workshops for the Out-door Blind; Young Men’s Christian Association; Young Women’s Christian Association—Mrs. M. C. Londini; London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company; Frederick W. Lowndes, M.R.0.8s.; J. H. McGovern; Harriot Mackenzie; A. J. McMillan (Manager for the Government of Manitoba, Liverpool); Manchester Atheneum ; Manchester Free Public Libraries; Manchester Geological Association; Man- chester Microscopical Society; Manchester Statistical Society; Marine Board, London; Mercantile Library, New York, U.S.A.; Mercantile Library, Phila- delphia, U.S.A.; Mercantile Library, St. Louis, U.S.A.; Mersey Mission to Seamen; Meteorological Office, London; John Miller; University of Minnesota, U.S.A., (Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota); David H. Mont- : 18 gomery; John Murray; National Academy of Science, Washington, U.S.A. ; National Footpath Preservation Society ; National Lifeboat Institution ; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Agent General for New South Wales, London (Sir Saul Samuel, K.c.M.G., J.P.); New Zealand and Australian Land Company; The Manager, ‘‘News” Office, London; Messrs. Newton and Eskell; Representatives of the late J. E. Nightingale, F.s.a.; Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition; Nottingham Free Public Libraries ; Henry Owen, B8.¢.1., F.S.A. ; University of Oxford ; Messrs. Parker and Company ; Comptroller of Patents, London ; Peabody Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; Messrs. Phillipson and Golder ; Plymouth Free Public Library ; William F. Poole, Lu.p., (Librarian, Newberry Library, Chicago, U.S.A.) ; John Price, c.z.; The Lessee, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool; Queen’s College, London; T. Blakeney, (Registrar of Patents, Queensland); W. H. Quilliam; J. Henry Quinn (Librarian, Public Libraries, Chelsea) ; Colin Rae-Brown; James H. Rawlins; T. Mellard Reade, o.n.; Henry H. Remfry, m.s.c.L.; Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, K.c.8B., &e. ; Richmond Free Public Library; Executors of the late Mrs. H. Ridyard ; Rotunda Theatre Company, Liverpool; Brandon Roy ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Royal College of Physicians of England; Royal College of Surgeons of England ; Royal Colonial Institute ; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ; Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition, London ; Royal Dublin Society ; Royal Institute of British Architects ; Royal Library, Copenhagen ; Royal Society of Canada; Royal Society of London; Royal University of Ireland; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London ; Salem Public Library, Mass., U.S.A. ; Salford Royal Museum and Library ; William A. Sandy; George F. Savage-Armstrong, M.A., D.L.T. ; James N. Schoolbred ; Seismological Society of Japan ; Henry Sell ; The Proprietor, Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool ; William Sharpe, m.p.; Thomas H. Sherman (United States Consul, Liverpool); E. Shorthouse; Rev. W. Sidgreaves, s.J., &c. ; Lawrence Small; Rev. Walter E. Smith, B.a.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. ; Society for the Prevention of Animals from Vivisection; Society of Accountants and Auditors, London; Society of Antiquaries, London; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Thorvald Solberg; Southport Society of Natural Sciences ; Stonyhurst College; Messrs. Stubbs and Company ; The Sunset Club, Chicago, U.S.A.; Sydney University, N.S.W.; I. Tanaka (Librarian, Tokyo Library, Japan); Agent-General for Tasmania, London (Sir E. Braddon) ; J. Stopford Taylor (Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool); C. J. 8. Thompson ; W. P. Thompson, c.z. ; Trinity University, Toronto, Canada (per E. K. Kendall, p.c.u.); Toronto Public Library, Canada; Toronto University College, Canada ; W. E. Turner ; United States Government ; University College of North Wales; University College of Wales, Aberystwith ; University Corres- pondence College, London; Agent-General for Victoria, London (Sir Graham Berry, K.0.M.G.); Registrar of Patents, Victoria ; Victoria Public Library; Royal Society of Victoria; Victoria University, Manchester; Messrs. Virtue and Company ; Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A. ; Joint Education Committees of Wales and Monmouthshire ; Mrs. Ward ; Charles H. Waterhouse, B.A., M.D. ; Agent-General ~ for Western Australia (Sir Malcolm Fraser) ; Henry Wilde, F.R.s. ; George Wood ; York Subscription Library ; D. Younger ; Zoological Society of London, 14 LENDING LIBRARIES. It is not easy to measure the amount of valuable and useful work done through the medium of the Lending Branches. The books taken away for reading at home are enjoyed in many cases not by one person but several, so that probably the issues may be entirely duplicated in order to indicate the amount of reading done. The total volumes issued during the year number 463,256, being an increase of nearly 40,000 over the issues of last year. There have been important increases in all classes of books requiring attentive and thoughtful perusal. All the Libraries contain a large number of volumes for circulation of excellent music, which are drawn upon in a most gratifying way. How many persons and homes are made all the happier and brighter by such simple and comparatively inexpensive means, it is impossible to say. That 7,669 volumes of music should have been issued in one year shews that the taste for this agreeable elevating art is no slight one, and it is felt that much has been done by these Libraries since 1859, when the first volumes were introduced, to foster and extend it. The large additions of books of a technical character have been made known to many artizans through the special catalogue which was printed and circulated in local workshops. The result is shewn in the important demand which has been created for these books. Those who are cut off from the happiness of sight are not overlooked in our Libraries, for as early as 1857 books in Moon’s type were placed in our North and South Branches for the use of the blind, and now an admirable collection has been formed in each of these Libraries, not only in Moon’s type, but Braille, American Point, and Roman : the value of which requires no comment. The Committee would be glad that the existence of these books in the Libraries should be made more generally known. The North and South Branch Libraries are deficient in Reading Rooms attached to them. The Committee view the want of such rooms as greatly interfering with the usefulness of the Libraries, and they look forward to a very early period when these deficiencies will be remedied, and that rooms will be provided not only for men, but also for women aud boys. 16 Taste I.—General Statistics. { Volumes issued, &c. | eau Mpletar eee. Total. Volumes issued in Lending Department ... ..| 134,654 | 166,116 162,486 | 463,256 Volumes issued in Reading Room ...... ia aM = — 35,170 | 35,170 New Tickets issued ....... .... ......... | 1,553 1,782 1,593 4,928 Tickets renewed........................ 1,630 2,084 2.550 6,264 Tickets cancelled ............-.......... 1,600 1,658 1,517 4,775 * Readers on the Books.......... ........ Ch oes riage 3,866 4,143 11,192 Books lost or injured and paid for ...... .... | 8: 22 12 | 42 _ Books lost from Lending Department... _... _— — — — Books stolen from Keading Room ... — -- 6 6 ~ Volumes worn out—withdrawn..... ....... = 71 — 71 Volumes worn out—replaced ..... ee 230 375 — 605 Wolumes added ...... ......... 956 965 1,072 | 2,993 - otal volumes in Libraries .................. | 24,569 24,895 10,683 60,147 { * Readers borrowing tickets are required to be renewed annually, otherwise they are cancelled. This prevents an accumulation of mere nominal readers, Taste II.—Shewing the classification of volumes issued for home reading. | Lending Libraries. Reading De Se Classification. | North South East Total. Hast bys wees Branch. | Branch. | Branch. oer | Branch. | Watt Et Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics . 2,375 | 2,287 1,523 6,185 253 _ Natural Philosophy, and Mathematics. 1,997 | 2,308] 1,829; 6,134 478 Meetoral HOstory . 2.0... 6... alee ees. 1,055 ~—-1,329 1,661 4,045 370 Science andmle ATiSs03.. >. ee sk 6,736 7,662 8,449 | 22,847 2,013 History and Biography.............. 4,445 5,386 3,966 | 13,797 1,121 4 Topography and Antiquities.......... 527 | 660 842 2,029 208 Voyages and Travels.... . 2,748 | 3,397 3,238 9,383 652 Miscellaneous Literature ............ 7,385 8,116 7,550 | 23,051 3,951 irisprudence, Law, and Politics 138 | 202 143 483 60 merce and Political Economy .... 634 1,171 1,079 2,884 214 cation and Language ............ 877 889 650 2,416 208 try and Dramatic Literature...... 929 933 1,304 3,166 | 438 MMEMEICUION 5 5055 oie ycteloe (ieee sae 104,626 | 131,519 | 130,074 | 366,219 | 25,815 Latin and Greek Classics ............ 94 112 178 384 | 89 Books for the Blind ................ | 88 145 oe 233 | iis Risin: acronis 166,116 | 162,486 | 463,256 | Total Volumes issued in Branch Libraries, 498,426, 16 Taste I1I.—Shewing classification of Borrowers :—* | | North South | East Total. Branch. Branch, Branch. Architects, Builders, and Surveyors ..................... 6 13 47 | 66 Artists, Photographers, and Draughtsmen ............ [ee Dor es 24 66 Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers: .....5.6s.05s.css0e00ese000 lead GDonbal shot 103 256 Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ..................... Oe dd 8 45 Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers .................. 57 wae) 79 196 Bookkeepers, Accountants, Clerks, and Agents ...... 613 667 606 1,886 Bootwnd' Shoe Makersy. siic.e cmt cies ss eek « Ai 10 4 21 Brass, Iron, and Steel Founders.... ............. | 18 12 29 59 Bricklayers, Slaterers, and Masons .............. 9 6 10 25 Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, and French Polishers 15 17 OF. bah) 27, Carpenters and JOiMers). yee aa cg ee asoa see . e..) 14 56 Ze taht Oo Ghemists and Drug pists... ee aeeae eee cs. ceece-tesse elt 20 19 25, | , 64 Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers..............-......... eel 17 64..| 92 Coach Pamiters and Builders 2. .6.00.-....0.-.c0scocemesveve 5 6 ps ae Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses...............scscesesses 10 15. |, slGiie leet Customs’ Officers, Police Constables, Postmen, &c.... 67 TS Wl Oates Oe Dressmakers and Milliners .................sccecssseeessees [2 2 lis (Goma aren Engineers, Fitters, and Machinists ..................... 42 75..0| “deals Farmers and GardenerS.............00.00.ccseeseeceneuseesess jeer 357 APEN rn AG 16 TEIN otters tas Pee eee Re ar Wie a eA eee 4 Oven) aih3 = Aeon UPOWMONSFELE ocadcses ssa tebe Meacse. 0 ce cetass ssceee senate veoase | 10 5 a 2 15 GERI RLTE TAR saris So sae we eee wk sie b dead eae cs ced sivak 178 103.9 |> 5242 wiecus Licensed Victuallers, Brewers, and Barmen...........| 39 10 | 219 iee6s 10) Entec Ge BOP Rew ener bon ne ed Pee SRR Ee Ae RE a 16 Lie Senin 42 MerchantA ands BrOKEIS e: .sasecwedscccec ete essetee deer enn fp aly 1] Sh Yo Messengers, Office Boys, and Apprentices ............. | 398 234 | 9294 | 926 Maaiciaris ). Ree POR A, SOLO eT: ll 19°"). Bee ero 1 rnc or ee ee RB OR Ac Eee aes An Re, 2 ae ae 9 12 23 44 Painters ang welt Pers \.. 109, 258 355 107,869 355 FREE LECTURES. Free Lectures have now for a period of 28 years formed part—and in their results a most important part—of the educational work carried on in connection with these institutions. They were originally the happy idea of Mr. Alderman Samuelson, who as long as he remained a member of the Library Committee gave the lecture work his cordial support. The small Lecture Hall of the Brown Library formed a suitable place to give them in, so long as they remained in the nature of school or college scientific lectures, and were given in long series, illustrated for the most part by objects and specimens from the museum. But with the _ growth of the modern popular lecture illustrated by photographic views through the medium of a lantern, and on subjects which appealed to the less studious and did not require note-book and pencil or close attention, the attendances have grown from some 200 at each lecture to as many as 1,600. The success of these lectures, from the attendance point, is due to the Great Hall under the Picton Reading Room which affords accommodation for such large numbers. The object of the Committee by the lectures is on stimulate the reading of useful and instructive books by all who choose to attend them, nd, especially, to enable artizans and labourers to acquire some knowledge f science, history, and geography, through the attractive means of pleasant talks, illustrated by means of experiments or the lime light. a ‘That the Committee’s object is fully achieved, the 28,518 persons who have attended the 31 lectures during last Winter bears full witness. The two largest attendances during this series were 1,578 for a lecture on the * Destruction of Pompeii ;” and 1,408 at one entitled “A Tour in Morocco.” In all cases lectures descriptive of home or foreign travel attract the greatest audiences, and strictly scientific lectures the least. The average attendance for the whole of the series was 920. 18 WINTER SERIES. ” Argent, W. I. “ Egypt and her Music ;” with Instrumental Illustrations. Breer, ApotpH W. “A Glimpse at Brittany and the Bretons ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Benson, W. J. P. “Rambles Abroad;” illustrated by the Oxyhy- drogen Light. BircHaLL, JAMEs. “The Pamir Steppe and Russian Advances upon the Frontiers of India ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light and Maps. Browne, Rev. JosepH, s.J. ‘The Economy of the Hive Bee ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. CuipporN, Freperic. “ Italian Highways and Byways;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. CowELL, Prrer, F.R.H.S., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool. ‘The Book and the Artist; illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Davies, EpwarD, F.c.s., F.1.c. “ Salt ;” illustrated by Experiments. Fortay, J. Butter. ‘“ An Evening with Mendelssohn ;” with Vocal and Instrumental Illustrations. Forwoop, ALDERMAN Sir W. B., g.p., Chairman, Library, Museum and Arts Committee. “Ships, Ancient and Modern ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Fraser, J. Scorr. “A Cruise among the Canary Isles ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. GARDNER, WILLOUGHBY, F.R.G.S. ‘“ Scenes in Burmah ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Gaskine, Rev. SAMUEL, B.A., F.L.S., F.G.8., &c. ‘Sea Urchins ;” illus- trated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Gipson, R. J. Harvey, M.a., F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany, University College, Liverpool. “ The Life Histories of some common Vegetable Moulds ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light and Models. GrENSTED, Rev. F. F., u.a., Second Master, Merchant Taylor’s School, Crosby. “The origin of the Alphabet ;” illustrated by the Oxy- hydrogen Light. 19 Harereaves, Joun. “The Hundred of Wirral, Historical and ? bf Picturesque, Grave and Gay ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Herpman, W. A., v.sco., F.Ls., &¢., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. “The Loch Fyne Herring and its Food ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. > Hewirr, Wrm11am, p.sc. “Ice and Snow ;’ hydrogen Light. JeFrs, OsmunD W. “ The Commercial Aspects of Geology ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Jounson, R. C., rp.a.s. “The Stars and the Sun ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Lea, Joun, c.c. ‘“ A Tourin Europe :’ Light. Lesuiz, Frank J., F.R.a.s. “ An Historie Corner of Laneashire ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. MacCunn, Joun, m.a., Professor of Philosophy, University College, © Liverpool. “The Practical Wisdom of Robert Burns.” Meaxiy, J. E. Bupeerr. “A Tour in Morocco ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. illustrated by the Oxy- 3 illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Meany, J. E. Bupeerr. “Faces in Barbary ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. — Qumiimam, W. H. “A few weeks in Constantinople ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Saaw, H. 8. Hens, m. Inst. o.z., Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpool. ‘The Bicycle ;” illustrated by the Oxy- hydrogen Light. Srupzs, Capraws Epwarp, rx. “Our Deep Sea Fisheries ;” illus- trated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. “THompson, Grorce E. “ Waterways of Holland ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. Wittiams, Commanper A. P., n.N. “The Destruction of Pompeii ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. ~Woopwarp, ArTHUR SMITH, F.G.s., F.L.8. “ Fishes of the Deep Sea ;” illustrated by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 20 MUSEUM. Visitors to Museum. 1892. 1891. (265 Days) (261 Days) Total Visitors in the Year... x ... 827,448 - $20,387 - Weekly Average iy OE re Fors 6,16] Daily Average ... Ps te hs on 1,235 ey) MONDAY EVENING OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. The Museum was open on 25 evenings, and the total attendances were 7,189, giving an average attendance of 287 per evening. The following Lectures were given on specimens in the Museum, and were much appreciated :— 1892. Jan, 4th.—‘‘Cockles and Mussels, and their History,” by Mr. W. H. Read. Jan. 11th The Manners and Customs of the Early Egyptians,” by Mr, A. H. Frazer. Jan. 18th.—‘ The Phases of Butterfly Life,’ by Mr. C. H. Hesketh Walker. Jan. 25th.—“ Time Indicators, Ancient and Modern,” by Mr. T. Tarleton. Feb. 1st.— Footprints of Extinct Animals found near Liverpool,” by Mr, H. C. Beasley. Feb. 8th.—“ The Cat Tribe,” by Mr. G. J. Hill. Feb. 15th.—“ Alkali Metals and Earth Metals,” by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. Feb. 22nd.