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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COMMITTEE

OF THE

FREE PUBLIC MUSEUMS

OF THE

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst December, 1897.

(Reprint of the General Report and of the Museums’ portion only of the

Report of the Committee of the Free Public Library, Museums,
and Walker Art Gallery.)

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FORTY-FIFTH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COMMITTEE

OF THE

FREE PUBLIC MUSEUMS

OF THE

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DeEceMBER, 1897.

(Reprint of the General Report and of the Museums’ portion only of the
Report of the Committee of the Free Public Library, Museums,
and Walker Art Gallery.)

LIVERPOOL:
J. R. WILLIAMS & CO., PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE.
1898.

COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS
FOR THE YEARS 1897-8.

————~<+

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN HOULDING, J.P., LORD MAYOR.

Committee.
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN.
M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jr., ESQ., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

ALDERMAN A. M. BLIGH, | JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,
LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P., JOHN LEA, ESQ.,

ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., M.P.,| FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ.,
ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ., WILLIAM OULTON, ESQ., J.P.,
JACOB R. GRANT, ESQ., ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,
WILLIAM 8. GRAVES, ESQ., J.P., COLONEL W. H. WALKER,
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., AUGUSTUS F. WARR, ESQ., M.P.,
MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P., ALDERMAN T. H. WILLIAMS, J.P.

Birector of Museums:
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Gurator of Derby Alusenm:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Gurator of Mayer Muserm:
P. ENTWISTLE.

GENERAL REPORT.

Our record for the past year is one of growth and activity in every
direction ; and both in the work done, and in its quality, we have made
gratifying progress.

The commodious new Library in Everton is doing excellent service in
that populous district, and the addition of Reading Rooms for women
and boys has fully justified this new departure. A large new Reading
Room has been added to the Kensington Library. A new Library and
Reading Room has been opened at Walton, and a Lending Library at
Sefton Park; while plans have been passed and estimates are now being
obtained for a new South Library in Windsor Street. Some pressure
has been put upon the Committee to establish further libraries and
reading rooms. So far the policy of the Committee has’ been to place
them only in great centres of population, and although, where funds
permit, it might be desirable to sub-divide some of the larger districts,
it is hardly possible to provide libraries and reading rooms in every
ward without a serious increase in the Library rate, which the Committee
are anxious to avoid. There has been a large increase in the demand
for periodicals, due no doubt in great measure to the popular and
entertaining character of their contents and the excellence of their
illustrations.

The Free Lectures have continued to increase in popularity: the
average attendance at the Picton Lecture Hall being 1,187. A
beginning has been made in the outer districts, where twenty-eight
lectures have been delivered to an average attendance of 226.

The substitution of electric lighting for gas in the Picton Lecture
Hall, and an improved system of ventilation, have greatly added to the
comfort of the audiences which assemble in this building.

The increasing numbers of visitors to our Museums is the best
testimony that they are not losing in their attractiveness, and it is believed
that the endeavours being made to introduce a thoroughly scientific
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classification is causing them to be more largely made use of by students.
The total visitors in the year were 337,838, or a daily average of 1,294,
This compares with 1,336, the daily average number of visitors to the
British Museum (Natural History).

A new departure has been taken by the issue of a serial “ The Bulletin
of the Liverpool Museums,” which contains the result of original
researches made by the Director and_ his staff, descriptions of _ new
additions to our Museums, and a portion of the new catalogue of our
collection of birds which is in course of compilation. This serial has
been very favourably received ; it keeps our Museum work before the
scientific world, and gives a standing and position to these as being
among the leading institutions of the kind in Europe.

The Art Department presents another record of its ever-increasing
popularity.

The Permanent Collection has been so considerably enriched during
the past five years that it forms in itself a gallery, both in extent and in
the high quality of the pictures exhibited, that has but few equals. The
want of space for the display of further pictures now presses for serious
consideration ; and as no department of our work is more widely
appreciated by the public, it is to be hoped that an addition to the
permanent gallery will be undertaken at an early date.

The Autumn Exhibition ot Pictures was a brilliant success. The

works exhibited were very attractive, and the attendance of the public
was large and appreciative.

WILLIAM B. FORWOO D,
CHAIRMAN,

THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Forty-Fifth Annual Report
upon the conpucT and PROGRESS of the Museums.

I.—GENERAL.

Tan Frer Pustic Museums comprise (A) the Drrsy Museum, of
which the nucleus was the collections bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by
the Thirteenth Earl of Derby. It contains the British Collections, and
the general Zoological, Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical Depart-
ments, besides which there is an Aquarium, containing both Fresh and
Salt Water Animals; (B) the Mayzr Museum, the larger part of
which was collected and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by
Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. These collections are specially rich in (a) ~
Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities ; (b) M edieval Huropean
Ivories, Bronzes, and Illuminated Manuscripts; (¢) the unrivalled
Brian-Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection; (d) the Vather Miniatures; and
(e) the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously richin Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares. Associated with this Museum, as belonging
more nearly to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to any
large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (f) the Ethnographical
Collections, chiefly of barbaric races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected at the
cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.
The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under :—

During January, November, and December ... from 10 to 4
» February Pe ae ws g,,-~«L0 to 4-30
» March and October... sn Oh » lOtod
, April to September .. 8 ey . 10 to6

Also on Monday Evenings during January to)

March, and October to December ... ) sass

The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except those of
Whit- and Easter-Weeks) throughout the year, as well as on Christmas
Day, and days of Public Fast and Thanksgiving.

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The Museums were represented by the Director at the Museums
Association, which met under the Presidency of Professor HE. Ray
Lankester, F.R.S., at Oxford, where the members had an opportunity,
under the guidance of their respective Curators, of inspecting the more
important exhibits, and studying the methods of arrangement in the
New Museums, the Pitt-Rivers Collection, and the Ashmolean Museum.

The Director likewise attended the Meeting of the British Association,
held in Toronto in August, under the Presidency of Sir John Evans,
K.C.B.,F.R.S. Hewasselected by the Council of the Association to deliver
the public lecture annually given to the operatives of the City where the
Association meets. The lecture, attended by over 1,500 people, was given
on Saturday evening, August 21st. After their arrival in Canada, and
previous to the meeting of the Association, many of the members were,
through the liberality of the Canadian Government and of the various
Railway Companies, able to visit the Museums and other Scientific
and Educational Institutions in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. At the
close of the meeting the Canadian Pacific Railway Company placed at
the disposal of three separate parties of selected members, which started
on different days, sleeping cars from Toronto to Vancouver, giving them
facilities for seeing every place of scientific interest along the route, by
detaching their carriage for twenty-four hours, and by providing for
them, at these stopping places, special steamers and trains. The Director
was attached to the Geological party, under the conduct of Dr. G. M.
Dawson, C.M.G., the Director General of the Geological Survey of Canada,
assisted by Professor Coleman, Toronto University, Mr. A. E. Barlow and
Mr. McInnes, Members of the Geological Survey, who were unwearied in
demonstrating and describing all the geological features of interest along
the line. The Director, compelled by unforeseen circumstances to turn
back at Winnipeg, was able to see a great deal of the mineral deposits
of the country thus far West, and to gain a clear idea of its main
Geological and Geographical features. He had also the welcome
opportunity of personally observing some of the North American
Indians. Visits were subsequently paid by him to the National Museum
and the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington; the United States
Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York; the
Peabody Museum at Yale University ; and the Peabody Museum and
the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Cambridge,

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Mass. The Director is grateful to the officers of these institutions for
their great courtesy, and highly appreciates the opportunity the occasion
gave him of becoming personally acquainted with many of the American
men of Science, whose works he has long been familiar with, or whom
he has known only by correspondence. Arrangements for an interchange
of duplicates with several of the above named institutions were
entered into.

During the year has been published the first number of a serial,
The Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, intended to make known the
contents of the Museums, so many of which are not only new, but
_of great historical interest ; and to publish the results of the investigations
carried on in the Laboratories attached to them, and the observations
made on the animals living in the Aquarium. The first number was
issued on August 4th, and opened with an Introductory note descriptive
of the origin of the Collections, with portraits of the Thirteenth Harl of
Derby, of Mr. Joseph Mayer and of Sir William Brown, and witha View
of the Buildings as they existed in 1897, and contains a Catalogue of the
Parrots (Psittaci) in the Derby Museum, illustrated by hand-coloured
plates of Nestor norfolcensis (of which the Museum possesses the
only known example), of Coriphilus taitianus and of the type. specimen
of Nasiterna nanina, Tristram. Two species are therein described
as new, i.¢., Pwocephalus rubricapillus, Forbes and Robinson, and
Cyanorhamphus magnirostris, Forbes and Robinson. Under the heading
of Museum and Aquarium Notes there will be found an illustrated
description of a Crustacean parasitic on a Flying-fish; Habitat of
Gasterosteus pungitius ; The first feeding of Young Trout; Malapterurus
electricus ; Recent acquisitions by the Mayer Museum, and an interesting
Folk-lore Note Medicine at the Museums.

The Bulletin will be published at irregular intervals ; but it is hoped
that one small 8vo. volume, of four parts, will be issued every year.

Another matter for congratulation, in connection with the Museums,
is the fact that the excavations for the foundations for the much-needed
New Technical Schools and Museum Extension have been for several
weeks under weigh, and, owing to the specially favourable weather that
has been experienced, great progress has been made. The buildings

_ will, it is reckoned, be completed by the end of the year 1900.

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IJ.— Vistvors.

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 :—

1896. 1897.
(245 Days) (261 Days)
Total Visitors in the Year ie ae 298,516 -- 337,838
Weekly Average .. Sis a Re 6,092 a 6,496
Daily Average... bre ws A 1,218 1,294

lt may be of interest, for the sake of comparison, to point out that
the attendance at the British Museum (Natural History) for 1896 was
417,033 on week days, or a daily average of about 1,336 persons ; that
is, a difference in favour of the National over the Liverpool Museum of
42 persons daily, which must be considered very satisfactory. 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 schoo] attendance, have greatly increased.
Sixty-three teachers and 1,366 pupils have visited the Museums on 46
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 cf employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching, ean, on giving satisfactory references,
obtain, by application to the Director, tickets enabling them to enter on
' Fridays, when there are special facilities afforded them 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 Natural History, Osteology and Dental Anatomy,
who have made extensive use of the collections on the days the Museums
were otherwise closed to the public.

The Museums were open on twenty-five Monday evenings during the
periods of January to March, and October to December, when the total
attendances were 9,838, giving an average of 393 each evening, which
is an increase on the previous year’s attendance.

During the year many Zoologists and Anthropologists have inspected the
collections, among whom may be mentioned Professor Haddon, Dublin ;

Sir Henry Howarth, K.C.LE., F.R.S., London ; Professor 8. J. Hickson,

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F.R.S., Manchester; E. M. Janion, Sumatra; Dr. Huxley; Dr.
_ Wiglesworth, Rainhill ; Dr. Munro, Edinburgh ; Miss Holt, Liverpool ;
Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson, F.R.S., Aberdeen; Frank Russel,
Peabody Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.; Dr. Goldschmidt, Berlin ;
B. P. Lascelles, M.A., Harrow; E. Hartert, Zoological Museum,
Tring ; Graf von Berlepsch, Schloss Berlepsch, Gertenbach ; Professor
Revillout, the Louvre, Paris; Mde. and Mlle. Revillout; Dr. Perey
Rendall; C. H. Read, British Museum; J. L. Myres, Oxford ;
W. H. Seton-Karr; J. Edge Partington; W. E. Crum, British
Museum ; Rey. J. Chalmers, D.D., New Guinea; Dr. Gregory, British
Museum; Dr. Hans Greven, Berlin; C. M. Pleyte, Leyden ;
A. Trapnell, Bristol ; Professor George P. Merrill, Curator, Department
of Geology, U. 8. National Museum ; Edward Bidwell, Twickenham ;
Coutts Trotter, Edinburgh.

ITI.— Lectures.

Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the staff on Monday
evenings in the Theatre of the Museum. They were illustrated by
specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The total attendance
at the Lectures was 3,292.

The following is a list of the subjects :—

A course of six Lectures on “Eskimo Life” was given by the Assistant
Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. Entwistle :—

Jan. 11th.—‘‘ The Greenland Eskimo.” I.

Jan. 18th.—* The Greenland Eskimo.” II.

Jan. 25th“ The Arts and Crafts of the Eskimo.” I.

Feb. 1st.—‘‘ The Arts and Crafts of the Eskimo.” IL.

Feb. 8th.—‘‘ The Kayak and its Furnishing.”

Feb. 15th.—* The American Eskimo.”

_ A-course of six Lectures was given by the Assistant in the Derby
Museum, Mr. W.S. Laverock, M.A., B.Se. :—

Feb. 22nd.—* The Frog and its Relations at Home and Abroad.’

Mar. 1st.—“ The Tadpole.”

Mar. 8th.—‘ Tree Frogs and other forms.”

Mar. 15th.— The Toad.”

Mar. 22nd.—* Newts and Salamanders.”

Mar. 29th.—‘ Gill-bearing Amphibians and Fossil Forms.”

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By the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum, Mr. J. A.
Clubb, M. Sc. :—
Oct. 4th.— Skeletons of Animals and their uses.”
A course of four Lectures on “Common Wild Flowers,” by Mr.
W. SS. Laverock :—
Oct. 11th.—* The Buttercup.” I.
Oct. 18th.— The Buttereup.” II.
Oct. 25th.—“ The Poppy.”
Noy. 1st.—‘‘ The Daisy.”
A course of four Lectures on “The Indian Tribes of N. W. America,”
by Mr. P. Entwistle :—
Noy. 8th.— Their Characteristics and Organization.”
Noy. 15th.— Their Textile and other Arts.”
Nov. 22nd.—*“ Their Ceremonies.”
Nov. 29th.—‘ Their Totems, etc.”

A. DERBY MUSEUM.
THE Enrrance HALL and GALLERIES.
(BRITISH COLLECTIONS.)

Little change beyond the filling of blanks in the series has taken place
in the British Collections, except the addition of a very fine specimen of —
a Sigillarian trunk with Stigmarian roots, standing 54 feet above the
floor, which we owe to the munificence of J. Harmood Banner, Esq.
This is a most instructive specimen, and at once conveys, as no amount
of reading can, an idea of the character of the flora of the coal-bearing
measures. Through the courtesy of Mr. G. A. Haworth, ex-President
of the Liverpool Geological Association, two members of the Museum
Staff were enabled to see the fossil in situ, so as to make a report upon
its value and suitability as a Museum specimen. It was situated in the
roof of the Wigan Six-feet Seam, Ince Hall Collieries, the base of the
stem being then exposed and two of the roots visible for a considerable
part of their length. The Director wishes to record here his thanks to
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Haworth for the care and skill with which they
had it quarried and safely conveyed to the Museum. This specimen is
being built up in the Gallery immediately over the Main Entrance.

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ZooLoGicAL DEPARTMENT.
(a) GENERAL.

During the past year there has been no change in the number or
duties of the staff. Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, however, who had
volunteered his services at the end of 1896, has been engaged on the
temporary staff.. His whole time has been devoted to the Catalogue of
the Birds, and working in conjunction with the Director, he has com-
pleted the naming and labelling of the Parrots (Psittact) ; the Cuckoos
and Plantain-eaters (Cuculi) ; the Woodpeckers (Pici), etc. Of these the
Catalogue of the Psittaci has been published in the first number of the
Bulletin of the Museums ; while that of the Cuckoos (Cuculide) and
Plantain-eaters (Musophagide) is now in the press, and will be published
early in the year (1898).

A few duplicates of mounted Mammals, Birds, Fishes, and Invertebrates
were presented to the Catholic Blind Asylum, Brunswick Road.

A small collection of duplicate Minerals was sent to the Board School,
Croft, near Warrington.

(6b) 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 now been 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—which still retains
its popularity, has been further extended during the year. Further re-
arrangement is, however, in abeyance for the present, and until the new
Extension, which is now under construction, has been completed.

In the Invertebrate Galleries it has been impossible to undertake any
very special re-arrangement. Several of the groups of the Insecta have
been re-arranged in new drawers 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 have, in addition,
been made by them for the various exhibition galleries.

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The commencement made last year with the General Catalogue of the
Derby Museum on the Card-system has been continued ; the Catalogue of
the Mayer Museum has been begun. The cataloguing and registering
of the Bird Collection is proceeding pari passu with the naming and
labelling of the specimens.

(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 fluids in which they were kept,
renewed. The arranging of them into groups has also been continued ;
but a considerable time must elapse before this work can be completed.

All the Collections have been periodically examined, dusted and kept
free from moth and other pests.

A large number of mounted specimens, principally of Birds, have
been reduced and made into cabinet skins for 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.

(d) Loans.

Several species of birds (Corvide) were lent to the Hon. Walter
Rothschild for study at his Museum at Tring, Herts ; and a number of
specimens of Millepora, chiefly from the West Indies, to Professor
Hickson, F.R.S., Manchester.

Professor Herdman, F.R.S., University College, Liverpool, also
received on loan, a number of specimens for the illustration of his
Christmastide Lectures to Children.

(e) PRESENTS.

The number of gifts made to the Museum during the year shows
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 & Company’s fleet, has this year again brought over

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for the Aquarium, from West Africa, on frequent occasions, living
specimens of the Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus) and of the
“ Walking-fish” (Periophthalmus koelreuteri) as well as numerous
specimens of Mammals and Birds.

The most notable single gift to the General Collections in the Derby
Museum during the year was the large and valuable collection of North
American Birds’ Eggs, made by H. Noble Hsq., of Temple Combe,
Henley-on-Thames, “to whom the thanks of the Council were voted
on the 7th of July.

(f) EXcHANGES. }

A mounted specimen of Apteryx owent (28. 7. 97. 1) was exchanged
with Mr. H. GC. Robinson, for three Bird Skins :—Stringops habroptilus,
Prosthemedera nove zealandia, and Irena puella.

Stuffed specimen of the Red Howler Monkey (Mycetes seniculus) ;
sent to the Preston Museum.

African Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens); sent to Professor Bashford
Dean, Columbia College, New York, and to Professor Howes, F.R.S.,
Royal College of Science, London.

(g) ACQUISITIONS.
INVERTEBRATES—
Porifera. (Sponges.)
Sycandra compressa; Halichondria sp. (30. 12. 96. 1 & 2); collected at Port
Erin, Isle of Man (omitted from last Report).

Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.)
Tubularia indivisa ; Garveia nutans (20. 3. 97. 1 & 2); collected at Hilbre
Island.
Sertularella polyzonias ; Antennularia antennina ; A. ramosa ; Tubularia sp. ;
Actinia equina; Anemonia sulcata ; Bunodes verrucosa (30. 12. 96. 3-9) ;
collected at Port Erin (omitted from last Report).

Echinoderma. (Starfishes, etc.)
Two Brittle-Stars (20. 3. 97. 11) ; collected at Hilbre Island.
Plate of Uintacrinus socialis ; presented by Mr. F. Bather, British Museum,
and printed description of same (11. 5. 97. 2. & 3); presented by Mr. W. Hoyle,
Manchester.

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Sixteen Micro-photographs of sections of Echinoderm Spines (29. 10.97. 1-16);
presented by Mr. J. H. Hardy.

Brissopsis lyrifera; Echinus miliaris; E. sphera; Solaster papposa ;
Ophiocoma nigra ; Ophiothrix pentaphyllum ; Amphiura squamata ; Antedon
rosaceus (30. 12. 96. 10-17); collected at Port Erin (omitted from last Report).

Vermes. (Worms, etc.)

Six Nematodes (sp. indet.) (2. 2. 97. 1); from body of Rhea.

The Spawn of Arenicola piscatorum and Nereis sp. (20. 3. 97. 9 & 10);
collected at Hilbre Island.

Three Common Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) (5. 4. 97. 1); collected
at Sefton Park and presented by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock.

Piece of Rock, containing numerous Brachiopods (Orthis sp.), from the
summit of Snowdon (24. 8.97.1); presented by Mr. Griffith Williams, per
Mr. D. Jones.

Nereis pelagica ; Nereissp.; Arenicola piscatorum ; Polynoe sp. (30. 12. 96.
18-21); collected at Port Erin (omitted from last Report).

Arthropoda.
Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.).

Limnoria terebrans (in situ) in wood, from the River Mersey at Seaforth
(24. 3. 97. 1); presented by Mr. Brodie.

Two Prawns (Palemon serratus) (29. 4. 97. 2), and one just beginning to
cast its shell (21. 5. 97. 1) ; both from the Aquarium.

Seven Wood-lice (Oniscus sp.) (8. 11. 97. 1); from Liverpool.

Hyas coarctatus ; Galathea squamifera (young) ; Ebalia tumefacta ; Porcellana
longicornis ; Palemon serratus and Pagurus sp. (30. 12. 96. 21-26) ; collected
at Port Erin (omitted from last Report).

Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, etc.)

Collection of 46 specimens of Australian Lepidoptera from Northern
Queensland, among which are species of Ornithoptera ; Papilio; Charames ;
Melanites ; Eustychema ; Daphnis and Macroglossa (12. 1. 97. 1-46) ; also two
Butterflies (Papilio spp.), from Borneo (19. 11. 97. 1 & 2); presented by
Mr. H. C. Robinson.

Two Large Cocoons of a species of Colonial Moth from West Africa
(25. 3. 97. 1 & 2); purchased.

One Cicada and a Collection of Lepidoptera from Benin, consisting of about
30 species and 90 specimens, of which the following have been determined ;—

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Apatura misippus, 6 and § ; Orpheides erithonius, § ; Danais aleippus ; Papilio
policenes ; Ergolis enothrea; Eunica amulia; Pieris calypso ; Diadema dubius ;
D. salmacis ; Buncea alcinoe ; Patula macrops ; Phalene cocalus and Nephele
peneus (1. 10. 97. 2-31) ; presented by Mr. Arthur Hewer.

Collection of Lepidoptera from Syria, consisting of 21 specimens (spp. indet.)
(19. 10. 97. 1-21); presented by Mr. Newall.

Moth (Tryphena pronuba) (29. 8. 97. 1).

Collection of Lepidoptera from Benin River District, W. Africa, consisting
of 20 specimens (spp. indet.) (4. 5. 97. 2-21); presented by Mr. R. Wade.

Five specimens of Moths (Zeniocampa opima, ¢ & $; Phragmatobia
fuliginosa, $&%; and Orthosia macilenta) (11. 12. 97. 1-3); presented by
Mr. Birch.

Insects (spp. indet.) in various stages ; Spiders (spp. endet.), collected from
timber, probably imported from India(24. 7.97.1-20); other Insects (spp. indet.) ;
one larva of Goat Moth (Cossus ligniperda), from English Elin ; two Chrysalids
(spp. indet.), from American Ash (7. 8. 97. 1-20); three Spiders (spp. indet.)
(21.8. 97. 1-3) ; two Spiders and three Harvestmen (spp. indet.) (18. 9. 97. 1-5);
presented by Mr. William Swan.

Rock Scorpion (Buthus afer) ; two Spiders (Mygale sp.) ; four Spiders (spp.
indet.) ; Spider’s Nest with young (1. 1. 97. 6-12) ; two Spiders (Mygale sp.)
(27. 4. 97. 8); Mantis sp. (20. 8. 97. 1), from W. Africa; presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two Spiders (Mygale sp.) ; Rock Scorpion (Buthus afer); two Centipedes
(Scolopendra sp.) and one Caterpillar (7. 12. 97. 35-38) ; presented by Mr. W.
E. Gibney, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two Goliath Beetles (Goliathus giganteus), from W. Africa (13. 4. 97. 1& 2) ;

presented by Mr. Hendrick.

Five small Beetles (Amara communis, Panz.), from Liverpool (18. 5. 97. 2);
various stages in the life-history of Z%pula oleracea, from Sefton Park (29. 5. 97.
2); an Insect Larva, im situ, in apple with Chrysalis and perfect Insect
(11. 10. 97. 1) ; presented by Mr. W. S. Laverock.

Scorpion (Buthus testaceus (?) ), from Ashton, Cape Town, 8. Africa (12. 1. 97.
1); presented by Mr. H. A. Dibbin, C.E., per Mr. J. S. Dibbin.

Four Centipedes (Scolopendra sp.), from Tuebrook (30. 4. 97. 1); presented
by Mr. P. Entwistle.

Stages in the development of the Blow-fly (7. 4. 97. 2); an in the
Laboratory.

Centipede (Scolopendra sp.) and Millipede (Julus sp.) (27. 5. 97. 2 & 3);
six Chrysalids ; eight Beetles and one Centipede (8. 11. 97. 2-4),

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One Longicorn Beetle (Astinomus cedilis) (9. 10. 97. 1); presented by
Mr. R. Norbury.
Saw Fly (Screw gigas), found in timber yard, Bootle (28. 7. 97. 2); presented
by Mr. W. Hibbert.
Two Dragon Flies (spp. indet.) (27. 7. 97. 1), (3. 8. 97. 1)—(the former
caught on Landing Stage), Liverpool ; purchased.
Larval Stage of Common Cricket (@ryllus domesticus) (1. 10. 97. 1); presented
by Mr. T. H. Wardleworth.
. Two Locusts (Pachylus migratorius) from Italy (7. 12. 97. 1 & 2); presented
by Mr. J. F. Jevons.
A collection of local Lepidoptera (consisting of 46 species of Butterflies and
510 species of Moths), containing upwards of 1,000 specimens (31. 12. -96.
8-564) ; purchased (omitted from last Report).

Mollusca.

Land Shell (Bulimus tenebricus), from near Lake Mweru, Central Africa
(9. 2. 97. 1); presented by Mr. F. S. Arnot.

Collection of Mediterranean Shells, consisting of about 135 specimens, from
Alexandria :—

Canarium fasciatum ; C. gibberulus ; Patella athletica ; Janthina fragilis ;
Galerus chinensis; Hutropia variegata; Nassa mutabilis; N. gibbosula ;
N. variabilis ; Scalaria venosa ; Neritula neritea ; Haliotis lamellosa ; Oliva
bulbosa ; Cyprea turdus; Typhis sowerbyi ; Pisania maculosa ; Euthria
lignaria ; Phasianella pullus; Fusus syracusanus; Bulla ampulla (var.) ;
Fissurella sp. (juv.); Nerita polita; N. squamulata; N. chameleon ;
N. antiquatus; Cerithium sp. ; Ziziphinus exiguus ; Clanculus cruciatus ;
Murex erinaceus ; M. trunculus; M. tribulus; Natica olla ; Columbella sp. ;
Abra alba ; Mactra stultorum ; Circe corrugata ; C. egyptiaca ; Pecten varius ;
P. sanguinolenta ; Lima paucicostata ; Chama sp. ; Hyalea affinis (2. 3. 97.
1-42); presented by Mrs. Dodd, Birkenhead.

Specimens of Dendronotus arborescens ; Archidoris tuberculata ; Acanthodoris
pilosa ; ELolis papillosa ; Coryphella rufibranchialis ; Cuthona nana (20. 3. 97.
3-8) ; collected at Hilbre Island.

Four specimens of Bulimus fossilis, from Sugar Loaf Hill, St. Helena ; and
Helix bipartita, from N. Australia (21. 4. 97. 1 & 2); presented by Mr. H. C.
Robinson.

Fresh-water Mussel (Anodonta cygnea) (25. 6. 97. 1) ; from the Aquarium.

Three Fresh-water Mussels, with the sides of the shells eroded and perforated
by an undetermined agency (3. 9. 97. 2) (19. 10. 97. 22); from the Aquarium,

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Collection of Shells from La Corbiere, Jersey (1. 6. 97. 2); presented by
Mr. Alfred C. Kelling.

Cuttle Fish (Zledone cirrhosus) from Egremont (29. 4. 97. 1) ; presented by
Mr. J. Baker.

Flying Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus), caught off Douglas Head ; taken
from the Store Room, with no reference number and now referred to Register
of this year (19. 5. 97. 2).

Specimens of Pecten opercularis, Littorina littorea, L. obtusata, Lamellarva
perspicua, Aplysia punctata and Lamellidoris prowima (30. 12. 96. 27-32) ;
collected at Port Erin, Isle of Man (omitted from last Report).

CHORDATES.
Fishes.

Six Electric Cat-fish (Malapterwrus electricus) (one 2ft. lin. in length and
weighing 9 lbs.) from Boma River and Rio del Rey (1. 1. 97. 1) (20. 8. 97. 8)
(7.12.97. 32); four Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens) (27. 4. 97. 13) (15.5.97. 1);
Twenty Walking-fish (Periophthalmus kcelreuteri) from Rio del Rey (27. 4. 97. 3)
(7. 12. 97. 33) (20. 8. 97. 6); Cat-fish (Auchenaspis biscutatus) (20. 8. 97. 17) ;
two Young Cat-fish (Clarias sp.) (20. 8. 97. 16) (27. 4. 97. 1); three other
Fishes (gen. et sp. indet.) (27. 4. 97. 10) (7. 12. 97. 34); presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard. _

Twenty-one Walking-fish (Periophthalmus keelreuteri), from Rio del Rey,
_ W. Africa (7. 12. 97. 3); presented by Mr. Forman per Mr. A. Ridyard.

(Seven transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London, December, 1897).
Three Young Fishes (Hemirhamphus calabaricus), from Ukaka, Eloby,
West Africa (7. 12.97. 39) ; presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes per Mr. A. Ridyard.
A collection of Deep-sea Fishes :—Stomias boa; Alepocephalus rostratus ;

Pomatomus telescopium; and four Scopelus benoiti from the Mediterranean
(14. 1. 97. 1-7) ; purchased.

Lump-sucker (Cyclopterus lwmpus), from Garston (3. 4. 97. 1) ; aunepenk

Trout with arrested development of the upper jaw, from the River Alyn,
North Wales (19. 4. 97. 1); presented by Mr. H. Davies, Wrexham.

Stages in the development of the Loch Leven Trout (5. 5. 97. 2); two
North American Cat-fish (Amdwrus sp.) (18. 5. 97.1) (7. 6. 97. 1); two young
Eels from Rainford (26. 5. 97. 1) (27. 5. 97.1); Stone Loach (Vemacheilus
_barbatula) (29. 5. 97. 1); Nine-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus pungitius),
‘diseased (24. 7. 97. 1); two Greater Sand-eels (Ammodytes lanceolatus) from
the Estuary of the Dee, Cheshire (19. 8. 97. 1) ; young Conger Eel (20. 8. 97.
1); several young Rainbow Trout (Salmo crideus), affected with a ciliated
Infusorian (2. 9. 97. 1) (3. 9. 97. 1); two Short-spined Cottuses (Cottus

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scorpius), d and $,(15. 9. 97. 1); Fifteen-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus
spinachia) (21. 9. 97.1); young Three-bearded Rockling (Motella tricirrata)
(18, 12, 97. 1); three Three-spined Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from
Leasowe (23. 12.97. 1); White Bream (Abramis blicea) (24. 12. 97. 1); Roach
(Leuciscus rutilus) (24. 12. 97. 2); from the Aquarium.

Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), from the French Ivory Coast, South
West Africa (18. 5. 97. 3); presented by Mr. Sidney J. B. Toby.

Tope (Galeus vulgaris), $, caught at the Bar, River Mersey (9. 9. 97. 1);
purchased.

Eel (Conger macrops), caught in the Atlantic (17. 12. 96. 1); presented by
Mr. Hendrick, Purser, R.M.S. “Teneriffe ” (omitted from last Report).

Spurangium jugleri, probably the egg case of the Wealden Fish Hybodus,
and separated valves of Spirangium, from the Hastings Sand, near Hastings
(8. 3. 97. 37 and 37a) ; purchased.

Amphibians.

Stages in the development of the Common Frog (5. 5. 97. 1); Green Tree
Frog (Hyla arborea) (4. 12. 97. 1); from the Aquarium.

Reptiles.

Chameleon (Chameleon parvilobus) (1. 1. 97. 3) ; two Snakes (Typhlops sp.)
from Fernando Po, and (Naja melonoleuca) from Rio del Rey (1. 1. 97. 4 & 5) ;
three Lizards (Agama colonorum) and a Snake (gen. et sp. indet.) from
W. Africa (27. 4. 97. 4 & 9); young African Python (Python sebe) from
Fernando Po (20. 8. 97. 15) ; Head of Nose-horned Viper (Vipera nasicornis),
and young African Python (Python sebe) (7. 12. 97. 26 & 27); presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Tree Snake (Gastropyxis smaragdina) and Young Crocodile (gen. et sp. indet.)
from Cameroon (7. 12. 97. 42 & 43); presented by Mr. W. E. Gibney, per
Mr. A. Ridyard.

British Viper (Pelias berus) from Llanberis, N. Wales (29. 3. 97. 1);
presented by Mr. John Hind.

Young Alligator (yen. et sp. indet.) found in the hold of a ship in the docks
(6. 4. 97. 1) ; purchased.

Three Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) from Texas (24. 6. 97,1);
presented by Mr. W. Roxburgh and Mr. S. McInnes, Engineers, s.s. ‘‘ Belgian
King,” per Mrs. Soldat.

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Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis) from Madeira (30. 7. 97. 1) ; two British
Ringed Snakes (Zropidonotus natrix) (10. 8. 97. 1) (31. 8. 97. 1); from
the Aquarium. '

Young Lizard (Varanus niloticus) (30. 10. 97. 1) ; purchased.

Birds.
The species indicated by an asterisk are new to the Collection.

Weaver-bird’s Nest, from W. Africa (1. 1. 97. 2); presented by Mr. A.
Ridyard.

Nineteen specimens from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (7. L' 97. 1-19);
collected by Mr. H. C. Robinson :—Podargus papuensis, Q. & G.; two
Oriolus viridis, Lath. ; Philemon buceroides, Swains. ; P. argenticeps, Gould ;
two Chlamydodera orientalis, Gould; Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould; G.
melanops, Lath.; Chibia bracteata, Gould; Lalage leucomelena, Vig. & Horsf. ;
Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Wagl.; Halcyon macleayt, Jard. and Selby ;
Ptilopus superbus, Temm., ¢ & 8; P. swainsoni, Gould; Psitteuteles
chlorolepidotus, Kuhl. ; Ptilotis flavistriata, Gould ; and Calornis metallica,
Temm.; also the following :—Cinnyris frenatus (2. 3. 97. 44); Robin
(Brithacus rubecula), § (17. 5. 97. 1); two Bucco torquatus, from Bogota ;
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, from N. America ; Trachyphonus gofini and
Pogonorhynchus bidentatus, from W. Africa (21. 6. 97. 1-4) ; Ptdopus superbus ;
P. swainsoni and Myzomela obscura, from Cooktown, N. Australia ; MJesobucco
duvauceli and * M. eaimius, from Mt. Kalulong, N. Borneo (19. 7. 97. 1-5) ;
Rook (Trypanocoraz frugilegus); Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and Thrush
(Turdus musicus), from Aigburth (6. 10. 97. 1-3) ; Golden-winged Wood-
pecker (Colaptes auratus), d&%, from Canada (13. 12. 97. 1) and Urogalba
paradisea, from British Guiana (24. 12. 97. 3); presented by Mr. H. C.
Robinson.

Spoonbill (Platalea lewcorodia) (29. 1. 97. 1) ; White-fronted Goose (Anser
albifrons) (3.2.97. 1); Goosander (Mergus merganser), 6; Great Crested
Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (4. 2. 97. 1 & 2) and Coot (Fulica atra) (9. 3. wi.
2); purchased.

Rhea americana, ¢, (1. 2. 97. 1); presented by Mr. Proctor, Noctorum
Birkenhead.

Three Rhamphoceelus icteronotus (23. 2. 97. 11-13); presented by Mr. E. K.
Dunstall.

*Carpophaga nuchalis; * Prioniturus montanus, $ and &; *Pitta kochi,
and $ juv.; *Merula thomassoni, ; *Chlorura brunneiventris, 36,from N.
Luzon; * Carpophaga mindorensis, ¢, from Mindoro (23. 2. 97. 1-8);

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* Trichoglossus djampeanus, from Djampea Island (15. 6. 97. 1); two * Pteridophora
alberti (23. 2. 97. 9 & 10) ; * Parotia carole, from New Guinea (29. 6. 97. 1);
Diphyllodes chrysoptera (21. 10. 97. 1); *Centropus melanops, from Samar,
and Xantholema rosea, from Negros (21. 12. 97. 1 & 2); purchased.

Specimen of Dicrocercus furcatus, from W. Africa (31. 5. 97. 1); presented
by Mrs. G. Castellain.

Specimens of Pelagodroma marina, and Egg from Salvage Islands (13. 7. 97.
1 & 2); presented by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, British Museum.

Wild Duck (Anas boschas), 3, caught wild in Liverpool (26. 11. 97. 1) ;
presented by Mr. J. Fraser.

Small Parrot (Paocephalus meyeri), $, (17. 12. 97. 1); presented by
Mr. Rotch.

Selection of specimens, ex J. Whitehead’s Collection from the Philippine
Islands:—Oriolus chinensis, 3 ; Pitta kochi, $ ; * Loxia luzoniensis, g and 2
3; *Zosterornis whiteheadi, $ and § ; *Z. dennistounit, g and & ;
* Zosterops aureiloris, 6; Z. luzonica, 6 and $; Z. meyent, 5 ; * Hyloterpe
albiventris, 6; * Brachypteryx poliogyna, g and %; Lrithacus calliope
6; *Chimarrhornis bicolor, ¢6 and §; *Pyrrhula leucogenys, 3 and § ;
Iyngipicus validirostris, % ; * Diceeum luzoniense, 3; *Cinnyris whiteheadn,
6 and §; *C. flagrans, ¢ (14. 12. 97. 27-52); purchased.

Egyptian Goose (Chenalopex egyptiaca) (13. 3. 97.1); presented by the
Parks and Gardens Committee.

Three Eider Ducks (Somaterza mollissima) and skeleton; 7 Guillemots
(Uria troile) and 2 skeletons; Great Eagle Owl (Bubo maximus)
(13. 4. 97.°3-5) ; purchased.

A Collection of Bird Skeletons :—Z'rochalopteron sinense ; Sitagra olivaceas
from South Africa; Chrysotis estiva; Skull of Dendrocygna fulva; Dendrocopus
major ; Falco wsalon ; Strix flammea ; Syrnium aluco ; Calodromas elegans ;
Cinclus aquaticus ; Terpsiphone perspicillata ; Rallus aquaticus; Gallinula
chloropus; Skull of Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus; Turnix nigricollis; Ibis
ethiopica (imperfect); Cinnyris talatala; Gecinus viridis; Columba palumbus;
Gallinago gallinula ; Dacelo gigantea; Apteryx sp.; Chloris chloris ; Passer
domesticus ; two Turdus musicus ; Upupa epops; Eurylemus javanicus; Pyrrhula
rubicilla ; Melanocorypha tartarica ; Rollulus roulroul ; Caprimulgus ewropeus ;
Uria trode; Corvus corax; C. corniz; Grus cinerea; Lalage dominica ;
Criniger phwocephalus (13. 4. 97. 6-43) ; purchased.

Four Birds :—Columba leuconota ; Rhamphastos ariel ; Calenas nicobarica ;
Garrulax sp. (27. 4. 97. 14-17) ; purchased.

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Two Nests of Waxbill from Sepelli, Benin (4. 5. 97. 1); presented by
Mr. R. Wade.

Wren’s Nest in the crevice of a Willow Tree, from New Ferry, Cheshire
(11. 5. 97. 1) ; presented by Mr. G, Smith.

* Rhipidornis gulielmi tertit (12. 5. 97. 2); purchased.

Young Razor-bill (Alca torda) from the Mersey Estuary (9. 7. 97. 1) ;
presented anonymously.

Hight specimens of Otocorys leucolema,; seven Plectrophanes nivalis, Canada ;
Turdus mustelinus, Honduras ; Micropternus gularis ; Thereiceryx zeylonica ;
two Xantholema hematocephala and Campophaga sykesi, from Southern India;
Species (indet.) of T'yrannide, from Omoa, Honduras; * Finsch’s Bird of
Paradise (Paradisea finschi) ; four Piezorhynchus leucotis, $ aud 9%; and
P. gouldi, from Cooktown, N. Australia (14. 12. 97. 76-102) ; purchased.

Common Scoter (@demia nigra) (9.12. 97. 1); purchased.

Zenaidura carolinensis (Linn.), ¢ and 8; Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.),
g aud $; * Columba migrirostris, Sclat., two 3g ; Leptoptila brachyptera,
G. R. Gr. ; * L. cassini, Lawr., two ¥ ; Scardafella inca, Bp., § ; Peristera
cinerea, Temm. & Knip., ¢ (31. 12. 97. 1-11); purchased.

Abnormal Egg of Domestic Fowl (13. 5. 97. 1) ; presented by Mrs. Gamlin.

A collection of North American Birds’ Eggs and Nests, including rare
species from the far North and extreme South-Western regions, consisting

of over 200 species (25. 6. 97. 2-); presented by H. Noble, Exq., Temple
Combe, Henley-on-Thames.

Mammals.

Red Howler Monkey (Mycetes seniculus), from New Granada (11. 1. 97. 1);
Orang-utan (Sima satyrus), juv. 3(19. 1. 97. 1); Grey-cheeked Mangabey
(Cercocebus albigena), § (9. 3. 97. 1); White-nosed Monkey (Cercopithecus
schmidt), 3 (15. 3.97. 1); Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus diana), $ (18. 3..
97. 1); Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus mona), 5 (19. 3. 97. 1); White-nosed
Monkey (Cercopithecus schmidti ?), 3 (26. 3. 97. 1); Green Monkey (Cercopithecus
callitrichus), 5 (31. 3. 97. 1); African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherura
africana) (13. 3. 97. 2); Siamese Cat (Felis domesticus) (19.1. 97. 2); young
Duyker-bok (Cephalophus grimmi), §,(30. 1. 97. 1); Vulpine Phalanger

- (Prichosurus vulpecula), § (30. 1.97. 2); Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus),

d

three hours old (10. 5. 97. 1) ; purchased.

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Head, unrolled, from Egypt (2. 3. 97. 43) ;
presented by Mrs. Dodd, Birkenhead.

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Foetal Seal from Pribyloff Islands (25. 3. 97. 3); presented by Mr.
Barrett-Hamilton.

Part of Humerus of Bos sp., from the Submerged Forest, Leasowe (25. 3.
97. 4); Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) from island in Lake of the Woods,
North America (20. 9. 97. 1) ; presented by the Director of Museums.

Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes), d, from Quillo, Loango, West
Africa (7. 12. 97. 44) ; Bosman’s Potto (Perodicticus potto), from West Africa
(27. 4. 97. 12); two Squirrels (Sciwrus erythrogenys ?) from West Africa (27. 4.
97. 11) and (gen. et sp. indet.) (20. 8. 97. 3) ; young Pouched Rat (Cricetomys
gambianus) from Fernando Po (20. 8. 97.5); young African Civet Cat ( Viverra
civetta), § , from West Africa (7. 12.97. 25); Horn of an Antelope (Z'ragelaphus
gratus?) from Bata, M’pongwee Country, West Africa (20. 8. 97. 11) ;
young Pangolin (Manis tricuspis), from Fernando Po (20. 8. 97. 2); presented
by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Young Galago (Galago demidofi), d, from Bata, West Africa (7. 12. 97. 45) ;
presented by Mr. John Newbury, per Mr. A Ridyard.

Skeleton of Leopard (Felis pardus), incomplete, from South-west Africa
(18. 5. 97. 4); presented by Mr. Sidney J. B. Toby.

Fourteen Embryos (10. 5. 97. 2) from West Indies; presented by Dr.
Percy Rendall.

Collection of Mammals (skins with skulls, and spirit specimens), ea Dr.
Percy Rendall’s Collection :—

Marsupialia—

Philander trinitatus, ¢, and Marmosa murina, 6, from Trinidad.

Rodentia —

Mus decumanus, 6, Tobago; M. rattus, ¢ and %, Trinidad; M.
alevandrinus, §, Trinidad; Heteromys anomalis, ¢ and %, Trinidad ;
Echimys trinitatus, two §, Trinidad; Lonchires guiane, %, Trinidad ;
Oryzomys brevicauda, 46 and %, Trinidad; Sciurus annulatus, %,
British Central Africa.

Cheiroptera—

Carollia brevicauda, ¢ and ¥, skins, also one in spirit, Tobago ; Molossus
obscurus, two 3g, Trinidad; Artibeus planirostris, in spirit, Trinidad ;
Sarcopteryx bilineata, in spirit, Trinidad; S. leptwra, in spirit, Tobago ;
Vespertilio nigricans, in spirit, Tobago; Schizostoma megalotis, in spirit,
Tobago ; Brachylla cavernarum, in spirit, St. Vincent (14. 12. 97. 2-26) ;
purchased.

Collection of Mammals (skins with skulls), ew J. Whitehead’s Collection :—

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Rodentia—

From North Luzon :—Chrotomys whiteheadi, Thos, d and §, Phleomys
pallidus, Nehr. ¢ ; Crateromys schadenbergi, Meyer, § ; Mus everetti,
two ¢ (one immature); M. luzonicus, ¢ and § ; M. chrysocomus, two Sed
Rhynchomys soricoides, § ; Carpomys phewrus, 3 ; CU. melanurus, 6

and &.

From North Borneo :—Hylomys swillus, 9 ; Sciurus notatus, Thos. 9 ;
S. whiteheadi; % S. jentincki, 3.

Carnivora—

Black Musang, §, North Luzon.

Cheiroptera—

Pteropus jubatus, Esch. 3g and %, North Luzon; P. vampirus, %,
Catanduanes Island.

Primates—

Tursius fuscus, §, Samar Island (14. 12. 97. 53-75) ; purchased.

Skeleton of N. Australian Aboriginal (Homo sapiens) (14. 12. 97. 1);
purchased.

Three sub-fossil fragments of Bone (sp. indet.), from Caerwys Quarry,
Pwllgwyn, Wales (22. 12. 97. 1); presented by Mr. Manger.

BotanicaL DEPARTMENT.

The acquisitions in this Department are as follows :—

Models of Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisie) ; Black Mould (Rhizopus nigricans)
Male Fern (Aspidium filix mas) ; Bracken (Péeris serrulata) ; Spikelet of Oat
(Avena sativa) ; Rye (Secale cereale) ; Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) ; Lark-
spur (Delphininm Consolida); Christmas Rose (Heleborus niger); Monk’s
Hood (Aconitum Napellus); Red Poppy (Papaver Rheas); Rape (Brassica
Napus) ; Stonecrop (Sedum acre); Pea (Pisum sativum); Bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris) ; Clover (Trifolium pratense); Stinking Mayweed (Anthemis Cotula) ;
Cornflower (Centaurea Cyanus) (4. 1. 97. 1-18) ; purchased.

Collection of Fossil Plants (8. 3. 97. 1-42) from the Hastings Sand near
Hastings, consisting of over 100 specimens, referred to about 40 species :—
Chara knowltoni, Sew.; Marchantites zeilleri, Sew. ; Equisetites burchardti,
Dunk. ; 4. yokoyame, Sew.; Onychyopsis mantelli, Brong., and fertile segments
of the same; O. elongata, Geyl.; Matonidium gépperti; Ruffordia géppertt,
Sew.; BR. gépperti: var. latifolia, Sew. ; Cladophlebis albertsii, Dunk. ; C. dunkeri,
Schimp. ; Sphenopteris fontainii, Sew.; S. fittoni; Weichselia mantelli, Brong. ;
Sagenopteris mantelli, Dunk. ; Leckenbya valdensis, Sew. ; Tempskya schimperi,

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Cord. ; Cycadites saporte, Sew. ; Nilssonia schaumbergensis, Dunk.; Otozamites
klipsteinti var. superbus, Sew. ; O. géppertianus, Dunk. ; Zamites buchianus ;
Z. carruthersi, Sew. ; Hury-cycadolepis ; Carpolithes sp. ; Cycadeomyelon sp. ;
Sphenolepidium kurrianum, Dunk. ; S. sternbergianum, Dunk. ; 5. subulatum,
Heer. ; Pagiophyllum crassifolium, Schenk. ; Brachyphyllum spinosum, Sew. ;
B. obesum, Heer.; A Lycopod? “Specimen B,” Sew. (Catalogue Bb. M. Wealden
Plants 1894-6, A. C. Seward); Withamia saporte, Sew.; Coniferous wood ;
Lignite ; Bennettites carruthersi var. latifolia; Pinites; Cycad wood ;
purchased,

Specimen of Birch Wood from the Submerged Forest, Leasowe (25. 3. 97. 7);
presented by the Director of Museums.

Three pieces of the Stem of a Sugar Palm (Arenga saccharifera) grown for
about 36 years in the Botanical Gardens, Liverpool (31. 3. 97. 2); presented
by the Parks and Gardens Committee.

Specimens of Viola canina and Ranunculus bulbosus, from Hoylake
(15. 5. 97. 2 & 3) ; presented by the Director of Museums.

Plants collected along with others from the sandhills and waste ground, New
Brighton, by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock (50. 6. 97. 1-5) :—Ranunculus bulbosus,
Brassica monensis, Erysimum cheiranthoides, Diplotaris muralis, and a
White-flowered Crucifer (sp. endet.).

Fruit of Loofah (Luffa sp.) (30. 7. 97. 2); presented by Alderman
Stolterfoht.

Plants collected along with others at Sefton Park, by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock
(17. 8. 97. 1-3) :—Senebiera Coronopus, Marrubium vulgare, Linum
usitatissimum. :

Two Cocoa Pods (Theobroma Cacao) (20. 8. 97. 4); two pieces of fresh
Rhizome of Ginger Plant (Zingiber officinale ?), from Bapingi,’ Ogowie River,
S. W. Africa (7. 12. 97. 30) ; Cocoa Pod, from Eloby, W. Africa (7. 12. 97. 29) ;
fourteen ‘‘Horse-eye” Beans (sp. endet.) from Victoria, Cameroons (7.12.97. 31);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Single and double Dahlia Flowers, garden grown (6. 10. 97. 4 & 5);
presented by Mr. P. Entwistle.

Branch of Sea-Island Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) in pod (20. 11. 97. 2) ;
some green Cotton Pods, just dehiscing (20. 11. 97. 1); several Heads of
Rice (Oryza sativa) (20. 11. 97. 3), all from Charlestown, S. Carolina ;
presented by Mr. R. Entwistle.

Two Photographs of Sequoias, Calaveras Grove, California (21. 12.97. 1 & 2)
purchased.

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Large Sigillarioid Trunk, 2ft. vin. in diameter at the base, with Stigmarian
roots attached, altogether standing 5ft. 6in. high, from Ince Hall Collieries,
near Wigan, (26. 4. 97. 1); presented by Mr. J. Harmood Banner.

Six pieces of Rock with impressions of Leaves, from Moco, Cameroons, West
Africa (20. 8. 97. 9) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Stigmaria (Stigmaria sp.) and two Calamites (Calamites spp.) from the roof
of the Wigan 6ft. Mine (27. 11. 97. 1-3) ; a slab of Shale containing a large Fern
(Alethopteris lonchatica, Schloth.) and a Lepidodendroid (Lepidodendron
selaginoides, L. and H.) from the roof of the Pemberton 5ft. Mine
(27. 11. 97. 4); all from the Ince Hall Collieries, near Wigan ; presented by
Mr. G. A. Haworth.

Parts of Leaf Bed in Clay Pit, above the Clay, from Stanley,
Liverpool (12. 5. 97. 1).

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The following are the acquisitions in this Department :—

A Collection of Geological Specimens, made in the Penrith district by
Mr. Wm. 8S. Laverock :—Massive Rhyolitic Ash, containing fragments
apparently of hardened Skiddaw slate, probably of Borrowdale age ;
Shale of Arenig age with plant remains, probably rhizoids of Algz
(Fucus?) ; Rhyolitic Ash, reddened ; Dun Limestone (argillaceous) ;
« Cone-in-cone” in Arenig Shale; Oolitic Limestone (grains some-
times spheroidal and sometimes oval) ; compact arenaceous modification
of same; Limestone with irregular bands of Chert; Producta
gigantea with Corals and Polyzoa; Producta gigantea ; Syringopora
reticulata, showing sections in different directions and the weathered
surface ; Piece of Scar Limestone, showing how the fossils weather
out :—Syringopora reticulata, &c., Xe. ; Crinoidal Limestone of
Yoredale Series; Purple and Red Micaceous Sandstone of Yoredale
Series; Massive Breccia ; Dark-grey Shale, containing Trilobites,
Orthis sp., and Leptena sericea ; Specimens of Barytes; Granite ;
Skiddaw Slate; Skiddaw Slate, altered by contact metamorphism ;
Chiastolite Slate; Spotted Schist ; Spotted Schist, showing early
stages of weathering ; Spotted Schist, weathered ; Mica Schist ;
Skiddaw Slate, at junction with Quartz Felsite ; Quartz Felsite,
with inclusions of Skiddaw Slate ; Slate (Skiddaw), showing rhomboidal
jointing ; Gabbro, showing three different textures of the same

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rock ; Dolerite, showing twinning and peculiarly-formed round crystals
of Orthoclase ; Granophyre, showing two different colours of the same
rock ; Andesite (26. 7. 97. 1-30.).

Specimens of Minerals from Nickel, Gold, and Coal Mines, Canada
(19. 10. 97. 23); presented by the Director of Museums.

Four pieces of Fossil-bearing Rock and piece of Fossil Wood, bored,
from California (23. 11. 97. 1-5); ‘presented by Messrs. Balfour,
Williamson & Co.

Several specimens of small Striated Blocks from an inlet of “ Clay,”
and specimens of the “Clay” (17. 12. 97. 2); collected from the
excavations for the Museum Extension by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Piece of Wooden Post and two Peats from the Submerged Forest,
Leasowe (25. 3. 97. 5-7) ; presented by the Director of Museums. ;
Mass of Nitrate, containing bones and other organic remains, from Peru

(12. 6. 97. 1); presented by Mr. W. Lockett.

THe AQUARIUM.

The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
Museum ; special interest being taken in the Mud-fishes, the Walking
Fishes, the Electrical Cat-fishes and the Sea Anemones; and in the
various species of Anthropoids, which have from time to time been on
exhibition.

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
Hydree * (Hydra viridis and H. fusca). Sea-Anemones: The Crass *
(Tealia crassicornis,; Plumose Anemone * (Aetinoloba dianthus) ;
Beadlet * (Actinia mesembryanthemum) ; Cave-dwelling Anemone *
(Sagartia troglodytes); Parasitic Anemone * (Sagartia parasitica) ;
Pallid Anemone *(Actinia pallida?); young Sea-urchin (Hchinus
sphera); Sea Mouse (Aphrodite aculeata); Fresh-water Polyzoa* ;
Edible Crab * (Cancer pagurus); Common Shore Crab * (Careinus
menas); Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus); Prawn * (Palemon

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serratus) ; Palemonetes varians; 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) ; Dace * (Leuciscus vulgaris) ; Roach * (Leuciscus
rutilus) ; Pike * (Esox lucius) ; Perch * (Perca fluviatilis) ; White
Bream (Abramis blicca) ; Stone-Loach (Nemacheilus barbatula) ; North
American Cat-fish * (Amiurus sp.); Electric Cat-fish * (Malapterurus
electricus); Cat-fish * (Clarias anguillaris); AfricanMud-fish * (Protopterus
annectens) ; Walking Fish * (Periophthalmus koelreutert) ; Conger Hel
*(Conger vulgaris); Spotted Gunnel or Butter-fish (Centronotus
gunellus) ; Bullhead * ( Cottus scorpius) ; Sole * (Solea vulgaris) ; Plaice
* (Pleuronectes platessa) ; Lesser Weever (Trachinus vipera) ; Pogge
* (Agonus cataphractus). Common Frog * (Rana temporaria) ; Indian
Bull-frog (Rana tigrina) ; Green Tree Frog (Hyla arborea) ; Common
Toad * (Bufo vulgaris) ; Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Natterjack
Toad (Bufo calamita); Crested or Great Water-Newt * (Triton cristatus) ;
Common or Smooth Newt * (Molge vulgaris) ; Spotted Salamander
* (Salamandra maculosa); American Salamander * (Amblystoma
carolina); Mexican Axolotl * (Azolotl tigrinum) ; Menopoma
* (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis)— this specimen has now been alive in
the Aquarium for sixteen years ; West African ‘Crocodile * (Mecistops
cataphractus) ; young South African Lizard (Varanus niloticus) ; West
African Lizard (Agama colonorum); Egyptian Skink * (Seincus
officinalis) ; Wall Gecko * (Tarentola annularis); Green Lizard
(Lacerta. viridis); English Ringed. Snake (T'ropidonotus natria) ;
two young African Pythons (Python sebe); young West African
Crested Eagle (Lophotriorchis lucani); two young African Civet
Cats (Viverra civetta); young West African Pouched Rat
(Cricetomys gambianus); West African Squirrel (Sciurus erythrogenys ?) ;
~ Guinea Baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx); two White-collared Mangabeys
(Cercocebus collaris) ; young Moustache Monkey (Cercopithecus cephus);
young Mandrill (Cynocephalus mormon) ; Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus
mona) ; two young Green Monkeys (Cercopithecus callitrichis).

Important donations of West African specimens have been made from
time to time to the Museum Aquarium by Messrs. A. Ridyard, Forman,
Stokes, and others.

MUSEUMS.

SumMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological. .

Porifera 2 Species... ... Numerous Specimens.
Coelenterata ap. alee ee i e
Echinoderma 5S ee ue 40 es
Vermes be Bye ps ee =e 20 -
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 10... ae Ly re.
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 609 —_,,+ many indet. 1,330 -
Mollusea ee ss oy 157 ¥3
Fishes 35 : 90 -
Amphibians EN! a 2 a
Reptiles | ee 24 4
Birds tks / gin ae. 0 age a
Mammals GOs oa a 91 we

Minerals ...

Species

962, + many indet. 1,966

Geological and Mineralogical.
109 Specimens.

Botanical.
83 + Species ey: 182 Specimens.

B._-MAYER MUSEUM.

(a) GENERAL.

The principal event of importance was the acquisition of the Seton-Karr
collection of Paleolithic Flint Implements, from Thebes, and Neolithic
Flint Implements found by him in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, some at a

distance of about 30 miles from the Nile, and some nearer, details of

which will appear in a future number of the Bulletin of the Liverpool
Museums, and the interesting series of Metal Castings and Ivory
Carvings from Benin City, West Africa, which will be described and figured

in the Bulletin No. 2. Other additions to the collections have been

made, as far as funds have permitted, and whenever an opportunity

occurred,

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To the continued generous assistance of Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief
Engineer (S.S. “Niger”), the Museum is again indebted for a very
large number of specimens, illustrative of West African Ethnography ;
to the co-operation of Messrs. A. Forman, John Newberry, G. W.
Stokes, S. Smith, H. L. Jones, and other friends in West Africa, who
have kindly interested themselves in obtaining for this Museum
specimens of the handiwork of the various tribes amongst which they
are located ; and to the kindness of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co., for
kindly allowing all goods to come freight free. The Assistant Curator,
Mr. P. Entwistle, has been constantly employed in labelling specimens
and in adding to them explanatory drawings and photographs, which
add greatly to the interest and value of the collection. Additions of
enlarged photographs illustrative of the Races of Mankind are being
made as rapidly as they can be prepared.

(b) Loans AND DEposits.

The following objects were lent as below :—

The two under-mentioned Manuscripts have been lent to Dr. Priebsch,
University College, :—

Psalter (German), 12th-13th century (M. 12004).
Breviary (German), 15th century (M. 12010).

The manuscripts lent to the Paleeographical Society, University
College, i.e., “ History of the World, Sacred and Profane,” upon a roll
of vellum 22 feet long, Italian? 13th century (M. 12017) ; and
“Selections from the Fathers, SS. Augustine, Gregory, Anselm, Se.,”
English, early 14th century (M. 12036), have been safely returned.

(c) EXCHANGES.

An exchange was effected with Mrs. John Crosby Brown, of New
York, of specimens of duplicate Musical Instruments, and of
photographs of instruments in this Museum, viz. :—

(1.) Double Iron Bell (2. 7. 72. 10.), Gaboon River, West Africa.
(2.) Kroo-boy Rattle (9. 7. 95. 28.), Liberia, West Africa.
(3.) fron Bell (80. 8, 66. 22.), Central Africa.
— (4) Photograph of a native with drum, Taupota, S.E. New Guinea.
- (5.) Photograph of a Marimba, from Bonny River, W. Africa.
(6.) Photograph of a Marimba, from S.W. Africa.

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(7.) Photograph of a Caraja Indian Trumpet.
-in exchange for :—

Photograph of Central American Indian, and of Musical Instruments
(not yet arrived).

(d) AcQuisITIoNs.

(1.)—GENERAL.
Coins and Medals :—

Impressions of the Seals used by the Urban District Councils of
Toxteth Park, Walton-on-the-Hill, West Derby, and Wavertree,
previous to their incorporation with the City of Liverpool, presented by
the Finance and Estate Committee (27. 10. 97. 1.).

A collection (27. 4. 97. 34-37), consisting of two each of 10, 5, 2 and
1 Ces of the Congo Free State ; presented by Mr. A.Ridyard.

Six Mint Proof Silver English Coins of 1893 (27. 4. 97. 88), of the
following denominations, i.e. :—5/- ; 2/6; 2/-; 1/- and 3d.: presented
by Mr. B. L. Benas.

Seven English Jubilee (1887) Silver Coins (27. 4. 97. 39), of the
following denominations, i.e. :—One each of 4/-; 2/6; 2/-; 1/-; two
of 6d. and one of 3d. ; presented by Alderman N, J. Stolterfoht.

Half Farthing, Victoria, 1844 ; Model Quarter Farthing, 1848 ; Two
Anna Piece, 1841 ; two 2 Cent and one 3 Cent U.S.A. Pieces of 1862
and 1865 ; three Half-dime Pieces 1863 and 1858; Bills for 1 Dollar,
New York, 1776 ; one-sixth of a Dollar, New York, 1776; 123 Cents,
New York, 1815; Sixpence, Connecticut, 1776; Three Pounds, New
Jersey, 1762; 123 Cents, Poughkeepsie, 1816; an Assignat de cing
livres, Republique Francaise ; presented by Mrs. Crump, per Mr.
A. B. Taylor (21. 12. 97. 201-214).

Silver Medals of Frederick VI., King of Denmark, and Carolina
Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Gothland ; Medal commemorative
of the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales; Medallion of
George Washington ; Electioneering Medallion, obv. : “ Roscoe for Hver” ;
Reverse: ‘The Friend of the People’; Medal awarded “To Mr.
Peter Holland for the Best Drawing of an Academy Figure, 1781,”
Brass Medallionof John Rigg; anda Bank Token “ Province of Canada,”
presented by Mrs. Crump, per Mr. A. B. Taylor (27. 12. 97. 194-200).

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Bill for Two-thirds of a Dollar, Philadelphia, 1776; and one for
Twelve Shillings, Philadelphia, 1777; presented anonymously
(25. 3. 97. 1-2).

Miscellaneous :—
Two of the Old Liverpool Wooden Water Pipes, from excavations in
Tithebarn Street (2. 12. 97. 1) ; presented by the Water Committee.

(2) Crramtics.

Four Red 1 Clay Tiles, various shapes, green glazed. Medieval. From
the Warrington Friary ; presented by Mr. T. Connor (11. 2. 97. 1-4).

Photograph of the Excavations at the Warrington Friary, showing
the tiles in situ in the chancel; presented by Mr. T. Connor (11.2.97. 5).

Four Delft-ware Painted Tiles, taken from the jambs of a fire-place
in the Angel Inn, William Brown Street, Liverpool ; presented by
Mr. A. Bowman (8. 10. 97. 1-4).

Black Basalt Wedgwood-ware Portraits of Raphael, Michael Angelo,
and Livy ; a Biscuit-ware Wedgwood Medallion, symbolical of “ Etruria,
1789” ; and two Casts of Wedgwood Portraits of Shakespeare and
Garrick; presented by Mrs. Crump, per Mr. A. B. Taylor
(21. 12. 97. 188-193). ,

(3) HETrHNoGRAPHY.
PRE-HISTORIC :—
A Small Collection (7. 7. 97) of Paleolithic Flint Implements, from
Thebes, collected by W. H. Seton-Karr ; purchased.

Large Collection (7. 7. 97) of Neolithic Flint Implements, comprising

various forms of Hammer and Celt-shaped heads, Cores, Scrapers,
_ Knives, Armlets, &c., from the Eastern Desert of Egypt, collected by
_W. H. Seton-Karr ; purchased.

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Deer Horn Pick (21. 12. 97. 187), with the original wooden handle
attached, found in the Thames, figured in the “ Daily Graphic” for
December, 1896 ; purchased.

Collection (21. 12. 97. 23-166) of 144 Stone Implements dupes lee

Celts, and Circular Stones, the latter most probably used in the
‘manufacture of pottery, from various districts in the Island of Tobago,

British West Indies, collected during the years 1890-7 ; purchased.

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The following Peruvian objects were purchased :—Black Earthenware
Huaco (28. 4. 97. 1), dug up 30 miles inland of Samanco; Red
Earthenware Whistle (28. 4. 97. 2.), in form of a bird, Chimbote ;
Parts of Musical Instruments (28. 4. 97. 3-4.), 90 miles from Lima ;
String of beads of various materials (28. 4. 97. 5.), Chimbote; Rude
Bronze Spoon (28. 4. 97. 6.) ; Bronze Casting in form of a double water
vessel (28. 4, 97. 7.), dug up near Lake Titicaca.

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.) :—

Horn Snuff Box, used by Mohammedans at St. Louis, Senegal
C20:°6.4077 21).

Fetish Figure, Timmene Country, Sierre Leone (20. 8. 97. 20).

Cocoanut Snuff-box, Accra, Gold Coast (1. 1. 97. 22).

Native Cloth, Lagos (20. 8. 97.°23).

From Rio del Rey :—Skin Shot-bag and Powder Flask (8.12. 97.14) ;
Two Spears, Balundi (1. 1. 97. 19-20); Knife in Sheath, Balundi
(1. 1.97.11). Man and Woman’s Fetish Dresses of knitted string,
dyed red and black, Egbo Country, Old Calabar [obtained at Rio
del Rey] (1. 1. 97. 6-7).

From the Niger Coast Protectorate :—Hide Purse (1. 1. 97. 14),
and Leather Purse (1. 1. 97. 15), Ilorin, Houssa Country ; Antimony
(8. 12. 97. 82), used for colouring the eyelashes, and “ Lalli” powder
(8. 12. 97. 33), used for dyeing the finger and toe nails red, Kano,
Sokoto Country.

From the Cameroons :—Grass Bag, Bali (8. 12. 97. 12) ; Harthenware
Pipe Head, Boa (8. 12. 97. 41); Plaited Cane Hat, N’gola (8. 12.97.11) ;
Plaited Straw Hat, made by Houssas at Cameroon (8. 12. 97.10); Wooden
“JuJu” Figures, Balong (8. 12. 97. 8-9); Plaited Grass Bag, used also for
garrying children, Cracbiddy (8. 12. 97. 7) ; Two Sceptres (?) made of
split rattan (27. 4. 97. 8), and (20. 8. 97. 7); Model of a Canoe,
with sets of rowers, &e. (20. 8. 97. 18); Rattle, made of nut shells,
Mungo Creek (20. 8.97. 17); Spear, head of iron, Banyang (20.8. 97.16) ;
Knife, Banyang (20. 8. 97. 15); Model of a Saw-fish, made at Klein

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Batanga (20. 8. 97. 14); Rudely-carved Figure of a Huropean
(27. 4. 97. 7) ; Ornamental Hat (1. 1. 97. 5); Wooden Figure of an
Alligator (1. 1. 97. 4) ; Ten Spears, Jannde, Batanga (27. 4. 97. 9-18) ;
Fisherman’s Canoe, with paddles and fishing lines, Batanga
(27. 4. 97. 1).

From the Ogowai River, Gaboon :—Red and White Powder, used

_by the “ Ju Ju” men for painting themselves during their ceremonies,

Bapingi (8. 12. 97. 34-35) ; Grass Mat, Bapingi (8. 12.97.28) ; Fly Brush
(27. 4. 97. 2) ; Bow and Four Arrows (8. 12. 97. 25).

From the M’pongwe Country, Gaboon :— Wooden Drum (20.8.97.10) ;
Male Figure, “the great crandfather to the King of MWbia,” Bata
(20. 8. 97. 11); Female Figure, “ the great grandmother to the Queen

of Sambalah,” Bata (20. 8. 97. 12); Female Figure, “ the Goddess

Boomudi,” Bata (1. 1. 97. 2); Two Iron War Knives, Gama, of
Bata (1. 1. 97. 17 and 18); Iron Spear Head, Boomudi, Bata
(1. 1. 97. 12); Ivory Hair Pin (8. 12. 97. 18) ; Wooden Female Fetish
Figure (1. 1. 97. 1)3 Kroo-boy’s Harp, “Cannie,” Cape Lopez
Mes 97. 8).

From Sette Kama :—Whip, the tail of the sting ray (8. 12. 97. 20);
Carved Wooden Stick, Copa (8. 12. 97, 19) ; Plaited Grass Cap, Achilla
(1. 1. 97. 13) ; Plaited Grass Cap, Cabenda (8. 12. 97. 27).

From Mayumba :—Cap, made up of feathers, used in the dance
(20. 8. 97.3) ; Wooden Mask, in form of a human face (20. 8. 97. 2) ;
Opium Pipe, a gourd with earthenware bowl (20. 8. 97. 1) ; Wooden

Fetish Figure, Chica Chicamba (27. 4. 97. 5).

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From Loango, Congo Frangais :—Plaited Grass Cap (8. 12.97. 26) ;
Bottle, covered with plaited grass (27.4.97.4)3 Grass Cap (27. 4. 9:75 '3))5
Musical Instrument, Salmbi (1. 1. 97. 9); Walking Stick, the top in
form of 2 closed hand, Lower Quillo River (20. 8. 97. 4).

From Landana, Portuguese Congo :—Figure of a Kneeling Female,
painted (20. 8. 97. 6); Fetish, Fulemaconda, said to attack its
victims with dropsy and sleeping sickness (20. 8.97.7); Fetish, Chicoca,
said to attack its victims with rheumatism and syphilitic sores and
swellings (20. 8. 97. 8) ; Fetish, Mabialla Maupauha, said to attack the

_ brain, rendering its victims idiots (20. 8.97. 9).

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From Upper Congo :—Brass Hair Pin (8. 12. 97. 31), and Two Tron
Hair Pins (8. 12. 97. 29-30), Djabbir ; Battle Axe (8. 12. 97. 24) ;
Three Arrows, with barbed iron heads, Aruwimi, (8. 12. 97. 21-23) ;
Terra-cotta Water Cooler, Kinchassa (8. 12. 97. 17); piece of iron
used as a coin for buying slaves, ten of these pieces are value’ stor a boy
and twenty for a man, Bobangi (1. 1. 97. 16); Terra-cotta Water
Vessel, Ekessa, Bacunje, Lodema, old caravan route to Stanley Falls
(8. 12.97. 16) ; Drum of Wood, the ends covered with hide, length
8 feet 11 inches, N’dunga, en route to Stanley Falls (1. 1. 97. 3);
three Arrow-heads of Iron, serrated, Stanley Pool (20. 8. 97. 5);
Wooden Figure of a Woman and Child, Mayombi (8. 12. 97. 15);
Miloango Fetish, Mussurongo tribe, Noqui, River Congo (8. 12. 97. 13);
Spear, Ukaka (1. 1. 97. 21); Quiver (imperfect), and twelve Iron-
head Arrows (8. 12. 97. 36); piece of Hippopotamus Hide, from
which whips are made (8. 12. 97. 37).

The following specimens from Bali, Cameroons, were collected and
presented by Messrs. A. Forman, Rio de Rey (27. 4. 97. 22-33) &
(8. 12. 97. 5) ; and Mr. H. L. Jones, Rio del Rey (20. 8. 97. 27-43) ;
per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Four Spears; Large Jug-shaped Gourd Water Vessel; Double-
edged Knife ; Cap, made of pine-apple fibre, dyed black ; Jug of red
earthenware ; Seven Earthenware Pipe Heads, red and black glazed,
most of them in form of grotesque human figures wearing head dresses,
and some having wooden and brass stems; Wooden Mask; Musical
Instrument ; Spear; Knife with wooden handle and leather sheath ;
Wooden Paddle ; Triple-headed Wood Figure; two Plaited Grass (?)
Caps, dyed black ; Square Wooden Staff; Four Earthenware Pipe
Heads ; two pair of Brass Armlets ; Wooden Figure of a Man, Barrombi,
Cameroon ; two Wooden Masks in form of a human face, Old Calabar.

The following specimens from the Cameroons were collected and
presented by Mr. 8. Smith (8. 12. 97. 1-4, and 39 and 40); per Mr. A.
Ridyard :—

Helmet of plaited cane; Basket; Bow and Arrows ; Chief’s Ebony
Stick ; three Spears, with barbed iron heads.

The following specimens from Batanga, Cameroons, were collected and
presented by Mr. John Newberry (13. 7. 97. 2-7); per Mr. A. Ridyard:—

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Wooden Figure of a Man, two Ivory Armlets, Necklet made up of
semi-circular Brass Rods; two Brass Neck Ornaments.

Collected and presented by Mr. W, G. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Two Head-dresses of plaited human hair, on the sides are flaps
formed of strips of cane with the hair plaited over them, and decorated
with trade buttons, Mouni River, M’pongwe Country (20. 8. 97. 24-25) ;
Wooden Stool, the top supported by a kneeling female figure, Batanga
(20. 8. 97. 26); pair of Blacksmith’s Bellows (8. 12. 97. 6).

The following interesting specimens of metal castings and ivory carving,
from Benin City, have been acquired by purchase, a full account of which
will appear in “ The Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums,” No. 2 :—

Metal figure of a Leopard, covered with circular raised rings filled
with amber-coloured pastes (21. 12. 97.3); metal figure of a Man,
standing on a raised platform, on which are Armillz, a mask, &c., he is
wearing a helmet and Jeopard-skin garment, and holds a flint-lock gun
in his hands (21. 12. 97. 4) ; rudely-carved kneeling figure of a man,
in ivory (very much weathered) height 203 inches (21. 12. 97. 5);
three figures carved on a semi-circular piece of ivory (21. 12. 97. 6).
A King (?) with two attendants supporting his arms, height 4} inches,
width 83 inches ; Two Wooden Combs (21. 12. 97. 7-8) ; Metal Pipe
Head (14. 2.97. 1); Four Metal Figures (7. 10. 97. 1-4) of Kings
wearing coral garments and having spikes in the base for supporting
them on the ground ; small metal figure of a Woman (7. 10. 97. 5),
holding a fan or fly flap in her right hand, legs broken off; Two
Metal Heads, supports for tusks (7. 10, 97. 6-7) ; Metal Lid of a Box,
with representation on it of three figures, a King or Chief attended by
two arm supporters (7.10. 97.8); Carved Ivory Tusk and Armlet
(7. 10.97. 9-10) ; Group of Figures in Brass, Benin ? (238. 11. 97. 1).

Wooden Staff, Sapelli, Benin (4. 5. 97. 2), and Knife, in leather
sheath, Bida, Nupé, Niger (4. 5. 97.1); presented by Mr. R. Wade.

Curved Club, the head beautifully carved in geometrical designs, Woyoa
make, from the Manganja Country, purchased (30. 3. 97. 3).

Two Wooden Staves (30. 3. 97. 1-2).

South Africa :—
Photographs of Female Hottentot (19. 8. 97. 1), and of a Hottentot
Boy (19. 8. 97. 2); presented by Mr. James Gribble.

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36 MUSEUMS.

Australia :—

Raft of cyprus pine logs (9. 1. 97.), used only by natives of King’s
Sound, Australia, figured in J. Saville-Kent’s “ Naturalist im
Australia” ; presented by Mr. J. Edge-Partington.

New Britain :—

Mask, formed of a human jawbone and the frontal part of a human
skull, completed in wood and painted (21. 12. 97. 2), Niouafau;
purchased. |

Polynesia.—New Zealand :—
Jade Celt, showing method of rubbing (?) down the implement
(11. 5. 97. 2); purchased,

MONGOLIAN RACE.
America.—South :—

Two Photographs of Caraja Indians, of the River Araguaya, State
of Goyaz, United States of Brazil (17. 3. 97. 1-2); presented by
Mr. J. A. MacDonald.

North :-—

The following specimens (9. 2. 97. 1-18) trom the Eskimo of the
Pribyloy Island, Aleutian Archipelago, have been acquired by purchase:-—

Pick, the head made of walrus leg bone; Grapple, of wood, with
three iron barbs; two pairs of Snow Spectacles; three Knives, steel
blades and wooden handles ; Ivory Sinker, with bone fish hook attached ;
Skin Dressing Implement; Ivory Mesh Gauge for Nets; Knife made
of the fibula of the bear; Ivory Net Sinker, carved in form of a whale ;
piece of Bone, carved in form of a fish-like animal; piece of Ivory,
carved in form of a whale; Ivory Comb ; Bird Snare made of whalebone;
Wooden Pestle and Mortar; Pouch, made of swan’s feet stitched
together, an ivory hook suspender and piece of carved bone are attached.

The following Photographs of North American Indian Chiefs and
Squaws (21. 12. 97. 167-186), have been purchased for the Collection :—

Photographs of Floating Feather; a Chief (no name); Long Dog
and his Squaw; Lattlesnake Jim; Blood Indians and Squaw;
Medicine Men; Black Hawk, Apaches; Whirlwind, Cheyennes;
Bird Chief, Arrapahois; Now Way ; and Horseback’s Son, Comanches ;
Squaws of the Wachita; Big Tree ; Big Bow; White Horse; Braves
and Squaws of the Kiowas.

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MUSEUMS. 37

Madagascar -—

Tanala :—A Collection (8. 2.97. 1-50) of objects from Madagascar
was acquired for the Ethnographical Gallery by purchase, as follows :—

Wooden Box, Vata tantely, used for carrying honey; Axe, used as
a weapon in Southern Betsileo ; Cane Blow Pipe, aféra Ivohimanistra ;
Wooden Plate, Ambrlimitambr; Waterproof of plaited grass; Cane
Flute, sodina; Hat of plaited grass, sdtroka bory: Wooden Spoon,
Ambohimanga; seven Arrows for use with the blow pipe; two pieces
of Bark of the Nato, used for dyeing, Ambohmistambo; Bark of the .
nazo manta, used for dyeing; Shield of wood, ampinga, Ivohimanistra ;
Fruit of the poisonous tagena, sold as a medicine in the open Markets,
Ambositra.

Betsileo :—Iron Spade ; Axe, ahatsy ; Large Wooden Spoon; Pair of
Scissors ; Twelve Iron Needles; Cane Snuff Box, with burnt decoration;
Frame, made of plaited grasses ; Fan, of plaited grass; Two Wooden
Spindles, with bone whorls, mostoko; Knife, with long blade; Native
Silk ; Wooden Comb, fihogo; Terra-cotta Pomade Box, red glazed;
Bamboo Wooden Water-cup, Kampoaka ; Mat, of plaited grass ; Wooden
Spoon, Ambositra; Woman’s Hair Brush, kifafa; Terra-cotta Gourd-
shaped Water Bottle, Ambositra; Terra-cotta Red-glazed Water Bottle ;
Hold-all, made of woven grass, dyed, Ambohimatrasoa; Knife, steel
blade; Shelland Bead Armlet, felana ; Straw Cap, covered with the skin
of Propithecus diadema, var. Edwardsi, Ambositra ; Two Earthenware
Plates; Voafano Beans, used by the wizards; Rope of rofia, tédy ;
Leather Purse, Hova; Silver Breast Pin, in form of a leaf, Hova;
Piece of Native Soap; Forceps, for pulling out hair, fidvotra; Afotra
bark ; Rofia, used for rope making ; Earthenware Bowl (imperfect) ;
Walking Stick, of black wood, horn knob.

Malay Achipelago.—Sumatra:—
Wooden Mask, in form of a grotesque human face ; BPN GT by
Mr. E. M. Janion (23. 1. 97-1).
Two Models of Native Houses; presented by Mr. E. M. Janion
(23. 1. 97. 2-3).
Borneo :—
The following specimens from N. Borneo (21. 12. 97. 9-22) have been

purchased :—
Knife, Dusun; Brass Chain Belt, Dusun; Tools of Wood used in

38 MUSEUMS.

the manufacture of Pottery, Dusun; Penang Basket; Wooden
Spinning Tops with strings, Dyak, Balo ; Harpoon Head, Dyak, Sarawak ;
Medicine Man’s Charm Basket, Dusun ; Rattan Belt, Dusun ; Model of
a Wood Fishing Float, Malay or Dyak, Kuchin, Sarawak ; Fibre.

Lombock :— _
Figure of a Woman in wood, painted, Tjakra Negara (21. 12. Gren)
purchased.

Burmah :—
Sanscrit Manuscript (11. 5. 97. 1) (imperfect); presented by
Dr. A. Knox.
Siam :—
Reed Musical Instrument (23. 11. 97. 2); purchased.
Tibet :—

The following specimens (9. 10. 97. 1-17, 20-22 and 26), from Tibet,
have been acquired by purchase :—

Conch Shell, used by the Llamas in their temple service, and also
for summoning the ghosts of the dead ; Hand Drum, damdru, used for
calling and driving away evil spirits; Prayer Wheel, mani; Wooden
Block from which the prayers placed in the prayer wheels are printed ;
Llamas’ Rosary, Rak-sha, made from seeds; Brass Household God,
inlaid with turquoise, made in Lhassa; Woman’s Brass Locket inlaid
with turquoise ; Pair of Women’s Brass Earrings, inlaid with turquoise ;
Woman’s Brass Girdle Belt, with chain attached; Charm, worn by a
Nun; Brass Charm Holder; Brass Bowl, made in Lhassa; Lamas
Bronze Bell, Tilbre, used in the temple service; Brass Seal with steel
die; Lamas Dorjé; Leather Purse; Silver Coin; Dagger, used by
necromancers, and when consecrated is said to become enchanted ;
Bag of Woven Material; Wooden Bowl, used for holding food and
drinking tea from; Photograph of an old Tibetan Woman, and of a
group of Tibetan Men and Women dressed as Devil Dancers.

CAUCASIAN RACE.
Egypt :—
Flint Knife, Ancient Egyptian, 4th Dynasty (?) (13. 7. 97. 1).
The following Ancient Egyptian Objects (4. 10. 97. 1-15) found at
Deshasheh, by Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L., were presented
by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund :—

MUSEUMS. ° 39

Wooden Coffin or Box for holding the mutilated members of various
human bodies ; two Wooden Mallets; Wooden Plug or Wedge, v. 86;
Wooden Headrest, v. 14; piece of Wood, v. 109; Fragments of
Mummy Cloth, 99, 104 (?), 1488; two Metal Mirrors, very much
corroded, 74, 36; Diorite (?) Bowl (broken and repaired); String of
Beads, amethysts, garnets, and carnelian; Base of a Seated Figure in
calcareous stone; Small Seated Figure, carved in calcareous stone
(imperfect).

Foot Rubber of red clay, in form of a crocodile, Modern (9.3. 97.7);
purchased.

Babylonia :—

Fourteen Baked Clay Tablets (27. 7. 97. 1-14), from Bagdad;

purchased.
Nepal :—

Photographs of a Group of Bhutia Men born in Sikkim, and of
Nepalese Men and Women (9. 10. 97. 24-25 and 28); Bird-shaped
Copper Kettle, used by Silversmiths, and a Silver Coin, Nepalese:
(9. 10. 97. 18 and 23); Brahman’s Sacred Thread (9. 10. 97. 19).

Italy :—

Marble Urn (6. 10. 97. 5); purchased.

Head Ornament for Horses, made of Macaw feathers; Rosettes of
Dyed Straw, used for decorating horses’ manes, Ischia work; Silver
Crescent-shaped Amulet, and four Coral and Bone Amulets, from
Naples (6. 10. 97. 1-4); presented by Mr. L. H. Picton.

Cyprus :—

A collection of Cypriote Antiquities, purchased (9. 3. 97. 1-79), of

yarlous ages :—
I—Porrery.
A.—Bronze Age, B.C. 2000-1000.
a.—Red Polished Ware :—
| Three Vases, with incised patterns; Vase, a black variety of the
__ red polished ware ; Bottle and Vase of inferior fabric.
b.—White Painted Ware, B.C. 2000 :—

Three Vases and Four Bottles; an CEnoche and a Double Bottle;
_ Vase, (ef Perrot and Chipiez, History of Art in Phenicia, vol. 2,
- page 285); Vase, in form of a goose.

40 MUSEUMS.

e.—Base Ring Ware ; probably made in Cyprus :—
Vase, genuine fabric; Vase, probably from Agra Paraskevi, near
Nicosia; Bull-shaped Vase ; Terra-cotta Figure.

B.—Greeo-Pheenician Age, B.C. 1000-295 :—

a.—Bucchero and Black Slip Wares :—
Miniature specimen of the very rare genuine Cypriote Bucchero,
VILI-[X. cent. B.C.; (noche, white with black slip in imitation
of Bucchero, VIII-IX. cent. B.C.

b.—Red Ware, VIII-VII. cent. B.C.
Vase; CEnoche; Vase, a black variety; Vase, a late survival of
an inferior fabric, VI-V. cent. B.C.

c.—White Painted Ware :—
(Enoche of the finest local fabric of Kition (Larnaka), VII-VILI.
cent. B.C.; Rhyton, VI-V. cent. B.C., doubtful if genuine Cypriote.

C.—Hellenistic Age: from the Ptolemaic Conquest onwards :—

a.—Red Pseudo-Samian Fabric :—
Two Jugs and a Vase, Roman; Small Vase, a clay imitation of
glass (II-V. cent. A.D.); Two Lamps (II-III. cent. A.D.); Lamp
(LV. cent. A.D.) ; St. Menas Flask, Christian. .

II.—ScuLprurES AND TERRA-COTTAS.

a.—Snow-man technique, VII-VI. cent. B.C. :—

Figure of a Lyre Player, a votive or funerary figure, Kition or
Amathus; Model of a chariot in which are three figures; Two Masks,
for suspension as a votive offering in a tree sanctuary, Amathus
fabric (?) ; Ass, with panniers; Ram, VI. cent. B.C.

b.-—Archaic Greek Influence, VI-V. cent. B.C. :—
Very finely-modelled flower-bearing votary of a common type, but
excellent finish; traces of red paint on the shoes, (early V. cent. B.C.),
Flower-bearing Votary (V. cent. B.C.).

c.—Hellenistic Influences; 1V-¥1. cent. B.C. :—
Fragment of a Moulded Terra.cotta ;, Small Stone Head of a Man,
painted red (IV. cent. B.C. ?).

MUSEUMS. 41

ITI.—Bronzes.

Osiris, Egyptian work (VI-V. cent. B.C.); Apis, Egyptian work .

(V. cent. B.C.); Isis and Horus, probably Syrian (VI-V. cent. B.C.);

Isis and Horus (formerly gilt), a Cypriote imitation of Egyptian (VI-V.
cent. B.C).

TV.—Porcensin and MiscELLANEOUS ORNAMENTS.

Scarabs and Bead of Egyptian style, imitated in Cyprus,
VIII-VI. cent. B.C. ; Scarabs (one representing a hunting scene), Cypriote ;
Scarab, of Unas, Egyptian 5th Dynasty (3500 B.C.); Scarabs, Cartouche
of Thothmes III.; Porcelain Finger Ring, 18th Dynasty (1450 B.C.) ;
Porcelain Charm Pendants VIII. cent. fabric; Beads, various, Egyptian ;

Gem, red jasper, in intaglio, Head of Flora, Greco-Roman, II-III.

cent. A.D.; Small female head in limestone ; Unguentarium, in
alabaster, containing calcined bones ; Head of Jupiter Serapis, in alabaster.

Summary or ACQUISITIONS.

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Scrence 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 Dome,
Mount Pleasant. They have been carefully examined every month, and,
when necessary replenished.

HENRY O. FORBES,
Director oF MUSEUMS.

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CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DrEcEMBER, 1898.

LIVERPOOL:
J. R, WILLIAMS & CO.. PRINTERS, 8, SCHOOL LANE.

1899.

COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS

FOR THE YEAR 1898-99.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM OULTON, J.P... LORD MAYOR.

Committee.
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN.
M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jx., ESQ., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.
EDWIN BERRY, ESQ., JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,
LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P., JOHN LEA, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN A, COMMINS, LL.D., M.P., FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ,

ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ., ALDERMAN A. T. SALVIDGE, J.P.,
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., RADCLIFFE W. SMITH, ESQ.,
MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P., ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT.
GEORGE KING, ESQ., COLONEL W. H. WALKER.

Ohtet €ibrarian :

PETER COWELL.
Deputn-Librarian :

THOMAS FORMBY.
Birector of Museums:
HENRY;,O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.
Assistant Ourator of Derby Museum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.
Assistant Ourator of iMaper Mluserm:
P. ENTWISTLE.

@urator of the Walker Art Gallery:
CHARLES DYALL.

GENERAL REPORT.

The past year has been one of steady progress in all departments of our
library work. In our Reading Rooms there is a noticeable increase in the
number of magazines and reviews issued, and this departure must be taken
as an indication of the increasing desire to obtain information and scientific
knowledge in a brief and condensed form, and it must be viewed with
satisfaction, as the short magazine articles are taking the place of the
novel and serial story. The Branch Libraries and Reading Rooms are
doing a most excellent work, and some idea of the public appreciation of our
Branch Libraries may be gathered from the fact that last year these
libraries issued over a million volumes for home reading, whereas nine years
ago, when we had only two branch libraries, the number issued was only
324,957 volumes.

It is a matter for sincere regret, that the Bill intended to be introduced
into Parliament, which, /nte ala, provided for an increase of the
Library Rate from ld. to 14d. in the pound, for the extension of
our libraries, was wrecked by the adverse vote of the ratepayers,
and the Committee is therefore prevented from going forward with
their policy of establishing further branch libraries. The Committee cannot
believe that this vote was intended to defeat this good and popular object,
and, with the sanction of the Council, will, at an early date, bring their pro-
posals more directly before the ratepayers. Liverpool is the only important
city in the United Kingdom which is content with a rate of only ld. in
the pound for library purposes. With the income which this furnishes, it
is not possible to make any adequate provision of libraries or reading rooms ;
and libraries and reading rooms have, with the advance of education, ceased
to be luxuries, they are essential for the healthy intellectual life and
well-being of the community, and it will be little short of a scandal if
Liverpool is allowed to lag behind the other great centres of population
in the development of her library system.

Our Reference Library is receiving increased attention, and the Com-
mittee are anxious to maintain its high reputation. Perhaps the extent
to which this Library is availed of is scarcely known. From early morning
to late at night it is filled with from 200 to 300 serious students—pro-
fessional and scientific men, schoolmasters, clergymen, writers for the daily

4 GENERAL REPORT,

journals and periodicals make constant use of it, and many original works
of scientific and historical importance owe their existence to the researches
made in this Library; and it is something gained in this city of “market
reports and nautical intelligence” that we should have a band of original
workers in literary and scientific subjects, and we may hope that in time
Liverpool may take a position in literature and in science, as we believe it

has already done in art.

The extension of the Winter course of lectures to the outer districts has
met with great success. Fifty-one lectures were delivered, with an average
attendance of nearly 1,000. The living voice is an educational power
perhaps even greater than books, and enlists the attention of those who
have not the faculty for serious reading of any kind. The Committee are
careful that their lectures, while beg entertaining, are at the same time >

instructive.

The Museum has been well attended, and it is gratifying to record that
the numbers exceeded those of the British Museum. The scientific staff are
still fully occupied in classificatory work, in order to have the exhibits ready
for the new galleries when completed.

In conjunction with the authorities of the British Museum, the Committee
took part in an expedition to Socotra, under the charge of their Director,
Dr. Forbes, which has recently returned, after a very successful journey.
The Committee welcomed this opportunity of co-operating with the British
Museum, as it may lead to reciprocal advantages of great value.

The Autumn Exhibition of Pictures was a brilliant success. The pictures
were of an unusual high character, and the hanging exceptionally good,
and although the attendance was rather disappointing, the sales made of
pictures were considerably above the average.

The Permanent Gallery continues to grow, and further accommodation
must be shortly provided.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,
CHAIRMAN.

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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Cyier LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.

As nearly half a century has now passed away since the first steps were
taken to establish the Liverpool Public Library, a few historical facts
connected therewith will no doubt be read with interest by friends both at
home and abroad. And those who are familiar with the humble beginnings
of the Institution will view with pleasure and surprise its present-day
development, as exhibited by the accompanying views of the Reference
Department and some of its Branch Libraries.

Towards the end of 1849, attention was first directed to the need of a
public institution in Liverpool where documents, &c. could be consulted ;
and, as a result of this expression of public opinion, Councillor (afterwards
Sir) James A. Picton, in April of 1850 (the year in which Mr. Ewart’s Public
Libraries Act was passed), submitted a motion to the Town Council that
“A Committee be appointed to enquire and report on the propriety of
establishing a Free Public Library in the town of Liverpool.” That motion
being approved, a committee of enquiry was formed for the purpose named,
its deliberations resulting in a favourable recommendation to the Council.

The public meeting subsequently called was marked by many manifestations

of earnestness on the part of the public for the establishment of a public
library, practical support of the movement being shewn by the voluntary
contribution for library purposes of nearly £1,400 and some 4,000 volumes.
The scheme being thus countenanced by both Council and public, these

_ subscriptions were duly transferred to the Corporation by the preliminary

Committee; and measures were forthwith taken to carry the wishes of the
inhabitants into effect. In 1851. the thirteenth Earl of Derby died,
bequeathing to the town his valuable and extensive collection of natural
history objects. To carry out the conditions attached to the gift, the
Corporation obtained a special Act of Parliament, which, in its title, “ An

“Act for establishing a Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery at

“Liverpool,” laid down the lines upon’ which the Committee of this Institu-
tion has never ceased to work and keep before it. The collection of books
then made by the Corporation Committee was housed in a building in

Duke Street, and on the 18th October 1852 the Reference Library was

6 LIBRARIES,

opened to the public; the total number of volumes then being 8,296. Few
institutions have been more favoured than this with noble and generous
gifts. The first of our benefactors was the late Sir William Brown, Bart.,
who, by the offer in 1853 of £6,000 (afterwards increased in 1856 to
£12,000), endeavoured to spur the Corporation into taking speedy measures
for the erection of a free library of such proportions as would be a credit
to the town architecturally, and which, internally, would afford that accom-
modation which had become a pressing necessity. His generosity went even
further ; and, jealous of delay, and anxious to see erected during his lifetime
a free public library worthy of the greatness of Liverpool, he addressed,
on the 3lst December, 1856, the following letter to the Mayor : —

“My dear Sir—I have been long desirous that Liverpool should
have a free public library and museuni worthy of the town, where the
inhabitants—he their position in life what it may—can resort for intel-
lectual improvement; and, as some of my relatives and friends have
expressed a wish that I should build one and present it to my fellow-
townsmen, I am prepared to do so on the site provided by the Cor-
poration. I have no wish to interfere with the resolution the Council
have already come to, of leaving the plans in the hands of the Corporation
Surveyor. Probably it will not be unreasonable for me to hope and
expect that, in some way or other, my name will be connected with it,
to show that I have endeavoured to be useful in my generation; and
possibly it may encourage others who have the means to contribute to
useful public works, and that some of my family or executors may be
continued on the Managing Committee.

Ever yours respectfully,
WiiuiamM Brown.”

The burden of cost being thus removed from the shoulders of the Council,
invitations were issued to architects for plans for a suitable building, and
a premium of 200 guineas was offered for the best design submitted. In
the competition which followed, preference was ultimately given to the
designs of Mr. Thomas Allom, an architect of some eminence in the literary
as well as the art world, and whose works are worthily represented on the
shelves of our library. This important matter decided, and all preliminaries
arranged, the foundation stone of that part of this Institution known as
the Brown Library was laid on the 15th April 1857 by Sir William
Brown; and, the building having been completed, it was opened to the
public on the 18th October, 1860, the occasion being marked by no little
ceremony and many expressions of public satisfaction.

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After the passage of some years, during which time the Reference Library
had grown, prospered, and increased in usefulness beyond all expectation,
the need of an extension to the library forced itself upon the consideration
of the Committee. Not only was further space required for the rapidly-
increasing stock of books, but increased accommodation was urgently needed
for readers, particularly for that class denominated “student” readers. For
some years one of the smaller book-rooms had been furnished with tables and
chairs for the special convenience of those readers who came for study and
literary work. The entrée of this room was obtained on written application
to the Library Committee, who, being satisfied with the object the applicant
had in view, issued a ticket entitling him to the use of the room for twelve
months. This room became very popular, on account of its seclusion and
the privileges allowed in it, which were not permitted to readers in the
general reading room. It invited and encouraged at the outset a-class of
readers which has increased in numbers ever since—readers who came for
literary work and investigation, or self-education, and not merely for light
and recreative reading. To overcome the difficulty thus presented to the
Committee, it was determined to erect a new reading-room on the vacant
land between the Brown Library and Walker Art Gallery, and the Council
having sanctioned the proposal submitted by the Libraries Committee, a
circular reading-room was built by the Corporation, and named the Picton
Reading Room, in recognition, by the Council and the people of
Liverpool generally, of the long and devoted service to this Institution of
Sir James A. Picton.

It may be of interest to mention here the lines on which the Reference
Library has been built up. Though the Committee has during the long
period of the library’s history, kept steadily in view the provision of
standard works, both British and foreign, in all departments of learning
and embracing as far as possible all branches of human inquiry, particular
attention has been given to certain subjects: with the result that in the
departments of Architecture and the Fine Arts generally, in Natural History,
in the literature of geographical investigation, and in regard to books
bearing upon those commercial and maritime affairs peculiarly valuable to
the inhabitants of a great seaport, the Liverpool Public Library may justly
claim to possess an unusually rich collection. The topographical section is
also very extensive; while it may be said that, as regards local illustrations
and publications, pains have not been spared, even from the foundation of
the library, to gather together what is perhaps at this moment the finest
and most valuable collection of the kind in the country. <A decided impulse

8 LIBRARIES.

was given to the collection and preservation of such prints and documents
as would serve to illustrate the history of Liverpool and Lancashire, by the
purchase, some forty years ago, of a very large number of maps, original
drawings, views, portraits, &c. relating to the County Palatine; and, from
that time forward, additions to the collection have been made not only
manuscript and printed matter being gathered, but drawings being
expressly made for the Committee of such ancient and notable buildings
as were to be demolished for purposes oi street improvement.

In accordance with the scope of the work of a public library sketched out
in the original special Act of Parliament, lectures formed a part; and in the
building erected by Sir William Brown, a lecture hall holding about 400
people was provided. On Jan. 19th 1866 free lectures were inaugurated :
the earliest series being chiefly upon scientific subjects, including natural
philosophy, zoology, geology and mining, the non-metallic elements, chemistry
and metallurgy, practical perspective, decorative art, ve. Later on, a more
popular element was introduced into the lecture series, in order to provide
for the lesser studious section of the public. The success which attended
the delivery of lectures in this smaller lecture theatre led to the construc-
tion of a new lecture hall, accommodating 1,500 persons, in the basement of
the Picton Reading Room. This hall was opened on January 3rd 1882
by a lecture on “Our Municipal Institutions: their past and future,” with
an attendance of 603. From the time when the free lectures were first
delivered, each returning Autumn and Winter have had their varied
courses of these aids and incentives to reading and study provided by the
Committee, who view their delivery with much interest and satisfaction.
The average attendance at the free lectures to-day is 1,274.

In 1853, two branch lending libraries were established in a tentative
way for the issue of books for home reading ; and some years later five (now
reduced to three) evening reading rooms were opened in various school
rooms, provided with a liberal supply of magazines and newspapers. It was
not, however, until the election of the present Chairman, Sir William B.
Forwood, that these auxiliary libraries received due attention. Since then
four new branch libraries have been opened and several others projected.
Women and boys’ rooms have been provided in several of the libraries, and
a careful selection of juvenile literature placed on the shelves, calculated to .

please and instruct the numerous young readers and satisfy the wishes of
their parents and guardians.

KENSINGTON Branco Lisrary.

Everton Brancu Lisrary.

LIBRARIES. 9
Notes on the Statistics.

The general work of the various libraries calls for no special comment.
The number of volumes issued in the Picton Reading Room are less than
the previous year by 7,001, but this is counterbalanced by an increase of
15,867 in magazines and reviews. This is the tendency of present-day
reading. It must be observed that no novels are issued in this room, nor
yet magazines whose chief feature is the serial stories they contain.

_ The total readers who used the Picton Reading Room during 1897
_ numbered 216,000; last year they were 66 less. The classes which show
the greatest increase this year are Education and Language, 1,641 volumes ;
Natural Philosophy and Mathematics, 674 volumes; Latin and Greek
Classics, 485 volumes; Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and works of General
Reference, 1,433 volumes. There has been a marked decrease in books
issued in the Brown Reading Room, to the extent of 45,694 volumes,
which means novels and magazines in volumes. And the newspaper
readers are less by 36,301. This is largely, if not wholly, accounted for
by the closmg of this room 24 working days for painting and cleaning,
ie the improved state of trade (for this room indicates the state of the

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shipping trade in a very marked degree), and the remarkably fine Autumn
of the year. The directories used have increased by 17,873 volumes. Here
in this room magazine literature shows an increase of 27,993 issues. Not-
withstanding the hindrances mentioned, the actual work of the whole of

_the Library shows an increase of 51 issues. The newspaper readers come
‘and go without affecting the staff to any appreciable extent.

With the growth and extension of the City, the Branch Libraries have
become more and more popular and centres of reading. Much of the
increase is due to the establishment of additional branch libraries. In 1890,
when only two branches existed, the issue of books for home reading was
$24,957, while last year it was 891,236, and adding the books read in the
Teading rooms of these branches, the volumes issued amount to a total of
038,746. Some cavilling has always existed at the great issue of novels,
but until the reading of fiction of approved merit is proved to be detri-
Mental to character and injurious to the community, the reading of fiction
may, to put it in a mild way, be accepted as much better than no reading
all. If it can supersede or prevent the reading of much periodical
literature which is absolutely deleterious, a great gain will have been
achieved. The rapid way which novels are read, and the frequency with
_ which they are exchanged, by a section of the 25,000 readers who are

10 LIBRARIES.

now using the lending libraries tell unduly in the class proportion of the
books issued. Taking scientific and technical books alone, the issue of
44,451 is worthy of special mention. Some little satisfaction may here be
expressed that among free libraries Liverpool first sought to cuitivate a
taste for music by placing on the shelves of these branch libraries high-
class works in this delightful art. Last year 15,815 volumes found their —
way into the homes of the people. It may also be further mentioned that
it was in these libraries that the blind as readers first received recognition
and have their tedious hours lightened by a literature adapted to their
needs. These readers have to-day a very generous friend in Miss M. L.
Hornby, who has added to the collection of books in the library in Braille
type to an extent which calls for the grateful acknowledgment of the
city at large. Five years ago the number of books lent to the blind
numbered only 211 volumes, while last year it had increased to 1,176.
Much of this increase is due to the bright, cheerful character of books
presented by Miss Hornby. This special library now numbers 667
volumes. A special catalogue has been printed, and is obtainable gratis.
Any friends of the blind therefore would be obliging the Library
Committee by making this fact known.

During the past year the extension of the free lectures to a number of
the outer districts of the city was continued. With those given in the
Central Lecture Hall, William Brown Street, the total number of lectures
delivered numbered 51, and the total attendances 47,553.

GenerRAL READING Room, KENSINGTON BrancH Lisrary.

GeneraL Reavinc Room, Everton Barancu Lisrary.

LIBRARIES, ll

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Weekly, &c.
| Magazines
issued.

Newspaper Lecture
Visitors. Attendances

Vol seh |
issued

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Reference TEESAE |
Picton REAvING Room :
Volumes issued . een 229,993 J,
Magazines aud Reviews |.......... sual : | 183,306
_ Brown Liprary:
DPAlaMeEBNESUCH! ..hof ei yse a Sos seca Pane 137,930 | ur
Monthly and Weekly Magazines ...... ee | 247,019 3
Illustrated Papers, issued in volumes |
(“The Graphic,” * Tilustrated |
London News,” ‘‘ Punch,” &c.) ...... 43,983 | of oy
CLO es pS ee 103,024 |
Specifications of Patents for Inventions 22,541 = bee
Visitors to the Newspapers .......... Eg Ss 334,212

Lending Libraries (Six).
Volumes lent for Home Reading ........ 891,236 ©

Kensincron Lisrary Reapinc Rooms:
MMPI IRGVIRSUIGE | ho tr7 <1 «0s Setso 5 cise 79,714 e
Maguzines and Reviews .. ........... se 120,716 ie
Visitors to the Newspapers............ ae me 89,971

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Everton Liprary ReaDinG Rooms:

Volumes issued . po 4 (he oe 61,438 AF nd |
Magazines and ad Lalas ai se 128,054 ES
Visitors to the Newspapers............ a 3 85,580 .

ay axrox Liprary Reapine Room:: |

meevolumes issued ...................... 6,358 © oe

Magazines and Reviews .............. ae 42,935 :

Visitors to the Newspapers............ Uy 3 34,19] |
Evening Reading Rooms. |

“Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews ....| : £6 90,605 |

Lectures. ) ) )
_ Attendance Pete ee ee eter cere teens cee - rd <4 ) 47,553
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TABLE II.
Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :—

Classification. 1898. 1897.
Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics PR a 22,134 22,913
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &e. —... if 22,010 . 21,336
Natural History, &c. Sas j Bat re 8,157 8,432
Science and the Arts, Sports and ites we 35,482 36,401
History and Biography, &c. eked ae fe 22,115 23,174
Topography and Antiquities = =% 8,279 8,108
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, sie ES eo 16,680 18,726
Collected Works, Essays, &c. de ae oe 33,790 39,545
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ... ae a 5,878 6,137
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, Ke. ... 7,205 7,893
Education and Language _... one an aE 18,809 17,168
Poetry and Dramatic Literature... ca Ser 10,897 10,522
Latin and Greek Classics... wae ee as 4,289 3,804
Encyclopzedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... ae HA 14,268 12,835

Totals a a te .... 229,993 236,994

Shewing a decrease from 1897 of 7,001 vols.

TABLE III.

TasLE.—Shewing the number and classification of works contained
in the Reference Library :-—

Classification. Volumes.

Theology, Morals, aud Metaphysics ... aH ah ost Prag Olen:
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c. oro ine ws nte(eepOBe
Natural History... en ‘ ‘ — ee 3 wee, Grete
Science and the Arts, Bia ts ia Pasties os ee ae .. 14,905
History and Biography, &e. ... ae es ae “aA ... 14,035
Topography and Autiquities ... x sat Rn me by eee
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, abies — ns bo) Gen
Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Wor ks, ea 8,

Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) —... .. 27,946
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics coe oe Bard aA at” Sis56
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, Xe. ... ans 4) Dey
Edueation and Language se 54 si ex, ¥s na 1,979
Poetry and Dramatic Literature = in oe oe .. 4,451
Prose Fiction... re ee au ae ah ws) 0, CRE
Latin and Greek Classics and qrakeltnes Be SM, se . Loge

- Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... mk . | 4,136

Total ... ae =< ... 115,310

Boys’ Room, Kensincton Branco Lisrary

Boys: Room, Everton Brancw Lisrary.

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LENDING LIBRARIES.
General Statistics.

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~ Volumes issued in Lend- |
ing Department ...... 220,491 | 174,079 | 158,071 | 180,871 100,175 | 57,549 | 891,236
Volumesissued in General |
Reading Room ...... — | 31,981 -—— 43,929 6,358 82,268
mes issued in Ladies’ | | |
Ae — | 981) — 7,164' — | 8,745
: Volumes issued in Boys’ |
202510) LS eae 28,476 —- 28,021: — 56,497
Magazines issued in
General Reading Room == 85,657 | — 96,745 42,935 = 225,337
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Magazines issued in 4
Ladies’ Room........ os 9,592 — 14,513 24,105
Magazines issued in )
Boys’ Room ........ , o— 32,805! — 9,458 - 42,263
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Newspaper Readers in |
General Reading Room| = — 79,021, — 86,074 | 34,191 199,
. Newspaper Readers in
dies’ Room - 6,559 - 3,897 — 10.456
New Tickets issued ....| 3,372} 2,180 1,845} 2,662) 1,234 700 ) 11,993
Readers on the Books ..| 7,010] 5,968| 3,970! 4,689| 2,424] 1,450 25.511
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moplaced .......... 96 157 671 260 -- 1,184
sea we te eet 1,146 644 692 894 462 385 4,223
dtal volumesin Libraries} 12,159| 23,087) 25,465| 14,928| 6,003, 3,723) 85,365

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Boys’ Room from June 13th to August 9th.

ca Stocktaking in September, it covers a period of three years for Central and two

the General Reading Room

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TABLE VI.—Shewing classification of Borrowers :—

Kensing-| walton | Sefton

Toxteth
a Branch.

Everton
Central. Branch.

Classification. Branch.

Brauch. Brauch.

Architects, Builders, and Surveyors ... 31 12 | 16 29 4 8s 100
_ Artists, Photographers, & Draughtsmen; 73 10 35 45 6 5 174
Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers ......... 79| 154; Sb} 126 34 Ser TOLL
Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ... 4 16; 12 20 7 — 59
Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers 142 94 54 72 5) 8 375
Bookkeepers, Clerks, and Agents ..... 2,601 | 731 | 649 | 676| 347| 165. 5,169
Boot and Shoe Makers ...................4. ll 15 15 9 5 2 57
PRI SEN 2 oe ce Sean P aves anes ll 2 5 7 — — 25

Brass, Iron, and Steel Founders......... 18 4 A | ll 9 == 7
Bricklayers, Slaterers, and Masons ... 16 22 10 7 8 — 63
Cabinetmakers, French Polishers, &c. 36 28 2) 21 2 3 lll
Carpenters and Joiners....................- 45 71 72 78 30 6 302
Chemists and Druggists.................... Syl Sees? 24 16 7 6 113
Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers...... 68 3638 4] 25 9; 217
Coach Painters and Builders ............. te 9 12 15 2 — | 45
Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses......... 60; 19] 13 46 2 21 | 161
Customs’ Officers, Police, Postmen, &c 92 | AZO) 134 He 102 28 42 507
Domestic Servants ............ 60 .....00.0c es = = = — _ 31 | 31
Dressmakers and Milliners ............... 125} 36 9} 108 10 23 311
Engineers, Fitters, and Machinists ...| 117, 116 99 | 108 46 16 502
Farmers and Gardeners....................5 12 | 3 | 4 7 6 20 52
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1S TP EIEE 2) 9] Ree 15 Lista 2a 1 6 2 69
LACT ee a 8 6 6 7 2 3 32
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LicensedVictuallers,Brewers, &Barmen| 45 21} 30 23 8 3; 130
(oi AR te lies RS I iat i ll 26 25 16 14 3 95
Merchants and Brokers..................... 4] 10 32 32 9 13 137
Messengers, Office Boys, & Apprentices) 557 | 200) 189} 134 87 29 | 1,196
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TE a aS 2 eee eee 20 9 4 37 1 1} 72
PERCH eis dt ons fobs hac a ceeeacaeten .. catabee 34 8 7 15 Vi 18 | 99
Painters, Plumbers, and Gasfitters...... | 34] 74] 58 52 19 6 243
_ Pattern Makers, Moulders, & Turners | 6; 23) S77 S16 3 -- 56
MEEAWIIDPOKEYS <............cedecescscsaesece co 7 14 12 8 i — 48
‘Schoolmasters and Teachers............| 224 | 227 65) 253 81 84 934
‘Students and Scholars ....................5 195 |1,250 | 146} 277) 127 95 | 2,090
pwrights, Riggers, and Sailmakers 6 18 21 9 3 1 58
Bis cae aes < Uavcenel whom etaaes 3 35 22 22 5 1 88
ors and Drapers .............:..es.c000 110 SLi 4015 oof 6 7 271
elegraphists and Typists ............... 106 35 71 | 36 9 15 292
Na TS CCOCRED aoe ce 36 | fm ies 1. 3 1 66
Warehousemen and Storekeepers ...... 130 86 62 | Mio? 458 2 373
Watchmakers, Jewellers, & Opticians 49 14 20} 10} 7 1 101
MULAMIONGS <0 -. o.oo sine .ascpogeacystie 436| 152] 34| 84| 150] 49] 905
_ No oceupation (principally females) ...| 1,315 | 1,993 | 1,674 (1,873 1,240 | 713 | 8,808
a Totals....... 7.010 |5,968 |3,970 4,689 (2 424 | 1,450 | 25,511

TABLE VII—EVENING READING ROOMS.

1898. | 1897.

Average

Attendance. Bois Night, "Attendance. per Night.
Chatsworth Street Board Schools... ..) 27,091 8s | 26,204 | 86
_ Stanley Road Board Schools .......... 46,167 149 42,884 | 144
Wellington Road School .............. 17,348 56 16,703 54

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16 LIBRARIES.

FREE LECTURES.
DELIVERED IN THE Picton Lecture Hau, JANUARY TO Marcu.

ArcHer, Roper §., F.s.a. (scot.) “To Nuremberg and back, via the
Rhine ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Burstatt, Frep. H., r.r.c.o., Cathedral Organist, Liverpool. “Gounod ;”
with Musical illustrations.

CarRUTHERS, Georce A. “Through the sunny Canary Islands;” with
Lantern illustrations.

Cortrr, Rev. A. L., s.J., F.R.A.s., of Stonyhurst College Observatory.
“The Principles of Spectrum Analysis;” with Lantern illustrations
and experiments.

Dyati, Cuarzes, Curator, Walker Art Gallery. “ Decorative Art in daily
hfe, as conducive to content and happiness ;” with illustrations.

Exuis, Jonn W., M.B., F.E.S. “Personal and photographic impressions of
Brittany ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Forses, Henry O., u1.., F.R.G.8., Director of Museums, Liverpool. “ Relics
of a vanished land in the Antarctic Seas;” with Lantern illustrations.

Forwoop, ALDERMAN Sir Wim B., J.P., Chairman, Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee. “Egypt, Past and Present;” with Lantern

illustrations.
GuazEBROOK, Frank. “Switzerland: its people and mountains;” with
Lantern illustrations. '
GREEN, Ropert F. “Bathing and Washing: a glance at scme strange

customs and observances in different parts of the world ;” with Lantern
illustrations.

GRENSTED, Rev. F. F., m.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education.
“The shapes of water and other liquids ;” with Lantern illustrations. |

Happock, Councittor L. B. “A trip to the Argentine Republic ;” with
Lantern illustrations.

Haupang, J. W. C., c.z. “Ocean Bed Scenery ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Harris, Rev. CHarues, M.A., F.R.G.8. “The Dwellers in the Euphrates
Valley ; or, New Light on an Old History ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Hewitt, W., 8.sc., Director of Technical Instruction, Liverpool. “ Optical
Tllusions ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Howarp, James L., p.sc., Lecturer on Physics and Physical Geography,
University College, Liverpool. “ Volcanoes ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Howett, Freprerick W. W., F.R.c.s. “Five hundred miles in Wilder
Norway ;” with Lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 17

Koun, Cuartes A., pu.p., B.sc., Lecturer on Organic Chemistry, University
College, Liverpool. “The Gases of the Atmosphere ;” with Lantern
illustrations and experiments. ;

Martyn, Rev. James H. “Charles Kingsley, poet and novelist ;” with
Lantern illustrations.

Narramore, WILLIAM, F.L.S., M.SAN.INST. “Milk: its food-value for young
and old, and the ancient and modern ideas regarding it ;” with Lantern

illustrations.

Nevins, J. Ernest, m.p. “Life in an Indian village ;” with Lantern
illustrations.

Proctor, Mrs. Ricnarp A. “Other Suns than ours;” with Lantern
illustrations.

NovEMBER AND DECEMBER.

Briscog, J. Porter, r.r.u.s. “The British Madeiras: a visit to the Channel
Islands ;” with-Lantern illustrations.

Cirpporn, Freperic. “The most picturesque town in France: Le Puy
(Haute Loire) ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Cortiz, Rev. A.L., s.J., F.R.a.s. “ Shooting Stars ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Euuis, Joun W., M.B., F.E.s. “Reminiscences of old and new Belgium ;”
with Lantern illustrations.

_ Gizson, R. J. Harvey, m.a., F.1.s., Professor of Botany, University College,
Liverpool. “The Lotus and the Trefoil: a chapter in the history of
Architecture ;” with Lantern illustrations.

Harvey, Wituam. “A tour in Southern Germany ;’
trations.

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with Lantern illus-

Hee-Suaw, H. S., ..p., M.ust.c.z., Professor of Engineering, University
College, Liverpool. “The Modern Motor Vehicle and its future ;” with
Lantern illustrations.

Herwortn, T. C., r.c.s. “Photography up to date;” with Lantern illus-
trations.

Herpman, W. A., p.sc., F.R.s., Professor of Natural History, University

College, Liverpool. “ The Herring Fisheries of Loch Fyne and the Irish

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Sea ;” with Lantern illustrations.

‘Ler, Joun, B.a. “Modern short stories and short story writers;” with
; illustrative recitals.

Marrvyn, Rev. James H. “The Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk ;”

with Lantern illustrations.

18 LIBRARIES.

Puiummer, W. E., M.A., F.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool Observatory,

Bidston. “Remarkable Comets ;” with Lantern illustrations.
Tompson, Grorce E. “Canyons of Southern France;” with Lantern
illustrations.
Wesster, Miss Vevey. “In Sunland: the story of a tour m Grand

Canary ;” with Lantern illustrations.

DELIVERED IN OvuTER Districts, JANUARY TO MARCH.

County Hatt, WaLtton—

“Tce and Ice Sculpture,” by Rev. SamuEL GASKING, B.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. ;
with Lantern illustrations.

“A Little Tour in Ireland,” by Freprric Cripsorn; with Lantern
illustrations.

“Through Snowdonia with a Camera,” by Donatp KenpaLi; with
Lantern illustrations.

MontTpPetiier Haun, Granpy Srreet, ToxterTa—

“The Growth of a Mountain,’ by Rev. F. F. Grensrep, m.a., Diocesan
Inspector of Religious Education; with Lantern illustrations.

“Relics of a Vanished Land in the Antarctic Seas,” by Henry O.
ForBEs, LL.D., F.R.G.S., Director of Museums, Liverpool; with
Lantern illustrations.

“A Wild Ride through Iceland,” by FrepeRick W.W. HowELt, F.R.G.8. ;
with Lantern illustrations.

Cuurch Haut, Lockerpy Roap, FarrrreELD—

“The Hygiene of Bone and Muscle in relation to Gymnastics and
Athletics,’ by Wiuttiam NARRAMORE, F.L.S., M.SAN.INST.; with
Lantern illustrations.

“Personal and Photographic Impressions of Brittany,” by Jonn W.
ELLIS, M.B., F.E.S.; with Lantern illustrations.

“ Jacobites in Lancashire,” by Councriior F. J. Lesuin, F.r.c.s., Chair-
man, Lecture Sub-Committee; with Lantern illustrations.

Town Hatt, WAavERTREE—

“Modern Pictorial Art and its Technical Characteristics,” by CHARLES
Dyatt, Curator, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; with Lantern
illustrations.

“Some more Old Lancashire Houses,” by Councittor F. J. Les.in,
F.R.G.s., Chairman, Lecture Sub-Committee; with Lantern ilus-
trations.

* Nelson of the Nile,” by J. Epwarp Parrott, M.A., LL.B.; with Lantern
illustrations.

| | LIBRARIES. 19

Dersy Hai, TursRoox—

“From Cornwall to Canterbury : a modern pilgrimage,” by LLEWELLYN
Morean, M.p.; with Lantern illustrations.
“On the Coast of South Devon,” by Joun C. Lee; with Lantern
illustrations. ’
: “Through Wales with Camera and Song,” by Rosert S. ARcHER,
: F.s.A. (scotT.); with Lantern and vocal illustrations.

DONATIONS.

British Mussum TRUSTEES :—

Catalogue of additions to the Manuscripts, 1846-47, 1854-75 Index only,
1876-81; Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists, by L. Binyon,
vol. 1; Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and Manuscripts, by
R. K. Douglas; Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals, by H. M.
Bernard, vol. 3; Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manu-
scripts, by W. de G. Birch, vol. 5; Catalogue of Printed Books,
5 vols.; she Poems of Bacchylides, edited by F. G. Kenyon; The
Poems of Bacchylides: Facsimile of Papyrus.

Tue Ricut Hon. tHE Hart oF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES, K.T., LL.D. : —

Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Catalogue of English Broadsides, 1505-1897,

privately printed, 1898; Collations and Notes, No. 4: Autotype
Facsimiles of Three Mappemondes, with an Introduction, including
a short notice on Desceliers’ Later Mappemonde of 1553, by C. H.
Coote, privately printed, 1898, 2 vols.; and 2 other works.

Ropert Guapstone, Esa. :—

Hesychii Lexicon cum notis integris, vel editis antehac, nunc auctis
et emendatis, H. Junii, H. Stephani, &c., vel ineditis H. Vales,
D. Heinsii, &c., ex autographis recensuit nunc primum edidit, suasque
animadversiones perpetuas adjecit J. Alberti. 2 vols. folio, Lugduni
Batavorum, 1746-66.

Pamir H. Horr, Esq. :—
Egypt Exploration Fund: Deshasheh, by W. M. Flinders Petrie.

20 LIBRARIES.

Miss M. L. Hornsy :—

Books for the Blind, Braille type:—Across Greenland, by F. Nansen
(6 vols.); Baby Bianca, by Mrs. Valentine (3 vols.) ; Bootles’ Baby,
by J. S. Winter; Cherry and Violet, by A. Manning (2 vols.);
Christmas Carol, by C. Dickens (2 vols.); Coming Race, by Lord
Lytton (3 vols.); Cranford, by E. C. Gaskell (3 vol..); Crown of
Wild Olive, by J. Ruskin (2 vols.); Deserted Village, by Oliver
Goldsmith ; Dream Woman, by Wilkie Collins; Eothen, by A. W.
Kinglake (4 vols.); Heart of the World, by R. Haggard (5 vols.) ;
Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History, by T. Carlyle
(6 vols.); Mademoiselle Ixe, by L. Falconer; Man in Black, by
S. Weyman (2 vols.); The Old Missionary, by Sir W. W. Hunter ;
Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, and Browning, by A. Ritchie (3 vols.) ;
Ships that Pass in the Night, by B. Harraden (2 vols.); Story of
Colbert and Quintin Matsys.

JosepH Kine, Esq. :—
50 Local Pamphlets, Reports, &c.

M. te Duc pve Lovusart :—

Clave General de Jeroglificos Americanos de Don Ignacio Borunda:
manuscrit inédit publié par Le Duc de Lonubat. Rome, 1898; Il
manoscritto Messicano Borgiano del Museo ethnografico della
S. Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, reprodotto in fotocromografia
a spese di S. E. Il Duc di Loubat. Roma, 1898.

Messrs. Macmiutan & Co. :—

An Arithmetic for Schools, by S. L. Loney; Elementary Algebra for
Schools, by H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight; Elementary Lessons in
Heat, Light, and Sound, by D. E. Jones; Physiography for
Advanced Students, by A. T. Simmons; and 31 other works.

Epwarp Rein, Esq. :—
The Tidal Thames: 20 photogravure plates after drawings by W. L.
Wylie, A.R.A., with descriptive letterpress by Grant Allen.
Herpert O. Ropinson, Esa. :—

The Structure and Life of Birds, by F. W. Headley; Sketch of the
Natural History of Australia, by F. G. Aflalo; Life of Philip H.
Gosse, by E. Gosse.

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SMITHSONIAN InsTITUTION, WasHINGTON, U.S.A. :—
History of the First Half-Century of the Smithsonian Institute,
1846-1896, ed. by G. B. Goode; Annual Report of the Smithsonian
Institution, 1894-5; Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections; and

7 osher works.

Unitep States GovERNMENT : —

United States Eleventh Census (4 vols.); United States Department
of Agriculture: Bulletins, Circulars, Insect Life (148 parts); Annual
Reports of the Commissioner of Education, 1895-6 and 1896-7; and
27 other works.

UNnIvERsITY CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE, LonDoN :—
Tutorial Latin Dictionary, by F. G. Plaistowe; General Elementary
Science, ed. by W. Briggs; University Correspondent, vol. 7;
A Middle Algebra, by W. Briggs and G. H. Bryan; and 24 other ©
works.

Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from the

following donors, for which the Committee again beg to express their
grateful acknowledgments :—

Leonard D. Abbott; Aberdeen University; Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Akroyd Museum of Art, Industries, &c., Halifax;
H. C. L. Anderson, M. A.(Librarian, Public Library, Sydney, New South Wales); Abel
Andrew ; Arliss Andrews ; Architects’ Benevolent Society ; Argentine Republic
Consul, Liverpool (F. P. Hansen) ; Director General of Telegraphs, Argentine
Republic (Dr. C. Carles); Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.; Herbert
Batsford ; Berlin Municipal Corporation ; Birkenhead Literary and Scientific .
Society ; Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead (R. Sydney Marsden, p.sc., M.B.);
Blackburn Chamber of Commerce ; Board of Trade, London ; H. Percy Boulnois,
c.E.; J. L. Bowes; Edgar Brinsmead; British and Foreign Bible Society ;
British Association for the Advancement of Science ; Agent-General for British
Columbia (F. G. Vernon); British Fire Prevention Committee; Rev. C. Musgrave
Brown, m.A. ; T. B. Browne; National Museum, Buenos Aires ; Burma Govern-
ment ; Cambridge University; Canadian Government; Canadian Government
Agency, Liverpool (A. F. Jury) ; Andrew Carnegie ; Messrs. Champness & Co. ;
Cheshire Lines Committee ; Medical Ofticer of Health for the County Palatine of
Chester (Francis Vacher, m.p.); Chester Society of Natural Science and
Literature ; Chicago Board of Trade, U.S.A.; Church Missionary Society for
Africa and the East; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.; William
Cleland ; Cobden Club; Rev. Charles C. Coe ; College of Preceptors, London ;
Messrs. Collingwood Bros. ; Lady Cook; Co-operative Union, Manchester ;
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.; Peter Cowell, F.R.HS.
(Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool); Edward 8S. Craston,

LIBRARIES.

MUS. BAC. ; Cripplegate Foundation, London; F. A. Crisp; Messrs. Donald Currie
and Co. ; Robert N. Cust, xu.p.; Edward Deacon; Zella Allen Dixson, A.M. ;
Messrs. F. H. Dougal & Co. ; Horatio W. Dresser ; Durham University ; Dublin
University; Mrs. Archibald Dunn; Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bart., M.P.;
The Principal, Edgehill College ; Edinburgh University ; Charles Ellis; G. B.
Ellis ; Emigrants’ Information Office, London ; Fairmount Park Art Association,
Philadelphia, U.S.A.; M. Fitzpatrick; Financial Reform Association, Liverpool ;
Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall College, Baltimore, U.S.A. ;
Friends’ Tract Association; Friends of Armenia; M. Campbell Galletly ; General
Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York, U.S.A. ; A. George; Rev.
H. de B. Gibbins, p. uirrv., Ma. ; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical
College; Glasgow Atheneum; Great Central Railway Co.; Great Eastern
Railway Co.; Great Northern Railway Co.; Great Western Railway Co. ;
Samuel 8. Green; W. N. Greenwood, F.x.M.s.; Henry Grey; Messrs. Guy & Co. ;
Haliburton Club, Toronto, Canada; Museum of Comparative Zoology ; Harvard
University College, Camb., Mass., U.S.A.; John W. Heaps; Prof. W. A.
Herdman, D.sc., F.R.S. ; Highland Railway Co. ; Frank M. Highly ; Lieut.-Col.
Henry W. L. Hime; Howard Association; Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding
Junction Railway and Dock Co.; Ilkley Urban District Council; Imperial
Institute, London; Incorporated Society of Musicians, London; Institut
International de Bibliographie, Brussels; Institution of Civil Engineers ;
Institution of Mechanical Engineers; International Arbitration and Peace
Association, London ; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; Kirkdale
Voluntary Industrial (Day) Ragged School ; Union of Lancashire and Cheshire
Institutes ; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Co. ; Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the County
Palatine of Lancaster (Edward Sargeant, m.p.); Messrs. C. & E. Layton;
Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society ; Messrs. John Leng & Co. ; Library
Reports, &c., have been received from the following Libraries :—Aberdeen.
Ashton-under-Lyne. Aston Manor, Birmingham. Aguilar, New York, U.S.A.
Baillie’s Institution, Glasgow. Barrow-in-Furness. Birkenhead. Birmingham.
Birmingham Library. Blackburn. Blackpool. Bodleian, Oxford. Bolton.
Bootle. Boston, U.S.A. Bradford. Brentford. Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A.
Brighton. Bristol. Bromley. Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Cambridge. Cambridge University. Cardiff. Carlisle. Carnegie, Allegheny,
U.S.A, Chelsea. Cheltenham. Chicago, U.S.A. Newberry, Chicago, U.S.A.
Cincinnati, U.S.A. Clapham. Clerkenwell. Royal Library, Copenhagen.
Cork. Croydon. Derby. Devon and Exeter Albert Memorial. Dewsbury.
Doncaster. Dundee. Ealing. Eastbourne. Edinburgh. Enoch Pratt,
Baltimore, U.S.A. Falmouth. Fletcher, Burlington, U.S.A. Folkestone.
Fulham. Gosport and Alverstoke. Great Yarmouth. Hamilton, Canada.
Hammersmith. Harvard University, Camb., U.S.A. Holborn. Hove. Hyde.
Jersey City, N.J., U.S.A. Kettering. Kilburn. Kingston-upon-Hull.
Kingston-upon-Thames. Leamington Spa. Leeds. Leicester. Leyland.
Lincoln. Longton. Loughborough. London Library. Los Angelos, California.
Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. Maimonides, New York, U.S.A. Manchester

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Middlesborough. Milwaukee, U.S.A. Newark, N.J., U.S.A. Fisk, New
Orleans, U.S.A. Newport. Newtown, Mass., U.S.A. New York Free
Circulating Library, U.S.A. New York Mercantile, U.S.A. New York State,
U.S.A. Norwich. Nottingham. Paterson, N.J., U.S.A. Penarth. Peoria, I1.,
U.S.A. Philadelphia, U.S.A. Philadelphia Mercantile, U.S.A. Plymouth.
Poplar. Preston. Reading. Reynold’s, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. Rothschilds,
Frankfurt, Germany. Richmond. Rochdale. Rotherhithe. Runcorn. St.
George, London. St. Giles, London. St. Helens. St. Louis, U.S.A. St. Louis
Mercantile Library Association, U.S.A. St. Martins-in-the-Field and St. Paul’s.
Salem, Mass., U.S.A. Salford. Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon. Sheffield.
Shoreditch. | Shrewsbury. Smethwick. Southampton. South Shields.
Atkinson, Southport. Stirlings and Glasgow. Stoke Newington. Streatham.
Sunderland. Sydney,N.S.W. Tokyo,Japan. Toronto,Canada. Twickenham.
Victoria, Perth, Australia. Walsall. Warrington. WestBromwich. West Ham.
Widnes. Wigan. WillesdenGreen. Wolverhampton. Worcester, Mass., U.S.A.
York; Liverpool Institutions and Societies’ Reports, &c., have been received from
the following :—Amateur Photographic Association. Architectural Society.
Asylum for Orphan Boys. Auxiliary Bible Society. Biological Society. Blue
Coat Hospital. Catholic Reformatory Association. Central Relief and Charity
Organisation Society. Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society. Church
Missionary Society. Council of Education. Deutsche Evangelische Kirche.
Diocesan Institutions. Engineering Society. Female Orphan Asylum.
Geographical Society. Geological Association. Geological Society. Holy
Trinity Ragged Schools. Hospital Sunday and Saturday Fund. Infant
Orphan Asylum. Infirmary for Children. ~ Juvenile Reformatory Association.
Literary and Philosophical Society. Liverpool Institute. Liverpool Institute
Teachers’ Superannuation Society. Municipal Officers’ Guild. Naturalists’ Field
Club. Peace Society. Penny Savings’ Bank. Philharmonic Society. Physical
Society. PolytechnicSociety. Preventive Home for Training Young Girls. Royal
Infirmary. ~ Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Sailors’ Home. Savings’
Bank. School Board. School of Science. Seamen’s Friend Society. Seamen’s
Orphan. Institution. Self-help Emigration Society. Self-propelled Trattic
Association. Shipwreck and Humane Society. Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. Sunday School Union. Sunday Society. Temporary
Home for Lost and Starving Dogs. Training Home for Nurses. Training Ship
‘* Indefatigable.” United Gas Light Company. Young Men’s Christian
Association—Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company ; Liverpool
Cathelic Publishing Company ; Liverpool Medical Institute ; Liverpool Medical
Officer of Health (E. W. Hope, m.p., p.sc.) Annual Reports; Liverpool
University College; Richard J. Lloyd, m.a., p.trrr.; London and North
Western Railway Company ; London College of Music; London Corporation ;
London Directory Company ; The Proprietors, Lyric Theatre, Liverpool ; John
McClelland; J. H. McGovern, F.u.a.s.; Manchester Geological Society ;
Manitoba Historical Society, Canada ; Mason’s College, Birmingham ; Mercantile
Marine Service Association, Liverpool; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ;
Mersey Railway Co. ; Meteorological Council, London ; Messrs. Methten & Co. ;

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L. B. Meunier; Midland Railway Co.; J. G. Cotton Minchin; J. Murray
Moore, M.D. ; G. H. Morton, F.c.s. ; Henry D. Muir; Vice-Admiral
Sir G. 8S. Nares, k.c.p.; National Association for the Promotion of
Technical and Secondary Education ; National Footpath Preservation Society ;
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Navy League,
Liverpool; J. Birkbeck Nevins, m.p.; The Editor of the ‘‘ Newcastle Daily
Chronicle ;” Proprietors, New Empire Theatre, Liverpool; H. 8. Newman ;
Proprietors, New Grand Opera House, Liverpool; Newton Abbott Urban
District Council ; Agent-General for New South Wales (Sir Daniel Coope, Bart.,
G.o.M.G.); Agent-General for New Zealand (W. P. Reeves, Q.c.); Nicholson
Institute, Leek; North British Association of Gas Managers; North
British Railway Co.; North Eastern Railway Co.; Norwegian Winter
Tourist Association ; Ontario Government Agency, Liverpool (P. Bryne, Agent) ;
Owen’s College, Manchester ; The Delegates of Local Examinations, University
of Oxford ; Comptroller of Patents, London ; Registrar of Patents, Queensland ;
Registrar of Patents, Perth, Western Australia; Lady Paget; Peabody Institute,
Baltimore, U.S.A. ; W. E. Peck; Phebe Hearst University, California, U.S.A. ;
Messrs. Phillipson & Golder ; W. E. Plummer, m.4., F.R.A.S. (Director, Bidston
Observatory) ; The Proprietors, Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool; Queen’s
College, London ; Queen’s College, Birmingham ; Agent-General for Queensland
(Sir H. Tozer, kK.c.mM.G.); W. H. Quilliam; T. Mellard Reade, ¢.@., F.G.S. ;
‘Rectangle ;” Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, London ; Religious
Tract Society ; William Ridley ; National Museum, Rio de Janeiro; Rotunda
Theatre Co., Liverpool; Royal Astronomical Society; Royal College of Physicians,
London ; Royal College of Surgeons, London; Royal Colonial Institute ; The
Proprietors, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool; Royal Dublin Society; Royal
Institute of British Architects; Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Royal
Observatory, Greenwich ; Royal Society of Canada; Royal Society of London ;
Royal University of Ireland ; St. Bride’s Foundation Institute, London ; Sanitary
Institute, London; Henry Sell; The Lessee, Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool ;
Rev. W. Sidgreaves, 8.J., F.R.A.S. ; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts ; Society of Accountants and Auditors ; Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland; F. W. South ; Southport Meteorological Observatory ; W. Walker
Stephens; Charles Stewart, m.a.; Clement E. Stretton, c.x.; Messrs. Stubbs
and Co. ; C. W. Sutton (Librarian, Free Public Library, Manchester) ; Messrs.
Sutton & Sons; Swedenborg Society ; Sydney University ; Agent-General for
Tasmania (Sir Westby B. Perceval, kK.c.m.c.); Sedley Taylor, m.a.; A. G.
Temple, F.s.A.; Thomas Tonge ; Humphrey Trieveare ; Trinity College, London ;
University College of North Wales; Wagner Free Institute of Science,
Philadelphia, U.S.A.; James Walker; G. G. Walmsley; P. B. Walmsley ;
A. ©. Wannan, ¢.r., and KE. W. I. Wannan, m.1.c.n.; Ernst Wasmuth; Rev.
F. H. Wells, B.p. ; Agent-General for Western Australia (Sir Malcolm Fraser,
K.C.M.G.) ; Messrs. Whittaker & Co. ; Messrs. Williams and Norgate; Messrs.
Willmer Brothers & Co.; F. A. Winder; R. C. Winthrop, Junx. ; Wirral |
Railway Co. ; Zoological Society of London. |

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The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., have been presented
regularly by the respective Publishers :—

Accountant

African Review

Arms and Explosives

Awake

Bible Advocate

British Temperance Advocate
Builders’ Reporter

Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher
Canadian Gazette

Canadian Patent Office Record
Cape Argus

Children’s World

Child’s Guardian

Church Missionary Gleaner
Church Missionary Intelligencer
Church Monthly

Church Weekly

Civil Service Aspirant

Civil Service Competitor

Civil Service Examiner

Civil Service Hints

Concord

Cowkeeper and Dairyman’s Journal
Crescent

Deliverer

Educational Times

Electrical Engineer

_ Electrician

_ English Churchman
Englishwoman’ s Review
_ Esmeduna

Estates Gazette

Farm, Field, and Fireside

Financial Reformer °

] ever, Fruiterer, Florist, &c.
Gaelic Journal

Incorporated Society - Musicians,
_ Journal of

Isle-of-Man Examiner

Journal of the Clerk of Works’
Association

Journal of the
Society

Journal of State Medicine

Keefe’s Civil Service Monthly

Labour Chronicle

Labour Gazette

Leamington Advertiser

Light

Literary News

Liverpool Catholic Times

Liverpool College Old Boys’ Magazine

Liverpool College Upper School
Magazine

Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Kcho

Liverpool Express

Liverpool Institute Schools Magazine

Liverpool Journal of Commerce

Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Porcupine

Liverpool Post (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Review

Liverpool Shipping Telegraph

Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal

Local Government Journal

London Tailor

Machinery

Machinery Market

Madame

Manchester Faces and Places

Mariner

Midland News

Milling

Mission Field

Mona’s Herald

Musical Herald

Myrtle Wreath

Nature Notes

New Church Magazine

New Ireland

New Ireland Review

Nonconformist Musical Monthly

Northampton Mercury

Oddfellows’ Magazine

Official Journal of the Patent Office

Orchestral Association Gazette

Oxford Chronicle

Paper Maker

Paper Makers’ Circular

Personal Rights Journal

Photogram

Poor-Law Officers’ Journal

Royal Statistical

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Positivist Review

Post

Present Truth

Preston Herald

Printers’ Register

Public Health Engineer

Railway Review

Ramsey Courier

Ramsey Weekly News

Reports of Patents, Design, and Trade
Mark Cases

Sanitary Inspector

Sanitary Record

Script Phonographic Journal

Sheffield Weekly Independent

Shipping World

Shoe and Leather Record

Society of Chemical Industry, Journal
of

Sphinx

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal

State Correspondent

Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades
Register

Stationery World

Stonyhurst Magazine

Student’s Journal

Temperance Chronicle

Tool and Machinery Register

Trade Journals’ Review

Trade Marks Journal

Travel

Two Worlds

_ University Correspondent

Vaccination Inquirer
Vegetarian
Vegetarian Messenger
Western Daily Press
Worcestershire Herald
Zoophilist

PETER COWELL,
LIBRARIAN.

THE MUSHUMS.

ly the absence of the Director of Museums, the Assistant Curator of the
Derby Museum furnishes the Forty-Sixth Annual Report upon the
CONDUCT and PROGRESS of the Museums.

I.—GENERAL.

THe Free Pusitic Museums comprise (A) the Dersy Museum, of
which the nucleus was the collections bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by
the Thirteenth Earl of Derby. It contains the British Collections, and
the general Zoological, Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical Depart-
ments, besides which there is an Aquarium, containing both Fresh and
Salt Water Animals; (B) the Mayer Museum, the larger part of
which was collected and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by
Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. These collections are specially rich in (a)
Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities ; (b) Medieval European
_Ivories, Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts; (c) the unrivalled
_ Brian-Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection; (d) the Vather Miniatures; and
(e) the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously richin Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares. Associated with this Museum, as belonging
_ more nearly to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to any

large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (f) the Ethnographical
Collections, chiefly of barbaric races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected at the
cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under :-—

During January, November, and December... from 10 to 4
5 February : rie dig . 10 to 4-30
» March and ees. as 5. thiss Jae GD
» April to a Sa s emautiagia LO) to; G

Also on Monday Evenings during January to)

March, and October to December ... a 7 to 16

_ The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
‘ridays of Whit-, Easter- and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

28 MUSEUMS.

On the first day of July last the Foundation Stone of the Technical
School and Museum Extension Buildings was laid by Alderman
Sir William Bower Forwood. The proceedings were presided over by
the Lord Mayor of the City, Alderman John Houlding, and there were
present Members of the City Council, the Principal and Professors of
University College, and many others interested in scientific and technical
education. The stone, a block of Aberdeen granite, has a polished face,
bearing a suitable inscription as a record of the important proceedings
of the day, and will appear as a tablet on one of the inner walls of the
Entrance Hall of the Technical School. During the past year fair
progress has been made in the work of building, and the walls are now
up to the level of the second storey.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met under the Presidency of Sir William Crookes,
at Bristol, and also at the Meeting of the Zoological Congress, held in
Cambridge in August.

The second number of The Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums was
published in February, and contains (a) a description, with a hand-
coloured plate, of an interesting bird from Madagascar, found in
the Derby Collection ; (6) notes on two species of Pigeon in the Derby
Collection ; (¢) catalogue of Cuckoos and Plantain-eaters in the Derby
Museum ; and (d) a description of a collection of cast-metal work from
Benin, copiously illustrated by photographic reproductions.

The third and fourth numbers were issued in October, in the form of
a double number. This contains (a) a brief account of the laying of the
Foundation Stone, with description and plate of the New Museum
Extension Buildings; (b) descriptions with figures, of a new Marine
Spider from South Africa and of a Crab-gall on Millepora ; (c) notes
on several species of birds in the Derby Collection, with hand-coloured
plates of two; (d) notes on some Marine Invertebrates from Hilbre
Island ; (e) catalogue of the Picarian Birds in the Derby Museum and
(f) a paper on a Fragment of the Parcival of Wolfram yon Eschenbach
in the Mayer Museum, illustrated by four plates.

The first four parts, which constitute Volume I. of the Bulletin, have
now been published as a royal 8vo. volume of 128 pages and 16 plates
(five hand coloured), bound in a neat cloth binding. Separate boards
or binding may also be obtained at the publishers.

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_ The Director of Museums, accompanied by the Taxidermist,
_ Mr. Cutmore, in conjunction with Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, of the
British Museum, left towards the end of October last on a Zoological
Expedition to Sokotra, an island about 400 miles beyond Aden.
Information has since been received that the expedition had already
collected some specimens on the way out and was safely landed in
Sokotra, with the members all well. It is expected to return early in
the year, when a special report will be issued on the results.

II.— Visitors.

During the year there has been a considerable increase in the number
of visitors to the Museums over that of the previous year, as shown by
the following table :—

1897. 1898.
(261 Days) (264 Days)
Total Visitors in the Year ie i 337,838 na 354,114
Weekly Average .. as ae sts 6,496 as 6,809
Daily Average... - ak d 1,294 if 1,341

_ These figures compare most favourably with the attendances at the
British Museum (Natural History). In 1896 the total attendance on
week days at the National Museum was 417,033, or an average daily
attendance of about 1,336 persons; in 1897 the total attendance on
week days was 372,867, or an average daily attendance of nearly 1,203.
he average daily attendance at the Liverpool Museum for 1898 is
341 persons, or 5 in excess of the daily attendance at the British
useum (Natural History) during 1896 and 138 in excess of the daily
on ance during 1897. The 1898 figures for the British Museum are
yet to hand. The attendance of schools, taking advantage of the
se in the Education Code, whereby time devoted to instruction
p in Museums reckons as school attendance, has been well
intained—considerably over 1,000 children, under the charge of
achers, haying visited the Museums in order to receive lessons from
é specimens on exhibition. The value of this system is seen in the
reat interest aroused in the children, as skown by their increased
ittendance, independently and with their parents, during the school
olidays. This has become quite a marked feature, and plays no incon-
Jerable part in the advance of the total attendances year by year.

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Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching, can obtain, by application to the Director,
and on giving satisfactory references, tickets enabling them to enter on
Fridays, when there are special facilities afforded them 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 Natural History, Osteology and Dental Anatomy,
who have made extensive use of the collections on the days the Museums
were otherwise closed to the public.

The Museums were open on twenty-five Monday evenings during the
periods of January to March and October to December, when the total
attendances were 8,768, giving an average of 350 each evening.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during the
year for the purpose of inspecting the Collection or other special
objects :—Dr. A. B. Macallum, Toronto; Prof. and Mrs. Baldwin
Brown, Edinburgh ; H. Duckworth, Jesus College, Cambridge ; Dr.
Priebsch, London ; Major-General Robley ; Prof. Bower ; Prof. Hall
Griffen, London; Dr. Murie, Edinburgh; Dr. and Mrs. Jessop ;
Fleet-Master Lowther, R.N. ; W. E. Hoyle, M.A., Manchester; Purdon
Clarke ; Prof. Paterson, M.D.; Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, Loyalty
Islands ; W. Crosfield, J.P., and Miss Crosfield; C. Madeley, Curator,

Warrington Museum ; R. Newstead, Curator, Chester Museum.

II].— Lectures.

Twenty Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on Monday
evenings in the Theatre of the Museum. They were illustrated by
specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The total attendance
at the Lectures was 2,440.

The following is a list of the subjects :—
A course of six Lectures on ‘‘The Animals of Australia—a chapter

in Geographical Distribution ”°—was given by the Assistant Curator of the
Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M. Se. :—

Jan. 10th.—‘‘ Zoo-Geographical Distribution.”

Jan. 17th.— The Zoological Regions.”

Jan. 24th.—‘* The Egg-laying Mammals of Australia.”

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Jan. 31st.—* The Pouched Mammals of Australia,” I
Feb. 7th.—‘The Pouched Mammals of Australia,” II.
Feb. 14th—* Peculiar Birds and Reptiles.’

A course of three Lectures on “The Carboniferous Period, or the
time when our Coal was made,” was given by the Assistant in the Derby
Museum, Mr. W.S. Laverock, M.A., B. Se., as follows :—

Feb. 21st.—‘‘ The Rocks of the Carboniferous Period.”
Feb. 28th.— The Animals of the Carboniferous Period.”
March 7th.—*“ The Plants of the Carboniferous Period.”

A course of three Lectures on “The Mortuary Customs of the American
Indians ” was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum,
Mr. P. Entwistle, as follows :—

March 14th.—* Pit Burials.”
March 21st.—‘‘ Canoe and other Burials.”
March 28th.—“ Tree and Scaffold Burials.”
: A course of four Lectures on “The Fish-like Mammals’ was given
by the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A.
_ Clubb, M. Sc., as follows :—
Oct. 10th.‘ Seals and their Capture.” I.
Oct. 17th.—* Seals and their Capture.” II.
~ Oct. 24th.—* Whales and their Capture.” I.
Oct. 31st-—* Whales and their Capture.” — II.
A course of four Lectures on “Common Wild Flowers ” was given

by the Assistant in the Derby Museum, Mr. W. S. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc.,

y ov. 7th.—‘ The Pea and the Clover.” I.
Noy. 14th.—** The Pea and the Clover.” IT.
Noy. 21st.—‘- The Scottish Blue-bell.”
ov. 28th.—* The English Blue-bell.”

A. DERBY MUSEUM.
THe Enrrance Hat anp GALLERIES,
(British Couuections.)
a The work of filling up the blanks in the series has been continued,
but much still remains to be done, both in this respect and in the effective
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almost daily—the type series of Butterflies and Moths of the neighbour-
hood, especially, being largely made use of by local amateur collectors in
identifying their captures. The work of building up the large Sigillarian
trunk taken from the coal-bearing measures at Wigan, referred to
in the last Report, has been completed, but the finishing off of the
exhibit has been delayed, so that an additional length of the main stem,
showing more of the characteristic Sigillarian markings, may be added.
This portion, through the active interest of Mr. Knowles and
Mr. Haworth, it is expected, will come to hand shortly.

ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

(a) GENERAL.

During the past year there has been no change in the number and
duties of the staff. The work of cataloguing the Birds has been —
continued, and to the Catalogue of the Parrots (Psittaci), published in ©
1897, there have been added during 1898 the Cuckoos and Plantain-
eaters (Cuculi) and the Woodpeckers (Pici). Other groups are in
course of preparation. The acquisitions made during the year have been —

large, and a considerable amount of the time of the scientific staff is
taken up in the identification, cataloguing and registering in stock of
these specimens.

It is important, in view of the great increase of exhibition space at
an early date, that as many specimens as possible should be prepared for
exhibiting, so that when the time comes they will be ready for removal
to the various exhibition cases. The store material will, without doubt,
yield a large number of specimens for this purpose, but the working up
of this material consumes so much time, entailing as it does the
scientific examination of every specimen either to identify it or to
verify the name already attached, and also, when satisfactorily determined,
the preparation and mounting in suitable exhibition jars, that it becomes
almost necessary, in order to make any material progress, that a staff
should be able to devote the whole time to this work alone. Some
preparations have been made from this source, and also from the
acquisitions as they are received, but the progress is slow when taken
along with other duties,

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The series of photographic enlargements illustrating the various races
of mankind—the Caucasian, the Mongolian and the Melanesian—have
been further extended. Anthropologists, who have seen them, have
expressed their high appreciation of their value, and requests have been
received from several Museums for copies. A series is at present being
prepared for the British Museum, and over fifty enlargements have been
already sent to that Institution per Mr. Richard Lydekker, F.R.S.

(6) ARRANGEMENT.

The same general arrangements of the collections have been maintained
throughout the year, and in view of the Extension, when such changes
and re-arrangements will be involved, little can be done, beyond keeping
the collections, as at present exhibited, in proper order.

(c) CONSERVATION.

All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined,
dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabinets and
tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been systemati-
cally gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or other
preservative. The store cabinets of dried specimens also require

_ constant attention, insects especially being liable to deterioration.

The work of reducing the duplicate specimens of mounted birds and
forming cabinet skins of them for the study collection has been continued.
The Indian Elephant, presented to the Museum in May last by
Messrs. Barnum and Bailey, has been preserved. The skin was cured
and is now coopered in preservative fluid ready for stuffing; the

sleton was cleaned and buried in sand to macerate and the bones
now almost ready for mounting; various parts of the viscera
have been preserved for further anatomical investigation.

a (d) Loans.

_ Several specimens of Birds (Myzomela lifuensis and M. rubrocucullata )
were lent to the Hon. Walter Rothschild, for study at his Museum at
Tring, Herts.

Forty specimens of Birds (Z'urdide/ were lent to Dr. Bowdler
Sharpe, British Museum.

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(e) PRESENTS.

The donations to the Museum during the year have been numerous, and
again the continued kindness of Mr. A. Ridyard, of the 8.8. “ Niger,”
has to be recorded. Among the numerous living West African Fishes,
all of great interest, which Mr. Ridyard has presented this year, there
is one—the Calabar Polypterus (Calamoichthys calabaricus)—which is
especially interesting to Ichthyologists.

The gift of the Indian Elephant and the Giant Kangaroo, by Mr.
J. A. Bailey, of Messrs. Barnum and Bailey, is also worthy of notice.

(f) EXcHANGEs.

A Living Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens/ in the dried block, was
sent to Professor Bashford Dean, Columbia University, New York, who
sent in exchange eggs and larve of Lepidosteus and Amia, two North
American Ganoid Fishes.

A dozen Living Walking-fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri) were sent
to the Zoological Gardens, London.

Hight Living Walking-fish ¢ Periophthalmus koelreuteri) were given
to Captain Vipan, Wansford, in exchange for living specimens of
Ophiocephalus punctatus, the Indian Serpent-head Fish, and Heros
facetus, a Central American Fresh-water Fish.

(g) ACQUISITIONS.
INVERTEBRATES—

Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.)

Specimens of Tubularia indivisa, Linn. ; Garveta nutans, T.S.W.;
Alcyonium digitatum, Linn. ; Urticina crassicornis, Mull. and Metridium
dianthus, Ellis (D. 29. 3. 98. 2-6); collected at Hilbre Island by
members of the Staff. ;

Coral (Agaricia sp.) from Bermuda (D. 10. 5.98.2) ; presented by Mr.
R. Powell.

Two Fossil Corals (Astrea collaris, Fraas and Phyllocoenia sp.), from
Abeih, Palestine (D. 26. 7. 98. 32 & 33) ; purchased.

Specimens of Sea-Fans (Gorgonia spp.), from Futa, Congo Francais,
West Africa (D. 9. 8. 98. 4) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

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Collection of Zoophytes from rocks near Melbourne, Australia,
containing Sertularia operculata, L.; Plumularia aglaophenia Linn. ;
Tubularia sp. and others (D. 23. 8. 98. 10-12); presented by Miss
Wigram.

Silicified Coral (Zsastrea tisburiensis) (D. 16. 12. 98) ; presented by
Mrs. Butt.

Echinoderma. (Starfishes, etc.)

Fossil Echinoderma (Cidarites glandarius, “Lang and _ others)
(26. 7. 98. 84-37) ; purchased.

Polished longitudinal section of the base of the stem of a Crinoid
(Apiocrinus sp.) (D. 16. 12. 98. 2); presented by Mrs. Butt.

Vermes. (Worms, etc,)
Tape-Worms (T'aenia sp.) from intestine of a Dace (D. 12. 5. 98. 1).
Collection of Polyzoa from rocks near Melbourne, Australia, containing
Bicellaria juba, B. grandis, Bugula deniata, Flustra sp. and others
(D. 23. 8.98. 2-9) ; presented by Miss Wigram.

Arthropoda.

Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.)

Specimens of Pycnogonum litorale (Strém.) and Corophium grossipes
(Linn.) (D. 29. 3. 98. 7 & 8) ; collected at Hilbre Island by members of
_ the Staff.
Fossil Cray-fish (Pseudastacus sp.), from the chalk of Halsel, Palestine
(D. 26. 7. 98. 31) ; purchased.
Cray-fish (sp. indet.) from Rio del Rey, W. Africa (D. 23. 11. 98. 4) ;
"presented by Mr. Forman, per Mr. Ridyard.
_ Two Sea-slaters (Ligia oceanica, L.) from the Channel Islands
(D. 16. 12. 98. 4) ; collected and presented by Mr. Entwistle.

Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, etc,)

Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius, Linn.) (D. 25. 1. 98. 1) ; presented by
Mr. Donald Sutherland.

F Spiders (Paradesis tubicola, Pocock), from Wynberg, Cape Colony
(Dz 8. 2. 98. 1); presented by Mr. W. Abraham. [A new species, see
- Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, Vol. 1, Nos. 8 and 4, p. 75.]
Beetle (sp. indet.), found among seed from the Himalayas (D. 22. 2. 98.1);
also one (sp. indet.), found in a seed-vessel of a plant from Japan
— (D. 29. 3, 8. 2) ; presented by Mrs. H. A. Bulley.

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Spider (Mygale bistriata, Koch), fiom near Valparaiso (D. 10. 3. 98. 1);
purchased.

A uumber of Ants (sp. indet.), found in a white-wood log from Baltimore,
in timber yard, Liverpool (D. 29. 3. 98. J7); and a Beetle (sp. indet.),
found in an ash-tree log, probably from Ireland (D. 29. 3. 98. 18);
presented by Mr. W. Swan.

Collection of Lepidoptera (spp. indet.) containing about twelve species
from Bululand, Cameroons (D. 19. 4. 98. 1-10); Caterpillar (sp. indet.),
from Boma, West Africa (D. 19.4. 98.13) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Stick Insect (Palophus centaurus, Westw.), from Muni R., Eloby,
W. Africa (D. 19. 4. 98. 11); presented by Mr. G. W. Stokes, per
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Scorpion (Buthus afer, Linn.), from Cameroon, W. Africa
(D. 19. 4. 98. 12); presented by Mr. J. E. Gibney, per Mr. Ridyard.

Spider (sp, indet.), found in basement of Museum (D, 26. 4. 98. 1).

Beetles (St/pha rugosa, Linn.), from Hoylake (D. 10. 5. 98. 1);
collected by the Director.

Water Scorpion (Belostoma heldemanum (?) L.) from North America
(D. 10. 5. 98. 8); collected and presented by Councillor Hyslop
Maxwell, Jun.

American Beetle, found in pine deals (D. 28. 5. 98. 1) ; Larva of
Beetle found in English ash (D. 28. 5. 98. 2); presented by Mr. W. Swan.

Death’s Head Moth (Acherontia atropos, L.), found near the mouth of
the Mersey (D. 8. 6. 98. 1); purchased.

Cinnabar Moth (Zuchelia jacobww, L.) from Hoylake (D. 11. 6. 98. 1);
collected by the Director.

Lamellicorn Beetle (sp. tndet.) and larvee, from West Atrica, taken
living from block of mud containing Mud Fish (D. 4.7. 98. 1 & 2) ;
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Spiders (Mygale sp.) from West Africa (D. 12. 7. 98. 1) ; presented
by Messrs. J. Bruce & Sons.

Sheep-tick (Jwodes ricinus, L.), found in yard of a dwelling-house,
Liverpool (D. 26. 7. 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. T. A. Bibby.

Millipede (Spirostreptus sp.) ; Spiders (Wephila sp.) and Orthopterous
jnsect (Hetrodes sp.), from Bululand, Cameroons, West Africa

(D. 9. 8. 98. 1-38); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

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_ Four Wood-boring Beetles taken from American timber (spp. indet.) ;
~ Common Wasp (Vespa vulgaris, L.) and Spiders (D. 13. 9. 98. 30-36);
_ presented by Mr. W. Swan.
Spider (sp. indet.) found on packing around Stone Chairs from Pern
(D. 13. 9. 98: 1).
: Three Specimens of the Irish variety of the Common Blue Butterfly

Lycena icarus, Rott. # and 2 ¢), from Sligo (D. 13. 9. 98. 38) ;
presented by Mr. Percy H. Russ.

Specimen of the Silver Y Moth (Plusia gamma, L.) and chrysalis
from New Brighton (D. 13. 9. 98. 39 & 40); the Cabbage Moth
(Mamestra brassice, L. 3 ), and the Pale Mottled Willow Moth ( Caradrina
quadripunctata, F.) (D. 3. 10. 98. 1); from Liverpool.

Six specimens of the Concolorous Moth (Tapinostola concolor, Gn.)
(D. 3. 11. 98. 1) ; received in exchange.
Collection of 22 specimens of Lepidoptera from Cameroon, W. Africa
(D. 23. 11. 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. G. W. Stokes per Mr. A, Ridyard ;
and a collection of 41 specimens of Lepidoptera from Quibu, Upper
Congo, W. Africa (D. 23. 11. 98. 2) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Collection of Lepidoptera from Carwar, Bombay Presidency (D. 15.
- 98. 1); presented by Mr. F. Dresser.

Mollusca.

Specimens of Archidoris tuberculata, Cuv. ; Lamellidoris bilamellata, Liun.
Eolidia papillosa, Linn. ; Coryphella rufibranchialis, Johnst. ; Cuthona nana,
Ald. and Han. ; Dendronotus arborescens, O. F. M., and Tritonia hombergi,
Cuy., from Hilbre Island; and Cratena concinna, Ald. and Han., from
Leasowe (D. 29. 3. 98. 9-16) ; collected by members of the Staff.

Fossil Cephalopod (Nautilus parkinsoni Edwards (1) ), from New Zealand
(D. 10. 5. 98. 4); purchased.