—‘‘ The Common Lobster,” by Mr. J. A. Clubb. Feb. 29th. Sponges, and how they grow,” by Mr. John Chard. Mar. 7th.—* Elephants,” by Mr. G. F. Moore. Mar. 14th.—“ Thunderbolts,” by Mr. William Hewitt, B.Sc. Mar. 21st.—“ The Ingenuity of Primitive Races,” by Mr. P. Entwistle. Mar. 28th.—“ The History of Geology in the 19th Century,” by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Oct. 38rd.— Curious Chapters from the Book of Nature,” by Mr. F. P. Marrat, 21 Oct. 10th.— Whales,” by Mr. G. F. Moore. Oct. 17th—“ The Philosophy of Birds’ Nests,” by Mr. J. W. Cutmore. Oct. 24th.—* Half-an-hour with Curious Insects,” by Mr. John Chard. Oct. 31st.—*Ten Minutes Dabbling in a Stagnant Pool,” illustrated by rapid sketches with brush and crayon, by Mr. C. H. Hesketh Walker. Nov. 7th.—“Phcenicians and Etruscans ; or, the Early Civilisers of the Mediterranean,” by the Rev. F. F. Grensted, M.A. Nov. 14th.—“ The Ice Age in England,” by Mr. J. Butler Davies. Nov. 21st. —“ Bristol, Chelsea and Derby China,” by Mr. J ohn T. Beer, F.S.A.S. Nov. 28th.—The Educational Model of a Clock,” which can be taken in pieces and put together again without the aid of an instrument, by Mr. G. Eccles. Dec. 5th.—‘‘ A Talk about Fishes,” by Mr. P. F. J. Corbin. Dec. 12th.—‘‘ Corals and their Work,” by Mr. W. H. Read. Dec. 19th.—* How Music is made,” by Mr. W. I. Argent. CrrcuLaTinc ScHoot CABINETS. Additional Cabinets of Economic Products have been added to the collection during the year, and have been much appreciated. The Cabinets have been regularly issued to the Elementary Schools. TECHNICAL APPARATUS. _ The Technical Apparatus, provided by means of the Government Grant in aid of Technical Education, has been in much demand since the C atalogues of the Apparatus were issued to the Masters and Mistresses of all the Elementary Schools within the City boundaries. _ The lanterns and slides are much sought after, and teachers have written to say how useful they have been, particularly for giving object lessons to the juniors. One teacher writes as follows :— _ “In giving object lessons so much required by young children, “J think it invaluable. First of all you can give the lesson 22 “to a great number of children. Here we had 504 present for the “History of Bread’ and I venture to say that they will not forget “the history. During the week I have been round the various ‘* classes and questioned them on what they had seen, and really the “impression it had made upon them astonished me.” Donations. A Model of a Dry Gas Meter; presented by Messrs. W. & B. Cowan, per Mr. Edward Allen. The Head of a Fossil Fish, from the London Clay, Isle of Sheppey ; presented by Surgeon-Colonel S. Archer. Two specimens (male and female) of West African Lepidoptera, Nymphalis tridates ; presented by Mr. G. Morel-Deville. A collection of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, &c., presented by Mrs. Drakeford. ‘“ This collection consists of a large number of Geological Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils. Amongst the Rock specimens are some very fine examples of Granite, Syenite, Porphyry, Gneiss, Mica Schist, and representative minerals illustrating almost every geological formation from the Lower Silurian to the Upper Tertiaries. The Fossils are principally Chalk and Lias: the Fish bones, scales, teeth, and spines are both rare and fine; the Lias Ammonites are interesting, and many of them are new to the collection. A small tray of Minerals has been selected, containing Ores of Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Titanium, Zine, as well as some very interesting forms of Iron, one of which is quite new to me.’—F’.P.M. A Shark, new to the Collection, from the Bay of Biscay; presented by Messrs. Harley and Miller. A fine specimen of Albatross, Diomedia exulans, from the Pacific ; presented by Captain W. H. Kidley, s.s. Ionic. A Model of a Gas Meter; presented by Mr. William King, Memb. Inst. C.E. Two Canaries, Fringilla canaria ; presented by Mr. A. G. McCulloch. A specimen of the Bohemian Waxwing Chatterer, Ampelis garrulus. shot at Simonswood ; presented by the Executors of the late Matthew McKerrow, per Mr. J. M. Ferguson. ee ae i 28 A Young Peacock, Pavo cristatus ; presented by Mr. Councillor J. B. Morgan. A Lizard, in glass case, from Queensland ; presented by Mrs. McLeod Powell. Three Ants’ Nests, from the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres; and a Half-circular Trap-door Spider’s Nest, from the Yosemite Valley, California ; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. PURCHASES. Skull and Horns of a Male Indian Buffalo, Bos buffelus. A stuffed Lion Monkey, Midas rosalia. Specimens of the Greater Weever, Trachinus draco, and a black Sea Bream, Cantharus lineatus, from Jersey ; mounted by the Davidson process. Nine Corals, viz. :—Merulina ampliata, Hypnophora polygonata, Madrepora hystrix, Psammochora obtusangulata, Alveopora spongiosa, Tridacophyllia lactuea, Euphyllia rugosa, Tubipora rubiola, Trachyphyllia amarantum. A coloured reproduction of a recent shell, Plewrotomaria Adamsoniana, Crosse and Fischer, from Tobago, West Indies. A coloured reproduction of a Fossil Shell Pleurotomaria proteus, _var-Excelsa, Deslongsch. Inferior Oolite (Bajocien) Bayeux, France. Four specimens (male and female) of West African Lepidoptera, Nymphalis polluz and Diadema. Hight specimens of Brazilian Moths and Butterflies. _ Life History of Sphinaz euphorbie. _ Nest of an Indian Tree Ant, Ocophylla smaragdina, with specimens of nale and two females of Tree Ant. Tso pairs of Chank Shell Bracelets, used on the arm and ankle by natives of India, and two small bracelets also worn by the natives. _ Four Slabs of Remains of Megalosaurus Bucklandi, Meyer, from the Inferior Oolite, Sherborne, Dorset. Described by Prof. Owen in Quart. Jour., Geol. Soc., April, 1883. Two specimens of Fossil Fish, Bothriolepis Canadensis, Upper D avonian, Canada (Dorsal and Ventral Aspects), from the originals in the British Museum. 24 EXCHANGES. Received from the British Museum, in exchange for Vole and Skull, from Kashmir, three Squirrels, Sciwrus caniceps, Sciurus atrodorsalis, Sciurus palmarum; two Rats, Nesorkia bengalensis, Mus losea, and one Shrew, Crocidura murina. Specimens of Siren and Skink, in spirit, received from Prof. G. W. Howes in exchange for a specimen of Xenopus Tadpole from West Africa. MAYER MUSEUM. A selected group of Nautical Instruments and Liverpool Pottery, illustrative of local shipping, was prepared for the Naval Exhibition, held in the Walker Art Gallery. By permission of the Committee a set of electrotypes of Merovingian Coins, found in St. Martin’s Churchyard, Canterbury, and now in this Museum, were prepared for the Rey. Canon Routledge. Dr. Samuel Smiles having undertaken to write a new life of Josiah Wedgwood, applied for the loan of the volumes of ‘‘ Wedgwood’s Letters,” now in this collection, which request was granted. Mr. Evan Roberts, of Manchester, has lent for exhibition an interesting series of 580 watches, illustrative of the various forms and methods of decoration from an early period to a recent date. The reserve cases in the great hall have again been of great service for the periodical exhibition of selected groups of objects, which, owing to want of room, are not on constant exhibition; and during the year the collection of Chinese Industrial Objects presented by Consul Parker, a selection of objects from Morocco, &c., have occupied them. DoNATIONS. Flint Arrow-heads and fragments of Urns from an old Indian burial mound, Lake Weir, Marion Co., Florida ; collected and presented by Mr. J. Duncan Stoward. Stone and Flint Implements from Trout, Cat, and God’s Lakes, and — Bear Rapids, Winnipeg River, Canada; also fragment of Urns from Indian burial mounds ; collected and presented by Mr. G. Mitchell. 5 Tron Chest, found in a recess in the walls—8 feet thick—at 61, Bartholomew Close, London, about 1820; presented by William Mr. B. Rippon. Piece of Sculpture in limestone, the upper part of a female figure, with inscription ; found in a cavern discovered when digging the foundations for a building in Palmyra, Syria ; presented by Mr. James L. Bowes. Very rare Japanese Pre-historic Clay Figure ; presented by Mr. James L. Bowes. Two frames containing casts of Antique Gems in the British Museum ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. | Two Cloaks, one made of the undressed stalks of the flax, Phormiwm tenax, a girdle belt, necklace and necklet, from New Zealand ; presented by Mr. Charles Every. Collection of Chinese Industrial objects, purchased in the bazaars of Hoiliow, the Port of Kiungchow, Hainan Island, and presented by Mr. Edward Harper-Parker, Her Majesty’s Consul at Kiungchow. . Very large Vase of Mason’s Ironstone China; presented by Mr. Benson Rathbone. Drawing of minute flint implements, from Europe; presented by Mr. Charles Seidler. PuRCHASES. Large Ivory War Horn, and two Grass Mats, from West Africa. (Gol. G. W. Williams’ Collection.) Selected specimens of Roman Glass, recently discovered at Nazareth. Collection of Ethnographical Objects from Morocco, collected by Mr. J. E. B. Meakin, viz. :—Dinner Table, Snake-Charmers’ Tambourine, Musical Instruments, Lamp, Inkstand, Candles, Pipe, Antimony Holder, Water Bottle, and Distaff and Spindle. Collection of Minute Agate, Chalcedony and other Implements, found in various caves and rock shelters in the Vindhya Hills, Central Provinces _of India. Marble Bust of William Roscoe. Thirteen Objects carved in Catlonite, by Indians of Dakota. Berlin Porcelain Vase. 26 WALKER ART GALLERY. The work of the Art Department during the past official year has been characterized by great activity, and the resources of the Gallery have been taxed to the fullest extent. In addition to the ordinary work of the Permanent Collection, and the usual Autumn Exhibition, fully two- thirds of the year were taken up by the holding of an Exhibition of Naval and Nautical Appliances, which was attended with great success. The Exhibition was suggested by the Right Honourable A. B. Forwood, M.P., then Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, by whose influence and exertion the Committee were able to get together one of the most com- plete and interesting Exhibitions illustrative of Naval and Nautical Appliances ever seen in Liverpool. The Exhibition was opened on February 1st by the First Lord of the Admiralty, The Right Honourable George Hamilton, the inauguration being attended by His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool, J. De Bels Adam, Esquire, and a large and distinguished company. The Exhibition was open five months, and during that period it was visited by nearly 150,000 persons. The negotiations which have for some time been in progress with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, for the transfer of the Roscoe Collection of Pictures to the Walker Art Gallery, have been satisfactorily concluded, the Corporation having agreed under certain conditions to take charge of the works and to find suitable accommodation for them. It has been arranged to exhibit the Collection in the Spring Exhibition of Local Art to be opened early in March. The acquisition of these interesting works will, it is expected, prove of great value to students, as for the first time they will have free access to them every day and be enabled to study the rise and progress of art from the earliest times. During the year the Gallery was open to the public on 342 days, and closed for cleaning and others purposes on 23 days. The total number of visitors was 617,647, being a daily average of 1805. This total includes 144,459 visitors who paid for admission to the Naval Exhibition, and 69,703 to the Autumn Exhibition of Pictures : also 11,858 pupils of schools, of various denominations, admitted to the Exhibition free. The Gallery is open each Sunday from 2-30 to 5-30 p-m. The average daily attendance last year being 833. iat i aT The following Works were lent by the Committee for Special Exhibition :— To the Guildhall, London (Loan Exhibition)— “An Idyll,” by Maurice Greiffenhagen. ** Ariel,” by Robert Fowler, B.1. To the International Exhibition at Munich— “Pelagia and Philammon,”’ by Arthur Hacker. (This work being awarded a Gold Medal—A similar distinction to that previously obtained at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889.) To the City of Birmingham Art Gallery (Loan Exhibition}— “* Maiwand,” by R. Caton Woodville. ‘* A Parting,’ by Mrs. M. Stokes. To the Southport Centenary Art Treasures Exhibition— “The Ancestor on the Tapestry,” by J. Haynes-Williams. “« Evening of the Battle of Waterloo,” by Ernest Crofts, 4... “A Stowaway,” by Alfred Dixon. In February, one of the lower rooms was occupied by a Special Exhibition of the large Painting, entitled “ The Queen of Sheba’s Visit to Solomon,” by E. J. Poynter, R.A. On Wednesday, the 21st September, a Conversazione was given by His Worship the Mayor, James De Bels Adam, Esq., to the members of the Tron and Steel Institute, visiting Liverpool in connection with their Annual Meeting. | 4 | ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION BY PuRcHASE. From the Autumn Exhibition of 1892 :— “Venus and Anchisis” (oil), by W. B. Richmond, a.R.a. “The Alps by Night” (oil), by Wm. Stott, of Oldham. “Summer” (oil), by E. A. Hornel. “Lingering Light” (water-colour), by A. E. Brockbank, k.3.a. ‘Head of Medusa” (bronze), by John Wilson. “Study of a Head” (bronze), by W. Goscombe John. _ From other sources :— “The Death of Nelson”’ (oil), by Daniel Maclise, R.A. (Purchased out of the proceeds of the Liverpool Naval Exhibition.) A series of Casts of Italian Architecture and Sculpture, as an addition to the Cast Museum. 98 DONATIONS. > Engravings, ‘‘ Tribute to Lord Nelson,” and a portrait of Lord Nelson, also Illustrated Book, containing an account of the loss of the “Royal George”; presented by Mrs. Wise. Two Oil Paintings, “A Summer Storm,” and a “Rainy Landscape,” by John Constable, k.A.; presented by Malcolm Guthrie. Esq., J.P. Engraving, ‘‘The Death of Nelson,” after Daniel Maclise, R.A.; pre- sented by the Art Union of London. bd Four Drawings in crayon and sepia—‘‘ Athens,” ‘‘ Horses Towing Barges on the Danube,” ‘‘ Destruction of Dathan, Korah, and Abiram,”’ ‘‘ Hercules and Alcestes,” by George Jones, R.A., presented by Mrs. Gertrude Jones. “Canterbury Meadows ”’ (oil), by George Shalders, presented by James Smith, Esq. Part IV. :—‘‘ Italian Prints, 16th Century,” presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. AvuTuMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. 1892. 1891. i | Number of Pictures and other Works. Be <8) de | Le reel of Art Exhibited ~ 2. <<. qa. 5- | 1,393 1,281 ) Number of Pictures sold .......... 149 | 159 | Amount realized by sales....... .. 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"sa 1900’ “pyo *BYO9L oes ee Se et ansoy eon Og pe ee coool $ ‘T08K *SNOISSING VY "SGEST OL TLST Nous “SUVAA. CE ONTUA “9% ‘ATIOS SAUALOId “SNOISSINGV 40 Lh ANALVLS aqaLvTOodvL oe Pe leis ie ' : Ta ees — ll > iii ia er? —_ — —— orl eee and Gallery of Art, Public Library, Museum, Liverpool Free FORTY-FIRST PwmtAt, REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ae” ji < OF THE ; FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, } MUSEUM, AND ALKER ART GALLERY, CITY OF LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DecemsBeEr, 1893. LIVERPOOL : J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE. FORTY-FIRST ANN WA Eb RePORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, | MUSEUM, AND WALKER ART GALLERY, OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DecEeMBER, 1893. LIVERPOOL : J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., "PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE. 1894. COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1893-4. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM B. BOWRING, J.P., LORD MAYOR. Committee. ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN. ALDERMAN PHILIP H. RATHBONE, J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P., {| M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jr., ESQ., WILLIAM J. BURGESS, ESQ, RICHARD R. MEADE-KING, ESQ., ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., M.P.,| JEREMIAH MILES, ESQ., J.P., JOHN L. EILLS, ESQ., ALDERMAN T. W. OAKSHOTT, J.P., ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., WILLIAM H. PICTON, ESQ., MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P., GERALD H. RENDALL, ESQ., M.A., PATRICK KEARNEY, ESQ., JOHN SCOTT, ESQ., JOHN LEA, ESQ., AUSTIN TAYLOR, ESQ., M.A., WILLIAM E. WILLINK, ESQ., M.A., J.P. Chief Librarian : PETER COWELL. Deputy-Librarian : THOMAS FORMBY. Director of Museums: HENRY O. FORBES. Gurator of the Derby Musenm; RICHARD PADEN. Curator of the Walker Art Gallery: CHARLES DYALL. Assistant (urdtor : ALFRED H. FRAZER. GENERAL REPORT. The work of our Libraries has been carried on during the past year with uninterrupted success, and the statistics compiled by our Librarian demonstrate that while our readers have increased in numbers, there has been an improvement in the quality of their reading. This is especially noticeable in the increased issue of books on Science, Art and _ Encyclopedias, and can be traced in part to the encouragement given to our artisans to peruse works on technical subjects. All this is very hopeful. So much of the future welfare of this country depends upon the interest taken by our artisans in the improvement of their handi- eraft, and upon their obtaining a knowledge of those great economic principles which regulate the demand and supply of labour and also its value. Some idea of the work done by the affiliated institutions—Library, Museums, and Art Galleries—may be gathered from the fact that 2,820,766 persons made use of these institutions during the year. _ The Committee feel very strongly that there is urgent necessity for strengthening the Reference Library. For some years past the lack of funds has prevented the Committee making purchases to the extent that is necessary if the Library is to maintain its high reputation ; this lost ground cannot be recovered, and this policy must not be continued ; it is only by the regular and systematic addition of all works of repute that the character of a Library can be maintained. The responsibility is a serious one, and we cannot escape from the reflection which a future generation may cast upon us, that our Library was irreparably .damaged y the ignorance or apathy of a decade which professed itself to be enlightened, progressive, and, above all things, anxious to be td called literary. The great work of these institutions, which represents the estimate be defrayed out of the proceeds of a rate of One Penny in the pound, just one-half of what towns of far less importance consider it their duty to ex pend upon these objects. 