Two specimens of Sepiola atlantica, D’Orb., from the Estuary of the
Mersey (D. 15. 6. 98. 1); purchased.

a Collection of Fossil Mollusca from Palestine :—Hippurites liratus, Conrad ;
Nerinea pauxilla, Hamlin; N. schickit, Fraas ; Rostellaria rustemi, Fraas ;
Natica patuleformis, Fraas; NV. scalaris, Whitfield; Cytherea lebanotica,
Fraas; Corbiculopsis birdi (Whitfield); Certthium provinciale-plicatum,
_ Fraas; C. orientale, Conrad ; Nertopsis ornata, Fraas ; Eunema bicarinata,
Hamlin; Phasianella abethensis, Fraas; Colostracon curtum, Hamlin;
Amauropsis subcanaliculata, Hamlin ; A. sp. ; A. abezhensis, Hamlin ; Trigonia

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pseudocrenulata, Noething; Ammonites syriacus, Conrad; Vola syriacea,
Conrad ; Rhynchonella sp. ; Actwonella absalomis, Fraas ; Cardium judaicum,
Hamlin; Acteonina vafra, Hamlin; Perna orientalis, Hamlin; Cyprina
abethensis, Hamlin ; 7'urbo more, Fraas, and others (D. 26. 7. 98. 2-29);
purchased.

Small Cuttle-fish (sp. indet.) from Ukaka, West Africa (D. 9. 8. 98. 5) ;
presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of Marine Shells from Santa Cruz and Australia :—Cyprea
cervus, Linn ; C. lynx, Linn. var. caledonica; C. serpentis, Linn. ; Funella
undulata, Bolt.; ieinula spectrum, Reeve; Cronia amygdala, Kien. ;
Purpura electrina, Mont. ; Strombus floridus, Lam. ; Nassa spiralis, A. Ad. ;
Ancilla montrouxeri, Sow. ; Conus eburneus, Brug. ; C. anemone ; Chiton
dwergens, Reeve; C. australis, Sow.; C. jugosus, Gld.; C. futicosus (Gld.) ;
C. haddoni; C. piceus, Gm. Lsnochiton pallidulus, Reeve; Ornithochiton
lyelle, Sow. ; Cassidula faba, Mk.; Bulla ovula, Gld.; Risella nana, Lam. ;
Tellinu rugosa, Born. ; Parmophorus australis, Lam., and Asaphis deflorata,
Bolt. (D. 13. 9. 98. 1-29); presented by Mr. J. Jennings.

Shell (Cassis spinosa, Gron.) from Loanda, West Africa (D. 23. 11. 98. 3);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Shell (Chiton spinosus) (D. 16. 12. 98. 3); presented by Mrs. Butt.

CHORDATES.
Fishes.

Siluroid Fish (sp. éndet.) from Rio del Rey, West Africa (C. 19. 4. 98. 1) ;
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two specimens of Centrina salviani, Risso, taken off Belle Isle, France
(C. 26. 4. 98. 1); presented by Mr. Low.

Collection Sof Fossil Fish from the Cretaceous formation of Palestine :—
Cyclobates major, Davis; Eurypholis sp.; Beryx ovalis, Davis; Eurygnathus sp. ;
Exocoetus minor, Davis ; Palwobalistum sp. and Platar minor, Pictet
(C. 10. 5. 98. 1-7); purchased.

Six blocks of mud containing West African Mud-tish (Protopterus annectens,
Owen) (14. 6. 98. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Specimens of West African Fish (Pentanemus quinquarius, Linn.; Trichiurus
lepturus, Linn, juv. and others (spp. indet.) (C. 9. 8. 98. 1-5); presented by
Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. Ridyard.

Perch (Perca fluviatilis, Round.) (C. 4. 9. 98. 1); Eel (Anguilla vulgaris,
Linn.) (C. 23. 9. 98. 1); died in Aquarium.

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Eleven specimens of Indian Walking Fish or Serpent Heads (Ophiocephalus
punctatus, Bl.) and nineteen specimens of Heros facetus (Jenyus), from Central
America (C. 3. 11. 98. 1 & 2) ; received in exchange.

Ganoid Fish (Calamoichthys calabaricus, Smith) (C. 3. 11. 98. 1); presented

_ by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Nine Electric Cat-fish (six living) (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.) and sixty
Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.) (C. 11. 11. 98. 2 & 3); pre-
sented by Mr. Forman, per Mr, Ridyard.

Eggs and larve of different ages of the two North American Ganoid Fishes
(Amia calva Bonap, and Lepidosteus sp.) and eggs of Bdellostoma and Chimera

— (C. 31. 12. 98. 1-4); received in exchange.

Amphibians.
Two Mexican Axolotls (Amblystoma tigrinum, Green) (C. 21. 5. 98. 1) ; died
in Aquarium.
Reptiles.

Stump-tailed Lizard (Trachysaurus rugosus, Gray), from Australia

(B. 8. 2. 98. 21) ; presented by Mrs. Pechey, Hope, North Wales.

Two Snakes (Calabaria reinhardti, Schl., and Simocephalus poensis, Gray)
from Cameroon, West Africa (B. 19. 4. 98. 3 & 4); presented by Mr. E. Gibney,
_ per Mr. A. Ridyard.
: Three Snakes (Python sebe, Dum. and Bibr.; Nata melanoleuca, Matsch ;
and another (sp. indet.); a Crocodile (young) from West Africa
(B. 12. 7. 98. 1-4); presented by Messrs. Bruce & Son.

Chameleon (Cameleon oweni, Gray); Lizard (Varanus niloticus, juv. Dum.
and Bibr.); and two Snakes (spp. indet.) (B. 9. 8. 98. 1-4); presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard.

_ Chameleon (Chameleon basiliscus, Cope) (15. 8. 98. 1) ; purchased.

Two Sea Snakes (Platurus colubrinus, Gir.) from Indian Seas
(B. 16. 12. 98. 1) ; presented by Dr. Moore.
Two Snakes (Dromicus ater. Gunth.), black and olive varieties, from Jamaica
16. 12. 98. 2 & 3); presented by Mr. Walker.
Gecko (sp. indet.), found in box of bananas from the Canary Islands
. 21. 12. 98. 1); presented by Mr. J. H. Brown.
"Snake (Tropidonotus natrix, Boie. var. astreptophorus, Secane), found in crate
melons from Valencia (B. 21. 12. 98. 4); presented by Mr. Haslam.
Nose-horned Viper (Bitis nasicornis, Biitt.), from Cameroon, West Africa
(B. 21. 12. 98. 5); presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Young Crocodile (sp. indet.) from Africa (B. 21. 12. 98. 6); presented by
Mr. T. Mitchell.

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Birds..
The species indicated by an asterisk are new to the Collection.

Ringed Dotterel, Zgialitis hiaticula (Linn.), §, shot on the River Teign,
South Devon (B. 11. 1. 98. 1); presented by Mr. Richard Owen.
| Specimens collected by Mr. Mansfield Parkyns in Abyssinia :—Halietus vocifer,
Daud. ; Butes augur, Riipp. ; Butes (sp. indet.) ; *Centropus monachus, Riipp.,
3, Columba guinea, Linn. ; *Thamnolea semirufa (Riipp.) ; Colius macrurus
(Linn.); *Bucorax abyssinicus (Bodd.); Limnécorax niger (Gm.); Galerida
isabellina, Bp. (B. 8. 2. 98. 1-10) ; purchased.

Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti, Meyen) and Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
(Mol.) (B. 8. 2. 98. 11 & 12); purchased.

Specimens from the Nicobar and Andaman Islands:— Eacalfactoria chinensis
(Linn.), % ; Centropus andamanensis, Beavan, § ; Paleornis fasciata (Mull.),
3; *Turnix albiventris, Hume, ¢; Stwrnia erythropygia, Blyth, ¢ and 2 4
(one immature), female new to collection ; Oriolus andamanensis, Tytler, ¢
imm. ; Geocichla andamanensis, Wald., ¢ and § ; Dendrocopus andamanensis
(Blyth), ¢; Cinnyris pectoralis (Horsf.), %; *Nettion albigulare, Hume, ¢
and § (B. 8. 2. 98. 11-20); purchased.

Specimens from New Guinea and Fergusson Island :—* Paradisea decora, Salv.
and Godm., ¢ (new to collection) and § ; *Hpimachus meyeri, Finsch, 3g and
%; *Phonygama hunsteini, Sharpe, ¢ ; *Amblyornis subalaris, Sharpe, 3
' (B. 22. 2. 98 1-4); purchased.

Specimens from the Philippine Islands :—*Chrysocolaptes rufopunctatus,
Harg., 6 and §; *Thriponax hargitti, Sharpe, ¢ (B. 8. 3. 98. 1 & 2);
purchased.

Pternistes leucoscepus, G. R. Gr., 3d (B. 19. 4. 98. 1) ;, purchased.

Nest of Flamingo (B. 19. 4. 98. 2); presented by the Trustees of the
British Museum.

Tigrornis leucolophus (Jrd.) from Ukaka, Eloby, West Africa (B. 19. 4.
98. 5); presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Specimens of Bird Skins, ew J. Whitehead’s Collection from the Philippine
Islands :—T'urdus mindorensis, Grant, ¢ and § ; Pitta steerti (Sharpe),
g and § *Bolbopsittacus intermedius, Salvad. ¢ juv.; *Loriculus regulus,
Souancé, § ; *L. worcesteri, Steere, ¢ ; *Lole everettit, Steere, d and 9% ;
*Artumides panayensis, Steere, ¢ ; *Hdoliisoma panayensis, Steere, ¢ ;
* Rhinomyzas ruficauda, Sharpe, 6 ; *R. albigularis, Bourns and Worces. % ;
*Orthotomus castaneiceps, Wald., 3 ; *Dendrophila cenochlamys, Sharpe, 6 ;
*Dicceeum everettt, Tweed., ¢ ; *J/acronus mindanensis, Steere, ¢ and %, and
Rhipidura albiventris (Sharpe), $ (B. 26. 4. 98. 1-15); purchased.

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Specimens of Bird Skins, ex H. O. Forbes’s Collection, from the Chatham
Islands :—2 Hemiphaga chathamensis (Rothsch.) ; Gallinago pusilla, G. R. Gr.
2 8 ; and Vhinornis nove-zealundie (Gm:) (B. 26. 4. 98. 16-18) ; presented
by the Director.

Specimens of Bird Skins from N. W. New Guinea :—*Amblyornis inornata
(Schleg.) 2 ¢ ; *Ptilopus trigeminus, Salvad. ; Phlogenas rufigula (Puch. and
acq.); Ca/ornis sp. ur. crassa, Sclat.; *Astrapia splendidissima, Rothsch.
6 and & ; Parotia caroli, Meyer, ¢ (ad. and juv.); and *Hydralector nove-
guinece (Rams.) (B. 10. 5. 98. 1-7) ; purchased.

Specimens of Bird Skins from Costa Rica, ew C. F. Underwood’s Collection :—
*Catharus frantzi, Cab. 3; C. gracilirostris, Salv., ¢; Calliste dowi, Salv., 3
and §; *Chlorophonia callophrys (Cab.) 6; *Phenicothraupis vinacea, Lawr.,
4 (ad. and juv.) and §; *Buarremon capitalis (Cab.) 3; *Oryzoborus
funereus, Selat, 3; *spermophila moreleti, Bp.; *Embernagra superciliosa,
Sclat, &; *#. striaticeps, Lafr., ¢ and $; *Phainoptila melanoxantha, Salv.,
gd and §; *Diglossa plumbea, Cab., 6; *Odontophoius guttatus, Gould, 6;
* Trogon aurantiventris, Gould, ¢; *Morococcya erythropygia (Less.), 9 ;
. Melanerpes hoffmani (Cab.), 9; Glaucidium phalenoides (Daud.), g and §;
'Hugenes spectabilis \Lawr.), ¢ and § ; *Panterge insignis, Cab. and Heine,
; *Oreopyra cinereicauda, Lawr., 2 6; *Klais guimeti, Boure. and Muls.,
$; *Doricha bryante, Lawy., ¢ ; ‘Wcities umbrosus, Ridgw., g and § ;
Polioptila albiloris, Sclat. and Salv.. ¢ and §; P. bilineata, Bp. ¢ juv.;
icorhina leucosticta (Cab.), 3d and §; H. leucophrys (Tsch.) 6;
yphoceenus semitorquatus, Lawr., ¢; Kk. rufiventris (Bp.), ¢ and §;
y emis nevioides (Lafr.), g and §; Dendrocincla homochroa (Sclat.), 3
d §; Picolaptes compressus (Cab.), ¢ and §; Siptornis erythrops (Sclat.),
ea flammula, Salv.,2 g and 2 § ; Floricola constanti (Delattre),
v.; *Microchera parvirostris (Lawr.); Hlainea placens, Sclat., d and & ;
larchus nuttingi, Ridgw., g and §; Empidonar atriceps, Salv., 6;
vescens, Lawr., §; Attila sp., 9%; Thryothorus hyperythrus, Salv. and
dm.; Thryophilus rufulus (Lafr.), 2 6; 7. chlorostictus, Sclat. and Salyv.,
and 8; Chlorospingus pileatus, Salv., § ; Mionectes oleaginus (Licht.), ¢

yranniscus parvus, Lawr., 6; Oncostema cinereigulare, Sclat., 3; Geothlypis
ha, Ridgw., 6; Vireo olivaceus (Linn.), ¢ and V. josephe (B. 14. 6.
8. 1-51) ; purchased.

*Cissa jeffreyi, Sharpe, ¢, from North Borneo, and *Sarcophanops
Samarensis, Steere, 3, juv., from Samar, ex Whitehead’s Collection (B. 14. 6.
98. 52 and 53) ; purchased.

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Specimens of Bird Skins from the Philippine Islands, ea J. Whitehead’s
Collection :—*Oriolus steerti, Sharpe, ¢ and 9% ; Rhipidura albiventris
(Sharpe), gS ; *Stoparola panayensis (Sharpe), ¢ and §; *TZurdus
nigrorum, Grant, ¢ and § ; *Zosterops siquijorensis, Bourns and Worces. ;
*Hypothymus samarensis, Steere, ¢ and § ; Dendrophila eenochlamys, Sharpe,
9; *Zosterornis nigrocapitatus (Steere), $ and % ; *Arachnothera
philippinensis (Steere), 6; *Eudrepanis pulcherrima (Sharpe) juv. and
*Turnix whiteheadi, Grant, ¢ (B. 28. 6. 98. 1-11) ; purchased.

Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata, Temm, %), from Ukaka, West Africa
(B. 9. 8. 98. 5); presented by Mr. Stokes, per Mr. Ridyard.

Four Lesser Purple Gallinules (Porphyriola alleni (Thomps.) ) (B. 9. 8.
98. 6); presented by Mr. S. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of Birds from New Guinea (B. 11. 10. 98. 1-6) ; purchased :—
*Astrarchia stephanie, Finsch, g, ¢ juv. and § ; *Paradisornis rudolphi
Finsch and Meyer, 6 ; *Lophorhina minor, Rams., 6 ; *Drepanornis
cervinicauda, Sclat, ¢; *Diphyllodes hunsteini, Meyer, 3; and Macgregoria
pulehra, De. Vis.

Indian Bronze Fruit Pigeon (Carpophaga cenea (Linn.) ) (B. 11. 10. 98. 8) ;
purchased.

Collection of Bird Skins ffom New Zealand and neighbouring Islands :—
Catarrhactes sclatert, Buller, ¢ ; *@strelata cervicalis, Salv. g and 98 ;
Phalacrocorax chalconotus, G.R. Gr. § ; P. varius (Gm.), g and § ; *P.
camphellc (Filhol.) $ and §; *P. colensot, Buller, ¢; and *Apteryax lawryi,
Buller, 3; (B. 18. 10. 98. 1-7); purchased.

Hawk (Urotriorchis macrurus Temm.), from West Africa (B. 24. 10. 98. 1) ;
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Rook (Z'rypanocorax frugilegus, Linn.) from Eccleston, St. Helens (B. 24.
11. 28. 1) ; presented by Mr. T. West.

Five Bird Skins:—Caprimulgus europeus, Linn., % ; Glaucidium

castaneonotum (Blyth) ; Pitta baudi, Miill. and Schleg; Ceyx malamaui, |

Steere, § ; and *Oriolus boneratensis, M. and W., ¢ (B. 24. 11. 98. 1-6);
presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson.

Cassowary (*Casuarius beccarti, Sclat. 9 juv.) (B. 24. 11. 98. 7);
purchased.

Collection of Bird Skins from Talaut Island :—*Vanygnathus talautensis,
Mey. and Wigl., d and § ; *Prioniturus platurus, Temm. sub. sp. talautensis,
Hart. gd and §; *Zos histrio (Mill.) sub. sp. tulautensis, M. and W. ;
Zeocephus talautensis, M. and W., 2 g and §; Calornis sanghirensis, Salvad,
$ and 3 §; *Oriolus melanisticus, M. and W., 2 %; *Edoliisoma talautense,
M. and W., ¢ and §; Cinnyris talautense, M.and W., 2 6, 2 3d juv. and §;

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* Diccewm talautense, M. and W., 3; *Pitta inspeculata, M.and W., 3 and &;
Myristicivora bicolor (Scop.), gd and Y; Ptilopus xanthorrhous, Salv. 2 6

; and &; Monticola solitarius (P. L. S. Mill.), 3 juv. ; Ludynamis mindanensis

- (Linn.), ¢ and §; Centropus bengalensis (Gm.), 3; Haleyon chloris (Bodd.),

8; Eurystomus orientalis (Linn.), 3 ; Carpophaga concinna, Wall, % ;

Charadrius dominicus, P. L. S. Mill, 3 ; Monarcha inornata (Garn.), ¢ ;

and *Megapodius sanghirensis, Schleg. (B. 15, 12. 98. 1-21) ; purchased.

. Collection of CEpyornis Remains, made by Dr. Forsyth Major, from the
marshes of Sirabé, Central Madagascar, consisting of Cranium, Mandibles,
Vertebree, Shoulder-bones, Leg-bones, Sternum, Sacrum, ete., etc. (B. 20. 12.
98. 1); purchased.

Mammals.
Human Skull and Lower Jaw of Native from the Hoogley, India (A. 8. 2.
98. 1); presented by Mrs. Pechey, Hope, Wales.
Heteromys alleni, 3 and % (A. 8. 3. 98. 1); skins deposited with the
Director.
Skeletons of Koala (Phascolarctus cinereus, Goldf.), and Gorilla (@. gorilla,
_ Wy.) (A. 8. 3. 98. 2 & 3); purchased.
: Vertebra of a Whale, found exposed on the shore at Leasowe, between tide
marks (A. 29. 3. 98. 1); purchased.
Three Human Brains (A. 29. 3. 98. 2); presented by Prof. Paterson,
University College, Liverpool.
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta nigra, Slack) (A. 12. 4. 98. 1); purchased.
Collection of Skins of Rodents from Nyassaland, ea Sir H. H. Johnston’s
Collection, [c] A. Whyte :—Mus chrysophilus, De Wint, 2 ¢; I. arborarius,
Pet., 3; Georychus whyte’, Thos., ¢ and §; Otomys trroratus, Bts., ¢ and
8; Dendromys mesomelas, Bts., %; D. pumilio, Wagn., 9; Golunda fallar,
Pet., 2 5; Gerbillus (Tatera) leucogaster, Pet., g and § ; Lophuromys aquilus,
“True., 3, and Dasymys kaiseri, Noack., ¢ (A. 19. 4. 98. 1-10); presented by
the Trustees of the British Museum.
* - Collection of Mammals from Madagascar, ex Dr. Forsyth Major’s Collection :—-
L mur mongoz, Linn., var. rufipes, § ; Lepidolemur macrodon, Maj., 6; Pro-
cus diadema, Banat, var. edwardsi, 6 ; Avahis laniger (Gm.), 3 ; Microcebus
smithii (Gray) var., 9 ; Centetes ecaudatus (Schreb.); Briculus setosus (Schreb. ) ;
Hemicentetes nigriceps, Gunth., §; Microgale dobsoni, Thos., § ; M. cowant,
Thos. var. nigra, ¢; JM. cowani, Thos., % ; Oryzoryctes tetradactylus, M.
Eds., ¢ ; Brachyuromys betsileoensis (Bartl.), 6; B. ramirohitra, Maj., 6 ;
— Nesomys rufus, Pet., 9 ; Eliurus majori, Thos., 6 ; Gymnuromys roberte,
~ Maj., § ; and Viverricula malaccensis (Gmel.), 9 (A. 19. 4. 98. 11-28) ;

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Two Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus, Waterhouse, ¢), from Fernandez
Po, West Africa (A. 9. 4. 98. 29); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Squirrel (sp. indet.) found at the root of a tree, near Fraser River, British
Columbia (A. 10. 5. 98. 1) ; presented by Mr. T. H. Jones.

Giant Kangaroo (.l/acropus giganteus, Shaw); Harnessed Antelope
(Tragelaphus scriptus (Pall.)); and an Indian Elephant (Zlephas indicus,
Cuy.) (A. 24. 5. 98. 1-3); presented by Mr. J. A. Bailey.

Mandrill (Papio maimon, Erxl., ¢) (A. 14. 6. 98. 1); Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla,
Wy., %); Buffalo Horn (A. 9. 8. 98. 1 & 2); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of Mammalian Skins from Western Mexico (A. 9. 8. 98. 3-35) ;
purchased :—-Neotoma fusciceps, ¢ and § ; WN. torquata, ¢ and § ; W. alleni,
3 and 2 8 ; Tamia lencurus penincule, ¢ and % and 3 juv.; Szgmodon,
sp., 2 ¢ and3 § ; Thomomys fulvus anite, Allen,1 g and5 & ; 7. atrovarius,
Allen, § ; Dipodomys melanurus, 2 ¢ and $ ; Heteromys pictus, ¢ and 2 § ;
Mus rattus-alexandrinus, Et. Geoff, ¢ and % ; M. musculus, Linn, ¢ ;
Peromyscus taylori, % ; Oryzomys mexicanus, $ ; Perognathus fallax, 2 ¢
and 2 9; P. pernix, Allen, 2 ¢ and 2 § ; Peromyscus thurbei, 3 3 and § ;
P. eva, Thom., ¢ and § ; P. urticus, 9 ; Scturus, sp. ¢ and 2 § ; Lepus,
sp., 9 and § juv.; Notwo-sorex crawfordi, Bd., ¢ and § ; Sarcopteryx plicata,
Dobson, ¢ and 2 § ; Myotis sp, 2 ¢ and 2 § ; Macrotis californicus,
Baird, ¢ ; Molossus rufus, Et. Geoft., g and § ; Atalapha borealis, 2 6 ;
Didelphys marsupialis, 2 g and 3 § ; Taxidea americana, 3 ; Vulpes cinereo
argentatus, 3; Nasua narica, Allen, ¢ and §; Marsupial (sp. indet.) and
Coassus, sp. (A. 9. 8. 98, 3-35) ; purchased.

A selection of twenty-five casts of typical faces of natives of the Pacific
Islands and the Malay Archipelago, taken from life by Dr. O. Finsch (A. 27.
9. 98. 1-25) ; purchased.

A Collection of Fossil Remains consisting of bones of the horse, antlers
of deer, etc., made by Dr. Forsyth Major from the Upper Pliocene deposits
of Olivola, Valley of the Magra, Province of Massa, Carrara. Tuscany
(A. 11. 10. 98. 1); purchased.

Genet Cat (Genetta senegalensis, (Fischer) juv.) from Old Calabar, West Africa
(A, 21. 10. 98. 1); presented by Mr. J. H. Holland.

White Collared Mangabey (Cercocebus collaris, Gray); Bosman’s Potto
(Perodicticus potto, V. der Hoeven) (A. 22. 10. 98. 1&2); presented by Mr.
Smith, per Mr. Ridyard.

Young Drill (Papio leucopheus, Schl.) ; Gazelle (sp. imdet.) (A. 22. 10. 98.
3 & 4); Genet Cat (@enetta senegalensis, (Fischer) juv ) and Gorilla Skul]
(A. 23. 11. 98. 1 & 2) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Carcase of thorough-bred Arab Horse (A. 15. 12. 98. 1); presented by
Mr. W. H. Quilliam.

Gazelle (sp. indet.) (A. 15. 12. 98. 2); purchased.

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BoTANICAL DEPARTMENT.

The following are the acquisitions in this Department :—

Two small Palm (?) Nuts, found in a crack in a log of African

Mahogany at Ashcroft’s Timber Yard, Seel Street (EH. 6. 5. 98. 1);

received from the Director of Museums.

Four Fern Fronds (Polypoduim Phegopteris, L.) and two Fern Fronds

(Asplenium marinum, L.) (E. 28. 5. 98. 1-2); presented by Mr. Adam,
New Ferry.

Plants collected for the Museum by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock at New
Brighton, Wallasey and Liscard (E. 7. 6. 98. 1-28) :—Ranunculus
bulbosus, L., Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Moench., Brassica monensis, Huds.,
B. campestris var. Napus, L., B. Sinapistrum, Boiss., Raphanus Rap-
hanistrum, L., Camelina sativa, Crantz, Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. Silene
anglica (?), L., Erodium cicutarium, L’Hérit., Ononis arvensis, L.,
Lotus corniculatus, L., Senecio vulgaris var. radiata, Koch, Bellis perennis,

_L., Taraxacum officinale, Web., Veronica Chamedrys, L., Convolvulus
arvensis, L., Solanum Duleamara, L., Linaria Cymbalaria, Mill., Plantago
lanceolata, L.,in g andin ° flower, Rumex Acetosella, L., g and ¢,
Carum Carui, L., Solanum Dulecamara, L., with abnormal peduncles.

An Alga (Dumontia jiliformis, Grev.) from the shore, Hilbre Island
(E. 10. 6. 98. 1) ; collected by Mr. Wm. 8S. Laverock.

: Plants collected for the Museum by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock, between

Eastham and Spital (EH. 14. 6. 98. 1-26) :—Fumaria officinalis, L.,

Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Moench., Cochlearia officinalis, L., Stellaria

Holosiea, L., S. graminea, L., Spergula arvensis, L., Vicia hirsuta, Koch,

V. angustifolia, Roth, Trifolium minus, Sm., Potentilla reptans, L.,

_ Conopodium denudatum, Koch, Armeria maritima, Willd., Glaux

maritima, L., Plantago maritima, L., Melampyrum pratense, L., Veronica

Chamedrys, L., Lamium purpureum, L., Seedlings of Fagus silvatica, L.,

Bromus mollis, L., one of the Polyporei, leaf of Acer Pseudo-platanus,

B., galled.

- Plants collected for the Museum by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock in the

neighbourhood of Formby (E. 7. 7. 98. 1-84):—Papaver dubium, L.,

Sisymbrium Sophia, L., S. officinale, Scop., Polygala vulgaris, L., Ononis

_ arvensis, L., Medicago sativa, L., Melilotus officinalis, Desr., Vicia

_ Cracea, L., Lotus major,Sm., Lathyrus pratensis, L., Trifolium arvense, L.,

T. procumbens, L., Anihyllis Vulneraria, L., Anthriscus vulgaris,

Pers., Galium verum, L., Anchusa arvensis, Bieb., Myosotis arvensis,

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Hoffm., MM. palustris, With., Hypocheris radicata, L., Rhinanthus
Crista-galli, L., Linaria vulgaris, Mill., Veronica Anagallis, L., Anagallis
arvensis, L., Eschschoitzia californica, Asparagus officinalis, L., Sedum
acre, L., Ginothera biennis, L., a fasciated twig of a Willow and normal
twigs of the same.

Six water-colour drawings of British Plants (E. 13. 7. 98. 1-6) :—
Stellaria gran inea, flowering twig of Rubus fruticosus, Galium saxatile,
Solanum Dulcamara, Veronica Chamedrys, Orchis sp.; purchased.

Plants collected for the Museum by Mr. Wm. 8S. Laverock at Bidston,
Wallasey, and Liscard (E. 15. 7. 98. 1-17) :—Viola tricolor, L., Reseda
Luteola, L., Spergula arvensis, L., Helosciadium nodiflorum, Reichb.,
(Enanthe fistulosa, L., Apium graveolens, L., Matricaria Chamomilla, L ,
Ballota nigra L., (2), Lycium barbarum, L., Polygonum Persicaria, L.,
Kuphorbia Peplus, L., Scirpus maritimus, L., S. palustris, subsp.
tabernemontani, Gmel., Polygonum Persicaria, L., with a dichotomous
leaf.

One ‘Forest’ Bean (indet.) from Bululand, Cameroons (KE. 27.7. 98. 1);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Seedling of Date Palm (Phenix dactylifera), found growing in
William Brown Street (E. 17. 8. 98. 1); collected by Mr. Wm. 8.
Laverock.

Plants collected for the Museum by Mr. Wm. S. Laverock in the
neighbourhood of New Brighton (E. 9. 9. 98. 1-13) :—Uiplotaxis
muralis, DC., Reseda Lutecla, L., Silene inflata, Sm., Malva rotundifolia,
L., Medicago sativa, L., Melilotus alba, Desr., Ginothera biennis, L.,
Solanum nigrum, L., Panicum Crus-galli, L., Plantago major, L., affected
with an Erysiphe.

Wild Rose (Rosa spinosissima, L.) in fruit, from New Brighton
(H. 13. 9. 98. 1); collected by Mr. P. Entwistle.

Eight small dried Fruits (indet.) from Banana, Congo River ; piece
of Stem of the Rubber Vine—“ Bulu” (indet.) from Bululand,
Cameroon ; piece of Ebony Wood from Batanga, Cameroon (E. 23. 11.
98. 1-3) ; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Group of Fungi (indet.) and a few isolated older ones (E. 16. 12. 98. 1);
found growing on the Whale’s Skull on the roof of the Museum buildings.

Piece of Shale—possibly a cast of Scar of Bothrodendron punctatum,
L. & H., from the Wigan 6-foot Mine (HE. 20. 12. 98. 1); presented by
Mr. G. A. Haworth.

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MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The acquisitions in this Department are as follows :—

Specimens—including Glaciated Blocks, Boulder Clay, Sand, Gravel,
Pebbles, Nodules of Clay, Pebbles in various stages of decomposition,
Vein Rock, Sandstone showing ‘Slickensides,’ Fault Rock, “ Marl,”
Clay and Sandstone—illustrating the geological features of the site of
the Museums Extension (F. 21. 1. 98.1; 81.1. 98.1; 22. 2. 98. 1-3;
25. 2. 98.1; 2.3.98. 1; 5. 3. 98.1; 7. 3. 98.1; 14. 3. 98 1-3;
16. 3.98.1; 20. 4.98. 1-3; 2.5. 98.1; 4.5. 98. 1; 5.5.98.1; 9.6.98. 1;
13. 7. 98. 1); collected from the excavations for the Museums Extension
and Technical School.

Pieces of ‘ Clay’ with organic remains and several pieces of black
deposit, in masses and branching through the argillaceous clay
(F. 3. 5. 98. 1 & 2); collected from excavations for building purposes at
23, Houghton Street, Liverpool, by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock

Collection of Egyptian Rocks, consisting of over 100 specimens,
made by Dr. G. Schweinfurth in 1885 ; taken from the Store Room,
with no reference number, and now referred to Register of this year
(F. 24. 5. 98. 1).

Collection of Specimens, mostly Mineralogical :—Galena, Malachite,
Azurite, Azurite on Silicate of Copper, Arseniate of Copper, Native
Copper, Native Copper in Silicate of Copper, Carbonate of Copper

containing native copper and red oxide of copper, Serpentine, Quartz
Crystals coated with Iron Pyrites upon Fluor Spar, pieces of Stalactites,
Agate, Chaleedory, native Silver in Calcite (very rich), Gold-bearing
Quartz (very rich), Specular Iron (F. 28. 6. 98. 1-16) ; presented by
Mrs. C. D. Butt. '

| Boulder—Greywacke—from a seam of coal, Ince Hall Collieries, near
Wigan (F. 20. 7. 98. 1); presented by Mr. G. A. Haworth.

Five Specimens of Stream Tin—Cassiterite—from the Klondyke
told Fields (F. 29. 12. 98. 1); presented by Mr. Elias Thomas.

Tar AQUARIUM.

_ The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
_ Museum ; special interest being taken in the Mud-fishes, the Walking
Fishes, the Electrical Cat-fishes and in the various species of Anthropoids,
_ which have from time to time been on exhibition.

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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 Hydre
* (Hydra viridis and H. fusca). Sea-Anemones: The Crass (Vealia
crassicornis) ; Plumose Anemone (Actinoloba dianthus) ; Beadlet (Actinia
mesembryanthemum) ; Cave-dwelling Anemone (Sagartia troglodytes) ;
Parasitic Anemone (Sagartia parasitica): Pallid Anemone (Actinia
pallida?) ; Star-fish (Uraster rubens); Horse-leach (Hamopsis voraz) ;
Sea Mouse (Aphrodite aculeata); Fresh-water Polyzoa* ; Fresh-water
Beetles * (Dytiscus marginalis) ; Tropical Spider (Mygale bistriata) ;
Common Lobster (Homarus vulgaris); Common Shrimp (Crangon
vulgaris); Edible Crab * (Cancer pagurus); Common Shore Crab *
(Carcinus menas) ; Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) ; Spider Crab
(Stenorhynchus rostratus) ; Prawn (Palemon serratus) ; * Palemonetes
varians ; Cuttle Fish (Sepiola atlantica); Sea Slugs (Archidoris
tuherculata, Lamellidoris hilamellata, olidia papillosa, Tritonia
hombergi, Cratena concinna) ; the Common Planorbis (P. corneus) ; the
Pond Snail (Lymnwa stagnalis); Fresh-water Eel (Anguilla vulgaris) :
Loch Leven Trout *(Salmo levenensis); Rainbow Trout *(Salmo irideus);
Gold Carp *( Carassius auratus) ; Nine-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus
pungitius) ; Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus); Fresh-
water Gudgeon * (Gobio fluviatilis) ; Tench * (Tinea vulgaris) ; Rudd *
(Leuciscus erythrophthalmus); Ruffe * (Acerina vulgaris); Minnow
(Leuciscus phoxinus) ; Dace * (Leuciscus vulgaris) ; Roach * (Leuciseus
rutilus) ; Pike * (Esoxz lucius) ; Perch * (Perca fluviatilis) ; White
Bream (Abramis blicea) ; Stone-Loach (Nemacheilus barbatula) ; Indian —
Serpent-head * (Ophiocephalus punctatus); North American Cat-fish *
(Amiurus catus); Central American Fresh-water Fish * (Heros facetus) ;
Electric Cat-fish * (Malapterurus electricus) ; — Cat-fish * (Clarias
anguillaris) ; African Mud-fish * (Protopterus annectens); Walking Fish *
(Periophthalmus koelreuteri) ; the Calabar Polypterus * (Calamoichthys -
calabaricus); Conger Hel (Conger vulgaris); Sea Snail (Liparis montagut);
Young Ray (/taia sp.); Sand Launce (Ammodytes lanceolatus); Bullhead —
* (Cottus scorpius); Sole *(Solea vulgaris); Plaice * (Pleuronectes
platessa) ; Lesser Weever (T'rachinus vipera); Pogge * (Agonus

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cataphractus); Common Frog * (Rana temporaria) and tadpoles ;
Common Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Crested
or Great Water-Newt * (Triton cristatus) ; Common or Smooth Newt *
(Molge vulgaris); Spotted Salamander * (Salamandra maculosa) ;
: American Salamander * (Amblystoma carolina); Mexican Axolotl
(Azolotl tigrinum); Menopoma * (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis) ;
Young Horned Viper (Bitis nasicornis); West African Crocodile *
(Mecistops cataphractus) ; Egyptian Chameleon (C. basiliscus); Egyptian
Skink * (Scincus officinalis) ; Wall Gecko * (Tarentola annularis) ;
Spanish Ringed Snake ( Tropidonotus natrix, var., astreptophorus) ; young
African Python (Python sebe) ; Lesser Purple Gallinules (Porphyriola
alleni) (transferred to J. Marsden Smedley, Matlock); young West
African Crested Eagle (Lophotriorchis lucani) ; two young African
Genet Cats * (Genetta senegalensis) ; West African Pouched Rat *
(Cricetomys gambianus) ; Young Drill * (Papio lewcopheus) ; Bosman’s
Potto ( Perodicticus potto); White-collared Mangabey *(Cereocebus collars) ;
young Duikerbok from West Africa (transferred to J. Marsden Smedley,
Matlock).
. Important donations of West African specimens have been made trom
time to time to the Museum Aquarium, by Messrs. A. Ridyard, Forman,
Stokes and others. Towards the end of the year additional warm-water
tanks had to be fixed to accommodate a number of tropical fishes pre-
sented by Mr. Ridyard, all the available tanks being full. There are
now seven different species of Tropical Fishes living in the Aquarium.

The attempt was successfully made in May last to induce one of the
Mud-fishes (Protopterus annectens) to burrow into the mud and encase
itself in a capsule, as it does in its natural habitat during the dry season.
This was effected by gradually drawing off the water from the surface
of the clay (some of the original clay in which specimens in the dried
_ condition had been brought to England). It was hoped that observations
_ might be taken of its method of burrowing, if it could be induced to
7 make its hole near the glass wall of the tank. But this hope was not
_ realised, and nothing was seen of the fish from the time it entered the
mud in May to the time it was placed in water once more at the
beginning of December. The mud was then, and had been for the
_ greater part of the period, quite hard and dessicated. The fish seemed
~ none the worse, and is now quite healthy in one of the tanks.

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The experiment of hatching trout in the small fish-hatchery in the
Aquarium, was this year very successful, fully 75 per cent of the young
trout being reared The older trout have increased yery much in size,
so much so, that it was found desirable, in December last, to thin them
down, and with the sanction of the Parks and Gardens Committee
about three dozen were transferred to the lake at Sefton Park.

Various exchanges (see page 12) have been effected with duplicates
from the Aquarium tanks.

SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological.
Coelenterata ¥ 20 Species... ... Numerous Specimens.
Echinoderma _ eS ae “a 8
Vermes__... oa Al ce | kha ‘ns 14 a
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 4 4... ee 40 ii
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 180 ,,+ many indet. 212 $s
Mollusca... es TAN et igca 2 182 “3
Fishes nak aa otek, eee ee a UF =
Amphibians side ys Bee sel [x 2 ‘i
Reptiles... ied SEI gets pics i) 24 te
Birds oe aaa tee Lene sadw NOL 4
Mammals ... sir RE ee spit hai owe 268 is
562 ~~, + many indet. 1, 204 =
Botanical.
Pints: 5. ee Reale Gis: Species a 227 Specimens.

Geological and Mineralogical.
Rocks and Minerals cam - ... 202+ Specimens.

B._-MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.
No event of outstanding importance has occured duri ing the past year.
Dr. Priebsch has published in the ‘Bulletin of Museums,’ Nos. 3-4, an
account of two leaves of the Parcival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, found
pasted on the backs of a German Psalter of the 12th century.

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An interesting series of Ancient Hgyptian Antiquities has been
received from the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, and the
Egyptian Research Account.

Arrangements were made with Major-General H. G. Robley, of
London, for the exhibition on loan of his rare collection of objects
illustrative of the Art Work of the Maoris of New Zealand. Since its
exhibition numerous visitors have specially visited the Museum to see it.

Again, we would record the generous assistance of Mr. A. Ridyard,
Chief Engineer, S S. “ Niger,” in bringing home for this Museum several
highly interesting and, in some cases, unique objects for the West
African section of the Ethnographical Gallery ; also, the assistance
rendered in this direction through Mr, Ridyard, by Messrs. A. Forman,
G. W. Stokes, J. Newberry, S. Smith, H. L. Jones, J. E. Gibney, and
F. R. C. Ludderodt on the coast, who have been ever ready to obtain for
the collection special wants ; and to Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co., tor
kindly allowing goods to come freight free.

The collections illustrative of the Arts and Crafts of Primitive Races,
as illustrated in the Ethnographical Gallery, has increased so rapidly
during the past two years as to completely congest the present
exhibition rooms. The question of allotting a more extensive suite of
rooms for its proper exhibition will soon be necessary-

The West African section of the Ethnographical Gallery has
increased so rapidly as to necessitate the allotment of additional space
for its better exhibition. This has been provided by removing the
Australian and part of the New Guinea exhibits from the Hast side
f the gallery, and devoting the vacant space to West African.
The whole of the East side of the gallery now contains West
frican exhibits. It is expected when the African Merchants of
i merpoo! sero in assisting to make the collection APORORERID

tive races of Africa acess, The Assistant Curator, Mr. P. ‘ghey
tas been constantly employed in labelling specimens, and adding to them
explanatory drawings and photographs, which add greatly to the interest
nd value of the collection, as well as the preparation of the series of
nlargements of the Races of Mankind, for the Anthropulogical Room

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Additions have been made to the various sections, as far as funds
have permitted, and whenever an opportunity occurred.

(b) Loans AnD Deposits.

The figure of Krishna, kindly lent by Mrs. E. Carter in 1893, has
been acquired by purchase for the Museum Collection.

A Trepanned Human Skull (4?) found in Eastry Churchyard, Kent,
nas been lent to Professor Paterson, University College for examination.

(c) EXCHANGES.

The following specimens (10. 5. 98. 2-7) have been received from
Mrs. John Crosby Brown, New York, in exchange for the duplicate
specimens sent to her last year, as reported in the Annual Report, 1897 :—
Tambourine of skin, painted, Sioux Indians; Low Flute of wood,
painted, American Indian; Single-stringed Violin and Bow, Sioux
Indians ; Cane Flute (imperfect), Brazils; Pans Pipes, Brazils; Photo-
graph of an American Indian playing Violin ; Figure of Christ.

(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1.\—GENERAL.
Coins and Medals :—
Copper Coins (11. 10. 98. 34), Nepal, India ; purchased.

(2) CERAMICs.

The following Wedgwood-ware Intaglios (29. 3. 98. 3-46), new to the
collection, were presented by Alderman Wm. Bartlett :—No. 19, Head of
Sabina ; 55, Perseus ; 67, Plato; 72, Neptune; 77, Aristophanes; 181, _
Constantine on Horseback; 102, Venus; 107, Apollo; 164, Bacchus
sitting on a Tiger ; 167, Temple of Venus; 168, Cupid ; 202, Jupiter
Olympus ; 209, léle ; 216, Birth of Bacchus; 217, Cow and Calf ; 222,
Papirus and his Mother ; 233, Ovid ; 240, Alexander; 241, Minerva ;
257, Bellerophon watering Pegasus; 266, Madonna; 273, Conquered
Province; 276, Madonna ; 289, Hygiea; 290, Diana of the Mountains ;

291, George III.; 294, Theseus killing the Minotaur; 299, Venus
Victrix ; 300, Offering to Victory; 301, Diomedes or Perseus; 303, A — |
Bull; 307, Nereides ; 313, A Sacrifice ; 321, Ceres instructing Trip- |

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tolemus in Agriculture ; 322, Flora; 330, Cybele giving Jupiter to be
educated ; 335, A Sacrifice ; 336, Neptune; 350, A piping Bacchus and
Cupid ; 351, A Cupid with a Butterfly ; 396, Achilles: 327, Offering to
Minerva; 436, A Shepherdess.

Three lead-glazed Tygs (9. 8. 98. 75-77), very much broken, found
respectively in St. Werburgh Street, and on the site of the old Feather
Inn, Bridge St., Chester ; purchased.

(3) EranoGrapHy.
PRE-HISTORIC :-—

Two Stone Chairs (27. 9. 98. 1-2), found along with several others on
a hill top at Manta, province of Manari, Iquique, Peru: presented by
Mr. J. G. Nicholson.

The following Peruvian Specimens were purchased :— Piece of Woven
Material (25. 1. 98. 169); Rude Bronze Castings of Spoons and
Human Figures (25. 1. 98. 170-175).

- Bronze Stop-ridge Celt (9. 8. 98. 74), found in Northgate Street,
Chester ; purchased.

Three Flint Arrowheads (26. 4. 98. 4-6), found in Perthshire ;
purchased.

Two Bronze Arrow-heads (26. 4. 98. 7-8), Metal Fibulze (26. 4. 98. 9) ;
Metal Figure (26. 4. 97. 10), dug up in Persia ; purchased.
Rudely-carved Human Figure in obsidian (27. 9. 98. 10), Mexican ;

purchased,

iscellaneous :—
5. Descriptive Catalogue of Engraved Gems, &ec., by James Tassie,
yols., 1791 (29. 3. 98. 2) ; presented by Alderman Wm. Bartlett.

Charm (9. 8. 98. 5), St. Louis, Senegal.
, _ Puzzle, Mandingo (19. 4. 98. 14).

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From Sierra Leone :—Plaited Grass Hat (19. 4.98. 5); Gourd Water
Bottle (9. 8. 98. 6), Rotifunk.

From Liberia :—Plaited Grass Caps (19. 4. 98. 10-11), Saas Town ;
Fife (18. 10. 98. 5), Cape Lopez.

From the Gold Coast :—Gourd Calabash (19. 4. 98. 6) ; Soup Ladle
(19. 4. 98. 7); Drum (19. 4. 98. 8); Pair of Wooden Shoes
(19. 4. 98. 9) ; Red Clay Pipe-head, in form of a tortoise (9. 8. 98. 3) ;
Wooden Figure of an Executioner (9. 8. 98. 7), all from Accra.
Wooden Figure of a Bird with a snake in its beak (9. 8. 98. 1), Quitta ;
Whip made of fish intestines (18. 10. 98. 1), Quitta.

Dahomey :—Native Cloth (19. 4. 90. 12), Abomey.

Lagos :—Waistband (19. 4. 98. 27), worn as a protection against evil-
disposed persons ; Black Powder, a native medicine (19. 4 98. 28) ;
Turare, a native medicine for curing fever, &c. (19. 4. 98. 81) ; Agummu,
a native medicine for curing prickly heat, &e. (19. 4. 98. 82-83) ; Ground
Potash used with medicine (19. 4. 98. 34); Jpara, an ointment used for
dropsy (19. 4. 98. 35): Afato, a medicine (19. 4. 98. 37); Arédan, to
reduce inflammation (19. 4. 98. 40); Carved wooden head of a Fetish
figure, painted (9. 8. 98. 2); Whip of Elephant Hide (9. 8. 98. 8),
Ibadan.

From Benin :—Fetish (19. 4. 98.15), in form of two human heads
with protuding horns, covered with human skin and painted. .

From the Niger Coast Protectorate :—Wooden Fan (19. 4. 98. 18),
Old Calabar.

Katsena, Houssa Country :—Alligator Pepper (19. 4. 98. 29); Beni
Seed, used for making oil (19. 4. 98. 30); Jaro Seed, used in the pre-
paration of Foo Foo (19. 4. 98. 86); Bitter Kola, for curing coughs
(19. 4. 98. 88); Bagaruah, used for healing cuts, &e. (19. 4. 98. 39);
Jeddo, used for seasoning soups (19. 4. 98. 41); Egusi, used in preparing
palm oil chop (19. 4. 98. 42); Sour Seed, used as a cough mixture
(19. 4. 98. 44); Potash, used for medicine and soup (19. 4. 98. 45);
Locust, used in making soup (19. 4. 98. 46); Gangama, a sure cure for
headache (19. 4. 98. 47); Blue Dye (19. 4. 98. 43); Knite (9. 8, 98. 21).

From the Cameroons :—Bululand. Cane Tooth Brush ‘19. 4. 98. 17) ;
Knife (9. 8. 98. 24); Wooden Bracelet, worn by a member of the ‘So? —
secret society in Bululand, taken trom the Fetish Doctor when dancing :
a Fetish Dance (9. 8. 98. 25); Piece of bark used as a medicine —

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(9. 8. 98. 27); Forest Beans, used when gambling (9. 8. 98. 28) ; Tooth
Ornament (19, 4. 98. 17) ; Basket (18. 10. 98. 18), Macombi.

Bali:—Pipe Head (9. 8. 98. 9), in form of a grotesque human figure ;
Harthenware Pipe Head (18. 10. 98. 4).

Rio del Rey :—Wooden Food Bowl and two Spoons, Wombocker
(9. 8. 98. 23); War Cap of Parrot Feathers (9. 8. 98. 14); Two Wooden
Figures (9. 8. 98. 15-16).

Bata :—Pipe Head (19. 4, 98. 24).

Batanga :—Wooden Spoon (19. 4. 98. 19) ; Wooden Female Figure
(19. 4. 98. 20) ; Basket and Band (9. 8. 98.17); Pipes (9. 8. 98. 18. 19):
Shrimp Trap ‘ Eyawo,’ Kribi (9. 8. 98. 20); Walking Stick in form
of an umbrella, Mabeye (9. 8. 98. 22).

From the Gaboon :—Gaming Board (9. 8. 98. 29); “Zanze” (9. 8,
98. 32) ; Musical Instrument, six strings (9. 8. 98. 33) ; Plaited Basket
(9. 8. 98. 34) ; Musical Instrument (18. 10. 98. 2); Torch, used in the
dance (18. 10. 98. 3).

Sette Kama :—Rudely-carved Female Figure, nated (19. 4. 98. 18).

M’pongwe Country :—Knife in Sheath, Lewe (9. 8. 98. 30); Two
pieces of Iron Money (18. 10. 98. 16); Horn, Fetish (18. 10. 98. 17).

From the Congo Francais :—Pipe (9. 8. 98. 85); Wooden Plate (9. 8.
98. 36); ‘Palmatora’ (9. 8. 98. 87); Chiefs’ Despatch Box (9. 8. 98. 38) ;

Earthenware Water Bottle and Stopper (9. 8. 98. 39); Two Spears (9. 8.
98. 48-49), from Koungo, Mayumba; Casingo (9. 8. 98. 40), Mayumba ;
Fetish ‘Biat Esali’ (9. 8. 98. 26), worn on the thumb; Imitation Gun,
Gourd Water Bottle, Cassada Cleaner, Model Canoe, Hair Comb.
Wooden Figures, Dance Sticks, and Powder Flasks (18. 10. 98. 6-15),
inda, Mayumba ; Tobacco, and Carved Wooden Ball (18. 10. 98. 19-20),
oungo, Mayumba ; Wood Rattle (18. 10. 98. 21), Mayumba; Mask
. 10. 98. 23), N’Gove.

From the Portuguese Congo :—Animal Fetish, ‘JZkoso’, Landana
(9. 8. 98. 43).

_ From the Congo River :—Earthenware Water Cooler and Bowls
(18. 10. 98. 24-27), Natadi ; Two Earthenware Vessels (19. 4. 98. 22-23),
rom Boma.

From the Upper Congo::—Basket (19. 4. 98. 21), used for sieving
eassava, from Kinbonbon, Falls of Inkisse ; Hatchet, Mobangi (9. 8.
98. 41); War Knife, Basoko (9. 8. 98. 42).

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Fernando Po.—Banni District :—Barbed Wood Spear’ (9. 8. 98. 50) ;
Walking Stick (9. 8. 98.51); Basket (9. 8. 98. 10) used for carrying
palm oil; Basket (9. 8. 98. 11); Armlet, of fibre (9. 8. 98. 12);
Speaking Trumpet (9. 8. 98. 13).

Miscellaneous :—Necklace of Teeth and Glass Beads (19. 4. 98. 25) ;
Carved Forest Beans (19. 4. 98. 26); Palm Nut Oil (19. 4. 98. 80) :
Honey (19. 4. 98. 81); Photographs (19. 4. 98. 74-79) of a Dutch
Factory, Congo; Portuguese Station, Congo ; Bwende, Sette Kama :
River Scene, N’Gove : Mongo Nyanga, Sette Kama ;: Hemaphrodite.

The following specimens from Rio del Rey, Cameroons, were
collected os presented by Mr. A. Forman, Rio del Rey (19. 4. 98.
82-85 & 9. 8. 98. 44-47) ; per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Leaves oer which black dye is made for dyeing grass, also the thick
dye, and leaves for making red dye and the red dye ; Female Fetish
Figure ; Wooden Mask ; Hat and Brass Armlet.

The following specimens from the Cameroons were collected and
presented by Mr. 8. Smith (19. 4. 98. 51-54); per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Fetish Headdress of Wood ; Feather Cap ; Piece of Carved Wood,
coiled snakes, &c.; Headdress of Wood, in form of an ox-head
painted, &c., used in the dance.

Collected and presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—
Brass Leglets (?) for males and females, from Temboni, Muni River,
Eloby (19. 4. 98. 55-56).

Collected and presented by Mr. J. E. Gibney, Cameroons, per —
Mr. A. Ridyard :—Woven Grass Bag, dyed (19. 4. 98. 48); Black
Earthenware Pipe-heads (19. 4. 98. 49-50). :

The following Photographs have been presented by Mr. F. R. C.
Lutterodt (19. 4. 98. 58-73 & 9. 8. 98. 52-72), per Mr. A. Ridyard :—
King Bell and King Aqua, Cameroons; King’s Wite and Daughters,
Cameroons; King Bell’s Daughters; Fetish Play; Whale Fetish;
Alligator and Leopard Fetish ; Group of Men Singing at a Funeral ;
Canoe Making, Mungr River ; King Ja Ja’s War Canoe, Opobo ; Lagos
Women and Children ; King of Gaboon and his Wife ; M’pongwe
Women ; Street, &c., Cameroons; King Bomi of Edea, trading ; Big

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Batanga Falls ; Street, Cape Coast ; Children at Labrine, Aburi, Accra;
Native Meeting at Addah; Gold Mines, Axim; Back View of
Sanatorium, Aburi ; Native Meeting, Krippi, Gold Coast ; Agriculturers,
Sio Thome ; Bridge, Basile Road, Santa Isabel, Fernando Po ; Bridge,
Cribi, Batanga; Gaboon Rivers; River Kingeninge, Gaboon ; Main
Street, Gaboon ; Cocoa Farm, Victoria ; Bay in Cocoa Farm ; Banks
of the River Volta; Residence in Pemini, Sahara Roads, and at
Kpandon ; Mr. Dalrymple’s Dwelling in the Great Desert.

Mandingo :—Pair of Leather Sandals (8. 2. 98. 9); presented by
Dr. Pechey.

Fantee :—Two Terra-cotta Figures—of a group of three—seated ona
drum-shaped hase (29. 3. 98. 1); presented by Mr. Morris P. Jones, J.P.,
Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee.

Dahomey :—Brass Knife-shaped Implement (10. 5. 98. 1}; Wooden
Dish in form of a snail (27. 9. 98. 14) ; purchased.

From Benin City :—The following specimens of ivory and metal castings
from Benin City have been acquired by purchase :—Carved ivory head
of a staff (11. 1. 98. 1), representing a chief (?) on horseback ; Sacrificial
Club (19. 4. 98. 1), with three protruding ends and two cup-like
receptacles, length 203 inches; Armlet (19. 4. 98. 2), ornamented with a
series of human and animal faces ; Ivory Armlet (19. 4. 98. 3), carved

with representation of four rude human figures holding knives, horse-
shoes, &c., and leopards with deer in their mouths, &c. ; Aegis (19. 4.
98. 4), a mailed female figure, holding in her right hasid a rectangular
aque (?), on the ground are two tree frogs ; Aegis (26. 4. 98. 1), with
figures of cat fish, tree frogs, and human, buffalo, and elephant heads ;
Jasket (26. 4. 98. 2), in form of a house ; Head (27. 9. 98. 3), in wood,
f Bees. form, covered with human skins Hide Fan ide %. 98. 4),

fils ; ; Knife (27. 9. 98. 5); Fetish (?) (27. 9. 98. 6). a piece of wood
Ww : two manille attached ; Girdle Belt, of hide, covered with brass
Wire (27. 9. 98. 7); Small Gourd (27. 9. 98. 8), vie hike ash ;

; ron head; purchased.

+ AS =

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South Africa :—

Hide Shield (26. 4. 98. 3), Zulu ; presented by Mr. BE. Cox.

The following specimens (9. 8. 98. 78-97), have been purchased :—
Woven Bag ; Girdle Dress; Necklets ; Necklaces of pieces of wood and
seeds ; Grass Basket ; Twenty Armlets of various forms and wires.

Photographs (26. 4. 98. 40-43) of Zulu Girls and Kaffir Huts ;
purchased.

Melanesia.— Australia :—

Wooden Shield (8. 2. 98. 4) ; Boomerangs (8. 2. 98. 5-7); presented
by Dr. Pechey.

A selection (18. 10. 98. 2-92) of objects from the neighbourhoods of |
the Yule and Sherlock Rivers, Nullagine, Kimberley, the table-land
between the Sherlock and Fortescue Rivers, and the Desert of North-
west Australia, were acquired by purchase, as follows :—

Shield ; Mishra or Spear Throwers; Mourning Necklaces ; Bull
Roarers; Fire Sticks; Sticks, &., carried in the Corrobboree ; Necklaces
of Burga beads, culladi gum, teredo shells, human hair, &.; Hair
Ornaments; Net; Passport of the Gnalluma Tribe ; Nose Ornaments ;
Wooden Water Vessel ; Trough for winnowing seeds ; Native Doctor’s
Instruments ; various Grasses, Seeds, and Gums, used for making food —
and beads ; Flint Knives ; Glass Spear Heads and Photographs.

British New Guinea :—
A collection of Ethnographical Objects (25. 1. 98. 1-167), from the
South-east Coast, acquired by purchase, as follows :—

Taupota :—Part of the Prow of a Canoe; Spatulas of various

materials and forms ; Tortoise-shell Comb, Necklaces of shell dises and
cassowary quills; Baskets; Axe and Adze, with stone heads and wooden
handles ; Stone Tappa-beaters; Grass Petticoats; Lime Gourds; Slings
and Sling Stones; Netted Bags, Shuttles and specimens of netting of
various-sized mesh ; Tortoise-shell Earrings ; Shell Ladles.

Fergusson Island:—Stone Axe-heads; Bamboo Pipes; Betel-nut
Pounders and Mortar; Necklaces of Cowrie and other Shells; Shell
Nose Sticks ; Shell Armlets ; Leglet of Shells, ovulum.

Goodenough Island :—Pan’s Pipes; Grass Armlets; Necklace of
Ground Shells strung on grass string ; Adze, stone head and wooden
handle.

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Cape Vogel :—Tortoise-shell Earrings.

North-east Coast :—

Wagifia Island :—Tortoise-shell Armlets ; Shell Knives ; purchased.
Trobriand Islands :—Lime Gourds and Hair Combs ; purchased.

Two Grass Petticoats (28. 6. 98. 12-13); Group of Spears (24. 11. 98.
41-43) and Bundle of Arrows (24. 11. 98. 44); presented by
Mr. Wm. Crosfield.

Club, stone head and wooden handle (14. 6, 98. 1); Star-shaped
Stone-headed Club (14. 6. 98. 2); Stone-headed Club, divided into 66
facets (14. 6. 98. 3); Ten Spears (14. 6. 98. 4-14), various ; purchased.

Dutch New Guinea :—

_ Mansinam Island :—Wooden Harpoon Float in form of a_ bird

(8. 2. 98. 1); Bamboo Musical Instrument (8. 2. 98. 2); Portable

Charms (8. 2. 98. 3-4) ; Wooden Drum (19. 4. 98. 86) ; purchased.

Arfak Mountains :—Head Bands of Tappa Cloth, on which are sewn

pieces of ground shells, taken from the bodies of dead warriors
| (8. 2. 98. 5-6) ; purchased.

Miscellaneous :—Pair of Blacksmith’s Bellows (9. 8. 98. 98), Gebe ;
purchased.
Shield (11. 10. 98. 1), very rare form, Aru Islands ; Wooden Shield
(11. 10. 98. 2), Biak ; purchased.

New Britain :—
Stone Celt (8. 3. 98. 4) ; purchased.

New Caledonia :-—
Adze (28. 6. 98. 50) with head of tridacna gigas ; purchased.

New Hebrides :—

y Dike John 7 ennings.

String of circular pieces of Shells and Cassowary Quills (25. 1.98. 168);
irdle Belt and Tassel of Feathers (28. 6. 98. 15. 33-35, 38-39. 52-53),

Api; Woven Grass Dresses, Espiritu Santo, Mallicollo and Ambrym;

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Stone Adze Head; Adze Head, made of the half of a Tvrebra
maculosa, Mallicollo; Rattle of candle nuts worn on the leg, and
Wooden Bow Guard, Mallicollo ; Pig-Killer’s Comb, Tubumalao,
Espiritu Santo ; Bamboo Combs, Aitchin ; purchased.

Santa Marie Islands :—Head Scratcher (28. 6. 98. 54), purchased.

Santa Cruz:—The following specimens (28. 6, 98. 16-32. 37. 43-49 & 51)
have been purchased :—

Two Wooden Clubs, painted, used in the ceremonial dances ; Wooden
Food Bowl, Graciosa Bay ; Seven Shell Armlets, Vrocas niloticus, worn
on the left arm; Fishing Line ; Two Tortoise-shell Earrings ; Tortoise-
‘shell Fish Hook and Stone Sinker; Two Shell Scrapers, and two
charms ; Fruit Bag, pelaw; Plaited Grass Bag, efate; Three Woven
Grass Bags, used for holding betel nuts ; Three Woven Grass Dresses ;
Armlet of Shells, Nassa arcularia, L., Tucopia I.: Piece of printed Tappa
Cloth ; Roll of Feather Money, Nitendi.

Torres Islands :—Woven Head Band, rela; Two Girdle Bands, netu.

Banks Islands :—Wooden Knife, for cutting puddings, Vanua Lava :
Grass Bags.

Fiji Islands :—

Native model of a Double Canoe (8. 2. 98. 1); Wig of twisted human
hair (8. 2. 98. 2); Wooden Club (8. 2. 98. 3); Club, ula (8. 2. 98. 8),
presented by Dr. Pechey.

The following specimens (28. 6. 98. 1-11) were collected and presented
by Mr. Wm. Crosfield :—

Six-legged Kava Bowl; Piece of Kava Root ; Hibiscus Strainer for
Kava; Cocoanut Cup, for drinking Kava; Piece of Sinnet; Orator’s
Fly Flap; Five pieces of Tappa Cloth, variously printed.

Polynesia.—New Zealand :—
The following specimens having been acquired by purchase :—
Carved Wooden Head, part of the jamb of a door (29. 3. 98. 47);
Pieces of Carved Wood from Canoes (29. 3. 98. 48-49) ; Piece of Wood
carved in form of a human hand and arm (29. 3. 98. 50); Three Wooden
Figures (29. 3. 98. 51-53), two male and one female, with loose arms
worked with strings, and used in dance at Parahaka ; Jade Ear Orna-
ment (29. 3. 98. 54); Ball, “pot,” with string attached, used in the native —
dances (29. 3. 98. 55) ; Photographs (29. 3. 98. 56-58) of natives.

MUSEUMS. 61

Hervey Islands :—Club (8. 3. 98. 8), formerly in the Zemsch Collec-
tion, from Rimetra ; purchased.

Samoa :—Twelve Fans (24. 11. 98. 29. 40), made of variously dyed
pieces of rattan and tappa cloth; presented by Mr. Wm. Crosfield.

Fan (8. 3. 98. 5); Spear, with barbed head (8. 3. 98. 7); Wooden
Club, Fiji form (8. 3. 98. 6), from Tutuila ; purchased.

Tonga :—Cone-shaped Alabaster Pounder (8. 3. 98. 3); purchased.

Mikronesia.—Matty Island :—

Tortoise-shell Axe (8. 2. 98. 10); Spear, the head whitened and on
either side of it a row of shark’s teeth (8. 2. 98. 11) ; Wooden Club,
painted (8. 2. 98. 12) ; Wooden Spear, painted (8. 2. 98. 13) ; Triple-
headed Fish Spear (8. 2. 98. 14) ; Wooden Bowl (8. 5. 98. 1) 5 Sixteen
Barbed Wooden Spears (11. 10. 98. 5-6) ; purchased.

Gilbert Island :—Hat, made of palm leaves (8. 3. 98. 9), from
Taputeuca ; purchased.

Marshall Island :—Spear (8. 3. 98. 10) ; purchased.

Anchorite Islands :—Grass Petticoat (8. 3, 98. 2) ; purchased.

MONGOLIAN RACE.
America. —South :—

Spindle and Whorl (27. 9. 98. 11), and Drill (27. 9. 98. 12) with
obsidian bit, used for drilling turquoise ; purchased.
Large Painted Earthenware Water Vessel (15. 12. 98. 1), from the
Ucayali, River Amazon; presented by Captain J. H. Good,
§.8. “ Boliva.”
North :—
Leather Gun Case, decorated with beads and porcupine quill work
11. 1. 98. 2), and a Netted Game Bag (11. 1. 98. 3), from the Dog Rib
dians, Mackenzie River ; also a Chief’s Necklace, from the Blackfoot

Be srascar: i—

A Group of Objects (29. 3. 98. 63-67) from Madagascar has been
aequired by purchase, as follows :—
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62 MUSEUMS.

Betsileo :—Guitar, valitsa, made of bamboo; Woven Garment,

sarimbo ; Spears (?) ; purchased,

Malay Achipelago. —Lorneo :—
Wooden Shield (8 2. 98. 8.) Dusun Dyaks ; Painted Wooden Shield
(8. 2. 98. 9), Beadyon Dyaks.
Photographs (26. 4. 98. 34-39) of Natives of Kulu, a Dyak,
Kling man, Battak Chief, and Malay Women ; purchased.
Poréka Flag (8. 2. 98. 7), [sand of Lakor ; purchased.

Burmah :—
Photograph (26. 4. 98. 32) of Myo Thit Atwin Woon ; purchased.

Tibet :—

The following specimens (11, 10, 98. 8-32), from Tibet, have been
acquired by purchase :—

Wooden Block, from which are printed the “Luck Flags” ; Conch
Shell Armlet ; ‘Mani,’ or Prayer Cylinder; Cloth Prayer Flag, 8 feet
6 inches long ; “Tuck Flags”; Butter Lamp, or “ Cho-Kong”; Rosary,
made of pieces of Lamas Skull; Hair Ornament, mounted in turquoise ;
Woman’s Cloth Cap; Pair of Women’s Long Cloth Boots ; Woman’s
Garters ; Lamas Human Skull Cup; Silver Ring and two Brass Rings,
set with turquoise ; Copper Hautboy Fite, * Gye-ling”’; pieces of ‘Yak’
Cheese ; Conch Shell Bead Rosary, “ Yung-theng”; Clay Votiva ;
Human Thigh Bone Trumpet, “ Kang-Ling”; Lamas Pointed Cap;
Copper Holy-Water Pot, and Feather Sprinkler; Dageer; Neck
Amulets, or Charms; Brass Shrine, enclosing image; Human Skull
Drum
CAUCASIAN RACK.

Egypt :—

A selection of Egyptian Antiquities (11. 10. 98. 38-), from Denderah :
presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Collection of Ancient Egyptian Pottery (11. 10. 98), excavated at
Hieraconopolis ; presented by the Committee of the Egyptian Research
Fund.

Palestine :—

Glass Bowl (29. 3. 98. 60), with beautiful irridescence, found at —

Nazareth; Glass Chrismatory (29. 3. 98. 61), from Tiberias ; purchased.
; , , i

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Cyprus :— ta
Sartago, or Stew Pan (29. 3. 98. 59), in bronze, from Salaminia ;
_ purchased.

India :—
The following Specimens (26. 4. 98. 11-22) from various localities in
India, have been purchased :—
Vase of Copper, Cashmere ; Brass Vase, richly engraved, Benares :
Oval Brass Tray, with engraved pattern, enamelled, Moradabad ; Cruet
Stand in form of a leaf, enamelled ; Pair of Lotus-shaped Cups of Copper,
gilt and enamelled ; Brass Tray, with enamelled design ; Scent Bottles
and Bowl of Soapstone, from Ladak; Shield and Tray of Steel,
: inlaid with gold and silver, Koftgurry.
| Photographs (26. 4. 98. 23-24. 27-29. 32-33) of Cashmerian Boatmen;
~ Parsee Woman; Hindoo man; A Borah Family; Afghans ; Thakeries
or Hill People.

Stone Figure of Krishna (9. 8. 98. 73), Mysore ; purchased.

Nepal :—

Photographs (26. 4. 98. 25-26) of Bhootia Men and Woman and
Child, purchased; Bamboo Comb (11. 10. 98. 383); Penknife
(11. 10. 98. 35) ; Silver-mounted Sword (11. 10. 98. 86), and Milk Pail
(11. 10. 98. 37), Lepcha.

Italy :—

Figure of S, Peter (8. 2. 98. 15), the body made up of tow(?), the
head is of moulded pottery, and the feet and hands of carved wood, the
whole figure is draped in red silk. These figures were made by
Neapolitan artists for the representation of the Nativity at Christmastide;
purchased. :

Sugar Basin, Stand, and Four Spoons, carved out of olive wood, with a
penknife, by a Greek at Corfu, in 1857; presented by Dr. G. H.
Rendall.

Holland :—

| 4 Brass Bowl, used for holding ‘batter’ for cake making in the Dutch
fairs (29. 3. 98. 62); purchased.

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General
Ceramics

Ethnography ...

MUSEUMS.

Summary or AcQuIsITIONS.

WALKER ART GALLERY.

Tae Curator has much satisfaction in reporting that the Institution of
which he has the honour of being the custodian, continues its career of
artistic usefulness with undiminished activity and popularity. The
Permanent Collection is yearly growing more and more important, and
is regarded by many other towns as an incentive to similar endeavours.

Architects who are interested in the erection of Art Galleries in other

parts of the United Kingdom visit the building for the purpose of
noting its proportions, and its arrangements for lighting, warming, and
yentilation. Requests for permission to reproduce important works in
the Collection by various Art Journals are becoming more numerous,
and with a view to making these works more widely educational, these
requests have been granted at nominal fees in acknowledgement of the

Committee’s rights.

The crowded condition of the pictures, from want of adequate wall
yace, still continues, and it is to be hoped that the Committee will in

é near future see their way to an enlargement of the Gallery.

During the year the Gallery was open 347 days, excluding Sundays.
Ch e number of visitors was 400,683, or a daily average of 1,155. This
otal includes 66,004 visitors to the Autumn Exhibition, besides 14,862
yupils of schools of various denominations, who were admitted free.
n addition, the total attendance on Sundays was 16,753, being an
“average of 493, the average of 1897 being 514.

Ss
Ss

ART GALLERY.

~ Picrurres Lent.

The following Works have been loaned to Exhibitions, &c., as under :—

TITLE. ARTIST. LENT TO.
“The Five Saints,” from | Attributed te Burlington Fine Arts Club,
Roscoe Collection. | Gentile de Fabriano | London.
|
‘“sThe Castle Rock” .......:..| H. Clarence Whaite, Manchester Corporation.
R.W.S. |
|
‘*- The Punishment of Luxury”..| G. Segantini ........ Aberdeen Artists’ Society.
‘Meadow Sweets” ...... David Murray, A.R.A.
| - Warrington Corporation.
SM Ventideseepsi beat Seclikena..- H. Herkomer, R.A. | )
“* Meadow Sweets”. .......... | David Murray, A.R.A.
| Mid-Cheshire Exhibition of
. Fine Arts, Northwich.
CS UMrentigde iis ates wae ve. 2ee H. Herkomer,. R.A. |
‘*Sponsa de Libano”.... ...., Sir E. Burne-Jones, The New Gallery, London.

Bart.

ART GALLERY.

REPRODUCTIONS.

67

The following privileges for the reproduction of Works in the Permanent

Collection have been granted during the year.

In no case is the

privilege granted an exclusive one, the Committee reserving to themselves

the right to afford facilities to other applicants if necessary :—

PICTURE.

|
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APPLICANT. |
|
|

Fred Miller

Cadbury, Jones & Co....

M. H. Spielmann........

T. R. Annan & Sons

T. C. & E. C. Jack ......
Cassell & Co., Limited
A. G. Temple

M. H. Spielmann

J. S. Virtue & Co., Ltd...

sere eee eas

sete wee

R Naumann

Magazine of Art
_ Miss Eke Furst

“Isbister & Co., Limited ..

George Allen
Cassell & Co., Limited ...

iad

‘* Lorenzo and Isabella ”

.| ‘Ruth and Naomi ”

| ** Pelagia and Philammon”....

“*The Martyr of the Solway”. .|

eee eee

**The Pool in the Wood” . ..
“* Maiwand—Saving the Guns”

“<The Antechamber at White-
hall”
“The Triumph of the
Innocents”
** A Select Committee ”’

“* Friday ”

‘* Ophelia ”

** Love’s Baubles ”

|
| *Dante’s Dream” ....... ...

““ Lorenzo and Isabella” ......

“The Triumph of the
Innocents ”

‘* Klijah in the Wilderness” ..

“*Dante’s Dream ”’

** Ruth and Naomi”

‘¢ Jephthah’s Daughter”... ..

‘© Elijah in the Wilderness” .. .

‘The Expulsion of Adam and
Eve”

A. Hacker, a.R.A.
Sir J. E. Millais, Bt., p.R.a.
Colin Hunter, A.R.A.
R. Caton Woodville
E. M. Ward, B.A.
W. Holman Hunt.
H. Stacy Marks, R.A.
W. Dendy Sadler.
Miss Henrietta Rae.
- Byam Shaw.

| D. G. Rossetti.

.| Sird. E. Millais, Bt., p.r.a.

| W. Holman Hunt.

| Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
| D. G. Rossetti.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.
Miss Jessie Macgregor.

Lord Leighton, P.R.A.

| A. T. Nowell.
P. H. Calderon, R.A.

68 ART GALLERY.

; STUDENTS.

44 Students have been admitted during the year. The pictures chiefly
selected by students for copying were—‘ A New Light in the Hareem ”—
“Friday ”"—“ Ruth and Naomi”—“Dante and Beatrice”—‘“Saving the
Guns ”—“ Love's Baubles ”—“ Meadow Sweets ”—‘“ And when did you last

see your father?’—and “ Lorenzo and Isabella.”

ADDITIONS.
The undermentioned Works have been added to the Permanent Collection
during the year :—

By Purchase from the Autumn Exrhibition.—“ The Road to Camelot,”
by G. H. Boughton, r.a.; “Youth and Age,” by H. Windsor-
Fry, r.B.a.; and “ A Shaft of Light,” by Edward G. Hobley.

By Donations.—“ Alexander Von Humboldt,” Marble Bust by R. Willig ;
bequeathed by Mr. A. H. Lemonius. “Jephthah and his Daughter,”
Marble Group, by Giovanni Fontana; presented by Mrs. Fontana.
“The Pass of the Cateran,” by John Smart, R.S.A.; bequeathed by
Mr. Samuel Stitt, and “Sir John Bent,” by Philip Westcott, R.a.;
presented by Mr. R. John Frank.

THe Spring EXursirion.

An Exhibition of Arts and Crafts was organised by the Committee, and
opened by the Lord Mayor (the Rt. Hon. John Houlding) on Saturday,
February 12th.

The Exhibition was very extensive and complete. It comprised a large
contribution from South Kensington Museum, of examples of the Arts of
India, in textiles, ceramics, wood-carving, metal-work, etc., which completely
filled the Grosvenor Room. Mr. Purdon Clarke, the Director of South
Kensington Museum, gave a most valuable and interesting lecture on
Indian Art.

There was also an extensive collection of Decorative Art Objects, the
productions of the pupils of the School of Art, and University College, the
Liverpool School of Science, Technology, and Art, and the Board Schools.

Two rooms were occupied by the Liverpool Amateur Photographic
Association, who contributed a most excellent and varied collection of the
work of their members. The pictures were arranged by the Association.

A large room was also devoted to an Exhibition of the works of the
Liverpool Architectural Society, which celebrated its jubilee by holding a
banquet in the Gallery, on the 18th of April.

The Exhibition, as a whole, was regarded by competent judges to have
been the finest display of Arts and Crafts ever got together in Liverpool.
The Committee regret, however, that it did not receive that support from
the public that its merits deserved.

——— |

ART GALLERY. 69

= THe Aurumn EXuHIsirion.

The Autumn Exhibition, both from the general quality of the works
exhibited, and from the large attendance of the public, was again a
pronounced success.

The very fine weather that prevailed during the months of September
and October kept enormous numbers in the country or at the seaside, with
the result that the attendance of visitors was somewhat less than in former
years; the sales of pictures, however, were considerable, and much larger
than any season for thirteen years.

A novel and successful feature of the Exhibition was the formation of a
Seulpture Hall on the ground floor, and the exhibition of pictures and
sculpture invited from the Paris Salons.. The provision of a new refreshment
pavilion, under the covered way, was found a great convenience, and was
_well patronised and highly appreciated by visitors.

Several Soirees were held during the season, at one of which a lecture
was given, entitled “A Retrospect of Art,” by Mr. William Stott, of
Oldham, illustrated by pictures shown by the oxy-hydrogen lantern. This
lecture was highly appreciated by a crowded audience.

AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES.

1898. | 1897.

) D5 ir 2S ed eb GE

mber of Works of Art Exhibited 1,507 1,342

fu ber of Pictures sold .......... 188 | 176
Amount of sales at catalogue prices 5,821 12 6
Saashe Byekets sold: woe: os. 2,505 453 6 6 3,198 584 1 0
Admissions at One Shilling. ..... 28,129 | 1,406 9 0 30,214 1,510 14 0
7. ERPENCG S308 hah yas | 17,133 | 428 §6§ 6 | 21,343 533 11 6
aa Threepence.......... 13,328 229 2 0 | 20,691 258: 12-9
Matalopues Sold ;.......... ..+-«s 19,605 | 490 19 8 21,968 003 4 COB
Commission on sales .............. | 365 11 10 179 4 10
Miscellaneous Receipts ............ 2uSeaa <o 90 5 10
otal Receipts, exclusive of sales .. a,2172 8) 3 3,530 9 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.
The rooms were used for the following social functions during the year :—

The Lord Mayor's reception on the occasion of the visit of the House
Painters’ Congress; a Soiree of the Liverpool Municipal Officers’
Guild; and the Annual Banquet of the Liverpool Architectural
Society, each of which was highly successful.

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1900.

COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS

for the Year 1899-1900.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LOUIS SAMUEL COHEN, J.P., LORD MAYOR.

Committee :
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B, FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN.
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

EDWIN BERRY, ESQ., MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P.,
LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P., JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,
ALFRED S. COLLARD, ESQ., | JOHN LEA, BSQ.,

ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., M.P., FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ.,
ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ,, M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jr., ESQ.,
WILLIAM DENTON, ESQ., R. W. RADCLIFFE-SMITH, ESQ.,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ, J.P., ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,

COLONEL W. H. WALKER.

Director of Museums:
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of Derby Hluseum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Eurator of Wlaner Museum:
P. ENTWISTLE.

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_ GENERAL REPORT.

The very able and complete reports furnished by the Chief Librarian,
the Curator of the Art Gallery, and the Director of our Museums leave
little to be said; but it may be convenient to summarise the distinctive
features of our work, which stand out prominently as marking the
advance of the Institutions under our care, and the increased value

a placed upon them by the community at large.

; The past year was a period of great commercial prosperity and active em-
q ployment for all classes, and therefore, as leisure time has been restricted,
we have had a falling off in the number of the readers at our various
_ Libraries ; but it is gratifying to find that the decrease in our issues
have been entirely in works of fiction, and that our issues of standard
"literature, works on science and technology, have been fully maintained.
Our endeavour to bring our stores of special books within the know-
ledge of all have proved a great success, and our displays of works on
art and on our local history, were greatly appreciated, and gave a

stimulus to readers in these departments.

ey EHe need for further Libraries is pressing, and the Committee are
‘glad to think that they will shortly be able to proceed with the erection
of Libraries at the South end, at West Derby, and at Wavertree. They
are also anxious to provide a Library for Kirkdale as soon as their
ances will admit.

~ The work of our Museums is much hampered by the structural altera-
tions rendered necessary by the new buildings, but we shall be amply
pensated for our present inconveniences by the magnificent accom-
dation which will be afforded by the new galleries when completed.
The area of our Museum will then be 64,000 feet. Our largest gallery
will contain 20,000 feet (the largest gallery in the British Museum
containing only 13,900 feet), and it will be possible to display far better
than in any other Museum the various groups of the animal kingdom in
their phylogenetic relations, and as nearly as possible, therefore, in
their natural sequence. The Museum will thus be at once compre-
hensible to the general public, and vastly more instructive than it has

one
ih herto been. ©

GENERAL REPORT.

The Committee have encouraged original research by our Museum
Staff, and the Bulletin published quarterly has already taken its place
among the leading scientific periodicals of the day.

The Sokotra Expedition yielded some 2,000 specimens, of which 100
species are new to science, and the whole are new to our collection. The
action of the Committee in sending out this Expedition has been most
warmly appreciated in scientific circles.