4 It is most difficult to bring home to the minds of men that the education and culture of the people is as essential to their happiness and the welfare of the community as drainage and a good water supply is to their health : the one brooks with no trifling, for typhoid and epidemics quickly assert their peremptory demand for improved sanitation ; the other is not less urgent in its claims for consideration, if its direct appeal is less dramatic. Strikes, lock-outs, socialism, and social unrest and discontent, are in a large measure but the expression of that want of confidence and intelligence (the result of education) which can alone enable people to grasp the industrial problems which arise every day. It is, therefore, not placing the claims of these institutions on too high a level to say that, next to the consideration for the health of the people, they make the first demand upon the liberality of the ratepayers. Plans have been prepared for a new Library for Everton; the site selected is convenient to a large population ; and there is no doubt that it will not only be highly appreciated, but will do excellent work. In the Museums we have sustained a great loss by the death of the Rey. H. H. Higgins on the 2nd July, 1893. He was associated with our Museums for the long period of 387 years, 16 of which he was Chairman of the Museums Sub-Committee. It may with truth be said that he lived for these institutions ; and in the careful and intelligent classification of the specimens, the popular descriptions attached to them bringing them within the grasp of the ordinary visitor, we see the man of science, yet deeply imbued with the necessity of bringing home to the minds of the people the life-history of each specimen. The life of Mr. Higgins, his large catholic views, his intense love of natural history, his anxiety to instil this love into others, the pride he took in the Museums, if ever written, will form the memorial of a Liverpool man than whom few have been more distinguished and few more useful. Our Museums have been enriched during the past year by a very fine collection of Agates, bequeathed by the late Earl of Derby ; and the interest attaching to the collection has been much enhanced by the descriptive catalogue prepared at the expense of the present Earl. Two large rooms in the basement of the building, on the west side, are being fitted up for the reception of the ethnographical collection, which is yery complete and will prove a very interesting addition. 5 In the Art Galleries we held a very successful Spring Exhibition of _ the works of local artists ; and the Autumn Exhibition was very attractive and greatly appreciated. We received in the Spring the Roscoe Collection of old masters ; and, - during the Summer, a very handsome selection of the works of Sir John Gilbert was presented by the veteran artist. WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, CHAIRMAN. REFERENCE LIBRARY. This Library stands out with some prominence in its liberal provision for the wants of two great classes of readers. Its two large and com- - modious reading rooms, standing almost side by side, afford by the one the means for gratifying what may be called the elementary taste for reading, through the medium of story books and illustrated magazines and papers; and by the other, the means for satisfying the requirements _ of literary men and students. Perhaps no other library presents more _ effectively to public view the important work a free public library is doing among the people at large. To find from four to five hundred men of the labouring class gathered together throughout the day gratify- ing their taste for reading is one of the satisfactory signs of the times. _ The order and quiet required by a public reading room is not without a certain discipline ; while something stimulating to the mind cannot fail to be received by the perusal, if of nothing of a more solid character than representative works of Fiction. The Picton Reading Room has its own ‘distinct character, and, if less imposing from its more limited number of f eaders, it is none the less impressive on account of the more serious aim and purpose of those who use it'as a study. Liverpool has the honour of Dd eing one of the first English cities to tax herself in order to provide books fo! - use of her citizens, for on a 18th of Watober; 1852, the doors of fe ce then the growth and ies cidpiaaat of the library has been rapid =F Ww ithout interruption. The two sister institutions on her right hand and m her left—the Museum and Art Gallery—have been the means of giving this library a distinct character, and perhaps it is not too much to say that no Library out of London is so rich in important books on natural story and the fine arts. Few, if any, of the great natural history 6 monographs and galleries of engravings will be found wanting; while no provincial library has so extensive and valuable a local collection of maps, drawings, engravings, books, and pamphlets illustrating, in our case, Liverpool and its immediate neighbourhood. This collection has a county reputation, and as it was begun in the first year of the library’s existence, this library has the honour of being the pioneer in | a work which is now considered of paramount importance by all librarians. The success which attended the distribution among workshops of the hand-list of technical books has so favourably impressed the Committee that they have given sanction to the publication of a printed list of the important collection of architectural works in the ‘library, for the posses- sion of which so much is due to the taste and judgment of the late Sir James Picton. Probably, the Library’s collection of music will next be taken in hand, and similarly other subjects, in order to bring prominently before the citizens of Liverpool the advantages they enjoy in the institution, the contents of which they are not so well acquainted with as no doubt they themselves desire. A comparison of the following statistical tables with those in last year’s report shows a marked increase in the total work of the library, notwithstanding the Picton Reading Room was closed for 24 days for the purpose of painting and cleaning. The almost trebled issue of specifications of patents is the strongest and best evidence of the need there was for giving better facilities for con- sulting them, and for the construction of the new and commodious rooms in which they are now stored. The year’s work in this library and its several branches gives the following totals, viz. :—Books issued, 1,197,991; magazines and reviews, 656,222 ; newspaper readers, 428,220; attendances at lectures, 59,904. This shows an increase in books of 97,875 volumes; in magazines, of 111,879; in newspaper readers, of 98,426; and in attendance at the lectures, of 11,295. - SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. Weekly, &c. | Vol 2 N Lectur q amt |Site | SRE atta Gi Brown Liprary: See. Volumes issued ........00.e00e0e esee-| 194,400 “ . Monthly and Weekly Magazines ...... . 318,727 | - -- Illustrated Papers, issued in volumes, (‘The Graphic,” “ Tilustrated London News,” “ Punch,” &c.) . 101,750 BPERISTGCLONICS. |. 5005s sone es ne sees see's 112,336 * _ Specifications of Patents for Tnventions 38,794 ais af a Visitors to the Newspapers .......... .: . 358,592 .- be: _ Picron Reavixe Room: ; Volumes issued ...... ces eeeecececees 201,322 apa _ Magazines and Reviews ...cccscsc sees ns 119,607 Norra, Sovurn, anp East Lenpine ae LipRaRIEs : 1 Volumes lent .........cseeeeeeeeeeee+| 506,614 East Liprary Reaping Room: Volumes issued ... ......... seeceeees 42,775 ES _ Magazines and Reviews ......++-+++-- A 101,650 . _ Visitors to the Newspapers........+++- Fe 69,628 EVENING READING Rooms: Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews . 116,238 i eice 525, ssc gts des | OSB 7 se 59,904 Totals .....00s- | 1,197,991 656,222) 428,220 59,904 Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :— Classification. 1893. 1892. Increase. Decrease, Theology, Morals, &e. ... soe 19,528 19,706 178 Natural Philosophy, &c. Ste 16,801 16,753 48 Natural History, &. ... eee 6,311 7,997 1,686 Science and the Arts, &c. Pr 33,388 30,392 2,996 History and Biography, &e. ... 19,626 18,797 829 Topography and Antiquities ... 6,534 7,637 1,103 Voyages and Travels ... Us 8,821 9,349 528 Miscellaneous Literature Mes 34,955 36,657 1,702 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 5,114 5,318 204 Commerce, Political Economy, &. 5,244 5,179 65 Education and Language “oe 8,315 7,947 368 Poetry and Dramatic Literature 10,286 10,485 249 Latin and Greek Classics 9 2,881 4,469 1,588 Encyclopedias, &e. —.... Sad 23,568 21,019 2,549 Totals ... 201,322 201,705 6,855 7,238 TABLE.—Showing the number and classification of works contained in the Library :— Classification. Volumes. Theology, Morals, &e. ... as te st on <7 oo) ROLO Natural Philosophy, &c. or a eae ned $3 --. 25103 Natural History... Ae aa nee = ee Lie BP pian 35k 027 Science and the Arts... Bee see xP =a mer es 123656 History and Biography... ce aoe 2 Ae ae .-» 13,006 Topography and Antiquities ... = oo ae =a .. 5,666 Voyages and Travels... au ae a 5,406 Miscellaneous Literature (oasaraatt collected Works Tage Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c.,in volumes)... .-- 25,009 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics Sa oe aa ae «00 epOj2uE Commerce, Political Economy, &c. ... wee fea ae Tas BIS Education and Language ae aA oe ei a ener (od Poetry and Dramatic Literature ae oe ae tS «» 4,169 Prose Fiction... Sos oe Ee w» 5,461 Latin and Greek Claséies and Ppatidintiiwe ace eas ase ee 988 Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... = oe) oR Total ... 553 ee --- 103,587 4) - DoNATIONS. T. Henry Bayuis, Esq., Q.0., M.A., Assessor, Liverpool Court of Passage (the Author) :— The Temple Church of St. Ann. W. T. Best, Esa. :— Bach’s Organ Works ; edited by W. T. Best, vols. 4-12. British Muszum Trusters :— Catalogue of Birds, vol. 21; Catalogue of British Echinoderms, by F. J. Bell; Catalogue of Greek Coins: Ionia, Mysia, Alexandria, and the Nomes; Catalogue of Greek Sculpture, by A. H. Smith, vol. 1; Catalogue of Indian Coins: Moghul Emperors, by S. L. Poole; Catalogue of Madreporarian Corals, by G. Brook, vol. 1; Catalogue of Oriental Coins, by S. L. Poole, vol. 10; Catalogue of Printed Books, 21 vols.; Catalogue of Seals, by W. de G. Birch, vol. 2; Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi, by W. G. Smith; Catalogue of Snakes, by G. A. Boulenger, vol. 1; Illus- trations of Lepidoptera Heterocera, vol. 9. a ee ee errr Ye 18 Ame q t | Tue Rr. Honovraste Mary, Countess or Drerpy :-— A Catalogue of the Library at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, 4 vols. E. Gorpvon Durr, Esa. :— Manuscript Memorandum Book of John Sadler, the Liverpool Potter. Tse Rr. Hoyovraste THE Hart or CrawFoRD AND BaLcaRREs, K.T., LL.D. — Bibliotheca Lindesiana: First provisional hand-list of proclamations, Henry VIII-Victoria, 12 parts; Bibliotheca Lindesiana: First j revision hand-list of proclamations, vol. 1: Henry VIII-Anne. _Joserx G. Livineston, Esa., J.P. :— A general collection of the best and most interesting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the World, by John Pinkerton, 4 vols. Wittram Miner, Esgq., u.a., F.s.a. (the Author) :— Some account of the Huguenot family of Minet, from their coming out of France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1686. ‘Epwarp Rew, Ese. :— Views of the Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire, by N. G. Philips. (Large paper copy.) 10 Tuomas G. Rynanps, Esq., ¥.8.4., M.R.I.A. (the Author) :— The Geography of Ptolemy elucidated. Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from the following donors, for which the Committee again beg to express their grateful acknowledgments :— Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A. ; Argentine Consul, Liverpool (Guillermo K. Brydges); Colonial Secretary for Barbados (C. C. Knollys, m.a., c.m.G.); Messrs. Bell and Sons; Charles H. Beloe; Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society); Medical Officer of Health for Birkenhead (R. 8S. Marsden, D.sc., M.B.); Board of Trade, London; George C. Boase; British and Foreign Bible Society ; British Association for the Advancement of Science ; T. B. Browne ; Thomas N. Brushfield, m.p.; National Library, Buenos Ayres; Major-General Sir Owen Tudor Burne, k.c.s.1. ; Cambridge University ; Geological and Natural _ History Survey of Canada; Canadian Government; High Commissioner for Canada, London (Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., ¢.c.m.c.); Andrew Carnegie (per Hew Morrison, Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library) ; Alfred Castellain, J.P. ; Cheshire Lines Committee; Medical Officer of Health for Chester (Francis Vacher, M.D.) ; Chicago Board of Trade, U.S.A. ; Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A. ; Cincinnati Museum Association, U.S.A. ; John H. Clarke, m.p. ; Cobden Club; College of Pre- ceptors, London; Messrs. Collingwood Bros. ; Richard Congreve; Messrs. Cook and Son ; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, U.S.A. ; Co-operative Union, Limited ; Messrs. Cope Brothers & Co; Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.; A. Cotgreave, (Librarian, Public Libraries, West Ham); Edward Counsel; P. Cowell (Chief Librarian, Liverpool Free Libraries) ; Messrs. Crane, Crane and Co.; Rose Mary Crawshay ; P. Cudmore; Cunard Steamship Co.; Robert N. Cust, tu.p; Alexander A. Cuthbert; J. T. Danson; Sir H. Daulton; Andrew Deakin; Denver Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.; S. B. Doggett; Frederick Dresser; Dublin University; Durham University ; Edinburgh University; Messrs. Effingham, Wilson & Co. ; Emigrants’ Information Office, London; Francis Fisk ; Emily Foster; General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen, London ; General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York, U.S.A.; Messrs. F. and E. Gibbons ; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College ; Glasgow Atheneum ; Great Eastern Railway Company; Great Northern Railway Company; Great Western Railway Company; W. N. Greenwood, F.R.mM.s ; Messrs. Guy and Co. ; J. W. C. Haldane, cz.; G. G. M. Hardingham; Messrs. Harris and Hadden; Messrs. Harrison and Co.; Harvard University College, Camb., Mass., U.S.A.; Harvard University Library, Camb., Mass., U.S.A.; John W. Hayward, m.p.; Alfred Hinde; Howard Association, London; James T. Hoskins, M.A., F.R.S.L.; Powis Hoult; Elijah Howarth, r.r.a.s. (Curator, Public Museum, Sheffield) ; Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Co. ; Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of Mechanica Engineers; International Arbitration and Peace Association ; Internationa Maritime Congress, London ; Irish Unionist Alliance ; Thomas G. Jack ; Osmun 11 W. Jeffs; Jepson Mercantile Directory Company; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; R. H. Johns; J. D. Jones (Librarian, Runcorn Free Library) ; Messrs. J. B. Jowett and Co.; Kirkdale Voluntary Industrial Day (Ragged) School; F. P. de Labilliere ; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company; Lancashire County Council (Director of Technical Instruction) ; Medical Officer of Health for the County _ Palatine of Lancaster (Edward Sergeant, m.p.); Messrs. C. and E. Layton; Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society ; Charles H. Leet, ¥.r.c.s. ; Library Reports, &e., have been received from the following Libraries :—Aberdeen. Aston Manor. Astor, New York, U.S.A. Atkinson, Southport. Baillie’s Institution, Glasgow. Barrow-in-Furness. Battersea. Belfast. Birkenhead. Birmingham. Blackburn. Blackpool. Bodleian, Oxford. Bolton. Bootle. Boston, U.S.A. Bradford. Brentford. Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A. Brighton. Brooklyn, U.S.A. Brunner, Northwich. Burslem. Buxton. Cambridge. Cambridge University. Cardiff. Chelsea. Cheltenham. Chester. Chicago, U.S.A.. Cincinnati, U.S.A... Clapham. Clerkenwell. Croydon. Darwen. Derby. Dewsbury. Doncaster. Dundee. Ealing. Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.A. Enoch Pratt, Baltimore, U.S.A. Fletcher, Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A. Folke- stone. Friends’ Free Library, Germantown, U.S.A. Fulham. Gosport and Alverstoke. Great Yarmouth. Guildhall Library, London. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hammersmith. Handsworth. Hanley. Holborn. Kimberley, South Africa. Leamington Spa. Leeds. Leicester. Lenox Library, New York, U.S.A. Lewisham. Leyland, Hindley. Los Angeles, California. Maimonides, New York, U.S.A. Manchester. Minet Public Library, Camberwell. Newton, Mass., U.S.A. New York Mercantile Library. New York State Library. Nicholson Institution, Leek. Norwich. Nottingham. Oldbury. Omaha, Neb., U.S.A. Peoria, Ill., U.S.A. Philadelphia Mercantile Library. Plymouth. Portsmouth. Preston. Reading. Richmond. Rochdale. Royal Library, Copenhagen. Runcorn. St. Helens. St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. St. Martin’s- in-the-Fields. Salem, Mass., U.S.A. Salford. Shakespeare Memorial Library, Stratford-upon-Avon. Sheffield. Shoreditch. South Shields. Stirling’s and Glasgow. Stoke Newington. Streatham. Sydney, N.S.W. Tokio, Japan. Tonbridge. Toronto, Canada. Twickenham. Tynemouth. Victoria. Watford. _ Wednesbury. West Ham. Westminster. Whitehaven. Widnes. Wolverhampton. _ Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. ; John Littlejohns; Reports, &c., have been received from the following Liverpool Institutions, Societies, &c. :—Amateur Photographic . Association. Architectural Society. Atheneum Library. Auxiliary Bible _ Society. Auxiliary to the Army Scripture Readers’ and Soldiers’ Friend Society, Blue Coat Hospital. Boys’ Brigade. Catholic Publishing Company. Catholic Reformatory Association. Central Relief and Charity Organisation Society. Church Missionary Society. Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society. Council of Education. Diocesan Institutions. Engineering Society. Fabian _ Society. Financial Reform Association. Geographical Society. Geological Asso- _ ciation. Geological Society, Hospital Sunday and Saturday Fund. Incorporated ___ Law Society. Infant Orphan Asylum. Labour Conference. Literary and Philoso- - _phical Society. Scam Institute. Medical Institute. Microscopical Society. 12 Naturalists’ Field Club. Peace Society. Penny Savings Bank. Philharmonic Society. Philomathic Society. Physical Society. Polytechnic Society. Provident Society. Ragged School Union. Royal Infirmary. Sailors’ Home. Savings Bank. School Board. School for the Deaf and Dumb. School Ship ‘‘Conway.” Seamen’s Friend Society. Seamen’s Orphanage Institution. Self-help Emigra- tion Society. Shipwreck and Humane Society. Sunday School Union. Sunday £ociety. Town Mission. Training School and Home for Nurses. Training Ship ‘‘Indefatigable.” United Gas Light Company. United Trades and Labour Council. University College. Welsh National Society ; Editors of the “Liverpool Pulpit ;” R. J. Lloyd, p.1it., m.a.; London and North-Western Railway Company; London Anti-Vivisection Society ; Messrs. Macmillan and Co. ; J. W. Mahony ; Manchester District Friends’ Tract Association ; Manchester Geological Society ; Manchester Microscopical Society ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company ; Manchester Statistical Society ; Manitoba Government Agent, Liverpool (A. J. Macmillan); Mercantile Marine Service Association ; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; Mersey Mission to feamen ; Mersey Railway Company ; Meteorological Society, London; Midland Railway Company; Milwaukee Public Museum, U.S.A.; University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota) ; R. H. Mitchell ; R. Morgan; J. ©. S. Morris; National Footpath Preservation Society ; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ; National Society for Women’s Suffrage; J. E. Nelson; J. Birkbeck Nevins, m.p. ; The Manager, ‘‘ News” Office, London; Agent-General for New South Wales (Sir Saul Samuel, K.c.M.G.); John Newton; New York State Museum, U.S.A.; Mrs. Nightingale; North British Railway Company; The Orphans’ Printing Press, Leominster ; Owen’s College, Manchester ; Oxford Free Public Library ; The Secretary, University of Oxford Local Examinations; Messrs. Page and Pratt ; Comptroller of Patents, London ; Peabody Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A ; Messrs. Phillipson and Golder ; Otto Pohl; R. H. Porter; Charles Potter ; The Lessee, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool; William 8. Pryer; Bernard Quaritch; Queen’s College, London ; Agent-General for Queensland (Sir J. F. Garrick, K.c.M.G.) ; Registrar of Patents, Queensland (W. T. Blakeney); James H. Rawlins; T. Mellard Reade, ¢.E. ; Religious Tract Society ; Messrs. Renton, Gibbs and Co. ; Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, «.c.z., &c.; Rotunda Theatre Co., Liverpool; Royal Astronomical Society ; Royal College of Physicians of England ; Royal College of Surgeons of England; Royal Colonial Institute; Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition, London ; The Proprietors, Royal Court Theatre Co., Liver- pool; Royal Institute of British Architects; Royal Society of Canada; Royal Society of London ; Royal Society of Victoria ; Royal University of Ireland ; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London ; W. A. Sandys ; Scottish Home Rule Association; James A. Seabright; Henry Sell; The Proprietor, Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool; Rev. W. Sidgreaves, s.J., F.R.A.S.; William H. Smith; Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A.; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; Society of Accountants and Auditors, London ; Society of Antiquaries of London; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Southpo Meteorological Department; Messrs. Stubbs and Co.; Sunset Club, Chicago, Arms and Explosives Awake Bible Advocate Brewers’ Guardian British Journal of Commerce British Temperance Advocate Builders’ Reporter Jabinet Maker and Art Furnisher Jape Argus Charity Record Children’s World urch Missionary Intelligencer urch Monthly Service Aspirant Civil Service Competitor Jivil Service Examiner Jommercial and Transport World loncord ucational Times trical Review ia esters’ Miscellany ‘ree Life _U.S.A.; Charles W. Sutton (Librarian, Manchester Free Libraries); Sydney University ; Agent-General for Tasmania (Sir E. N. C. Braddon, k.c.m.c.); John Tatham; J. Stopford Taylor (Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool); W. P. Thompson, ¢.£., F.c.s.; Mrs. Perey Thompson; Trinity College, London, John Tullis; United States Government ; University Correspondence College, London ; Uruguay Government ; Francis Vacher, m.p. (Medical Officer of Health. Chester); Agent-General for Victoria (James Munro); Victoria University, Manchester ; Volta Bureau, Washington, U.S.A.; Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A. ; Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, U.S.A. ; University College of North Wales; Joint Education Committees of Wales and Monmouthshire ; George Waltham; W. J. West ; Wigan Free Public Library ; William Willman ; Charles Williams ; Messrs. Willmer Bros. and Co. ; Zoological Society of London, The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented regularly by the respective Publishers :— Hand and Heart Hereford Times Heretic Homeland Home Words Homeopathic World Imperial Federation Incorporated Accountants Journal Incorporated Society of Musicians In His Name Insurance Agent Invention Inventor’s Review Irish Times Iron and Coal Trades Review Iron and Steel Trades Journal Isle-of-Man Examiner Jewish World Journal of the Clerk of Works’ Association Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Keyboard Light Light Liner Literary News Liverpool Catholic Times Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly) Liverpool Echo Liverpool Express Liverpool Journal of Commerce Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly) Liverpool Porcupine Liverpool Post (daily and weekly) Liverpool Review Liverpool Sentinel Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal Liandudno Advertiser Local Government Journal 14 Machinery Post Machinery Market Practical Photographer Manufacturer and Builder Present Truth Medium Preston Herald Merchant Taylor’s Review Printers’ Register Midland News Queensland Patent Office Gazette Miller Railway Review ~ Milling Ramsey Courier Mission Field Richmond and Twickenham Times Modern Review | Script Phonographic Journal Mona’s Herald Sheffield Weekly Independent Money and Trade Shipping World Musical Herald Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades Natural Food Register Nature Notes Stationery World New Church Magazine Stonyhurst Magazine News Tool and Machinery Register Oddfellows’ Magazine Trade Marks Journal Official Journal of the Patent Office Two Worlds Oxford Chronicle University Correspondent ’ Paper Maker Vaccination Inquirer Pegram’s Journal Vegetarian Messenger Personal Rights Journal Western Daily Press Pitman’s Musical Monthly Worcestershire Herald Positivist Review Zoophilist LENDING LIBRARIES. The Branch Libraries are the centres from which books may be borrowed for home reading; consequently they are much appreciated. — The borrowers, as may be inferred from the table showing the various businesses they are engaged in, are persons to whom the Libraries are a boon, alike from the education which they more or less possess, and their limited means. The books issued from these Libraries probably more clearly indicate public taste in reading than the Reference Library, | where the books read are for literary and examination work, and not so_ much to satisfy a free and unrestrained taste. The readers of Free Lending Libraries are largely composed of young persons, consequently © uo surprise will be produced by the statement that the heading prose — fiction includes in these Libraries that vast body of instructive and | healthy literature represented by such authors as Ballantyne, Henty, 4 Mayne Reid, and other writers for the young, of whose works liberal - provision is made to meet the demand. It is reasonable to assume that a book issued for home reading will be more or less perused by other members of the family or household | 15 than the one to whom it is lent, hence a duplication of the issues would probably more nearly indicate the actual number of volumes read than the figures here given. The total issue of books for home reading has been 506,614 volumes, being an increase of 43,358 volumes over the issues of last year, and though fiction takes, according to custom, the lion’s share, it is satis- factory to find that the recent expenditure on books bearing on the various handicrafts has been justified in an increased demand for them. ee ee ee a ee The largest increase, next to novels, has been in this class of works, which is designated in the table as “science and the arts.” All classes _of books have received an increased share of public favour during the year, except magazine literature and books for the blind. Fluctuations in the year’s issues have always taken place in these latter books, owing to the limited number of new books published for this interesting though small body of readers. The largest increase in proportion to the number of volumes contained in any particular class, has been in Latin and Greek Classics and their translations, which has been 75 per cent. It is note- worthy that this year, as last, in the issues for home reading, the Libraries have not suffered the absolute loss of a single book. ee Taste I.—General Statistics. Volumes issued, &c. Be aout. eo Total. iP Scomaaae 150,166 | 181,513 | 174,935 | 506,614 — — 42,775 42,775 araVevev aces] ayanereate Aen io -+ 1,711 1,709 1,822 5,242 EROE Cilihiss «a LaePReme es oc bs 1,653 2,281 2,454 6,388 Role Heras. 6,075,006: AMER MEMS aa» 2.5 1,530 1,585 1,689 4,804 Ai Poo as ts: Hee 3,364 3,990 4,276 11,630 1 LOM Watt eiaet a <<78 12 26 19 57 Bo ¢ — — 1 1 yolumes worn out—withdrawn .............. 45 127 — 172 folumes worn out—replaced ........+....+.- 469 42] 117 1,007 RMAC 8 aioe Yaak Saute Bray eM cicietiel« 793 808 951 2,552 Sewanee ereeeny eres oc 25,460 25,576 11,634 62,670 Taste I[].—Shewing the classification of volumes issued for home reading, &e. Lending Libraries. Reading % F Total Room, Total Classification. North South East |issuedfor| East Issues. Branch. | Branch. | Branch. Home Branch. Reading. Theology, Morals, and Meta- PLY SICS: gece s-< ely oi ci sslsrerauere 2,578 2,501 1,639 6,718 421 7,139 Natural See al and : Mathematics ............. 1,967 2,210 2,327 6,504 760 7,264 Natural History .......... 1,264 1,413 / 1,791 4,468 466 4,934 Science and the Arts ...... 7,600 | 7,595 8,997 | 24,192 2,775 | *26,967 History and Biography . 4,598 5,554 4,481 | 14,633 1,504 | 16,137 Topography and ‘Antiquities 725 898 917 2,540 245 2,785 Voyages and Travels ...... 3,002 3,343 3,263 9,608 890 | 10,498 Miscellaneous Literature .. 7,300 8,553 6,991 | 22,844 4,977 | 27,821 Jurisprudence, Law, and IROULICH) cow tae) celere weisiaserone 233 151 133 517 106 623 Commerce and Political UNG TIRO GAY Ga c@aciaonio ona oe 864 1,210 1,245 3,319 369 3,688 Education and Language ... 1,1 960 736 | 2,837 2738 | 3,110 Poetry and Dramatic Litera- LISS a eae eee eee 1,049 887 1,404 3,340 482 3,822 ProseWietion .....6....06 117,579 | 145,908 | 140,748 | 404,235 | 29,395 | 433,630 Latin and Greek Classics. 192 216 263 671 112 783 Books for the Blind .... .. 74 114 — 188 -- 188 ToraLs...... 150,166 | 181,513 ) 174,935 | 506,614 | 42,775 | 549,389 * Of this total 8,065 were vols. of Music. 17 Taste ITI.—Shewing classification of Borrowers :— \ A A Nor uth = | as A Classification. Seon / oe | week Pom Architects, Builders, and Surveyors ................0.64. ae mer LO 45 | 60 Artists, Photographers, and Draughtsmen ............ | 10 21 Zh R52 Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers .............:scscseseesees aii; 74 108 | 259 Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ..................06 16 10 10 36 Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers .................. 52 52 85 189 Bookkeepers, Accountants, Clerks, and Agents ...... 513 634 670 1,817 mammamd Shoe Makers.) of. ci07.. 6. .s aie ble dee atin 8 11 6 25 Brass, Tron, and Steel Founders.... ............. 23 13 18 54 Bricklayers, Slaterers, and Masons .............. 11 6 10 27 Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, and French Polishers 1 a ca) 20 50 Carpenters and Joiners............. 2 cece es scene 51 54 29 134 Chemists and Druggists ............0.0..csscessetesceeecness 14 27 15 56 Clergymen, Doctors, and LawyerS...............0600006 TOS ie AL 41 72 Coach Painters and Builders ...................cccceeseeues 6 6 9 21 Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses...............06:6cc0eeee 10 / 13 40 63 Customs’ Officers, Police Constables, Postmen, &c...} 44 70 102 216 Dressmakers and Milliners ...............0.cccecseceeeeenes 14 9 65 88 Engineers, Fitters, and Machinists .............0....... AU See 61 £06 Farmers and ‘Gardeners: :............s.ceccecseceeserseseeeees 2 3 6 11 ELEN 2 ogg Be SSP LARA gh ase rane are eae Be ay 7 15 26 “1, PLOTS Be aaa se Be Feed aS 4 11 CURES OLA pbc ok casa os de nati dicahiv eas Same aon oe ak obs 98 130 32 260 Licensed Victuallers, Brewers, and Barmen ........... is | ls 20 51 DP OTITIS 22 SRB pner dg ES JER o ee Dee ore aes eee eee OL" Yes 219 21 50 PETE HANTS atid, BLOKEL?.. cu0- 0022s onsen +caesnesvedesnnaeeday 7 21 35 63 Messengers, Office Boys, and Apprentices ............. 212 379 258 849 PEEMER ATI Ecce 38 -. Gdipoapless% ro eeh ed es vasser duet ovsetnnes 3 10 54 67 MERON THT, RE MEE, GP cine wiles Suds aden ha wet As 2 10 8 20 Painters and Plumbers’ .......0....00. ccc cececesceaceseecscees BAO Ti 255 69 158 Pattern Makers, Moulders, and Turners ............... 14 12 14 40 RMENGS ANC SChOArS fos. 45..u-cloducdesesetbarsesshdsoovens 86 191 255 532 Shipwrights, Riggers, and Sailmakers .................. ll 19 6 36 ROR De eee a 2, ; ape ee Seen 23 23 21 67 Bebanlors and Drapers' 639. .kih..ccciseedseseeteseteceecsedens 26 27 93 146 RSME a Sst hil es «Appt ANE vee deta d Patege ces obeys 7 54 178 310 Telegraphists, Telephonists, and Typewriters......... 19 26 45 90 Warehousemen, Storekeepers, &C. 0.0... ...cceeeeeeeeen ees 46 38 52 136 Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians .....,......... 9 16 18 43 PREC RUA MICO US ts, se ekise lin Cvere coete Rae OaN + Guides coke vvaoian’ 105 191 209 505 No occupation stated (principally females) ............ 1,609 {1,617 {1,508 | 4,734 ‘ J ——————————— —|—- Petites ia... by bet: 3,364 (3,990 |4276 | 11,630 EVENING READING ROOMS. _ These Reading Rooms, open from 6 to 9-30 p.m., are four in number and are situated in localities best calculated to give effect to the Committee’s desire of providing facilities for the reading of entertaining literature within easy distance of the homes of the working classes. S hool-rooms have been rented, but, unfortunately, the school furniture and other obstacles prevent the rooms being as comfortable and as com- plete a success for reading purposes as could be desired. 18 Is was intended to provide in each room a small library of books in movable eases, which could have been changed periodically from one reading room to another for the purpose of giving variety to the reading. This has not been carried out, simply because there has been little or no demand for books ; the newspavers, particularly the local evening papers, and after them the illustrated weekly papers, apparently absorbing all the reading interest of the frequenters of these rooms. The total attendance at these rooms during the year has been 116,238, showing an increase over the attendance of last year of 16,980. 1893. 1892 Atten- Average Atten- : Average dance. pernight. .dance. per night. Chatsworth Street Board Schools .... 27,801 91 28,215 92 Queen’s Road Board Schools .......... 21,439 71 19,246 62 Stanley Road Board Schools .......... 42,109 158 37,050 121 Wellington Road School ............ 