Our Art Gallery has been further enriched by the purchase of four
important works from the Autumn Exhibition. It is difficult to bring
home to the people of Liverpool the very magnificent Gallery of pictures
they now possess. Our Curator, in his admirable report, directs attention
to special pictures which mark our Gallery as one of great excellence,
and the fact that our pictures are now valued at over £100,000 is another
proof of the quality and extent of our collection. Unfortunately we are
short of hanging space, and a further extension of the Galleries is much
needed.

The Autumn Exhibition is now firmly established in the confidence
of the artists, and in the appreciation of the public. The Committee
have shewn great public spirit in making this Exhibition as beautiful
and as attractive as possible, and they have been rewarded by great and
increasing success. They ask for the support of the picture buying
public of Liverpool, as the more pictures sold out of our Autumn Exhibi-
tion the greater the inducement to artists to exhibit; and certainly our
Autumn collection is the finest display of art work of the year in the
country, for not only do we ingather the best pictures from the Spring
Exhibitions in London, but we have the advantage of securing the
pictures painted during the Spring and Summer after the London
Exhibitions are opened. We, therefore, have every opportunity of
making our Autumn display widely representative.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,

CHAIRMAN.

THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Forty-Seventh Annual
Report upon the conpucr and proaress of the Museums.

I.—GENERAL.

Tue FREE Pusttc Museums comprise :—

(A) the Dersy Mvsrevm, of which the nucleus was the collections
bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Earl of Derby. — It
coutains the British Collections, and the general Zoological, Geological,
Mineralogical, and Botanical Departments, besides which there is an
Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water Animals.

(B) the Mayer Musrcm, the larger part of which was
collected and presented to. the Corporation in 1867, by
Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. These collections are specially
rich in (a) Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities; (b)
Medieval European Ivories, Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts ;
(ce) the unrivalled Brian-Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection ; (d) the
Mather Miniatures ; and (e) the very important Pottery Collections,
conspicuously rich in Wedgwood and Old Liverpool Wares. Asso-
ciated with this Museum, as belonging more nearly to the subjects
illustrated by it, though not forming to any large extent part of the
Mayer Bequest, are (f) the Ethnographical Collections, chiefly of
barbaric races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected
at the cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under : —

_ During January, November, and December ... from 10 to 4
s February : ara be, ra 4 AO tO, 4-8)
a March and Oataber me tie Nee: Migteraee 08 roms
April to September... : Sear 39 LOG

Also on Monday Evenings during yéutaey eh

March, and October to December 7 to 10

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The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Easter- and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met under the Presidency of Sir Michael Foster,
F.R.S., at Dover, and also at the meeting of the Museums Associaton
at Brighton, under the presidency of H. Willet, Esq., F.G.S.

Parts 1 and 2 of Volume II. of the Bulletin of the Liverpool
Museums were issued on the 18th May and the 30th September
respectively. Part 1 contains preliminary descriptions of the new
species obtained by the Sokotran Expedition. (a) The new Birds
are described by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant and the Director, (6) the new
Reptiles by Mr. Boulenger, F.R.S.,(¢) the new Scorpions, Centipedes.
and Millepedes by Mr. Pocock, (d) the new Butterflies by Mr. Ogilvie-
(srant, and (e) the new Land Shells by Mr. Edgar Smith. A note on
cast metal work from Benin and the Catalogue of the Coracie complete
its contents. Part 2 contains descriptions of further new species from
Sokotra (@) new Moths by Sir G. Hampson, Bart. ;(b) new Spiders by
Mr. Pocock; (c) new Orthoptera by Mr. Burr; and (d) new
Hemiptera by Mr. Kirkaldy. In addition there is a note on three
rare and not hitherto figured species of Zosterops in the Derby
Collection by Mr. Robinson, illustrated by a coloured plate; a list
of the birds of the Antarctic Regions by the Director; and the
- Catalogue of the Charadriformes in the Derby Collection.

The 3rd and 4th numbers completing Volume II., will be issued
as one part early in January. —

The Science Cabinets have, after reorganisation, again been distri-
buted to the different Elementary Schools in the City. Two of these
Cabinets were sent to the English Education Hxhibition held in
December, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London,
and their educational value was greatly appreciated.

The applications for the series of Technical Appliances on loan
from the Museum have been well maintained, especially lanterns

MUSEU US. 5

and lantern slides for lecture purposes, and which it is very desirable

should be increased in number.

The most important event of the year was the return of the
Expedition sent by the Corporation to Sokotra, which was successful
in securing large collections of great scientific interest and value.

The expedition consisted of the Director of Museums; Mr. W. R.
Ogilvie-Grant, of the Ornithological Department of the British
Museum; and Mr. J. W. Cutmore, Taxidermist of the Derby
Museum. It was aided by a contribution from the Government
grant of the Royal Society, by a vote of money and of instruments
from the Royal Geographical Society, and by a grant from the
_ British Association made at its meeting in 1898 at Bristol.

The party left England on October 28th, 1898, and arrived in
; Aden on November 18th. The entire voyage out was utilised in
~ making a collection of the minute organisms which abound in the
‘sea by sieving the water through very fine silk nets attached to the
_ discharge pipe of pumps, which, by the courtesy of the owners and
_ the captain of the Manora, were allowed to work uninterruptedly
_ day and night.

The members of the expedition, who on their arrival in Aden were
immediately received by the Political Resident, Brigadier-General
3 Creagh, V.C., were deeply disappointed to learn from him that,
owing to political difficulties which had arisen between the Indian
Government and the Sultan of Sokotra, it would be impossible for
q them to proceed to their destination. The Resident had, before
_ their departure from England, cabled to the India Office in London
that they should be advised to postpone their visit, but, through
‘Some unexplained cause, that information was not conveyed to them.
_ Their arrival in Aden was, therefore, naturally a surprise to the
Political Resident, who, in the fullest sympathy with the position
_in which they found themselves, the same day despatched an urgent
q Be aEe to the Indian Government, explaining the situation and

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It is impossible to express fully the grateful thanks of the Mem-
bers of the Expedition to General Creagh for his personal hospitality
and for his great kindness in doing everything possible to make the
days of the enforced stay of the expedition in Aden of profit to it.
The Government bungalow at Sheik Othman, some twelve miles
north of Aden, was generously lent to the expedition by him, and
later, through his recommendation, an invitation was received from
the Sultan of Lahej, in South Arabia, for the expedition to visit his
dominions. His Highness met the members of the party at his
boundary, conveyed them to the capital, hospitably entertained
them, and assisted them in every possible way during their stay.

The Expedition has to express its obligations to the military
authorities in Aden in lending for this journey baggage and
riding-camels from the garrison establishment, and also the
attendance upon them as a guard of a native officer (jemadar)
and one sowar. The helpful aid of the First Political Assistant,
Captain Jacob, in all these arrangements must also be very cordially
acknowledged. A most profitable stay could undoubtedly have been
made at Lahej, which is a very little explored region, had the expedi-
tion been eventually prevented from visiting Sokotra. It had only,
however, begun what was proving to be a very interesting collection
when intimation was received from General Creagh that authority
had been obtained from the Government of India for the expedition
to proceed to its destination. A speedy return having therefore been
made to Aden, where eight Somali servants were engaged to accom-
pany it in various capacities, the expedition embarked on December
Ist, 1898, with its stores and baggage, on board the Royal Indian
Marine Steamer Elphinstone, which the Indian Government had
very generously placed at its disposal to carry it to and from the
island. Authority had also been obtained from General Creagh to
break the voyage for several days at Abd-el-Kuri, an island lying
between Sokotra and Cape Guardafui on the Eastern Horn of Africa,
This islet had never before been scientifically examined; and during
the short stay made there several species of plants and animals new
to science were discovered, among them a new Salsola, a new Con-
volvolus, and a new species of Kuphorbia (Euphorbia abdelkuri),
belonging to a family of plants of which many singular forms occur

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in Sokotra, the most remarkable botanical discovery of the exped:-
tion. The new species of birds, Passer hemileucus and Motacilla
forwoodi, only slightly differentiated from species occurring both
in Sokotra and Somaliland, indicate the comparatively recent separa-
tion of Abd-el-Kuri from the mainland. The geological structure
of the island was found to present many points of similarity to that
of Sokotra. It has suffered great denudation, however, for the
limestone, which is of both Cretaceous and Tertiary age, has dis-
appeared everywhere except on one or two summits. Volcanic rocks
abound, and from the high peak—1,750 feet in height
_ the anchorage they resembled a number of papille rising from a
desert of sand. The island has but few inhabitants, who are very
poor and miserably housed. Some of them are fishers and divers

overlooking

3 for pearl-shells. Numerous chelonian carapaces strewn about near
their huts indicated that the Hawk’s-bill turtle was a common fre-
_ quenter of their coasts. The most notable feature of the vegetation
¥ was the absence of those characteristic plants of Sokotra,the Dragon’s
blood (Dracena), Myrrh (Balsamodendron), and Frankincense (Bos-
wellia) trees, though Abd-el-Kuri lies nearer to the African coast
_ than the main island. The Geological collections, therefore, show
that the whole of it was submerged at a time when Sokotra was
_ probably a land area. The poverty of the fauna and flora of the
_ island is, therefore, in agreement with its geological history.

On December 6th the Hlphinstone left Abd-el-Kuri, and on the
7th anchored off Hadibu, the capital of Sokotra. On the 8th the
Director, accompanied by the commander of the EH/phinstone, landed
and was received by the Sultan, to whom he presented letters of
recommendation from the Government, and readily received permis-
i

sion for the expedition to visit all parts of the island. The next day

as

the party went ashore and camped in the mountain-girt plain in

northern slopes of the Haghier Mountains. On the 18th of the
‘month the camp was moved to Dahamis, at an elevation
of 1,500 feet, where all the European members of the
x were unfortunately very soon laid down
a pernicious form of malaria. On the 26th, however,

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Plains, where it was hoped a more salubrious camping-ground would
be found. But the continued sickness of the party—among whom
for several days there was not a single undisabled member—made it
necessary, after a few days’ trial of this camp, to seek a still higher
altitude on the Haghier range. The tents were consequently struck
on December 30th, and transported to Jena-agahan, where, notwith-
standing that fever was still very prevalent and the expedition was
practically deprived, during the greater part of the time of its stay
there (owing to his serious illness), of the services of the taxidermist,
many of the most interesting specimens in the collection were
secured, the most notable perhaps being the beautiful wild ass, of
which large herds roamed the plains below the camp. On January
15th the camp was moved a two days’ journey to the high plateau
of Homhil, which proved to be a most successful collecting station.
The health of the expedition rapidly improved, the climate and
scenery were invigorating, with an abundant flora and fauna. There
were here obtained roots and seeds of the shrubby gentian (Hwacum
ceeruleum), one of the most lovely species both in flower and foliage
of a beautiful family, and of a fine broad-leaved amyrillid (Heman-
thus grandifolius),

On January 27th a move was made from Homhil to Adho Dimel-
lus, in the heart of the Haghier Mountains, at about 4,000 feet above
sea-level—one of the most salubrious and beautiful spots imaginable.
There over a fortnight was spent with great profit to all departments
of the collection. | Numerous butterflies were captured, some of
great rarity, such as Papilio benetti, of which only one broken speci-
men was previously known, as well as roots and seeds of some of the
most remarkable of the plants of the island, whose Alpine flora bears
all the marks of great antiquity. On February 18th the expedition
had to make its way back to the plain of Hadibu to await the return
of the Elphinstone, which on the 21st of the same month anchored
off the town, and took on board the members of the expedition and
the collections. The same evening the despatch-boat sailed for
Abd-el-Kuri, where it was decided to supplement the collections
already obtained there by a few days’ further exploration. From
Abd-el-Kuri the E/phinstone brought the expedition direct to Aden,

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arriving there on the night of February 26th, 1899. The party left
Aden on March 2nd, and sixteen days later arrived in London.

The results of the expedition may be summarised as follows : —Of
mammals there are examples of one or two species of rat, of one
species of civet cat, one species of bat, and a fine wild ass. Of birds
_ there are some 300 specimens, 250 in skin and 50 in spirit, out of which
seven species have been described by the Director and Mr. Grant as
new to science. A large series of reptiles, described by Mr.
Boulenger, was acquired, which contains one genus and eight species
new to herpetology. Of the scorpions, millepedes, and spiders ob-
tained, Mr. Pocock has described one new genus and seven new
_ species in the former group, and one new genus and four new species
in the latter. Of the land-shells (numbering several thousands),
_ Mr. Edgar Smith has described eight species as new to his depart-
ment of zoology. Of insects there are several thousands, and Mr.
_ Ogilvie-Grant has described three new butterflies, one of them a
_ very beautiful and large Charaxes (C. velox), while Sir George
Hampson has diagnosed one new genus and fourteen new species of
moths. Mr. Burr, who has examined the Orthoptera, describes two
new genera and six new species; while Mr. Kirkaldy has described
the whole of the species of Hemiptera as new to science. Lord
Walsingham has found the whole of the Microlepidoptera to be new
; to science. Professor B. Balfour, F.R.S., of Edinburgh, reports that
the plants, of which living specimens or ripe seeds, over 200 in
number, have been brought home, are of great scientific interest.
Their cultivation is being kindly undertaken by him in the Royal
Botanical Gardens at Edinburgh. Five species are new to science,
an y eleven new to the botany of the Sokotran island ol aater- asad

_ The true Sokoteri of the mountains, the Mahri, were found to be
a | light-complexioned Mahomedan people only poorly civilised,
iving in caves or rude cyclopean huts, who possess but few utensils,
implements, or ornaments, and almost no weapons. The ethno-
' IBeaphical collections are consequently very small; still, there have

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been brought back specimens of their pottery, of their primitive
quernlike mills, of their basket- work, and of their weaving appara-
tus. The expedition has likewise brought back and deposited in the
British Museum two large blocks of stone inscribed with an ancient
script, which may perhaps throw some light on the language of the
people who occupied the island in a past age, and of whose cyclopean
remains interesting photographs have been obtained.

In addition to the biological collections—in which six new genera
and sixty-seven new species have been already described—a number
of geological specimens were brought together, which have been
examined by Dr. Gregory, of the British Museum.

A daily meteorological register was kept, and trigonometrical and
astronomical observations conducted by the Director. From the
latter a new map of the island will, be constructed.

The results of the expedition, in regard to the question of geo-
graphical distribution, add little to what the investigations of
Balfour, Schweinfurth, and Riebeck have established; but several
of the zoological species confirm the presence, indicated by the
botany, of a South American element in the biology of the island ;
and as Professor Balfour reports, the botanical specimens further
support the African—especially the Abyssinian and Somaliland—
connection, strengthen the bonds with the opposite Asiatic main-
land, and further illustrate most interestingly the remarkable East
Indian relationship.

The full report on the results of the expedition, to be shortly pub-
lished as a special volume, will contain a Narrative of the Expedi-
tion, and complete lists of the fauna and flora of the islands visited,
with coloured figures of all the new species, with notes on their
Geology and Anthropology.

II.— VisiTors.

During the year there has been a decrease in the number of
visitors to the Museums compared with that of the previous year, as
shown by the following table : —

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1898. 1899.
(264 Days) (262 Days)
: Total Visitors in the Year aa = 354,114 hag 310,482
Weekly Average... a aes ae 6,809 sae 5,970
Daily Average a oa = 38 a. 1,341 ide 1,185

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9

The falling off in the aggregate attendance of visitors for the year
is probably owing partly to the fine summer, and partly to the
unavoidable closing of part of the Exhibition Galleries. Our daily
average, notwithstanding, is slightly in excess of that of the British
Museum (Natural History) for 1898.

The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers
has been well maintained, upwards of 1,200 children and 60 teachers
having availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code,
; whereby time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school

| attendance.

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching, can obtain, by application to the
ql Director, and on giving satisfactory references, tickets enabling them
| to enter on Fridays, when there are special facilities afforded them
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
Natural History, Osteology and Dental Anatomy, who have made

extensive use of the collections on the days the Museums were other-
wise closed to the public.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during
the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
object :—C. W. Andrews, British Museum; R. Meinertzhagen,
‘Mottisfont, Hants; R. B. N. Walker, Gold Coast ;Dr. Chalmers,
“a Accra ; Prof. “namie ig College, oak G. W. Stokes,

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University; Prof. Boyce, University College, Liverpool ; W. E.
Hoyle, M.A., Owens College, Manchester; St. George Littledale ;
W. L. Sclater, Director of the South African Museum, Cape Town ;
Dr. Chute, King Williams Town, Cape Colony; Der Graf zu Erbach-
Fiirstenau; M. Salomon Reinach (Member of the Institute of
France); E. Dunkinfield Jones; Dr. Durant.

IUJ.— Lectures.

Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday evenings in the Theatre of the Museums. They were illus-
trated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The
total attendance at the Lectures was 2,470.

The following is a list of the subjects :—

A course of four lectures on ‘‘ New Zealand and its Aborigines ”’
was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P.
Entwistle, as follows :—

Jan. 9th.—‘‘ The Coming of the Maoris.”

Jan. 16th‘ Fortifications and Habitations.”

Jan. 23rd.— Moko, or the Maori Art of Tattooing.” I.

Jan. 30th.—‘ Moko, or the Maori Art of Tattooing.” II.

and two on general subjects, as follows : —

Feb. 6th.—‘ Recent Additions to the Museum from N.W. Australia
and Tibet.”

Feb. 13th.—‘* Loot from Benin.”

A course of three lectures on “The Fishes in the Museum
Aquarium” was given by the Assistant Curator of the Derby
Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Sc., as follows :—

Feb. 20th.—‘‘ General Characteristics of Fishes.”’
Feb. 27th.—‘ Electric Fishes.”
March 6th—‘ The African Lung and Walking Fishes.”

A course of three lectures on ‘‘ The Life-History of a Fern” was
given by the Assistant in the Derby Museum, Mr. W. S. Laverock,
M.A., B.Sce., as follows :—

March 13th.—‘‘ Spores and the part they play.”
March 20th.— The Seedling Fern, and where it comes from.’ :

: March 27th.—‘ The Adult, or spore-bearing Fern.”

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4 course of four lectures on “ The Black Tribes of the Soudan ”’
was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P.
~ Entwistle, as follows :—

Oct. 9th.—‘‘ Their Character and Distribution.”

Oct. 16th.—‘ Farmers of the White Nile.”

. Oct. 23rd.— The Metal-working tribes of the Soudan.”

~ Oct. 30th.—* The Zandah Cannibals.”

A course of five lectures on “ Animal Functions: how they are
performed” was given by the Assistant Curator of the Derby
Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Se. :—

Nov. 6th.—‘‘ Man: a Machine.”

Nov. 13th—* Breath and Breathing.” I.

Nov. 20th.—* Breath and Breathing.” II.

Nov. 27th.—‘ The Heart and the Blood.”

4th.— TheDigestion of Food.”

——————s

A. DERBY MUSEUM.

a Ture Entrance Hatt anD GALLERIES.
)
a (BririsH COLLECTIONS. )

The work of filling up the blanks in our Collection, and the
effective labelling of the specimens, have been continued. The
Collections representing the local fauna have been much studied and
eonsulted by local collectors, scholars and youths of both sexes
1 terested in Natural History.

ZooLoGicAL DEPARTMENT.
(a) GENERAL.

During the past year there has been no change in the number or
uties of the Staff. The work of cataloguing has been continued,
a nd during the year the Coracie and the Charadriformes among the
birds have been completed and published, while the Reptiles have
_ been commenced, and some considerable progress made. The

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acquisitions to the Museum during the year have been large, and
much of the time of the Scientific Staff has been occupied in the
identification and registration of these specimens.

Much temporary inconvenience has been caused to the public
from the closing of several of the larger galleries necessitated by
the removal of the exterior walls of the old building for the purpose
of joining it on to the Extension in course of erection; and to the
Scientific Staff by their having during the reconstruction to vacate
the rooms in the basement which have so long inefficiently served for
laboratories. | When completed these dismal, badly lighted apart-
ments, formerly the kitchen and rooms of the caretaker, which possess
no single appliance for the conduct of scientifie work, will, by the
enlargement of the rooms, heightening of the windows, and the in-
troduction of all the most modern fittings and appliances, at last
and for the first time in the history of the institution, provide
suitable accommodation and studies for the scientific officers.

he Sokotran collections have not yet all arrived at the Museum,
as it has been necessary to retain all the specimens of the different
groups intact in London until the specialists who have kindly under-
taken their identification had completed their work. It has been
impossible, therefore, to incorporate them in this year’s Register.
The whole of the collections will appear among the additions to the
Museum in the next Annual Report.

The series of photographic enlargements illustrating the various
races of mankind have been still further added to. Copies have, as
in previous years, been presented to the British Museum, and a
series is being supplied to Cambridge University; while requests
have been received from other Museums for copies in exchange.
These anthropological photographs (inaugurated and first exhibited
in England in this Museum) early attracted the commendation of so
distinguished an anthropologist as the late Sir William Flower; and
since then the collection has been visited by many anthropologists
from Europe and America, who have expressed their appreciation of
its great value.

a

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(6) ARRANGEMENT.

_ he same general arrangement of the collections has been main-
- tained throughout the year, and in view of the Extension, when
much change and re-arrangement will be involved, little can be done
beyond keeping the collections, as at present exhibited, in proper
order.

(c) ConsERVATION.

_ All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined,
~ dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabinets
and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been
_ systematically gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or
other preservative. The store cabinets of dried specimens also
‘require constant attention, insects especially being liable to
deterioration.

‘ _ The work of reducing the duplicate specimens of mounted birds
and forming cabinet skins of them for the siudy collection has been
continued.

(d) Loans.

| Skull with horns and two skins of the Derbian Eland (Oreas
! lerbianus) were lent to Dr. P. L. Selater.

3 : Specimens of Paleornis derbianus, Myzomela spp. Zosterops semperi,

(¢) PRESENTS.

_ Perhaps the most important donation of the year is the share of
the ‘‘ Challenger Expedition’ duplicates, received from the Trustees

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of the British Museum. The collection contains upwards of 1,500
specimens, representing over 500 species, many of which are of great
interest and importance.

Another valuable gift is a collection of British Birds, made by
R. Meinertzhagen, Esq., of Mottisfont, Hants. This collection contains
a large series of Tits and Linnets and has greatly enriched our British
Bird collection.

Messrs. Barnum & Bailey have again very kindly sent us, during
the year, several animals of great value which have died in their
Menagerie, among which may be specially mentioned a Polar Bear
and a large female Chimpanzee.

Mr. A. Ridyard, of the $8.8. “ Niger,” still continues his most generous
efforts on behalf of the Museum, and we have again to record a
number of West African species among our acquisitions.

(f) ExcHaNnGEs.

Skins and skulls of Gibbon (Hylobates miilleri, Martin) g and
Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus (Wurmb.) ) 2 were received in
exchange from Mr. W. L. H. Duckworth, Cambridge, for carease of
young Gorilla.

Living specimens of the Paradise Fish (Polyacanthus viridi-auratus,
Lacep.), and the Central American Fish (Heros jfacetus), were
received from Captain Vipan, Wansford, in exchange for living
Electric Cat-fish (Walapterurus electricus, Linn.)

Skin of the New Zealand Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies, Gray), sent to
Mr. Fleming, Toronto, in exchange for Cory’s Least Bittern (Ardetta
neoxena) 2.

Two specimens of Chlorocharis squamiceps, Hart., 2 , from 8. Celebes,
and Zosterops aignani, Hart., 2, from the Louisiade Archipelago,
received in exchange from Mr. H. C. Robinson for two specimens of
Zosterops abyssinica, Heugl., and two of Z. madagascariensis (Gm.)

One specimen of Jacana nigra (Gm.), received from Mr. H. C.
Robinson for a subsequent exchange.

Skin with skull of Gibbon (Hylobates miilleri, Martin), 2 , received
from Mr. W. L. H. Duckworth for a subsequent exchange.

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Two Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.) living, were
sent to Professor Gotch, Oxford, for exhibition at the Royal Institution
in illustration of his lecture and for subsequent laboratory experi-
: mentation.

: One dozen Walking-fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.) living,
: were sent to the Zoological Gardens, London.

One Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens, Owen), one Electric Cat-fish
2 (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.), and six Walking-fish (Periophthalmus -
- hoelreuteri, Pall.) living, were sent to Zoological Gardens, Dublin.

mer 4

_ Five Bird Skins (Ptilinopus roseicapillus (Less.), 2 3; Halcyon
“einnamominus, Swains, ¢ and 2; and Phlogoenas zanthonura (Temm.)
2, imm.), from Marianne Island, received for a subsequent exchange
from the Tring Museum.

(g/ ACQUISITIONS.

IN VERTEBRATES—

Protozoa.

Foraminifera (Carpenteria monticularis, Carter) (D. 28. 8. 99. 1) ;
ex “ Challenger ” collection, presented by the Trustees of the British

te Porifera (Sponges).
Cup Sponge (Raphiophora patella) (D. 24. 7. 99. 1.); presented by

Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.).

- Sertularia pumila, Linn.; Obelia gelatinosa, Pall.; Tubularia indivisa,

I 3 Garveia nutans, T.S.W. (D. 24. 4. 99. 71-74); collected at
ilbre Island by members of the Staff.

Coral from West Bay, Fernando Po (D. 26. 6. 99. 2); Gorgonid
sp. indet.) from §. W. Africa (D. 26. 6. 99. 3.); presented by
fy. A. Ridyard.

A number of Sea Anemones (Actinia equina, Linn.; and Urticina
erassicornis, Mull.) from Scarborough (D. 24. 8. 99. 1 & 2); presented
iving by Mr. W. Hibbert.

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Twenty-three species of Coelenterata, representing both Hydrozoa
and Actinozoa (D. 28. 8. 99. 18-35): ex ‘Challenger ”’ collection,
presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.

Collection of Dried Corals (D. 27. 11. 99. 15); presented by the
Trustees of the late Nathaniel Caine.

Echinoderma. (Starfishes, etc.).

Star-fish (sp. indet.) from S. America (D. 27. 7. 99. 11); presented
by Mr. W. Swan.

Collection of upwards of one hundred species of Kchinoderms,
representing Echinoidea, Ophiuroidea, Crinoidea, Asteroidea, and
Holothuroidea (D. 28. 8. 99. 36-143); ex ‘‘ Challenger ”’ collection,
presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.

Vermes. (Worms, etc.)

Two Nereid Worms (D. 24. 4. 99. 76): collected at Hilbre Island by
members of the Staff.

Sea-mouse (Aphrodite aculeata, Linn.) (D, 13. 5. 99. 1): died in
Aquarium.

Collection of thirty species of Marine Worms, principally Annelids
and Gephyreans (D. 28. 8. 99. 144-174); twenty-four microscopic
slides of species of Polyzoa (D. 28. 8. 99. 400-424): and ten species of
Brachiopods (D. 28. 8. 99. 425-484); cx “Challenger” collection,
presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.

Arthropoda.
Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.)

A Spiny Spider Crab (Maia squinado, Rondel), from the Bay of
Biscay (D. 14. 6. 99. 8); presented by Capt. W. Eagle, per Messrs.
Dunean & Sons.

Hermit Crab (sp. indet.) from Fernando Po, West Africa (D.26.6.99. 6);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Prawn (Palaemonetes varians), from Wallasey Marsh, Cheshire,
(D. 27. 7. 99. 16); from Aquarium Tank.

Collection of twenty-five species of Crustacea, containing represen-
tatives of the Cirripedia and Decapoda (D. 28. 8, 99. 175-199); ex

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“Challenger ” collection, presented by the Trustees of the British

~ Museu.
=

_ Macrourous Crustacean (Callianassa turnerana, A. White) (D, 27.11.
(99. 8); presented by Mr. S. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

) ‘Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, etc.).

Collection of Insects (Acridium peregrinum, Oliv.; Mantis, sp.;
- Hetrodes spinosa, etc.) ; Spiders, Scorpion, etc., from the Gaboon
_ District, West Africa (D. 9. 8. 99.1-16) ; Hornet’s Nest and various
7 other Insects and Spiders (spp. indet.) from Fernando Po and
Cameroons (D. 26. 6. 99. 1 & 4-7) ; and a Scorpion (sp. indet.) from
Boma (D. 27. 11.99. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, chief engineer,
8.8. ‘* Niger.”

- Large Larve of Beetles from Abouri, W. Africa (D. 9. 3. 99. 17) ;
presented by Dr. A. J. Chalmers.

9 Pupal stage of Cockroach found in boxes from West Africa (D. 15.
8. 99. 1).

Gollection of Insects (spp. indet.) from Venezuela (D. 24. 7. 99. 2) ;
presented by Mr. J. Crum.

E Collections of Insects, Spiders, etc., including a number of Wood-
boring Beetles (spp. indet.) found in American timber (D. 27. 7. 99.
a 5) (D. 28. 8. 99. 464-477) (D. 26. 9. 99. 21-25) (D. 10. 10. 99. 2-4)
(D. 27. 11. 99. 9-14) (D. 18. 12. 99.2 & 3); presented by Mr. Wm.
O

Water Scorpion (Belostoma heldemanum, L. ?) from North America
(D. 9. 5. 99. 1); presented by Councillor Hyslop Maxwell, Jun.

Puss Moth (Cerura vinula, Linn.) caught at Bootle (D. 14. 6. 99.1) ;
presented by Mr. Holmes.
‘Nest of Leaf-cutting Bee (D. 14. 6. 99. 2.); presented by Mr. E. S.

lwo specimens of a species of Dipteron (sp.

a indet.) taken from bottle
ontaining specimens of the Australian Bird Philemon buceroides,
Swains. (D. 28. 8. 99. 200); ea “ Challenger ” collection, presented by

he Trustees of the British Museum,

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Centipede (sp. indet.) found in hold of §.S. ‘ Parense,” trading with
Para, Brazil (D. 28. 8. 99. 460); purchased.

Scorpion and Centipede (spp. indet.), from Virgin Islands, British
West Indies (D. 28. 8. 99. 461 and 462) ; presented by Mr. Leonard
Reade.

Saw-fly (Sirex gigas, L.) (D. 28. 8. 99. 463) ; presented by Rey. T.
S. Lea.

Collection of Moths from China and Thibet, representing about
twenty-four species (indet.) (D. 28. 8. 99. 478): presented by Mr.
H. E. Hobson.

Collection of Australian Beetles, representing about twenty species,
including Calodema kirbyi, Hope; Schizorhina gymnopleura (Macleay):
Lomaptera australis? Wallace ; Rosenbergia megacephala, Pollen ;
Tragoceros spencei, Hope and Cladognathus limbatus, Waterhouse
(D. 26. 9. 99. 1-20); purchased.

Weevil Beetle (sp. indet.) found on an Orchid (D 26. 9. 99. 26)
presented by Mr. A. Heywood.

Stick Insect, Beetle, Spider (spp. indet.) and four Rock Scorpions
(Buthus afer, L.) from Cameroon, West Africa (D. 27. 11. 99. 4-7)
presented by Mr. 8. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Locust (sp. indet.) from Spain (D. 13. 12. 99. 1); presented by Mr-
R. Coupland.

Wasp’s Nest (D. 8. 2. 99. 1); presented by Mr. Geo. Smith.

A collection of Insects (principally Lepidoptera) from North
Australia consisting of 150 specimens and about 100 species (D. 31
12. 99. 1-100); purchased.

A Beetle ( sp. indet.) (D. 15. 12. 99. 1).

Mollusea. (Shells, etc.).

Collection of shells from the Loyalty Islands, consisting of about
150 specimens and 71 species (D. 24. 4. 99. 1-71); presented by Mr.
W. Crosfield.

Sea Slug (Coryphella rufibranchialis, Johnst.) from Hilbre Island
(D, 24. 4. 99. 75); collected by members of the Staff.

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Cast of Fossil Shell (Zsocardia sp.) from a quarry, Salisbary Hill,
_ Bath (D. 1. 6. 99. 1); presented by Mr. A. Hickman.

Collection of Shells, containing upwards of 1,000 specimens and
_ about 200 species, representing most of the divisions of the Mollusca
(D. 28. 8. 99. 201-399); ea “Challenger” collection, presented by the
_ Trustees of the British Museum.

¢ Cuttle-fish (EHledone cirrhosus, Lam.) found on New Brighton shore
- (D. 10. 10. 99. 1); presented by Mr. J. Veitch.

Two Land Shells (Achatina reticulata, Pfieff) from Accra, Gold
Coast (D. 27. 11. 99. 3); presented by Dr. J. Edward Mettle, per Mr.
_ A. Ridyard.

Land Slug (Limaz sp.) (D. 10. 10 99. 2); presented by Mr. Wm.
Swan.

‘CHORDATES.

Tunicates.

Fishes.
| English Trout from Tasmanian water (C. 13. 1.99 1); presented
by the Tasmanian Government.

lied in aquarium.

Three blocks containing Mud-tish (Protopterus annectens, Owen) from
Bathurst, West Africa (C. 20. 5. 99. 1): presented by Mr. Dougan.

- Garfish (Belone vulgaris, Flem.) found in Ship Canal, Eastham

Fis 1 (Polyacanthus viridi-auratus, Lacep.) (C. 22.5. 99. 1 & 2); received
in exchange. (See page 16).

; A number of Walking-fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.) from
Sette Cama, West Africa (C. 16. 6. 99. 1); Globe Fish (sp, endet.) from
ata, West Africa and rostra of Saw Fish (Pristis sp.) from Futa,

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Pipe-fish (sp. indet.) from North Atlantic Ocean (C. 30. 7. 99. 1);
presented by Capt. G. Scott.

Seven Pike (Hsox lucius, Linn.) from Heswall, Cheshire (C. 30. 7.
99. 2); presented by Mr. D. Brown.

Collection of Fishes consisting of 119 specimens and 74 species
(C. 28. 8. 99. 1-74); ex ‘Challenger ”’ collection, presentel by the
Trustees of the British Museum.

Two Cat-fishes (Clarias sp.) from River Densu, Acera (C. 27. 11. 99.
1); presented by Dr. J. Edward Mettle per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Kel (Murena sp.) caught in Corisco Bay (C. 27. 11. 99. 2); presented
by Mr. W. G. Stokes per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Electric Cat-fish Malapterurus electricus, Linn.); two Calabar
Polyteri (Calamoichthys calabaricus, Smith); and a Gar Pike (Belone
sp.) from Cameroons (C. 27. 11. 99. 3-5); presented by Mr. S. Smith
per Myr. A. Ridyard.

Seven specimens of Marine Fishes (spp. indet.) from Cameroon
(C. 27. 11. 99. 6-9); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

An Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.); and 16 Walk-
ing-fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.) from Rio del Rey, West
Africa (C. 27. 11. 99. 10 & 11); presented by Mr. F. Cohn per Mr. A.
Ridyard.

Roach (Leuciscus rutilus, Linn.) from Aintree (C. 11. 6. 99. 2);
three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus, Linn.) (C. 27. 7. 99.
1); and a Pike (EHsox lucius, Linn.) (C. 14. 7.99. 1); died in aquarium.

Amphibians.
Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita, Lawr.) from Wallasey (C. 29. 7.
99. 1); presented by Mr. F. Jefferies.

Two Menopomas (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis (Daud.) ) lived in
aquarium for about 11 years (C. 14. 9. 99. 1); died in aquarium.

American Salamander (Amblystoma mexicanum, Cope) (C. 16. 10.
99.1); died in aquarium.

Tadpole of Edible Frog (Rana esculenta, Linn.) (C. 27. 10. 99. 1);
presented by Mr. Avann.

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A Ceeilian (Ureotyphlus africanus, Ginth.) from Cameroons, West
Africa (C. 27. 11. 99. 12); presented by Mr. S. Smith per Mr. A.
Ridyard.

Reptiles.

Two Sternotheres (Sternotherus adansonii, Dum.) from Ambrizette,
West Africa; two Chameleons (Chameleon cristatus, Gray; and
Rhampholeon spectrum, Gunth.) from the Gaboon District, West
_ Africa (B. 9. 3. 99. 2-4); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

* A Snake (Celopeltis monspessulana (Herman) ) from the banks of the
_ Nile (B. 24. 2. 99. 1); presented by Mr. Hardwick, B.Sc.

_ Five Snakes, including specimens of Erthyrolamprus aesculapii,

Dun. and Bib., from Brazil (B. 24. 4. 99. 2-6); presented by Mr. E.
~ Marwood.

_ Giant Tortoise (Testudo pardalis, Bell), from South Africa (B. 15.
5, 99. 1); purchased.

.

_ Alligator Terrapin (Chelydra serpentina (Linn.) ), from New Orleans
(B. 26. 6. 99. 2); presented by Mr. EK. Broadbent.

A Tortoise (Testudo calcarata, Schneid.), from Mossamedes, West

Ringed Snake (Tropidonotus natrix (Linn.) ), from Gresford (B. 28.
8. 99. 157); presented by Mr. Kenyon.

la

_ Lizard (Anolis cristatellus, D. and B.), from Virgin Islands, British

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Nose-horned Viper (Bitis nasicornis, Butt.), and another snake
(sp. indet.), from Cameroon, West Africa (B. 27. 11. 99. 3 and 4);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

A Lizard (Varanus niloticus, D. and B., juv.) ; a young crocodile and
nine snakes (spp. indet.), from Cameroon, West Africa (B. 27. 11. 99.
5-13); presented by Mr. S. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Snake (sp. indet.), from Savannah (B. 13. 12. 99. 32) ; presented by
Messrs. W. Nelson & Son.

Python Skin, from Sumatra (B. 27. 11. 99. 14); presented by Mr.
W. Barclay.

Ege of land Tortoise, from Tower Island, Galapagos Group (B. 28.
8. 99. 155); purchased.

Birds.
The species indicated by an asterisk are new to the Collection.

Robin (Erithacus rubecula (Linn.) ), from Rock Ferry (B. 8. 2. 99. 1) ;
presented by Mr. R. Adam.

Purple Sandpiper (7'ringa striata, Naum.), from the Crosby Shore
(B. 9. 3. 99. 1); presented by Mr. J. J. Richardson.

Long-tailed Goatsucker (Scotornis climacurus (Vieill.)), taken south of
Cape Verde (B. 9. 3. 99. 5); and young Lucan’s Crested Hagle

(Lophotriorchis lucani) from Mayumba, West Africa (B. 27. 11. 99. 2);
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of British Birds, consisting of 380 specimens, represent-
ing 140, species, and containing a large series of Tits, Linnets, and
Ducks, together with a specimen of the rare British bird, Ciconia
nigra (Linn.), shot at Northolt, Harrow (B. 23. 2. 99. 1-140); pre-
sented by R. Meinertzhagen, Esq., Mottisfont, Hants.

Four Partridges (Perdia duuricu (Pall.) ), 2 dand 2 ?, from Central
Asia (B. 24. 4. 99. 1); purchased in the Liverpool market.

Wryneck (Lynai torquilla, Linn.), ¢, from West Park, St. Helens
(B. 16. 5. 99. 1); presented by Mr. T. West.

Curassow (Crax panamensis, Grant) (B. 2. 6. 99. 1); purchased.

Seven Landrails (Crex ecrex (Linn.)), 3 ¢ and 4 2, from Dalbeattie,
N.B. (B. 24. 7. 99. 1): presented by Mr. Swanson, per Alexander
Maxwell, Esq.

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Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata, Temm., jr.), from Setta Cama, West
Africa (B. 24. 7. 99. 3); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Kingfisher (* Alcedo ispida, sub-sp. floresianu, Sharpe), 3, from
_ Waingapo, Sumba (B. 28. 8. 99. 1); presented by Mr. H. C.
~ Robinson.

: *Chlorocharis squamiceps, Hart, 2, from South Celebes, and
_ * Zosterops aignani, Hart, 2, from the Lousiade Archipelago (B. 28.
8. 99. 2 and 3); received in exchange. (See page 16).

Collection of 15 specimens, representing twelve species of Birds
from China, of which the following are new to the collection :—
a *Janthocincla berthemyi, David; *Brachypteryx sinensis, Rickett, 2 :
— *Staphidia torqueola (Swinh.); *Yuhina pallida, De la Touche, ¢
and *Jole holti (Swinh.), ¢ (B. 28. 8. 99. 4-15); purchased.

- Collection of eleven specimens, representing ten species of Birds
from 8. E. New Guinea, of which *Melanopyrrhus orientalis, Schleg.
_ is new to the collection (B. 28. 8. 99. 16-25) ; purchased.

Collection of ten specimens, representing seven species of Birds
principally from Brazil (B.28. 8. 99. 26-32) : purchased.

Collection of 45 specimens, representing 38 species of Birds,
(B. 28. 8. 99. 33-70) ex ‘Challenger’? Collection: presented by the
‘Trustees of the British Museum.

- Two American Rheas (Rhea americana (Vieill.)) (B. 28. 8. 99. 71) ;
presented by Mr. C. Proctor.

following are new to the collection: *Nesomimus trifasciatus
uld); *.N. macdonaldi, Ridgw.: *N. adamsi, Ridgw. ; * N. melanotis
sub-sp. personatus, Ridgw.; *N.melanotis (Gould) ; *N. melanotis, sub-sp.
sarringtoni, W. Rothsch.; *N. melanotis, sub-sp. bawri, Ridgw.; *N.
inotis, sub-sp. bindloei, Ridgw.; *N. parvulus (J. Gould); *Certhidea
iwacea, sub-sp. luteola, Ridgw.: *C. olivacea, sub-sp. ridgwayi, Roth.
and Hart.; *C. olivacea, sub-sp. becki, Roth.; *C. olivacea, sub-sp.
‘mentalis, Ridgw.: *C. cinerascens, Ridgw.; *C. cinerascens, sub-sp.
bifa sciatus, Ridgw.; *Progne concolor, Gould; *Geospiza conirostris,
R ; *G. conirostris, sub-sp. propinqua, Ridgw.; *G. dubia, Gould ;

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*G. fuliginosa, sub-sp. minor, Roth. and Hart.: *G. acutirostris, Ridgw.:
*G. scandens (Gould): *G. scandens, sub-sp. intermedia, Ridgw.; *G.
scandens, sub-sp. septentrionalis, Roth. and Hart.: *G. pallida (Sel. and
Salv.): *G@. psittacula (Gould): *G. affiinis (Ridgw.); *G. difficilis,
Sharpe: *G. debilirostris, Ridgw.: *G. habeli (Sel. and Salv.); *G.
paupera (Ridgw.): *G. salvini (Ridgw.): *G@. prosthemelas (Sel. and Saly.) ;
*Pyrocephalus dubius, Gould: *Buteo galapagoensis (Gould); *Asio
galapagoensis (Gould) : *Pelecanus fuscus, sub-sp. californicus, Ridgw. :
*Sula piscatriaz, sub-sp. websteri, Roth.: *S. nebouri, Milne, Edw. ;
*Butorides plumbeus (Sund.): *Poectlonetta bahamensis, sub-sp.
galapagensis, Ridgw.: *Nesopelia galapagoensis, sub-sp. exsul, Roth. and
Hart.: *Hematopus galapagensis, Ridgw.: *Larus fuliginosus, Gould ;
*Xema furcata (Néboux): *Anous stolidus, sub-sp. galapagensis,
Sharpe: *Diomedea irrorata, Salv.: *Puffinus obscurus, sub-sp.,
subalaris, Ridgw.; *Aestrelata phaeopygia, Salv.; *Oceanodroma gracilis
(Elliot): and *Spheniscus mendiculus, Sund. (B. 28. 8. 99. 72-154) ;
purchased.

Two specimens of Myzomela rosenberai, Schleg., ¢ and ? from
New Guinea (B. 26. 9. 99. 1): purchased.

Specimen of *Jacana nigra (Gm.) from Panama (B. 26. 9. 99. 2);
received in exchange (see p. 16).

Collection of Bird Skins containing 46 specimens, representing 37
species of which the following are new to the collection: * T’richoglossus
hematodes, sub-sp. fortis, Hart. 2; *T. mitchelli, G. R. Gr. 3;
*Osmotreron teysmanni (Schleg.), ¢: *Ptilinopus albocinctus (Wall.), 3;
*Carpophaga sasakensis, Hart. 2: *Macropygia ruficeps, sub-sp.
orientalis, Hart. 2; *Parotia lawesi, Rams. 3; *Cnemophilus mac-
gregortt, De Vis.: *Loria loria, Salvad. g; *Haematortyx sanguiniceps,
Sharpe ¢; *Polyplectron nehrkorne, Blas. ¢; *Turnix rufilatus,
Wall. g¢: *Pitta maria, Hart. 2: *P. concinna, sub-sp. everetti,
Hart. @:* P. jfinschi, Rams. 2; *Podargus intermedius, Hart. & ;_
*Geocichla dohertyi, Hart. 2: *Pachycephala nudigula, Hart. ¢:
*P, everetti, Hart. 39: *P. melanura, sub-sp. buruensis, Hart. 3;
*Scops albiventris, Sharpe, 3; *Spiloglaux fusca (Vieill.) 2 ;*Hieraglaux
rudolphi (Meyer) g: *Orthnocichla everetti, Hart. 3; *Melirrhophetes
belfordi, De Vis.; *Tropidorhynchus timoriensis, sub-sp. neglectus,
Buttik, 2; *Chlorura intermedia, Hart. 9: *Turdinus finschi (Wall.)

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2; *Acmonorhynchus aureolimbatus (Wall.) and *Graucalus sumbensis,
Meyer, ¢ (B. 10. 10. 99. 1-37): purchased.

Skin of *Pitta kuehni, Roth., from Kei Island (B. 27. 11. 99. 1)
_ presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild.

; Skin of Lorius hypawnochrous, sub.-sp. devittatus, Hartert, from
~ Woodlark Island (B. 13. 12. 99. 1); presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson.
Two Birds of Paradise (*Paradisea intermedia, De Vis. g and 2)
_ from British New Guinea (B. 13. 12. 99. 2); purchased.
Collection of Bird Skins containing 44 specimens representing 29
species from New Guinea, of which the following are new to the
collection: *Haleyon nigrocyaneus, Wall.; *Ptilotis megarhynchus,
~G. R. Gr.; *Poecilodryas bimaculata (Salvad.); *P. leucops (Salvad.);
*Pachycephala hyperythra, Salvad.; *Monarcha frater, Sclat.; *Rhectes
eristatus, Salvad.; and *Caliechthrus leucolophus (S. Mull.) (B. 13. 12.
99. 3-31); purchased.

_ Five Bird Skins (Ptilinopus roseicapillus (Less.)), 2 ¢; Halcyon
_ cinnamominus, Swains. ¢ and 2, and Phlogoenas zanthonura, (Temm.),
-@ imm.), from Marianne Islands (B. 31. 12. 99. 1-8), received in
+ hange. (See page 17).

- Two Moa Bones (B. 31. 12. 99. 4 and 5); received in 1894 with a
view to exchange, and being left unclaimed now referred to Register
of this year.

- Cory’s Least Bittern (*Ardetta neoxena, Cory) 2 (B. 31. 12. 99. 6) ;
received in exchange. (See page 16).

Mammals.

3 Bosman’s Potto (Perodicticus potto (Geoffr.) ); a Blue-faced Monkey
(Cercopithecus cephus, F. Cuv.), and a Collared Mangabey (Cercocebus
c is, Gray), from Batanga, West Africa (A. 28. 2. 99. 1-3); pre-

ented by Mr. J. eben | Ror Mr. A. sae

= ican Puma (Felis concolor, L) (A. 29. 99. 1): a Polar dir
(Ursus maritimus, L.) (A. 24. 7. 99. 2); sia: a Chimpanzee (Anthro-
ypithecus niger, (Linn.)) (A. 10. 10. 99. 4); presented by Messrs.
Barnum & Bailey.

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Human Skull from Isla Santa Isabel (A. 29. 5.-99. 2); purchased.

Anoa (Anoa depressicornis (H. Smith), juv.) (A. 1. 6. 99. 1);
purchased.

Brain of Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, Blumb.; young of Macropus
major, Phalangista sp., and a Cuscus (A. 28. 8. 99. 1-6); ex
‘‘Challenger ” collection, presented by the trustees of the British
Museum.

A Bat Skin from Virgin Island, British West Indies (A. 28. 8. 99.
7); presented by Mr. Leonard Reade.

Skin and Skeleton of Notoryctes typhlops, Stirling (A. 28. 8. 99. 8);
Skin and Skull of Putorius nudipes, from Sarawak (A. 26. 9. 99. 1) ;
Skins and Skulls of Perognathus pernix, Allen, and Peromyscus thurberi,
from Mexico, and Skin of T'upaia melanura, from Sarawak (A. 10. 10.
99 1-3); purchased.

Skins and Skulls of Hylobates miilleri, Martin, ¢, and Nasalis
lavvatus, (Wurmb.), @, from Sarawak (A. 27. 11. 99. 1 and 2):
received in exchange (see page 16).

Bosman’s Potto (Perodicticus potto, (Geoftr.)), from Cameroons ;
Rippell’s Guereza (Colobus guereza, Rupp. var occidentalis, Roche),
from Boma, River Congo; White-collared Mangabey (Cercocebus
collaris, Gray), from Bongo, Sette Cama, West Africa; two young
Mandrils (Papio maimon, (Linn.) ), from West Africa (A. 27. 11. 99.
3, 4,6 and 7); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Skull of Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius, Linn.), from
Sette Cama, West Africa (A. 27. 11. 99. 5); presented by Mr. H. B.
Crompton, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

BoranicaL DEPARTMENT.

The acquisitions in this department are as follows :—-

Two twigs of Gum-tree (Eucalyptus sp.) with flower galls from
N. W. Australia (E. 26. 1. 99. 1); purchased.

A collection of dried Plants, comprising Flowering Plants and a
few Grasses and Sedges, and also a few Ferns; taken from the Store
Room, with no reference number, and now referred to Register of this
year (E, 22. 2. 99. 1).

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Ten ‘‘ Broke-back Seeds ’’—fiuits (indet.) ; two groups of the fruit
_ of “ Earay ’--one of the Peppers (indet.) ; four Kola nuts—seeds of Cola
acuminata ?—from Sierra Leone; four Mango Seeds (Mangifera
2 gabonensis ?) from Matadi, River Congo; one dried specimen of
_ “Wild Passion flower’’ (indet.) in fruit; one dried specimen of
- another creeping plant (indet.) from Swedish Mission, Matadi, River
3 Congo; three fruits of the Avocado Pear (Persea gratissima) from
3 Sierra Leone (E. 28. 2. 99. 1-7); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Seven sample pieces of Woods from Batanga, W. Africa (KE. 1. 3.
99. 1-7); presented by Mr. John Newberry, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

A collection of Sea-weeds from Llandudno, consisting of about 60
specimens, and representing 21 species (EK. 5. 4. 99. 1-22) :—
J Polysiphonia nigrescens, Grey.; P. simulans, Harv. (?); Dasya coccinea,
_ Ag.; Chylocladia articulata, Grey. ; Corallina officinalis, L. ; Delesseria
4 sinuosa, Lamour.; D. alata, Lamour.; Plocamiwm coccineum, Lyngb. ;
@ Rhodymenia palmata, Grev.; R. palmata, var. sobolifera; R. ciliata,
; Grev.; Gymnogongrus plicatus, Kutz., Ceramium rubrum, Ag., Griffithsia
_setacea, Ag.; Bryopsis plumosa, Ag.; Cladophora rupestris, Kiatz.; C.
letevirens, Kutz.; Enteromorpha intestinalis, Link. ; Ulva latissima, L.;
4 orphyra vulgaris, Ag.; Laminaria digitata, Lamour.; Cladostephus
spongiosus, Ag. ; collected and presented by Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht.
3 Sea-weeds, collected at Hilbre Island, by a member of the Staff,
about 40 specimens, representing a dozen species (E. 12. 4. 99. 1-10) :-—
Polysiphonia nigrescens, Grev. (with Ceramium rubrum, Ag., Ulva
l tissima, L., Conferve and Diatoms attached to it) ; Ceramium rubrum,
Ag. (with Diatoms attached to it) ; Cladophora letevirens, Kittz.; Enter-
; m orpha compressa, Grey.; Ulva latissima, L.; Ectocarpus siliculosus,
Lyngb. ; Cladophora rupestris, Kitz.

3 One “Ground Yam ’’—tuberous root (indet) ; one Mango—fruit of
Theobroma Cacao from Fernando Po ; one Melobesia polymorpha, L.

from Bata, $. W. Africa (E. 15.6. 99.1&2; 16.6.99.1.; 26,6. 99.1);

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One flowering shoot of Hound’s-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale, L.)
from beyond Hinderton, Cheshire (HE. 27. 7. 99. 2); presented by Mr.
Pass, Rock Ferry.

Box, containing 41 specimens of Woods, named and labelled
“ Growth and produce of Canada”’; slice of a Burr from Brown Oak ?;
two cones of a Pine; fruit of a Gourd (Luffa sp.) from Alexandria ;
fruiting branch of Palm-oil Nut Palm (Ele@is guineensis ’?) from the
coast of Africa; small box of Fruits, Seeds, a Gall and a Galled Oak
Leaf; fifteen lengths ofa tubular vegetable? growth, ‘‘found floating
off the Cape of Good Hope”; two Fungi (indet.); eight leguminous
Seeds (indet.); six Palm? Fruits (indet.); taken from the Store
Room, with no reference number, and now referred to Register of this
year (E. 26. 8. 99. 1-46; 4.9. 99. 1-4).

One Fungus (Polyporus squamosus, Fr.) from an English Red Elm
(E. 26. 9. 99. 1); presented by Mr. Wm. Swan.

A number of Seeds found among marine shells from Santa Cruz
and Australia (EK. 31. 12. 99. 1); presented by Mr. J. Jennings in
1898, and now referred to Register of this year.

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The following are the acquisitions in this Department :—

Specimens of Sandstone from the excavations for the underpinning
at the Museums extension (F. 23. 1. 99.1; 25. 1.99.1; 7. 2. 99. 1);
collected by a member of the Staff.

Specimens of Coal, showing ‘Slickensides,’ and the composition
and structure of Coal (F. 10. 38. 99.1): selected by a member of the staff
from a load of Coal delivered at the Museums.

Piece of Tale from Gaboon River, Congo Francais, S. W. Africa
(F. 13. 3. 99. 1): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Pieces of Stone from the old gable of the Museums, showing the
effect of 88 years’ weathering (F. 24.3. 99.1): collected by a member
of the Staff.

Small Glaciated Granite Boulder, beginning to “rot,” from ‘clay,’
about 7ft. below the level of the road-way at excavations at the Fire

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Salvage Yard, Hatton Garden, Liverpool (F. 15. 8. 99. 1): collected

and presented by Mr. James Connely.
One hundred specimens of Rocks from Italy (F. 11. 10. 99. 1

-100) :

purchased.

Four Minerals from t
‘sented by Mr. A. Ridyard in 1998, and now referred to Re

he Congo District (F. 31 12. 99. 1-4) : pre-
gister of this

_ year.
~ S§pecimen of Labuan Coal (F. 31. 12. 99. 5); presented by Wr. a:
MM. Wood in 1898, and now referred to Register of this year.

Minerals consisting of eighteen specimens (F. 31. 1
e Nathaniel Caine.

* Collection of 2.
99. 6-19) ; presented by the Trustees of the lat

Toe AquaRIUM.

o be one of the chief attractions of the
ken in the Mud, the Walking and
arious species of living Anthropoids,

_ The Aquarium continues t
Museum: special interest being ta
the Electrical Cat Fishes andin thev
which have from time to time been on exhibition.

Our efforts to keep in good health and condition the various tropical
successful, but the want of proper
etc.) has necessitated

animals, have proved very
accommodation for living Mammals (Monkeys,
their removal to the Zoological Gardens, London. Important donations
-e been made from time to time by Messrs.

of West African species hay
A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of the 8.8. ‘ Niger”: J. Smith, Cameroons;

W. G. Stokes, Eloby; J. Newberry, Batanga; F. Cohn, Rio del Rey;
W. Dougan, Bathurst; and others.

The hatching of Rainbow Trout Ova in the small Fish hatchery

‘was again very successful, about 80 per cent. of the young Trout

being reared.
The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,

=
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those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report :—
Sea-Anemones :

Fresh Water Hydre (Hydra viridis and H. fusca).
Plumose Anemone (4 ctinoloba
Cave-dwelling

The Crass *(Tealia crassicornis) :
dianthus) ; Beadlet * (Actinia mesembryanthemum) ;
Anemone (Sagartia troglodytes) ; Parasitic Anemone (Sagartia para-
-sitica) ; Pallid Anemone (Actinia pallida ‘) ; Star-fish (Uraster rubens) ;
‘Horse-leech * (Hemopsis vorax); Fresh-water Polyzoa (Cristatella

32. MUSEUMS.

mucedo, *Plumatella repens, Lophopus crystallinus); Centipede (sp.
indet.); Fresh-water Beetles (Dytiscus marginalis) ; Common Shrimp
(Crangon vulgaris); Edible Crab * (Cancer pagurus); Common Shore
Crab * (Carcinus menas) ; Hermit Crab * (Pagurus bernhardus) ; Spider
Crab (Stenorhynchus rostratus); Prawn (Palemon serratus); *Pale-
monetes varians; Pond Snail (Lymnea stagnalis) ; Fresh-water Eel *
(Anguilla vulgaris) ; Loch Leven Trout * (Salmo levenensis) ; Rainbow
Trout * (Salmo irideus); Gold Carp * (Carassius auratus); Three-
spined Stickleback * (Gasterosteus aculeatus); Fresh-water Gudgeon
(Gobio fluviatilis); Tench * (Tinca vulgaris); Rudd (Leuciscus ery-
throphthalmus) ; Ruffe (Acerina vulgaris) ; Dace*(Leuciscus vulgaris) ;
Roach (Leuciscus rutilus) ; Pike * (Hsox lucius) ; Perch * (Perca flucia-
tilis); White Bream (Abramis blicca) ; Indian Serpent-head * (Ophio-
cephalus punctatus); North American Cat-fish * (Amiurus catus) ;
Central American Fresh-water Fish * (Heros facetus): Electric
Cat-fish * (Malapterurus electricus); Cat-fish (Clarias anguillaris) ;
African Mud-fish * (Protopterus annectens) ; Walking Fish * (Perioph-
thalmus koelreuteri); the Calabar Polypterus * (Calamoichthys
calabaricus) ; Young Ray (Raia sp.): Sand Launce (Ammodytes lanceo-
latus): Bullhead (Cottus scorpius); Sole * (Solea vulgaris): Plaice *
(Pleuronectes platessa); Lesser Weever (T'rachinus vipera); Pogge
(Agonus cataphractus): Common Frog*(Rana temporaria) and tadpoles;
Tadpole of the Edible Frog: Green Tree Frog (Hyla arborea) ;
Natterjack Toad * (Bufo calamita): Common Toad * (Bufo vulgaris);
Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Crested or Great Water Newt * (T’riton
cristatus), Common or Smooth Newt * (Molge vulgaris); Spotted
Salamander * (Salamdra maculosa); American Salamander (Ambly-
stoma carolina): Menopoma (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis) ; Alligator
Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina); West African Tortoise * (Testudo
calcarata) ); Sternothere * (Sternotherus adansonii); Horned Viper
(Bitis nasicornis); Snakes (Calopeltis monspessulana and sp. indet.):
Ringed Snake (T’ropidonotus natriz); Spanish Ringed Snake (T’ropi-
donotus natrix, var. astreptophorus): Egyptian Chameleon (C.
basiliscus); Egyptian Skink (Scincus officinalis) ; Wall Gecko (T'arentola
annularis); Gecko * (sp. indet.); Green Lizard * (Lacerta viridis); Sand
Lizard (Lacerta agilis); Brazilian Lizard (Tropidurus torquatus) ; West
African Crocodile * (Mecistops cataphractus): Hornbills (Ceratogymna

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~ atrata): Young Landrails (Crea crer): Young West African Crested
- Eagle (Lophotriorchis lucani); two young African Genet Cats (Genetta
pardalis), (transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London); West
African Pouched Rat (Cricetomys gambianus), (transferred to the
— Zoological Gardens, London): Young Drill (Papio leucopheus),
- (transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London); Bosman’s Potto
_ (Perodicticus potto), (transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London) ;
_ White- collared Mangabey * (Cercocebus collaris), (transferred to the
~ Zoological Gardens, London); African Mungoose ;* (sp. indet.), trans-
ferred to the Zoological Gardens, London): Moustache Monkey *

Ce ‘copithecus cephus), transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London) ;
two young Mandrills * (Papio maimon), (transferred to the Zoological
Gardens, London.

SuMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological.
1 Species... ... Numerous Specimens.
RE emt tea cueta st eesti QT 18 ‘
elenterata ... bebe a 1 AE lela mile fe 100 ap
Eehinoderma ... Mepyes © oj yubticearte dato | ne 250 i
Ve mes ea vt «mga aed ni 119 ‘a
Arthropoda ferdaiacest ry, £ohcaneeee: ah 64 ¥
opoda (‘Tracheata) 232 ,, ... ) 396 a
US) eae las 15 os
an teat i 22 ”
5) ae 218 i
Tay eR 6 ”
oO. ;, 42 ”
otal. “35 932 2
BBD 155 31 <
1353 3354 zs
Botanical.
149 Species... it 227 Specimens.
a Geological and Mineralogical.
cks and Minerals ... ve f te! 147 + Specimens.

gs he aggregate number of specimens acquired by the Derby Museum
luring 1899 is thus 3,728, compared with 1,633 acquired in 1898,

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B._MAYER MUSEUM.

(a) GENERAL.

A large and interesting series of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities
has been received from the Committee of the Egypt Exploration
Fund.

Major-General H. G. Robley, of London, generously continues on
loan his rare collection of objects illustrative of the Art Work of the
Maoris of New Zealand. Since its exhibition numerous visitors have
specially visited the Museum to see it. It is to be hoped that some
wealthy citizen may yet purchase and present this unique collection,
which can never be rivalled or formed again.

Again, we would record our grateful acknowledgments to Mr. A.
Ridyard, Chief Engineer, ss. “ Niger,’ for his generous assistance
in collecting and bringing home numerous highly interesting, and
in some cases, unique objects for the West African Section of the
Ethnographical Department; also, for the assistance rendered in this
direction through Mr. Ridyard, by Messrs. Dr. E. J. Mettle, A.
Forman, G. W. Stokes, S. Smith, E. Holder, O. Sonnenberg, Walter
Beattie, H. B. Crompton, Hugh Williams, James Anderson, G. P.
During, John Newberry, J. E. Gibney, J. H. Greenhalgh, F. R. C.
Lutterodt, J. Hirst, and Mr. Mackay on the coast, who have been
ever ready to obtain for the collection special wants; and to Messrs.
Elder Dempster & Co. for so kindly continuing their permission for
these objects to come freight free.

The collections illustrative of the Arts and Crafts of Primitive
Races, as illustrated in the Ethnographical Gallery, have continued to
increase during the past year as to completely congest the space at
our disposal. The West African Section has again necessitated the
allotment of additional space for its better exhibition. It has been
impossible to find room for the Australian and the New Guinea

exhibits, removed from the east side of the gallery to provide more |

vacant space for the West African collection, which continues to
occupy the east side of the gallery as well as the central cases;
additional space is consequently required for them,

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Ten large native-made earthenware vessels from the Ucayali River,
River Amazon, were presented by Captain J. H. Good.

The Assistant Curator, Mr. P. Entwistle, has been constantly em-
ployed in labelling specimens, and adding to them explanatory draw-
ings and photographs, which add greatly to the interest and value
of the collection, as well as the preparation of the series of enlarge-
ments of the Races of Mankind for the Anthropological Room, for
the British Museum, and Cambridge University, as well as the illus-
trations for the Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums.

The enlarged photographs in the Anthropological Room now
— number 128, together with 25 coloured casts taken from life, and 5
maps.
| The following photographs, taken by the Assistant Curator, have
_ been sent to the undermentioned investigators to assist in their
_ studies, or to illustrate works on which they may be engaged :—

Anglo-Saxon Key and Cross, and lithographic print of ‘ Lovelace ’
_ Clock, to Messrs. Cassell & Co., reproduced in Cassell’s Magazine ;
set of prints of hafted stone implements from the South
Seas, to Dr. Frobenius, Leipzig; prints of the suite of orna-
~ ments :—tiara, earrings, necklace, brooch, ring, bracelets, and
waist buckle of gold, enamelled black and white, and set with
“onyxes, carved in cameo with various subjects from Roman history,
q by Girometti, of Rome, to M. Salomon Reinach, Paris; prints of a
earved Pare, or Door Ornament, carved step of a Ko, or digging
implement, carved wooden box, paddle, and double war trumpet,
all from New Zealand, to A. Hamilton, Dunedin, for reproduction in
his work on Maori Art.

_ In the “ Journal of Anatomy and Physiology,” Vol. XXXIV., Part
L., p. 228, Prof. Paterson, of University College, in conjunction with
Mr. Lovegrove, contributes a paper on “ Symmetrical perforations of
t] e parietal bones ; including an account of a perforated and distorted
cranium from the Liverpool Museums.”’ Reference is made to the con-
clusion come to by Dr. Robert Munro (““ Prehistoric Problems,” 1897),
where the skull possessed by the Mayer Museum is cited as the solitary
example of double trepanning known in an English skull. Professor
] aterson, however, differs from Dr. Munro, and says, in reference to

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this view, “ There is no evidence of inflammatory change in the
neighbourhood of the perforations; in short, the position and the
symmetrical nature of the foramina, associated with other similar
instances, one diagnosed during life and known to be congenital,
along with the evidence (positive and negative) derived from an
examination of the perforations themselves compel us to dismiss at
once the view of their formation suggested by Dr. Munro, and to
place the perforations in this cranium among those of congenital
origin.”

(6) Loans anp Deposits.

The collection of New Zealand Ethnographical objects formed by
Major-General H. G. Robley has remained on exhibition during the
past year.

(c) ExcHanGEs.

Fifteen duplicate West Indian stone implements were sent to Dr.
Gregory.

The following specimens of cast metal work from Benin City have
been acquired by exchange :—

Plaque (24.4.99.19), representative of a chief or king standing, and
holding a staff in the hand and wearing a helmet of feathers, &c. ;
by his side are two attendants holding shields over him, and other
figures carrying guns, &c.; Tusk-holder (24. 4. 99. 20) in form of a
human head; Tusk-holder (24. 4. 99. 21), in form of a human
head with cone-shaped headdress, and wearing an ornamental neck-
lace; Small Figure of a Man (24. 4. 99. 22), one of a group, holding
in his hands a nail and staff; part of a Cone-shaped Headdress
(24. 4. 99. 25); lower part of a Casket (24. 4. 99. 24), in form of the
lower jaw of an animal; all received in exchange for specimens
(7. 10. 97. 4 and 6).

(d) AcQvisITIoNs.
(1.)—GENERAL.

No specimens which can be placed under this head have been
received during the year.

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(2.\—CERAMICS.

The following Wedgwood-ware Basalt Medallions of the Kings
and Queens of England, whip from Astle’s portraits, were
acquired by purchase (30.5. 99. 1-30) :—Henry I.; Stephen ;
Henry Il.; Richard I.; John; Henry III.: Edward L., II., and
Lit. ; Richard II.; Henry IV., V., and VI.; Edward TV. and V.;
DP iichard III.; Henry VIII.; Edward VI.; Mary: Elizabeth ; James
I.; Charles I. and II.; William III.; Mary II.; Anne; George
mg A1., and ITT.

~ Model of a Cradle in slip-ware (27. 11. 99. 78); purchased.
Selection of early Greek and other Pottery (27. 11. 99. 79- );
purchased.
: (3.)—ErHNnoGRaAPHY.
-PRE-HISTORIC :—
~ Seven Paleolithic Flint Implements (12. 1. 99. 1-7), found at
Broome, Dorset; purchased.

_A selection of stone, bone, and metal Implements, consisting of

ax e-heads, flint knives, stone spindle-whorls, bone chisels, and
bronze fish-hooks, from the Lake Dwellings at Font, near Estavager,

Gneiss Celt (28. 8. 99. 26); purchased.
Gy small collection of Gold Ornaments iC . 99. As6- 156), from

rings, various ornaments, small rude human BL a and beads
(22ct. and 7ct.); purchased.

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Musical Instrument, ‘ Molo’ (9. 3. 99. 1); Fetish, * Sega Coodz’
(9. 3. 99. 2), Fonta, Sengal.

From Sierra Leone : —Stick off the kola tree, used as a toothbrush
(9. 3. 99. 3); Cushment, Bangba, and Shaco roots (9. 5. 99. 4-5);
leaf and seeds of a plant used for yellow fever (9. 3. 99. 14); Sour
sop seeds (27. 11. 99. 6); ‘ broke back * seeds (27. 11. 99. 7).

From Liberia:—Gourd Enema (9. 3. 99. 13).

From the Gold Coast:—Wooden Spoon (26. 6. 99. 1), Acera;
Wicker-work Basket used for carrying loads (9. 3. 99. 6), Axim ;
White Powder—a medicine—(9. 3. 99. 7), Abeokuta; Ju Ju, or
house charm (9. 3. 99. 8), Abeokuta; Ju Ju, a protection against
harm during sleep (9. 3. 99. 15), Abeokuta.

Lagos:—Sheath for a knife (9. 3. 99. 9); Ornamental Purse
(9. 3. 99. 10); Charm, ‘ edwara,’ against Lightning (26. 6. 99. 2);
Fly-flap (27. 11. 99. 1); Calabash (27. 11. 99. 2); Gree gree
(27. 11. 99. 3), worn by the Yorubas ; Cough Medicine (27. 11. 99. 4);
Bitter Kola Nuts (27. 11. 99. 5).

Benin :—Metal Head of a ‘ Beni’ (27. 11. 99. 8) wearing a conical
head-dress. A very fine specimen. (See Plate.)

From the Cameroons :-—

Rio del Rey: —Wooden Canoe Drum (26. 6. 99. 5).

Bali:—Earthenware Pipe-head (9. 3. 99. 16); Jugs, in red
earthenware, with rude human figures on front (26. 6. 99. 7-8);
Pipe-heads of earthenware of various forms (26. 6. 99. 9-28); Plaited
Grass Bags (26. 6. 99. 29-30), Victoria; Parrot Feather Cap, * ewarz ‘
(26. 6. 99. 31); Carved Wooden Mask (26. 6. 99. 32), covered with
plaits of human hair, used in the dance, Mandame; Spear
(26. 6. 99. 35); Fetish (26. 6. 99. 3), Mandame; Carved Wooden
Figure (26. 6. 99. 4); Ju Ju (26. 6. 99. 34), Victoria; Spear
(26. 6. 99. 36), N’dola; Knife (26. 6. 99. 46), N’dola; Kroo-boys
Harp (27. 11. 99. 9); Knives in Sheaths (27. 11. 99. 10-11), Bassa ;
large Basket used for carrying kernels (27. 11. 99. 34), Bassa.

Batanga:—War Knife in brass sheath (26. 6. 99. 6); Ebony
Walking Stick (27. 11. 99. 12), Buli.

From the Gaboon :—Sette Kama:—Wooden Female Figure (26.
6. 99. 37), Balemba.

METAL HEAD FROM BENIN (27.11.99.8).

Presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

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M’pongwe Country :—Native Iron Hammer (9. 3. 99. 24); War
Fetish (26. 6. 99. 33); Nozzle of a Pair of Bellows (27. 11. 99. 13),
made of the nest of the white ant, 7’ermes mordaz, Ingombini Creek ;
Axe, iron head (27. 11. 99. 14), Muni River; Spear Head
(27. 11. 99. 15); Wooden Mask, * Yarce’ (27. 11. 99. 16), worn in the
dance; Brass Finger Ring (27. 11. 99. 19).

From the Congo Frangais:—Fly-flap (9. 3. 99. 18); Ju Ju
(9. 3. 99. 17); Hoe (9. 3. 99. 19); King’s Bell, in iron (9. 3. 99. 20),
Chiacea, Mayumba ; Wooden Staff (26. 6. 99. 38), Mayumba; Baskets
of Plaited Grass (26. 6. 99. 47-49), made by the Feots; Farina
(26. 6. 99. 51); Wooden Figures (26. 6. 99. 52-54), Banana; Mat
(27. 11. 99. 17) of ‘ tapa’ cloth, an old piece, Bata; Wooden Spoon
(29. 11. 99. 18), Bata; Native Enema (27. 11. 99. 21), Bata; Pipe
(27. 11. 99. 20), Tembonie, Ukaka; Spear Heads (27. 11. 99. 22-26),
Tembonie, Ukaka.

From the Portuguese Congo:—Fetish (9. 5. 99. 23), Lualli,
Chiloango, Landana; Grass Belts for male and female, used by the
Fetish priests to detect adultery (26. 6. 99. 39-40), Landana; Gourd
(26. 6. 99. 41), filled with a composition, &c., and used for swearing
oaths upon, Landana; War ‘Ju Ju’ (26. 6. 99. 42), Landana; Shell
(26. 6. 99. 43), filled with composition, said to stick to the arm of
_the wearer when anything is about to happen to them, Landana;
Fetish, ‘Se keh tem beh’ (26. 6. 99. 44), from the Mayombi people,
Landana; Woven Mat (27. 11. 99. 45), made by the Mayombi,
Lualli River, Landana; Figure of a Woman and Child
(27. 11. 99. 27), Mayeli, Landana; Fetish (27. 11. 99. 28), N’cutu,
Landana; Fetish, ‘cossa mabiella’ (27. 11. 99. 29), Landana;
*Yambah, used for smoking (27. 11. 99. 30), Kinsembo.

From the Congo River :—Basket of Plaited Rattan (9. 3. 99. 21),
~ Mayombi; Bottle (26. 6. 99. 50), covered with wicker-work, Longa
Bonda; Group of Wooden Figures, representing a native dance
(26. 6. 99. 55), Kingvicar, Salongo; two Wooden Figures
3 (27. 11. 99. 31), Banana; Beans, * wando’ (27. 11. 99. 32), Boma.

From the Upper Congo:—lIvory Pestle (9. 3. 99. 22), Kassongo ;
Pipe-head in Brass (26. 6. 99. 56), Mayema; two Combs
(26. 6. 99. 57-58), Noqui; Knife, (26. 6. 99. 59), Kassai River;

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Arrows, with iron heads (26. 6. 99. 60), Kassai River; Pipe
(27. 11. 99. 33), made of a carved gourd, Kassai River; Horn Pipe,
inlaid with lead (27. 11. 99. 34), used for smoking, * )’ambah,’ Kassai
River; Knife (27. 11. 99. 35), Kassai River; Beans (27. 11. 99. 56),
Kassai River: Small Plaited Hat (27. 11. 99. 37), with tuft of
feathers on top, worn by the young sons of the King of Kassai:;
Woman's Girdle Dress (27. 11. 99. 52), Bangala; Basket
(27. 11. 99. 33), Bangala.

From the Ivory Coast :—Plaited Grass Bag (26. 6. 99. 61), Grand
Bereby.

Fernando Po.—Banni District :—

Necklace (26. 6. 99. 65) made of the vertebre of a snake, worn
by the Boobys, Banni; Hat (26. 6. 99. 64) of Plaited Grass, worn
by the young men of the Boobys, Banni; Hat (26. 6. 99. 65) of Grass
and Feathers, worn by the Boobys at Bantabury.

Miscellaneous :—Photographs as follows:—Fetishes, Mboio;
Cannon Fetish, Ndumi; Fetish Ceremony; Street in Matadi;
Steward and Servants, Matadi; Group of Kassai Natives; Cabenda
Boys; Zanzibari; Monolith on top of Hill at Musserio, S.W. Africa;
Street in Fernando Po.

The following specimens from the Cameroons were collected and,

presented by Mr. 8. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Two Fetish Heads (26. 6. 99. 66-67), carved in wood, and covered
with human skin, used by the slaves of the Duallas in their death
plays, and are supposed to be a representation of the deceased,
Kounga; Cap of Parrot Feathers (27. 11. 99. 38); Arrows, in sheath
(27. 11.99. 39).

Collected and presented by Mr. E. Holder, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Ivory Horn, with carved end (27. 11. 99. 40), Bali, Cameroons ;
Necklace of Cowrie Shells (27. 11. 99. 41), Batanga. .

Collected and presented by Dr. E. J. Mettle, Accra, per Mr. A.
Ridyard :—

Earthenware Bowl, * Gbe’ (27. 11. 99. 30), Gold Coast; Wooden
Female Figure, ‘ Kole,’ a chief goddess, worshipped by native Fetish
men and women (27. 11. 99. 36), Accra.

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MUSEUMS. 41

The following specimens from Landana, Portuguese Congo, were
collected and presented by Mr. O. Sonnenberg, per Mr. A.
_ Ridyard :—

Fetish Doctor’s Outfit, ‘ Inganga’ (27. 11. 42-46), consisting of (a)
Fetish figure with tall headdress and protruding stomach, inlaid with
glass; (b) apron, of blue cloth, round the waistband a strip of mam-
q mal skin and two tails of the tree porcupine (cercolabes prehensilts),
and around the bottom a fringe of feathers; (c) mirror, let in wood
- decorated with tufts of the tails of the tree porcupine and feathers,
used when a person is affected with fever; (d) fever fetish, a piece of
‘wood covered with copper, to which is attached a bell, and to it
various bags containing miscellaneous objects ; (e) skin bag contain-
‘ing miscellaneous objects, used for healing the sick; all from Fute,
Chiloango. Wooden Fetish Figure (27. 11. 99. 47), Fute, Chiloango.
Photographs of West African subjects (27. 11. 99. 48), presented
by Mr. Walter Beattie, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

_ Hight photographs taken at Buéa, Cameroons (27. 11. 99. 49);
Pp presented by Mr. F. R. C. Lutterodt, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

_ The following specimens (24. 4. 99. 1-18) were collected and pre-
8 ented by Mr. J. H. Holland, Curator, Botanical Gardens, Old

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wfractuosum), Old Calabar; Rude Wood Carving in form of four
1uman heads, attached to a cane flanged foot, Old Calabar; three
Wooden Spoons, Ikpa, Old Calabar; two Musical Instruments, the
r dy made from wood of the cotton tree, and the keys from the split
tioles of the ‘Bamboo Palm,’ bound on with African bass, both
es of Raphia, Old Calabar; Fly Whisk, made of the midribs of —
he leaflets of the ‘Oil Palm’ (leis guineensis), Ikpa, Old Calabar ;
two -Fish-traps, Degema; New Calabar River; Basket, made with
lative rope known as ‘tie tie’ (calamus sp.); Basket, made with
gra ss, and bound together with African bass (Rapheria Hookeri),
Nd Calabar; Basket, made by an Iboe man in Old Calabar, with
the split petioles of the ‘oil palm’ (las guineensis); Hammock,

42, MUSEUMS.

made with native fibre, probably ‘bolo bolo’ fibre (4 onckenya
fictfolia), Old Calabar; Mat, from Ikpa, Old Calabar; Mat, made of
Pandanus leaves, Ikpa, Old Calabar; Sun Screen, made of the split
petioles of the ‘bamboo palm’ (Raphia rinifera), bound together
with material made from the epidermis of the young leaves of the
same palm, by prisoners at Old Calabar; top of a Casket (?) in cast
metal, in form of a human head, wearing a collar, crowned, Benin
City.

Two Spears (25. 9. 99. 174-175), with iron heads and wooden
shafts, covered with hide, Mandingo; purchased.

Axe (28. 8. 99. 41), iron head with finely punched design ; Gaboon,
purchased.

From Benin City :—

Figure of a ‘ Beni’ Man (30. 5. 99. 1), wearing a long garment
bound round the waist by a girdle, the body and skirt of which is
decorated with various ornamental designs; on the breast is a cross,
and round the neck a necklace; imperfect. Height, 233 inches;
purchased. Carved Wooden Paddle (28. 8. 99. 49); purchased.

South Africa:—Large Shield of Rhinoceros Hide (28. 8. 99. 42) ;
two Bone Snuff Spoons (28. 8. 99. 43-44); Bone Snuff Box, Spoon
and’ Comb (28. 8. 99. 45); Leather Figures of a Kaffir Man and
Woman (28. 8. 99. 46-47); all purchased.

Melanesia.—

New Hebrides:—Carved Wooden Paddle (28. 8. 99. 49); two
Fish Spears (28. 8. 99. 52-53) with long barbed bone heads, Tanna;
Head of a Lance (28. 8. 99. 62), with several spines of the sting
ray attached; Dance Paddle (28. 8. 99. 51); all purchased.

Fiji Islands :—

Club (28. 8. 99. 54), finely carved; Bowl for Kava (28. 8. 99. 56) ;
purchased.

Solomon Islands :—
Club (28. 8. 99. 48) of Wood, carved and painted; purchased.

Polynesia.—Hervey Islands :—
Canoe Baler of Wood, finely carved (28. 8. 99. 57); purebased.

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-Mikronesia.—Kingsmill Islands :—
Sharks’ Teeth Hand Club (28. 8. 99. 61): purchased.

__ Miscellaneous :—Long Wooden Spear (28. 8. 99. 55), on the shaft
_—near the head—are two rows of ray fish spines; purchased.

- MONGOLIAN RACE.
) America.—South :—

Ten Bowls (27. 11. 99. 50-59) of light coloured earthenware, used
as water vessels; the outsides are coated with white clay, on which
is painted conventional designs, over which is a coat of varnish ;
brought from the Ucayali, River Amazon, and presented by Captain
J. Good.

B Sieve (28. 8. 99. 29), used for preparing cassava or manioc bread,
Brazil ; two Pouches (28. 8. 99. 30-31), made of plaited rattan,
with design in black, Surinan; two Netted Cotton Bags
(28. 8. 99. 32-33), Brazil; Bag (28. 8. 99. 34) of Plaited Fibre,

ica; all purchased.
9 North:—Hat of Plaited Fibre, with painted token designs

/ a lay Archipelago.—Lombock :—

Kris (26. 6. 99. 80) from the natives of Western Lombok, called
akkers’; Kris (26. 6. 99. 81), from the natives of Eastern

44 MUSEUMS.

Nias :—

The following specimens (27. 11. 99. 61-77), from the Nias Islands, —
were acquired by purehase:—Wooden Idol, ‘Adu Sizraha
salaru’; five Ancestoral Figures in wood; two Spears, with iron —
heads and wooden shafts, ornamented with a series of rings of plaited
rattan and brass; three Iron Swords, with elaborately carved wooden
~ handles and brass bound sheaths; two Wooden Shields, one covered
with hide.

Japan.—

Four Coloured Prints by Hokusai, Kuniyashi, and Yoshitsuya
(24. 4. 99. 27-30); purchased.

China.—

Red Leather Quiver and seven Arrows (28. 8. 99. 60), brought
home by Sir Fleming Senhouse; purchased.

Mexico.—

Thirty-eight Water-colour Drawings of Natives of Mexico, painted —
about 1850 (24. 4. 99. 26); purchased.

CAUCASIAN RACE.

Egypt.—

A selection of Egyptian Antiquities (25. 1. 99. 2-164), from
Abadiyeh; presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration
Fund.

Ancient Hgyptian Model of a Granary (13. 12. 99. 1), from Dér
el Bahri, XI. Dynasty; presented by the Committee of the Egypt
Exploration Fund.

Selection of Ancient Egyptian Stone Implements (28. 8. 99. 63-74)
from Wadi Sojoor, Eastern Desert; purchased.

Italy.—

Model of a Hound in painted terra-cotta (24. 4. 99. 25), intended
as part of a group representative of the Nativity at Christmastide,
South Italian, 18th century; purchased.

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_ Example of Hair Plaiting by Dalecarlian Peasants (9. 2. 99. 1);
Riccented by Dr. J. B. Nevins.

‘Sokotra.—

_ The following specimens (26. 6. 99. 82-102) were collected by the
-Sokotran Expedition, 1898-1899 :—From Lahej, 8. Arabia :—Shep-
_herd’s Pipes, ‘ Shubeb’ ; Wooden Key for a wooden lock ; Carved Knife
in ornamental sheath of leather and brass. From Abd-el-Kuri:—
Diver’s Nose Tweezer. From Sokotra:—Wooden Lock and Key;
Weaving Machine, with samples of hair and spools of wool; Stone
Quern, and the bag in which the quern is placed when in use; Camel
Pack Bag; Small Box of ‘ Civet’ scent; eleven Bowls, Jugs and Vases
of light red earthenware, painted in dark red ; Fire Stick.

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1901.

COMMITTEE)! AND: OFFICERS

for the Year 1900-1901.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, J.P., LORD MAYOR.

Committee :

ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, J.P., CHAIRMAN.

ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

EDWIN BERRY, ESQ.,
LinutT.-col. A. H. BROWN, M-P.,
ALFRED S. COLLARD, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D.,
WILLIAM DENTON, ESQ.,

H. CHALONER DOWDALL, ESQ.,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P.,

J. HARRISON JONES, ESQ.,

MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P.,
JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,

JOHN LEA, ESQ,

ALD. M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jr.,

WILLIAM PERMEWAN, ESQ., M.D.,

HERBERT R. RATHBONE, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,
COLONEL W. H. WALKER, M.P.

Chief Librarian:
PETER COWELL.

Deputy- Librarian :

THOMAS FORMBY.

Director of Museums :

HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of Derby Museum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Curator of Raper Rusenm:

Pp. ENTWISTLE.

Curator of the Walker Art Gallery :

CHARLES DYALL.

Assistant Curator, Walker Art Gallery :
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.

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GENERAL REPORT.

_ Ido not think I can usefully add very much to the exhaustive and
interesting report of the Chief Librarian.

_ Public Libraries are used by two sections of the community: those
who wish to pass away a few hours in reading magazines and light
literature, and those who are actuated by a desire to improve themselves,
or, who are studying or making researches in literature and in science.

It is very gratifying to find that there is a considerable increase in
the number of serious readers, and that works on technical subjects,
travel, and modern languages have been in larger request. A recent
isit to many of the principal libraries in America has impressed me
’ y much with the marked difference in the attitude of the readers
in the American Institutions. There, young people frequent the public

me sees on all sides in America of the practical realisation of the
earnest purposes of life which is carrying the American people so

ally before very long shew itself in literature and art.

We have nothing to learn from America in the arrangement and

es of literature, and is rich in first and unique editions, while a large
lumber of volumes are magnificent specimens of the bookbinder’s art.
The new South Library is in course of erection, and the Committee

pe before the end of the year that the proposed libraries for
avertree and West Derby will also have made good progress.

4, GENERAL REPORT.

Other centres for libraries have been suggested to the Committee,
notably in Kirkdale, but as it costs £1,000 per annum to maintain a
library and reading room, the Committee regret they are unable to
proceed with the erection of additional libraries as rapidly as they
would wish if they had the necessary financial resources.

Work in the Museum has been greatly hindered by the alterations in
connection with the new galleries. We hope to have these galleries
completed in the course of a few months.

The pictures in the permanent gallery have been distributed in the
rooms usually occupied by the Autumn Exhibition, and for the first
time the public have been enabled to appreciate the extent and beauty
of this collection. It has brought into prominence the urgent need of
additional gallery space, if proper justice is to be done to our art
treasures.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD.

CHAIRMAN.

LIBRARIES. 5

LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

CuieF LipraAriIAn’s Report.

_ Statistical tables as a rule are not attractive reading, and no
exception is claimed for those herewith presented which shew in
detail the work of the City Free Libraries during the past year. To
educationists and to the thoughtful in general the reading of a
eat community should prove both interesting and instructive. It

will be seen from Table I that no less than 1,485,524 volumes have

for home reading. In addition to this 728,128 magazines, reviews,
and periodicals of all kinds have been issued. The various news-
pe pers provided have been read and consulted by 612,586 persons,
and the free lectures attended by 58,929. These figures compared
with those of last year show a total decrease under the foregoing
headings of 81,628. The volumes issued for home reading are less
by 31,408, but as the Central Lending Library was closed for three
we eks for structural alterations a material portion of this decrease
is due to that cause. The balance of some 50,000 is in the reduced
number of magazine and newspaper readers. A falling off in the
number of working men attending the various Reading Rooms has
n observable during the whole of the year, due no doubt to the
ellent state of trade. Our Reading Rooms form a reliable
cator of the condition of trade in the City, particularly at the

An examination of Table II exhibits the steadily growing demand
or books of a technical character, for books of travel, and for books
or the study of modern languages. Taking the Reference Library
8 tl he principal exponent of what the people read, and comparing
he book issues in 1900 with those in 1890, we have of technical
00 ks 41,863 against 28,450, of works of travel 20,691 against
),822, and of books for the study of modern languages 20,653 against
5 40, It may here be noted as showing perhaps a sign of the
times that the issue of Latin and (treek classics last year was only

2,130 volumes, compared with 3,679 in 1889.

6 LIBRARIES.

Another of the signs of the times may possibly be seen in the
growing number of lady student readers who use the Picton
Reading Room. In 1899 they numbered 6,910; last year this
number was increased by 882, making a total of 7,792. Ten years
ago no statistics were taken of the number of lady readers, but the —
number then bore no comparison with that of last year. It may
be mentioned that novels, illustrated papers, and the lighter kind
of magazines are excluded from this room.

A further study of Table IL shows a total increase of volumes
issued in the Picton Reading Room of 12,619 over those of last
year, while compared with ten years ago there is an increase of
55,462 volumes. :

The total number of volumes in the Reference Library is
120,243: pamphlets, patents, and Parliamentary papers are not |
counted as volumes except when a number of them are bound
together and form a volume in the strict sense of the word. During
the last few years the Patent Library has much increased in
popularity and usefulness. This is due in a great measure to the —
more commodious rooms in which it is housed, and the freedom and
facilities given to those making investigations. Ten years ago the
issue of patents only numbered 17,125. This year the number has_
increased to 31,943. The greatest improvement effected in the
Library for some years has been in the heating and ventilation of
the Brown Library. The obsolete and somewhat dangerous cockles
have been removed, and the rooms most efficiently heated and
ventilated on Key’s “Plenum” system. This alteration has enabled —
the basement to be utilised for the purposes of book storage, and for
providing the Staff with mess and cloak rooms. It also affords the
much-needed opportunity for the re-arrangement of the books. :
The Library had become so congested for want of shelf space that —
efficiency of service was much diminished and impaired.

Since the foundation of this Library no bequest to it can at all
compare in extent, value, and importance to that of the late Mr.
Hugh Frederick Hornby, of Wavertree. His gift of books, engravings, -
and autograph letters of eminent personages may justly be termed
princely. To attempt to describe it within the limits of this Report

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would be to court failure. Almost every book, by reason of its Art
binding, extra illustrations, original drawings, autograph letters, or
by some characteristic removing it from the category of an ordinary
edition, justifies a description of its own. It is only when the
catalogue now in preparation is published that a true appreciation
can be formed of this benefaction as a whole, and of the taste and
culture of its generous donor. The volumes number upwards of
7,200, and the engravings and etchings exceed 5,000, many being
artists’ proofs. The autograph letters are contained in some twenty
boxes, and are of the greatest interest apart from their unique
character and value.

As early as 1852, the first year of the establishment of this
Library, the collection of books, pamphlets, maps, drawings, play-
bills, and documents of all kinds bearing upon and illustrating the
history and progress of Liverpool, has been carried on with con-
siderable zeal. The collection is now both valuable and extensive.

The drawings in the Library of the Liverpool past and gone to
ke way for a newer Liverpool, with wider streets and hand-
er buildings, but less quaint and picturesque than those they
e replaced, can be numbered by the hundred. In order to give
public some idea of the interest of this collection, an exhibition
held during the year in the large Reading Room of the Brown
Library. This proved a revelation of the most agreeable kind, and
gave unmixed pleasure to a continuously crowded room. It is
posed to repeat this exhibition, and give the large number of
ersons who were disappointed in seeing the last exhibition the
ortunity they desire.

The Lending Libraries are six in number, with a total stock of
ooks available for home reading amounting to 92,497 volumes.
he volumes issued for this purpose during the past year numbered
n the aggregate 819,317. This number, large as it is, may
easonably be increased, as many of the books are read by one or
more persons other than the borrowers before they are returned to
he Library. As the spread of infectious disease through the
ireulation of the Library books is discussed from time to time
nore or less nervously by the public, it may ke as well to state the

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course pursued in order to prevent as far as possible the books
becoming a means of contagion. It may be mentioned that well
nigh fifty years have elapsed since the Chief Librarian issued the
first book in connection with the South Branch Lending Library,
and since then more than twenty millions of books have been
circulated from the Libraries, and yet he is unable to mention a
single authenticated case of infection traceable to this cause. Every
reasonable precaution is taken, notwithstanding, to prevent the
library books jeopardising the public health. The Medical
Officer of Health has the authority of the Library
Committee to disinfect, or absolutely destroy, any Library
book or books found in a house where infectious disease exists.
That this authority is not disregarded is evidenced by the fact that
during the past year 13 volumes were destroyed and 178 volumes
disinfected, and similar action has been taken for some years past.

The number of borrowers availing themselves of the privileges
of the Lending Libraries is 22,244. These may all be considered
active readers, as the rule requiring guarantee forms to be renewed
every two years tends to eliminate nominal readers. Guarantors
have the satisfaction of knowing that their responsibility terminates
after this period. To those who are desirous of knowing the social
status of the majority of those who use the lending branches, Table
VI will probably be found interesting. For the most part they
belong to the working classes and to persons of education but of
very limited means. The publication of special catalogues of books
for the young enables parents and guardians to allow their boys and
girls between the ages of nine and fourteen to use the Libraries
with greater confidence and satisfaction than formerly. Every
care is taken that the books selected for them shall be bright,
healthy, and encouraging. The total number of volumes issued
during the year from these special juvenile catalogues is 152,535.
The books lent in type adapted for the blind are 1,159. Thanks to
the generosity and kindly interest taken in the blind of Liverpool
by Miss Mary L. Hornby, few public Libraries have so large and
excellent a Library of books adapted to their special needs as our
own. The books presented by this lady are always of a cheerful
and attractive character, and caleulatel to brighten and enliven

LIBRARIES. 9

many an otherwise weary hour. Lovers of music will be pleased
to = that the book issues from the Lending Libraries include

Bien, violin, and pianoforte. ae the selection of many of the
“more recent additions to the Libraries the Committee ee had the

The growth and extension of the City have greatly increased the
necessity for more Libraries. The new Toxteth Library, with its
¢ ommodious Sa and General sate Room, and rooms for ladies

Bent year. Both externally and internally the Library will, it
is believed, give much pleasure and satisfaction to the inhabitants
of the South end of the City. Plans are prepared for the erection
4 the Wavertree Branch Library and Reading Rooms, and the

ginally instituted by the Committee of this Library thirty-six
's ago, continue to be highly appreciated and attract large
iences. Their value as an agreeable means of imparting useful
information on many scientific and other subjects to working men
and young people calculated to lead up to book study on the same
subjects cannot well be called in question. Four years ago they
numbered only 50, and were confined in their delivery to the Picton
yecture Hall, William Brown Street. Last year this number was
ased to 116, and ten other halls, at varying distances from
1e Central Hall, were engaged for their delivery.

10 LIBRARIES.

FD el of) Oe Shake
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Weekly, &c.

Volumes | Magazines Newspaper Lecture
issued. issued. Visitors. Attendance.

Reference Library. ~

Picton READING Room:

iV oltmies 1ssuedige. §. Jitite..cosdbodmscnabe tes 246,533

Magazines and Reviews .......--.:sseseenees 178,269
Brown LIBRARY:

Wolumies Issuedivestc.tc5 csoas cacactcoes cases veug 110,152

Monthly and Weekly Magazines ......... 173,606

Illustrated Papers, issued in volumes
(“The Graphic,” ‘* Tllustrated

London News,” ‘‘ Punch,” &c.) ...... 35,949
DDIFECTOLICS or. cscccsessehledesuacsleascets sucess 91,327
Specifications of Patents for Inventions 31,943
Visitors to the Newspapers ..........:5++ 270,183 *
Lending Libraries (Six).
Volumes lent for Home Reading ............ 819,317 .
Kenstncton Liprary ReapinGc Rooms: |
ViolaMer 1SSUCM ioe; « bans wsatehiyteie s <aeddentta | 78,306
Magazines and Reviews ........s:1eecesseeee! 126,039
Visitors to the Newspapers ........e.eeee 99,134
Everron Liprary ReapinGc Rooms:
Molwimies ISSued.y.\resderdccsmen Soetasbotess ob 67,297
Magazines and ReviewS ........+0ceccesesees 199,054
Visitors to the Newspapers: \.............0 120,003
Watton Liprary READING Room:
WV GIUMOS ASS EME ie. vetexwegesce' deere -omtshere 4,700
Magazines and Reviews ........-..sese-esees 51,160
Visitors to the Newspapers .......-..se00+ 43,037
Evening Reading Rooms.
Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews...... 80,029
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Lectures.
NTROMOAMIGE: dock cases schicenmnadtextlastan as -ciuesiavn 58,929
MOUALG aie soeeeraesreger acs: 1,485,524 728,128. 612,386 58,929

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TABLE II.

Vomparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :—-

Classification. 1900. 1899.

_ Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics... ...... 18,421 19,360
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &e. ... sie 19,838 20,332
SS SLORY ess tT yk ag a ee ee OS 7,736

* Science and the Arts ... mits ay id ae 41,863 37,497
History and Biography, &c. ... nee A, bas 22,145 20,280

_ Topography and Antiquities ... bd ner ber 9,151 8.398

_ Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, race Ky, - 20,691 20,543
~ Collected Works, Essays, &c. 3 ted ae 49,748 38,354
_ Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ... ; : 5,886 5,592

Commerce, Political Economy, Social eetcce ae 9,129 7,678
_ Education and Language ... vise #2 er 20,653 19,317
_ Poetry and Dramatic Literature a 4ap¢ meh 10,063 10,436
_ Latin and Greek Classics... is St a 2,730 3,419
a Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... a oe 8,422 14,972
Totals re ae aa we 246,533 233,914

Shewing an increase over 1899 of 12,619 volumes. é

PABLE. iff.

wing the number and classification of works contained in the
Reference Library :—

Classification. Volumes,
: eclogy, Morals, and Metaphysics... Bs es ms oun atoulos
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c. ... ge ee ae ee 3,230
Natural History ict =i sy se Ae ar a .. 6,585
Science and the Arts ae ee ei ae £¢ ri Bae ape IE)
History and Biography, &c. Saye Lopes See aed asain’ ey ses eee Bee
Topography and Antiquities ie Sh een ee eee O.GaT
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Miia: ae : eS om 6,029
; iscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Essays, ;

_ Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes)... oe 04.
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ao me pas ASA woe 9,635
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, be Se ae = 2,687
Mummeomon and Larieaage Woo ek er ie See 2,088
Srootry and Dramatic Literature... ... 0 2. 0 se ene = 4,568
Prose Fiction . 7 ip eS CO ee ORI S
Latin and Geek Classics hia Taeclotinns 2a oe 1,050 |
0x Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... ... ... 4,384 —

Manes eee re othe

12 LIBRARIFES.

TABLE IV.
LENDING GLIBRARIES.

GENERAL Tests ATISTICS.

|

Volumes issued, &e. | Central.

{
Everton Toxteth Kensington Walton Sefton Park Total
Branch. | Branch. Branch. | Branch. _ Branch. | a

. . 4 |
Volumes issued in Lend-

ing Departments ......... (189,963 152,498 140,630 166,749 103,995 65,482 819,317

Volumes issued in General .
Reading Rooms............ = 39,797 — 37,271 4,700 — 81,768

Volumes issued in Ladies’
TROOMIST tse face ae teeter — 2,935 = 12,010 — = 14,945

Volumes issued in Boys’
FRQOIDS = tiga eosacese teers — 24,565 -— 29,025 — — | 53,590

Magazines issued in
General Reading Rooms — 92,289 2s 93,183 51,160 — 236,632

Magazines issued in
Tadiies: iuooms;, --s..---eas — 34,709 = 19,239 = == |, po oae

Magazines issued in Boys’ | |
INGOMS ees cnessceaessrenern — 72,056 = 13,617 _ — 85,573

Newspaper Readers in ;
General Reading Rooms = -— 112,762 — 91,549 43,037 — | 247,348

Newspaper Readers in : ;
Ladies’ Rooms ...3.:...... — 7,241 — 7,585 — — 14,826

New Tickets issued ......... 5,284 1,862 1,823 2,488 1,308 943 11,708
Readers on the Books...... | 6,382 3,662 3,473 4,459 2,561 1,707 | 22,244

Books lost or injured and P
paid for by Borrowers ... 45 16 23 18 13 34 116
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Departments ............06+ iti _— _- *8 *2 — 71h

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WIGGUTA WI. sascactecsscecsee 116 387 114 123 — = 740

Volumes worn out and 7
MOPlACEC. < scvedensvesnnrennees 878 504 109 489 — — | 1,870

Volumes added ...s.e.-s0:0+- 915 736 sad 675 356 488.8, 674
Total volumes in Libraries 14,091 24,163 26,674 16,069 6,802 4,698 92,497

+ The Central Lending Departivent was closed from July 14th to August 4th, for

Alterations and Stocktaking. J
* Central Lending Department: Stocktaking in July ; it covers a period of two years,
* Kensington Branch: Stocktaking in July; it covers a period of three years.
* Walton Branch : Stocktaking in “March : it covers a period of three years.

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14 LIBRARIES.

TABLE VI.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.
Everton Toxteth Kensing- Walton Sefton |

Classification. Central. Branch. Branch.| ton Branch. Park Total.
| Branch. Branch.

Architects, Builders, and Survyeyors......... Is» 94. | 7 | 6 | 20 8 | 4 69

Artists, Photographers, and Draughtsmen 980 ily 18} 42 10 | 5 | 172
Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers ...:.....6+ seep 02 | ~101 7-78 7-128 33 10 | 407
Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ...... )' 5 13 |9> 16 10 ) — 53
Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers...... | a7" "Gs 42 72 ali ind %.1. 608
Bookkeepers, Clerks, and Agents ............ 2,314 | 425 , 489 | 615 370) 188 4,401
Boot and Shoe Makers .......sseiesserseeeeess 10| 5 om eee 0 2) a ae
SOX WAG) reaatcsicnce Seaeb ss denaeameanee eeeeee se 28 | 1 am 4; — | — | 84
Brass, Tron, and Steel Founders ............ 26 12 16} 23 1 2 80
Bricklayers, Slaterers, and Masons ......... 21 14 9 11 9 1 65
Cabinetmakers, French Polishers, &c....... 45 13 13.) 3s 1 | 1 111
Carpenters and Joimers .......s0.c0escsceeeceee 30 36 72 62 24 8 | 232
Chemists and Druggists .......:0.00.seessecsees 43 12 19 20 6 7 |. 107
Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers ......... 65 17 16 | 25 16 15 | 154
Coach Painters and Builders.................. (8) 9 8 1h Ble oe 43
Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses ............ 57 2 5 51 3| 15) 188
Customs’ Officers, Police, Postmen, &.... 101 | 67 80} 129 93 | 34] 434
Domestic Servants, ....cere+ssctetenetsor-ee ers |e 4) 4 | 8} 28; — | 44 93
Dressmakers and Milliners..............es0e0 123 | 32 St ea77 8 26, 269
Engineers, Fitters, and Machinists ......... A 1 A CU 30| 28] 396
Farmers and Gardeners <.....2...0..s0sn-eeses 3 . 3 2 | 5 5 11 29
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TPONMONGOLS ....1..ceveresrsersececneroccecasvansns 6 | 4 4 | ig) 5 2) 28
WA DOUTONS, ao -capeesacasetvancsseaeceenctebeneseodes 33 63 85 19 18 | <= [ee 2lS
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Merchants and Brokers: <. 0.2.22. .d0tececscensse 46 8 36 22 7 17 | 136
Messengers, Office Boys, and Apprentices. 356 95} 139 96 130 26 | 842
IMIASTO UP CA CHOES. ocaccuccecetsaeccvocettatestaetncas 18 5} 6 24 L 2 545
AVINISLGISTIS> crackin cvaceacauthecex2e.mtnasttoaersdeees 30 9 | 4 50 - 4 3 ba 100
INTERES pe cnncehas swhs'esimeamnest Somen aaa ne spss cone } 32 9 il 22 13 15 92
Painters, Plumbers, and Gasfitters ......... 16 38 54 56 20 7) 188
Pattern Makers, Moulders, and Turners... 14 8 33 12 5 os Pe
PO MPPOKGLS) Siscscushesetensmssceeersestnccssttate 2 12 | 9 14 4. — 41
Schoolmasters and Teachers ............0.0005 254 |. 177 43 | 256; 110; 103 | 943
Students and Scholars .......2..0..ce.seseseue 1381 | 451; 110; 222) 145 85 1,144
Shipwrights, Riggers, and Sailmakers...... 4 10 13 5 3 1 36
SSTIUUHS!) wetps sn stele sles civasie St naisicad desiree estae sales 18 21 15 14 6 | == | ie
Pailors amd Drapers.........c0:ssee. sawecenecneen 138 24 23 68 8 8 | 269
Telegraphists and Typists ...........:eeecseees 98 30 44 59 12 16-259
MODHGCOMISES, «ce cs cade gam qetesisane ness aelenes ssttine 32 8 5, abe 5 = 61
Warehousemen and Storekeepers............ 132 52 46 79 14 5 | ‘328
Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians ... 27 S.)> als 10 9 _ 67
IMaseGIAMEOUS, .t.c-crccctn esse sauneeeeousensovenne 296 72 74 | 75 | 220; 89 |~826
No occupation (principally females)......... 1,296 1,608 1,658 1,806 1,211 905 8,484
MNoteads Facsmawce. 6,382 3,662 | 3,473 4,459 2,561 1,707 22,244
TABLE VII-—EVENING READING ROOMS.
1900. 1899.
Attendance. a Night. Attendance. | Bis Night.

Chatsworth Street Board Schools .... 25,574 84 25,410 | 84
Stanley Road Board Schools ......... 41,461 137 45,134 149
Wellington Road School .............+. 12,994 43 | 14,358 | 47

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St

LIBRARIES. ]

FREE LECTURES.

DELIVERED IN THE Picron LecrvurEe Har, January To Marcu.

ArcHer, Ronerr 8. ‘‘ Robert Burns: his life, poems, and songs,”

lantern illustrations.
Lc = 4
Berstarr, Frep. H., r.rc.o., Cathedral Organist, Liverpool.

* Mendelssohn: a sketch of his life and works,’ with musical
illustrations.

RNs, W. Murray, m.s., “ Insectivorous plants,” with lantern
illustrations.

vBB, JosepH A., M.sc., Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum,
Liverpool. “ Flowers of the sea,” with lantern illustrations.

ILLIS, Joun W., m.p., F.E.s. ‘The Black Mountains and Golden

Valley: a visit to King Arthur's country,’ with lantern

illustrations.

RBES, Henry O., LL.p., ¥.R.G.s., Director of Museums, Liverpool.

“An account of the Corporation's Expedition to Socotra,” with

lantern illustrations.

‘orTAY, J. Burter. “ Rossini and Italian music,” with musical

illustrations.

ING, Rev. Samven, B.A, F.LS., F.G.8. “The natural history

of a cob of coal,” with lantern illustrations.

}RENSTED, Rey. F. F., m.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious

Education. “ When England was under ice,’ with lantern
illustrations.

aRRIs, Rey. Cuarves, M.a., ¥.R.G.8. “ Lake Dwellings and Lake

Dwellers,” with lantern illustrations.

arvey, Wittiam. ‘ With a Camera in Switzerland and Italy,”
_ with lantern illustrations.

WoitL, Cuartes B., a.r..n.a. ‘Yorkshire Minsters: their
history, legend, and romance,” with lantern illustrations.

16 LIBRARIES.

Martyn, Rev. James H., “Oxford: its colleges, men, and
manners,” with lantern illustrations.

MorGan, Lurwettyn, mp. “ Under St. Hilda’s Abbey; or, the
rise and fall of a seaport town,” with lantern illustrations.

Mostzy, S. L., Fas. “ Beneficial insects,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Newton, JoHn, o.r.c.s. “ Children’s ways and children’s books,
past and present,” with lantern illustrations.

Parrort, J. Epwarp, wa. uu.p. “The Battle of Waterloo,” with
lantern illustrations.

Piummer, W. E., w.., V.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool
Observatory, Bidston. ‘ The phenomena of eclipses,” with
lantern illustrations.

Saxpy, Freperick W. “ Minute rock-builders under the sea,” with
lantern illustrations.

SuaTER, Warrer. “From London to Canterbury with Chaucer's
Pilgrims, in the year 1585,” with lantern illustrations.

STUBBS, Caprarn Epwarp, r.N. “Curiosities of smuggling,” with
lantern illustrations.

NovEMBER 4ND DECEMBER.
Buakenry, Captain W., p.x. “ Experiences of service in the
Navy,” with lantern illustrations.

Cairns, W. Murray, u.s. ‘ China and the Chinese,” with lantern
illustrations.
Cranace, Rev. D, H.S., wa, rs.a. “The buildings of yesterday,

to-day, and to-morrow,” with lantern illustrations.

Forses, Henry O., 1u.p., F.R.G.s., Director of Museums, Liverpool.
* The romance of a bone,” with lantern illustrations.

Gipson, R. J. Harvey, s..., F.L.S., Professor of Botany, University

College, Liverpool. + Climbing plants,’ with lantern
illustrations.

HELE-SHaw, H. S., xip., ¥£.R.s., Professor of Kngineering,
University College, Liverpool. “Travelling at high speed,”
with lantern illustrations.

fond

LIBRARIES. 17

HivrpmMan, W. A., vsc., ¥.ns., Professor of Natural History,
University College, Liverpool. ‘* Antarctic Exploration,” with
7” lantern illustrations.

Lampert, Frepericx. ‘The crystal caves of Australia,” with
lantern illustrations.

_Meaxty, Buperrr. “Life in Persia,’ with lantern illustrations.

Meany, Bupcerr. '“ A trip up the Yang-tse Kiang, China,” with

lantern illustrations.

- Mostey, 8S. L., v.xs. “ Ants and their strange ways,” with lantern

illustrations.

IcHoLas, Rev. T. F., m.a., r.r.c.s. “‘ Alaska and the Klondyke
Goldfields,” with lantern illustrations.

‘Srracwan, Carrain D., z.s.0. “The British Army; or, experiences

of a military career,” with lantern illustrations.

Wray, W. Firzwarer. ‘Old English Inns and their story,” with
lantern illustrations.

DELIVERED IN OvTER Districts, JanuARY TO Marcu, 1900.

Bretmont Hartzt, Betmontr Roapv, West Dery : —

“Rossini and Italian music,” by J. Burrer Forray; with
musical illustrations.

“When England was under ice,” by Rev. F. F. GrensteEp,
m.A., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education; with

. lantern illustrations.

_ “The rivers and broads of Norfolk and Suffolk,” by Rev. James
’ H. Martyn; with lantern illustrations.

_ “Tnsects: their tools and weapons,” by F. W. Saxsy; with
; lantern illustrations.

pE Hatt, BurLincTon STREET : —

F.R.u.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liver-
pool; with lantern illustrations.

18 LIBRARIES.

“Handel: the man and the musician,” by J. Butter Foray;
with musical illustrations.

“Trish verse and Irish story,’ by Joun Ler, B.a.; with
illustrative recitals.

Everton Brancu Liprary, St. Domingo Roan :—

“Sherwood Forest, the land of Robin Hood, and its associa-
tions,’ by J. Porrer Briscor, ¥.R.H.s.; with lantern
illustrations.

“Central Africans at home,” by Prrer Enrwistir, Assistant
Curator of the Mayer Museum, Liverpool; with lantern
illustrations.

“In the Shakespeare Country,” by Rev. James H. Marryn;

with lantern illustrations.

“The Battle of Waterloo,” by J. Epwarp PaRRort, M.A., LL.D. ;
with lantern illustrations.

Locxersy Hatt, Lockrersy Roap, FArRFrreLp : —

“Voyages in Cloudland,’ by Rev. Jonny M. Bacon, M.a.,
F.R.A.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“With a camera in Switzerland and Italy,” by Wutziam
Harvey; with lantern illustrations.

‘Yorkshire Minsters: their history, legend, and romance,’ by
Cuarves B. Hownitt, A.8.1.B.A.; with lantern illustrations.

“ Beneficial insects,” by S. L. Mostry, F.z.s.; with lantern

illustrations.

Gransy Hatt, Granpy STREET, ToxTETH : —
“Plymouth to the Lizard lights: sketches in Cornwall,” by
Apotepu W. Breer; with lantern illustrations.

“Lake Dwellings and Lake Dwellers,’ by Rev. CHARLEs
Harris, M.A., F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“The Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk,” by Rev.
James H, Marryn; with lantern illustrations,

LIBRARIES. 19

“Big Telescopes, and what they show us,” by W. E. Prummer,
M.A., F.R.AS., Director of the Liverpool Observatory,
Bidston ; with lantern illustrations.

Greeson Memortiat Instrrurr, GArmMoyte Roan, Srrron Park :—

“Road Locomotion,” by H. S. Herir-SHaw, LL.D., F.R.S.,
Professor of Hngineering, University College, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Natural History of the mouth of the Mersey,’ by W. A.
HERDMAN, D.sc., F.R.S., Professor of Natural History,
University College, Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.

b)

“Through East Anglia with a Camera,’
MoreGan, m.p.; with lantern illustrations.

by LLEwELLyn

“Four years at an Indian Court,” by J. Ernest NEVINS, M.£. ;
with lantern illustrations.

I meEstic Misston Hatt, Minn Street, Tox rrerH : —

4a “A scamper round Ireland,” by Ronerr S. ArcHER; with

lantern illustrations.

“My visit to Naples, Pompeii, and Vesuvius,’ by PrTEeR
CoweE tt, F.R.H.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries,
Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.

3

“With a camera in Switzerland and Italy,” by Wiriias
Harvey; with lantern illustrations.
“Tnsects: their tools and weapons,’ by Erepericx W. Saxsy ;

with lantern illustrations.

0 VN Hai, WAvVERTREE : —

“The Grand Cation of the Colorado: an example of earth
sculpture,” by W. Hewirr, 8.se., Director of Technical
Instruction, Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.
“The Battle of Waterloo,” by J. Epwarp Parrort, M.A., LL.D. ;
with lantern illustrations.

aN trip to Chester, including Eaton Hall and Hawarden
Castle,” by G. Warmoven Wester, F.c.s.; with lantern
. illustrations, :

20 LIBRARIES.

OcroBER TO Decemprr, 1900. |
JUBILEE Hatt, BURLINGTON STREET : — :
’

“Through Wales with a camera,” by Ropert S. ARcHER; with
lantern illustrations.

“The magic carpet: the natural history and philosophy of the
world’s rivers,” by E. Roreavitr Drsprn; with lantern

illustrations.

“The Avon and Shakespeare country,” by Joun W. Extis, ™.B.,
F.E.S.; with lantern illustrations.

‘Jamaica, the Isle of Springs,’ by Taro. H. WarpLEworTH,
F.L.S.; with lantern illustrations.

Drerny Hari, TurBRook : —
‘Experiences of service in the Navy,” by Caprain W.

BLAKENEY, R.N.: with lantern illustrations.

“Music and musicians,’ by Mme. Fiorence Fuiton; with
musical illustrations.

“The age of the Vikings,’ by Rev. CHartes Harris, ™.a.;
with lantern illustrations.

“Old English Inns and their story,” by W. Firzwater Wray;
with lantern illustrations.

Everton Brancu Lisrary, St. Domingo Roap:—

* Romance and reality at sea,” by Frank T. BULLEN, F.R.G:S. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“ Hlectrie tramways and railways,” by ALFRED Hay, B.s¢.,
Lecturer on Electrotechnics, University College, Liver-
pool; with lantern illustrations and experiments.

“The crystal caves of Australia,’ by FrRepERIcK LAMBERT;
with lantern illustrations.

‘* Ants and their strange ways,’ by S. L. Mostey, F.5.s.; with
lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 21

Gorpon Instirerr, StTantEY Roap:—

“Rossini and Italian music,” by J. Butter Forray: with
musical illustrations.

“When England was under ice,” by Rev. F. F. Grensrep,
M.A., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education; with
lantern illustrations.

“Modern short stories and short story writers,’ by Joun
LEE, B.A.; with illustrative recitals.

“Indian famines,” by J. Ernest Nevins, m.z.; with lantern
illustrations.

GRANBY Hatt, GRansy STREET, ToxTETH : —

“Rossini and Italian music,” by J. Burner Forray; with
‘ musical illustrations.

“Life in Persia,” by Bupcrrr Meakin; with lantern
illustrations.

“Indian famines,” by J. Ernest Nevins, M.B.; with lantern
illustrations.

“Alaska and the Klondyke Goldfields,’ by Rev. T. F.
NicHOLAs, M.A., F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

REGSON Memoriay Instirure, GarmoyLte Roap, SEFToN Park :—

“Experiences of service in the Navy,” by Caprais W.
_ BLaKENEy, R.N.; with lantern illustrations.

“What books were like in ancient times,” by Henry E.
Curran, Principal Assistant, Free Public Library, Liver-
pool; with lantern illustrations.

“The first crossing of Lang Jokull: adventure and discovery

on and around a great glacier of Iceland,” by FreprRick
W. W. Howe t, r.r.c.s.; with lantern illustrations.

ae

22 LIBRARIES,

Hariecu StreEET Hartt, Waxrron : —

“China and the Chinese,” by W. Murray Cairns, M.p.; with
lantern illustrations.

“A tour of the Great Ouse, with glimpses of Fenland,” by —
Joun W. Euts, M.b., F.e.s.; with lantern illustrations. |

The first crossing of Lang Jékull: adventure and discovery
on and around a great glacier of Iceland,” by FRepERicKk —
W. W. Howe t, v.r.G.s.; with lantern illustrations. :

‘* Mendelssohn in Liverpool, Chester, and North Wales,” by
Rev. H. H. McCuniacnu, b.a.; with musical illustrations.

Kensincron Branca Liprary :—

“Through Scotland with Sir Walter Scott,” by Roperr S$.
ArcHER; with lantern illustrations.

“China and the Chinese,” by W. Murray Catrns, m.B.; with
lantern illustrations.

“The growth of a mountain,’ by Rev. F. F. Grensrep, M.a.,
Diocesan Inspector of Religious Nducation; with lantern
illustrations.

“The crystal caves of Australia,’ by FRepERick Lampert;
with lantern illustrations.

Fiorence Iysrirutr, Mitt Street, Toxrera : -—

oe

China and the Chinese,” by W. Murray Cairns, M.B.; with
lantern illustrations.

“The Liverpool of our Grandfathers, as seen through prints
and documents in our Public Library,” by Prurer Cows 1,
F.k.H.S., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liver-
pool; with lantern illustrations.

* Mendelssohn in Liverpool, Chester, and North Wales,” by
Rev. H. H. McCutiacu, b.a.; with musical illustrations.

“From Cornwall to Canterbury: a modern pilgrimage,” by
Liurwerttyn Moraan, M.p.; with lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 28

Town Hatt, WAVERTREE : —

“Sea Anemones, Zoophytes, and Corals,” by Josepn A. Crus,
m.se., Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Lake Dwellings and Lake Dwellers,’ by Rey, CHARLES
Harris, M.A.; with lantern illustrations.

“\ trip up the Yang-tse-Kiang, China,” by Bupgerr Mzaxty;
with lantern illustrations.

“Dife and Works of Gounod,’ by A. BH. Workman; with
musical illustrations.

DONATIONS.

British Musrum TRvustTEEs : —

The Book of the dead: facsimilies of the papyri of Hunefer,
Anhai, Kerasher, and Nethemet, with supplementary text
from the papyrus of Nu, with transcripts, translations, &c.,
by E. A. Wallis Budge; Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets
in the Kouyunjik collection, by C. Bezold, vol. 5; Catalogue
of drawings of British artists and artists of foreign origin
working in Great Britain, by Laurence Binyon, vol. 2;
Catalogue of the fossil bryozoa, vol. -1: Cretaceous bryozoa,
by J. W. Gregory; Catalogue of the Hindi, Panjabi, and
Hindustani manuscripts, by J. F. Blumhardt ; Catalogue of

the Lepidoptera phalen, by Sir G. Hampson, Bart., vol. 2,

* Text and plates ; Catalogue of printed books, 17 vols.; Hand-

ook of the coins of Great Britain and Ireland, by H. A.

Grueber; Catalogue of seals in the department of manu-

; scripts, by W. de Birch, vol. 6; Fac-similes of royal,

historical, literary, and other autographs, ser. 9; Illus-

trations of the botany of Captain Cook’s voyage round the
world in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-78, by the Rt. Hon. Sir

_ J. Banks, Bart., and Dr. Daniel Solander, part 1; Index to

the charters and rolls in the department of manuscripts, by

HH. J. Ellis and F. B. Bickley, vol. 1: Monograph of

Christmas Island; Rules for compiling the catalogues.

24 LIBRARIES.

ALDERMAN H. CAMPBELL, J.P. : —
Six autograph letters: Lord Ashley (afterwards 7th Earl of
Shaftesbury), Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Sutherland, Earl
of Clarendon, and Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, M.P.

Puitie H. Hort, Esa. : —

Egypt Exploration Fund: The royal tombs of the first dynasty,
by W. M. Flinders Petrie.

Miss Hornsy : —

Santa Lucia: a monthly magazine in Braille type (12 parts).

Miss M. L. Horny : —
Books for the blind in Braille type (35 vols.).

Ricuarp Hornsy, sa. :—
Gore’s Liverpool directories, 15 vols. (1862-98): and 5 other
directories.

M. te Duc pvE LousatT: —

Das Tonalamatl der Aubin’schen Sammlung: eine altmexi-
kanische Bilderhandschrift der Bibliothéque Nationale in
Paris (Manuscrits Mexicains ur 18-19). Auf Kosten Seiner
Excellenz des Herzogs von Loubat herausgegeben, mit
einleitung und erlauterungen von Dr. Eduard Seler, Berlin,
1890; Il manoscritto Messicano Vaticano 3738 detto il codice
rios riprodotto in fotocromografia a spese di sua eccellenza
il duca de Loubat per cura delli Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome,

1900.

R. W. RancuirFe-SmituH, Esa. : —

Gore's Liverpool directory, various dates from 1859-82. 15 vols.

Messrs. C. E. anp C. STRETTON, C.E.: —
Various books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper cuttings
relating to railways and tramways, with special reference to

early local railways.

LIBRARIES. 25

Turner a Ruskin: an exposition of the works of ‘Turner from
the writings of Ruskin, edited with a biographical note on
Turner, by Frederick Wedmore. Edition de luxe, with
duplicate plates, 3 vols., 1900.

Royat IrtsH ACADEMY : —

Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, various sections from
vols. 26-31.

Unirep States GovERNMENT : —

Annual report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1895,
30 vols.; Report of the United States geological survey of
the territories, vols. 8 and 13; Report of the Superintendent
of the United States coast and geodetic survey, 1897-8: and
186 other works.

-C. D. WHetTHAM : —.

Fac-simile of the manuscript of Milton’s Minor poems pre-
served in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Cambridge, 1900.

ther 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.; American Museum of
_ Natural History, New York, U.S.A.; Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, Mass., U.S.A.; Messrs. Anderson, Anderson & Co.; Abel Andrew;
_ R.S. Archer, ¥.s.a.; Architects’ Benevolent Society; Argentine Republic
‘ Consul, Liverpool (F. P. Hansen); " Astronomical Society of Wales;
Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.; The Publishers of Bagparpakements
_ Pamphiets ; James Baker; Edwin S. Balch, a.8., F.R.g.s.; Thomas W.
_ Baich; Colonial Secretary for Barbados (Ralph C. Williams) ; Francis T.
ay SRarrett:; Barrow Naturalists’ Field Club; Rev. W. E. Barton, p.p.; Messrs.
; Bennett & Co.; Berlin Municipal Corporation; Joseph Bibby; Medical
Officer of Health, Birkenhead (R. Sydney Marsden, p.sc., m.B.); Birkenhead
_ Literary and Scientific Society; Birmingham University; Board of Trade,
_ London ; Léon Bollack; Thomas G. Bowles, u.p.; Messrs. Robert Boyle and
Sons; Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co.; The Proprietors, Bradshaw's Liver-
pool Railway Guide; Anne, Comtesse de Bremont; British and Foreign

LIBRARIES.

Bible Society; British Association for the Advancement of Science; Agent-
General for British Columbia, London (W. Walter); British Order of Ancient
Free Gardeners, Liverpool; R. Paton Brown; J. Brownbill; T. N. Brushfield,
M.D., F.s.A.; National Museum, Buenos Aires; Councillor T. Burke; Burma
Government; Messrs. Byrne & Co.; California University, Berkeley, U.S.A. ;
Syndics of the Cambridge University Press; Geological and Natural History
Survey of Canada; Canadian Government; Canadian Government Agency,
Liverpool (H. Mitchell); Richard Caton, m.p., F.R.c.p.; The Governor of
Ceylon (Right Hon. Sir G. F. Ridgeway, kK.c.B., K.c.s.1.); Cheshire Lines
Railway Committee; Medical Officer of Health for the County Palatine of
Chester (Francis Vacher, m.p.); Chicago Board of Trade, U.S.A.; Chicago
University, U.S.A.; Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East;
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.; Cobden Club; College of Pre-
ceptors, London; Colombo Museum, Ceylon; Compendium Publishing Co.;
Lady Cook; Messrs. Thomas Cook & Son; Cooper Union for the Advancement
of Science and Art, New York, U.S.A.; Co-operative Union, Manchester;
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.; F. W. Coulter; Peter Cowell,
F.R.H.S. (Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool); Messrs. Crane, Crane
and Co.; P. Cudmore, b.u.; J. W. Cundall; Messrs. Donald Currie & Co.;
Denver Chamber of Commerce, Col., U.S.A.; Dr. J. P. Doyle; Dublin
University; Sir G. F. Duckett, Bart.; Durham University; The Principal,
Edge Hill Training College; Edinburgh University; John Passmore
Edwards; Admiral Sir George Elliot, x.c.p.; Emigrants’ Information Office,
London; * Endermus”; Peter Entwistle (Assistant Curator, Mayer Museum,
Liverpool); Fabian Society; Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia,
U.S.A.; F. W. Barnard Faraday, uu.s.; F. J. Faraday; Financial Reform
Association, Liverpool; Arthur Fisher; M. Fitzpatrick; Fleetwood Urban
District Council; T. Formby (Deputy Librarian, Liverpool Free Libraries);
Free and Open Church Association for the Diocese of Chester and Liverpool ;
Harper Gaythorpe; General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen of New
York, U.S.A.; A. George; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College ;
Glasgow Atheneum ; William Gow; Great Central Railway Co.;Great Eastern
Railway Co.;Great Northern Railway Co.;Great Western Railway Co. ; James
Green; Messrs. Greenberg & Co.; Messrs. Guy & Co.; H. Hagerup; J. W. C.
Haldane, c.z.; W. T. Harris; Harvard University College, Camb., Mass.,
U.S.A.; Thomas W. Harvey, m.p.; Hastings Meteorological Council; Prof.
W. A. Herdman, p.sc., F.R.s.; Highland Railway Co.; C. B. Holinsworth ;
Howard Association; Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway
and Dock Co.; Incorporated Society of Musicians, London; Secretary of
State in Council for India (Right Hon. Lord G. F. Hamilton, u.v.); Institute
of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries; Institution of Civil Engineers;
Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Ipswich Historical Society, Mass.,
U.S.A.; Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, U.S.A.; R. H. Johns;
George Johnson; Messrs. J. B. Jowett & Co.; W. P. Kelly; James Kidman,
M.A.; F. Kirby; Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, m.a.; Lancashire and Cheshire
Entomological Society; Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes; Lan-
eashire and Yorkshire Railway Co.; Lancashire County Council (Director of

LIBRARIES. 27

Technical Instruction); Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory ; Medical Officer
of Health for the County Palatine of Lancaster (Edward Sergeant, m.p.);
James S. Laurie; Messrs. C. & E. Layton; Leicester Literary and Philo-
sophical Society; Leigh Brown Trust; Messrs. John Leng & Co. Library
Reports, &c., have been received from the following Libraries :—Aberdeen.
Acton. Carnegie, Allegheny, Pa., U.S.A. Arbroath. Ashton-under-Lync.
Aston Manor, Birmingham. Auckland, New Zealand. Baillie’s Institution,
Glasgow. Enoch Pratt, Baltimore, U.S.A. Barrow-in-Furness. Battersea.
Birmingham Free Public Libraries. Birmingham Library. Bishopgate
Foundation, London. Blackburn. Blackpool. Bodleian, Oxford. Bolton.
Bootle. Boston, U.S.A. Bradford. Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A. Bristol.
Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. Cardiff. Carlisle.
Chelsea. Cheltenham. John Crerar, Chicago, U.S.A. Newberry, Chicago,
U.S.A. Chorley. Cincinnati, U.S.A. Clerkenwell. Columbia Library,
Washington, U.S.A. Derby. Doncaster. Ealing. Falmouth. Roths-
child, Frankfurt-am-Maine. Fletcher, Burlington, U.S.A. Fulham.
Friends’, Germantown, Phil., U.S.A. Gloucester. Gosport and Alverstoke.
Great Yarmouth. Grosvenor, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. Hammersmith. Har-
vard University, Camb., U.S.A. Leyland, Hindley. Holyhead. Hornsey.
Hove. Hyde. Jersey City, N.J., U.S.A. Kettering. Kilburn. Royal
Leamington Spa. Leeds. Leicester. Lincoln. Longton. Los Angelos,
Cal., U.S.A. Manchester. John Ryland, Manchester. Middlesborough.
Milwaukee, U.S.A. Newark, N.J., U.S.A. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Howard
Memorial, New Orleans, U.S.A. Newton, Mass., U.S.A. New York Mercan-
tile, U.S.A. New York Public Library, U.S.A. Norwich. Nottingham.
Paterson, N.J., U.S.A. Peabody, Baltimore, U.S.A. Penge. Peoria, IIl.,
U.S.A. Philadelphia, U.S.A. Philadelphia Mercantile, U.S.A. Carnegie,
Pittsburg, U.S.A. Plymouth. Poole. Portsmouth. Preston. Reynolds,

% _ Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. Richmond. Rotherhithe. St. George, London.

St. Giles, London. St. Helens. St. Louis, U.S.A. Salem, Mass., U.S.A.

Salford. Sheffield. Shoreditch. Smethwick. Southampton. South

_ Australia. Southwark. Stafford. Stirling and Glasgow. Streatham.
Sunderland. Tokyo, Japan. Toronto, Canada. Tottenham. Tynemouth.
Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Walthamstow. Washington Library of
Congress, U.S.A. Waterloo. Wednesbury. West Bromwich. West Ham.

_ Westminster. Widnes. Wigan. Willesden. Wolverhampton. Worcester,

Mass., U.S.A. York; Liverpool Institutions and Societies Reports, &c..
have been received from the following :—Amateur Photographic Association.
Architectural Society. Asylum for Orphan Boys. Auxiliary Bible Society.

Auxiliary to the Army Scripture Readers’ and Soldiers’ Friend Society.

Biological Society. Blue Coat Hospital. Boys’ Brigade. Catholic
Children’s Protection Society. Central Relief and Charity Organisation

_ Society. Certified Industrial School. Chemists’ Association, Church Mis-

_ sionary Society. Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society. City

Mission. Clerks’ Association. Council of Education. Diocesan Institu-

_ tions. _ District Provident Society. Engineering Society. Evangelization
Society. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Female Orphan Asylum. Female Peni-

LIBRARIES.

tentiary. Geographical Society. Hahnemann Hospital. Holy Trinity
Ragged School. Home for the Reception and Recovery of Fallen Women.
Hospital for Cancer and Skin Disease. Hospital Sunday and Saturday Fund.
Incorporated Chamber of Commerce. Infirmary for Children. Juvenile
Reformatory Association. Kirkdale Voluntary Industrial (Day) Ragged
School. Literary and Philosophical Society. Liverpool Institute. Mersey
Mission to Seamen. Microscopical Society. Peace Society. Penny Savings
Bank. Penny Savings Bank Association. Philharmonic Society. Philo-
matic Society. Royal Infirmary. Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Royal Southern
Hospital. Ruskin Society. Sailors’ Home. Savings Bank. School Board.
School of Science, Technology and Art. Seamen’s Friend Society. Seamen's
Orphan Institution. Self-help Emigration Society. Shipwreck and Humane
Society. Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress. Strangers’ Rest.
Sunday Society. Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs. Training
School and Home for Nurses. Training School of Cookery. Training Ship
“Indefatigable.” United Gas Light Co., Workshops for Out-door Blind.
Young Men’s Christian Association. Young Women’s Christian Association.
Liverpool Catholic Publishing Co.; Liverpool Medical Institute; Liverpool
Medical Officer of Health (E. W. Hope, u.p., p.sc.), Annual Reports; Liver-
pool University; Rev. Walter Lloyd; London and North-Western Railway
Co.; Lessee, Lyric Theatre, Liverpool. Messrs. Macdonald & Co.; J. H.
McGovern, ¥.u.A.s.; Messrs. Macmillan & Co.; Manchester Geological
Society; Manchester Microscopical Society; Manchester Museum, Owens
College; Manchester Statistical Society; Historical and Scientific Society of
Manitoba, Canada; F. P. Marrat; Mercantile Marine Service Association,
Liverpool; Mersey Conservancy; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board;
Meteorological Council, London; L. B. Meunier; Midland Railway Co.;
University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (Geological and Natural History Survey of
Minnesota); Messrs. T. Moody & Co.; E. Moore; Vice-Admiral Sir G. S.
Nares, K.C.B., F.R.S.; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, U.S.A.;
National Association for the Promotion of Technical and Secondary Educa-
tion; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; National
Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies; J. Birkbeck Nevins, m.p.; Agent-
General for New Brunswick, London; New Church College, London; Pro-
prietors, New Empire Theatre, Liverpool; Proprietors, New Grand Opera
House, Liverpool; Agent-General for New South Wales, London (Sir Julian
Salomons, Knt.); New South Wales Government; New South Wales Govern-
ment Board of International Exchanges, Sydney; Agent-General for New
Zealand, London (W. P. Reeves); University of the State of New York.
U.S.A.; Nicholson Institute, Leek; North British Railway Co. ; North-Eastern
Railway Co.; Ministére des cultes et de |’ instruction publique, Kristiania, |
Norway; Norwegian Government; Norwegischen Meteorologischen Institut ;
Ontario Government Agency, Liverpool (Peter Bryne, Agent); Owens College,
Manchester; Stephen Paget; J. E. Parrott, M.A., LL.D.; Comptroller of
Patents, London; Registrar of Patents, Queensland; Registrar of
Patents, Victoria; Registrar of Patents, Western Australia; W. E.

LIBRARIES. 29

Peck: Henry Peet, r.s.a.; Messrs. Phillipson & Golder; Lieut.-Col. John
Pilkington, r.s.a.; W. E. Plummer, m.A., F.R.A.8. (Director, Bidston Obser-
vatory); Postal Telegraph Clerks’ Association; Proprietors, Prince of Wales
Theatre, Liverpool; Queen’s College, Birmingham; Queen’s College, London;
Agent-General for Queensland, London (Sir Horace Tozer, x.c.m.c.); Ragged
School Union, London; T. Mellard Reade, F.c.s., F.R.1.B.A.; Religious Tract
Society; Miss Robinson; Miss Emily Robertson; J. W. Root; Rotunda
Theatre Co., Liverpool; Royal Astronomical Society, London; Royal College
of Physicians, London; Royal College of Surgeons, London; Royal Colonial
Institute; Royal Commission, Paris Exhibition; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic
Society ; Proprietors, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool; Royal Dublin Society ;
Royal Institute of British Architects; Royal National Lifeboat Institution ;
Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Society of Canada; Royal Society of
London; Royal University of Ireland; Ruskin Museum, Sheffield ; R. Sadler ;
St. Bride Foundation Institute, London; Saint John Board of Trade, Canada ;
St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London; John Sampson; F. F.
Schnitger; Ernst Schultze; Henry Sell; Shakespeare Theatre Co., Liverpool ;
Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, London; Rev. W. Sidgreaves,
S.J., F.R.A.S.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A.; James Simpson,
jn.; Dr. Charles E. Slocum; Society of Accountants and Auditors; Society
of Antiquaries of London; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland;Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; South-Eastern and Chatham
Railway Co.; Southport Meteorological Observatory ; H.M. Stationery Office,
London; Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht; Messrs. Stubbs and Co.; Sutcliffe
Ventilating and Drying Co.; Swedenborg Society; Sydney University; Col-
lege of Science, Imperial University, Japan; Town and County Directories,
Limited; Trades Directories, Limited; Trinity College, London; G. Tutill;
_ University Correspondence College; Francis Vacher, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P.; J.
W. Vicars; Agent-General for Victoria (Lieut.-General Sir Andrew Clare,
_ +R.E., G.C.M.@.); Victoria Public Library, Australia; Victoria University,
Manchester; Volta Bureau, Washington, U.S.A.; Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A. ;
Union Steamship Co.; University College of North Wales; University Col-
lege of Wales; W. W. Watts; Agent-General for Western Australia (Sir
Edward H. Wittenoom, x.c.m.c.); G. Whittick; Messrs. Whittaker & Co.;
George Whyte; Messrs. Wilmer Brothers & Co.; Wirral Railway Co.;
Wisconsin Natural History Society, Milwaukee, U.S.A.; Butler Wood;
Working Men’s Lord’s Day Association; W. H. K. Wright; Zoological
Society of London.

80 LIBRARIBS.

The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c. have been presented

regularly by the respective Publishe

Accountant

African Review
Anglo-Russian

Animals’ Friend

Arms and Explosives

Awake

Bibby’s Quarterly

Bible Advocate

Board of Trade Journal
British Temperance Advocate
Builders’ Reporter

Canadian Gazette

Canadian Patent Office Record
Cape Argus

Chemical Trade Journal
Child’s Guardiah

Church Family Newspaper
Church Missionary Gleaner
Church Missionary Intelligencer
Church Monthly

Church Weekly

Civil Service Aspirant

Civil Service Competitor
Civil Service Hints

Coming City

Concord

Cowkeeper and Dairyman’s Journal
Crescent

Deliverer

Educational Times
Educational Review
Electrical Engineer
Electrician

English Churchman
Englishwoman’s Review
Esmeduna

Estates Gazette

Financial Reformer

Fire and Water

Foresters’ Miscellany

Free Life

Fruit-grower, Fruiterer, Florist, &c.
Gaelic Journal

Grocers’ Review

Guild Gazette

Gwalia

Herald of Peace

Herald of the Golden Age
Hereford Times

Homeopathic World
Horological Journal
Incorporated Accountants’ Journal

Incorporated Society of Musicians,

Journal of
In His Name
India’s Women and China’s Daughters
Inventors’ Review
Insurance Agent & Insurance Review
Trish Times
Tron and Coal Trades Review

rs, &c. : —

Iron and Steel Trades Journal

Isle-of-Man Examiner

Journal of the Clerk of Works’
Association =

Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society

Keefe’s Civil Service Monthly

Labour Gazette

Leaves of Healing

Liberty Review

Lichfield Mercury

Light

Literary News

Liverpool Catholic Times

Liverpool College Old Boys’ Magazine

Liverpool College Upper School
Magazine

Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Express

Liverpool Institute Schools Magazine

Liverpool Journal of Commerce

Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Porcupine

Liverpool Post (daily and weekly)

Liverpoo] Review

Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal

Local Government Chronicle

Local Government Journal

London Argus

London Scotsman

London Tailor

Machinery Market

Madame

Mariner

Midland News

Milling

Mission Field

Mona’s Herald

Musical Herald

Nature Notes

New Century

New Church Magazine

New Ireland

New Ireland Review

Nonconformist Musical Monthly

Northampton Mercury

Oddfellows’ Magazine

Official Journal of the Patent Office

Oil World

Oxford Chronicle

Paper Maker

Paper Makers’ Circular

Patents

Philatelic Chronicle

Petroleum Review

Personal Rights Journal

Poor-Law Officers’ Journal

Positivist Review

Present Truth

Railway Review

Ramsey Courier

sey Weekly News

ports of Patents, Design, and Trade

nin

anley Gibbons Monthly Journal

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State Correspondent

Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades
Register

Stationery World

Stonyhurst Magazine

Student’s Journal

Temperance Chronicle

Tool and Machinery Register

Trade Journals’ Review

Trade Marks Journal

Travel

Two Worlds

University Correspondent

Vaccination Inquirer

Vegetarian

Vegetarian Messenger

Western Daily Press

Worcestershire Herald

Zoophilist

PETER COWELL,

LipRaRIANn.

MUSEUMS. 33

THE MUSEUMS.

- The Director of Museums furnishes the Forty-Highth Annual
Report upon the conpvcr and proaress of the Museums.

I.—GENERAL.

a Tue Free Pusric Museums comprise : —

_ (A) the Derny Museum, of which the nucleus was the collections
bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Karl of Derby. It
‘contains the British Collections, and the general Zoological, Geological,
M ineralogical, and Botanical Departments, besides which there is an
Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water Animals.

(B) the Mayer Mvsrum, the larger part of which was collected
and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by Joseph Mayer, Ksq.,
aa These collections are specially rich in (a) Hgyptian,
Be bylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities : (b) Medieval European Ivories,
Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts; (c) the unrivalled Brian-
Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection ; (d) the Mather Miniatures ; and (e)
. e very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously rich in Wedgwood
nd Old Liverpool Wares. Associated with this Museum, as belonging
more re nearly to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to
large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are _ the Ethnogr mies!

ig ections, chiefly of barbaric races.

‘The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under : —-

Y During January, November, and December .. from 10 to 4
My February eA MG ee Vitis oa Ole 14-80
3 March and Oetober ... om hast hin bowih
‘s April to September Sone, aie” pl 0:6
_ Also on Monday Lrenings during January to)
March, and October to December... | ” | to 1¢

_

34 MUSEUMS.

The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Easter and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met under the presidency of Sir Wilham
Turner, at Bradford, and also at the meeting of the Museums
Association, at Canterbury, under the presidency of Dr. H.
Woodward, F.R.S.

Parts 3 and 4 of Volume II. of the Bulletin of the Liverpool
Museums were issued as a double number on the 20th January. It
contained a paper by the Director on a Collection of Stone Implements
in the Mayer Museum, made by Mr. W. H. Seton-Karr, in mines of
the ancient Egyptians, discovered by him on the Plateaux of the
Nile Valley; a short note on the Zoology of North Queensland,
by Mr. H. C. Robinson; a description of a new species of Aplonis,
by the Director; and the continuation of the Catalogue of the
Charadriformes in the Derby Collection. Part I. of Volume III.
was issued on the 15th August, and contains preliminary descrip-
tions of the new species obtained by the Sokotran Expedition. (a)
The new Micro-Lepidoptera are described by Lord Walsingham,
F.R.S., (b) the new Beetles, by Mr. C. J. Gahan, M.A., and (c) the
new Hymenoptera, by Mr. W. F. Kirby, the Catalogue of the Lizard-
tailed, the toothed, and the Ostrich-like Birds, and of the Tinamous
and the Divers in the Derby Museum, completes the contents.

Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri.—The Report of
the Sokotra Expedition undertaken by the British and Liverpool
Museums is approaching completion, and it is hoped it will be
issued early in the year. The examination and description of the
large number of new species in both the fauna and flora, and the
preparation of the necessary illustrations, have occupied a longer
time than was anticipated, notwithstanding that the whole of the
Director’s spare time has been devoted to the work.

The Science Cabinets have been distributed to the various
Elementary Schools in the City as in former years, and the appli-

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_ The Director has much pleasure in testifying to the care and
attention to duty given by all the members of the Staff.

v II.—Vistrors.

_ Owing to the extensive structural alterations entailed by the
introduction of electric lighting and the new system of heating and
-yentilation, it was found necessary, in order to safeguard the collec-
tions and to expedite the work, to close the Museums to the public
for a considerable portion of the year. he attendance of visitors
during the period the Museums were open was as follows : —

1900.
1899. (Jan. 1st to May 3rd.)

(262 Days) (90 Days)
Total Visitors nih ze ee ne 310,482 nee 95,041
Weekly Average... nee rey. rine 5,970 oe 5,002
Daily Average ras “ce ees ee 1,185 Be 1,056

The attendance of school children during this period under the
charge of teachers has been well maintained, a large number of
children and teachers having availed themselves of the clause in
the Education Code, whereby time devoted to instruction in
Museums reckons as school attendance.

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
esearch, reference or sketching may, by application to the
ctor, and on giving satisfactory references, obtain tickets
ling them to enter on Fridays, when there are special facilities
ded them for study. Tickets were issued, as usual, during the
(chiefly) to Artists and Students of Natural History, Osteology
Dental Anatomy, who have made extensive use of the collec-
tions, so far as the condition of the Galleries permitted, on the days
1e Museums were otherwise closed to the public.

=

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during
he year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
yject: —Consul E. D. Adamson, Iquitos; W. L. H. Duckworth,

36 MUSEUMS.

Cambridge: Surgeon-Major Archer: Consul-General Ohlen,
Montreal; David Boyle, Curator, Toronto Museum; Mrs. Grenfell,
Oxford: and Prof. Ramsay Wright, University of Toronto.

TJ1.—Le&crvrses.

Twelve Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday evenings, in the Theatre of the Museums, during the period

from January to March inclusive. They were illustrated by
specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides. The total

attendance at the Lectures was 760.

The following is a list of the subjects : —

A course of seven Lectures on ** Wild Flowers, and their Life-
History” was given by Mr. William 8. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc.,
Assistant in the Derby Museum, as follows : —

Jan. 8th.— The Cornflower and the Daisy.”

Jan. 15th.—‘* The Monkshood and Buttercup.”

Jan. 22nd.—* The Rose and the Strawberry.” I.

Jan. 29th.—‘‘ The Rose and the Strawberry.” II.

Feb. 5th.—‘‘ The Rose, the Blackberry and the Raspberry.”
Feb. 12th.—‘‘ The Rose, the Cherry and the Plum.”

Feb. 19th.—* The Rose, the Apple and the Pear.”

A course of five Lectures on ‘‘ Chapters of Local History” was
given by the Assistant-Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P.
Entwistle, as follows :—

Feb. 26th.—* The Karly Record of the Liverpool Potteries.”
Mch. 5th.—* The Sites of the Liverpool Potteries.”

Mch. 12th.—* The Discovery of the Art of Printing on Pottery.”
Mch. 19th.—* The Herculaneum Pottery.”

Mch. 26th.—* The Mock Corporation of Sefton.”

A. DERBY MUSEUM.
THe Entrance Hatt and GALLERIES.
The changes in the arrangement of the collections, which will be
radical, necessitated by the Extension buildings, which it is hoped
will be ready for occupation before the end of the year, have not

yet been finally decided upon,

MUSEUMS. ~~ ; 27

ZooLoGicaL DEPARTMENT.

Beas: i. (a) GENERAL.

- During the past year there has been no change in the number ot
duties of the Staff. The work of cataloguing the Birds has been
continued, and during the year the Lizard-tailed, the Toothed and
the Ostrich-like Birds, and the Tinamous and the Divers have been
completed and published. Progress has been also made in cata-
loguing other groups. Mr. Clubb has finished cataloguing the
-Lacertilia. The acquisitions to the Museums in this Department
have been large, and include the greater portion of the Museum's
share of the specimens collected on the Expedition to Sokotra. The
total acquisitions number close upon 4,500 specimens, and much
time is consequently occupied in their identification (so far as it is
necessary), incorporation and registration.

“Collecting apparatus and boxes, with preservative fluids, were
d up and very kindly taken charge of by the Yellow Fever
Expedition to Para for the preservation of such specimens as the
members hoped they might be able to collect; also by Mr. E. D.
Ade mson, H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos.

=e

‘The structural alterations, made necessary by the new system of
heating and ventilation, has entailed a large amount of work in
ing to the careful removal and conservation of specimens from
numerous cases, which had to be removed to enable the openings
for the ventilation inlets and outlets to be constructed.

The series of photographic enlargements, illustrating the various
aces of mankind, still continues to grow, and there are now upwards
f 125 of these anthropological photographs. lurther copies have
een presented to the British Museum and Cambridge University,
here they are highly appreciated. A

+ (b) ARRANGEMENT. he

The same general arrangement of the collections He been main-
throughout the year, and in view of the Extension, when
change and re-arrangement will be involved, little has been
ne beyond keeping the collections, as at present exhibited, in
roper order.

38 MUSEUMS.

(c) ConsERVATION.

All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined,
dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabinets
and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been
systematically gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or
other preservative. The store cabinets have also had constant
attention, the entomological collections especially requiring frequent
examination.

The work of reducing the duplicate specimens of mounted birds

and forming cabinet skins of them for the study collection has been
continued.

(d) Loans.
The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of study
were made during the year: —
Seven Eagle skins were lent to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, British
Museum.
Thirty specimens of Larks, twelve species of Lanius, thirty-one

species of Parus, five Crows, and one Swift (type), were lent to the
Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring, Herts.

(e) PRESENTS.

During the year the Museum Collections have been enriched by
a large number of presentations, of which the following deserve
special mention : —

A mounted specimen of the American Bison (Bos americanus
(Gm.) ) was presented by Christopher J. Leyland, Esq., Haggerston
Castle, Beal, Northumberland.

The skin of a Lion (Felis Jeo, Linn.) was presented by Lord
Delamere.

A collection of Sandwich Island Birds was presented by Prof.

Newton, Cambridge, on behalf of the British Association and Royal |

Society Joint Committee.

A large number of West African specimens has been received

from Mr. Ridyard, of the s.s. “Niger,” or through his agency,
among which several specimens of-Bats are particularly interesting.

MUSEUMS. 89

“tS (f) ExcHANGEs.

Skins and skulls of Papio hamadryas (Linn.); Felis geoffroy,
DOrb. ¢: Dolichotis patagonica (Shaw) ¢; Lagidiwm peruanum,
Meyen, ? and Tolypeutes conurus, Is. Geoffr. g and ? were received in

_A Monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans, (Linn.)) ?, juv.; Serval Cat
a serval, fn.) 3, anda Jackal ACen aureus, Linn.) were received

e gkin and scr of shewians inca, ibe were received in exchange
from Mr. Oldfield Thomas, British Museum, for a living specimen of
Mungoose which has proved to be new to science and will be described

v inton, as Herpestes naso.

s Two Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.) (one living)
were given to Professor Wm. Stirling, Owens College, Manchester, for
a subsequent exchange.

A Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens, Owen) contained in mud block
was sent to Prof. Ramsey Wright, Toronto.

* Six Siamese ‘‘ Fighting Fish ”’ (Betta pugnax, Cant.), were received in —~

2

exchange for six Walking Fish (Pertophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.),

fy ‘om Cap. Vipan.

Several Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Pall.), a Monkey,

and a Bird (all living) were sent to the Zoological Gardens, London.
A collection of mammal skins and skulls representing eighteen

species were received as an exchange.

(g) ACQUISITIONS.
NVERTEBRATES—

ee (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.).

*

v¢e., from Halkyn laced ee mwyn, N. Wales (D. 26. 2. "1900. 94)
llected and presented by Mr. F. Hoyer.

Tube containing Sea Anemones, &c., prepared for histological

ork, chiefly from Naples (D. 26. 2. 1900. 96) ; presented by Mr. Lionel

_ Picton.

40 MUSEUMS.

Two Jelly-fishes (Rhizostoma pulmo, Linn.), collected on Hoylake
shore 26.10.96. by Mr. William §. Laverock along with others for
experiments in fixing, and now referred to register of this year
(D, 13. 3. 1900. 1).

Two Physalias (P. pelagica, Esch.), from Batanga, W. Africa
(D. 29. 5. 1900.1); presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox per Mr. A.
Ridyard.

Gorgonid (indet.) from West Bay, Fernando Po, and a piece of a
Gorgonid (indet.) from Bata, W. Africa (D. 24. 9.1900. 43 and 44) ;
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Vermes. (Worms, etc.).

Fifty-six tubes containing various marine Worms, prepared for
histological work, chiefly from Naples (D. 26. 2. 1900. 97-117);
presented by Mr. Lionel J. Picton.

Anatomical preparation of Leech (Hirudo medicinalis, Linn.)
(D. 21. 3. 1900. 8); purchased.

Six small earthworms from Hoylake (D. 2. 4. 1900.1); collected
and presented by the Director of Museums.

A mass of Nematodes (sp. indet.) taken from the thorax of a male
Rhea, B. 28. 8.99.71, and a Nematode from an air-sac in thorax of
another male Rhea, B. 28.8. 99. 71 (D. 81. 12. 99. 148 and 144).
(Omitted from last report).

Arthropoda.
Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.).

One Hermit-crab (indet.) in a shell of Strombus sp. from Batanga,
W. Africa (D. 26. 2. 1900.91): presented by Mr. John Newberry per
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Eight tubes containing various Crustaceans and parts of
Crustaceans, prepared for histological work, chiefly from Naples
(D, 26, 2. 1900. 118-126): presented by Mr. Lionel J. Picton.

Anatomical preparations of Cancer pagurus, Linn., and Astacus
Jluciatilis, Rond., (D. 21. 3. 1900. 6 and 7); purchased.

Two Crustaceans (indet.) from Secondee (D. 28. 11. 1900. 1); ;
collected and presented by Mr. John H. Holland.

MUSEUMS. “41

Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, etc,).

Kighty-one Beetles, seven other ee and one Arachnid
(spp. indet.) from Bata, W. Afriea (D. 26. 2. 1900. 1-9): presented by
pr . Alfred Ford, per Mr. Ridyard.

j - Rock Scorpion (Buthus afer. Linn.) from Cameroon, W. Africa
(D. 26. 2. 1900. 92): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two tubes containing Insect Larvee and numerous Collembola,
chiefly from Naples (D. 26. 2. 1900. 127 and 129): presented by
‘Mr. Lionel J. Picton.

_ Anatomical preparations of Dyliscus marginalis, Sturm., and the
Larva of Bombyx mori, Linn. (Db. 21. 3. 1900. 1-2): purchased.

One Spider (Mygale sp.), one Phrynus, two Centipedes,

ne Millepede (Julus sp.), two Galleyworms (Polydesmus sp.),
one Stick Insect, one Grasshopper, one Cicada, one Neuropteron,
me Hymenopteron, four Moths and a Larva, one Weevil and four
ther Beetles (spp. indet.), from Batanga, W. Africa (D. 29. 5. 1900.
3-21): presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox, per Mr. A. Rida,

One Stick Inseet indet.) from Bata, W. Africa (D. 29. 5. 1900.
42): presented by Mr. J. Newberry, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
ne gla Ants’ Nest (indet.) 4 vm the West coast of Africa (D. 29.

me Beetle (indet.) found alive in a parcel of books in the Free
i¢ Library (D. 28. 6. 1900. 1); presented by one of the
y staff.

. 23. 7. 1900. 1): presented by Mr. Ralph Unsworth.

ockchafer from Prestatyn, N. Wales (D. 9. 7. 1900. 1): collected
resented by Mr. P, Entwistle.

wood-boring Beetles, four other Beetles, one Ichneumon, three
s. und one pelinsde vine! mere ‘cin a timber yard, Bootle (D.

42 MUSEUMS.

Three Locusts (indet.) that flew on board the ‘‘Orizaba”’ in the Red
Sea (D. 27. 8. 1900. 1); presented by Lieut. F. O. Simpson, R.N.

Larva of Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri, L.) from Bridgend,
Glamorgan, S. Wales (D. 24. 9. 1900. 1): collected and presented by
Mr. Thos. G. Entwistle.

Larva of Death’s Head Moth (Acherontia atropos, L.) from Anglesey
(D. 24. 9. 1900. 2); presented by Dr. Williams.

Longicorn Beetle (indet.) from mahogany from W. Africa (D. 24. 9.
1900. 3); presented by Mr. Chas. Evans.

A collection of Insects, comprising forty-six Butterflies, fifty-five
Moths, and two Neuroptera (indet.) from Stansfield, Suffolk (D. 24. 9.
1900. 4-42) ; collected and presented by Mr. J. W. Cutmore.

About three dozen Seorpions (indet.) from the South of Hungary
(D. 15. 10. 1900. 4): presented by Dr. Albert v. Stephani.

A number of Beetles (Dermestes vulpinus, Walk.) infesting raw
Tobacco leaf and a specimen of the Tobacco affected (D. 15. 10. 1900. —
5): presented by Alderman Maxwell H. Maxwell, Junr.

Six Centipedes, two Millipedes, nine Spiders, two groups of
Spiders’ eggs, two Chigoes, three Grasshoppers, one “‘ Mangrove fly,”
four Hemiptera, several Hymenoptera with nests and parts of nests,
two larve, sixteen Beetles and about fifty “ Springtails ” (spp. indet.)
from Old Calabar (D. 28. 11. 1900. 2-38): collected and presented by
Mr. John H. Holland.

One Spider (idet.) found in a yacht from Rio Janeiro (D. 29. 11.
1900. 1); collected and presented by Mr. F. Hibbert.

Cockroach (indet.) found in a case of Bananas (D. 29. 11. 1900. 2) ;
presented by Mr. Thos. A. Grimes.

Six Insects from Hoylake:—Beetle, Geotrupes sp.: four Wasps
(Mellinus (?) sabulosus): a two-winged fly, Musca, sp.. food of the
Wasp (D. 31. 12. 1900. 1-3); collected and presented by the Director
of Museums.

Two preparations, in fluid, showing the metamorphosis of Myrme-
coleon formicarius (Linn.) and of Doryphora decemlineata (D. 31. 12.
1900. 4 and 5); brought from the Store Room, with no reference
number and now referred to Register of this year.

MUSEUMS. 48

One Centipede, one Beetle and one ick (spp. indet.) from Brazil ?
(D. 31. 12. 99. 140-142); presented by Mr. E. Marwood. (Omitted
f om last Report.)

A collection of Insects from Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, containing
‘specimens as follows :—of Lepidoptera, about 500 specimens, repre-
se ting 72 species : Orthoptera, 28 specimens, representing 16 species:
z oleoptera, 150 specimens, representing 27 species. The specimens of
Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Micro-lepidoptera have not yet been
‘received from the specialists engaged in working them out. Among
‘the above the following species are new to science :—Lepidoptera,
Charaxes balfouri, Butl. (g new) : C. relor, Grant; Taraucus socotranus,
er. quadratus, Grant; Belenois anomala (Butl.) (gs new); Agrotis
b achypecten, Hmpsn; Tarache melena, Hmpsn.: Cerocala sokotrensis,
Hmpsn; Hyperythra ediphlebia, Hmpsn; Scotosia rubritincta, Hmpsn;
Cidaria holophea, Hmpsn ; Craspedia fulvicolor, Hipsn ; Hypogryphia
p nde erealis, Hmpsn: H. flamminalis, Hmpsn and Stenia grisealis,
Hmpsn. Orthoptera :—Loboptera peculiaris, Burr.; Teddia dioscoris,
swir; T'rucalis ensis, Bury and Dissosteira forbesi, Burr. Coleoptera :-—
Alaus sulcicollis, Gahan; Rhytidonota exigua, Gahan; R. socia, Gahan;
Busyntelia opacicollis, Gahan; (Ere fusca, Gahan: Idactus granti,
Gahan; Erywxia socotrana, Gahan; Melyris insularis, Gahan and
Histeromorph us undatus, Gahan. (D. 31. 12. 1900. 6-77 and 130-176) ;
eollected on the Corporation’s Expedition to Sokotra. For fuller
particulars and complete lists of species see the Report on the
Expedition (Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri), now in the
ress.

=

Mollusea. (Shells, etc.).
0 ne Cuttle-fish (Sepia sp.),from Batanga, W. Africa (D. 26. 2. 1900.
J); presented by Mr. John Newberry, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

‘a ell (Crepidula dilatata, Lam.), taken off a Blue Point Oyster
D. 26. 2. 1900. 93); presented by Mr. R. M. Adam.

Anatomical preparations of Sepia officinalis, Linn., Helix pomatia,
-, Anodonta anatina, Linn. (D. 21. 3. 1900. 8-5); purchased.

‘Two Land Snails (Helix nemoralis, Linn.) from Hoylake (D. 2. 4.
900. 6); collected and presented by the Director of Museums.

44 MUSEUMS

Two shells of Pinna (idet.) and two shells of the Paper Nautilus
(Argonauta sp.) (D. 15. 19. 1900. 1-3): presented by Miss M. E.
Whittle.