24,889 82 24,747 80 SGTLES te ie g.5 ote 116,238 382 109,258 355 FREE LECTURES. Free Lectures serve as a stimulus to reading, and it was with this idea that they were established by the Committee as a part of the ordinary work of the Library twenty-nine years ago, and have since been continued without intermission, The modern popular lecture, with its lime-light illustrations, is very much brighter and more interesting in character than its dry-as-dust predecessor of a quarter of a century ago, and, perhaps it may be added, much more instructive, by virtue of its double appeal to eye and ear. A comparison of the attendances at our lectures then and now shows at least the yrowth of the lecture in public estimation. Formerly, we considered 300 persons a good attendance at a single lecture; now, unless this number is quadrupled there is felt to be reason for remark or inquiry. Much of this change is due no doubt to the same causes which have rendered the daily newspaper and the magazine or review so popu- lar—the hurry and haste in which we live and the impatience over hard study and deep delving into the field of knowledge to find out the reason of things for ourselves ; while, at the same time, the desire to know influences a much greater number of people than formerly. The popular winter series numbered 36 lectures, which were attended by 47,747 persons, or an average at each lecture of 1,326. In additio: 19 to these, there was an interesting Autumn series of a more scientific character, bearing the general title of ‘‘ Pioneers of Science and Art.” These numbered twelve, ard were attended by 12,157 persons, or an average of 1,013 per lecture. The two series taken together give a total attendance of 59,904 persons, or an average at the 48 lectures of nearly 1,250. Winter SksrRIEs. ArGent, W. I. “ English Madrigals ;” with vocal illustrations. Brrr, ApotpH W. “By River and Hill: some bye-ways among the Ardennes and in Rhenish Prussia ;”” with Lantern illustrations. Benson, W. J. P. “A Holiday in the Black Forest and Bavarian Highlands ;” with Lantern illustrations. Brrcnatt, James. “Old German Cities and their Historical > with Lantern illustrations. Associations ;” Browne, Rey. J., 8.1. “Some Notes on the Structure of the Bee ;” with Lantern illustrations. Ciece, CHartes E. “Shakespeare as a Teacher.” Curppory, Freperic. “ Up and down North Holland ;” with Lantern illustrations. Cogan, J. D. “An Old Tinder Box ; or, the story of a match ;” with Experiments. Davies, Epwarp, F.¢.s., F.1.c. “Carbon, and some of its Compounds :” illustrated by Experiments. Dearie, 8. G. Harrison. “The Stately Homes of England ;” with Lantern illustrations. Dent, Rozert K. ‘“ Devonshire: historic, legendary, and picturesque ;” with Lantern illustrations. Dyatt, CHARLES, Curator, Walker Art Gallery. “The Poetical and Artistic Aspects of our Work-a-day Life ;” with Lantern illus- trations. _ Fisoer, R. H. “What a Fisher caught with his Camera ;” with Lantern illrstrations, and interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. Forray, J. Butter, “Franz Schubert, the prince of song writers ;” with yoeal and instrumental illustrations. 20 Forwoop, ALDERMAN Sir W. B., s.p., Chairman, Library, Museum, and Arts Committee. “To Mexico and back through the Rockies ;” with Lantern illustrations. GAskInG, Rey. Samvge., B.A.,&c. “ History of a piece of Chalk ;” with Lantern illustrations. Gisson, R. J. Harvey, M.a., F.L.s., Lecturer on Botany, University College, Liverpool. ‘The Vegetation of the Tropics ;” with Lantern illustrations. Green, Rosert F. “The Castles of Touraine ;” with Lantern illus- trations. GRossMANN, Karu, M.D., F.R.C.8.E. “Across Iceland ;” with Lantern illustrations. Harcreaves, JoHN. “The Hundred of Wirral, in Cheshire; with some comparative references to the Hundred of West Derby ;” with Lantern illustrations. HerpMaNn, W. A., p.sc., &c., Professor of Natural History, University College, Liverpool. “Shell Fish (Oysters, Cockles, and Mussels): their structure, food, and _ life-history ;” . with Lantern illustrations. y Hewitt, WruuiAM, B.sc., Director of Technical Instruction, Liverpool. “ Great Deserts of the World ;” with Lantern illustrations. Jnrrs, Osmunp W. “The Natural History of Building Stones; with Lantern illustrations. Jones, Herserr. “Travel and Sport in Central Asia ;” with Lantern illustrations. Lesiiz, Frank J., r.r.ca.s. “ Whalley Abbey and its last Abbot ;” with Lantern illustrations. MacCunn, JouN, .A., Professor of Philosophy, University College, Liverpool. “Sir Walter Scott.” NarrAmMore, WILLIAM, F.L.s. “The Lowest Forms of Green Plants ;” with Lantern illustrations. Octr, JoHN J. “Timber Trees ;*” with Lantern illustrations. Picron, W. H., o.c., Chairman, Lectures Sub-Committee. ‘ Cloud- capp’d towers, gorgeous palaces, and solemn temples ;” with Lantern illustrations. Ross, Joun. “The Violin: its history and music;” with Lantern illustrations and musical examples, 21 Rowxanpson, WinutaM, ¢.r. “English Life in the Olden Times;” : with Lantern illustrations. Scuotertetp, J. W., s.r. “ Along the line of the Roman Wall ;” with Lantern illustrations. Swarp, Cuartes. “Charles Dickens and the Humorous side of London Life ;” with Lantern illustrations. Suaw, H. 8. Hews, M. rst. ¢.z., Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpool. ‘The Natural and Artificial Traction of Vehicles ;” with Lantern illustrations. THompson, Grorce E. “Around the Roman Campagna ;” with Lantern illustrations. Wituiams, Commanper A. P., rx. “The Holy Land ;” with Lantern illustrations. Autumn SERIES. > ArmprusterR, Cart. “ Beethoven ;” with Pianoforte illustrations. Browne, Epear A., F.r.c.s. (Hdin.) “Albert Diirer and the Early Engravers ;” with Lantern illustrations. _ Davins, Epwarp, r.cs., F.t.c. “Lavoisier, the Founder of Modern Chemistry ;” with Lantern illustrations. GILL, JAMES, F.R.A.S., Head-master, Liverpool Nautical College. “Pioneers of Navigation ;” with Lantern illustrations. Gorcn, Francts, u.a., &c., Professor of Physiology, University College, Liverpool. “The True Phrenology ;” with Lantern illustrations. — Greysrep, Rev. F. F., 1a., “Champollion and the Rosetta Stone ;” -_ with Lantern illustrations. MacCunn, Joun, M.A., Professor of Philosophy, University College, Liverpool. “ Pestalozzi, the Father of Elementary Education ;” with Lantern illustrations. Meyer, Kuno, px.p., &c., Lecturer on Teutonic Languages and Litera- F ture, University College, Liverpool. ‘“ Welsh Bards and Welsh Poetry ;” with vocal and instrumental illustrations. Puivummer, W. E., wa., v.r.A.s., Director of the Liverpool Observatory. © Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton ;” with Lantern illustrations. Watts, WHitworTa, F.S.A., F.R.G.s., Director of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. “The Art of Pompeii ;” with Lantern illustrations. 29, Wittrsk, W. E., m.a., c.c., Chairman, Technical Instruction Sub- Committee. ‘ Wiliam of Wykeham, and the English Cathedral Builders ;” with Lantern illustrations. Woopwarp, ARTHUR SMITH, F.C.s., Ke., of the British Museum (Natural History.) “Cuvier and Owen, the founders of Comparative 9 Anatomy ;” with Lantern illustrations. MUSEUM. Visitors to Musrum. 1893. 1892. (261 Days) (265 Days) Total Visitors in the Year... a ... 299,319 327,448 Weekly Average des wae ih Bah 5,756 6,297 Daily Average ... Aae or Sc AL 1,146 1,235 MONDAY EVENING OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. The Museum was open on 25 evenings, and the total attendances were 7,655, giving an average attendance of 306 per evening. The following Lectures were given on specimens in the Museum :— 1893. Jan. 2nd.—‘ More about. Music Making,” with musical illustrations, by } Mr. W. I. Argent. q Jan. 9th.—* History of a Piece of Slate,” by Mr. J. Lomas. Jan. 16th—*The Ancient Monuments of Egypt,” by Mr. A. H. Frazer. — Jan. 23rd.— Ants and their Habits,” by Mr. T. H. Wardleworth. . Jan. 30th.—“ Structures and Devices of Animals for Protection,” by Mr. J. A. Clubb. Feb. 6th.—*‘ Old Time Measures,” by Mr. T. Tarleton. Feb. 13th.—* Trilobites,” by Mr. H. C. Beasley. Feb. 20th.—* Lobster and Cockroach,” by Mr. W. Narramore, F.L.s. Feb. 27th.—‘ Ships, Ancient and Modern,” by Mr. Henry F. Watt. Mar. 6th—‘“ Recent Discoveries in Egypt,” by Mr. P. Entwistle. Mar. 20th.—* Shells and their Uses,” by Miss E. M. Wood. Mar. 27th.—‘ Plants and their Uses,” by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Oct. 2nd.— The Collection of Agates, bequeathed to the Museum by the late Earl of Derby, by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Oct. 9th.—* Corals,” by Mr. W. H. Read. Oct. 16th.—* Cave-dwellers in Britain,” by Mr. H. C. Beasley. : ? a ee ee nee 1893. Oct. 23rd.—* Fossils,” by Mr. Daniel Clague, F.a.s. Oct. 30th.—“ Stories told by the Microscope,” with illustrations, by Mr. ©. H. Hesketh Walker. Noy. 6th.—* The Colours of Animals,” by Mr. P. F. J. Corbin. Noy. 13th—‘The Place of Egypt in the History of the Progress of Mankind,” by the Rey. F. F. Grensted, m.a. Nov. 20th.—* The Human Eye and Ear,” by Mr. J. A. Clubb. Noy. 27th.—“ Our Skeletons,” by Dr. F. C. Larkin, F.R.c.s. Dec. 4th.—* Mimicry in the Insect World,” by Mr. T. H. Wardleworth. 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(eT LOG .|0 10 tod » April to September sal 265 10 to 6 Also on Monday [venings during January to March, and October to December ... The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except those of Whit and Easter Weeks) throughout the year, as weil as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and Thanksgiving. i 7. oe LO 6 MUSEUMS, Il.—Visirors. During the year there has been a slight increase in the number of visitors to the Museums over that of the previous year, as shown by the following table, but it should be noted that the Museums were closed for three weeks prior to the meeting of the British Association :—— 1895. 1896. (264 Days) (245 Days) Total Visitors in the Year ea a 308,987 4, 298,516 Weekly Average ... Es =f ie 5,942 $e 6,092 Daily Average are - 1,170 Er, 1,218 It may be of interest, for jie aie ‘of comparison, to point out that the attendance at the British Museum (Natural History) for 1895 was 446,737, or a daily average of about 1,436 persons; that is, a difference in favour of the National over the Liverpool Museum of 218 persons daily, which must be considered a not unsatisfactory attendance. The average daily attendance in the Museum of Science and Art in Edinburgh for 1895 was 2,073, and in Dublin 1,262. This year the attendances of schools that have taken advantage of the section in the Education Code, under which the time devoted to instruction imparted in Museums reckons as school attendance, has been well maintained. Such classes have visited the Museum on 24 occasions in order to receive lessons from the specimens on exhibition; while many parents have personally brought their children for the purpose of giving them special lessons. Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of research, reference or sketching, can, on giving satisfactory references, obtain, by application to the Director, tickets enabling them to enter on Fridays, and affording them special facilities for study. A room is devoted to their accommodation, where particular objects of study may, with the approval of the Director, be brought for their convenience from the cases. Tickets were issued, as usual, during the year—chiefly to Artists and Students of Osteology and Dental Anatomy—who have made extensive use of the collections on the days the Museum is other- wise closed to the public. The Museums were represented by the Director at the Museums’ Association, which met in Glasgow. At the close of the session, a visit was paid to the City of Perth, by the members and associates to the then recently-opened Museum of the Natural History Society of MUSEUMS, 7 Perthshire, where many highly interesting and suggestive new features in Museum arrangement and fittings were seen and examined, under the guidance of the President of the Society (Mr. Henry Coates), and the Curator of the Museum (Mr. Rodgers). The Director likewise represented the Museums at the Meeting of the British Association, held in Liverpool, in September, under the Presidency of Sir Joseph Lister, Bart. (now Lord Lister). Leave of absence was also given to the Assistants, to allow of their attending the Sectional Meetings. On that occasion the Geological Section (Section C) met in the Small Lecture Theatre, adjoining the Geological Callery of the Museum, under the Presidency of Mr. J. E. Marr, r.n.s. At the Conyersazione on the evening of the 22nd September, in the a/‘filiated Institutions, various interesting exhibitions were held. In Bird Gallery No. 4, Professor Oliver Lodge, F.n.s., gave a demonstration of the X Rays; in the Egyptian Gallery, Mr. Whittle showed Foucault’s experiment demonstrating ocularly the rotation of the earth by a pendulum suspended from the roof of the Mayer Museum, improved by a mechanism devised by the exhibitor for accelerating its amplitude without disturbing the plane of its motion. In the Aquarium several Electric Fishes (Malapterurus electricus); a number of Mud Fishes (Protopterus annectens); an example of the Calabar Polypterus (Calamoichthys ealabaricus) ; and a group of Walking Fishes (Periophthalmus koelreutert) were on view. The two last exhibits attracted special attention from the ichthyologists attending the Association, on account of their rarity. The Museums were open on twenty-six Monday evenings during the periods of January to March, and October to December, when the total attendances were 10,030, giving an average of 885 each evening, which is an increase on the previous year’s attendance. Among those who have visited the Museums for proet research, or special inspection, are the following : — Rey. Canon Jessopp, D.D., Rev. Canon Tristram, D.D., F.R.S., Ernest Van den Broeck, Musee Royal de Histoire Naturelle, Bruxelles ; Rear-Admiral Lowther, St. Leonards; Fleet Surgeon Palmer, R.N. ; Herbert B. Adams, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; BE. J. Allen, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth; Professor A. B. Macallum, Toronto ; Dr. Hjalmar Stolpe, Stockholm ; Sir William 8 MUSEUMS. Dawson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Montreal ; John Fell, Ulverston; Lt. Stanley S. Flower, Bangkok; William Henry Goodyear, New York; Dr. Perey Rendall, Nyassa Land, East African Protectorate; W. S. Bruce, Ben Nevis Observatory ; Graf von Pfeil und Klein Ellguth, Berlin; Captain Twist, Liverpool; Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., Perth, N.B.; Miss Holt, Liverpool; Professor Struthers, F.R.S.E., Edinburgh ; Professor D’Arcy Thompson, Dundee; Professor J. W. H. Trail, F.R.S., Aberdeen; Professor J. W. Carr, Nottingham ; Sir W. Martin Conway, London; Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.1LE., F.R.S., London ; Professor Rupert Jones, F.R.S., London; Professor Miers, F.R.S., Oxford; Professor Macalister, F.R.S., Cambridge; J. L. Myres, Oxford; R. McLachlan, F.R.S., Professor A. Newton, F.R.S., Cambridge; C. H. Read, British Museum, London; Clement Reid, Jermyn Street Museum, London; Dr. Scharff, Museum of Science and Art, Dublin; Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.RS., ZS, London; A. C. Seward, Cambridge; Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., Edinburgh ; F. Crowley, Alton, Hants; Dr. Gregory, British Museum ; J. J. Lister, Cambridge; W. H. Seton-Karr, London; Professor W. Ridgway, Cambridge; R. M. Barrington, Bray. ITI.—LeEctures. Eighteen Lectures were delivered by members of the staff on Monday evenings in the Theatre of the Museum. They were illustrated by specimens from the Museum and by lantern slides. The total attendance at the Lectures was 3,372. The following is a list of the subjects :— A course of five Lectures on ‘‘ The Pedigree and the Races of Mankind”’ was given by the Director of Museums. Jan. 6th.— I. Introductory. Jan. 13th.— II. ‘‘ Palxolithic and Neolithic Man.” Jan. 20th.—III. “* The Melanesians.” Jan. 27th.— IV. ‘‘ The Mongolians.”’ Feb. 3rd.— YV. “ The Caucasians.” Feb. 10th. to March 9th—A course of five lectures on “ Life in the Museum Aquarium,” by the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum. March 16th. to March 30th.—Three Lectures on “ Pre-historic Man,” by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum. . ; y ) . i, 7 MUSEUMS. 9 The following Lectures were delivered by the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum :-- Noy. 2nd.— Recent re-arrangements in the Museum.” Noy. 9th.— On the Aquatic Mammalia.” I. ‘‘ Walruses and Seals.” Nov. 16th.— II. “‘ Earless Seals.” Nov. 23rd.— III. “ Whales and their Allies.” Nov. 30th.— IV. ‘‘ Sea Cows.” A. DERBY MUSEUM. THe Entrance HALL AND GALLERIES. (British COLLECTIONS.) Early in the year the new cases (ordered at the close of the previous year) for the ground floor of the Entrance Hall having been erected, and those in the galleries re-fitted and re-coloured, the arrangement in them of the British Collections was assiduously proceeded with, and by working late, and employing extra assistance, was completed before the meeting of the British Association. The ground floor has been reserved for the Invertebrate series, and the galleries for the Chordata. Although the collections are far from being complete even in any single Order, a very good beginning has been made, and almost every day, since they were opened to the public, has seen additions made to them. Our more pressing desiderata are some of the commonest objects of our coasts and fields. It is to be hoped that all friends of the Museum, especially all local collectors, into whose hands this Report may come, will, when opportunity Occurs, kindly aid in filling up our various gaps, by forwarding freshly-collected specimens to the Director. It affords the Director great satisfaction to record that this first attempt to bring together in the Museum a British Collection has; if one may judge from the number of visitors and students constantly seen consulting it, been much appreciated. The fossil remains of extinct species of the various Orders, which have, following a long-adopted but very illogical arrangement, been hitherto exhibited in a different gallery from their relations, the recent forms, will, it is hoped, during the coming year, be incorporated in the same cases with the latter, forming one connected series. It is intended, also, to utilise the balustrade cases in the gallery of the Entrance Hall, which 10 MUSEUMS. will be available after the distribution of the Paleontological Series as just indicated, for the display of a well-selected series of British Flowering Plants and illustrations of the Forest Trees of the country, with specimens of their fruit and wood. ZOoLoGicAL DEPARTMENT. (a) GENERAL. During the past year a re-arrangement of the staff took place which enabled the Committee to increase, by an additional member, the scientific assistants in the Derby Museum. The appointment was given to Mr. William 8. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc., a distinguished graduate of Aberdeen University, then one of the assistants to Dr. Alleyne Nicholson, Professor of Natural History, and previously an assistant to Dr. J. Trail, F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the same University. By the superannuation of the Caretaker of the Buildings. a post which it had become unnecessary to re-fill, several rooms in the basement were vacated. Two of these, having a good aspect, have now been temporarily fitted up as Laboratories, one for the Director’s personal use, and the other for his Zoological Assistants. Thus has been provided, though still inadequately, some of the much-needed accommodation requisite for research work and the preparation of specimens for exhibition. In November Mr. Herbert Robinson, who has devoted much attention to Ornithology, kindly offered his services in assisting to catalogue the Bird Collection in the Museum. As this was work urgently requiring to be done, Mr. Robinson’s services were gratefully accepted, and some progress was made by him, during the month of December, towards this much-desired end. By far the most important event in the history of the collections, during the year, has been the acquisition by purchase of the TRistRam CouuEction of Brrps. This is an historical Collection, long recognised among Ornithologists as one of the first importance. It was, if not the last, almost the last, of the zreat undispersed private collections which were amassed by wealthy cultivators of this Science in England during the past half century or more, nearly every one of which has now become incorporated in the National Museum of Natural History at South Kensington, either by gift or by purchase. No such general collections are now being made. Ornithologists as a rule now restrict themselves— MUSEUMS. 11 owing to the magnitude of the subject—to collecting and studying the birds of one, or even part of one, region, or the species of a single family or of a few families at most. One of the earliest and most important of such general collections was brought together at Kuowsley by the 14th Lord Derby who, by bequeathing it to the City of Liverpool, laid the foundation of our Museum. Our new acquisition was formed by Henry Baker Tristram, D.D.. LL.D., F.R.S., Canon of Durham Cathedral, its foundation dating from the year 1844, when, an undergraduate, he began to collect British and European Birds. Having soon after that year accepted an official post in Bermuda, he devoted his leisure to collecting the birds of the West Indian Islands, whose number, in future years, he succeeded in perfecting to a remarkable degree. Visits to North America followed, which resulted in large additions of the avi-fauna of that region being amassed. As is widely known, Canon Tristram has, at various periods of his life, paid extended visits to Palestine and Syria, as well as to the countries of Northern Africa on the Mediterranean Littoral, to the Sahara Desert, the Canary Islands and to Madeira, for the purpose of increasing his collection. Accordingly the birds of all these regions are well represented in it. In every case the birds he described and figured in his various works, in the Ibis (the chief Ornithological journal in England) or in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, were retained in his own cabinet, and these types thus add to the intrinsic as well as the historical interest of his collection. During a visit paid at a later period to Japan, Dr. Tristram obtained a large series of rare and interesting species of Eastern Palearctic Birds, and on his way through America he lost no opportunity of acquiring species from that region still desiderata in his cabinets. Besides his personal contributions to his collection, Dr. Tristram has maintained, throughout his life,. an extensive correspondence with naturalists, travellers, missionaries, consuls and officers of her Majesty's Army and Navy, in most quarters of the globe, many of whom he was the means of inspiring with some of his own love of Ornithology, inducing them to collect and investigate the bird life of many little-visited regions, and send home the fruits of their investigations. Through these agents, by exchange, purchase, or gift, the Tristram Museum obtained annually large 12 MUSEUMS, accessions. Special attention was given by the Canon to the birds of the Oceanic Islunds, chiefly of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the. collection—which is specially rich in this department—has been, as he himself has remarked, “most valuable in the study of. types under changed conditions and especially in isolation.” There are, in the collection, specimens of a number of species now extinct, and so rare that but very few museums anywhere possess examples. Of these may be mentioned the Labrador Duck (Camptolemus labradoricus) already represented, however, in our Knowsley Collection; the Norfolk Island Parrot (Nestor productus), previously in tke same Collection, but given away in exchange; the Raratongan Flycatcher (Monarchadimidiata) ; and a number of bones of the Great Auk (Alcea impennis). The Tristram Collection contains contributions from the following naturalists, explorers and travellers :— A. L. Adams, d’Albertis, A. Anderson, C. J. Andersson, Audebert, Beavan, Sir E. Belcher, Bernstein, Biddulph, Blakiston, Blanford, E. Blyth, Boie, Brehm, W. E. Brooks, Bryant, Sir W. Buller, du Chaillu, Coues, Dall, Danford, Charles Darwin, Pére David, Dresser, Elwes, Emin Pasha, Eversman, Everett, Eyton, Fielden, O. Finsch, H. O. Forbes, Frazer, Giitke, Giglioli, Godman, J. H. Gurney, Sen. and Junr., Gould, Sir J. von Haast, Habel, Hancock, Harting, Hartlaub, Sir J. Hector, von Heuglin, G. Henderson, Brian Hodgson, Hose, A. Hume, Sir H. H. Johnston, Sir W. Jardine, Jerdon, Jesse, Sir J. Kirk, Kleinsmidt, Kriiper, Kubary, E. L. Layard, Legge, Lord Lilford, J. J. Lister, Mandelli, W. T. Marsh, J. Motley, Professor A. Newton, Sir E. Newton, E. W. Oates, Petherick, Prjevalsky, Ridde, Wardlaw-Ramsay, Dr. P. Rendall, G. E. Richards, Ridgway, Riippell, Salvadori, O. Salvin, H. Saunders, St. John, Schlegel, Sclater, H. Seebohm, Severtzof, Captain G. E. Shelley, P. J. Selby, Sir A. Smith, R. Swinhoe, Stolitzka, Theobald, the Marquis Tweeddale, Ussher, Van Dam, J. Verreaux, A. R. Wallace, Lord Walsingham, Wheelwright, Whitmee, Whitehead, Wimberley, Woodford. The Tristram Collection is poorer in South American Birds than in those of any other region. In the birds of that region, however, the famous Collection of the Fourteenth Earl of Derby, presented to the Museum in 1851, is singularly rich, so that the two collections supplement each other in a most unexpected manner, and it will be found that the MUSEUMS. 13 entire collection of birds belonging to the Corporation, when the general catalogue, now in progress, has been completed, is second ouly to that in the British Museum. What the number of species and specimens in the Derby Collection may be, it is impossible as yet to predict, as no catalogue at all approaching completeness exists ; but it is well known to contain a very large number of specimens of perhaps even greater historical interest than the Tristram, as they were obtained in the great voyages of the end of the last century. So far as the catalogue has progressed, there are indications that a number of untraced types and historical specimens will be found buried in the Derby Cabinets. The specimens in the Tristram Collection exceed 20,000, representing _more than 6,000 species, and of these over 150 are type specimens. (b) ARRANGEMENT. The re-arrangement of the Zoological Collections in the room which (when the proposed extension of the Museums is completed) will be the commencement of the continuous Gallery destined to contain the Vertebrates, has been now nearly completed. This room is devoted to Man and the Simian Anthropoidea, viz. :—the Chimpanzees, the Gorillas, the Orang-utans, and the Gibbons. The new series of skulls, casts, and photographic enlargements, illustrating the various races of mankind— the Caucasian, the Mongolian, and the Melanesian—has been remarkably popular, and this section will be further extended whenever opportunity offers. Advantage is also taken of opportunities of obtaining photographs direct from life from natives of the various countries who come to the Port of Liverpool. No such collection as this, it is believed, exists in any other Museum. The Anthropoids are represented as yet chiefly by mounted specimens; the comparative preparations of their osteology and internal anatomy are not yet ready for exhibition. In the Invertebrate Galleries it has been impossible to undertake any very special re-arrangement. Several of the groups of the Insecta have been replaced in new drawers, and re-arranged by the Zoological Assistants, by whom also the numerous species added to the Museum during the year, both of Vertebrates and Invertebrates have been determined and catalogued. Many Spirit and Formal preparations haye, in addition, been made by them for the various exhibition galleries. 14 MUSEUMS. A commencement has been made also with the General Catalogue of the Derby Museum on the Card-system. The cataloguing and registering of the Bird Collection is proceeding part passu with the naming and labelling of the specimens. The Anthropoidea and Cetacea have also been catalogued. (c) CoNSERVATION. The usual work of conservation has been continued throughout the year. The examination of the Spirit Collections—chiefly of Invertebrata —long stored in the Spirit Room, referred to in the last Report, has been continued, and the preservative fluid in which they were kept, restored. The arranging of them into groups has also been continued ; but a considerable time must elapse before this work can be completed. The whole of the Collections have been periodically examined, dusted, and kept free from moth and other pests. A large number, principally of skins of Birds, has been relaxed and placed in the Study Collection. Numerous specimens of various Vertebrate groups have, as during last year, been placed in Spirit or Formal for future histological use, or for making preparations in illustration of exhibited specimens. A number of Marine Invertebrates were, during this summer, again obtained at Port Erin and placed in Formal of various strengths, to try the efficacy of this new preservative for Museum purposes. The specimens of Hydrozoa, Mollusca and Fishes experimented upon have, in particular, been successfully preserved, with the retention of the life-like condition of their tissues; but most of them still, in time, lose their natural colour, though far more slowly than when placed in spirit. (d) Loans. Several species of Sandwich Island Birds were lent to the Hon. Walter Rothschild for study at his Museum at Tring, Herts. (e) PRESENTs. The number of gifts made to the Museum during the year has shown no falling off as compared with last year. Many of these are valuable and interesting specimens; but few are of outstanding importance. Mr. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of the 8.8. ‘* Niger,” one of Messrs. Elder, Dempster and - MUSEUMS. WS Company’s fleet, has this year again succeeded in bringing over, from West Africa, on frequent occasions, living specimens of the Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus), and has presented them to the Museum. They have proved very attractive, both to scientific men and to the general public. He also brought over and presented additional specimens of the ‘“‘ Walking-fish ” (Periophthalmus koelreuteri), collected on the West Coast of Africa. He was successful besides in conveying alive to the Aquarium the interesting Ganoid (Calamoichthys calabaricus). (f) ExcHanass. Certain living duplicates of animals in the Aquarium were sent to the Montreal Museum in exchange for desiderata (not yet arrived), in our Museum; a series of Marine Invertebrates (see list of acquisitions) was received from Professor D’Arcy Thompson, University College, Dundee, to be exchanged for other marine animals. . (g) ACQUISITIONS. INVERTEBRATES— Protozoa. Noctiluca miliaris ; purchased. Collection of Foraminifera ; presented by Mr. F. Gordon Pearcey :— Hyperammina arborescens, Operculina complanata, Orbitolites laciniata, O. complanata, Pelosina variabilis, Astrorhiza limicola, A. catenata, Carpenteria gigantea, and a series of Foraminiferal deposits. Porifera. (Sponges.) Halisarca dujardini ; Spongelia fragilis ; Tethya lyncurium ; Stelletta collingsi ; purchased. Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.) Coryne vaginata, Gonothyrea loveni, Plumularia similis, Medusoids of Syne ryne, Lucernaria octoradiata, Anemone sulcata, Peachia triphylla ; purchased. Echinoderma. (Starfishes, etc.) Myriotrochus rinkit and Antedon eschrichtw ; received in exchange. Synapta inherens ; purchased. , Vermes. (Worms.) Taenia serrata, T. cucumarina; received in exchange. 16 MUSEUMS. Cerebratulus marginatus, Polynoe glabra, Sigalion boa, Nereis cultrifera, and the Heteronereis form, Nephythys ceca, Glycera dubia, Marphysa sanguinea, Phyllodoce laminosa, Chaetopterus variopedatus, Cirratulus serratus, Clymene lumbricalis, and Sagitta bipunctata ; purchased. Thalassema neptuni and Phascolosoma sp.; purchased. Pedicellina echinata and Alcyonidium papillatum ; purchased. Sagitta sp. large ; presented by Mr. F. Gordon Pearcey. Arthropoda. Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.). The following have been received in exchange :— Hippolyte grenlandica, H. macilenta, H. polaris, H. phippsii, Cyamus nodosus, C. monodontis, C. ceti, C. mysteriti, Parediceros lyneeus, Hoplonye cicada, Atylus carinatus, Anonyx nugax, Arcturus baffini; var tuberosus, Stegocephalus inflatus, Murmopsis typica, Aegina spinosissima, Branchinecta paludosa, Mysis oculata, Nyctiphanes norvegica, Boreophausia raschii, Glyptonotus sabini, _Onesimus edwardsi, Artemia fertilis, Chaetonymphon hirtipes. Gelasimus vocans and Mictyres lonyicarpus ; purchased. Typical series of British Amphipods (six species) ; purchased. Typical series of British Isopods (six species); purchased. Pasiphea, sp., Nebalia bipes, Nymphon, sp., Pycnogonum littorale ; purchased. Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, &c.) Collection of Indian Insects; presented by Mr. H. W. Winstanley, consisting of over 5U0 specimens, containing about 100 species. The following are the species identified :-— Lepidoptera :— Hebomoia glaucippe ; Cyrestis thyodamus ; Dalchina teredon ; Cirrochroa lanka (2?) ; Cethosia cyane; C. biblis ; Papilio cloanthus ; P. pandarus; P. paris; P. chaon ; P. astorion ; Zetites telephus ; Z. agamemnon ; Salatura genutia; Terias hecabe ; T.nepa; Haridra desa; Haridra sp. ; Rakinda sinuata ; Curetis thetys; Thecla sp. ; Ixias cingalensis g ; Hulepis athamas ; Limenitis cingalensis; L. sp.; Epistime nigripennis ; Adolias nicia ; Gonepteryx verhuelii; Catopsilia catilla g ; Hiposcritia narendra 3; Potamis ambica ; Athyma cama ; Stictoplea hopei Zandg ; Isamia splendens; Murwareda eudamippus ; Apatura bolina 3; Tirumala septentrionis ; Pieris thestylis ; P. pasithe ; Nilasera pirama ; Charus helenus ; Parantica aglea ; Euripus MUSEUMS, 17 halitherus ; Doleschallia bisaltide ; Kallima inaehus : Ornithoptera biliacon $ ; Deilephila sp. Coleoptera :— Buchirus macleayi 2 ; Catoxantha gigantea ; Chrysochroa fulgrda ; Trigonophorus nepalensis g and ¢ ; Mimela horsfieldii ; Calandra serrirostris ? ; Mylabris cichorit ? Orthoptera :—Gryllotalpa sp. Hemiptera :—Raphigaster incarnatus. Collection of South Sea Island Insects, &c., consisting of about 150 specimens ; purchased. The following have been identified :— Lepidoptera :—Wymphalis bolina ; Pieris sp. ; Preris sp. ; Papilio sp. ; Papilio sp. ; and four Cocoons. Coleoptera :—Platycorynus cyaneus ; Temognatha variabilis ; Coccinella sp. ; Chrysodema sp.; Schizorhina australasie ; S. punctata ; Schizorhina sp. ; Scarites schreetert ; Lamprima aurata ; Catadromus lacordairii ; Dynastes gideon. Orthoptera :— Acrydiumperegrinum ; A. migratoriun ; Ephippitytha maculata ; Phasma jamaicensis ; P. phytsicum ; P. gigas ; P. reinwardt ; Mantis sp. and Cocoon ; Truxalis nasutus ; Mantispa pagana. Hemiptera :—Cicada saccata ; Cystosoma saunderst ; Lygeus kenigii ; Edessa sp. ; Belostoma grande. Hymenoptera :— Ophion sp., Ants, and Nests of Wasps. Myriapoda :— Scolopendra sp. Arachnida :—Buthus cesar, and two Spiders. Moth and Cocoons from Brazil; presented by Messrs. Gunston & Sons, per Mr. E. Edmondson. Moth found in an Ash log, irae from Virginia, U. 8. I Bi presented by Mr. Joseph Owen. Five-plumed Moth (Pterophorus pentadactylus); presented by A. Commins, Esq., LL.D., M.P., Liverpool. Spider (Ocypete sp.) ; presented by Mr. Harford. Spider (Ocypete sp.), from the Botanic Gardens ; presented by Mr. J. Richardson. Five Lantern-flies (Fulgora laternaria) from Peru; presented by Captain Good, S.S. Huasacar. Saw-fly (Uroceros gigas) ; presented by Mr. E. Samuelson. Centipede (Scolopendra sp.); presented by Mr. W. H. Bell. Goliath Beetle (Goliathus giganteus $ and ¢), and the Rock Scorpion (Buthus afer), from West Africa; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. 18 MUSEUMS. Three Australian Butterflies (Ornithoptera cassandra) and one Moth (Eustychema mars) ; presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson. Mollusea. Clio borealis, received in exchange. Buccinum undatum, Sepia officinalis, Sepiola rondeletti and Loligo media ; purchased. CHORDATES.