A collection of shells, principally land and fresh-water species from
Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, containing over 1,000 specimens repre-
senting 52 species, of which the following are new to science:—
Buliminus (Achatinelloides) dahamisensis, Smith: B. homhilensis, Smith;
B. levior, Smith: B. fusco-apicatus, Smith: B. pawrillus, Smith: and
Lithidion jorbesianum, Smith. (D. 31.12.1900. 78-129). Collected on —
the Corporation’s Expedition to Sokotra. For fuller particulars and
complete lists of species, see the Report of the Expedition (Natural
History of Sokotra and Ab |-el-Kuri), now in the press.

Brachiopoda.
Four pieces of fossiliferous rock containing Productus giganteus, &e.,
from Halkyn Quarries, Rhydymwyn, N. Wales (D. 26. 2. 1900. 94-95) ;
collected and presented by Mr. I’. Hoyer.

CHORDATES.
Fishes.

Thirteen specimens of Amphioxus, two adult Lampreys, and one
young Lamprey, prepared for histological work, chietly from Naples
(C. 26. 2. 1900, 1-2); presented by Mr. Lionel J. Picton.

Rostrum of Saw-fish (Pristis sp.) from Ambrizette, W. Africa
(C. 26. 2. 1900. 8): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.), from W. Africa
(C. 26. 2. 1900. 4); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, .2. 4. 98.; died in
the Museum Aquarium 19. 1. 1900, and now referred to Register of
this year. eee et

Dace (Leuciscus rulgaris, Gunth.) (C. 18. 3. 1900. 1); presented :
Mr. Thomas Gardner.

Anatomical preparations of T'inca rulgaris, Cuv., Esox lucius, Linn.,
Torpedo marmorata, Risso (C. 21. 8. 1900. 2-4); purchased.

Sole, diseased (C. 24. 4. 1900. 1): died in the Museum Aquarium. —

MUSEUMS. 45

-Polypterus (Polypterus retropinnis, Blgr.), from Boma, RK. Congo, W.
\frica (C. 29. 5. 1900. 2); presented by Mr. J. H. Greenhalgh, per
Mr. A. Ridyard.

from Rio del Rey, W. Africa (C. 29. 5. 1900. 3): presented by Mr.
Forman, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

“Dwelve blocks of mud containing Mud-fish (Protopterus annectens,
Jwen), from W. Africa (C. 29. 5. 1900. 4): presented by Mr. A.

- Gar-pike (Belone vulgaris, Flem.) from the Queen’s Dock, Liverpool
C. 29. 5. 1900. 5); presented by Mr. R. Reynolds.

Eleven Electric Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus, Linn.), seven of
n living, from Rio del Rey, W. Africa (C. 24. 9.1900. 2); presented
r. Forman, per My. A. Ridyard.

Rostrum of Saw-fish (Pristis sp.) from W. Africa (C. 24. 9. 1900.
; presented by Mr. S. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Sin Siamese ‘Fighting Fish” (Betta pugnasr, Cant.) (C. 26. 9. 1900.
sina

; received in exchange. (See page 39).
)

en young Fishes (ind:t.) from Okuni, Cross River, N. of Old
aur: one Fish (Pentanemus quinquarius, Linn.), and another
{indet.) from Secondee (C. 28. 11. 1900. 5-8); colleeted and
ited by Mr. John H. Holland.

Phree Black Bass and three Spiegel Carp, living (C. 21. 12. 1900.
id 2): purehased.

Amphibians.

hree anatomical preparations of Rana jortis (C. 21, 3. 1900. 1) ;
chased,

46 MUSEUMS.

Tree Frog (indet.) from Batanga, W. Africa (C. 29. 5. 1900. 1);
presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of Batrachian remains from the Middle Miocene, La
Grive, St. Alban (Isére, France) (C. 29. 5. 1900. 6-8) ; purchased.

One Frog (indet.), one Tree Frog (indet.), two Toads, and thirteen
young Toads (indet.), from Old Calabar (C. 28. 11. 1900. 1-4);
collected and presented by Mr. John H. Holland.

Reptiles.

Lizard (Varanus niloticus, D. & B.) jur.; three Snakes (indet.), and
the head of a Snake (adet.) from Cameroon, and a Snake (indet.) from
Gaboon (B. 26. 2. 1900. 13-17); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Anatomical preparations of [mys europea (Sehneid.), Lacerta
viridis (Linn.), T'ropidonotus natria (Gesn.), Pelias berus, Linn.
(B. 21. 3. 1900. 3-6); purchased.

Adder (Pelias berus, Linn.), from North Wales (B. 23. 4. 1900. 4) ;
presented by Mr. Wim. Swan.

Pond Tortoise (indet.), living, and three young Crocodiles (indct.)
living, from West Africa (B. 29. 5. 1900. 2-3): presented by Mr.
Smith, per Mr. Ridyard.

Chameleon (indet.) and Snake (indet.), from Batanga, W. Africa
(B. 29. 5. 1900. 6 and 7); presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox, per
Mr. Ridyard.

Collection of Reptilian remains from the Middle Miocene, La Grive,
St. Alban (Isere, France) (B. 29. 5. 1900. 8-11) ; purchased.

Limbless Lizard (Monopeltis koppenfelsti (Strauch.) ), from Batanga,
W. Africa (B. 28. 7. 1900. 1); presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox,
per Mr. Ridyard.

Young Crocodile (indet.) living, from W. Africa (B. 23. 7. 1900. 2) ;
presented by Mr. T. W. McQuistan.

“Shell” of Tortoise (indet.), from Acera, W. Africa (B. 24. 9.
1900. 3); presented by Dr. J. Edward Mettle, per Mr. Ridyard,

MUSEUMS. 47

~ Chameleon (indet.), one Snake (Calabaria reinhardti (Schleg.) ), and

n Lizards (indet.); one Amphisbenid (Aimphishena leucura, D.
&« B.), and three Snakes (indet), from Old Calabar (B. 28. 11.
(900. 1-15) : collected and presented by Mr. John H. Holland.

One hundred and seventy-nine specimens representing eighteen
ecies collected by the Corporation’s Expedition to Sokotra and Abd-
-Kuri, 1898-9:—Pristurus insignis, Blanford, 11: P.- rupestris,
lanford, 52: Phyllodactylus riebeckii (Peters), 4: *P. trachyrhinus,
Boulene., 1; Hemidactylus homeolepis, Blanford, 6; *H. pumitlio,

imth., 15; Evremias guttulata, Licht., 6; Mabuia socotrana (Peters),
*Parachalcides socotranus, Bouleng., 18; Chameleon monachus,
ay, 8; *Glauconia filiformis, Bouleng., 2; *G. macrura, Bouleng., 10;
ypophis vivar, Gunth., 2. The species here marked with an
isk are new to science. (B. 31. 12. 1900. 140-157). For fuller

Birds.

The species indicated by an asterisk are new to the collection.

hirteen Birds, including Pyrrherodias purpurea (Linn.); Numenius
ws (Linn.); Bubuleus lucidis, Rafin; ? Sterna fluciatilis, Neum. ;
on senegalensis (Linn.); Merops sp., from W. Africa (B. 26, 2.
. 1-12); presented by Mr. G. W. Stokes, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

of a Tinamou (Tinamus sp.) (B. 17. 8. 1900. 1).

hatomical preparations of Sturnus vulgaris, Linn.; Columba
p(B. 21. 3. 1900. 1-2) ; purchased.

Bird skins :—Pitta lorie, 2 3 and 1 2 ; LKdoliisoma melas,

ngolan Vulture (Gypohicrax angolensis, Gm.) living, from W. Africa
29. 5. 1900, 1) ; presented by Mr. Smith, per Mr. Ridyard.

48 MUSEUMS.

Bird’s Nest (indet.) from Batanga, W. Africa (B. 29. 5.1900. 1):
presented by Dr. Newman H. D. Cox, per Mr. Ridyard.

Tern Gudet.) caught off Assint (B. 29. 5. 1900. 5): presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Collection of Bird remains from the Middle Miocene, La Grive, St.
Alban (Isere, France) (B. 29. 5. 1900. 12-17): purchased. -

Bird’s Nest—Rook ?—(B. 25. 6. 1900. 1.): presented by Mr. G.
Dickinson.

Four dissections of the wine of a bird (B. 25. 6. 1900. 2);
purchased.

House Martin (Chelidon urbica (Linn.)) found dead near the
Wellington Monument, Liverpool (B. 26. 6. 1900. 1); purehased.

Cassowary (Casuarius sp.) (B. 28. 7. 1900. 3): purchased.

Seven Bird Skins :—*T'richoglossus novehollandie, subsp. septen-
trionalis, Robinson, ¢ and 2 29; *Dacelo gigas, subsp. minor,
Robinson, 3 g : Prionodura newtoniana, De Vis, 3. from Cooktown,
Queensland (B. 23. 7. 1900. 4-6): purchased.

Five nests of British Birds :—Green-finch, Linnet ?, Chattinel,
Lesser White-throat and Sky-lark from Stansfield, Suffolk (B. 27. 8.
1900. 1-5); presented by Mr. J. W. Cutmore.

Collection of twenty-six Brd skins and one bird's nest from the
Sandwich Islands :—Chloridops kona, S.B.W.2 : Loxops aurea,
Sharpe. g¢: L. coccinea, Cab., 3 and @ jure: Chrysomitridops
cacruleivostris, S. Wil, % 3 Orcomyza flammea, 5. Wil, &, 2 and
nestling; O. bairdi, Stejn, S tmm.; Himatione chloris, Cab., Sg ;
H. chloridvides, S.B.W., 3; H. montana, S.B.W.,. 3o.;. HL virenm
Sharpe, ¢: H. kalaana, S.B.W., ¢ ; Palmeria dolii, Roths., g and g
juc.; Hemignathus wilsoni, (Roths.), g jur.; H. affinis, Roths., &
imm.: HH. obseurus, Peale, 29: H. procerus, Cab., g and Z
Chasiempis selateri, Ridgw., g¢ and @; C. gayi, S.B.W., fo.
C. sandricensis, Cab., gf jure: C. sp., 2: nest of Chasiempis sp.
(B. 27. 8 1900. 6-25); presented by the Royal Society and Britisl
Association Joint Committee for the Zoology of the Sandwich Island
per Prot. Newton, Cambridge.

MUSEUMS. 49

A collection of fifty-seven Birds, mostly as skins from Arabia:—
Melierac polyzonus (Rupp.): Lophoceros nasutus (Linn.), 3; Anthus
riviulis (Linn) : Merops cyanophrys (Cab. & Heine). 339,22 and 2
not sexed; Upup« epops, Linn.,g : Caprimulgus inornatus, Heugl:
Cercotrichas melanoptera (H. & BE.) 23% and 3 not sexed; LHrythacus
golzii (Cab.) 29; Aédon familiaris (Mentér.) ¢, 2 and 1 not sexed;
Savicola isabellina (Cretzschm.); Cisticola cisticola (Temm.); T'rin-
pides hypoleucus (Linn.) 2: one Hawk, three Bee-eaters, two King-
ers, and twenty-seven other specimens, all indet. (B. 27. 8. 1900.

B. 17 . 12. 1900. 4): purchased.
G * Shear-water ie major, Fab.), °, from the Atlantic (B.

Six teen Bird et :—Sceissirostrum dubium, Lafr., 1 not sexed, from
lebes: Xantholema sp. 3, from Ceylon; Siva strigula, Hodgs., 1 not.
xed orn Sikkim; Myiobius nevius, 3, from Roraima; Oxypogon
i gai a; from New Granada: one Cy aii sp. and ten

Col ection of ‘Birdy : ae ee epee: comprising one
ured and thirty-nine species (B. 31. 12. 1900. 1-189); purchased.

asser hemileucus, Grant and Forbes: *Fringillaria insularis, Grant
1 Forbes; *F. socotrana, Grant and Forbes; *Scops socotranus,
rant and Forbes, and *Phalacrocorax nigrogularis, Grant and Forbes

50 MUSEUMS.

(B. 31. 12. 1900. 158-197) ; collected on the Corporation’s Expedition
to Sokotra. For fuller particulars and complete lists of species see
the Report on the Expedition (Natural History of Sokotra and
Abd-el-Kuri), now in the press.

Mammals.

Weasel (Mustela vulgaris, Linn.), ?, from High Legh, Cheshire |
(A. 29. 1. 1900. 1); presented by Mr. John G. Gilbert.

Human Skull minus the lower jaw and the lower jaw of another
from the interior of Terra del Fuego (A. 29. 1. 1900. 2. and 8);
presented by Captain W. Kelly, per Mr. H. C. Beasley.

Civet Cat (Viverra civetta, Schreb.), living, from Cameroon, W.
Africa (A. 26. 2. 1900. 1); presented by Mr. 8. Smith, per Mr. Ridyard.

Skin of Genette Kitten (Genetta sp.) from Fernando Po., W. Africa
(A. 26. 2. 1900. 2); Foetus of Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus sp.) from
Ambrizette, W. Africa (A. 26. 2. 1900. 4); presented by Mr. Ridyard.

Skull of young Elephant (Zlephas africanus, Blumb.) from Batanga, }
W. Africa (A. 26. 2. 1900. 3): presented by Mr. H. C. Powell, per
Mr. Ridyard.

Bat (Epomophorus (Hypsignathus) monstrosus (Allen) ), 2 , with young
one; one Rat, 3 (indet.), two Rats, 2, and young (indet.) from Eloby,
W. Africa (A. 26. 2. 1900. 5-7): collected and presented by Mr. G. W.
Stokes, per Mr. Ridyard.

Monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans (Linn.,) 2, jr: Serval (Felis serval,
Linn.) ¢ ; Jackal (Canis aureus, Linn.),?, (A. 17. 3. 1900. 1-3);
received in exchange. (See page 39).

Human Skull of “New Race” age from Hierakonopolis, Egyp
(A. 19. 8. 1900. 1); skin and skull of Hylobates miilleri, Martin, 2 , from
Baram District, Sarawak (A. 19. 3.1900. 2); received in exchange.

Three anatomical preparations of Cavia cobaya, Schreb. (A. 21.3
1900. 1) ; purchased.

Two Lesser Horse-Shoe Bats (Rhinolophus hipposiderus, Bechst.), ¢
from a cave at Glynn Ceiriog, Denbighshire (A. 23, 4, 1900. 1)
presented by Mr. T. A. Cowan,

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~ Collection of Bones (indet.) and a few of the bony plates of a
Gr yptodon (indet.) from Rio Negro, Uruguay (A. 23. 4.1900. 2-11) ;
presented by Mr. W. P. Steer.

.
Young Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus niger (Linn.) ), 2, (A. 29. 5.
1900. 1); presented by Mr. Holme Seward.

Head of Reed-buck (Cervicapra arundineum), mounted, from Beira,

$. E. Africa (A. 29. 5. 1900. 2); presented by Mr. Rowland Ward.

- Young Antelope (Cephalophus maxwelli (H. Smith) ), ? , living, from
Fernando Po; Skin of a Genette kitten (Genetta, sp.) from Fernando
Po (A. 29. 5. 1900. 3 and 4): presented by Mr. J. D. Maysmoor, per
fr. Ridyard.

¥ Malbrouck Monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus (Scop.) ), living, from
A nbrizette, W. Africa; Moustache Monkey (C. cephus Linn.) ), living,
from Landana, W. Africa; Hocheur Monkey (C. nictitans (Linn.) ),
iving, from Sette Kama, W. Africa (A. 29. 5. 1900. 5-7) ; presented by
fr. Ridyard.

Fetus of an Ungulate (indet.); Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus blasii,
Pe be s)?; Fruit Bat (Epomophorus comptus, Allen), ¢, from
Satanga, W. Africa (A. 29. 5. 1900. 8-10); presented by Dr. Newman
[. D. Cox, per Mr. Ridyard.

Three Rats (indet.); one Fruit Bat (indet.): one Galago (indet.)
om Ukaka, Eloby (A. 29. 5. 1900. 11-13); presented by Mr. W. G.
jokes, per Mr. Ridyard.

Collection of Mammal Remains from the Middle Miocene, La Grive,
, Alban (Isere, France) (A. 29. 5. 1900. 14-83); purchased.

Iwo Golden Moles (Chrysochloris trevelyani, Gunth.), from Pirie
rest, S. Africa (A. 29. 5. 1900. 85 and 35); purchased.

Skin and skull of Conepatus inca, Thos., from Lima, Peru (A.
. 1900. 1); received in exchange. (See page 39).

Skin and skull of “‘ Flying’ Phalanger (indet.) (A. 6. 7. 1900. 2).

Ske 1 of one of the Bovide (indet.) (lower jaw wanting), from
tanga, W. Africa (A. 23. 7. 1900. 1): presented by Dr. Newman H.
Cox, per Mr. Ridyard.

52 : MUSEUMS.

Skins and skulls of Papio hamadryas (Linn.). 3, from N.E. Africa ;
‘elis geoffroyi, D’Orb. ? 2: Dolichotis patagonica (Shaw) 3: Lagidium
peruanum, Meyen., 2: Tolypeutes conurus, Is. Geoffr., ¢ and 2 ;
from Rioja, Rep. Argentina (A. 27. 8. 1900. 1-5); received in
exchange. (See page 39).

A collection of fifty-one specimens from Arabia :—Four skins and
three skulls of Gerbillus pecilops, Y. and T., 3, 2 2 and one not sexed ;
skin and skull of Arvicanthis variegatus, Licht.,?: skins of three
Rodents (indet.); skull of Rodent (indet.) ; Gerbillus pecilops, Y. and
T.: two Rodents (indet.): head of a Rodent (indet.): skins and skulls
of Nyctuis sp., 8g: skin of Scotophilus schliffeni, Pet.,?; three skins
of Bat (indet.) : thirty Bats, representing four species (indet.): skull
of Bat (indet) ; two skins of Badger (indet); (A. 27. 8. 1900, 6-24) ;
purchased.

Skin of a Bison (Bos americanus (Gm.)) (A. 27. 8. 1900. 25):
presented by Mr. Christopher J. Leyland.

Skin of a Lion (Felis leo, Linn.) from Somaliland (A. 27. 8. 1900.
26); presented by Lord Delamere.

Wallaby (Sp. indet.), 2 (A. 24. 9. 1900. 1): purchased.

Cast of right hand of young Chimpanzee from a female named
‘ Daisy,” formerly living in the Zoological Gardens London (A. 24.
9. 1900. 2): presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.

pairs of Horns of an Antelope (indet.) from Cameroon, W. Africa
(A. 24. 9. 1900. 3-5); presented by Mr. 8. Smith, per Mr. Ridyard.

Two molar teeth of African Elephant from Cameroon: Bat (Nycteris
macrotis, Dobson), 3, from §.W. Africa (A. 24. 9. 1900. 8); presente
by Mr. Ridyard.

Civet Cat, living, from Cameroon (A. 24. 9. 1900. 8): presented by
Mr. G. W. Christian, per Mr. Ridyard.

Moustache Monkey (Cercopithecus cephus (Linn.) ), ? , living, fro
Batanga, W. Africa (A. 22. 10. 1900. 1); presented by Mr. Joh
Newberry, per Mr. Ridyard. /

Eleven coloured casts (busts) of Pueblo Indians (A. 15, 10, 1906
1-11) ; purchased, .

MUSEUMS. 53

‘Fifty-six specimens of skins and skulls, representing the following
species :—Metachirus opossum melanurus, Thos. : Sloth (indet.); Lagidium
peruanum, Meyen.; Chinchillula sahame, Thos.: Phyllotis boliviensis,
Waterh.; P. sublimis: DP. sp.: Akodon pulcherrimus, Thos. ;
Javia aperea cutleri; Mus rattus, Linn.: Oryzomys pheopus,
Yh 0s.; O., sp.; Scturus versicolor, Thos.; Artibeus perspicillatus, Linn. ;
Saccopteryx bilincatus, Temm.; Thyroptera tricolor, Spix., from Peru
and Ecuador : Oryzomys indefessus, Thos., from Indefatigable I., Gala-
yagos: Rousetta stramineus, from I. of St. Thomas, W. Africa
A. 28. 11. 1900. 2-19) ; received in exchange. (See page 39).
Kiang (Equus hemionus, Pall.), from lLadak, OC. Asia,
mounted (A. 28. 11. 1900. 20); purchased.

_ Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettii) 3, skin with skull;
Wallaby (M. inornata,?) 3 , skin with skull, from Western
Australia (A. 28. 11. 1900. 21 and 22) : purchased.

Five coloured casts (busts) of Pueblo Indians, New Mexico
A. 17. 12. 1900. 1-5): purchased.

I ruit Bat (indet.) g (A. 17. 12. 1900. 6); purchased.
*

mk

keleton of Elephant Seal (Macrorhinus leoninus (Linn.)), (A. 31.
2. 1900. 1); purchased.

ia; Viverricula malaccensis, F. Cuv., 1¢: Mus rattus, Linn. subsp.
rens, Gray, 83,42: Hquus asinus, Linn., subsp. africanus, Fitz.,
1 ¢ imm.,from Sokotra (A. 31. 12. 1900. 4-7). For fuller
iculars see the Report on the Expedition (Natural History of
otra and Abd-el-Kuri), now in the press.
‘wo Human Skulls (M’pongwe) from Muni R., Ukaka, EKloby, 8. W.
ica; Skin of Genette from Boma, R. Congo; Horn of Buffalo from
, W. Africa (A. 26. 6. 99. 1-3); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.
d from last Report).

j
af

es

wo skins of Cobus penrici, and ¢@ (A. 24. 7. 99.1): purchased.
nitted from last Report).

54 MUSEUMS.

Rhesus Monkey (Macacus rhesus) 9 (A. 24. 7. 99. 3); presented by
Mr. G. G. Weiss. (Omitted from last Report).

BoranicaL DEPARTMENT.

The acquisitions in this department are as follows :—

Thirty models of parts of the following plants :—Pyrus malus, L. ;
Rosa canina, L.; Fragaria vesca, L.: Rubus fruticosus, sub. sp.
suberectus, Anders; Potentilla Tormentilla, Scop.: Poterium officinale,
Hook. f.; Prunus Cerasus, L.; Drosera rotundifolia, L.: Aldrovanda ©
vesiculosa, Monti.; Dionea muscipula, L.: Sarracenia purpurea, Li;
Nepenthes destillatoria, L.; Utricularia vulgaris, L.: Vitis silvestris,
Gmel.; V. vinifera, L.; Urtica dioica, L.: Morus nigra, L.: Humulus—
Lupulus, L.; Ficus carica, L.; descriptions of two of the series of
models (H. 17. 1. 1900. 1-21) ;_ purchased.

Eleven single fruits, one double fruit and one seed of Sapindus sp.
(E. 24. 1. 1900. 1): presented by Mr. J. Marshall.

Sixteen seedlings of Acer Pseudoplatanus, L. and eight seedlings
(indet.) from Hoylake; one Parnassia palustris, L. from 2000 ft.
above the village of Gayle, Yorkshire (KE. 2. 4. 1900. 1 and 2; 11. 5.
1900. 17 and 18; 15.10. 1900.1); collected and presented by the
Director of Museums.

Seven hundred and fifty-five specimens of local British plants,
representing over two hundred species (EK. 19. 4. 1900. 1-6; 25. 4.
1900. 1-10; 2.5. 1900. 1-17; 11. 5. 1900. 1-16; 18. 5. 1900. 1-3
25. 5. 1900. 1-12; 30. 5. 1900. 1-13; 6. 6. 1900. 1-18; 13. 6. 1900.
1-16; 20. 6. 1900. 1-28; 5.7. 1900. 1-18; 12.7. 1900. 1-11; TS
7. 1900. 1-28; 26.7. 1900. 1-80): collected for the Museum by Mr
Wm. 8. Laverock.

One fruit? (indet.) taken from a block of mud containing Mud-fish
from W. Africa (E. 16. 8. 1900. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Group of Fungi (Agaricus (Pleurotus) ostreatus, Jacq.)? (BE. 22
12. 1900. 1); from bones of a whale on the roof of the Museu
buildings.

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MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The following are the acquisitions in this Department :—

q Highty specimens of Rocks and associated Minerals, mostly from
Italy (F. 16. 7. 1900. 1-80) ; purchased.

One specimen of ‘“ Fresh-water Marble” from St. Aniata Mines, near
Siena, Tuscany (F. 23. 7. 1900. 1); presented by Major-General
Robley.

a A small pebble of Mica Schist from Old Calabar (I. 28. 11. 1900. 1);
sollected and presented by Mr. John H. Holland.

Tue AQUARIUM.

4 The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
Museum ; special interest being taken in the Mud, the-Walking and
the Electrical Cat Fishes and in the various species of living Anthro-
poids, which have from time to time been on exhibition.

Our efforts to keep in good health and condition the various tropical
mimals, have proved very successful, but the want of proper
ecommodation for living Mammals (Monkeys, etc.) has necessitated
he removal of most of them to the Zoological Gardens, London.
I m portant donations of West African species have been made from time
© time by Messrs. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of the 8.5. ‘‘ Niger’’;
3. Smith, Cameroons; G. W. Stokes, Eloby; J. Newberry, Batanga;
¥ Forman, Rio del Rey; G. W. Christian, Cameroons and others.

aye been hatched and reared in the small Fish Hatchery in the
juarium, and it is of great interest to record that some of the young
raised and which were placed in enclosed ponds at Bromborough
vidently flourished, as specimens of the fish, some 8 or 9 inches
gth, and which can only be about two years old, have recently
en taken. This is of great importance as bearing on the question
to the possibility of Rainbow Trout breeding in enclosed waters, in
ference to which experiments on a large scale are now being conducted

56 MUSEUMS.

The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,
those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report :—

Fresh Water Hydre (Hydra viridis and H. fusca). Sea-Anemones:
The Crass (Tealia crassicornis): Plumose Anemone* (Actinoloba
dianthus): Beadlet * (Actinia mesembryanthemum): Horse-leech *
(Hemopsis vorax): Fresh-water Polyzoa (Cristatella mucedo, *Pluma-
tella repens, Lophopus crystallinus); Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) :
Common Shore Crab (Carcinus manas): Hermit Crab (Pagurus
bernhardus) : Spider Crab (Stenorhynchus rostratus): Palemonetes
varians: Fresh-water Eel* (Anguilla vulgaris): Loch Leven Trout *
(Salmo levenensis): Rainbow Trout* (Salmo irideus): Gold Carp *
(Carassius auratus); Mirror Carp* (Cyprinus carpio. var.): Black Bass;
Three-spined Stickleback * (Gasterosteus aculeatus): Fresh-water_
Gudgeon * (Gobio fluviatilis): Tench * (Tinca rulgaris): Rudd
(Leuciscus erythrophthalmus): Dace (Leuciscus vulgaris): Roach *
(Leuciscus rutilus): Pike * (Esox lucius): Perch * (Perca fluviatilis):
Indian Serpent-head (Ophiocephalus punctatus); North American Cat-
fish * (Amiurus catus): Central American Fresh-water Fish * (Heros
jtacetus) : Paradise Fish (Polyacanthus viridi-auratus) ; Siamese Fighting
Fish* (Betta pugnax): Electric Cat-fish * (Malapterurus electricus):
African Mudfish * (Protopterus annectens): Walking Fish * (Perioph-
thalmus koelreuteri); the Calabar Polypterus (Calamoichthys calabaricus) +
Sole (Solea vulgaris): Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); Common Frog *
(Rana temporaria) : Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita); Common Toad*
(Bujo vulgaris): Italian Toad* (Bufo vulgaris): Crested or Great
Water Newt* (Vvriton cristatus); Common or Smooth Newt *
(Molge vulgaris): Spotted Salamander (Salamandra maculosa) :
Alligator Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina): West African Tortoises *
(Testudo calcarata and sp. indet.): Sternothere * (Sternotherus
adansonii): Snake (sp. indet.): Gecko (sp. indet.): Green Lizard *
(Lacerta viridis); West African Crocodiles * (Mecistops cataphractus
and sp. indet.): Angolan vulture (Gypohicrax angolensis) (transferred
to the Zoological Gardens, London): W. African Squirrel * (sp.
indet.): Civet Cat (Viverra civetta): Antelope (Cephalophus maxwelli) ;
Malbrouck Monkey * (Cercopithecus cynosurus) (transferred to the
Zoological Gardens, London): Moustache Monkey * (Cercopithecus
cephus) (transferred to the Zoological Gardens, London): Hocheu

MUSEUMS,

ra rdens, London).

SumMArY oF ACQUISITIONS.
Zoological.

8 Species

Boy 433.
hropoda (Crustacea) 12 f
; opoda (‘Tracheata) 260 4
60
1 %»
Bite ache
LO yrs 2
a
286 i
149. 23.
905
a to
Botanical.

ks and Minerals...

ae .. 227 Species. ... ake

Geological and Mineralogical.

57

lonkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) (transferred to the Zoological

10 Specimens.

100

815 Specimens.

82 Specimens.

he agsregate number of specimens acquired by the Derby Museum
ng 1900 is thus 4,458, compared with 3,728 acquired in 1899.

58 MUSEUMS. :

B._MAYER MUSEUM.

(a) GENERAL. |

During the past year the collections have been closed for more
than six months on account of the extensive alterations which have
been necessitated by the extension of the buildings, which
necessitated the removal of almost all the wall and table cases, and

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their contents.

A large and interesting series of Ancient Hgyptian Antiquities
trom Abydos has been received from the Committees of the Egypt

Wxploration Fund and Research Account.

The collection of objects illustrating the Art Work of the Maoris
of New Zealand, formed by Major-General H. G. Robley, has con-

tinued on exhibition during the past year.

Our grateful acknowledgments to Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief
Ingineer, ss. “ Niger,’ for his continued generous assistance in
collecting and bringing home numerous highly interesting and, in
some cases, unique objects for the West African Section of the
Kthnographical Department; also, for the assistance rendered to
this Department (through Mr. Ridyard) by Messrs. Dr. E. J. Mettle,
A. Forman, G. W. Stokes, S. Smith, E. Holder, O. Sonnenberg,
Walter Beattie, H. B. Crompton, Hugh Willams, James Anderson, .
G. P. During, John Newberry, J. E. Gibney, J. H. Greenhalgh,
F. R. C. Lutterodt, H. Hirst, R. Patchett, H. A. Shanu, G. W.
Christian, and Mackay on the coast, who have been ever ready
to obtain for the collection special wants; and to Messrs. Elder
Dempster & Co. for so kindly continuing their permission for these
objects to be brought to Liverpool freight free.

During the period that Mr. Ridyard has interested himself in
collecting for the Museums he has personally, or through his friends
on the coast, contributed nearly 1,000 specimens from West Africa
to the Ethnographical Department alone.

Through the continued growth of the exhibits in the West African
Section of the Ethnographical Gallery, it has been necessary to
extend the space for their exhibition.

MUSEUMS. 59

:., The Assistant Curator, Mr. P. Entwistle, has been constantly
employed in labelling specimens, and adding to them explanatory
drawings and photographs, which add greatly to the interest and
value of the collection, as well as the preparation of the series of
enlargements of the Races of Mankind for the Anthropological
Room, for the British Museum, and Cambridge University, as well
as for the illustrations of the Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums.

The following photographs, taken by the Assistant Curator, have

studies, or to illustrate works on which they may be engaged : —

_ Group of carved adzes from the Hervey Islands, to Dr. Frobenius,
Leipzig; enlargement of the head of a Kru boy, Liberia, to Prof.
I’. Starr, Chicago University; specimen enlargement of a Kru boy
Prof. Giglioli, Florence. During the past year forty-three
enlargements of heads of Caucasian, Ethiopian and Mongolian types,
d eight enlargements of finger prints, have been sent to the British
useum, and twelve to the Anthropological Museum (Prof. A.
Macalister), Cambridge University.

(b) Loans anv Deposrrs.

“he collection of New Zealand EKthnographical objects formed by
Major-General H. G. Robley has remained on exhibition.

‘Two manuscripts (1) “Treatise on Moral Philosophy,’ by S.
Thomas Aquinas, German, L5th century (12,037), and (2) Portion
he History of Rome, by Kutropius, Italian, a.p. 1528 (12,068),
been lent for paleeographical study to the Librarian, University
ollege, Liverpool.

(c) ExcHancEs.

The following flint and stone implements (29. 5.00. 38-55) found
i various localities in Ireland, were received in exchange from
ir. W. J. Knowles for duplicate Egyptian stone implements : —
‘ifteen cores and flakes, Island Magee; five flakes, Larne; three
nackstones, four cores, six flakes and sixteen scrapers, fragments
irns, teeth, jaw-bones, and shells Patella athletica and Littorina
‘ovea, examples from the kitchen middens at Whitepark Bay ;
en celts and flakes in basalt, showing process of manufacture,

60 d MUSEUMS.

from Tullykittagh, Clough, Portglenone, Drunraw, Glenleslie,
Braid, Ballyeastle, Dungonnell, &e.; six tanged flakes, twelve
dressed flakes, twelve hollow scrapers, knives (?), thirty-two
scrapers (various), core, twenty leaf-shaped arrow heads, ten flinft
arrow heads tanged and barbed, twelve tanged arrow heads, and a
worked flint, from Braid, Clough, Glenhead, Craigs, Drumraw,
Slemish, Culbane, Lyle, Glenleslie, Antinanum, Dunclug,
Aughnahoy, Moorfields, Quolie, Tulleykittagh, Ballintoy, Port-
glenone, Knockboy, Kells, Glenwherry and Wharstown.

‘Paloola’ (25. 6. 00. 35.), or neck ornament of plaited human hair,
with pendant shell ornament made from 7'ridacna sp., received from
the Belfast Literary and Philosphical Society's Museum, in exchange
for 50 duplicate Egyptian stone implements.

Selection of duplicate Egyptian stone implements from the
astern Desert, and West Indian stone implements were sent in

exchange to the following : —

Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, 35 Egyptian { Casts of two Egyptian flint
bracelets (28. 1. 1901, 45-46).
Prof. Giglidli, Florence, 17 x | Mammal skins (A. 27. 8. 00.
5 6 W. Indian ; 1-5).
in
British Museum, 95 Egyptian | To be arranged.
Science and Art Museum, 82 3 , exchange { Purchase.
Dublin
Dr. Woodward, Brit. Museum, 28 ; ; for ) To be arranged.
Mr. H, Stopes, London, Bs ) Do.
Field Columbian Museum, 76 <4 | Ethnography from Peru,
Chicago \ Arkansas, and Missouri

(22. 4. 1901).
(7) ACQUISITIONS.
(1.) GENERAL.

Two cast-iron railway rails (29. 4.00.1) laid at Loughborough in
1789, and two iron chairs, one key, and one spike (29. 4. 00. 2), from
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Rainhill; presented by
Messrs. Clement I. and Clement Stretton.

(2.) CERAMICS.

Models in Copelands “ Parian” ware, by A. Jarvis, of Assyrian
antiquities, as follows: —Assurbanipal and his Queen in a palace
garden at Nineveh; statuettes of Sardanapalus and his Queen;
Sphinx, and Lion weight (17. 12. UU. 19-25); purchased.

MUSEUMS. 61

(3.) ErHnoGraPHy.

gree (29.5. 00. 34); Senegal.

_ From Sierra Leone: —Native soap (26. 2. 00. 3); wooden comb,
with chain and boat attached, carved out of one piece of wood, made

Lagos: —Native Soap (26. 2. 00. 4); Medicine (26. 2. 00. 5);
Native Blacksmith’s Outfit, z.c., Bellows of wood with two iron
es and long clay nozzle, iron pincers, large iron punch, five iron
unches, three iron chisels, scraper, iron frame for nail (?) making,

wo clay crucibles, and four moulds for gold (?) work, impressed

a Sepia officinalis (24. 9. 00. 3).

From the Cameroons : —

62 MUSEUMS.

Gaboon : —Carved Calabash (26. 2. 00. 7); two Gourd Calabashes
(26. 2. 00. 8), Muni River, Eloby; Clay Pipe-head in form of a
human head (26. 2. 00. 10), Bata; Musical Instrument (26. 2. 00.
11), Muni River, Eloby; Hunter’s Bag (29. 5. 00. 5), Botica, Muni
River, Eloby ; Carved Wooden Stool and Brass Necklet (24. 9. 00.
1-2), Botica, Muni River, Eloby; Wooden Mask, painted (24. 9.
00. 10), M’pongwe; Carved Wooden Stick (24. 9. 00. 20),
Mayumba; Hide Whip (24. 9. 00. 21), Mayumba; three Earthen-
ware Pipe Bowls (24. 9. 00. 22-24), Lukungu country.

Congo Francais : —

Painted Wooden Mask (26. 2. 00. 12), Sette Kama; Fetish
(26. 2. 00. 13), Mayumba; Fetish ‘ Nbunha’ (24. 9. 00. 13), Loango
River. 1

Portuguese Congo : —

Musical Instrument, a Zanze (26. 2. 00. 14), Maculla; two Plaited
Grass Plates (26. 2. 00. 15), Maculla; two beautifully knitted Caps
of Pineapple Fibre (26. 2. 00. 16-17), Zoumba, near Maculla;
Spear (26. 2. 00. 18), from Zoumba, near Maculla; large Knife in
Wood Sheath (26. 2. 00. 20), Ambrizette: Wooden Spoon, the
handle in form of a hand holding a snake (24. 9. 00. 8), Lualli
River, Cacongo; Wooden Spoon, the handle carved to represent an |
old-time punishment (24. 9. 00. 9), Lualli River, Cacongo; Red
Karthenware Saucer and Bottle (24. 9. 00. 11-12), made at Loanda;
Ju Ju, named ‘ Bumba’ (24. 9. 00. 14), Lualli River, Cacongo ;
Wooden Fetish (24. 9. 00. 6), Landana; beautifully carved Ebony
Stick (24. 9. 00. 51), Ambrizette; Ebony Walking-stick (24. 9. 00.
52), Ambrizette; Bow and seven Wooden Arrows (24. 9. 00. 53),
Ambrizette; Filter, or ‘Drip’ Stone (26. 2. 00. 23), Mossamedes.

Upper Congo River: -—

Wooden Fetish Figure, showing tattoo marks on chest and back.
(24. 9. 00. 15), Kassai; Wooden Fetish Figure (24. 9. 00. 16),
Bangala; Knife (24. 9. 00. 17), Bangala; two Grass Cloths (24. 9.
00. 18-19), Manyanga: pair of Wooden Shoes (26. 2. 00. 21),
Kabambarra; Knife (26. 2. 00. 22), Matetela; Nail-cutter and
Cleaner (26. 2. 00. 25), Mamba Macocoro: Carved Wooden Female

MUSEUMS. 63

Figure, ‘King’s Wife, N’dangi’ (29. 5. 00. 4), Mayombi; Carved
Ww ooden Figure, ‘Ward Keeper for N’dangi King’ sane 5. 00. 5),
Mayombi; Knife (29. 5. 00. 17); three Arrows (29. 00. 35),
Ka fassal ; Photographs of the Markets at Winnebah (26. 2 a 55-54).

a BPernando Po:—

Belt of sa of shells, used as money (26. 2. 00. 50); Necklet
of t Beads (26. 2. 00. 51), used by the Boobys.

¥ Bollected and presented by Mr. H. B. Crompton, per Mr. A.
Ridyard : —Wooden Mask (26. 2. 00. 24), Wooden Rattle,

G ‘ater (26. 2. 00. 26), two Combs (26. 2. 00. 27), Wooden Female
Fetish (?) Figure, painted (26. 2. 00. 28), Wooden Musical
Instrument (26. 2. 00. 29), all from Sette Kama, Congo Frangais.

Collected and presented by Mr. S. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard : —
Ivory Horn (26. 2. 00. 37), Cameroons; two Baskets (24. 9. 00.
26-27), Cameroons; Carved Calabashes, with lids (24. 9. 00. 28-29),

os and Cameroons; Wooden Fetish Head (24. 9. 00. 31),

tnife, the handle in form of an animal’s leg (26. 2. 00. 32), Knife
iade out of a spear-head (26. 2. 00. 35), Carved Bamber Staff used

- storing stolen spirit (26. 2. 00. 38), Carved Wooden Stick
26. 2. 00. 39), two Carved Wooden Sticks (26. 2. 00. 40-41), all
m Landana, Portuguese Congo.

Collected and presented by Mr. O. Sonnenberg, per Mr. A.
tidya d:—Large Wooden Fetish Figure (Mungarka), studded
th nails, &e. (29. 5. 00. 21), Cacongo and Mayombi country;

64 MUSEUMS.

named Lella;: Wooden Dance Mask (29. 5. 00. 23), Futa, Congo
Francais; Box, containing a number of carved figures (29. 5. 00.
24), N’Kotte bitiva (between Futa and Loango): large Wooden
Figure of a man on horseback (29. 5. 00. 25), Bembica, Lucalla
River, Cacongo; large Wooden Male and Female Figures (29. 5. 00.
26), Bembica, Lucalla River, Cacongo; Wooden Figures of woman
and child (24. 9. 00. 44), Lualli River, Cacongo.

Collected and presented by Mr. J. D. Maysmor, Fernando Po, per
Mr. A. Ridyard : —Basket (29. 5. 00. 27), Necklace of Coloured Beads
(29. 5. 00. 28), two Anklets of Plaited Shells (29. 5. 00. 29-30),
Bamboo Whistle (29. 5. 00. 31), all from the Boobys, Fernando Po.

Collected and presented by the Rev. N. Boocock, Rio del Rey,
per Mr. A. Ridyard: —Carved Wooden Head, ornamented with two
protruding horns, worn by the chief person in the ‘Idem’ play
(24. 9. 00. 36); Wooden Musical Instrument, ‘Nbutu’ (24. 9. 00.
37), Old Calabar.

Collected and presented by Mr. F. R. C. Lutterodt, per Mr. A.
Ridyard : —Sword, iron blade and carved wooden handle (24. 9. 00.
38), Kumasi, Ashantee.

Collected and presented by Mr. J. H. Frame, per Mr. A.
Ridyard:—Five small Fetish Figures (24. 9. 00. 39-43), Bali,
Cameroons.

Collected and presented by Mr. G. H. Greenhalgh, Boma, per
Mr. A. Ridyard:—Wooden Figure of a Female and Child—a
fetish (?) (26. 2. 00. 34), Boma; Throwing Knife (26. 2. 00. 35),
Zandeh tribe, Upper Congo River; Spear (29. 5. 00. 52), Bangala,
Upper Congo; Spear (29. 5. 00. 33), Welle River, Upper Congo.

Presented by Mr. Mackay, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—War Knife
(26. 2. 00. 36), Basoko, Upper Congo River.

Collected and presented by Mr. Hugh Willhams, Batanga, per
Mr. A. Ridyard:—Ebony Walking-stick (26. 2. 00. 42), Batanga;
Head-dress, helmet-shaped, made of cloth and decorated with
buttons (26. 2. 00. 48), Temboni River, Eloby; Knife (26. 2. 00. 44);
War Axes, with engraved blades (26. 2. 00. 45-6), M’Pongwe

Temboni River, Kloby; War Fetish of the Bulus (26. 2. 00. 47).

MUSEUMS. 65

Collected and presented by Mr. G. W. Stokes, per Mr. A.
Ridyard : —Cross-bow and Arrows (26. 2. 00. 48), Muni River,

a Cane “Trap ae Ora. “fish (29, 5. 00. 8), Filehnae
Wooden Mask, painted (29. 5. 00. 9), Batanga.

Collected and presented by Mr. G. H. Ashton, Sette Kama, per
Mi A. Ridyard:—Three Wooden Fetish Figures, found in a
avern (29. 5. 00. 10-12), Bongo, Sette Kama; Carved Wooden
ure (29. 5. 00. 13), Bongo; two Frames on which are partly
oyen grass nite (29. 5. 00. 14-15), Bongo, Sette Kama.

Collected and presented by Mr. H. Hirst, Landana, per Mr. A.
‘idyard : —Native carrying basket and strap (29. 5. 00. 16); three
lative Combs (29. 5. 00. 17-19); Fetish ‘ Malella’ (29. 5. 00. 20),
Il from Landana.

Collected and presented by Mr. R. Patchett, per Mr. A. Ridyard:
~ar (24. 9. 00. 45); Harpoon, with loose iron head, attached by a
to the centre of the shaft (24. 9. 00. 46); two Spears (24. 9. 00.

_

a ae eat § by Mr. aX, eee Bot, per Mr. ¢

Called Sa presented by Mr. G. W. Christian, per Mr. A.
idyard:—Large Drum (24. 9. 00. 50).

Presented by Dr. E. J. Mettle, Accra, per Mr. A. Ridyard:—
at (24. 9. 00. 55) of woven cloth, with pocket-like appendages of
he attached to back and front. This ‘ Dania’ or life-coat was

arly the battle of Katamansu. Presented by Dr. Ndward J.

Large Basket (30. 1. 00. 2), covered with plaited and coloured
5: Mahomedan work, Niger River; Brass Plate, with punched
igns (30. 1.00. 3), Niger River; Double Musical Instrument
1. 00. 4), and large Wooden Comb (30. 1. 00. 5), from the Niger
er; purchased.

“66 MUSEUMS.

Carved Wooden Box (29. 11. 00. 14), Benin: purchased.

Earthenware Water Vessel, richly ornamented (29. 11. 00. 15).
Niger (?) district; purchased.

Shield (17. 12. 00. 1) made of reed, Bania, Upper Sanga River,
River Congo: Throwing Knife (17. 12. 00. 2), Bania; Shield
(17. 12. 00. 8) of reed, Bania, Yangere, Sanga River; Money in form
of a spear-head (17. 12. 00. 4), n’Timos, Lower Sanga; Throwing
Knife (17. 12. 00. 5), Mobangi, Upper Congo River; Shield (17. 12.
00. 6) of reed, Mobangi, Upper Congo River: Money (17. 12. 00, 13)
in form of an iron spear head, Lomani River, Upper Congo; six
(17. 12. 00. 7-12) iron, brass, and copper hair-pins of various forms,
Niam Niam; Shield (17. 12. 00. 14) of reed, Aruwimi; Wooden
Tappa-beater (17. 12. 00. 17), Mombutto; Axe, with iron head
(17. 12. 00. 18), Fan, Gaboon; purchased.

East Africa : — .

Painted Hide Shield (25. 6. 00. 1), and Spear (25. 6. 00. 2), Masat
tribe; Painted Hide Shield (25. 6. 00. 3), and Spear with long iron
head (25. 6. 00. 4), Chaga tribe; collected and presented by the Rey.
H. ¥. Gordon.

Polynesia.—New Zealand :—

Stone Adze Head (29. 5. 00. 37), found at Lake Tuakitoto, New
Zealand, presented by Mrs. Drewe.

MONGOLIAN RACE.

America.—South :—

Dug-out Canoe and two Paddles (30. 1. 00.1), Iquitos, Amazon
River, presented by Consul BE. D. Adamson.

s.s. “* Bolivar.”
North : —
Collection of Stone and Flint Pounders, Arrow-heads

Hammers (29. 11. 00. 27-34), from Tennessee, U.S.A., presented by
Mr. Robert Craig.

Sled

MUSEUMS. 67

3 Selection of Stone Mauls, Flint Scrapers and Arrow-heads, Metal
Arrow-heads, and Horn Ladle (29. 11. 00. 1-26), from Calgary,
Canada; purchased.

Flint Hook (17. 12. 00. 26), Virginia, U.S.A.; purchased.

Two Photographs (29. 11. 00. 16-17) of Shanghai silk culture and
Chinese weaving; purchased.

rere acquired by purchase:—Ancestral Statuettes in wood;
tlass; Sword in wooden sheath; Bracelet made from the shell of
acna gigas; Neckring, ‘ Kalabulo’; Head Ornament—a band
en on which are sewn hat-like shaped silver ornaments; Shield
f wood bound with cane; Woman’s Stick, inlaid with lead;
den Shield, the front covered with leather; Drum; Iron Helmet
Plumes; Harness and Helmet of plaited arenga fibre; Iron

tions at Abydos, presented by the Committees of the Egypt
ation Fund and Research Account.

SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS

HENRY O. FORBES,

Direcror.

need of some enlargement of the Gallery to be more than ever
apparent. Unless some addition is made to the hanging space in
- future it will be necessary to store many of the works of

h armonious grouping more and more difficult, and in rn case of
Sculpture any classification and chronological sequence is impossible

During the year there have been a large number of applications
for permission to reproduce the more important works in the collec-
, and these have, in nearly all cases, been granted on the usual
ferms—an agreement being signed and a nominal fee paid in
¢ -knowledgment of the Committee’s property in the several copy-
s. The Committee have also arranged with Messrs. Eyre and
iswoode, the King’s printers, for the publication of a number of
ductions of the pictures, which will be printed in carbon,
motype and other media.
The same firm have also, by arrangement with the Committee,
repared and published an Illustrated Catalogue of the Permanent
slle ction, which contains thirty-five reproductions, and is a marvel
cheapness, and admirable process work. The Catalogue has been
shy appreciated, and is meeting with a ready sale. The
portance of the City Collection is shown by the fact that the
blishers have issued Catalogues of the National Gallery, the Tate

TO ART GALLERY.

The Autumn Exhibition (the thirtieth held under the auspices of
the Corporation) was in every way a gratifying success. The works
exhibited were remarkable for an average of high quality. The
interest and attraction of the Exhibition was not confined to the
large rooms, but all were rendered important by the display of
admirable works.

The usual issue of invitations to the Private View was greatly
curtailed this season, it being found that many to whom these
invitations were sent did not support the Exhibition by subsequent
payment for admission, or by purchasing season tickets. This
policy appears to have been fully justified by the fact that during
the year there was an increase in all the items for admission, the
sale of season tickets advancing from 2,614 to 5,006, and in the
shilling, sixpenny and threepenny admissions there was a total
increase of £150) 17s. 3d., while 570 more catalogues were sold. The
Exhibition was opened on the Private View Day by the Right Hon.
Louis $8. Cohen, Lord Mayor, when there was a large attendance.

Resvuuts or tHe AvtumN Exnrpirion or Picturss.

1900. 1899.
SoS: a £ Sad

Number of Works of Art Exhibited 1,566 — 1,553 —-
Number of Pictures sold ................. 175 _ 172 —
Amount of sales at Cataiogue prices —— 8,508 14 6 — 8,089 2 6
Season Tickets sold .........csseeeseeceeers 3,006 54119 6 | 2,614 482 13 6
Admissions at One Phulling <<. 2s.s0ceses 28,623 | 1,481 3 0 | 27,265 | 1,363 5 @O

Gixpence -.05cecciores: 19,942} 49811 0 | 18342 45811 0

Threepence .............. 15,122 189 0 6 13,285 166 1 3
Catslortes Sold... sisscceengeftencaresssnabs 19,223 | 501 7 O | 18,653 493 0 6
Commission on sales .......0s0......080- — | 277, 14. 4 —- 197 0 7m
Miscellaneons Receipts ...0--<dec+0-0-+- =| 922/15» 2 cB 375.14 3)
Total Receipts, exclusive of sales..!.... — |) 4,084°16 2) | 1!» 03,889500

Of the 1,566 works exhibited, 172 were sold, representing —
catalogue value of £8,508 14s. Gd. Included in the above, 435 wer

ART GALLERY. 71

; che productions of local artists. Of these 82 were sold, the catalogue
prices of which were £1,226 12s. Gd.

The estimation in which the quality of the works shown was held
by other Art Gallery Committees is proved by the fact that a large
proportion were specially invited for Spring Exhibitions in various
parts of the country. 69 were sent to Southport, 159 to Manchester
(Queen's Park), 70 to Oldham, 104 to Leeds, 20 to Bradford, and
36 to Glasgow.

br A large number of Students have been engaged in copying in the
ellery during the year, the total attendances amounting to 2,465.
Many of the copyists show considerable skill, a small number being
remarkable for their painstaking and faithful reproductions. The
majority, however, would be more profitably employed in mastering
the art of drawing at the Schools of Art, under the directions of a
master. At present time is wasted in many instances in making
bad or indifferent copies of pictures. It would seem that long con-
tinuance in copying paralyses individual effort, and with very rare
ey ceptions even good copyists are quite incapable of doing original
work. Art teachers and parents w ould do well to consider whether

Se Political F Giceamten ses the ection, of Students’ Work
for Art Scholarships under the Technical Instruction Committee ;
1 Exhibition of the Art Work of the Students of Liverpool

on of the Liverpool Geographical Society; the Hxhibition of the
ieture, * Ecce Homo,” by the late M. Munkacsy, which proved
rticularly successful; also the picture, “ Christ or Barabbas,”’ by
yenport Bates.

The Collection of Indo-Persian drawings and manuscripts,

The following Works have been loaned to Exhibitions, &e., as under : —

TITLE,

‘* Love snd the Mermaid”
(bronze group)

“When Summer sweetly shines

o'er Land and Sea”

“A Summer Night "..........0.04.

“The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo.”

‘Off to the Fishing Ground”...

“A Reverie"

“The Martyr of the Solway”...

“Portrait of Michael James
Whitty ”’

“Venus and Anchises”

“A Summer Night ”

“Tn time of War”

‘** Off to the Fishing Ground”’...

OV OLMIGG mates. seneagiein ce s....| Prof. H. von Herkomer, Oldham Corporation,

ART GALLERY.

Pictures LENT.

ARTIST.

nee were ee eeee

J. McDougal, R.c.A. ...

Albert Moore

Brnest Crofts, R-A...:-.-

Stanhope A. Forbes,
A.R.A.
Frank Dicksee, R.A. ...
The Late Sir J. E.
Millais, Bt., P.R.A.

J. Bishop

Sir W. B. Richmond,

R.A. |

Albert Moore .........5..

MW aed sR Sv. omoacteen es

Stanhope A. Forbes,
A.R.A.

R.A.

Paris Exhibition.

| Royal Birmingham Society
of Artists.

|
|

Paris Exhibition.
Manchester Whitworth
Tnstitute. —

Hull Corporation.

Nottingham Corporation.

) Aberdeen Artists’ Society. q
_ Institute of Journalists.
The New Gallery, London. —
| The Royal Academy. |

The Royal Scottish Academy

Leeds Corporation.

|

)

ARTY GALLERY. 73

ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.

The undermentioned Works of Art have been added to the

Permanent Collection during the year, Wine

By Donations :—
. A plaster bronzed bas relief, after Fiammingo, presented by
's. Elkington & Co. “The Unternen Thal” (Oil), by H. C.

}. Napier Hemy, A.R.A., hequeathed by the late Joseph and Mary
Fon es King. ‘ Kenilworth Castle” (Oil), by John Constable, R.A.,
nd * Mare and foal” (Oil), by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., presented
yy Colonel W. Hall Walker, MP. Portrait of W. Taylor, Esq.,
; anker, of Oxford (Oil), by W. Huggins, presented by James Smith,
isq.. of Blundellsands. ‘ Oxen drawing an enormous block of
warble’ (Oil), by H. Coleman, bequeathed by the late Mrs.
urington Wood: and “Daniel in the lion’s den” (Oil),

equeathed by the late Thomas H. Ismay, J.P.

y purchase from the Autumn Exhibition of 1900 :—

“Helena and Hermia” (Water Colour), by Sir E. J. Poynter,
R.A.: “The goose girl” (Oil), by Val. C. Prinsep, R.A; Phere
a silence in the solemn woods’’ (Oil), by J. MaeWhirter, R.A. ;
ast falls the eventide” (Oil), by B. W. Leader, R.A.; * Trevose
sad” (Oil), by John Brett, A.R.A.;“ Ecce Agnus Dei” (Oil), by
Chevallier Tayler; ‘‘ Top of the tide” (Oil), by Walter Bayes ;
| “Morning—Conway harbour” (Water Colour), by W.
phenson, A.R.C.A. (purchased under the terms of the Lord
rby Bequest). |

74

The following privileges for the reproduction of Works in the Per-_
manent Collection have been granted during the year.
the privilege granted an exclusive one, the Committee reserving to them-

selves the right to afford facilities to other applicants at their

discretion :—

ART GALLERY.

REPRODUCTIONS.

APPLICANT.

PICTURE.

Cassell & Co., Ltd., .......:.
Isbister & Co., Ltd..........
Frederick Dolman

Wm. Jackson

Bernard et Cie
TMC MOAI crasteaseathesvasess
Frederick Dolman

se eg, eeeitinanns

wen eeeeee

Gre City UNGDICL: tesasectaanentes

Sento ths Oo Ong cacssone keane
Black & White
Pearson’s Magazine.........|

WSs IC UESOUs On is scnssioneess ms

Hyre & Spottiswoode

Black d& White....decte..«:

Rey. A. Whymper

‘‘ Maiwand—Saving the Guns”’)

‘‘ Dante and Beatrice”’............

‘The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo”

‘* Dante and Beatrice ”

“A Summer Night”

NECA IRIEVOLIG ey fore « cet cosem costes eseae

‘* Psyche in the Temple of Love”

‘‘Q Mistress mine where are you
roaming ?”’

“The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo ”

# Damte’s Dream? siin.esinncopnen sens

see eeeenee

roaming ?””
‘* A Summer Night ”
‘The Death of Nelson”? .........
‘And when did you last see
your Father?”
“The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo ”
‘* Maiwand—Saving the Guns”
“ Cromwell refusing the Crown”’
* The Ante-chamber at
Whitehall ’’
‘¢One of the Family”’ ............
‘Ruth and Naomi ”...............
FOMIPLCY LL | My vecadersnanamackog saver
‘“And when did you last see
your Father?”
“ Faithful unto Death ”

In no ease is

ARTIST.

R. Caton Woodville.
Henry Holiday.
Srnest Crofts, R.A.

Henry Holiday.

Albert Moore.

Frank Dicksee, R.A.

Sir E. J. Poynter, p.r.a.
KE. A. Abbey, R.A.

Ernest Crofts, n.a.
D. G. Rossetti.

E. A. Abbey, R.A.
Albert Moore.

DD. Maclise, kA.

W. F. Yeames, k.A.
Ernest Crofts, R.A.
R. Caton Woodville.
J. Schex.

E. M. Ward, r.A.
F. G. Cotman, B.1.
P. H. Calderon, R.4.
M. Greiffenhagen.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

Sir E. J. Poynter, p.r.a. —

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| ART GALLERY,

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

“TOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st PDEcEMBER, 1901.

1902,

COMMITTEE (AN D’ ‘OF FICERs
for the Year 1901-1902.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES PETRIE, J.P., LORD MAYOR.

Committee :

ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, D.L., J.P., CHAIRMAN.
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., D.L., J.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

EDWIN BERRY, ESQ.,

LIEUT.-COL. A. H. BROWN, M.P.,
ALFRED S. COLLARD, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D.,
ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ., J.P.,
WILLIAM DENTON, ESQ.,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P.,

J. HARRISON JONES, ESQ.,

Chief Fibrarian:
PETER COWELL.

Deputyp-Fibrarian:
THOMAS FORMBY.

Director of Museums :
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of Derby Museum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Curator of Raver Museum:
P. ENTWISTLE.

Eurator of the tilalker Art Gallery:
CHARLES DYALL.

Assistant Eurator, Walker Art Gallery:
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY,

| COLONEL W. H. WALKER, M.P.

MORRIS P. JONES, ESQ., J.P.,

| JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,
JOHN LEA, ESQ.,J.P.,

ALD. M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, Jr., J.P.,
WILLIAM PERMEWAN, ESQ., M.D.,
HERBERT R. RATHBONE, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,

GENERAL REPORT.

The exhaustive report of the Chief Librarian renders it

year beyond directing attention to the satisfactory growth which
ese figures indicate, of the popular appreciation of our public
facilitates for reading and study. We have successfully introduced
open bookcases containing new and popular works, from which
readers can select books without going through the usual book-
der formula. These have been greatly appreciated, and have had
good effect of supplanting to some extent the casual reading of
lagazines.

Very much of the success of our Free Libraries is due to the
nterest which our officers take in facilitating the work of readers,
n indicating to them the best books in any particular line of study
r research, and in encouraging among our young readers the
slection of books of travel, of scientific research, or of standard
lassics, in place of light literature or magazines. Reading is
ely a matter of habit and education; perhaps the greatest

hich the prevailing fashion of “ paragraph writing” does so much
foster and encourage. If, says the young reader, I can get
y scientific facts summed up in a paragraph of two dozen lines,
hy should I read a whole thesis? little thinking that the paragraph
no sooner read than forgotten, and what we want is not the
ase nt entertainment of the moment, but the accurate knowledge
ich will be our possession for all time.

he Reading Rooms for Women and Boys have proved a great
cess, and it is pleasing to find so many boys and girls making
> of these rooms during their holiday time.

Ch \e new Toxteth Library is approaching completion, and promises

be a model Library in its various arrangements, The Wavertree

4 GENERAL REPORT.

Library is also making satisfactory headway. We have still to
build a Library at West Derby, which the Committee is anxious to
start at the earliest moment our finances will permit.

The Museum Galleries are now completed, and our collections are
in process of arrangement for exhibition. This will necessarily take —
some time but as the various sections are completed they will be
thrown open to the public.

The Permanent Picture Galleries grow in interest and attractive-
ness; and our last Autumn Exhibition worthily maintained the great
reputation which these exhibitions have hitherto achieved.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,

CHATRMAN.

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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Curer Liprartan’s Report.

The statistics of the Libraries and Reading Rooms show that their
popularity during the past year has in no way diminished. The
total issue of bound volumes numbers 1,636,292: being an increase
ol 150,768 over the issues of last year. Of magazines, reviews, and
periodicals of various kinds, the issue was 712,321, which shews a
falling off of nearly 16,000. The number of persons who have con-
sulted the newspapers are estimated at 652,465, and if to these figures
we add the total of those persons who took advantage of the series
of Free Lectures given at the different centres, some idea will be
obtained of the work directed by the Library Committee during a
single year. Large as are these issues of books and magazines, they
would have been much larger but for the closing of the Picton
Reading Room during a whole month for painting and cleaning. It
here be mentioned that it is thought the Reference Library
sties of books issued are adversely affected by the recent innova-
made at the suggestion of the Chairman, Sir W. B. Forwood,
placing in the Picton Reading Room a large selection not only of
rence books, but of the new books added from week to week to
Library, so that they can be consulted at pleasure without the
nality of asking for them in writing. This has given great
ction to readers, and no less satisfaction to the management,
uch as no losses as yet have been sustained of these particular
The fluctuation in the class of books read by readers always
Dssesses a certain amount of interest, though reasons for them
not always be satisfactorily adduced. Taking the Picton Reading
om to represent the student readers (as. books oF a aan

Pied of Theology and Religion, 400 under Raion eho
d Mathematics, 800 under the Fine and Mechanical Arts, 3,000
der Philology, Education, and Foreign Languages, and 400 under

i.

atin and Greek Classics. On the other hand, Natural History

6 LIBRARIES.

shews an increase of some 700 volumes, History and Biography
1,500, Travels, Topography, Gazetteers, &., 2,700, Politics, Law, &c.,
900, Poetry and Dramatic Literature 800, and works of General
Reference 1,800. A more satisfactory proof of the growing
popularity of the Reference Library is exemplified by the fact that
5,714 more persons used the Reference Library last year than in
1900, and this, notwithstanding the somewhat lengthy period it was
closed.

The completion of the new scheme of heating and ventilating
the Brown Library enables readers and staff to fully appreciate the
improvement effected in both respects. No part of the institution
has so thoroughly tested the efficacy of the new system as this; and
with results which leave little doubt of their important bearing on
the health and comfort of all concerned.

The cataloguing of the art books presented by the late Mr. Hugh
Frederick Hornby is being steadily proceeded with. As the majority
of the books are unique in character by virtue of their extra plates,
autograph letters, or artistic bindings, the work is necessarily slower
than ordinary cataloguing. | Such a collection of books deserves to
be dealt with in a manner every way commensurate with its value
and importance.

There was held in the Reference Library during the year another
of those exhibitions of books, prints, and drawings which have given
so much pleasure and revealed to the citizens of Liverpool what a
valuable and interesting property they possess in their Publie
Reference Library. The exhibition was open two days, and was
attended by 5,400 persons.

The acquisition by the Committee of a collection of autograph
letters, deeds and other documents connected with the Moores of the
Old Hall, Oldhall Street, and later of Bankhall, is a matter of much
importance, and deserves prominent mention in this report. The
Moores were the family par excellence of Liverpool for nearly 500
years. We find a Sir John de la More living at the Old Hall as
early as 1236; and, in the time of Edward I., Richard de la More
and John de la More represented Liverpool in Parliament. Sir
Peter de la More was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1377;
while Colonel John More was Governor of Liverpool Castle, 2

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defended the town when. it was besieged by Prince Rupert in 1644,
and he was one of the signatories to the death warrant of King
Charles I. The office of Mayor of Liverpool was filled by members
of this family forty times between the reign of Edward III. and the
middle of the 17th Century, Colonel More, the regicide and uncom-
promising Cromwellian, being the last Mayor of the family. Their
estates in and about Liverpool were extensive, and would now have
Deen of immense value. Moor Street and Moorfields perpetuate the
fam ily name; and Bank Hall and Oldhall Street their residences.
These documents number 1,194 items, and are a valuable contribu-
tion to local history.

_ The books issued from the Lending Libraries during the past year
amount to 1,060,472 volumes, being an increase of 90,852 over the
revious year. Of this number 889,511 were borrowed for home
ing, and the balance were read in the reading rooms attached to
the several branches. Beyond a decrease of some 600 volumes in
Theology and Religion, and very small decreases under the heads
of ‘Latin and Greek Classics, and Education and Languages, the other
classes show marked increases. Prose Fiction aggregates to itself a
little more than half of the total amount, and books for the young,

1 wh perch are largely story books, 20,000 volumes. The other principal
nereases are Technical books 13,000 volumes, History and Biography
. 4,000, Natural History 2,000, Commerce and Political Hconomy
2,000, and Travels 1,200. The issue of music numbers 21,659
: Bi, shewing an increase of upwards of 2,000. As it is
onable to assume that the books borrowed for perusal at home
we in many cases more or less read by other members of the family
than the immediate borrower, the figures indicating the issue of
se books may fairly be considerably multiplied when compared
ith the figures indicating those read in the public reading rooms.

The new Toxteth Branch Library approaches completion, and the
g promised library, with its commodious reading rooms for men,
men, and boys, will soon be an accomplished fact. Architecturally
Minilding i is already a decided ornament to the locality; and its
sefulness goes without saying. It is hoped that by the Ist of
lugust the Library will be opened to the public, and its benefits
lade apparent.

8 LIBRARIES.

In the last report it was said that plans for a similar Library in
Wavertree were “in preparation.” This Library is now in course
of erection, and will, it is hoped, before the year is past, have entered —
upon its mission of education.

West Derby calls for attention next, and this the Committee are
fully prepared to give as soon as the Librarian and his staff have
got the two Libraries in course of erection in working order. The
purchase of books, their cataloguing, arrangement, and other details
necessary to insure success and efficiency mean considerable time
and attention by persons familiar with such special work.

The free lectures given in the Picton Hall, William Brown Street,
and in halls in various other parts of the City, were increased in
1900 to 116, and the same number was again given during the year
just closed. Of the appreciation of these popular and instructive
lectures by the general public there is ample evidence in the 54,068
persons who attended them. A list of subjects and lecturers will be
found embodied in the report.

The blind of Liverpool still have in Miss Mary L. Hornby a kind
and energetic friend. Her many gifts to the Library during the
past few years of books for the blind testify to her thoughtful con-
sideration for their mental needs; while the typing under her
direction of such books as are bright and entertaining in style and
character and modern in subject, evince her wisdom and sympathy
with their somewhat isolated position. The following titles indicate
some of Miss Hornby’s more recent gifts: —Doyle’s “ The great Boer
war,” Fitchett’s ‘How England saved Europe,” Keane's “The far
north,’ Haggard’s ‘‘ Swallow,’’ Stevenson’s “St. Ives,” Merriman’s
“With edged tools,” Ruskin’s “Sesame and lilies,” &. The pro-
vision of books for blind readers was inaugurated in connection with
these Libraries so long ago as 1859. Since that date considerable
additions have been made, both by gift and purchase, to the collec-
tion, which is now probably the largest in any public library in the

country.

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TABLE I.

Reference Library.

cron Reapinc Room:

BPONAINCS ISSUEM... 22.12... tectsecsssercneeseces
AZINES ANA REVIEWS ....6eeceeeeeceeeeere

thly and Weekly Magazines .........
trated Papers, issued in volumes
The Graphic,” ‘“ Illustrated
ndon News,” “Punch,” &c.) ......

Liprary READING Rooms:
es issued

Mes and Reviews ..........cessssceee-
s to the Newspapers .........00600

z vening Reading Rooms.
papers, Magazines, and Reviews......

Volumes
| issued.

106,686 |

Weekly, &e.
Magazines

issued.

135,594

230,087

131,549 |
161,877

53,214 |

|

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712,321 )

Visitors.

303,515 |

104,748

114,274

44,816

85,112

652,465

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

| Newspaper _ Lecture
; Attendance.

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Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :—-

Shewing the number and classification of works contained in th

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Classification. 1901. 1900.

Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics ... Sie ae 15,155 18,421
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c. ee one 19,412 19,838
Natural History ... ahs an ba ne a4 8,518 7,793
Science and the Arts ... ats aN a sat 41,052 41,863
History and Biography, &c. ... a nae ars 23,722 22,145
Topography and Antiquities ... : st Sn 10.049 9,151
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, ee set cf 22,482 20,691
Collected Works, Essays, &c. wok it. a. 49,862 | 49,748
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ee = 6,792 5,886
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, &c. 9,003 9,129
Education and Language ... anh i i 17,437 20,653
Poetry and Dramatic Literature 5a as — 10,851 10,063
Latin and Greek Classics Ect i Fad. 2,339 2,730
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... a ah 10,218 8,422
Totals ae as ee See 246,892 246,533

Shewing an increase over 1900 of 359 volumes,

TABLE Itt.

Reference Library : —
Classification.
Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c.
Natural History
Science and the Arts
History and Biography, &c.
Topography and Antiquities
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, alae
Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected W orks,
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes)
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ie
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, Ue!
Education and Language ...
Poetry and Dramatic Literature...
Prose Fiction ... :
Latin and Greek Classies and draneiditons
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference

Total ..

Eeayel

Volumes.
8,252
3,318
6,720

16,340
14,835
6,755
6,099

29,618
9,845
2,827
2,066
4,610
5,787
1,053
4,512

. 122,587

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TABLE IV.
LENDING LIBRARIES.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

Volumes issued, Se. Central,‘ verton | pee ong palton jSefton ark! Total.
| : |
STi any een ie ae Ga OS ie Pa
mes issued in Lend- |
x Departments ......... oe 159,775 145,766 168,919 105, 019 77,773 889,511
mes issued i "3 General |
ling Rooms............ —_ 48,922 — | 42,989 , 17,279 oo 99,190
!
issued in Ladies .
Biniasinrss'sesawcacces| —= 1,741 — 11,979 -- —- 13,720
nes issued in Boys’
Seen avs cebsccteersl —_ 28,139 teas 29,912; — _— 58,051
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issued in
| Reading Rooms —_ 92,455 — {100,847 | 53,214 — |246,516
issued in )
FELOOWIS ..0c0secesce — 36,037 — 16,340 =a HM aa 52,377
ssued in Boys’ | | |
- oo: ACB Beene i) = 33,385 — | 14362); — | — 47,747
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Reading Rooms — 107,227, — | 96,670 44,816 — 248,713
r Readers in| |
SGOMNS 5 i...0.c00e! — 7,047 ues 8,078 —- — 15,125
ets issued ......... 3,569 1,826 | 1,764) 2,199 1,932 54 | 11,444
on the Books...... 6,858 3,688 3,587 4,687 2,540 1,797 | 23,152
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BLE ‘VIL ~Shewing classification of Borrower

Ev erton| Toxteth

Classification. (Central. Branch, Branch.
* | .
ets, Builders, and Surveyors......... 24 | Ds) 9
, Photographers, and Draughtsmen 92 13 19
, Butchers, and Grocers ............066 61 85 70
nakers, Platers, and Riveters ....... 10> 6. 9 |
nders, Printers, and Stationers...... | 153 / 53, 40
keepers, Clerks, and Agents ............ 2,482 | 404 | 533 |
Shand Shoe Makers ..........scsscseeeeeeee ter LBS ere THE a OU
MMEIIETS © ..0s-nns0sccccnnnsseesercrensseeseeonns 13 | 4 2
Tron, and Steel Founders ............ 21 4} 12
yers, Slaterers, and Masons ......... gah Maer 1 Ned 3h
makers, French Polishers, &c....... 56 13 18
BEMESETIG ye) OUNOLS vss cvop doe oa o¥n'evaeces' 35 42 65
ts and Druggists ...........c.cceceeeeees 43 11 19
men, Doctors, and Lawyers ......... 70) AalT 14
Painters and Builders.................. 9 6 | 9
Waiters, and Waitresses ............. 36 | 6 6
ns’ Officers, Police, Postmen, &c..... 76) 55 61
BURSETVADES ; -0s-.n0s-d-encnst-<nsccnsecnse Dy eee ec6u | 5
kers and Milliners.............sccese0 Pa oe 8
ers, Fitters, and Machinists......... 117 74 | 105
Brsand Gardeners .......6.s.cccceseeceeee | 3 3 | 8 |
ON cio cece cade be noch esky anes od- ach 7 3 9
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ERS Re Sera Rares 9 ners 8 38 6
A ee eee | 44] 69) 98
Victuallers, Brewers, & Barmen 65 14 9
MME sense sicettussunct tre ves acer esces 14 10 18
Meraitid, Brokers .....4...ss0schsoseecse | 37 7 27
ers, Oftice Boys, and Apprentices.) 361 88 | 178
Wanaaeseees ode wdaaeaebaeese sets sere 13 4 7
_ > SPB eee ee 38 10 9
GODS DBORG LE Jobat Sas Bader Coneee 26 9 2
s, Plumbers, and Gasfitters ......... 32; 26 36
p ifakers, Moulders, and Turners.... 9 he nak 28
Ph eictsraicjnden, soosapesttoerte oe} aCe hho veto!
asters and Teachers .............s0008 233 | 162 65
BMGRScholars (fii. cctvs.scventes se | 121 | 489 95
hts, Riggers, and Sailmakers...... 3 | 6 12
MTFs see neice sacecstiee daca; Sk 6) 92] 44
BRMIMUSA DENS 05.5.0 .e00scncsseosssddpencds | 180; 22 20 |
Mphists and Typists ..........ccecccccoes lta il at 36 |
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ousemen and Storekeepers............ | 76} 49 56
nakers, Jewellers, and Opticians.... 21 ui 13
BTRER Cs tence sc bor scs css eve cccuwabenee 141 87 78 |
pation (principally females)......... 1,812 | 1,683 1,714
z Totals.......+-++- | 6,853 | 3,688 | 3,587

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Branch. Branch.
|

19 6 5 | 65
50; 5 12} 191
104 35 15 | 3870
12 Gr — 43
67 9 8 330
637 378 214 | 4,648
8 Bilge 98 53
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17 2 2 58
18 7 1 61
49 2 3) 141
56 22 | 7 | 297
28 6 6| 113
19 12 14 | 146
24 wiells 52
cv 13} 105
136 90 | 27 |- 375
Die ogee eescd ape t B8
63 12 32 293
97 32 21) 446
5 6, 15! 40
fall 2 32
11 3) — 54
Sale 1 30
23 20 | 2/ 51
16). 9}. (O4. 115
15) 26) 6 89
29} 10} 18] 198
100 | 183} 33 893
19} 4) 1} 48
46 | 2 | 4) 109
20 16; 18 91
55 Viele ti |) 73
17 3 le 2 72
9° i | 1 44
965 | 114 104] 943
293 | 141 | 114 | 1,253
CS Ry Se eae hy
12 8 4 66
74 10| 12)| 268
55 9 | 24 264
16 6 1 | 66
oF:|\, 42 4 | 287
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68 230) 94! 698
1,934 1, 177 904 | 9,224

a VII—EVENING READING ROOMS.

| 1901.
Attendance Average
4 per Night.
orth Street Board Schools 25,325 83
Road Board Schools. ......... 45,629 151
on Road School ............... 14,158 46
| 85,112 | 280

4,687 2,540 | 1,797 23,152

1900.

[ne Tae
| Attendance. | fe Night.
| 95,574 | 84

41,461 | 187
| 12,994 | 43
| 80,029 | 264

14 LIBRARIES,

FREE LECTURES. .

DELIVERED IN THE Picton Lecturer Hatt, January To Marca, 1901.

Bacon, Rev. J. M., mwa., F.R.A.s. “In the track of a shadow:
personal experiences of recent eclipses,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Buren, Frank T., F.r.c.s. “ Romance and reality at sea,” with
lantern illustrations.

Burstatt, rep. H., F.R.c.0., Cathedral Organist, Liverpool.
“Mozart: a sketch of his life and works,’ with musical
illustrations.

CrowtTHer, Henry, F.R.M.s. ‘‘ The scenery, people and legends of
Cornwall,” with lantern illustrations.

Dispin, E. Rowpavtt. “The Magic Carpet: the natural history
and philosophy of the world’s rivers,” with lantern illustrations.

Fraser, J. Scorr, r.r.G.s. ‘The Nile Valley from Cairo to Thebes,”
with lantern illustrations.

GRENSTED, Rey. F. F., m.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious
Kdueation. “The dawn of astronomy,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Hay, ALFRED, B.sc., Lecturer on Electrotechnics, University College,
Liverpool. “Electric tramways and railways,’ with lantern
illustrations and experiments.

Herworrn, T. C., r.c.s. ‘ Divers and submarine work,” with lantern
illustrations.

Kerarton, Ricwarp, F.z.s. ‘* Wild life at home: how to study and
photograph it,” with lantern illustrations.

Krarton, Ricuarp, F.z.s. “Peeps into nature’s secrets,” with
lantern illustrations.

Lez, Joun, B.a. “The poets of the Empire,” with illustrative
recitals.

McCuiiacu, Rev. H. H., B.a. ‘‘Mendelssohn in Liverpool, Chester,
and North Wales,’ with musical and lantern illustrations,

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Martyn, Rev. James H. “Cambridge: its colleges and literary
memories,” with lantern illustrations.

*
Nevins, J. Ernest, m.z. ‘Indian famines,” with lantern
illustrations.

=

RoTT, J. EpWarD, M.A., LL.D. “ Wolfe, a maker of Empire,”
with lantern illustrations.

PLUMMER, W. E., m.a., F.R.A.8., Director of the Liverpool Observatory,

_ Bidston. “ The recent solar eclipse in Spain and Algiers,” with
lantern illustrations.

RUBSOLE, W. H., F.G.s., F.R.M.s. ‘“‘Swiss scenery, and its deter-
mining causes,” with lantern illustrations.

RUBSOLE, W. H., F.G.s., F.R.M.s. ‘‘ America’s Wonderland: the
Yellowstone Park,’ with lantern illustrations.

SLATER, Watrer. “The England of Alfred the Great,” with lantern
illustrations.

LEWorTH, THEO. H., v.t.s. ‘Jamaica, the Isle of Springs,”
with lantern illustrations.

Picton Lecrurrt Hart, Novemper anp DecEmMBEr, 1901.

gANAGE, Rey. D. H. S., wa., v.s.a. “The friars and their work
_ in the middle ages,” with lantern illustrations.

coy, Miss. ‘“ Australia civilised,” with lantern illustrations.

’

ancuy, Miss. “ Australia: its savages and scenery,” with lantern

illustrations.

4

on, Epwarp Pacer. ‘‘ Adventures in Mexico and Cuba,” with
_ lantern illustrations.

’

AstToN, Epwarp Pacer. “‘ The lost races of America,” with lantern

illustrations.

iBsoN, R. J. Harvey, M.a., F.1.8., Professor of Botany, University
College, Liverpool. “The building of a skeleton in plant and
~ animal,” with lantern illustrations.

16 LIBRARIES.

Herpman, W. A., v.sc., F.R.S., Professor of Natural History,
University College, Liverpool. ‘‘ Biological stations at home
and abroad,” with lantern illustrations.

Jounson, R. C., F.z.4.s. “ Total solar eclipses, 1851 to 1900,” with
lantern illustrations.

Lampert, Frepericxk. ‘The mammoth caves of Kentucky: the
marvels of a subterranean world,’ with lantern illustrations.

Mostey, S. L., ¥.£.s., Curator, Huddersfield and Keighley Museums.

>

“Bees and their wonderful work,” with lantern illustrations.

THompson, Grorce EH. “ To Athens, Constantinople and Jerusalem,”
with lantern illustrations.

Wetts, Samvurt, F.R.G.s. “On the track of the Moors in Spain,”
with lantern illustrations.

Workman, Aubert I. ‘ Life and works of Sir Arthur Sullivan,”
with musical illustrations.

DELIVERED IN OvtrerR Districts, January To Marcu, 1901.
Derpy Harri, TuEBROOK : —

“The scenery, people, and legends of Cornwall,” by Henry
CROWTHER, F.R.M.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“The natural history of a piece of chalk,’ by Rev. SamvEn
GASKING, B.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“The phenomena of eclipses,” by W. E. PLUMMER, M.4A., F.R.A.S.
Director of the Liverpool Observatory, Bidston; with
lantern illustrations.

“On the edge of the Orient: Dalmatia and Montenegro,” b
SamvurL WELLS, F.R.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

Everton Brancn Liprary, Str. Dominco Roap:—

“Divers and submarine work,” by T. C. Hepwortn, F.c.s.
with lantern illustrations.

“ Peeps into nature’s secrets,” by RicHarp Kparton, F.Zz.S.; Wl
lantern illustrations,

LIBRARIES. i

_ “Wolfe, a maker of Empire,” by J. Enwarp Parrort, .a.,
LL.D.; with lantern illustrations.

“The England of Alfred the Great,” by Watrer Statrer; with
lantern illustrations.

RANBY Hatt, GRanpy STREET, ToxTETH : —

“Tn the track of a shadow: personal experiences of recent
eclipses,” by Rev. J. M. Bacon, m.a., F.R.4.s.; with lantern
illustrations.

“Central Africans at home,” by Prerer Entwisttr, Assistant
Curator, Mayer Museum, Liverpool; with lantern
illustrations.

_ “#lectric tramways and railways,” by Atrrep Hay, B.sc.,
Lecturer on Electrotechnics, University College, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations and experiments.

“America’s wonderland: the Yellowstone Park,’ by W. H.
; SHRUBSOLE, F.G.S., F.R.M.S.; with lantern illustrations.

on Memortat Instirvtr, GarmMoyLe Roap, Serron Park :—
“The scenery, people, and legends of Cornwall,” by Hrnry
; CROWTHER, F.R.M.S.: with lantern illustrations.

*“ Modern short stories and short story writers,” by Joun LEr,
B.A.; with illustrative recitals.

“Minute rock builders under the sea,’ by FREDERICK W. Saxpy;
with lantern illustrations.

* Swiss scenery and _ its determining causes,” bye WwW. A.
_ SHRUBSOLE, F.G.S., F.R.M.S.; with lantern illustrations.

bon InstiruTE, Srantey Roap:—

“In the track of a shadow: personal experiences of recent
eclipses,” by Rev. J. M. Bacon, m.a., F.R.A.S.: with lantern
illustrations.

“The story of some Liverpool street names,” by Perrr Cowett,

_ -¥.R.H.S., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

18 LIBRARIES.

“In the Shakespeare country,” by Rev. James H. Marryn;
with lantern illustrations.
‘‘ Here and there about Hungary,” by Samurnt WELLS, F.R.G.S.;
with lantern illustrations.

Harwecu Street Hatt, Watton :—
“ What books were like in ancient times,” by Henry E. Curran,
Principal Assistant, Free Public Library, Liverpool; with

lantern illustrations. :

“The natural history of a piece of chalk,’ by Rrev. SamMvuE
GASKING, B.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“ Big telescopes, and what they show us,” by W. E. PLumMME
M.A., F.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool Observatory
Bidston ; with lantern illustrations.

JUBILEE Hatt, BURLINGTON STREET : —
“Plymouth to the Lizard lights: sketches in Cornwall,” b
ApoteH W. Beer: with lantern illustrations.

“Some popular masterpieces of poetry and prose,” by ALFRE
CLEGG: with illustrative recitals.

“The Nile Valley from Cairo to Thebes,” by J. Scorr Fraser
F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations. :

“The English lakes revisited,’ by LLEWELLYN MorGAN, M.D.
with lantern illustrations.

Kensincton Brancn Liprary :—

‘ My visit to Naples, Pompeii, and Vesuvius,” by Perer CowrEu

v.R.H.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpoo

with lantern illustrations.

“Travelling at high speed,” by H. S. Hete-Suaw, Lx.p., FR.

Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpoo
with lantern illustrations.

* Divers and submarine work,” by T. C. Hrerworrg, F.c.
with lantern illustrations.

“ Wolfe, a maker of Empire,” by J. Epwarp Parrorr, M.

LL.D.; with lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 19.

‘LORENCE Institure, Mitt Srrert, Toxterx : —

B.A.; with illustrative recitals.

a Rivers and broads of Norfolk and Suffolk,’ by Rev. James H.
a Martyn: with lantern illustrations.

_ “ Big telescopes, and what they show us,” by W. E. Prum err,
M.A., F.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool Observatory,
; Bidston ; with lantern illustrations.

“Life and works of Gounod,” by Arsert E. Workman; with
musical illustrations.

‘own Hart, WaveRTREE : —

“Antarctic exploration,’ by W. A. HxrpMan, D.sc., F.R.S.,

- Professor of Natural History, University College. Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Wild life at home: how to study and photograph it,” by

* Ricuarp KEARTON, F.z.s.; with lantern illustrations.

“In the Shakespeare country,” by Rev. James H. Marryy;

y with lantern illustrations.

“The England of Alfred the Great,” by WatrEr Suarer; with

lantern illustrations.

OvrerR Disrricrs, OcropeR to Decemser, 1901.
Mont Hatt, Betmonr Roap, West DEeRsy : —

“The ‘Handy-Man’; or, life in the Navy,” by Roserr S.
Arcurr; with lantern illustrations.

English customs, superstitions, and folk-lore,” by Prrer
Cowe tt, r.r.u.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries,
Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.

: The prose and verse of our county,’ by Joun Lex, B.a.; with
illustrative recitals.

“The Tower of London: some dark chapters of English history,”
by Frank J. Lestin, ¥.2.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

20 LIBRARIES.

Everton Brancu Lisrary, Sv. Dominco Roap:—

“The lost races of America,’ by Epwarp Pace Gaston; with
lantern illustrations.

“The dawn of astronomy,” by Rev. F. F. Grenstep, ».a.,
Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education; with lantern
illustrations.

‘To Athens, Constantinople, and Jerusalem,’ by GrorcE EK.
THompson ; with lantern illustrations.

“Life and works of Sir Arthur Sullivan,” by Apert. FE.
Workman: with musical illustrations.

LorENCE InstirutE, Mini Street, ToxTern : —

* Michael William Balfe,” by J. Butter Fortay; with musical
illustrations.

“The mammoth caves of Kentucky: the marvels of a subter-
ranean world,’ by Freperick Lamprerr; with lantern
illustrations.

“Bees and their wonderful work,” by S. L. Mostey, rF-.£.s.,
Curator of the Huddersfield and Keighley Museums; with
lantern illustrations.

“To Athens, Constantinople, and Jerusalem,” by Grorcr EF.
THompson: with lantern illustrations.

GorpDon INSTITUTE, STANLEY Roap :—

“The ‘Handy-Man’; or, life in the Navy,” by Roperr S.
ARCHER; with lantern illustrations.

* Experiences of residence among the Chinese and Japanese,”

by W. Mcrray Catrys, M.B.; with lantern illustrations.

‘Optical illusions,” by Witi1am Hewirt, s.sc., Director o
Technical Instruction, Liverpool; with lantern illustrations

“Strange stories of great musicians,’ by Rev. H. H
McCvuLiacH, B.A.: with musical illustrations.

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by Hawi, Granpy Srreet, Toxrreru : —
et Biological stations at home and abroad,” by W. A. Herpman,
: D.sc., F.R.S., Professor of Natural History, University
College, Liverpool: with lantern illustrations.
“Siam and its people,” by Harry Hinrman; with lantern
illustrations.
“The application of photography to science,’ by W. LH.
_ PiumMer, .a., F.R.4.S., Director of the Liverpool
Observatory, Bidston; with lantern illustrations.
“Old English inns and their story,” by W. Frrzwarer Wray;
with lantern illustrations.
FREGSON MuMoriay Instirure, GarmMoyLte Roap, Serron Park :—
“ Australia civilised,’ by Miss Darcuy; with lantern
illustrations.
_* Through East Anglia with a camera,” by Luzwettyn Morean,
M.D.; with lantern illustrations.
“On the track of the Moors in Spain,’ by Samurn WELLs,
F.R.GS.: with lantern illustrations.
“Life and works of Sir Arthur Sullivan,” by Aberr I.

Workman; with musical illustrations.

E Hatt, BurLineron STREET : —

“The ‘Handy-Man’; or, life in the Navy,’ by Roserr NS.
_ Arcuer; with lantern illustrations.

‘ Normandy,” by Freppric Cuippory ; with lantern illustrations.

“Michael William Balfe,” by J. Burter Forray; with musical
illustrations.

Gton Brancu Liprary : —

Australia: its savages and scenery,” by Miss Darcuy; with
lantern illustrations.

‘The Queen of British rivers: the Wye from Plinlimmon to

_ Chepstow,” by Jonny W. Etuis, «8., F-e.s.; with lantern
illustrations.

22, LIBRARIES.

“The mammoth caves of Kentucky: the marvels of a subter-
ranean world,’ by Freprerick Lampert; with lantern
illustrations.

“Bees and their wonderful work,” by S. L. Mostey, F.E£.s.,
Curator of the Huddersfield and Keighley Museums; with
lantern illustrations.

County Hatt, WALTON :—
“To Sicily in search of sunlight,” by EK. Riwgavir Dispiy:
with lantern illustrations.

“The age of the Vikings,” by Rev. Cuarirs Harris, M.a.;
with lantern illustrations.

“Old English inns and their story,” by W. Firzwatrrr Wray;
with lantern illustrations.
“Minute rock builders under the sea,” by FREDERICK W. Saxpy; .
with lantern illustrations.

Town Hatt, WaAvERTREE : —

** What books were like in ancient times,’ by Henry E. Curran,
Principal Assistant, Free Public Library, Liverpool; with
lantern illustrations.

‘Adventures in Mexico and Cuba,” by Enpwarp PaGE Gaston;
with lantern illustrations.

* English cathedrals,” by Wurtiam Harvey; with lantern
illustrations.

* Travelling at high speed,” by H. S. Hetr-SuHaw, LL.D., F.R.S.,
Professor of Engineering, University College, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

DONATIONS.

British Museum TRrvusTEEs : —
Catalogue of the African plants, collected by Dr. F. Welwitsel
in 1853-61, by W. P. Hiern and A. B. Rendle, vol. 1., pt.
and vol. 2, part 2.; Catalogue of the collection of playin
cards, bequeathed to the '‘l'rustees of the British Museum b
the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber, compiled by Freeman

LIBRARIES. 23

O'Donoghue; Catalogue of the Greek coins of Lyconia,
Tsauria, and Cilicia, by George F. Hill; Catalogue of the
Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts, by G. Margoliouth,
part 1: Catalogue of the mesozoic plants in the department of
geology: the jurassic flora of the Yorkshire coast, by A. C.
Seward, part 1; Catalogue of printed books, 9 vols. ; Catalogue
of sculpture in the department of Greek and Roman
antiquities, by A. H. Smith, vol. 2; Catalogue of the
Sinhalese manuscripts, by Don Martino de Z. Wickre-
masinghe; Handlist of genera and species of birds, by R. B.
Sharpe, vol. 2; Illustrations of the botany of Captain Cook’s
voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71, by
Sir. J. Banks, and Dr. Daniel Solander, part 2.

Tue Ricur Hon. tHe Hart or Crawrorp snp BALCARRES, K.T.,
LL.D. : —

_ Bibliotheca Lindesiana, first revision: Handlist of proclama-
tions. Vol. 2: Victoria, 1857-1901; Supplement, 1521-1766 ;
Collations and notes, No. 5: Catalogue of English newspapers,
1641-1666. .

‘OUNCILLOR WitiramM Crosrir£xp, J.P. :—

_ Edinburgh review, 65 vols.; Quarterly review, 3 vols.

miuip H. Hott, Esa. :—

_ Punch, vols. 1-38 (1841-60); Egyptian Exploration Fund:
archeological reports, 1898-99, 1899-1900.

[iss Hornpy : —

Santa Lucia: a monthly magazine in Braille type (12 nos.).

[iss M. L. Hornsy : —
Books for the blind in. Braille type (72 vols.).

USTEES OF THE Huntrerian Corn CaraLtocurt Funp, Untiversiry
oF GLascow :—

Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian Collection, University
of Glasgow, by George Macdonald, vol. 2.

| LIBRARIES.

Mrs. Witiiam Morris: —

Five leaves from the Kelmscott Chaucer.

Epwarp Rein, Ese.—

Hubert von Herkomer, r.a. : a study and biography, by A. L.
Baldry. Edition de luxe, with plates in two states. 1900.

Isaac Roxperts, Esq., D.sc., ¥.R.S. : —

Photographs of stars, star clusters, and nebule, by Isaac
Roberts. Vol. 2.

SAMUEL Situ, Esq., M.P.: —
The Graphic, 62 vols. (1869-1900).

Messrs. C. E. anp C. STRETTON, C.E. : —
Various books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper cuttings
relating to railways and tramways, with special reference to

early local railways.

Unirep Stares GOVERNMENT : —
Annual reports of the Department of the Interior, 1899-1900,

20 vols.; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: Report,
1898-99; Special publications, vols. 1, 2, 4-6; Astronomical,
magnetical, and meteorological observations, 1891-2: and 164

other works.

Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from
the following donors, for which the Committee again beg te
express their grateful acknowledgments : —

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Agnes M. Allen; Messrs.
Allman & Son; American Embassy, London (Hon. J. H. Choate); Ancient and
Honourable Artillery Company, Mass., U.S.A.; J. Wemyss Anderson, C.E.;
R. S. Archer; Argentine Republic Consul, Liverpool (F. P. Hansen);
Astronomical Society of Wales; Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.;
W. E. A. Axon; The Publishers of Bacon-Shakespeare Pamphlets; T. H.
Bankier; Colonial Secretary for Barbados (Hon. Ralph C. Williams, c.m.é.);
Peter Barr; H. D. Bateson; J. S. Battye; Messrs. Bell & Son; Medical Officer
of Health, Birkenhead (R. Sydney Marsden, p.sc., m.B.); Birkenhead Litera
and Scientific Society; Birmingham University; Board of Trade, London;
Proprietors, Bradshaw’s Liverpool Railway Guide; E. Bramley; J. O. Brant-

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Sero; Brazilian Consul, Liverpool (J. C. da Fonseca P. Pinto); Mrs. M. A.
Brewster; William Brideson; British and Foreign Bible Society; British
Association for the Advancement of Science and Art; Agent-General for
British Columbia (W. Walter); Ralph J. Broadbent; Miss E. Browne;
T. N. Brushfield, mu.p., F.s.a.; National Museum, Buenos Aires: Councillor
T. Burke; Burma Government; The Syndics of the Cambridge University ;
Cambridge University Correspondence College; Canadian Government ;
Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada; Geological and Natural
History Survey of Canada; Medical Officer of Health for the County Palatine
of Chester (Francis Vacher, ¥.R.c.s., M.R.c.P.); Cheshire Lines Railway Com-
mittee; Chicago University, U.S.A.; Church Missionary Society for Africa
and the East; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.; Cincinnati Museum
Association, U.S.A.; Cobden Club; College of Preceptors, London; Messrs.
Collingwood Brothers ; Colombo Museum, Ceylon; Messrs. Thomas Cook and
Son ; Co-operative Union, Manchester; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
U.S.A.; Mrs. Annie Russell Cotes; Pierre de Coubertin; Peter Cowell, ¥.r.u.s.
(Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool); E. S. Craston, mus.Bac.;
Cripplegate Foundation, London; P. Cudmore, B.H.; Mrs. J. Rees Davies;
E. Derry; Deering Harvester Co.; E. 8S. Dodgson; Albert Douglass; Dublin
University; The Principal, Edge Hill Training College; Edinburgh
University; Emigrants’ Information Office, London; P. Evans; Fabian
Society, London; Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia, U.S.A.;
Financial Reform Association, Liverpool; M. Fitzpatrick; F. G. Fleay;
Fleetwood Urban District Council; T. Formby (Deputy Librarian, Liverpool
Free Libraries); Franklin and Marshall College, Baltimore, U.S.A.; Free and
Open Church Association for the Diocese of Chester and Liverpool; John
Frowde (Librarian, Bermondsey Free Library); L. Gallois; Harper Gay-
thorpe, ¥.s.a.; General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York,
U.S.A.; A. George; T. Ginn; Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical
College; Glasgow Atheneum; Glasgow University; Great Central Railway
Co.; Great Eastern Railway ©o.; Great Northern Railway Co.; Great
Western Railway Co.; James Green; Samuel 8S. Green; W. N. Greenwood,

*¥.R.M.S. ; Gregg Publishing Co.; Messrs. Guy & Co.; 8S. Hadwin; Harold

- Hamel-Smith; Hastings Meteorological Council; Prof. W. A. Herdman,
v.sc., ¥.R.S.; Highland Railway Co.; Howard Hodgkin; C. R. Honiball;
_ Howard Association; R. 8. Howland; Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding
— Junction Railway and Dock Co.; Registrar and Superintendent of Records,
India Office, London; Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of
Mechanical Engineers; International Arbitration and Peace Association ; Isle
_ of Man Official Board of Advertising; IT. Hughes Jackson; Japanese Consul,
London (Minoji Arakawa); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.;
_R. C. Johnson, ¥.r.a.s.; J. B. Jowett & Co.; Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, M.a. ;
Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes; Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway Co.; Medical Officer of Health for the County Palatine of Lancaster
(Edward Sergeant, m.p.); Messrs. C. & E. Layton; Leicester Literary and
Philosophical Society; Mrs. C. L. Lewes. Library Reports, &c., have been
received from the following Libraries:—Aberdeen. Aguilar, New York,

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LIBRARIES.

U.S.A. Carnegie, Allegheny, Pa., U.S.A. Higginbottom, Ashton-under
Lyne. Aston Manor, Birmingham. Carnegie, Ayr. Enoch Pratt, Baltimore,
U.S.A. Barrow-in-Furness. Battersea. Mayer, Bebington. Belfast Free
Library. Belfast Library. Birmingham Free Public Libraries. Birming-
ham Library. Blackburn. Blackpool. Bolton. Bootle. Boston, U.S.A
Bradford. Brentford. Bristol. Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. Buenos Aires,
Argentine Republic. Fletcher, Burlington, Vt., U.S.A. Buxton. Cambridge
Cardiff. Carlisle. Cheltenham. John Crerar, Chicago, U.S.A. Municipal
Library, Chicago, U.S.A. Newberry, Chicago, U.S.A. Public Library
Chicago, U.S.A. University Library, Chicago, U.S.A. Cincinnati, U.S.A
Cleveland, U.S.A. District of Columbia, U.S.A. Croydon. Dayton, Ohio,
U.S.A: Derby. Douglas. Dundee. Ealing. Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A
Falmouth. Finsbury. Rothschild, Frankfurt-am-Maine. Fulham. Friends’,
Germantown, Phil., U.S.A. Baillie’s Institution, Glasgow. Gloucester.
Great Yarmouth. Grosvenor, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. Hammersmith
Hanley. Harvard University, Camb., Mass., U.S.A. Holyhead. Hornsey
Hove. Hyde. Jersey City, N.J., U.S.A. Kidderminster. Imperial Univer
sity Library, Kyoto, Japan. Royal Leamington Spa. Leeds. Leicester
Limehouse. Liverpool Library. London Library. Los Angelos, California,
U.S.A. Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. Manchester. Maranhao, Brazil. Middles-
borough. Milwaukee, U.S.A. Nelson. Newark. Newcastle-wpon-Tyne
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Newton, Mass., U.S.A. Mechanics’
Institute Free Library, New York, U.S.A. New York Mercantile, U.S.A.
New York Public, U.S.A. Norwich. Nottingham. Paterson, N.J., U.S.A.
Peoria, Ill., U.S.A. Philadelphia Free Public, U.S.A. Philadelphia
Mercantile, U.S.A. Carnegie, Pittsburg, U.S.A. Portsmouth. Preston.
Richmond. Runcorn. St. Helens. St. Joseph, Miss., U.S.A. St. Louis
U.S.A. Salem, Mass., U.S.A. Salford. Shoreditch. Smethwick. Adelaide,
South Australia. Southampton. Stafford. Stepney. Stirling’s and
Glasgow Public Library. Bibliotheque Royale, Stockholm. Stoke Newi
ton. Tokyo, Japan. Toronto, Canada. Tynemouth. Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. Walthamstow. Washington Library of Congress, U.S.A.
Waterloo-with-Seaforth. West Bromwich. West Ham. Westminster.
Whitechapel. Widnes. Wigan. Wimbledon. Wolverhampton. Worcester.
Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. York. Liverpool Institutions and Societie:
Reports, &c., have been received from the following :—Amateur Photographi
Association. Architectural Society. Asylum for Orphan Boys. Auxiliary
Bible Society. Biological Society. Blue Coat Hospital. Central Relief 2 n¢
Charity Organisation Society. Chamber of Commerce. Chemists’ Associa-
tion. Chess Club. Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society.
Mission. Clerks’ Association. Council of Education. Deaf and Dumb
Institute. Deutsche Evangelische Kirche. Diocesan Institutions. Distrie
Provident Society. Engineering Society. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Femal
Orphan Asylum. Geographical Society. Geological Society. Hahneman
Hospital. Holy Trinity Ragged School. Horticultural Association
Hospital Sunday and Saturday Fund. Incorporated Law Society. Infal
Orphan Asylum. Infirmary for Children. Juvenile Reformatory Associ

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tion. Kirkdale Voluntary Industrial (Day) Ragged School. Lancashire and
Cheshire Entomological Society. Literary and Philosophical Society.
Liverpool Institute. Marine Biological Society. Mersey Mission
to Seamen. Microscopical Society. Naturalists’ Field Club. Peace
Society. Penny Savings Bank. Penny Savings Bank Association. Phil-
harmonic Society. Philomathic Society. Royal Infirmary. Royal National
Lifeboat Institution. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. Sailors’ Home. Savings Bank. School Board. School of Science,
Technology and Art. Science Students’ Association. Seamen’s Friend
Society. Seamen’s Orphanage Institution. Shipwreck and Humane Society.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Society of Friends of
Foreigners in Distress. St. Andrew’s Waterside Church Mission. Sunday
School Union. Training School of Cookery. Training Ship “ Indefatigable.”’
United Gas Light Co. United Trades and Labour Council. Workshops for
Out-door Blind; Liverpool Cathedral Petition Committee; Liverpool Catholic
Publishing Co. ; Liverpool Medical Officer of Health (E. W. Hope, m.p., p.sc.),
Annual Reports; Liverpool University College; Liverpool University Com-
mittee; London and North-Western Railway Co.; London Directory Co.;
Neville Lynn; Messrs. Macdonald & Co.; Alexander McKenzie; Messrs.
Maemillan & Co.; Manchester Cotton Association; Manchester Geological
Society ; Manchester Microscopical Society; Manchester Museum, Owens
College; Manchester Statistical Society; Manitoba Historical and Scientific
Society, Canada; I’. P. Marrat; Messrs. Mather & Crowther; J. E. B. Mayor;
F. Meeson; Minister of Public Instruction, Melbourne, Australia; Mercantile
Marine Service Association, Liverpool; Mersey Conservancy; Mersey Docks
and Harbour Board; Meteorological Council, London; Midland Railway Co. ;
Messrs. Moody & Co.; Vice-Admiral Sir G. S. Nares, K.c.B., F.R:s.; National
Anti-Vivisection Society ; National Association for the Promotion of Technical
and Secondary Education; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children; J. Birkbeck Nevins, m.p.; Agent-General for New South Wales,
London (Henry Copeland); New York State Museum, U.S.A.; University of
the State of New York, U.S.A.; Agent-General for New Zealand, London
(W. P. Reeves); Nicholson Institution, Leek; North British Railway Co.;
_ North-Eastern Railway Co.; Northern Counties Educational League ; Ontario
Government Agency, Liverpool (Peter Byrne); Philip R. Owen; Owens
College, Manchester; Delegates of the Local Examinations, University of

_ Oxford; H. W. Parker; Messrs. J. & J. Paton; Comptroller of Patents,

London; Registrar of Patents, Queensland; Registrar of Patents, Western
_ Australia; Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co.; Peabody Institute,
_ Baltimore, U.S.A.; Messrs. Phillipson & Golder; Lieut.-Col. John Pilkington, ,
¥F.s.A.; Messrs. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons; W. E. Plummer, m.a., F.R.A.s.
(Director, Bidston Observatory); William F. Price; Queen’s College, London ;
Agent-General for Queensland, London (Sir Horace Tozer, k.c.m.c.); W. H.
_ Quilliam; Ragged School Union, London; J. H. Rawlins; T. Mellard Reade,
¥.G.S., F.R.1.B.A.; Thomas M. Rickman, r.s.a.; Royal Astronomical Society,
~ London; Royal College of Physicians, London; Royal College of Surgeons,
London; Royal Colonial Institute; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ;

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LIBRARIES.

Royal Dublin Society ; Royal Institute of British Architects; Royal National
Life-boat Institution; Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Society of
Canada; Royal Society of London; Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia; Royal University of Ireland; W. Clark Russell; J. P. Rylands;
St. Bride Foundation Institute, London; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School.
London; John Sampson; T. L. Schreiner; Henry Sell; Sheffield Museum ;
Rev. Walter Sidgreaves, s.s., F.R.A.S.; Prof. F. M. Simpson; Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, U.S.A.; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts; Society of Accountants and Society of
Antiquaries of London; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; E. J. Burgess
Sopp, F.R.M.S., F.E.S.; Messrs. H. Sotheran & Co.; South-Eastern and Chatham
Railway Co.: Southport Meteorological Observatory; Richard Steel, s.r. ;
Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht (Chairman, Libraries Sub-Committee, Liverpool) ;
Swedenborg Society; Sydney University; Arthur E. Taylor; L. A.
Taylor; College of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan; ‘Town and
County Directories, Limited; Trinity College, London; Union of Lancashire

Auditors ;

- and Cheshire Institutes; United Devon Association; Francis Vacher, F.R.C.s.,

M.R.C.P.; J. W. Vicars; Volta Bureau,
Washington, U.S.A.; University College of North Wales, Bangor; University
College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff; University College of
Wales, Aberystwyth; University of Wales, Brecon; James Ward; W. F.
Westbrook; Agent-General for Western Australia, London (Sir E. H.
Wittenoom, x.c.m.c.); J. A. Wheldon; Henry Whillet; Messrs. Willmer
Brothers & Co.; W. H. Williams; Wirral Railway Co.; Major A. C. Yates,
F.R.@.8.; Yorkshire Philosophical Society; Zoological Society of London.

Victoria University, Manchester ;

The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c. have been presented

regularly by the respective Publishers, &c. :—

Accountant

African Review

Anglo-Russian

Animals’ Friend

Arms and Explosives

Awake

Bibby’s Quarterly

Bible Advocate

Board of Trade Journal

British Temperance Advocate

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’
Journal

Builders’ Reporter

Canadian Gazette

Canadian Patent Office Record

Cape Argus

Child’s Guardian

Church Family Newspaper

Church Missionary Gleaner

Church Missionary Intelligencer

Church Monthly

Church Weekly

Civil Service Aspirant

Civil Service Candidate

Civil Service Competitor

Civil Service Hints

Clubman

Concord

Cornish Telegraph

Cowkeeper and Dairyman’s Journal

Crescent

Decorators’ and Painters’ Magazine

Deliverer

Educational Times

Educational Review

Electrical Engineer

Electrical Investments

Electrician

English Churchman

Englishwoman’s Review

Esmeduna

Estates Gazette

Examination Guide and Kensington
Coaching College Magazine

Financial Reformer

Fire and Water

Foresters’ Miscellany

Free Life

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“LIBRARIES.

Fruit-grower, Fruiterer, Florist, &c.

Gaelic Journal

Guild Gazette

Gwalia

Herald of Peace

Herald of the Golden Age

Hereford Times

Homeopathic World

Horological Journal

Incorporated Accountants’ Journal

Incorporated Society of Musicians,
Journal of

In His Name

India’s Women and China’s Daughters

Inventors’ Review

Insurance Agent & Insurance Review

Trish Times

Tron and Steel Trades Journal

Isle-of-Man Examiner

Journal of the Clerk of Works’
Association

Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society

Keefe’s Civil Service Monthly

Labour Gazette

Leaves of Healing

Liberty Review

Lichfield Mercury

Light

Literary News

Liverpool Catholic Times

Liverpool College Old Boys’ Magazine

Liverpool College Upper School
Magazine

Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Express

Liverpool Institute Schools Magazine

Liverpool Journal of Commerce

_ Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Porcupine

Liverpool Post (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Review

Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal

Locomotive Engineers’ 2nd Firemen’s
Journal

London Argus

_ Machinery Market

- Madame

_ Mariner

_ Midland News

- Milling

_ Mission Field

Mona’s Herald

_ Musical Herald

Nature Notes

New Century

New Church Magazine

New Ireland Review

Nonconformist Musical Monthly

Northampton Mercury

Northern Counties Education League
Magazine

Oddfellows’ Magazine

Official Journal of the Patent Office

Oxford Chronicle

Paper Maker

Paper Makers’ Circular

Patents

Philatelic Chronicle

Petroleum Review

Personal Rights Journal

Positivist Review

Present Truth

Preston Herald

Printers’ Register

Public Health Engineer

Railway Review

Ramsey Weekly News

Reports of Patents, Design, and Trade
Mark Cases

Rescue Notes

Rock

Round World

Sanitary Inspector

Script Phonographic Journal

Sheffield Weekly Independent

Shipping World

Shoe and Leather Record

Society of Chemical Industry, Journal
of

Sphinx

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal

State Correspondent

Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades
Register

Stationery World

Stonyhurst Magazine

Student's Journal

Temperance Chronicle

Tool and Machinery Register

Trade Journals’ Review

Trade Marks Journal

Travel

Training Ship ‘‘ Mereury Magazine

Two Worlds

University Correspondent

Vaccination Inquirer

Vegetarian Messenger

Western Daily Press

Worcestershire Herald

Zoophilist

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THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Forty-Ninth Annual
Report upon the conDUCT and procress of the Museums.

].—GENERAL.
Tur Free Pusuic Museums comprise : —
4 (A) the Dersy Museum, of which the nucleus was the collections
bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Earl of Derby. It
~ eontains the British Collections, and the general Zoological, Geological,
Mineralogical, and Botanical Departments, besides which there is an
Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water Animals.

(B) the Mayer Museum, the larger part of which was collected
and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by Joseph Mayer, Esq.,
F.S.A. These collections are specially rich in (a) Egyptian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities : (b) M edieval European Ivories,
— Bronzes and Illwninated Manuscripts; (c) the unrivalled Brian-

- Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection ; (d) the Mather M iniatures ; and (e)
a the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously rich in Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares. Associated with this Museum, as belonging
more nearly to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to
any large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (/') the Ethnographical
— Collections, chietly of barbaric races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected
at the cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

‘The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under: —

During January, November, and December .. from 10 to 4

3 February A Bes caer at 4k Gee tO. 4030
- March and October... =A ay eee 0: 10. be
‘ April to September ie FO. tn 6

Also on Monday Evenings during January to)

March, and October to December ... eazk ea 10

32, MUSEUMS.

The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Kaster- and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and

Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met at Glasgow under the presidency of
Professor Arthur W. Riicker, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D.

Part 2 of Volume III of the Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums was
issued on 10th May. It contained a description of a new Mongoose
from West Africa, by W. Kk. De Winton, F.Z.S.; an illustrated
account of a perforated and distorted Cranium in the Mayer Museum,
by Prof. A. M. Paterson, M.D., and F. T. Lovegrove, M.R.C.S.; a
paper “On the Age of the Surface Flint Implements of Egypt and
Somaliland,’ and Notes on some Rare Birds in the Lord Derby
Museum, by the Director. The issue of Parts 3 and 4 has been
unavoidably delayed on account of the extensive alterations going
on in the Museums during the year and the extra work necessarily
thrown on the Staff by the re-arrangement of those of the New
Extension Galleries now made available, as well as by the prepara-
tion of the Special Bulletin containing the Report on the Sokotra
Expedition. That volume, and also Part 5 of Volume III of the
Bulletin, it is hoped will be issued shortly.

Since 1896, a period of six years, 45,755 specimens of Natural
History and 6,222 specimens of Ethnography, totalling close upon
52,000 specimens, have been added to the collections.

JI.—Vis1rors.

During the year there has been a considerable increase in the
number of visitors to the Museums, compared with that of the
previous year, as shown by the averages in the following table:

1900.
4 (Jan. Ist to May 3rd.) 1901.
(90 Days) (262 Days)
Total Visitors ee eee ‘38 hic 95,041 in 304,942
Weekly Average... at, 4) vas 5,002 ae 5,864

Daily Average Ses 7 RA Ride. 1,056 te 1,163

MUSEUMS. 83

The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers has
been well maintained, considerably over 1,000 children and teachers
having availed themselves of the clause in the Edueation Code,
whereby time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school
attendance. On several occasions school teachers have made use of
the Museum theatre to give special lessons to the children—speci-
mens being brought from the Museum cases for the purpose. This is
found to be of greater educational value than merely having a
general visit with no specific object. In some cases lectures and
demonstrations have been given by members of the Staff—arrange-
ments having previously been made with the teachers and masters.
On March 9th a special visit to the Museum was made by the Science
Section of the Burnley Technical School. A pre-arranged pro-
gramme was drawn up, and upwards of 100 adults availed themselves
of the opportunity. Demonstrations on zoological and botanical
specimens were given in the Laboratories and Aquarium, and a lan-
tern lecture on “ Life on the Sea-shore’’ was given in the Museum
theatre. In the early part of the year a short course of lectures on
“ The Collecting and Mounting of Insects” was given fortnightly by
Mr. Clubb to the members of the Liverpool Institute “Field and
Camera Club,” in the Museum theatre.

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching may, by application to the
Director, and on giving satisfactory references, obtain tickets
enabling them to enter on Fridays, when there are special facilities
afforded them for study. Tickets were issued, as usual, during the

year (chiefly) to Artists and Students of Natural History, Osteology

and Dental Anatomy, who have made extensive use of the collec-

~ tions, so far as the condition of the Galleries permitted, on the days
the Museums were otherwise closed to the public.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during

the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
* object : —J. Liberty Tadd, Philadelphia: A. Halkett, Department of
- Fisheries, Ottawa; Tasaburo Kawomura, Japan; D. J. Vallance and
W. Clarke, Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh; Rev. Charles E.

Harthoff; Dr. Paul Mantoux; Consul D. B. Adamson, Iquitos: Rev.
Canon Tristram, Durham; T. H. Barker, Chamber of Commerce,

34 MUSEUMS.

Liverpool; J. Frieman, Warsaw; Prof. Valdemar Schmidt, Copen-
hagen; Prof. Richnow, Bucharest; J. Allen, Natural History
Museum, New York; and Percy E. Newberry.

Il].—Lecrvurzgs.

Twenty-one Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday ‘evenings, in the Theatre of the Museums. They were
illustrated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides.
The total attendance at the Lectures was 2,136, a large increase on
the last year’s attendance.

The following is a list of the subjects :—

A course of six Lectures on ‘‘ Life on the Sea-shore ” was given by
the Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb,
Se
Jan. 14th—* Rock-pools and their Inhabitants.” -I.

Jan. 21st.—* Rock-pools and their Inhabitants.” IT.
Jan. 28th.—* Some strange Life Histories.” I.

Feb. 4th—‘ Some strange Life Histories.” II.

Feb. 11th.—** The Mussel and the Cockle.”’

Feb. 18th.‘ Sea Squirts.”’

A course of five Lectures on “ Plants that eat Animals’ was given
by the Assistant in the Derby Museum, Mr. Wm. S. Laverock, M.A.,
B.Sc..: —

Feb. 25th.—'* The Sun-dews or Nature’s Fly-papers.”
Mar. 4th.—* Venus Fly-trap and Aldrovanda.”’

Mar. 11th.—* The Butter-worts and the Bladder-worts.”’
Mar. 18th——* The North American Pitcher-plants.”
Mar. 25th.—*' The Oriental Pitcher-plants.”

A course of five Lectures on ‘ Man of Pre-historic Times” was
given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P.
Kuntwistle :—

Oct. 14th.—" Man of the earliest Stone Age.”
Oct. 21st—“‘‘ Cave Man.”

Oct. 28th.—* Man of the New Stone Age.”
Nov. 4th.—-* Cromlechs and Stone Circles.”
Noy. 11th European Lake Dwellings.”

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A course of five Lectures on ‘‘ Extinct Monsters ” was given by the
Assistant Curator of the Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb,
M.Sc. :—

Noy. 18th.—** How Fossils are formed.”

Noy. 25th.—‘‘ Sea Scorpions and Fish Lizards.”

Dec. 2nd.—‘‘ Dinosaurs—the Dragons of Old Time.”
Dec. 9th.—*‘ Dinosaurs and Flying Dragons.”

Dec. 16th.—‘‘ Some extinct Mammals.”

LORD DERBY MUSEUM.

The collections, consequent on the opening of the extended
Galleries, will have to be entirely re-arranged.

By the Derby Bequest the Zoological and a considerable part of
the Paleontological and the Mineralogical Collections were acquired
by the City. The larger part of the original Museum buildings have
till now been required to house the Zoological collections—the
specimens of birds and mammals being very numerous. Indeed they
are far too numerous to be ever exhibited with any educational

‘benefit to the visitor. Since 1894 every moment possible to devote
to the work has been employed in reducing stuffed specimens to
skins for the Study-collection.—some thousands of birds having
been dismounted, as well as a considerable number of Mammalia.
These reduced specimens will be stored in a series of cabinets, erected
on an elevated gallery surrounding the rooms on the upper floor of
the Old Museum, for the exclusive use of students.

It is now proposed to exhibit in THE UPPER (HORSE-SHOE) FLOOR of
this Museum, commencing with the first room, opening on the right
at the top of the main staircase, a series of types of the main groups
and sub-divisions of the Animal Kingdom (or casts, models, or
drawings), showing their structure by dissections or models, and
indicating the genetic relationships existing between them and their
neighbours, z.e., a Morphological series—“ in which,” to use Professor
Huxley’s words, “all prominent forms or types of animals or plants,
recent or fossil, should be so displayed as to give the public an idea
of the vast extent and variety of natural objects, to diffuse a general

Y knowledge of the results obtained by science in their investigation

and classification, and to serve as a general introduction to the

36 MUSEUMS.

student in Natural Science.” The series will commence with the
highest animal forms in their culmination in Man, as exemplified in
the Caucasian, Mongolian and Melanian Races, [from which point
the study of their handiwork may be followed up in the Mayer
Museum, as stated below] and descend to the unicellular forms.
Thus the Biological series would fall into logical sequence with the
Anthropological exhibits in the Mayer Museum. The first room will
be devoted to an introductory series of specimens, models and
drawings, showing the differences between inorganic and organic
objects, between plants and animals, and illustrating the general
structure and physiology of animals.

With the recent forms it is intended to associate the extinct (or
fossil) remains, so that by studying both together, the evolution of
present-time animals may be traced from their vanished ancestors.

Following on this series the Director proposes to arrange the
Mineralogical and Geological collections so as to illustrate the
Chemical constitution of the earth: Rock formation; the Deposit,
superposition, and succession of Strata; and the Mode of preservation
of fossils, showing typical examples of the forms of life which charac-
terised the different geological Ages, with pictorial restorations of the

scenery of each great epoch and of the animals which peopled it—a
Stratigraphical series.

In the Upper Cross Gallery it is proposed to exhibit the main facts
of the Geographical Distribution of animals and plants and illustra-
tions of Protective Resemblance, Variation of Species, and other
principles of biology.

It is proposed to arrange in THE LOWER FLOOR, commencing with
the first Room of the lower Horse-shoe Galleries opening out of the
Main Hall, the Local Collections, in as complete a series as possible,
of the animals, the plants, the Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology
and Archeology of the ** Local Area,” namely, a land and sea area
embracing the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, and the sea, east of
the Isle-of-Man—which includes the area also within which the
Liverpool Marine Biological and Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committees
operate.

In regard to the Botanical collections, while a typical specimen will
be given of each Natural Order with its structure, illustrated by

;
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enlarged papier-maché models (many of which have been already
acquired with this view), and by its chief (and specially its locally
important) economic products and processes, the main aim will be to
form a representative British collection, in which every local plant
will, if possible, be displayed with models or photographs illustrative
of the habit and habitat of the plant in a state of nature. With this
object the Director has caused a large number of specimens to be
collected and dried during the past few years by one of his assistants.

The Director has always intended to make this Department as
complete a record as possible of the Biological and Geological
History of the area, and he will welcome the assistance of all local
collectors and students, who may greatly help in making it complete
by presenting or offering for purchase perfect specimens from the
“local area’ which they may collect or possess. In this respect the
Liverpool Marine Biological and the Lancashire Sea Fisheries
Committees also could and ought to materially assist us. As some of
their researches are assisted by grants from such public moneys as
the Technical Instruction Vote, and the surplus of the Guarantee
Fund raised by Liverpool citizens to defray the expenses of the visit
of the British Association, it would be becoming and appropriate
that a good set of the specimens so collected should be deposited in
the Public Museums, where they can be well seen, and conveniently
studied.

THE AQUARIUM.

In regard to the Aquarium, it is intended to enlarge it by the
addition of the American Room of the Kthnographical Gallery, as
the light admitted by the new window from William Brown Street
is insufficient to show properly the class of specimens heretofore
exhibited in it.

A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
ZooLoGicaL DErARTMENT.
(a) GENERAL.

Collecting apparatus and boxes, with preservative fluids for the
preservation of specimens, were fitted up and very kindly taken
charge of by Mr. K. D. Adamson, H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos, and
others who have opportunities for collecting.

38 MUSEUMS.

The structural alterations, made necessary by the new system of
heating and ventilation, have entailed a large amount of work in
seeing to the careful removal and conservation of specimens from the
numerous cases, which had to be removed to enable the openings for
the ventilation inlets and outlets to be constructed.

The series of photographic enlargements, illustrating the various
races of mankind, still continues to grow, and there are now upwards
of 125 of these anthropological photographs. Further copies have
been presented to the British Museum and Cambridge University,
where they are highly appreciated.

The Science Cabinets have been distributed to the various
Elementary Schools in the City as in former years, and the appli-
cations have become more numerous for specimens for object
lessons (mainly Natural History), and for the series of Technical
Appliances on loan from the Museums. ‘The increase in the appli-
cations for Museum specimens has necessitated considerable additions
to the loan collections. Gifts of duplicate mounted birds have been
made to the Liverpool Institute and Greenbank School in response
to applications received.

It is interesting to record the visit of Mr. J. Liberty Tadd, Director
of the Public Industrial Art Schools of Philadelphia, to inspect the
School Science Cabinets. Mr. Tadd came with the special object of
making himself acquainted with our system, and expressed himself
very favourably both in regard to the scientific value of the Cabinets
themselves and to the arrangements made for circulating them to the
Elementary Schools of the City.

The Director has much pleasure in testifying to the care and
attention to duty given by all the members of the Staff.

(b) ARRANGEMENT.

This has been dealt with in the preliminary observations.

(c) CONSERVATION.

All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined,
dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabinets
and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been
systematically gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or

MUSEUMS. 39

other preservative. The store cabinets have also had constant
attention, the entomological collections especially requiring frequent
examination.

The work of reducing the duplicate specimens of mounted birds
and forming cabinet skins of them for the study collection has been
continued.

(d) Loans.

The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of study
were made during the year :—

Three bird specimens (T'urdus vitiensis, 3) were lent to Dr. Lorenz,
Vienna.

Seventeen bird skins (larks, partridges, owls, &c., mainly types)
were lent to Mr. Hartert, Tring Museum.

Three birds (Pitta nympha, Galinda arenicola 3, and G. macro-
rhynca 2, types) were lent to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum.

Bird specimen (Haplopedia principalis) was lent to Count
Salvadori, Zoological Museum, Turin.

Bird specimens (Crithagra rendalli, $ and ?, types) were lent to
Captain G. Ernest Shelley.

(e) PRESENTS.

During the year the Museum Collections have been» enriched by
a large number of presentations, of which the following deserve
special mention :—

A large shell collection, comprising between 3,000 and 4,000
species and upwards of 10,000 specimens from all parts of the world,
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Mary Ann Maclver. This collection is
especially rich in species of the genera Oliva, Cyprea and Conus, and
forms a most valuable addition to our Museum.

A specimen of the rare Plewrotomaria adansoniana from St. Lucia;
presented by Surgeon-Colonel Archer.

Specimens of living West African Mud-Fishes (Protopterus
annectens), per Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, ss. “ Niger.”

Collection of Bird Skins, containing 53 species; presented by the
Rey. Canon Tristram.

40 MUSEUMS.

Skins of Weddel’s Seal and White Seal, and skull of Lobodon
carcinophaga, from Victoria Land, Antarctica: presented by Sir
George Newnes, Bart., M.P., ev ‘ Southern Cross ” Expedition.

A large and valuable collection of wax models of flowering plants
and fungi, made and presented by Mr. H. KE. Heath Smedley, F.L.S.

(f) ExcHances.

Specimens of the West African Mud-Fish (Protopterus annectens)
were given to Mr. Andrew Halkett, Department of Fisheries, Ottawa ;
to Prof. Ramsay Wright, Toronto; and to Mr. G. A. Boulenger,
F.R.S., British Museum, for subsequent exchanges.

During the past year thirty enlargements of heads of Caucasian
and Mongolian types have been sent to the British Museum, and
thirty-four to the Anthropological Museum (Prof. A. Macalister),

Cambridge University.

(q) ACQUISITIONS.
INVERTEBRATES —
Protozoa.
Forty Lantern Slides of Radiolaria (D. 20. 5. 1901. 49); purchased.
Models in Wax of Vorticella sp., Parameciun sp. and Ameba sp.
(D. 23. 9.1901. 25-27); presented by Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley, F.L.5.

Coelenterata. (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.).

A number of Sea Anemones, living (Actinia equina), from Douglas,
1.0.M. (D. 29. 7. 1901. 3); presented by Mr. P. Entwistle.

About 200 Sea Anemones, living, from Bangor, N. Wales (D. 23. 9.
1901. 16); purchased for the Aquarium.

Model in Wax of Hydra virudis (D. 28. 9. 1901. 24); presented by
Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley, F.L.5.

Colonies of JIydrallmania jaleata and of Tlalecitum halecinum,
dredged from the Estuary of the Mersey, off N.W. Lightship (D. 23.
10. 1901. 9 and 10).

Echinoderms. (Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, ete.).

Five Cake Urchins (indet.) from near Cape ‘Town (D. 28. 1. 1901.

1) ; presented by Dr. Lee.

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oe: Vermes. (Worms, ete.).

| Annelid (indet.) dredged from the Estuary of the Mersey, off N.W.
Lightship (D. 28. 10. 1901. 5).

Polyzoa.

Specimen of Crisia eburnea, dredged from the Estuary of the
Mersey, off N.W. Lightship (D. 23. 10. 1901. 8).

Arthropoda.
Crustacea. (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.).

— as
;

Cray-fish (Cambarus sp.), from 4 North Carolina, U.S.A. (D. 29. 7.
1901. 2); presented by Mr. Alex. Maxwell.

Crab (Dromia vulgaris), living, from Newquay, Cornwall (D. 23. 9.
1901. 18); presented by Captain Jos. Hicks per Ald. Maxwell H.
Maxwell.

Three Slender Spider Crabs (Stenorhynchus tenuirostr is), one
Cleanser Swimming Crab (Portunus depurator), one Shrimp (Crangon
vulgaris), and two Prawns (Pandalus annulicornis), dredged from the
Estuary of the Mersey, otf N.W. Lightship (D. 28. 10. 1901. 2, 3, 6,

and 7).

Extinet Sea Scorpion (Pterygotus sp.) (lantern slide of) (D. 18. 11.
1901. 1); purchased.

Nine Small Crustaceans (indet.) (D. 21.12. 1901. 8). Brought from
the Director’s Room with no reference, and now referred to this year.

Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, ete.).

Cicada (Cicada gigas) (D. 25. 2. 1901. 1); presented by Mr.
i Si Maxwell.
Thirteen specimens of mimetic Lepidoptera :—Medasina creataria,
. “Elphos scolopaica, Euplea rhadamanthus, Euripus halitherses 2 , Danais
chrysippus, Hypolimnas misippus 3, %, Papilio philenor, Limenitis
mrsula, Eusemia maculatrix, Camphylotes —histrionicus, Papilio
areturus, Dercas verhuelli, from Assam and other localities
@. 25. 2. 1901. 2-13): purchased.

Beetle (Dynastes sp.), from Para, (D. 25.3. 1901. 1); presented by
ue. Eduardo J. Studden.

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Seven Spiders (indet.), three Bees (indet.), one Hymenopteron
(indet.), two Hemiptera (indet.), eleven Chrysalises (indet.), twenty-
four Beetles (indet.), thirty-eight Larve (indet.), and one Dung Beetle,
all living, chiefly from Ash and Hickory, in timber yard, Bootle
(D. 20. 5. 1901. 1 et seqg.); presented by Mr. Wm. Swan.

One Mantis (indet.), one Cockroach (indet.), five Spiders (indet.),
one Spider with nest and young (indet.), twelve Beetles (indet.), and
two Hemiptera (indet.), from Para (D. 20. 5. 1901. 30-47) : presented
by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Spider with nest and eggs (sp. indet.) from the Cape of Good Hope
(D. 24. 6. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. Wm. Chambers.

Moth (indet.) from Kamloops, Rocky Mts., Brit. Columbia (D. 24.
6. 1901. 2); presented by Mr. Thomas A. Shackleton.

One hundred and thirty-five Specimens of Lepidoptera (indet.) from
Paraguay (D. 29. 7. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. W. P. Steer.

Two New Forest Burnet Moths (Zygena meliloti, Esp.) from
Ireland (D. 29. 7. 1901. 4); presented by Mr. J. Pownall.

Piece of American Ash containing wood-boring Beetles (sp. indet.)
(D. 29. 7. 1901. 5); presented by Councillor Craigie Williams.

Two Mud Wasps and Nests (sp. indet.) from Virginia, U.S.A. (D. 29.
7. 1901. 6); presented by Mr. R. Weaver.

Larva of Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri, L.) from Curdworth,
near Birmingham (D. 26. 8. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. C. Rogers.

Two Bees (sp. indet.) from Bebington (D. 26. 8. 1901. 1) ; presented
by Mr. R. M. Adam.

Larve of the Puss Moth (Cerura viniula), from Pemberton, near
Wigan (D. 26. 8. 1901. 3), presented by Mr. T. Roby; from
Newsham Park, Liverpool (D. 26. 8. 1901. 4), presented by Mr.
Holmes; and (D. 26. 8. 1901. 5), presented by Miss D. Caton
respectively.

Three Larve (indet.), one Beetle (indet.), four Moths (indet.), three
Lantern Flies (indet.), and three Spiders (indet.), from within 50 miles
of Iquitos (D. 28. 9. 1901. 1-6 and 8), and one Wasp’s nest (indet.) from
Leticia, Peruvian Frontier (D. 23. 9. 1901. 7); presented by Mr. D. B.
Adamson, H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos.

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Longicorn Beetle (Acanthocinus e@dilis, L.) 3, from Wigan (D. 23,
9. 1901. 9); presented by Mr. Ralph Unsworth.

One Lantern Fly (indet.). one Mantis (indet.), and five Hymenoptera
(indet.), from Iquitos (D. 23. 9. 1901. 10-12) ; presented by Mr. Beal.

Two Beetles (indet.), from Newsham Park (D. 23. 9. 1901. 18);
presented by Mr. P. Entwistle.

Moth (indet.) and a Chrysalis (indet.) from timber at the Docks,
Liverpool (D. 23. 9. 1901. 14 and 15); presented by Mr. Wm. Swan.

Two Moths (indet.), from Basingstoke (D. 28. 9. 1901. 17) ; presented
by Master C. A. Barlow.

Saw Fly (Sirex gigas), living, from Athol Street, Liverpool (D. 28.
9. 1901. 19); purchased.

Dragon Fly (sp. indet.) from Eastham Ferry Gardens (D. 23. 9.
1901. 20); presented by Mr. T. Boughey.

Forest Bug (Piezodorus purpuripennis) ? from Holyhead (D. 28. 9.
1901. 21); presented by Mr. D. Mcllgorm.

Spider (indet.) living, from Broadgreen (D. 23. 9. 1901. 22) ;
presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat.

Spider (indet.) living (D. 23. 9. 1901. 28) ; presented by Mr. Frank
W. Buzzard.

Two exhibition preparations of the metamorphoses of the Honey
Bee (Apis mellifica), together with two specimens each of Carniolian
variety, Italian variety, Carniolian and Italian cross, and German,
Carniolian and Italian cross, also exhibition preparation of Gastrophilus
equi (D. 4. 11. 1901. 1 and 2); purchased.

Case of mimetic insects set to show protective resemblances
arranged with natural surroundings :-—Two Catocala sponsa, two
— Amphidasis betularius, two Boarmia crepuscularia, two Catocala fraxini,
one Retinia bonoliana, one Penthina variegata, two Moma orion, two
Aistynomus edilis, three UEdipoda caerulescens and two Holonychus
acanthopus, from Germany (D. 4. 11. 1901. 3-12) ; purchased.

Wasp’s nest (D. 21. 12. 1901. 1). Brought from the Director’s
~ Room, with no reference and now referred to register of this year.

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Four blown Larvee, Goat Moth (Cossus ligniperda, Fab.), Leopard
Moth (Zeugera esculi, L.), Peacock buttertly (Vanessa io, L.), and
Argynnis paphia, L. (D. 21. 12.1901. 2-5): purchased. Brought from
the Director’s room with no reference and now referred to register of
this year.

Mollusca. (Shells, etc.).

Two shells of a Pinna from W. Africa (D. 28. 1. 1901. 2) ; presented
by Mr. A Ridyard.

Shell (Pleurotomaria adansoniana) from St. Lucia, West Indies
(D. 20. 5. 1901. 48): presented by Surgeon-Colonel Archer.

Large collection of Shells, consisting of some hundreds of Genera
and several thousand species, from all parts of the world (D. 20. 5. 1901.
50) ; bequeathed by the late Mrs. Mary Ann McIver, of Calderstones,
Allerton.

Fossil Shell (indet.) from about 37 miles from Coquimbo, Chili
(D. 24. 6. 1901. 3): presented by the Captain of the s.s. “ Garrick.”

Valve of Shell (Unio sp.) and quantity of Shells and Gravel (vdet.)
from Iquitos (D. 23. 9. 1901. 25); presented by Mr. D. B. Adamson,
H. B. M. Consul at Lquitos.

Slug (Lima sp.) killed in the act of eating earthworm, from Ewell,
Surrey (D. 7. 10. 1901. 1): presented by Dr. Perey Rendall.

One Cuttle-fish (Sepiola atlantica) and shell and animal of Pecten
opercularis, dredged from the Estuary of the Mersey off N.W. Light-
ship (D. 23. 10. 1901. 1 and 4).

Land Snail (Limax maximus) fixed in expanded condition (D. 2. 11.
1901. 1); presented by Mr. J. A. Clubb.

Five Shells, viz., Natica ampla, Ocula ovum, Terebra maculata,
Strombus lentiginosus, and Fusus incoustans, cut to show various
sections (D. 29. 11. 1901. 1-5); presented by the Linnea Natur-
historiches Institut, Berlin, per Dr. A. Muller.

Four Shells (Haliotis planibrata) from Dixcove, Gold Coast Colony,
West Africa (D. 9. 12. 1901. 1): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two Shells (Bulimus sp. and Haliotis sp.) (D. 21. 12. 1901. 6 & 7);
brought from Director's room with no reference, and now referred to
register of this year.

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| Fishes.

Mud-fish and eight mud blocks containing Mud-fish (Protopterus
peneetens, Owen) from McCarthy Island, River Gambia, W. Africa

(C. 20. 5. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.
| Fish (indet.) from Para (C. 20.5. 1901. 4); presented by the Liverpool
School of Tropical Medicine.

Tench (Tinea vulgaris, Cuy.,) from Knowsley (C. 238. 9. 1901. 3);
presented by Mr. Coupland, City Angling Association.

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) from Newsham Park (C. 23. 9. 1901. 4);
presented by Mr. Arthur Jones.

Two Dog Fishes Cleanthias rulgaris) alive, (C. 28. 10. 1901. 1),
caught on a line in the Estuary of the Mersey from Corporation barge

“ Beta.”
Capsule of Mud-Fish (C. 21. 12. 1901. 1); brought from the
Director's Room without reference and now referred to register of

this year.

Amphibians.
— Toad and Frog (indet.) from Para (C. 20. 5. 1901. .2 and 3)
presented by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Tree Frog (indet.) from Iquitos (C. 26. 8. 1901.1): presented by
Mr. Beal.
i) Two tree Frogs (indet.) and one Toad (indet.) from Iquitos (C. 23.
9. 1901. 1 and 2); presented by Mr. D. B. Adamson, H. B. M. Consul

= Reptiles.

Snake (sp. dudet.), living, from Ramleh, near Alexandria, Egypt
iB 14. 1. 1901. 1); purchased.

a “Two Snakes (indet.) and one Lizard (indet.), from Para (B. 20. 5.
| 1901. 38 and 4): presented by the Liverpool School of Tropical

4 Small Snake (sp. oad. living, found among Bananas (B. 13. 7.
1901, 1); presented by Mr. Fletcher, ‘

46 MUSEUMS.

Young Alligator (Caiman niger), living, from the Upper Amazon
(B. 6. 8. 1901. 1); presented by Captain Good.

Chameleon (C. taeniobronchus, Smith), living, from South Africa
(B. 7. 8. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. Samuel Gaunt.

Fourteen Snakes (indet.) in spirit from Iquitos, Brazil (B. 14. 8.
1901. 1); presented by Mr. Beal.

Skin of Snake (indet.) (B. 15. 8. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. A-
Forman.

Five Snakes (indet.); one Gecko (indet.); one Pond Tortoise (indet.) ;
one large Lizard (indet.); one small Snake (indet.), and four Lizards
(indet.) (B. 28. 9. 1901. 1-6); two Snakes (indet.) (B. 23. 9. 1901.
9); two Snakes and two Lizards (indet.) (B. 28. 9. 1901. 11-12),
and four Snakes (indet.) (B. 23. 9. 1901. 14), all in spirit, from
Iquitos, Brazil; presented by Mr. D. B. Adamson, H.B.M. Consul at
Iquitos.

Chameleon (C. basiliscus) living, from Alexandria (B. 25. 9. 1901. 1);
presented by Mr. J. Shearer.

Terrapin (Chrysemys rubriventris) young, living, from Savannah
Rice Fields, Savannah River, U.S.A. (B. 10. 10. 1901. 1); presented
by Master Edward Billington.

Chameleon (Chameleon vulgaris) living, from Smyrna (B. 11. 11.
1901. 1); presented by Mr. Chas. Hewitson, 70, King’s Road, Bootle.

Twenty-two Lantern Slides of Extinct Reptiles (B. 18. 11. 1901.
1-21); purchased.

Terrapin (Chrysemys picta) young, living, from Canada (B. 23. 11.
1901. 1); presented by Mr. Chas. H. Jacobs, 32, Egerton Road,
Liverpool.

One young Turtle (alive) (indet.) from Iquitos, S. America (B. 80.
12. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. McTaggart, 25, Ponsonby Street,
Liverpool.

Birds.

Hight birds, including one Hawk (indet.) and three Kingfishers
(indet.) from Cameroons, W. Africa (B. 28. 1. 1901. 1-8) ; sei by
Mr. $. Smith, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

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MUSEUMS. 47

Seven Bird Skins from North Queensland :—Ptilorhis victoria,
Gould, ¢: Psophodes crepitans lateralis, North, ¢; Orthonyx spaldingt,
Rams., and ?; Zosterops ramsayi, 2, Platycercus elegans nigrescens,
Rams. ¢ ; Tectonornis dentirostris, Rams., ¢ (B. 25. 2. 1901. 1-6) ;
presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson.

American Teal (Querquedula sp.) (B. 25. 2. 1901. 7) ; presented by
Mr. B. Heywood Jones.

Collection of Bird Skins containing 89 specimens representing
58 species from New Guinea and South America (B. 25. 3. 1901.
1-58); presented by the Rev. Canon Tristram.

Steamer Duck (B. 27. 3.1901. 1) ; purchased.

Patagonian Goose ¢ , (B. 11. 5. 1901. 1); presented by the Parks
and Gardens Committee of the City Council.

Six Jackdaws, one Sparrow Hawk and one Kestrel (B. 14. 5. 1901.
1-3); purchased.

Pair of Thrushes, nest, and four young, and Crested Wren, from
Meiford, near Welshpool (B. 15. 5. 1901. 1 and 2); presented by
Mr. P. Layton.

Toucan (sp. indet.) and one Pigeon (sp. indet.), from Para (B. 20. 5.
1901. 1 and 2); presented by the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine.

Swan’s Egg (B. 29. 5. 1901. 1): presented by the Wirral Railway
Co., per Mr. Burns.

. Abnormal Chicken (B. 4. 6. 1901. 1); presented by the City of
— Dublin Steam Packet Co.

Snowy Owl and case of Sea Birds, containing 2 Herring
Gulls (Larus argentatus), 3 Guillemots (Uria troile), 1 Black
Guillemot, 3 Razor Bills (Alea torda), 4 Puffins (F'ratereula arctica),

1 Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and 1 Shag (Phalacrocorax

— graculus) (B. 11. 6. 1901. 1-8); bequeathed by the late Mrs. Frances
Alice Benbow, Crosby.

Crested Dove from the Aviary, Stanley Park (B. 18. 6. 1901. 1);
presented by the Parks and Gardens Committee of the City Council.

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Five Spotted Flycatchers (Musicapa grisola) 3, 2 and 3 juv. from
Meiford, near Welshpool (B. 25. 6. 1901. 1); presented by
Mr. P. Layton.

Gannet (Sula bassana) and Heron (Ardea cinerea) from Rosshire
(B. 27. 6. 1901. 1 and 2): presented by Mr. Edw. Airey.

Two Bird Skins (Pitta kuhni and Dammeria henrici) from Teoor
Island and Wulur Dammer Island (B. 28. 6. 1901. 1 and 2);
purchased.

Four nestling Flycatchers (B. 2. 7. 1901. 1): presented by
Mr. P. Layton.

Two Plover’s Eggs (B. 29.7. 1901. 1): presented by Ald. Stolterfoht.

Thirteen Birds (indet.) from Iquitos (B. 23. 9. 1901. 7,8, 10 and 13),
and three Bird Nests from Leticia, Peru Frontier (B. 28. 9. 1901. 15) ;
presented by Mr. D. B. Adamson, H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos.

Parrot (Platycercus browni) (B. 24. 9. 1901. 1.) ; purchased.

Four bird Skins:—One Anous stolidus 2; two Sterna sp., and one
Motacilla sp. imm. from the Bay of Bengal (B. 7. 10. 1901. 1-3) ;
presented by Dr. Percy Rendall.

One Lesser black-backed Gull (Larus juseus) 2 (B. 15. 10. 1901. 1),
one Greater black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3, and one Guillemot
(Uria troile) 2 from the Estuary of the Mersey (B. 23. 10. 1901. 1 and
3): collected and presented by Captain Griffiths, Corporation barge
‘* Beta.”

One Greater black-back Gull (Larus marinus) g and one Herring
Gull (Larus argentatus) (B. 23. 10.1901. 1a & 2), collected by Mr. Wm.
Mason, and presented, per Captain Griffiths, Corporation barge
‘* Beta.”

Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) 2 (B. 26, 11.
1901. 1): purchased.

Collection of fifty-eight Bird Skins from New Zealand, consisting of
seventeen genera, representing twenty-six species:—Apteryx haasti
32 ad. ands Gimm:; A. occidentalis, 3, Qad.; A. australis, , Qad.;
A.owent 3,2 ad.: Oxydromus australis, § Pad. and J 2 imm.; O.greyi,
3 Gad. andg G@imm.,; O. earli 3,2 ad.; Diomedea bulleri, 3,% ad.

MUSEUMS. 49

D. salvinig,Qad.; Majaqueus gouldi 3,2? ad.; M. equinoctialis, two
nestlings: Nesonetta aucklandica Qad.and 3 2 imm.; Creadion carun-
culatus,3,2ad.; C. cinereus 3,2 ad.; Harpa nove-zealandie, gad. ;
Platycercus unicolor, 3, 2ad.; Carpophaga nove-zealandia, 3,2 ad.:
Circus gouldi, imm.; Podiceps cristatus, imm.; Botaurus paciloptilus,
3, 2ad.; Miro dannefordi, 3, 2ad.: M. australis, 3 2 ad. and g
?imm.; Prion ariel § ad. and nestling: T'urnagra crassirostris, 3 ,
2 ad.: Phalacrocoxax carunculatus, nestling ; Aptenodytes longirostris
g ad. (B. 20. 12. 1901. 1-26): purchased.

One Bird Skin (Cracticus gymnocephala ?) from North Borneo? (B.—

21. 12. 1901. 1); purchased. Brought from the old office without
' reference, and now referred to register of this year.

Mammals.
Skin and skull of Malabar Squirrel (indet.) 2, (A. 5. 1.1901. 1).

Skins of Weddel’s Seal (Pewcilophoca weddelli) and White Seal, and
skull of Lobodon carcinophaga, from Victoria Land, Antarctica (A. 28.
1. 1901. 1-3): presented by Sir George Newnes, Bart., M.P., ex
** Southern Cross ’? Expedition.

Skin of Anomalurus sp. from N’Sevi, Landana, 8.W. Africa (A. 28.
1. 1901. 4); presented by Mr. H. Hirst, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Squirrel (sp. indet.), living, from Fernando Po, W. Africa (A. 28. 1.
1901. 5); presented by Mr. T. H. Haddock, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

__ Skin and skeleton of Red River-Hog (Potamocherus porcus) 3: skin
and skeleton of Black Panther (I’elis pardus) (A. 25. 8. 1901. 1-2) ;
_ purchased.

Field Vole (Arricola agrestis) semi-albino var. from Curdworth,
_ Warwickshire (A. 25. 3. 1901. 3); presented by Mr. C. Rogers.

Mounted Moose Head (Alces machlis) (A. 22. 4.1901. 1); bequeathed
_ by the late Mrs. Frances Alice Benbow, Crosby.

Hedgehog (Hrinaceus ewropeus) from amongst timber at the Docks
(A. 20. 5. 1901. 1); presented by Mr. Swan.

Two Bats (indet.) from Para (A. 20. 5. 1901. 2); presented by
the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,

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Ruffled Lemur (Lemur varius) from Madagasear (A. 20. 5. 1901. 3);
purchased.

Human Skull from Kivato Island, New Guinea (A. 24. 6. 1901. 1);
purchased.

Young Elephant Skull with Tusks (A. 29. 7. 1901. 1); presented by
Mr. A. Forman.

Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) young g, from Curdworth,
Warwickshire (A. 26. 8. 1901. 1): presented by Mr. Cecil Rogers.

One Monkey (indet.): two Bats (indet.) from Iquitos, Brazil (A. 28.
9. 1901. 1 and 2): presented by Mr. D. B. Adamson, H.B.M. Consul
at Iquitos.

Hedgehog (Mrinaceus europeus) half-grown ¢, from Penyfodd,
Flintshire (A. 23. 9. 1901. 3); presented by Mr. D. Hibbert.

Fifteen lantern slides of Extinct Mammals (A. 18. 11. 1901. 1-15);
purchased.

Skin of African squirrel (indet.); Squirrel’s nest from neighbourhood
of Lagos, West Coast of Africa, and seven skins of squirrels from
North Borneo, including Tupaia picta; T. dorsalis; T. melanura;
Hylomys suillus dorsalis and Sciurus whiteheadii (A. 21. 12. 1901. 1-9);
purchased. Brought from the old office with no reference and now
referred to register of this year.

T'wo photographs of series of skulls of Gorilla, ete. (A. 21. 12. 1901.
10); presented by Mr. R. L. Garner. Brought from old office
with no reference and now referred to register of this year.

Botanica DEPARTMENT.
The acquisitions in this department are as follows :—

One hundred and twenty Herbarium specimens, including twenty
Fucalypti, and forty-four specimens of Fruits, er National Herbarium
ot New South Wales (E. 22. 4. 1901. 1-164): presented by the Botanic
Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W.

One Fruit of Bread Fruit from W. Africa (EK. 20.5.1901.1); presented
by the Rey. Archdeacon D. C. Crowther, Pastorate Mission, Bonny,
per My. A. Ridyard.,

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Nine small Lime Fruits from Degama, New Calabar (E. 20. 5.
1901. 2); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, §.8. “ Niger.’’

Small group of Fungi (indet.) from a Timber Yard, Bootle, (EK, 20,
5. 1901. 8); collected and presented by Mr. Wm. Swan.

About five hundred and forty specimens of Plants, representing
about one hundred and seventy species (EK. 31. 5. 1901. 1-8; 6.6.
1901. 1-10: 20. 6. 1901. 1-53; 29. 6. 1901. 1-20; 4. 7. 1901. 1-23;
10. 7. 1901. 1-22; 3. 8. 1901. 1-19; 6. 9. 1901. 1-13; 14. 9. 1901.
1-23; 27. 9. 1901. 1-27); collected for the Local Herbarium by Mr.
Wm. 8. Laverock.

Three Herbarium specimens (Lepidium perfoliatun; Amsinckia
lycopsoides ; Physalis alkekengi) from Formby, Lanes. (EK. 8. 6. 1901.
1-3): collected and presented by Mr. Robert Craig.

Thirty models in wax of flowering plants and parts of flowering
plants, including a life-size model of Rafflesia arnoldi, and two
hundred and forty-five models of Fungi, representing about one
hundred and thirty species (E. 23. 9. 1901. 1-10: 21. 12. 1901.
1-142): made and preseuted by Mr. H. E. Heath Smedley, F.L.S.

4 ‘Three small pieces of Fossil Wood from Saltburn-on-Sea, York-
shire (K. 25.11.1901. 1); collected and presented by Mr. William
Spensley.

About seventy specimens of dried plants, representing about thirty
species, from Bermuda (EH. 25. 11. 1901. 2-32); collected by Mr. H.
B. Small, and presented by Mr. Robert Powell.

Fungus (indet.) (EK. 9. 12. 1901. 1); presenied by Mr. P. W. Atkin.

Four specimens of Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri, L.), from
4 Carnarvon Castle, and a Violet (Viola, sp.) from Hoylake (E. 10. 12.
1901. 1-2): collected and presented by the Director of Museums.

“Cone” of the Silver Tree (Leucodendron sp.) from Table
_ Mountain, Cape Colony (E. 31. 12. 1901. 1): presented by Mr. W.
Walthew. (Omitted from last report).

A collection of American Mosses, containing about 140 species, and

several other specimens, found with no register number and now
_ referred to register of this year (EK. 31. 12. 1901. 2-4, &e.).

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MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The following are the acquisitions in this Department :—

Seven specimens of Minerals from New South Wales and Tasmania
(F. 28. 1. 1901. 1-5); presented by Mr. James MacLeod.

Over one hundred specimens of Rocks and Minerals from the
excavations for the new Liverpool Reservoir near Prescot (F. 6. 5.1901.
1-9; 30:5; 1901; 1-45 1026: T90L. 1-8; 20. 6. 1901; 1-3 27 Geie
1255 °62 722901. 1-7" 82 Ot. 1-2: 4.9. 1901. 1225 Dae
foe) BO to0l. 1-95 a oe 2. Ol ty VB TT. SOE. 1698s
1901. 1-2) ; collected by Mr. Wm. 8. Laverock.

Six pieces of Quartz from the Gold Coast (F. 20. 5. 1901. 1);
presented by Mr. T. Addequay, Cape Coast Castle, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

One piece of banded Carbonate of Lime from the 7 ft. mine, West
Leigh Collieries (F. 20. 5. 1901. 2); presented by Mr. Stephen Nelson.

About sixty specimens of Minerals from various localities (F. 238. 5.
1901. 1-18, &e.) ; presented by Mr. Alexander Sparrow.

Large slab of grey calcareous Sandstone with ripple-like markings,
from Ince Hall Collieries, Wigan (I. 29. 7.1901. 1): presented by
Councillor J. S. Harmood Banner.

Collection of Marbles and other specimens found with no register
number and now referred to register of this year (I*. 31. 12. 1901.
1-28).

Toe AQUARIUM.

The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
Museum ; special interest being taken in the Mud, the Walking and
the Electrical Cat Fishes.

Our efforts to keep in good health and condition the various tropical
animals, have proved fairly successful, but the want of proper
accommodation for living Mammals (Monkeys, etc.) necessitates the
removal of them when received to the Zoological Gardens, London.
The warm water tanks for the accommodation of West African Fishes
are altogether inadequate, both the mud-fishes and electric cat fishes
suffering from the small space available for them,

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Important donations of West African species have been made from
t'me to time by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of the 8.8. “Niger.”

From year to year specimens of the Rainbow Trout (Salmo irideus)
have been hatched and reared in the small Fish Hatchery in the

» a es

: Aquarium. In April last Mr. Clubb stripped two of the Rainbow
Trout living in the Aquarium, successfully fertilizing the eggs, which
in due time hatched out, and some of the young are now upwards of
five inches in length.

By the kind co-operation of the Sanitary Sub-Committee and of
the City Engineer, arrangements have been made for the periodical
supply of sea water for the salt water tanks, from the Mersey Estuary,
by means of the Corporation barge “ Beta.” This is a great improve-
ment on the filtered water from the salt water baths, and we are now
able to keep marine forms alive in our tanks for considerable periods.
Our thanks are due to Captain Griffiths of the “Beta,” who has been
indefatigable not only in supplying us with water when required, but
also in obtaining for us many specimens of interest. It is hoped to
carry on dredging operations whereby specimens of marine life
will be obtained for our British Collection.

The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,
those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report :—

Fresh Water Hydre * (Hydra viridis and I. fusca) ; Sea-Anemones
The Crass * (Vealia crassicornis); Plumose Anemone * (Actinoloba
dianthus) ; Beadlet* (Actinia equina); Horse-leech * (Hemopsis vorax) ;
_Fresh-water Polyzoa (Cristatella mucedo, *Plumatella repens, Lophopus -
_erystallinus) ; Edible Crab* (Cancer pagurus); Common Shore Crab *
- (Careinus menas) ; Hermit Crab * (Pagurus bernhardus) ; Spider Crab
- (Stenorhynchus rostratus) ; Slender Spider Crab (Stenorhynchus tenuiros-
_ tris) ; Cleanser Swimming Crab (Portunus depurator) ; Shrimp (Crangon
vulgaris); Prawn (Pandalus annulicornis) : * Palemonetes vartans ; Pecten
‘ (P. opercularis) ; Cuttle-fish (Sepiola atlantica); Fresh-water Eel*
(Anguilla culgaris) ; Loch Leven Trout* (Salmo levenensis) ; Rainbow
~ Trout* (Salmo irideus); Gold Carp* (Carassius auratus) ; Crucian Carp
~ *(C. carassius); Common and Mirror Carp* (Cyprinus carpio.) ; Black
- Bass; Three-spined Stickleback * (Gastcrosteus aculeatus); Fresh-water
— Gudgeon* (Gobio fluviatilis); Tench * (T'inca vulgaris): Roach *

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(Leuciscus rutilus); Pike * (Hsoa lucius); Perch * (Perca fluviatilis):
Indian Serpent-head (Ophiocephalus punctatus); North American Cat-
fish * (Amiurus catus); Central American Fresh-water Fish * (Teros
facctus) ; Paradise Fish * (Polyacanthus viridi-auratus) ; Siamese Fighting
Fish * (Betta pugnax); Electric Cat-fish * (Malapterurus electricus) ;
African Mudfish * (Protopterus annectens); Walking Fish * (Perioph-
thalmus koelreuteri) ; the Calabar Polypterus (Calamoichthys calabaricus) :
Sole * (Solea vulgaris) ; Whiting (Gadus merlangus) ; Spiked Dog-fish *
(deanthias vulgaris): Common Frog* and Tadpoles (Rana
temporaria); Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita); Common Toad *
(Bufo vulgaris); Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Crested or Great
Water Newt * (Zvriton cristatus); Common or Smooth Newt *
(Molge vulgaris); Alligator Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina); West
African Tortoises (Testudo calcarata and sp. tndet.: Sternothere *
(Sternotherus adansonii); Young Terrapins (Chrysemys picta and C.
rubriventis); Young Turtle * (sp. indet.); Snakes (sp. indet.): Ringed
Snake (Tropidonotus natrix); Green Lizard * (Lacerta viridis) ;
Chameleons (Chameleon basiliscus, C. taeniobronchus, and C. vulgaris) :
West African Crocodiles * (Mecistops cataphractus and sp. indet.) ;
Alligator (Caiman niger, juv.); W. African Squirrel * (sp. indet.).

SuMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological.
Protozoa xe . a, pA UOPCCIEB, .... a 45 Specimens.
Ceelenterata ... a 8 3 ie ee 10 4
Echinodermata oo 1 8 why aes 5 2
Vermes ... _ ae 2 3 he “al 2 .
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 8 ; ee $5 19
Arthropoda (‘Tracheata) 150 4 aw eade ”
Mollusea... 5 a ... 4000 ‘5 ys ... L0,000 sa
Fishes... oe ais 6 = ite ae 14 "3
Amphibians —... ae 5 me ee Pt at) 6 as
Reptiles ..... 2. Sees Oar be ei fe 71 i
Birds, 5... Sah .. 144 # Pa seca civs eee 5
Mammals - ee ser as “<a bee 50 %

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Botanical.

Plants ... aif ... 647 Species. ... ... 1209 Specimens.

Geological and Mineralogical.

Rocks and Minerals... 3 5 a ... 203 Specimens.

The aggregate number of specimens acquired by the Derby Museum
during 1901 is thus 12,179, compared with 4,458 acquired in 1900.

B.-MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.

The Mayer Museum, which contains a very valuable collection of
Antiquities, Ethnography, and Pottery, besides a large assemblage
of objects which may be classed under the heading of Art, possesses
a great many specimens which there has been no room as yet to
adequately exhibit.

As to this Museum, the Director proposes to arrange the various
specimens according to the Races whose handiwork they are; that is,
under the three great ethnic divisions of the globe, namely, the
Caucasian (white), the Mongolian (yellow), and the Melanian (black)
Races.

The Mongolian (the Chinese, Japanese, and Malayan, &c.) Gallery
would occupy the upper floor of the Mayer Museum.

The objects of Caucasian origin (practically those of the civilised
races, and, of course, more numerous than the others) will be placed
in the Main Hall and its surrounding balcony.

The Anthropology of the Melanian (African, Melanesian, Australian,
&c.) peoples, will be located in the Mayer basement and the adjoining
Ethnographical Gallery now containing these general collections.

Owing to the continued alterations taking place in several of the
exhibition rooms throughout the year, visitors have not been able to
have the same access to the exhibits as hitherto.

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A further series of Egyptian Antiquities from the Royal tombs at
Abydos, and those in the immediate neighbourhood, as well as from
the Greco-Roman branch, has been received from the Committee of
the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Through the kindness of Major-General H. G. Robley, his collec-
tion of objects illustrative of the Maoris of New Zealand has
remained on exhibition during the year.

To the continued interest in the Ethnographical section illustrative
of the native West African industries, customs, &c., taken by Mr.
A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of ss. “* Niger,’ and to friends on the
coast who have contributed through him, the collections have been
enriched by numerous highly interesting and valuable donations.
Messrs. Elder Dempster & Co. have, as in previous years, kindly
allowed all objects for the Museums’ collections to be brought by
their steamers to Liverpool freight free.

The interesting sheets of Hieratic papyri, relating to the robbery
of tombs in the XXth Egyptian Dynasty, have been lent for study
to Percy IE. Newberry, Lsq., at the London University.

Under the new scheme of re-arrangement, the collection of
Egyptian Antiquities is being removed to the Main Hall of the
Museum (previously occupied by the British collections), and is
being arranged in chronological order, as far as the size of objects
permits.

A large totem pole, from the Haida Indians, of Queen Charlotte
Islands, 39 feet 6 inches in height, received in the early part of the
year, has been erected in the basement of the Mayer Museum.