— Hemichordata. Balanoglossus salmoneus ; purchased. Fishes. One thousand Ova of Salmo levenensis ; purchased for the Aquarium. Flying Fish (Zxocetus evolans), with parasites of lenella sp., ant Lepis sp., attached ; presented by Capt. P. S. Hearn. Several specimens of the African Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens) in mud; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Two Lampreys (fetromyzon marinus), living; presented by Mr. G. H. Stewart. Four Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus), living, and a large one in spirit: presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Eighteen Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri), living and in spirit ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Tetrodon sp., Ostracion sp., and Hippocampus sp.; purchased. Large Carp (Cyprinus carpio), from Prenton, Cheshire ; presented by Mr. G. Barker, Oxton. Calabar Polypterus (Calamoichthys calabaricus), living ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Spinous Shark (Echinorhinus spinosus), from Bantry Bay; presented by Messrs. Harley and Miller. Stone Loach (Nemacheilus barbatula) ; purchased for the Aquarium. North American Cat-fish (Amiurus sp.); purchased for the Aquarium. Amphibians. Crested Newt (Molge cristata 3 and ¢); Common Newt (Molge vulgaris, $ and ¢); Palmated Newt (\olge palmata, 3 and ¢); presented by the 'rustees of the British Museum. Two specimens of Indian Frog (Rana tigrina) ; presented by Mr. R. Entwistle. MUSEUMS, 19 Mexican Axolotls (Azolotl tigrinum); purchased for the Aquarium. Green Tree-frogs (Hyla arborea) ; purchased for the Aquarium. Spotted Salamanders (Salamandra maculosa) ; purchased for the Aquarium. Italian Toads (Bufo vulgaris) ; purchased for the Aquarium. Reptiles. Crocodile, living, (C. acutus) from Panama; presented by Mr. E. K. Gillespie. Two Young Crocodiles (Mecistops cataphractus) from West Africa, living; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Two Skinks (Scincus officinalis) ; presented by Mr. W. Cross. Two Geckos (Tarentola mauritanica) ; presented by Mr. W. Cross. Snake (Distira viperina) ; presented by Mr. A. Young. Six Snakes from Iquitos, Peru; presented by Captain Good, S.S. Huasacar. British Adder (Pelias berus); presented by Mr. P. Eutwistle. Skull of Stumpy-nosed Crocodile (Osteolemus tetraspis) from West Africa; presented by Mr. Sydney J. B. Toby. Chameleon (Chameleon oweni) and six Lizards (Agama colonorum) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Rough-keeled Snake (Dasypeltis scabra) from South Africa ; presented by the Zoological Society, London. Cast of Sphenodon punctatus of New Zealand; presented by Professor Ray Lankester, Oxford University. Snake ; presented by Dr. T. H. Bickerton. Skink (Lygcsoma verreauxt) ; purchased. Two Lizards ( Varanus goldii) ; purchased. European Pond Tortoises (mys orbicularis); purchased for the Aquarium. Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis) ; purchased for the Aquarium. English Ringed Snakes (Tropidonotus natrix); purchased for the Aquarium. Birds. Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) 3, shot at Eccleston ; presented by Mr. Thomas West. Emu (Dromeus nove-hollandie) ; purchased. 20 MUSEUMS. Abnormally Coloured Egg of the Domestic Fowl; presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Photographs of various species of Birds and their iat taken by Mr. R. Welch; purchased. Dabchick (Podiceps fluviatilis) from Caithness; presented by J. B. Marsden-Smedley, Esq., J.P., Lea-bridge, nr. Derby. Nest of Sugar Bird ; presented by Mr. A. K. Lane. Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), from Ireland ; purchased. A young Golden Eagle (.’quila chrysetus) from Greece, living ; presented by the Cunard Steamship Company. Pheasant (Phas‘anus colchicus), with a pair of supernumerary wings ; presented by Col. Turner, Clitheroe, per Dr. T. H. Bickerton. Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) 3 ; presented by Mr. J. Fleming Stark, per Mr. R. M. Adam, New Ferry. Tur Tristram CoLLecrioy, consisting of over 6,000 species belonging to all orders, and 20,000 specimens (of which over 150 are types of species); purchased. [A privately printed Catalogue, with a series of letters and pamphlets relating to the Tristram coliection, was acquired along with the collection. A General Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum is at present in course of preparation. | A small collection, made in North Queensland and presented by Herbert C. Robinson, Esq., Aigburth, consisting of— 3 Chlamydodera nuchalis. 2 Oriolus viridis, adult and young. 1 Ptilopus swainsoni 3 1 Puilotis sp. Mammals. Common Porpoise (Phocena communis); purchased. Jaw-bone (left ramus) of a Whale ; presented by Messrs. Duncan, Son and Co. Arabian Gazelle (Gazella arabica) ; presented by Mr. W. Cross. Two Young Indian Antelopes (Antilope cervicapra); presented by Mr. Rowland Ward. Goat (Gen. et sp. indet.) from Thibet ; purchased. Tusk of Elephant from West Africa, and Dendrohyrax dorsalis from West Africa ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Casts of Right and Left Rami of Amphitherium prevosti, and cast of the MUSEUMS. 2Y type specimen of the lower jaw of A. owent, from the Stonesfield Slate ; presented by Professor Ray Lankester, Oxford University. Wild Cat (Felis catus) ; purchased. Japanese Badger (Meles anakuma) ; purchased. Austrian Otter (Jutra vulgaris) ; purchased. Black Rat (Mus rattus), living; presented by Mr. D. J. Howell. Egyptian Gerbil (Gerbillus egyptius) ; presented by Mr. W. Cross. Tailed Fox Bat (Xantharpyia sp.) ; purchased. Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); and Anubis Baboon (C. anubis) ; purchased. : Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus niger) ; purchased. Adult Chimpanzee Skull and Bones (Anthropopithecus niger) ; and Skull and Bones of Gorilla (G. gorilla) ; presented by Mr. Sydney J. B. Toby. Two Patas Monkeys (Cercopithecus patas) from West Africa; purchased. Two Young Gorillas (G. gorilla) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. Four Human Skulls from Truxillo, Peru ; purchased Tnca Skull from a tomb at Chimbote, Peru; presented by Mr. Martarell. Casts of the Neanderthal and the Engis Skulls, and of the Cranium of the Hottentot Venus; a Patagonian Skull; and the bust of a North American Indian; purchased. MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. The following are the acquisitions in this Department :— Two specimens of Molybdenite ; presented by Mr. Alex. Sparrow. Piece of silicified wood from Brazil ; presented by Mr. J. A. Dean. Collection of Minerals; presented by Mr. M. L. Crawford, as follows :— Crystallized Quartz, Prehnite, Dog-tooth Spar, Plumbo-calcite (new form), Octahedral Galenite, Pectolite, Galenite in Quartz, Purple Fluor, Fine Crystals of Blende, Pearly Quartz and Galeuite, . Carbonate of Lead, with Galenite, Quartz with Soapstone, Pearl Spar, Fortification Agate, Heavy Spar, Crystals of Copper Pyrites, Sulphide of Copper, Vanadinite, Calcite (peculiar form), Iron Pyrites on Heavy Spar, Litharge, Lenticular Calcite, Botryoidal Pyrites, Childrenite, Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Silicate of Zine, Smithsonite, Calcite with Soapstone, Sulphate of Strontium with Sulphur, Zinc Blende, Carbonate of Iron, Sulphate of Lead, Copper Snlphate, Cupreous Sulphate with Carbonate of Lead, 22 MUSEUMS. Orange Phosphate of Lead, Carbonate of Lead and Pyromorphite. Collection of Minerals collected by the late Fleet Surgeon, W. L. Powell, H. M. S. ‘“‘ Duke of Wellington,” presented by Miss Powell : Native Sulphur Crystals, Black Oxide of Cobalt,’ Cavernous Selenite, Cinnabar, Quartz on Black Blende, Crystallized Quartz, Stibnite, and Gold Quartz. , BotantcaL DEPARTMENT. Fungus (Cordiceps robertsii) grown in the body of a caterpillar, and assuming its shape, from New Zealand; presented by Mr. F. F. Wilson. Collection of Flowering Plants, Mosses, Ferns, Lichens, Hepaticas, etc. (about 500 specimens) British and North American ; collected by the late Mr. T. Palgrave, and presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. Specimens of T'rigonocurpum oliceforme, Sigillaria, the stem of a Knorria, and « Lepidodendroid; collected by the late Fleet Surgeon, W. L. Powell, H. M.S. “ Duke of Wellington;” presented by Miss Powell. Tur AQUARIUM. The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the Museum; special interest being taken in the Protopteri, the Walking Fish, the Electrical Cat-fishes and the Sea Anemones. While the specimen of the Golden Eagle, presented by the Directors of the Cunard Company, remained in the Aquarium, it was constantly the centre of a large and interested crowd. The interest taken in these living exhibits indicates how greatly the establishment in Liverpcol of a Zoological Garlen would be appreciated ; indeed, such an educational establishment has almost become a necessity. Our efforts to keep in good health and condition the various tropical animals have proved very successful. The following species have been exhibited alive during the year, those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report :— The Fresh-Water Sponge * (Spongilla fluviatilis) ; Fresh Water Hydra * (Hydra viridis and fusca), Sea Anemones: The Crass * (Tealia crassicornis); Plumose Anemone * (Aetinoloba dianthus) ; Beadlct * (Actinia mesembryanthemum); Cave-dwelling Anemone * MUSEUMS. 23 (Sagartia troglodytes); Parasitic Anemone * (Sagartia parsitica) ; Opelet Anemone * (Anthea ecreus). Young Sea-urchin (IH. sphera). Sea Mouse (Aphrodite aculeata); Fresh-water Polyzoa.* Common Lobster (Homarus vulgaris) ; Edible Crab * (Cancer pagurus) ; Common Shore Crab * (Carcinus menas); Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) ; Prawn * (Palemon serratus). Fresh-water Mussel * (Anodonta cygnea) ; the Common Planorbis * (P. Corneus); the Pond Snail (Lymnea stagnalis). Loch Leven Trout * (Salmo levenensis); Rainbow Trout *(Salmo irideus); Gold Carp * (Carassius auratus); Tench * (Tinca vulgaris); Rudd * (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus); Minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus); Roach * (Leuciscus rutilus); Pike * (sox lucius); Perch *(Perca fluviatilis) ; ‘Bass (Labrax lupus); White Bream * (Abramis blicea); Stone-Loach * (Nemacheilus barbatula); North American Cat-fish * (Amiurus sp); River Lamprey (Pelromyzon fluviatilis) ; Fresh- water or Rock Bass (Centrarchus @neus); Common Pond or American Sun-fish (Pomotis vulgaris) ; Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus) ; African Mud-fish * (Protopterus annectens); Calabar Polypterus Calamoichthys calabaricus) Walking Fish * (Periophthalinus koelreuteri) ; Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus); Conger Eel * (Conger vulgaris) ; Freckled Goby * (Gobius minutus); Spotted Gunnel or Butter-fish (Centronotus gunellus); Bulthead (Cottus bubalis) : Sole (Sclea vulgaris) ; Plaice * (/leuronectes platessa); Lesser Weever * (Tvrachinus vipera) ; Pogge *(Agonus cataphractus). Common Frog * (/tana temporaria) ; Indian Bull-frog * (Lana tigrina); Green Tree Frog (Hyls arborea); Common Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Natter- jack Toad * (Bufo calamila); Crested or Great Water-Newt * (Triton eristatus); Common or Smooth Newt *(Molge vulgaris); Spotted Salamander * (Salamandra maculosa); American Salamander * (Amblystoma carolina) ; Mexican Axolotl * (Axolotl tigrinum); Menopoma * (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis)—this specimen has now been alive in the Aquarium for fifteen years; West African Crocodile * (A/ect:tops eataphractus); West African Lizard * (Agama colonorum) ; Egyptian Skiuk * (Scincus officinalis) ; Green Lizard * (Lae-rta viridis); English Ringed Snake * (T'ropidonotus natrix) ; a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysetus), from Greece; British Black Rat (J/us rattus); West African Tree-Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis). 24 MUSEUMS. SumMARY oF ACQUISITIONS. Zoological. Protozoa... ee 9 Species ... Numerous Specimens Porifera... ere 4 mf saa 4 oer Coelenterata ah 7 <3 B. 12 ‘4 Echinoderima ea 3 Ei se 4 ” Vermes..... eee an 44) ee 20 - - Arthropoda (Crustacea) 42. ae 100 ns Arthropoda(Tracheata) 162. ves 672 » Mollusea ... aus 5 ae me 9 4 Hemichordata AR 1 =f = i $5 Fishes a 5-0 SAS ¥ $3; 48 . Amphibians es 8 i ny 3 in Reptiles... ans aei6 e ah 47 a Birds on La, 4; ..», 20,015 5 Mammals ... ee - see 34 ~ 6,326 20,997 Geological and Mineralogical. Minerals... ies as Ak i 50 Specimens. Botanical, Species (undetermined) ... 3 +: 503 Specimens. B.—_MAYER MUSEUM. (a) GENERAL. During the year many Anthropologists have inspected the collection, among whom may be mentioned Professor Haddon, Principal Rendall, Arthur Evans (of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), Dr. Montelius, Sweden; Dr. J. G. Garson, H.M. Criminal Anthropometrical Depart- ment; ©. H. Read, British Museum; Dr. H. Stolpe, Sweden; J. Edge-Partington, Professor W. Ridgway, H. Ling Roth. There has been no event of striking importance to record in reference to the Mayer Museum during the year. The collections have been added to, so far as funds have permitted, whenever an opportunity occurred MUSEUMS. 25 for doing so. The Assistant Curator, Mr. P. Entwistle, has been constantly employed in labelling specimens and in adding explanatory drawings and photographs, which add greatly to the interest and value of the collection. The addition of these photographs and drawings is being continued as rapidly as they c¢an be obtained or made. A set of photographs of Kru-boys from Liberia, West Africa, were taken from the life, and have been enlarged for exhibition in the Ethnographical Galleries, as well as a series from original negatives of the natives of Taupota, S.E. New Guinea. (6) Loans AnD Depostts. The following objects were lent as below :— Negatives of a Celtic Cup and Mirror to J. Romilly Allen, Esq., for reproduction in the ‘‘ Archwologia Cambrensis,” illustrative of his paper on Late Celtic Art; also four Negatives of a Trepanned Skull from Eastry Churchyard, Kent, to Dr. R. Munro, for reproduction in his work on “Trepanning.” These were duly returned safely with the thanks of the respective borrowers. The following manuscripts have been lent to the Paleographical Society, University College:—‘ History of the World, Sacred and Profane,” upon a roll of vellum 22 feet long, Italian? 18th century, M. 12017, and “ Selections from the Fathers, SS. Augustine, Gregory, Anselm, &c.,” English, early 14th century, M. 12086. The collection of Ethnographical Objects from New Guinea, deposited by Mr. W. H. Livesey in this Museum in May, 1893, having been purchased from him by Lady Meux (Theobald’s Park, Waltham Cross, Herts, per Upton & Britain, Solicitors. 51, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London), was despatched to Lady Meux, October 12th, 1896. The following photographs, taken by the Museum Staff, have been sent to the undermentioned investigators to assist in their studies, or to illustrate works on which they may be engaged :— Anglo-Saxon Fibule and Pendants, Ornaments, and a late Celtic Cup and Mirror, to Dr. O. Montelius, Sweden, and Professor W. Ridgway, Cambridge; the Four Faces of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramidion and the Sarcophagus of Bakhenkhonsu, to Dr. Schmidt, Copenhagen ; the Sarcophagus of Bakhenkhonsu, to M. P. Hippolite Boussac, Paris ; 26 MUSEUMS. the Leaf of an Ivory Diptych and Bronze Figure of Apollo, from Arles, France, to Professor Venturi, Rome. (c) ACQuISITIONS. (1.)—GENERAL. “‘Monumentos del Arte Mexicana Antiguo,’ por el Dr. Antonio Penafiel ; presented by the Mexican Government, per Senor Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, Director of the National Museum, Mexico, (deposited in the Free Library). Regalia, Minute Books, &c., of the Mock Corporation at Sephton (Sefton), near Liverpool; presented by Mrs. Cobham. Mock Corporations in the history of this country are by no means uncommon. That at Newcastle-under-Lyne originated in the deter- mination of the people not to be defrauded by the Corporate body of an ancient right to annually elect a Mayor in accordance with a charter granted by Henry II. The election of Mock Mayors at Newcastle-under- Lyne was continued as late as 1833. The Mock Corporation at Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, was established in 1701. This was, however, at first a Jacobite Club, afterwards used for political purposes under the designation of ‘‘ The Mayor and Corporation of the Ancient Borough of Walton,” and continued to exist as a Mock Corporation until 1800. The Mock Corporation of Sephton, near Liverpool, differed from the last named in its constitution, which was of a purely social character. It appears to have been established by Liverpool gentlemen, merchants, and others, for the purpose of social intercourse with one another on the Sabbath Day. As its records shew, it was the custom of the members to attend church twice a day; but why they selected Sephtou does not appear from the records. That the pleasures of the tabie formed no slight attraction, is evidenced from the repeated adjournments that took place to ‘ Nelly Barker’s ” at the ‘‘ Punch Bow] Inn,” adjoining the Church. The earliest date in connection with the origin of this Mock Corporation is upon the Mace, “‘ The gift of E. Cust, Esq., a. pom. 1764.” After this date there is no account of the Corporation till 1771, when the existing records begin. These are contained in two volumes of unequal size, the first of which commences with the year 1771, and extends to the year 1786. It appears that from 1771 to 1783 the meetings of the Corporation were MUSEUMS. 27 held exclusively at Sephton, in a room called the ‘“‘ Mansion House.” After 1783 chiefly on account of the inclemency of the weather during the winter, the meetings were held partly at Sephton and partly at Bootle 3; at Sephton during summer, and at Bootle in the winter months, from the first Sunday after the 18th of October to the middle of May. The place of meeting at Bootle was the ‘‘ Bootle Coffee House.” “The constitution of this Corporation was very similar to that of all Corporations, mock or otherwise. It was composed of a Mayor, two Bailiffs, a Recorder, a Town Clerk, a certain number of Aldermen and Common Council Men, a Sword and Mace Bearer, a Bellman, together with a number of Free Burgesses. The Mayor and Bailiffs (the Mayor’s Bailiff and the Town Bailiff) were elected annually on St. Luke’s Day, the 18th of October—the ancient day of electing the Mayor of Liverpool until 1836, and probably in imitation of it,” and on the same day, or the Sunday following, the other members, with few exceptions, had in addition to the sober titles by which they were known, some mock office or other conferred on them, as follows :— ** Alderman Whalley, Master of Harriers. Mr. Alex. Wotherspoon, An African Committee Man. Punch Maker. Attorney General. Master of the Dramatis Persone. Cominissioner to the Hackney Coaches. Pedestrian Ambassador to the Court of Russia. » Thos. Néwsham, », E. Newsham, », Willames, », Gaskell, » Wm. Doughty, Hans Dumpe, Chas. Wilson, J.C. H. Garbers, Edw. Banner, Astley, John Stanton, R. Molineux, Ogden, McLean, Richardson, Westmacott, Translator of Oriental Languages. Governor of Tantum Quarry on the Gold Coast. Imperial German Ambassador. Ranger of the Forests. Master of Fox Hounds. Contractor for Gunpowder. Brazier and Tinker General. Poet Laureate. Butter Weigher, Window Peeper. Statuary. 28 MUSEUMS. Mr. Chas. Eyes, Architect. », Cobham Richardson, Inspector of the Coney Warren. », sam. Patten, One of the Clerks of the Court of Conscience. », Thompson, . Chafe-wax. » Alex. Pigott, Admiral of the North Seas. », George Beavan, Chief Justice in Eyre. » W. T. Christian, Master of the Revels. 5, Lodge, American Consul. », Heblethwaite, Prince of Anamaboe, or Palaver Settler. », Mathews, Hooper, Cooper, and Powder Keg Maker.” Candidates for membership had to take ‘‘the oath” and drain the mace if possible at a draught. For some years a Lady Patroness was elected, by competition, the members bidding so much wine for the privilege of nominating her. Towards the close of these records the nomination was left to the Mayor, as it was deemed rather below the dignity of the Corporation to have their Lady Patroness knocked down to the highest bidder. The membership of this Mock Corporation appears to have numbered about 300. It seems that in the year 1784 its Regalia was stolen, and a reward of 100 guineas was offered for its recovery. List of Regalia, §e.— Large Mace of tin, silvered and gilt; round the body are four panels and rosettes alternately, on the first is painted the inscription, ‘‘ The Gift of F. Cust, Esq., a. pom. 1764”; on the second, a turtle ; on the third, below an obliterated picture is VIVI MUS, and on the fourth a rat or pig running. Two small Maces of tin, gilt and painted, on one of them the top piece (consisting of crown, fleur de lis, &c.) is removable, revealing a cup-shaped cavity for drinking purposes. It was from this Mace that all new members drank when taking the oath of membership. Large wooden Mace, gilt ; surmounted with a brass cross. Tron Sword, in a wooden case, the handle is of brass, studded with white pastes ; one arm wanting. Tron Sword, the pommel and guard gilt; handle and sheath covered with red plush with gilt bands. MUSEUMS, 29 Oar of tin, gilt and painted with a turtle on one side, and a fish on the other. Two black gowns and a felt hat, very much moth eaten. Two Minute Books of the “Corporation of Sephton for the years 1771 to 1786 and 1786 to 1797.” . Book containing the forms of “ Oath on taking Office,” ‘‘ Freeman’s Oath,” &c., as well as a list of the Members cf the Mock Corporation. “Cash Account” Book of the Mock Corporation from the years 1754 to 1829. A copy of the “ Proceedings‘of the General United Society for Supplying the British Troops upon the Continent* with extra clothing,” &c,, London, 1798; presented to the “Sephton Society at Liverpool.” The Sephton Society contributed £108, in addition to 500 shirts. Along with above objects, though probably not part of the Regalia, is a Scotch Claymore, a Metal Stand, and an Estate Account Book. Medals :— Three frames of Electrotypes of. British Historical Medals ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. (2) CERAMICS. Cream-coloured Jug, with black printed illustrations of ‘‘ Jemmy’s Farewell,” and ‘‘ Jemmy’s Return,” Liverpool manufacture ; purchased. Cream-coloured Jug, with black printed illustration, ‘‘ Lottery Insurance Office,” Liverpool manufacture ; purchased. (3) EranoGraAPHy. Pre-historic :— Seventy-six permanent photographs of Irish Antiquities :—Cromlechs, Hole Stones, Stone Circles, &c., &c., purchased. Autotype Enlargements of ‘ Devenish Abbey, Lcugh Erne,’ ‘ Kells Round Tower,’ Co. Meath, ‘The Great Cromleac’ at Ballymascanlan, Dundalk ; and ‘ Dunluce Castle’; presented by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway, Ireland, per C. J. Cotton, Esq., Manager, and the Great Northern Railway Co., Dublin. * The Army under the Duke of York. 80 MUSEUMS. Flint Arrow-head, with tanged stem, finely worked; and Flint Scraper; found in an urn in a mound at Dunragil, Wigtownshire. Piece of Breccia, containing numerous flint flakes and bones, from Palestine ; presented by the Rev. Canon H. B. Tristram, D.D., F.R.S. Part of a Terra-cotta Water Vessel, in the form of a human head; and nine glass beads, from graves at Chimbote, Peru; collected and presented by Mr. Martarell. Fac-simile of the ‘‘Codice Messicana Vaticano,’ No. 3773; presented by the Due de Loubat. ‘ For this, one of the most valuable of the gifts made to the Mayer Museum during this year, we are indebted to the generous liberality of the Duke of Lubat. This fac-simile is one of a number of the ancient Mexican Codices, executed at the expense of the Duke, who has for many years taken the deepest interest in these Mexican Antiquities, of which only a very few specimens have been preserved in some of the richer libraries. The Mayer Museum is fortunate in possessing an example of one of the finest originals of these books, which consist of Ritual Calendars, Histories, and Tribute Rolls of the Ancient Mexicans, written before the date of the discovery of America. The British Museum and the Bodleian Library are, it is believed, the only Repositories in England, besides the Mayer Museum, of examples of these treasures, and on the Continent the chief are Paris, Rome, Dresden and Vienna. These codices are inscribed in hieroglyphics on pages. made of pieces of deer skin of different sizes gummed together, having a white chalky composition spread over them, on which the curious pictures are drawn and painted in colours. ‘To their interpretation we had, until recently, almost no clue. In 1895 Senor Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, the Director of the National Museum of Mexico—a well-known scholar and authority on these documents—spent several weeks in studying and elucidating the Mayer Codex, both in the Museum and at Oxford University, where the Codex was, with the permission of the Committee, lent to Senor Troncoso for several months for the purpose of enabling him to compare it with the Codices in the Bodleian Library. In recognition of the Committee’s kindness Senor Troncoso gratuitously used his influence with his friend, the Duke of Lubat, and induced him to present a copy of the Vatican Codex 8773 to the Mayer Museum. The reproduction of this Codex is in absolute jfac-simile to the MUSEUMS. 31 smallest minutie of size, binding and coloration. Accompanying the Codex is a small pamphlet (in Spanish and English) on “The Manuscripts of Auahuac,” by Senor Paso y Troncoso, giving an account of the ‘‘Nahua Book” (as the Vatican Codex is called) and how it is to be read. The Duke of Lubat, in presenting the fac-simile, expresses, in a note addressed to the Director, the hope that some of the rich merchants of Liverpool may be induced to provide the cost of producing a fac-simile of the precious Mayer Codex after the manner of the Vatican “ Nahua Book.” Melanesian Race. Africa.— West and South West Africa :— List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, s.s. ‘‘ Niger ” (Elder, Dempster & Co.) :— Musical Instrument, from Sierra Leone. **Telegraph” Drum, from the Cameroons. Wooden Walking Stick, from the Cameroons. Carved Wooden Stool, from the Cameroons. Fetish Cap, from Bona Preso, Joss Town, Cameroons. Two Painted Wooden Masks, from Balune, base of the Cameroon Mountains. Pipe, with red clay head, from Burre, Cameroons. ‘Musical Instrument, from Mayumba. “Wooden Fetish Figure, “Coangi,” studded with nails, from the Landana Country, Portuguese Congo. Wooden Fetish Figure, “ Cazwso,” studded with nails, from the Landana Country, Portuguese Congo. Hatchet, with copper celt-shaped head, from Bosoko, Upper Congo. Spear, from the Lomani River, Upper Congo. War Knife, from Bobangi, Upper Congo. Wooden Fetish Figure, ‘The Great God of Boomudi,’ Bata Country. Fetish, from Bakunje, Mayumba Country, on the route to Stanley Pool. Wooden Female Figure, nursing a child, from Pueche, a village in the Mayumba Country. Five Wooden Spoons, from Batanga. Wooden Figure, from the Gaboon. Sword, in a leather sheath, Mandingo ; presented by Mr. R. Wade. Bag, used for carrying fish, from Grand Bassam ; presented by Mr. R. Wade. 32 MUSEUMS. Wooden Mask, painted, from the Mamby District, Congo Frangais ; presented by Mr. S. J. Toby. Ivory Horn ; presented by Dr. C. Ricketts. East Africa :— The following specimens from British East Africa were collected and presented by Dr. Perey Rendall :— Axe, with long narrow iron head and wooden handle. Axe, with iron head and wooden handle. Ivory-handled Knife in carved wooden sheath. Horn, used as a flask. _ Four Large Wooden Spoons. Hide Walking Stick. Necklace of Cut Shells. Two Bows. South Africa :— Snuff-bottle in form of a Goat, Kaffir ; purchased. Skin Bag, decorated with blue, black and white beads, Kafir ; purchased. Three Water-colour Sketches, copies of supposed Kaffir drawings on the walls of caves, at Frankfort, Orange Free State ; presented by Mr. M. Jarvis. New Guinea :— The following specimens from Taupota, S.E. New Guinea, have been acquired by purchase :— Wooden Drum, the end covered with lizard skin. Shell Ornament, worn on the forehead. Shell Trumpet. Cane Armlet. Three Stone Axe Heads. Necklace of discs of shell and cassowary quills. Necklace ; (material of beads undetermined). Necklace of plaited grass. Lime Gourd. The following specimens have also been purchased :— Wooden Drum, with animal-shaped mouth, from the Fly River District. Head-dress worn in the Koppa Koppa Dance, Tud, Torres Straits, Girdle Dress, Trobriand Islands. MUSEUMS. 33 The localities of the following are doubtful :— Three Breast Ornaments of varying forms. Two Cane Armlets. Girdle-dress of plaited grass. Cocoa-nut Armlet. Small Pestle and two Mortars, for pounding betel-nut. Wooden House Support, in form of two reptiles. Head Ornament of plaited rattan, with shell fringe. Wooden Shuttle. Shell Mesh Gauge. Lime Spoon. Wooden Food Stirrer. Breast Ornament, a frame of split rattan, ornamented with Boar's Tusks, &e. Solomon Islands :— Four-pronged Fishing Arrow, Fish Killer ; purchased. New Hebrides :— Two Wooden Clubs with star-shaped ends ; purchased. False Beard ; purchased. Dance Mask, in form of a fish, made up of split rattan covered with tappa cloth, painted white, and covered with projecting wooden pegs ; purchased. Dance Mask, made up of wood, split rattan, and vegetable fibre, dyed and painted ; purchased. Polynesia.—New Zealand :— Jade, ‘ Tiki ;’ Wooden Club, ‘ Patu ;’ purchased. Hervey Islands :— Elaborately-carved Paddle ; purchased. Mikronesia:— Matty Island :— Breast Ornament, an ovulwm, strung on to a piece of pandanus leaf; Two Netted Bags, decorated with shells; Four Shell Fish-hooks ; purchased, ; Mongolian Race. America.—South :— A collection of Ethnographical Objects, from the Caraja Indians, River Araguaya, a tributary of the River Amazon, State of Goyaz, United States of Brazil ; purchased, as follows :— MUSEUMS. Six Spears of palm wood, with bone heads ; Four Paddles, two with painted designs ; Six Bows; Twelve Clubs, various sizes, grooved and bound with rattan ; One War Trumpet ; One Pair of Virginity Armlets ; Eight Cane Head-dresses of two forms, variously ornamented with bright-coloured feathers; Two Girdle Belts ; Five Pairs of Feather Armlets ; One Pair of Feather Bracelets ; One Necklet of Dyed Cotton ; Two Feather Plumes for the head; One “Tucum” Cap of plaited grass, coated with down ; Four Cane Ear Ornaments ; Two Leaf Baskets; Two Wooden Plugs worn in the lobes of the ear ; One Pipe Head ; Two Wooden Lip Ornaments ; One Hunter’s Wallet; One Hundred Arrows of various forms. Wooden Blow-pipe, covered with a resinous composition, with an inner tube of cane ; Quiver, containing poisoned arrows ; the quiver has attached to it a human jaw bone, part of the jaw of the “pirari” fish, and a netted bag containing cotton ; Three Arrow-head Cane Tubes; Drum; Woven Garment, and copy of a European Guitar, from Iquitos, Peru, 2,500 miles up the Amazon River; collected and presented by Captain J. H. Good, s.s. “ Huasacar.” Spear of red wood, the shaft ornamented with feathers, in a hollow at the end of the handle is a rattle formed of dried nuts, from the Rio Brancho; purchased. Two Head-dresses of Cane covered with brightly-coloured feathers ; Feather Head Ornament ; from the Brazils ; purchased. Sword, the blade inscribed ‘‘ No. me. saques. sin. razon,” and on the reverse “No. me. enbaines. sin. honor.,” found in Lake Merim, on the frontier of Monte Video and Brazil ; presented by Mr. Thomas Whitney. Three Black and White Drawings of Natives of South America ; purchased. ; Wooden Bow and Five Arrows with glass heads; from Terra del Fuego ; presented by Mr. H. C. Beasley. China :— Brass Arch-shaped Plaque with figure upon it, obtained at the looting of Pekin ; presented by Dr. C. Ricketts. MUSEUMS. 35 Japan :— The following 24 Tsubas or Sword Guards were presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq., of Ilfracombe, per J. L. Bowes, Esq., Japanese Consul in Liverpool, who has most kindly furnished the descriptions :— 1.—Tsuba, iron, pierced. Two Dragons, X VI. Century. 2.—Tsuba, iron, pierced, Two Sea Dragons, one holding a gilt tama ; the claws, &c., in silver and gold. 3.—Tsuba, iron, imitating weather-worn wood, Wasp and Plant in gold. 4.—Tsuba, iron, pierced ; hammer-marked surface. A Rishi attended by a demon witha head of red bronze. The head of the Rishi in silver, his dress damascened. 5.—Tsuba, iron. Dragon in gold, passing through the guard. 6.—Tsuba, iron. Horses in a meadow. © Signed, Kawaji Tomomichi of Nagato. 7.—Tsuba,iron. Chrysanthemums, in low relief, and damascened. 8.—Tsuba, iron. Gentoku coming to the peach garden, Komei seated in a pavilion Damascened. Signed, Soheishi Niudo Soten. 9.—Tsuba, iron, pierced. The Battle of Ishibashiyama, 1181 a.p.; the figures damascened in gold and silver. Signed, Soheishi Soten. 10.—Tsuba, iron. Jurojin, god of longevity, with a crane, plum tree, and flower, in gold, silver and shakudo. * 11.—Tsuba, iron, pierced. Bean pod and leaves. Signed, Tsunemasa. 12.—Tsuba, shakudo, with manako ground. Chrysanthemums in gold and silver. 13.—Tsuba, shakudo, with manako ground. Chinese subject, a horseman crossing a bridge, with other figures in various metals. 14.—Tsuba, shakudo, with manako ground. Yoshiiye causing water to flow from a rock by striking it with his bow. * Shakudo :—An alloy with 2 to 5 per cent. of gold and silver. 36 MUSEUMS. 15.—Tsuba, shibuichi ¢. Three lions, in shakudo and red bronze, with gold spots, peony and butterfly in silver, &c. Signed, Yanagawa Naomasa. 16.—Tsuba, shibuichi. Hotei, god of contentment, in gold, silver and shakudo. Signed, Seishinken Mototomo. 17.—Tsuba, shibuichi. Dragon in clouds, in low relief. Signed, Yasuchika. 18.—-Tsuba, shibuichi. The poet Rihaku contemplating the moon. Gold and silver inlaying. 19.—Tsuba, shibuichi. A crane flying, in gold, tortoise and dwarf bamboo. 20.—Tsuba, shibuichi. Two cranes and weeds, in gold, silver and shakudo. 21.—Tsuba, shibuichi. Tiger and waterfall. 22.—Tsuba, sentoku ff. The apparatus for the Cha-no-yu or Tea ceremony, in various metals. 23.—Tsuba, sentoku, pierced. Trellis with convolvulus. Signed, Saisanjin. 24. Tsuba, sentoku. Two priests by a cascade, one exhaling a cloud from his mouth. Malay Archipelago.—Borneo :— Model of a Piratical War Canoe; presented by A. Earle, Esq., J.P. Burmah :— Cone-shaped Stone Pyramidion, having a series of steps running round it, on which are distributed small figures of Bhudda seated, carved out of stone, from the Irrawaddy River ; presented by Dr. C. Ricketts. Large Mat of appliqué work ; presented by ‘A. Earle, Esq., J.P. Caucasian Race. India :— Four Coloured Drawings ; presented by Mr. J. Hughes. + Shibuichi :—An alloy of copper and silver in variable proportions. ++ Sentoku :—A yellow bronze composed of copper, zinc and tin. MUSEUMS. 37 Egypt :— Two Strings of Ancient Egyptian Glass Beads; presented by Miss Holt, 54, Ullet Road. SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS. General ... 3 by sae a4 19 Ceramics... a ser of sp ae 2 Ethnography _... a Bg te AN 392 413 SCIENCE CABINETS FOR SCHOOLS. These Cabinets, as in previous years, have been distributed in rotation to different Elementary Schools in the City, and also to the Training Colleges for Teachers at Edge Hill and the College of the Notre Dame, Mount Pleasant. They have been carefully examined every month, and, when necessary, replenished. As remarked in the last Annual Report, there has arisen with the extension of the City boundaries, and the consequent inclusion of a large number of additional schools, the necessity for an increased number of Cabinets, in order te provide for all the schools desiring to have them. It was found, however, impossible, owing to the many calls upon the time of the staff during the past year, to increase their number. It is hoped that they will be considerably increased during the coming year. HENRY O. FORBES, Director oF Museums. 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