The following photographs and enlargements, made by the
Assistant Curator, have been sent to the undermentioned investi-
gators to assist in their studies, or to illustrate works on which they
may be engaged : —

Saxon urn, inscribed, from Eltham; model hand, used to hang
out at the Chester fairs, and an English wine bottle, found in Vernon
Street, Liverpool, to the Editor of “County Histories”; pair of Irish
gold head ornaments, to M. Salomon Reinach, Paris; group of carved
adzes from the Hervey Islands, to Dr. Frobenius, Leipzig.

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(b) Loans AnD Deposits.

The collection of New Zealand Ethnographical objects formed by
Major-General H. G. Robley has remained on exhibition during the

past year.

Two manuscripts (1) “Treatise on Moral Philosophy,” by %.
Thomas Aquinas, German, 15th century (12,037), and (2) Portion
of the History of Rome, by Eutropius, Italian, 4.p. 1528 (12,068),
have been lent for paleeographical study to the Librarian, University

College, Liverpool.

Three leaves of a papyri in the Hieratic characters, Nos. 11,162
and 11,186, of the XXth dynasty, have been lent to Perey LE.
Newberry, Esq., for study at University College, London.

A vequest from His Excellency the Duke de Loubat, Paris, for
permission to reproduce, at his cost, the celebrated Mexican Codex
(No. 12,014), known as the Fejérvary or Mayer Codex, as one of the
series being published by him, was granted by the ‘Museum Com-
mittee, and for that purpose the volume was sent to him at Paris
(March 9th), at the Bibliotheque Nationale, and after reproduction
was safely returned to the Museum (October 4th), accompanied by a
copy of the reproduction.

(cv) EXcHANGEs.

Twenty-four eolithic flint implements (28. 1. 1901. 47-70), from
the plateau at South Ash, Kent, received from Mr. R. D. Darbishire
Bin exchange for a few duplicate flint flakes from the Eastern Desert,
_ Egypt.

Four palwolithic flint implements (22. 4. 1901. 302-305), from
Warren Hill, Icklingham ; Santon Downham ; and ballast pit, near
~ Kennet Station, Suffolk; also a flint scraper (22. 4. 1901. 306) from
- Icklingham, received in exchange. from Mr. James R. Corder for
nine duplicate flint implements from the Hastern Desert, Egypt.

A large collection of Peruvian and other American Ethnographical
specimens (22. 4. 1901. 1-262) from the Field Columbian
Museum, Chicago, U.S.A., in exchange for duplicate Egyptian flint
implements from the Eastern Desert. The collection contains

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examples of woven bags, pouches, fillets, aprons, mummy
wrappers of various materials and designs, — slings, painted
grave tablets, sepulchral crosses, cane boxes, spindles and_ staves
from a mummy pack, spindles and spindle-whorls, bowls made from
gourds, earthenware water jars, ear studs from the heads of false-
headed mummies, fruit, shells, corn, wooden cone, &c., &c., all from
tombs at Ancon, Peru. With this collection was also received, as
part of the exchange, a group of prehistoric pottery vessels and flint
implements (22. 4. 1901. 263-301) from graves in Arkansas and

Missouri, U.S.A.

Casts of Ancient Egyptian flint bracelets (28. 1. 1901. 45-46) from
the originals in the Oxford Museum were received in exchange for
duplicate implements from the astern Desert, Kgypt.

A series of trade amulets and charms (28. 5. 1901. 20-41), in glass,
&e., made in Bohemia for export to Africa, India, and the South Sea
Islands, was received from Mr. Edward Lovett in exchange for
duplicate Egyptian flint implements from the Eastern Desert, New
Guinea shell bracelet (25. 1. 98. 101) and shell nose sticks (25. 1. 98.
107 and 109).

Ethnographical specimens from Borneo (26. 8. 1901. 1-122) con-
sisting of hats, shields, war jackets, baskets for various purposes,
waistbands, rice bowls, rice stirrers, chop-sticks, case for feathers,
swords, flute, gourds, tobacco boxes, bamboo boxes, flint and steel,
armlets, earrings, spoons, peg-top, pipes, necklaces, cigarette papers,
palm leaf cape, child’s head squeezer, cap, fish-trap, leg bands,
Jew’s harp musical instrument, rat gouge, and cane suspender for
skulls, was received from the British Museum in exchange for
duplicate Egyptian flint implements from the Nastern Desert.

A stone tapa-beater (25. 1. 98. 28) from Taupota, New Guinea,

was sent (October 10th) to Dr. A. B. Meyer, Dresden, for a future
exchange.
(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1.) GENERAL.
Fac-similé of the Mayer or Fejérvary Codex, reproduced for, and

presented by M. Le Duc de Loubat (14. 10. 1901. 83).

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(2.) CERAMIcs.

No acquisitions which ean be classed under this head have been
received during the present vear.

(5.) ErHnoGRapPHy.
PRE-HISTORIC : —
Flint knives, saw, arrowhead, scraper, and flake (25. 5. 1901. 2-7),
from. E] Arish, Palestine; purchased.
Whetstone (21. 10. 1901. 5), two bone pins (21. 10. 1901. 4), eight
flint implements (21. 10. 1901. 5), from the Leasowe shore, collected
and presented by Mr. C. Roeder.

Eleven flint cores (21. 10. 1901. 11), from Cass-na-Awin, and
Ronaldsway, Isle of Man; collected and presented by Mr. C. Roeder.

A small collection of flint implements (21. 10. 1901. 12-19), com-
prising hammer-stone, cores, scrapers, flakes, arrowhead, &e., from
the Neolithic settlement at the Red Noses, New Brighton;
purchased.

Twenty-seven paleeolithic flint implements, (14. 11. 1901. 1-27)
from Broome, Dorset; presented by Mr. R. D. Darbishire.

| MELANIAN RACE.
Africa.—West and South-west Africa : —
List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard,
Z Chief Engineer, ss. “ Niger” (Elder, Dempster & Co.) :—
Large basket (20. 5. 1901. 8), from Bathurst, River Gambia.
From Sierra Leone:—Bamboo water bottles (28. 1. 1901. 1-2),
gourd water bottle (28. 1. 1901. 5), wooden horn (28. 1. 1901. 4),
used by the Mendi carriers during the Ashantee campaign, 1900;
basket (5. 12. 1901. 2); carved juju (20. 5. 1901. 4), from the town
of Tobiah, interior of Sherbro country.
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From the Gold Coast : —
Native chair (23. 12. 1901. 1), made by the Susus, Sherbro;
pair of gourd calabashes, with poker work designs, made by the
_ Susus (5. 12. 1901. 1.); small earthenware country pot (5. 12. 1901.

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3.), Lagos; wooden drum (5. 12. 1901. 4), Cape Coast Castle; wooden
soup ladle (20. 5. 1901. 1), the handle carved in form of an animal,
from Accra; earthenware cooking pot (20. 5. 1901. 5), Accra; knife
and sheath (5. 12. 1901, 5), Dahomey.

Niger Coast Protectorate : —

Three knives, with brass handles and leather sheaths (28. 1. 1901.
6-8), Ilorin, Nupé; piece of native tanned leather (28. 1. 1901. 9),
Ilorin, Nupé ; basket and lid of plaited grass, worked with stained
leather (20. 5. 1901. 2), Kgga, northern Nigeria; rudely carved
wooden figure (20. 5. 1901. 5), Degama; four grass mats (20. 5. 1901.
7), Degama; native loom and appliances, with mat partly woven
on it (1. 11. 1901. 1), and three specimen mats of various designs as

woven on the above loom (1. 11. 1901. 2), from Opobo.

From the Cameroons :—

Wooden fan (28. 1. 1901. 5), with burnt design, Rio del Rey; two
quivers of arrows (28. 1. 1901. 15-14); bow and spear (28. 1. 1901.
15), Yonde, Batanga; wooden spoon (20. 5. 1901. 6), Bakana.

Fernando Po :—

Basket and Lid, painted (28. 1. 1901. 25), from Laka.

g eT aS tanta
Portuguese Congo : —

Fetish for thunder (28. 1. 1901. 10), from N’kaka, Mayombi;
medicine for rain (28. 1. 1901. 11), from N’kutu, Mayombi; basket
in three compartments (28. 1. 1901. 12), Cabenda; wooden fetish
figure, ‘ Mangaca’ (24. 6. 1901. 3), Landana; wooden fetish, in form
of an animal (24. 6. 1901. 4), Landana; fetish (24. 6. 1901. 6),
Landana; fetish (24. 6. 1901. 5), Landana.

Congo River: —

Lid of a basket (28. 1. 1901. 18), Matadi; earthenware water bottle
(28. 1. 1901. 19), Binda; wooden trumpet (28. 1. 1901. 20), animal-
shaped bell, Loango; plaited grass (?) basket, lid and tray (28. 1.
1901. 21), Mossamedes ; bush cat’s tail, used as a fly-flap (28. 1. 1901.
22), Mossamedes.

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Miscellaneous : —

4 ~ Roots ‘abeshie’ for yellow fever (20. 5. 1901. 10); roots ‘ boboshey’
(20. 5. 1901. 11); roots, ‘egirro,’ for bile or biliousness (20. 5.
1901. 9).

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:

Collected and presented by Mr. A. Forman, Rio del Rey, per Mr.
A. Ridyard :—

Karthenware pipe heads, with grotesque head at the base (28. 1.
1901. 24-25), gourd rattle, with burnt decoration (28. 1. 1901. 25a),
cast metal pipe head (29. 7. 1901. 1), all from Bali, Cameroons; ivory
war trumpet (29. 7. 1901. 2), from the Congo.

The following specimens have been presented per Mr. A. Ridyard:
Female fetish painted figure (28. 1. 1901. 26), from Rio del Rey, by
Mr. G. E. MeAuley; two plaited baskets (28. 1. 1901. 27-28), from
Fernando Po, by Mr. J. D. Maysmor.

Three plaited baskets (28. 1. 1901. 29-31), two wooden bells worn
by dogs when hunting (28. 1. 1901. 32-33), fetish in form of a bell
for * big sickness’ (28. 1. 1901. 34), fetish in form of a small bell
for ‘small sickness’ (28. 1. 1901. 35), four wooden spoons, variously
earved (28. 1. 1901. 36-39), three women’s belts made of strands of
plaited hide (28. 1. 1901. 40-42), native rat-trap (28. 1. 1901. 42a),
all from N’Sevi, Landana, collected and presented by Mr. H. Hirst,
= per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Model of a canoe, with figures, &c., complete, and painted (28. 1.
1901. 43), from the Cameroons, presented by Mr. A. E. Christian ;
_ knife (28. 1. 1901. 44), from Bosoko, Upper Congo River, presented
_ by Mr. J. S. Samuel, Boma; sifter (20. 5. 1901. 12), wooden soup
A ladle (20. 5. 1901. 13), the handle carved in form of a snake; hat
~ (20. 5. 1901. 14), with ornamental leather bands, earthenware soup
plate (20. 5. 1901. 15), earthenware cooking pot (20. 5. 1901. 16),
) basket (20. 5. 1901. 17), pair of leather sandals (20. 5. 1901. 18), pair
x of leather slippers (20. 5. 1901. 19), carved gourd drinking cups
(20. 5. 1901. 20-21), all from Accra, Gold Coast, and presented by
Mr. E. W. Quartey Papafio, Accra, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

a Painted wooden drum (20. 5. 1901. 24), from the Gold Coast,
presented by Mr. F. H. Fearon, per Mr. A, Ridyard,

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Wooden stool (20. 5. 1901. 26), two pair of carved calabashes
(20. 5. 1901. 27-28), from the Gold Coast, presented by Mr. S. P.
Longdon, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Knife and sheath (5. 12. 1901. 6), from Gambaga, north Kumasi
country, presented by Mr. A. B. Josiah, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Wristlet (5. 12. 1901. 7), worn by King Prempeh, of Kumasi,
presented by Mr. James J. Kuofi, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Ivory horn (20. 5. 1901. 22), ‘‘ said to be 150 years old, blown in
olden times at the juju skull house at Bonny, whenever the annual
worship of Ikuba was on. It was never blown except when a human
sacrifice was offered. This worship was abolished in 1865, when the
Mission was established at Bonny, and this horn delivered up”
(D.C.C.); presented by the Rey. Archdeacon I). C. Crowther, Bonny,
per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Paddle-shaped juju (20. 5. 1901. 23), called ‘“ Oru,” owned by a
fisherman, and by him consulted before setting out to fish in order
to ensure success. The paddle is in form of an alligator, the object
of worship at Bakana, Bonny. This juju was delivered up to the
Pastorate Mission, Bonny, by the owner on becoming a Christian ;
presented by the Rey. Archdeacon D. C. Crowther, Bonny, per Mr. A.
Ridyard.

Totem-like juju (20. 5. 1901. 29), from the Ibibio country, between
Kiva Ibo and Cross River; collected and presented by Mr. A. A.
Whitehouse, Eastern Divisional Commissioner, Niger Coast
Protectorate, Bonny, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Large wooden shield, covered back and front with rattan (25. 3.
1901. 8); knife (25. 3. 1901. 9),; knife (25. 3. 1901. 10), open worked
and wooden handle; barbed iron spear (25. 3. 1901. 11), from the
Upper Congo River; purchased.

Knife (25. 3. 1901. 12), unusual shaped blade and iron butt; axe
(25. 3. 1901. 13); barbed spear (25. 3. 1901. 14); arrow, with iron
head and cane shaft, feathered (25. 3. 1901. 15); two arrows (25. 3.
1901. 16-17); two rolls of native tobacco (25. 3. 1901. 18); from the
Congo River; purchased,

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Red earth (25. 3. 1901. 19), from a village near Mayumba, used
by the women on marriage to rub their bodies with; purchased.

j Metal armlet (26. 8. 1901. 126); metal charm, in form of a

Neolithic celt (26. 8. 1901. 127); seven metal celt-shaped charms or
amulets (25. 2. 1901. 1-7), from Benin City ; purchased.

4

Ten photographs (23. 12. 1901. 2) of Central African natives,
copied from R. Buckta’s originals; presented by the Director of
Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh (Abaka ¢ and ¢, 2 Niam
Niam g and 2,4 Schuli g, Akka girl, 2 Bari g 2 Shilluk ¢,
Bischarien Arab, 2 Schukurieh Arab, Mombutto neg. 2 2 and
Niam Niam 2°). ; ss

Melanesia.—Solomon Islands : —

Native model in wood of a canoe (28. 1. 1901. 71) ; purchased.

~ Polynesia.—Sandwich Islands :—

Fan (24. 6. 1901. 1) of plaited reed, and two pieces of orange and
_ white coloured tapa cloth (24. 6. 1901. 2); presented by Mr. Stafford
Heapy, Honolulu.

MONGOLIAN RACE: —
4 America.—South :—
A selection of objects (23. 9. 1901. 1-11), from the Indian tribes

of the Upper Amazon, collected and presented by Consul D. B.
- Adamson, as follows : —

Pottery bowl, showing the method of ‘ building up’ the vessel by
the coiling process, and the materials used in the making of such
yessels, as follows: —Bark, used calcined and mixed with sand to
form a clay, yellow and white clay for ‘slipping’ the grey vessels,
black glaze (?) used to coat the inside of the vessels (applied
hot), varnish applied to the outside of the completed vessel, fish-bone
vasp for finishing off the coils, Cocama Indians; earthenware smoker
for smoking rubber, Cocama Indians; net, with pith floats and stone
-sinkers; feather fan, Napo Indians; piece of tapa cloth; bamboo
tube, containing Wourali poison; creeper cord, used for tying down
house thatches; material used in the making of fibre-string: the
leaves, raw fibre, waste ribs of leaves, brush made from the waste

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ribs, string made from the fibre, and the net made from the string,
from Iquitos; six arrows; paddle (imperfect); fruit, the juice of
which is used for staining the body, from Iquitos.

North : —

Totem Pole, carved on a giant cedar (Thuja gigantea). The pole
is now 39 feet 6 inches high, and with the original buried base may
have been some § to 10 feet longer. The back is hollowed out. The
post is surmounted by a group of three sitting figures, wearing
‘chiefs’ hats’ (skil), which indicates the number of potlatches, or
feasts, given by the owner. ‘The figures below represent the Bear
(Hoorts) eating a Frog; below this again is a head with a chief's hat,
and still lower is illustrated the story 6f the Bear (Hoorts) and the
Hunter (Towats); on one side is a small head, and below this a figure
of the Wolf, and on either side of the opening for the doorway into
the house are totemistic designs. From the Haida Indians, Queen
Charlotte Islands (20. 5. 1901. 31); purchased.

A collection (9. 12. 1901. 1-45) of N.W. American specimens,
from the Kawkiutl and Haida Indians, were acquired by purchase, as
follows :-—household chest; hat of twined spruce roots; gambling
sticks; stone mortar; large plain copper; spoon, made from the horn
of the mountain sheep; two wooden soap spoons; wooden dish, inlaid
with opercula; halibut hook; cod hook; carved sea otter club; seal
or sea otter spear; two small coppers; pendants; adze; stone adze-
head; two paint brushes; carved stone sledge ham:ner—from the
Haida Indians; raven mask; hamatsas head ring; singing master’s
baton; wolf mask; painted ceremonial spear; wooden whistle; brass
armlets; necklace of Dentaliwm indianorum; throwing stone;
wooden cradle; spindle and whorl; doctor’s rattle: bone chopper:
bone knife; knife made from a deer bone; stone hammer; bark
baler; fish-rake; salmon spear-head; paddle of yellow cedar;
eloak of cedar bark; rain cape of cedar bark—from the Kawkiutl
Indians: spindle and whorl of maple wood; cup, made of birch
bark ; two matmakers’ needles; and grooved wooden implement, used
in matmaking.

Japan :—
One hundred masks of the characters in the ‘‘ No” drama,
modelled in plaster, by Zwart Kwaisetu, a.p. 1788 (20. 5. 1901. 32); a

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takotsubo, a vessel used by fishermen in catching cuttle-fish. The
name of the fisherman is inscribed on the vessel, “ Vaka I chisuke,
of Shokowa Street” (20. 5. 1901. 33); eight Fuchi and Kashira, of
the Goto school, a.v. 1440-1512 (20. 5. 1901. 34-37); sixty-four
Menuki, or sword ornaments, in various metals, Goto school, A.D.
1440-1512 (20. 5. 1901. 38); quiver of arrows made of boar’s skin,
and bound in leather (20. 5. 1901. 39); framed series of 48 tablets,
illustrative of various lacquer processes (20. 5. 1901. 40); framed

:

series of 44 tablets, illustrative of lacquer processes for sword
scabbards (20. 5. 1901. 41); framed drawings of a robe box of ancient
lacquer (20. 5. 1901. 42); porcelain incense burner (23. 9. 1901. 13) ;
purchased.

Photograph (23. 12. 1901. 3) of a Sakai slave boy, aged 15 years,
from Kelantan, Siam-Malay States; presented by the Director of
Science and Art Museums, Edinburgh.

CAUCASIAN RACE.

Egypt.—
A selection of Egyptian Antiquities (14. 10. 1901. 1-62), from the
excavations at the Royal and other Tombs at Abydos, were received
from the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, as follows : —
Clay sealings from pottery jars; cylinder jars, with name of King
Qa: flint arrow-heads; limestone stele; worked flints: model
granaries ; part of a set of model funeral offerings in copper ; beads of
amethyst and carnelian ; figure of Osiris; slate palettes, &c., &c.

A selection of late Egyptian Antiquities (3. 12. 1901. 1-41) of the
Greco-Roman Period, found in the Faytiim, by Messrs. Hogarth,
Grenfell and Hunt, during the winters of 1895-6, 1898-99, 1900-01 ;
_ presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund (Greco-Roman branch).

Ushabti (20. 5. 1901. 46), Egyptian, XXVIth Dynasty ; received
from Executors of Mrs. M. A. Maclver.

Ancient Egyptian necklace (26. 8. 1901. 123) of carnelian and
amethyst beads, ‘of the XIIth Dynasty; string of green-glazed
eylinder beads (26. 8. 1901. 124) of the XXIInd Dynasty; ushabti
sepulchral figure (26. 8. 1901. 125) of the XXIInd Dynasty ; pre-
sented anonymously.

66 MUSEUMS.

Malaysia.—

Set of thirty-two topeng masks (24. 6. 1901. 8-39), in carved wood,
painted, from Kampong Djagai, near Buitenzorg, Java, and used in
scenes from Wayang Purwao, Ramajana, Brata Yha, &c.; chest
(24. 6. 1901. 7) and accessories (24. 6. 1901. 40-62), used with the set
of topeng masks; purchased.

Dancing doll, Burmese (14. 10. 1901. 82); purchased.

Europe.—

Figures of a man and woman (26. 8. 1901. 128-129), made of tow
and wood, the hands and faces modelled in earthenware, and painted.
These figures were made by Neapolitan artists for the representation
of the Nativity at Christmastide; purchased.

Fragments of pottery (21. 10. 1901. 1), cup-stone (21. 10. 1901. 2),
whetstone (21. 10. 1901. 3), parts of shears (21. 10. 1901. 7), nails
(21. 10. 1901. 8), iron fish-hooks (21. 10. 1901. 9), and fragments of
pottery (21. 10. 1901. 10), from the Cheshire Shore, collected and
presented by Mr. Charles Roeder.

Primitive scythe-sharpener (20. 5. 1901. 30), from Anglesea, N.
Wales; purchased.

Rushlight holder (29. 10. 1901. 1) and tripod rushlght holder
(29. 10. 1901. 2); presented by Mrs. Lloyd.

Box, made out of bark (20. 5. 1901. 45), Russian; two painted
wooden spoons (20. 5. 1901. 44-45), Italian (?); received from the
Executors of Mrs. M. A. MaclIver.

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WALKER ART GALLERY.

A quarter of a century has almost passed since the opening of the
Walker Art Gallery. On September 6th next it will have attained
its Silver Anniversary. The Curator regards this as a fitting time
to place on record the results of its operations so far.

Since the opening of the Gallery in 1877, the Corporation has
acquired between seven and eight hundred works of art, including
purchases, gifts, bequests and works deposited; the money value,
estimated for the purpose of insurance, amounts to over £100,000.
The Gallery having been built by the munificence of the late Sir A.
B. Walker, Bart., and the pictures purchased being the outcome of
the profits on Exhibitions, the whole, both the building and its
contents, has been acquired by the City without cost to the ratepayers.

The Collection is now esteemed as being the finest Gallery of
Modern Art out of the Metropolis. The quality of the works
acquired has attracted the favourable notice of the art world, and
from year to year there has been a growing demand for privileges
to reproduce examples in art magazines, &c., with the result that the
Collection has attained a high reputation, not only in the United
Kingdom, but on the Continent and in America.

During the past year the Committee have granted permission for
the reproduction of 110 works. Mr. Richard Brown, of Liverpool,
has published a considerable number of carbon prints of the principal
works, and Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode, of London, besides their
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection, have also published repro-
ductions, by the “Rembrandt ” process, in various sizes, which are
circulated throughout the kingdom through the medium of the
printsellers. Messrs. Cassell & Co. have included coloured repro-
ductions in their series of ‘The Nation’s Best Pictures,” and the
publication, in monthly parts, of the “ Hundred Best Pictures,” by
Messrs. Charles Letts & Co., includes works from the Permanent
Collection.

68 ART GALLERY.

A very gratifying result of the establishment of the Walker Art
Gallery has been its influence upon other cities and towns in the
United Kingdom. Following the example of Liverpool, 45 Art
Galleries, mostly under Municipal control, have been instituted since
1877 (see list appended). Of this number, 18 hold annual Exhibi-
tions. At the end of the Liverpool season a large number of works
are transferred to other towns where exhibitions are held, and by
these means additional facilities are afforded for the inhabitants to
educate themselves by visiting the local Galleries, and the artists
have a further opportunity of meeting with patrons among the
wealthy of the respective districts. Most of the Galleries are con-
ducted on similar lines to those of the Liverpool Gallery, and have
very closely followed its forms and regulations. The Committee
have at all times been willing to afford such information as might be
useful to other Municipalities which have undertaken the erection
g, material
and colour of walls, with methods adopted for the hanging of
pictures.

of Galleries, both as regards construction, mode of lightin

As regards the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, the Committee have
every reason to feel satisfied at the eminently successful results of
their efforts to make it the most important in the Kingdom. Both
locally and nationally it is regarded as only second to the Royal
Academy itself, whilst as regards the artistic merit of the works
exhibited, it stands pre-eminent. Rising artists look to admission

.

to it as a recognition of their art status, and those who have “won
their spurs” are well pleased to avail themselves of the opportunity
of seeing their productions in well-lighted Galleries, and amidst the

most favourable surroundings.

The large attendances at the Autumn Exhibitions (unprecedented
in the provinces) and the number of pictures sold, prove that the
public evince great interest in the annual collections thus brought
together for their advantage and art education.

During the past season the daily admissions, by single payment,
numbered 61,816, in addition to 3,268 season tickets. Added to
those visiting the Exhibition by payment, there were 10,516 pupils
from the schools of all denominations, invited to inspect the collec-

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ART GALLERY. 69

tion free of charge. The Curator is gratified to notice a marked
improvement in the appreciation shown by those juvenile visitors
since the opening of the Gallery. This is particularly noticeable
among the School Board children and others of the poorer classes,
whose conduct reflects the utmost credit upon those who have charge
of their education.

Perhaps the most gratifying feature of the operations of the
Gallery has been in forming and improving the public taste in art.
Since the opening of the Gallery 5,815 works have been sold at the

‘Autumn Exhibitions, and the purchases made by the public show

that they have exercised good judgment in their selections. The
same may be claimed for the Committees who have from time to
time made purchases for the Permanent Collection. 126 Gallery
pictures have been bought from the Autumn Exhibitions, and
although some of them have been adversely criticised, the result has
proved that laymen of artistic taste are as well fitted to judge of
works of art as experts, who are at times narrow and limited in
their views.

The hanging space in the Gallery is quite inadequate for the
proper display of the Collection, and it is to be hoped that an
enlargement of the building will soon be made such as will enable
the City Art treasures to be seen to advantage.

CHARLES DYALL,

CURATOR.

70 ART GALLERY.

Visitors TO THE GALLERY.

During the year the Gallery was open 310 days, excluding
Sundays. The number of visitors was 433,854, or a daily average
of 1,353. This total includes 65,084 visitors to the Autumn
Exhibition, besides 14,477 pupils of schools of various denominations,
who were admitted free. In addition, the total attendance on
Sundays was 14,384, being an average of 423.

Pictures LeEnvr.

The following Works have been loaned to Exhibitions, &c., as under :—

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TITLE. ARYIST. LENT TO.
pee ett s #2 | : ut
“‘Torenzo and Isabella” ......... | Sir J. E. Millais, Bart.,, Glasgow International
P.R.A. | Exhibition.
SoVConnlworklir - asece.sascrnaeer snes J. Constable, R.A. ses “s ; 3:
|
KOM AHNCC > caata stn hretg scott cr naee | ‘D> Roberts, BoA. ..-.--+ “3 ; 3
FACS TINIMCr NISNU “ia-deasesaraase Albert Moore ..........- rd 3 ; a
‘© And when did you last see | W. F. Yeames, B.A. ... i : 3
your Father. ?”’
“‘Love’s Baubles”’..........+....+0 Byam Shaw..:::...0--0¢.. Venice International Art
Exhibition.
RTA. ROVODIG bebe sede sovente cob aeeer [HS DICESBGy RA. sataceres Nottingham Corporation.
SCOT AIO OL WAT vias eaes castestee A Raed waged. vate nert sen | Widnes Corporation.
“Faithful unto Death”’ ......... | Sir E. J. Poynter, | a sh
| P.R.A. |
“‘The Alps by Night” ............. | Wm. Stott, of Oldham.) Mrs. Stott, for special exhibi-

tion of her late husband’s

Works, in London.

‘‘And when did you last see | W. F. Yeames, r.a. ...| Whitechapel Art Gallery,
your Father. ?”’ | London.

‘Lorenzo and Isabella”’ ......... Sir J. BE. Millais, Bart.,| Birmingham Corporation.
P.R.A.
‘The Alps by Night”’ ............ Wm. Stott, of Oldham. Mrs. Stott, for special exhibi-

| tion of her late husband’s
Works, in Manchester.
SIMU OF War vecepsscceronsas se AL SHRGO. R5Aq costs eters’ Oldham Corporation.

ART GALLERY.

REPRODUCTIONS.

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The following privileges for the reproduction of Works in the Per-

manent Collection have been granted during the year.

In no ease is

the privilege granted an exclusive one, the Committee reserving to them-

selves the right to
discretion :—

APPLICANT.

PICTURE.

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“Venus and Anchises ”’
“ A Summer Night ”’
SU Ambibch yale, susie Mateo dsscuna th ach axe
“Ruth and Naomi”’..........00.+-
‘““The Expulsion of Adam and
Eve’’
“ Maiwand—Saving the Guns”
‘©O Mistress Mine” ...:...:...4-2-
‘«The Punishment of Luxury ’”’
Ciel shay t7ts oii ie Reena core ere ne
“ Ruth and Naomi’’..........::--
“Model of Dudley Castle ”’
BOTY E UGG, Mid nnn, taanlacach mmc aree
FOO) Mastress Mime? ses ciigas.% Jos
‘* Venus and Anchises ”’
‘Don’t ’ee tipty toe”’
‘< Ruth and Naomi 7” ....2:....c0 0
COBAIN ANN Sa. ceeesecsozdeepeeel = ociss =
“One of the Family”’ ............
“And when did you last s
your Father?”
“A Summer Night ’’..........:....
“And when did you last see
your Father?”
‘* Maiwand—Saving the Guns ”’
Se Rvthy amnd: NAOMI 7 oo ce aces ou
Se EDULEL 30k 6 shad Stein emma bo ode oe
“Jephthah’s Daughter ”’
** One of the Family ’”’
SE BENE VOTIC 0 afae aaoy ed one's -yadde oes
“The Progress of Intemper-
ance’’
fOove's Baubles,”?......... 0002.00:
‘*A Nautical Argument ’’.........
“The Best of Husbands’’ ......
* \\ hen the Children are Asleep”’
EPVIGDHEVICSS 6 ts feast Socveny <oseve~0
“* Nearing the Needles ’’
** Meadow Sweets ”’
““In Time of War’’
“Man Overboard ’’ .............+-
‘*And when did you last see
your Father ?’’

afford facilities to other applicants at their

ARTIST.

R. Caton Woodville.

Sir W. B. Richmond, k.a.
Albert Moore.

M. Greiffenhagen.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

A. T. Nowell.

R. Caton Woodville.

E. A. Abbey, R.A.

G. Segantini.

Prof. H.von Herkomer, R.A.
P. H. Calderon, R.A.

Prof. H.von Herkomer,R.a.
EK. A. Abbey, B.A.

Sir W. B. Richmond, R.A.
John Morgan.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

Lord Leighton, P.R.A.

F. G. Cotman, R.I.

W. F. Yeames, R.A.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

R. Caton Woodville.
P. H. Calderon, R.A.
Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Miss Jessie Macgregor.
F. G. Cotman, R.1.
Frank Dicksee, R.A.
E. Y. Rippingille.

Byam Shaw.

C. Napier Hemy, A.R.A.
Arthur Stocks, R.1.
Thomas Faed, R.A.
Arthur Stocks, R.1.
Henry Moore, R.A.
David Murray, A.R.A.
Thomas Faed, R.A.
Thomas Somerscales.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

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ART GALLERY.

APPLICANT, PICTURE. ARTIST.
AWIG-UUGMpleceresstavdecss ne: Be vHV dy RIM Saaatanehe acta tleaalocsins cosas Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
sion | acaatiaavesasoech, <a2 ‘¢ Dante’s Dream?) .:......0.-<:.-- | D. G. Rossetti.
RARE MERA ech see ‘«The Punishment of Luxury’’| G. Segantini.
D. Croal Thomson ......... ««The Old Man’s Treasure’ ...| Carl Gussow.
Seis bi os Adah goes. “¢ Blanchisseuses ”’..............00+ Miss Alice Havers.
tL eae | bo. ae a “Evening of the Battle of | Ernest Crofts, R.A.
Waterloo”
SS A oll BSR eases ‘CA Summer Night” .......:.... | Albert Moore.
eh ee MCSA NRIGVELIOM a-tnesoscccoeeasosssses] Frank Dicksee, R.A.
Ae eras: ‘¢O Mistress Mine”? ............... K. A. Abbey, R.A.
nat ear Seebrate lee A Pageant of Childhood ”’ ...... T. C. Gotch.
Clement Shorter ............| ‘<The Road to Camelot ’’......... G. H. Boughton, R.a.
Sn beat eee |“ Dante’s Dream)?..2..:....:.c-.-c.] .D:. G. Rossetitr.
sa elias «as | “Venus and Anchises”’ ......... Sir W. B. Richmond, k.a.
Rh hated ie Set ef a | 6° OlMastvesstMine 27" 2 o...2..2-.ce.s | E. A. Abbey, R.a.
eS NR aeeces SHAG ELE IESUADCD - oor sotees aac) | Andrew C. Gow, R.A.
sgt) VERE, So rete FS(Ammpab ys Sc cov-cnsessc tiene necassece M. Greiffenhagen.
CAT See weet LOMO VERIGS sts etecs stn: cbs ccdrssess Frank Dicksee, R.A. ~
DS EE teers ae AeMVOOULUE ek sere ec ee tocar ete: Prof. H. von Herkomer,R A.
Sew ee FEISAINGOU s osencscccctaeceseras-eese= | Solomon J. Solomon, 4.R.A.
Austin Brereton ..«......... “Richard II. resigning the | Sir J. Gilbert, R.a.
Crown ”
pe Neen ‘Toad y IMaGbetb? 2. .co.-2--ca0es- T. F. Dicksee.
STUN? de OSs SIPEG tape meemasc ore tess ce rreaes vs Miss Henrietta Rae.
-plemme Cr ercnrsae) REO T OI earns ane ne Rebeca ae sae ee Robert Fowler, R.1.
onpulin Gir tarcecs -oncecnes ‘Richard II. resigning the | Sir John Gilbert, rR.a.
Crown”
EIRP Geli ens cecect as sve cones | ‘*The Ancestor on the Tapestry ’| J. Haynes-Williams.
Charles Letts & Co.......... Le OLiove’s (salipleS <-.en.ces-cwedens Byam Shaw.
hitler eee Er PATI AU a ers te 5 ire Se M. Greiffenhagen.
lela tet dees ree: ‘‘ Maiwand—Saving the Guns’’| R. Caton Woodville.
Ai Ne eel OEE ‘“The Expulsion of Adam and | A. T. Nowell.
| Eve ”’
SU RR Fs oh 0» 2 “Pelagia and Philammon’’ .| Arthur Hacker, s.R.a.
FON’ 3. ies “Dante and Beatrice”’............ Henry Holiday.
fo Roulae Acreree tCOPREIIA A lors tanpton cre ae eacc es on Miss Henrietta Rae.
“hah Matric Sas DOE BONICST. enccereereraese sscese saaces C. E. Perugini.
ident souesilhdescncn tet ‘Don’t ’ee tipty toe’’ ............ John Morgan.
Se PU eee eres “Table d’ Héte at a Dogs’ home”) J. C. Dollman, R.1.
plied pts hace ‘*Venus and Anchises”’ ......... Sir W. B. Richmond, R.a.
repehhibiaalide oe co ‘¢The Reign of Terror”’ ......... Miss Jessie Macgregor.
se PRI NE oe eee “ A Summer Night’’............... Albert Moore.
i ES rece “© And when did you last see | W. F. Yeames, R.A.
your Father ?’’
pals (OaIWY caceestes .sacanneans ‘«The Rt. Hon. George Canning ’| Sir Thomas Lawrence, R.a.
T. & R. Annan & Sons SOARS WOTkE Sates teres eeseeses tees John Constable, R.A.
Es ‘* Lorenzo and Isabella ”’ ......... Sir J. E. Millais, Bart.,
P.R.A.
Gi MGINA PIER: (1.2 beseeer casts ‘«The Prisoner of Chillon’’...... Wm. Daniels.
L’don Electrotype Agency.| ‘‘O Mistress Mine”? ............... E. A. Abbey, R.A.
C. Arthur Pearson ......... ‘““And when did you last see | W. F. Yeames, R.A.
your Father?’’
SL Se: “ Don’t ’ee tipty toe”’ ............ John Morgan.
Clement Shorter ............ ‘‘4 Pageant of Childhood’’...... T. C. Gotch.
“al bc namealbie saccbeeintec ‘oRuthband. Naomi? ......: sens <2. P. H. Calderon, R.A.
lo TP AE “MM hei Geos Gun re ccessccncesatees Val. C. Prinsep, R.A.
Lin Le eee “The Triumph of the W. Holman Hunt.
Innocents ”’

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ART GALLERY.

APPLICANT.
OU UAT O10) Seer ee eae
116070) <a re
Alfred'T. Storey ..........--
F. Dolman ic
Editor, ‘‘ Black & White’’

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Cassell and Co., Ltd. ......

| «Dante aud Beatrice ”’

| ‘In time of War”’

PICTURE.

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ARTIST.

«Table d’ Héte at a Dogs’ home’ |
‘Ruth and Naomi’’...............
“Don’t ’ee tipty toe ’’
ROORLIG EIEN Satonenceaesenaas ates servcert
‘« Motherless ’’

‘“« When the Children are asleep’’

‘‘Ruth and Naomi”’ ...............|

‘*The Triumph of the
Innocents ”’

‘©The Martyr of the Solway’’.

‘SM OUGn ANGHACE SE Ii su ceseseae
‘©A Pageant of Childhood’’......
‘« Rival Grandfathers ’’............
“Dante’s Dream ”’ |
“(A Reverie’’

Bo SAIBOH 1 Mh age coitcn acoccacysysscicascve

‘Richard IT. resigning the
Crown ’”’

““The Stowaway ”’

J.C. Dollman, k.1.
P. H. Calderon, r.a.
| John Morgan.

| Lord Leighton, p.R.a.
Arthur Stocks, R.1.
Henry Holiday.
Thomas Faed, k.a.
PEE: Calderon, R.A.
W. Holman Hunt.

| Thomas Faed, R.A.

| Sir J. B. Millais, Bart.,
P.R.A.

H. Windsor-Fry, R.B.A.

| T. C. Gotch.

| John R. Reid.

D. G. Rossetti.

Frank Dicksee, R.a.

| Val C. Prinsep, R.A.

| Frank Dicksee, R.A.

| Solomon J. Solomon,a.R.A.
| Sir John Gilbert, r.a.

Alfred Dixon.

74 ART GALLERY.

ADDITIONS to the PERMANENT COLLECTION.

The undermentioned Works of Art have been added to the
Permanent Collection during the year, viz :—

By Donations :—

“Hemans Memorial Medallions” (bronze), original models, by
Charles J. Allen, presented, on behalf of the subscribers, by Theodore
Brown, Esq. ‘The Temple of Jupiter, and the Acropolis ” (oil), by
John Fulleylove, R.I., presented by Mr. Alderman T. W. Oakshott,
J.P. ‘The Charge of the-21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman”
(oil), by R. Caton Woodville, presented by Sir Alfred L. Jones,
K.C.M.G.; and Portrait of the late Wiliam Edwards Tirebuck (oil),
by Miss Hleanor 8. Wood, presented by Charles Porter, Esq.

By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition of 1901 :—

“The Passing of a Great Queen” (oil), by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A.
“Tristram and Iseult” (oil), by Herbert J. Draper. ‘Life and
Thought” (oil), by Mrs. Evelyn de Morgan; and “ Haymakers
resting” (oil), by F. A. Delobbe; also “ Snowdon, from Anglesea”
(water colour), by J. Clinton Jones, R.C.A.; and “Sultry June”
(water colour), by Joseph Kirkpatrick, both purchased under the
terms of the Lord Derby Bequest.

STUDENTS.
The attendance of students copying in the Gallery during the
past year is well up to the average, the total number of attendances
being 2,219, and the pictures copied by them number 89.

The pictures principally favoured by students are the following : —
“Ruth and Naomi,” by P. H. Calderon, R.A.; “ Nature’s Mirror,”
by Peter Ghent; ‘Meadow Sweets,” by David Murray, A.R.A.;
“ Ophelia,” by Henrietta Rae; “A New Light in the Hareem,” by
F. Goodall, R.A.; *“O Mistress Mine,” by HE. A. Abbey, R.A.; °
“There is a rapture on the lonely shore,” by G. Cockram, R.C.A. ;
“Dante and Beatrice,” by Henry Holiday; and “ A Pageant of
Childhood,” by T. C. Gotch.

Since the opening of the Gallery in 1877, the number of students
who have been admitted to copy reach a total of 1,057.

coe |

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ART GALLERY.

ART GALLERIES, mostly under Municipal control,
opened since 1877 :—
Blackburn Corporation Library, Museum and Art Gallery, opened

1894.
Bury Corporation Library, Museum and Art Gallery, opened 1901.

Bootle Corporation Library, Museum and Art Gallery, opened
1887.

Bath Corporation Victoria Art Gallery, opened 1897-8.
Birmingham Corporation Museum and Art Gallery, opened 1885.

Bristol Corporation Library, Museum and Art Gallery (in course of
construction ).

Brighton Corporation Art Gallery.

Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1879.
Cheltenham Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1899.
Cambridge Corporation.

Carlisle Corporation.

Derby Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1881.

Dudley Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1888.

Egham (Surrey) Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1881-5.
Hastings Corporation Art Gallery.

Halifax Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1890.

Hull Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1900.

Leeds Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1888.

Leicester Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1882.
Maidstone Corporation Art Gallery (Art wing added), 1890.
Manchester Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1883.
Manchester (Queen’s Park) Art Gallery, opened 1884.
Manchester (Whitworth Institute) Art Gallery.
Norwich Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1894.
Nottingham Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1878.
Newport Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1894.
Oldham Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1883.

76 ART GALLERY.

Plymouth Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1897.
Preston Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1895.

Reading Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1897.
Southport Corporation Art Gallery.

Sunderland Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1881.
Stoke-on-Trent Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1878.
Wednesbury Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1891.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum, opened 1884.
Worcester Corporation Art Gallery, opened 1887.

York Corporation Art Gallery.

iy Lonnon

National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery), opened 1897.
Corporation Art Gallery, Guildhall, opened 1885.
Whitechapel Art Gallery.

In Scortanp—

Aberdeen Corporation Art Galleries, opened 1883.

Glasgow Corporation Art Galleries. -

In IrELAnND—

Belfast Corporation Art Galleries and Museum.

In addition to the Permanent Collection and the Autumn
Exhibition, the Galleries have been used in connection with the
following : —

1882. Exhibition of about 200 drawings and sketches by the late
H. Dawson, lent by the Executors.
Exhibition of drawings and sketches by J. M. W. Turner,
R.A., lent by the Authorities of the National Gallery.

1885. Spring Exhibition of the Liverpool Society of Painters in
Water Colours, during May and June.

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1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

ART GALLERY. 17

Loan Exhibition by owners of important works of art in
Liverpool and district.

Exhibition of works by members of the Liverpool Society
of Painters in Water Colours and Liver Sketching Club.

Exhibition of works of art deposited on loan by Mr.
Alderman Samuelson, Mr. Merton Russell Cotes and
Messrs. Kendall & Sons.

Exhibition of illustrations of the works of Raphael during
April, May, June and July, consisting of over 400
examples reproduced by various processes.

Exhibition by the Liver Society of Artists.
Exhibition by the Liverpool Painters in Water Colours.

Exhibition of works deposited on loan by Mr. Charles
Langton, including examples by De Wint, Copley
Fielding, Samuel Prout, David Cox, David Roberts, E.
W. Cooke, Clarkson Stanfield, T. Sidney Cooper, F. M.
Richardson, G. Fripp, George Morland and others.

Exhibition of pictures by the Russian Artist, Vassili
Verestchagin.

International Photographic Exhibition.

Exhibition of Decorative and Applied Art, including rare
examples, from South Kensington, of Modern Furniture,
Klectrotype reproductions of Old Royal Gold Plate,
Tapestry of the 16th Century, &c., &e.

Exhibition of the Doré Collection of Religious Pictures.
Exhibition by the Liverpool Society of Painters in Water
Colours.

During the month of August the Galleries were placed at
the disposal of the Mayor (Thomas Hughes, Hsq.), for
the purpose of holding a Conversazione of the members
of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the
Laws of Nations.

78
1891.

1892.
1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1897.

ART GALLERY.

Photographic Exhibition, under the auspices of the Liver-
pool Amateur Photographie Association.

The Permanent Collection was this year opened to the public
on Sundays for the first time.

Naval Exhibition.

Spring Exhibition, comprising the Roscoe collection of
pictures and works of the Liverpool Society of Painters
in Water Colours.

Conyersazione, held by the Society of Chemical Industry, in
connection with the Annual Meeting of the Society.

Spring Exhibition of Applied Art and Photographie Work.
Annual Soiree of the Geological Society.

Annual Soiree of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic
Society.

Display of objects forming a Palestine Exhibition, by the
Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews.
Exhibition of Black and White Drawings and objects of

Applied Art.

Exhibition of Historical Collection of Water Colour Draw-
ings of the British School, illustrating the rise and
progress of the Art.

Reception held by the local Committee of the British
Association. -

Reception held by the Council of the Liverpool Geographical
Society.

Reception held by the Liverpool Municipal Officers’ Guild.

Model of Rome added to the Permanent Collection.

Exhibition of pictures by the late Alfred W. Hunt.

Exhibition of Colonel Hanna’s collection of Indo-Persian ~
Drawings and [Illuminated Books. (Lent to the Gallery
for a period of three years.)

ART GALLERY. 79

1898. Spring Exhibition of Arts and Crafts and Photographic
work.

Banquet given by the Liverpool Architectural Society.

1899. Exhibition of pictures illustrating Napoleon in Russia, by
the Russian artist, Vassili Verestchagin.

1900. Reception by the Lord Mayor (Rt. Hon. Louis 8S. Cohen)
of the Committees of the various political organisations.

Examination for Art Scholarship, under the auspices of the
Technical Instruction Committee.

Exhibition held of the work for the year by students of the
Liverpool University College.

Liverpool Geographical Society’s prize distribution, by Lord
Derby.

Exhibition of the religious picture “ ece Homo,” by
Munkacsy.

Exhibition of the religious picture ‘Christ or Barabbas,”
by Davenport Bates. ,

Resuutts oF tHe AutTruMN EXHIBITION OF PictuREs.

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9 Number of Works of Art Exhibited 1,566 — 1,703 —
. Number of Pictures sold ................. 175 _- 239 a
Amount of sales at Catalogue prices onl 8,508 14 6 _- 7,669 17 O
I eigen Tickets sold... 802 ha. 3,006| 54119 6 | 3,268 56910 6
Admissions at One Shilling ............. | 28,623 | 1481 3 O | 28396 1,419 16 0
e Sixpenee | cree tecteens- ses 19,942 498 11 0 | 20,703 Aty Lb 26
S Threepence .............. 15,192 189 0 6 12,717 158 19 3
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ib Commission on'sales .........ssesseeeeees — 277 14 4 — 257 12 10
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FIFTIETH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COMMITTEE

PUBLIC LIBRARTES
. MUSEUMS,

AND

OF THE

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FoR THE YEAR ENDING 31st Drcremper, 1902.

1903.

COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS
for the Year 1902-1903.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM WATSON RUTHERFORD, M.P., J-P.,
LORD MAYOR.

Committee :

ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, D.L., J.P., CHAIRMAN.
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., D.L., j.P., DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

ALEXANDER ARMOUR, ESQ.,
ARCHIBALD BATHGATE, ESQ.,
EDWIN BERRY, ESQ.,
ARTHUR BLACK, ESQ.,
LIEUT.-COL. SIR A. H. BROWN,

ALFRED §. COLLARD, ESQ.,
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D.,
ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J-P.,

J. HARRISON JONES, ESQ.,

ARTHUR T. KEMBLE, ESQ.,

| JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQ.,
| JoHN LEA, ESQ., J.P.,

FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ.,

| ALD. M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, J-P.,
BART., M.P.,
|

| PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.,

ALDERMAN E. PURCELL,

| ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,

ALDERMAN J. EB. TINNE,
COLONEL W. HALL WALKER, M.P.

Chief Fibrarian:
PETER COWELL.

Deputy- ibrarian :
THOMAS FORMBY.

Director of Museums :

HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of Lord Derby Museum:

JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Curator of Maver Wuseum :

P. ENTWISTLE.

Curator of the Wlalher Art Gullery :
CHARLES DYALL.

Assistant Curator, Walker Art Gallery :
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.

GENERAL REPORT.

The figures given in the Librarian’s Report will be read with
interest as indicative not only of the extent of the Committee’s work,
but of the public appreciation of the facilities offered to them for
reading.

The munificence of Mr. Andrew Carnegie in providing public
libraries, not only in this country and in the United States, but also
in our colonies, has directed very special attention to the advantages
offered by these institutions. In some of the criticisms which
appeared in the public press, the question of the value of free libraries
was raised, it being contended that it was doubtful if they repaid the
sacrifices which they entail upon the ratepayers for their maintenance.
In these days, when everything is valued by its immediate money’s
worth, or by its success in competitive examination, it is difficult
to find a test by which to give a popular idea of the value of an
institution which is partly educational and partly recreative and
entertaining in its character, and the use of which is also entirely
voluntary. If we regard our national system of free education
not only as a great aid and stimulus to material progress, but as
opening up new avenues of culture, thought, and effort, and creating
a new appetite which can only be satisfied by literature in one or
other of its many forms, we must at once admit that the free library
is the natural and necessary complement to our educational system.
To educate our citizens up to a point in a classroom, and then to give
them no opportunity of continuing it, supplementing it, or making it
fruitful for the ordinary affairs of life, would indeed be worse than
foolish. Here, then, the free library finds its necessary place, and
without it our great educational edifice would be shorn of the capital
and cornice which gives to the column and wall their finish and
power of sustaining the stresses and strains of the building we have
constructed at such a vast cost. That these opportunities are made
use of, the figures given. by our Librarian abundantly testify. That
they are fruitful in large things we can prove by the number of

4 GENERAL REPORT.

students, who, by the use of our libraries, have produced works which
have taken high place in contemporary literature. The working
man who rushes in during his dinner hour to consult a technical
book bearing on his trade, the schoolboy who finds here the
material to win the scholarship which is the first rung on the ladder
of achievement which he is anxious to attain, the pressman who
seeks the information which to-morrow he gives out to the world, the
clergyman in the preparation of his weekly discourse, and the school-
master in his classroom, are all equally indebted to the free library.
Nor must I omit the many who find pleasure and recreation, in the
latest fiction, book of travels, or biography: not a few of whom thus
obtain the habit of reading which carries them forward to the higher
realms of literature, and all of whom are the better for the hours
they spend over books, for all reading must be broadening and
enlightening, and tend to make men and women less parochial and
more and more citizens of the world. We have to appeal to a
broad view of library work as a witness to its value, and in this aspect
those most familiar with it are not only satisfied with what it has
done, but look forward to the future with sanguine expectations.

The opening of the new South Library, and the gift of » Library
for West Derby by Mr. Carnegie, are the leading events in our
records for the past year.

In the Museum we have been mainly occupied with preparatory
work for the re-arrangement of the galleries, in which we hope to
make good progress during the coming year.

The Art Gallery has been enriched by several gifts and by
purchases from the Autumn Exhibition. The Autumn Exhibition
brought together all the best works of the year, and was quite equal
to any of its predecessors.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,

CHATRMAN.

LIBRARIES. 5

LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Cuier Liprartan’s Rervorr.

Fifty years have now passed away since the Liverpool Public
Library was founded on the 18th of October, 1852. . Those who
remember its beginning in the building formerly known as the
Union Newsroom, in Duke Street, and the modest stock of books
available for readers, will need no comparisons to make them under-
stand the growth and development of the institution. Then the
number of books in the Reference Library at the end of the first
year was 15,456. On its jubilee birthday they had increased to
125,000, and 95,000 in the several branch libraries, making a total
of 218,000 volumes. The issue of volumes during the first year was
111,723. Last year the volumes issued in the Reference Library,
William Brown Street, numbered 603,571; and if to these we add
the volumes lent for home reading from our various lending branches
and those issued in their reading rooms, we have a grand total of
1,717,607 volumes, apart from an enormous number of pericdicals
and newspapers read, estimated at 1,478,866. If, further, we include
the 70,250 persons who attended the 110 lectures delivered in
various centres of the city, some idea may be formed of the work of
the Libraries during the past year. During the half century since
the foundation of the Library, upwards of 51 million volumes have
been more or less read, besides magazines, reviews and periodicals of
all kinds, the number of which cannot be given with accuracy, but
which cannot be less than two-thirds of the total of books. The
amount of mental profit and enjoyment obtained by the community
during this period is not easy to measure; but so great a circulation
of books such as are available from the Libraries must have had a
beneficial influence.

The scientific and art works have in particular helped, it is known,
Many an earnest student onward to success in life. The books pro-
vided for our boy and girl readers have been selected with the

6 LIBRARIES.

greatest care, and are at once entertaining, instructive and stimu-
lating to acts of kindness and good feeling. The blind are provided
with a large and interesting selection of books adapted to their needs.
Lovers of music are encouraged in the study of that refining art;
and since forcible arguments are continually advanced in favour of
places of rational entertainment for the masses, the Public Libraries
and Reading Rooms have provided these for many years past with a
success which the statistics fully prove and confirm.

The principal event in the extension of the Libraries during the
past year was the opening of the new South Library—-now called the
Toxteth Library—by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. His genial and en-
couraging address on the occasion gratified all who heard it. The
building externally is an architectural ornament to the neighbour-
hood, and its reading rooms are commodious, bright, comfortable and
attractive. In its general reading room there is accommodation for
150 adults; an equal number of boys can be further accommodated
in their own room, and 50 ladies in a room set apart for their special
use. The popularity of the Library was assured from the first. The
work done during the first three months is represented by the
following figures : —

Volumes issued for home reading ... vs a 47,058
. in Reading Room... a te 34,782

ms in Ladies’ Room ... ae ee 5,612

5 in Boys’ Room... 4A) au 23,217
110,669

The construction of this Library externally and internally, and the
extent of its useful work, so pleased Mr. Carnegie that on 16th
December he addressed the following letter to the Chairman of the
Library Committee, Sir William Forwood :—
New York, December 16th, 1902.
My dear Sir William,
Delighted to hear of the progress of the Toxteth Library.
You mentioned that you wished to build another such branch
somewhere, costing about thirteen thousand. pounds. If it

LIBRARIES. 7

would not be considered intrusive, I should like to testify my
appreciation of the public spirit of Liverpool, and especially of
its partnership in the free library movement. It has a great
record, having established a free library before the advent of the
Libraries Act. Besides this, I was deeply impressed by the
number of able citizens who give so much of their time, not to
aims that end with miserable self, but for good of the
community.

I do not make a practice of volunteering. I depend upon you
and such of your other friends that I had the pleasure of meeting
to be sure the offer would be universally received with approval.

Please be sure to consult the late Lord Mayor, my fellow-
countryman, in your counsels, and believe me,

Always very truly yours,

ANDREW CARNEGIE.

In compliance with this, an admirable site in the district of West
Derby has been selected, and plans and drawings for it are already
well advanced, and give promise of a building in every way adapted
for its purpose, and be at the same time worthy of the generous
donor, whose name the City Council have resolved it should bear.

Considerable progress is made with the indexing and cataloguing
of the Library’s extensive local collection of books, pamphlets,
drawings, maps, &c., which when completed and published cannot
fail to be of the greatest interest to Liverpool people generally. The
descriptive catalogue of the valuable Hornby collection of art books
is well advanced. The importance of this munificent bequest is
revealed more and more in the work of cataloguing it.

The new Wavertree Branch Library is so near completion that its
formal opening may be reasonably expected about the middle of May
next, Much of the private time of the Chief Librarian has been
occupied in writing a history of the Liverpool Libraries during the
past half century.

8 LIBRARIES.

TABLET:
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Weekly, &e.)
Volumes | ,fagazines Newspaper Lectivre
aged ae | ga s ts ;
issued. | issued Visitors. Attendance.

Reference Library.

Picron Rreapinc Room:
VONGIMOS ISSUES, .«nscaaen tues wey sbet ve noses oe 295,529
Magazines and ReviewS ......scescssesseees 135,771

Brown Liprary:
Vialismes issued. ct.2 sscssnsscoastreaneeaecctens 127,496
Monthly and Weekly Magazines ......... 204,525
Illustrated Papers, issued in volumes
(“The Graphic,” * Tilustrated
London News,” ‘* Punch,” &c.) ...... 46,354
Directories’ ~ cx. s:cuseescena aac premee taelans ese 100,186
Specifications of Patents for Inventions 34,036
Visitors to the Newspapers .........++06+- | 308,771

Lending Libraries (Six).
Volumes lent for Home Reading ............ 817,041

Kensincton Linrary READING Rooms:
WIGITETHGSMISSUGG rss..decenecasirotceesdacccevsee a 93,773
Magazines and Reviews ......s.ceecseeeeeees 135,741
Visitors to the Newspapers ............0+ 110,910

Everton LInrary READING Rooms:
WiOlRIGSASSUROses.<ceccsscsepsousebcsabeasey say 118,475
Magazines and Reviews ..........s0sseeeeees 155,196
Visitors to the Newspapers ............0+ 121,631

ToxterH Liprary Reapinc Rooms:
WON GS) ISBUCH cas c.gimecwses daveceseentewen® sae 73,852
Magazines and Reviews ...........scseeeen ! 45,483
Visitors to the Newspapers..........:..0++ 64,041

Wauron Liprary READING Room :
MOUMPES ISSUCM Vacs, Haste cdaeses's seeee'oeaees 7,865
Magazines and Reviews ........:0scsseeeeeee 58,077
Visitors to the Newspapers ..........0000+ 53,585

Evening Reading Rooms.
Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews...... 87,337 |
Lectures. .

AtHONGANCE’ sesscsavc>-csbecsumeees aces pena dines 70,253

ee | Re ee
| | |

Hotala Siam ec vessel 1,717,607 | 782,791 | 746,075 | 70,253

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LIBRARIES. 9

TABLE II.

Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room :—
Classification. 1902. 1901.

Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics ... ee oh 90,423 15,155
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c. _... ee: 26,490 19,412
Natural History ... sae Ste Sor Se ae 12,339 8,518
Science and the Arts ... ee Se sa ne 46,327 41,052
History and Biography, &c. ... ar se + 26,149 23,722
Topography and Antiquities ... For &s oe 14.501 10,049
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Atlases ... Bay 28,499 92,482
Collected Works, Essays, &c. 5 ane ae 47,502 49,862
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ... : ee 10,355 6,792
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Se &c. 19,,°759 9,003
Education and Language ... aie a ope 18,488 17,437
Poetry and Dramatic Literature He sit ae 14,704 10,851
Latin and Greek Classics a ae a aoe 2,813 2,339
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... sie aie 14,180 10,218
Totals aus au oe oe 295,529 246,892

Shewing an increase over 1901 of 48,637 volumes.

TABLE III.

Shewing the number and classification of works contained in the
Reference Library : —

Classification. Volumes.
Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics... ane ea cig ue 8,309
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &e. ... ae ae “et aa 3,440
Natural History at om Ate sot 34 5 ee svete 10,887
Science and the Arts so ane fn “oe oe Bt .. 16,753
History and Biography, &c. ae ARG a =a =. sxe) LD,0T6
Topography and Antiquities ae me is = aig Tee 6,082
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Atlases... 2 se 6,170
Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, ee
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes)... ee BO Ane:
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics aes ee a i ... 10,092
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, Ws aus cat ae 3,022
Education and Language ... ee sie 5 ai ee gee ARLaO
Poetry and Dramatic Literature... see ote ia = .. 4,699
Prose Fiction ... Pp : ae i: age ot me tayits:
Latin and Greek Classics cna iy ips dor te aes ee ay)
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference =k AE eae 4,600

Total ... ves ves s+» 125,206

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LIBRARIES.

TABLE IV.
LENDING LIBRARIES.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

Toxteth Kensington,

25,568

Volumes issued, &c. Central. Uae Branch: Branch. ||
| 1
= ae |
Volumes issued in Lend- |
ing Departments ......... 229,498 150, 259 | 94,238 159,949
Volumes issued in General |
Reading Roome............ — 59,355 46,731 . 52,489
Volumes issued in Ladies’ |
FROOWISH ctootee ces maseecee -- 16,587 6,735 11,600
Volumes issued in Boys’
IROGITS os co) vas — 42,533 | 23,386 | 29,684 |
Magazines issued in
General Reading Rooms — 97,854 | 31,232 102,725 |
Magazines issued in |
Ladies’ Rooms ............ —— 26,449 82381 LSAT |
|
Magazines issued in Boys’ |
dana) St) ee ae — | 30,898 5,920 18,469 |
Newspaper Readers in |
General Reading Rooms — 114,064 , 60,496 100,937
Newspaper Readers in
Ladies’ Rooms ............ — 7,567 3,545 9,973
New Tickets issued ......... 3,488 1,831 2,662 2,268
Readers on the Books...... 7,057 3,657 4,426 4467
Books lost or injured and
PUILLOLY sec 2e oss co se cetee s<7 37 30 22 44
Books lost from Lending
Departments............0. 1 — 2 2
Books stolen from Reading
TOOMS! .. .e.ceeeceett rare = 8 = 6
Volumes worn out and
HUM TANWT scstspaceeseesseta 491 105 1,579 538
Volumes worn out and
BEDIACEM cdccsopecesasvnee oe 285 365 =: 1,138 251
|
Volumes added ............... 525 247 350 291
Total volumesin Libraries 14,745 24,836 16,331

* The Toxteth Branch Lending Library was closed from June 2nd to October 18th

for re-organization prior to removal. The new building, with Reading Rooms,

Walton Sefton Park

Branch.

95,727

7,865

58,077

198

7,304

was opened for the issue of books on October 20th, 1902.
+ Includes 1,277 volumes transferred to New Wavertree Library Stock.

Branch.

Total.

| 87,370 817,041
|

166,440

| 34,922

| 95,603

| 289,888

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TABLE VI.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.

Everton lroxteth \Kensing.

Classification. Central. Branch. Branch. ton

| Branch.
Architects, Builders, and Surveyors......... | 23 | 3 13) Saks
Artists, Photographers, and Draughtsmen| oa 2) 20); 42
Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers .........4.06+ 61 90 74 75
Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ......| 8 | 4 9 7
Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers......) 142 58 43 | 60
Bookkeepers, Clerks, and Agents ............ 2,651 | 416 | 624 | 612
Boot and Shoe Makers .....0s0...sssssenessess 16 14 13 | 4
DOXA aK Ors\e dee vases ote eaect a lcce rests asses 11 6 4 9
Brass, Tron, and Steel Founders ............ 20 8 16 5
Bricklayers, Slaterers, and Masons ......... 12 15 10 19
Cabinetmakers, French Polishers, &c....... 53 13 26 41
Carpenters and Joiners ...........0.2..seceee 42 39 60 54
Chemists and Druggistss ............sccesscseees 30 12 27 26
Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers ......... 67 13 22 18
Coach Painters and Builders...............05 11 1 14 26
Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses ............ 3T 5 14 25
Customs’ Officers, Police, Postmen, &e.... 61 67 92} 130
IDomashia Servants \.cectecs ser coche nnsasceeoe ss 13 9 22 15
Dressmakers and Milliners.............:.s00008 130 42 45 62
Engineers, Fitters, and Machinists ......... 134 85 118 | 103
Farmers and Gardeners ..<....2+<2dedee+eeseor 5 1 8 6
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MA DOUTONS coccaen «ys anccavsen eters mecheencneceeceess 51} 108 | 100 28
Licensed Victuallers, Brewers, & Barmen 57 11 15 5
Maries: See sacs ca lnecove dons ssaretesncascavedoos 15 10 36 10
Merchants and Brokers .......ssscecseseseeeess 35 6 43 | 28
Messengers, Office Boys, and Apprentices. 373 90} 189 | 112
MIS CUP GACH ORS. veesstucvewec<sns Sess ate. cesses 12 8 10 22
Ai Rulerteit: ho eee arr cereract err OLPREEL Io ocr OC 37 7 12 | 23
INGIESES 6 Pid. cake sencss seve gavasinaesteceaencenswvsees 30 4 10) 5243
Painters, Plumbers, and Gasfitters ......... 56 30 47 37
Pattern Makers, Moulders, and Turners... 10 16 26) las a2
IPA PLOKEUSy. seseruatesacevovuberesastastsds res eas 3 6 23 3
Schoolmasters and Teachers ...........+-000+ QL). L7l'|}- 112 }_ 237
Students and Scholars ........0.0000.sssseeoes 137 | 609 | 3877) 3810
Shipwrights, Riggers, and Sailmakers...... 5 11 20 | 5 |
SEUNG Siete gti onctctencs ceive eatavancerstpmr eel os 11 18 20 6 |
PAWOLS arid SU Na POLS... cane spwnareseraacees sca s* 134 19 28 72 |
Telegraphists and Typists .........::cseeeeeeee 128 18 54} 45 |
IIGDAGCODISUS .asecadses-eseet-<sceseseasesreewsaae 50 | 6 Ae w 18
Warehousemen and Storekeepers............ 95 | 88 49 73
Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians ... 24 AN dy 11
Miscellaneous ee; {chs .ssescnttedeeswedctoscse eects 157 |- 184) 338) 201
No occupation (principally females)......... 1,726 1,414| 1,897 1,820

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381 | 235 | 4,919
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26 let 232
2 7 | 104
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1 3] 56
3| 18] 102
22 | 33] 405
1} 43° 108
14 28 | 321
29| 21] 490
7 18 45
3/ — | 28
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4] 1 36
24 4 315
12} 1} 105
22 | 3 96
11 | 12} 185
140 | 30); 934
6 242 60
5 | 4) 88
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101 125 | 997
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9 | 1 66
216 100 841
1,046 889 8,792

2,388 1,847 23,842

TABLE VII.— EVE

EN ING READING ROOMS.

| 1902. 1901.

| A a | Average ; Average

| Attendance. ) per Night. Attendance. ) per Night.
Chatsworth Street Board Schools ... 25,258 | 82 25,325 83
Stanley Road Board Schools ......... 46,280 152 45,629 151
Wellington Road School ......s.00:4. 15,799 51 14,158 46

'Y 97,3987" as5| | 35,119! | |

LIBRARIES, 13

FREE LECTURES.
DELIVERED IN THE Picton Lecrurr Hatt, January to Marcu, 1902.

Bacon, Rev. J. M., M.a., F.r.a.s. “Science byways: exploration and
adventure,’ with lantern illustrations.

Bruakenry, Carrain W., r.N. ‘The Navy then and now: 1849 to
1901,” with lantern illustrations.

Brant-Sero, Joun OsisareKua, Canadian Mohawk Indian. “ Canada
and the Indians,” with musical and lantern illustrations.

Burstatt, Frep. H., ¥.r.c.o., Cathedral Organist, Liverpool.
“English songs and Madrigals,” with musical illustrations.

Carrns, W. Murray, uz. ‘“ Experiences of residence among the
Chinese and Japanese,” with lantern illustrations.

Cortie, Rey. A. L., s.s., F.R.A.s., of Stonyhurst College Observatory.
* New Stars,’ with lantern illustrations.

Cowett, Prrer, F.r.u.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries,
Liverpool. “ My visit to Venice, and what I saw there,” with
lantern illustrations.

Drevin, Ei. Rimpavir. ‘The Pre-Raphaelite movement,” with
lantern illustrations.

Frienp, Miss. “ Sidelights on the Siege of Mafeking,” with lantern
illustrations.

Frienp, Miss. “Roughing it in South Africa,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Grenstep, Rey. F. F., m.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Educa-

tion. “ The oldest records of the rocks; or, what Wales has to
tell of how life appeared on earth,” with lantern illustrations.

Hetr-Suaw, H. S., 1u.p., r.r.s., Professor of Engineering, University
College, Liverpool. “ Aerial navigation,’ with lantern illustra-
tions.

Hittman, Harry. “Siam and its people,” with lantern illustrations,

14 LIBRARIES.

Krarton, Ricuarp, F.z.s. “ Haunts and habits of British birds,”
with lantern illustrations.

Ler, Joun, B.A. ‘‘ Love poetry: wise and otherwise,” with illustra-
tive recitals.

McCutiacn, Rev. H. H., .a. “ Beethoven,’ with musical illustra-
tions.

Martyn, Rev. James H. ‘“ The homes of Queen Victoria,’ with
lantern illustrations.

Nicuouas, Rev. T. F., u.a., F.R.G.s. “The Western States of North
America,” with lantern illustrations.

Parrott, J. Epwarp, M.a., tu.p. “Sir Walter Scott: writer and
man,’ with lantern illustrations.

Parrrson, A. MELVILLE, M.p., Professor of Anatomy, University
College, Liverpool. ‘‘ Man’s place in Nature,” with illustrations
and specimens.

Prummer, W. E., m.a., F.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool Observa-
tory, Bidston. ‘‘ The application of photography to science,”
with lantern illustrations.

SurussoLtE, W. H., r.a.s. ‘Curious dwellers on our shores:
microscopic sea life,” with lantern illustrations.

Picton Lecrvre Hartt; NoveMBer AND DeEcEMBER, 1902.

Cowrtt, Prerer, ¥.r.u.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries,
Liverpool. ‘Lancashire folk-lore and superstition,” with
lantern illustrations.

Grenstep, Rev. F. F., m.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Educa-
tion. ‘Clouds and how they are formed,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Harris, Rev. Cuarztrs, m.a. “Our English Cathedrals,” with
lantern illustrations.

HerpMan, W. A., p.sc., F.R.S., Professor of Natural History, Univer-
sity College, Liverpool. ‘The pearl banks of Ceylon,” with

lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 15

Jones, Lewis. ‘“‘ Hilbre island: historical, descriptive, and natural,”
with lantern illustrations.

Ler, Jonn, B.A. “ American humorous poetry,’ with illustrative
recitals.

Martuews, Norris, F.R.u.s., President, Bristol and Clifton Dickens
Society. “Charles Dickens: the man and his works,” illus-
trated by readings and recitations.

Mostey, S. L., v.z.s. ‘ Down acoal mine,” with lantern illustrations.

McCutzracu, Rev. H. H., p.a. “ Schubert,’ with musical illustra-
tions.

Parrott, J. Epwarp, M.A., LL.D. “ Peoples of the Empire,” with
lantern illustrations.

Piummer, W. E., u.a., ¥.R.4.8., Director of the Liverpool Observa-
tory, Bidston. ‘ Karthquakes and volcanoes,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Trompson, Grorcr . “ Tunis and Algiers,” with lantern illustra-
tions.

Wetts, SAMUEL, F.R.G.s., F.AI. “The deserts of Southern France
Di (Aquitaine, &c.);” with lantern illustrations.

3)

Wray, W. Firzwarer. “ Through the Cevennes mountains,” with
lantern illustrations.

“Canada and the Indians,” by Jonny OstsareKna Brant-SEro,
Canadian Mohawk Indian; with lantern illustrations.

“ Experiences of residence among the Chinese and Japanese,”
by W. Murray Carrns, M.B.; with lantern illustrations.
“Holland: the country and the people,” by Miss Jessiz D.

MontGomery; with lantern illustrations.
“ America’s wonderland—the Yellowstone Park,’ by W. H.
SuRUBSOLF, F.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

16 LIBRARIES.

Everton Brancu Lisrary, St. Dominco Roap :—

“My visit to Venice and what I saw there,’ by Prerrr CoweEtt,
F.R.H.S., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“ Roughing it in South Africa,” by Miss Frrenp; with lantern
illustrations.

“Climbing plants,’ by R. J. Harvey Gipson, M.a., F.LS.,
Professor of Botany, University College, Liverpool; with
lantern illustrations.

“ America’s wonderland—the Yellowstone Park,” by W. H.
SHRUBSOLE, F.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

Frorence Instirvurr, Mitz Street, Toxteri :—

“ Norway and its romantic scenery, by Hersert EF. Brat;
with lantern illustrations.

‘* The origin of the Alphabet,” by the Rev. I’. F. Grenstep, M.A.,
Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education; with lantern
illustrations.

“The age of the Vikings,” by the Rev. Cuartes Harris, M.A. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Wild nature’s ways,” by Ricuarp Kearton, F.z.s.; with

lantern illustrations.

GranBy Hatt, Gransy STREET, ToxTETH :—
“The Navy then and now: 1849 to 1901,” by Carramy W.
BLAKENEY, R.N.; with lantern illustrations.

“Travel and adventure in New Guinea,’ by Henry O. Forsss,
LL.D., F.R.G.S., Director of Museums, Liverpool; with
lantern illustrations.

“The homes of Queen Victoria,” by Rev. James H. Martyn;
with lantern illustrations.

“Holland: the country and the people,” by Miss Jessre D.
MontGomery; with lantern illustrations.

LIBRARIES. 17

GreGson Memortar Insrirvutrre, GarmMoyie Roan, Serron Park :—
“Science byways: exploration and adventure,” by the Rev.

Joun M. Bacon, M.A., F.R.A.S.; with lantern illustrations.

* Taunts and habits of British birds,” by Rienarn Krarrton,

rz.s.; With lantern illustrations.

“Sir Walter Scott: writer and man,” by J. Epwarp Parrorr,
M.A., LL.D. ; with lantern illustrations.

“The application of photography to science,” by W. I.
PLUMMER, M.A., F.R.A.S., Director of the Liverpool Observa-
tory, Bidston; with lantern illustrations.

Gorpon InstituTRE, STANLEY Roap :—
“ New stars,” by the Rev. A. L. Corrs, s.s., ¥.R.a.s., of Stony-

hurst College Observatory; with lantern illustrations.

“The seenery, people, and legends of Cornwall,” by Henry
CROWTHER, F.R.M.S.; with lantern ilustrations.

“Siam and its people,” by Harry Hituman; with lantern illus-
trations.

“The Western States of North America,” by the Rev. T. F.
NICHOLAS, M.A., F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

Jupiter Hart, BuRLINGrOoN STREET :—
“The scenery, people, and legends of Cornwall,’ by Henry

CROWTHER, F.R.M.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“Tn Southern Germany,’ by Wittram Harvey, with lantern

illustrations.

“ Through East Anglia with a camera,” by LrEwEettyn Morgan.
M.D.; with lantern illustrations.

“Four years at an Indian court,” by J. Ernest NEVINS, MB. ;

with lantern illustrations.

18 LIBRARIES.

Kenstycton Brancu Liprary :—

“Science byways: exploration and adventure,” by the Rev.
Joun M. Bacon, w-a., FR. A.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“My visit to Venice and what I saw there,” by PETER CowELt,
¥.RuLs., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Wild nature’s ways,” by Ricwarp Kearton, F.z.8.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Sir Walter Scott: writer and man,” by J. Kywarp Parrort,

M.A., LL.bD.; with lantern illustrations.

County Hatt, Warton :—

“Normandy,” by Freprric Ciissorx; with lantern illustra-
tions.

“ Total solar eclipses, 1851 to 1900,” by R. C. Jormnson, F-.R.A.S. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“From Hood to Kipling,” by Joun Ler, b.a.; with illustrative
recitals.

“The homes of Queen Victoria,” by Rev. James H. Marryn;

with lantern illustrations.

Town Hartt, WAVERTREE :—

“The Navy then and now: 1849 to 1901,” by Caprarn W.
BLAKENEY, R.N.; with lantern illustrations.

“ Side lights on the Siege of Mafeking,” by Miss Frrenp; with
lantern illustrations.

“Strange stories of great musicians,” by the Rey. H. H.
McCeurpaGu, B.A.; with musical illustrations.

“The Western States of North America,” by the Rev. T. F.
NIcHoLAs, M.A., F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

Ovrer Disrricrs, Ocronrr to Drcemper, 1902.
Derpy Harr, Tersroox :—
“ British forest trees,” by F. J. Lrwts, r.1.s., Lecturer on
Botany, University College, Liverpool; with lantern

illustrations,

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LIBRARIES. 19

‘ Beethoven,” by the Rev. H. H. McCutracu, B.a.; with musical
illustrations.

“ Peoples of the Empire,” by J. Knwarp PARROTT, M.A., LL.D. :
with lantern illustrations.

“ Life and times of Shakespeare,” by W. R. Yarprey, Principal,
Claughton Collegiate School; with lantern illustrations.

Everton Braxcu Lirprary, St. Domingo Roap :—
‘The handy man; or, life in the Navy,” by Ropert 8. ARCHER;
with lantern illustrations.
“Native life and customs in India,” by J. Ernest NEVINS, 4B. ;
with lantern illustrations.
“Peoples of the Empire,” by J. Epwarp Parrott, M.a., LL.D. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“The deserts of Southern France (Aquitaine, &c.),” by SAMUEL
Ang 3
WELLS, F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with lantern illustrations.

Gorpon Instirurr, Stantey Roap :—
“To Sicily in search of sunlight,” by E. Rrupacir Disp ;

with lantern illustrations.

“Clouds and how they are formed,” by the Rev. F. F.
GReNstTED, M.A., Diocesan Inspector of Religious Eduea-

tion; with lantern illustrations.

“The men of the ‘Mayflower,’ ”” by the Rey. James H. Marryn ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Life and works of Sir Arthur Sullivan,” by Atpert E.

Workman; with musical illustrations.

Grecson Mremoriat Instirvrr, GaRMOYLE Roan, SErron Park :—

“ Hilbre Island: historical, descriptive, and natural,” by LrEwIis

Jones: with lantern illustrations.

“Down a coal mine,” by S. L. Mostey, F.§.s.: with lantern

illustrations.

20 LIBRARIES.

“Tour with a bicycle through Austria (including Bosnia,
Montenegro, Hercegovina, and Dalmatia,” by CouncrILtor
Herpere R. Raruponer, M.A.; with lantern illustrations.

“Through the Cevennes mountains,’ by W. Frrzwatrer Wray;

with lantern illustrations.

Jupiter Hatn, BurLiInGron STREET :—

“Tn and about Paris,” by Rosperr 8. Arcuer; with lantern
illustrations.

“The evolution of the Navy: the construction of the various
types of war vessels, their armour and armament,” by J. de
Kermopr, late of Messrs. Laird’s Staff; with lantern
illustrations.

“Tn Yorkshire dales,’ by Grorce KH. Tompson; with lantern

illustrations.

‘“[ixperiences of a residence among the Japanese,” by W.
Merray Carrns, M.B.; with lantern illustrations.

Kenstnctron Branci Liprary :-—

“The age of the Vikings,” by the Rey. Crartes Harris, M.A. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“The pearl banks of Ceylon,” by W. A. HerpMan, D.SC., F.R.S.,
Professor of Natural History, University College, Liver-
pool; with lantern illustrations.

* Tre men of the ‘ Mayflower,’ ” by the Rev. James H. Martyn;
with lantern illustrations.

‘Jamaica, the isle of springs,’ by Turno. H. WarpLewortn,
F.L.s.; with lantern illustrations.

SKELMERSDALE Hatt, Westminster Roap :—

“Old and new Edinburgh,” by the Rey. James Hamiiron, M.A. ;
with lantern illustrations.

“The Grand Canon of the Colorado: an example of earth
sculpture,” by Witr1am Hewirr, Bsc. Director of
Technical Instruction, Liverpool ; with lantern illustrations,

LIBRARIES. 91

“The English lakes revisited,” by Lurwrttyn Morcay, ov. ;
witk lantern illustrations. ;

“Jamaica, the isle of springs,’ by Tivo. H. Warpieworru,
F.L.s.; with lantern illustrations.

Toxreta Brancu Lisprary :—

“ My visit to Venice, and what I saw there,” by Perer Cowett,
F.R.H.S., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpooi ;
with lantern illustrations. .

“Civil wars in Lancashire,” by Frank J. Luszie, r.r.c.s.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Down a coal mine,” by 8. L. Mostry, F.e.s.; with lantern
illustrations. ,

“Through the Cevennes mountains,” by W. Firzwarrer Wray:

with lantern illustrations.

Town Hatt, WAvERTREE :—

“My visit to Venice, and what I saw there,” by Perer Cower tt,
r.R.u.s., Chief Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liverpool ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Siam and its people,” by Harry Hirimay; with lantern
illustrations.

“ Crystals,” by FrepErick W. Saxby; with lantern illustrations.
“The deserts of Southern France (Aquitaine, &e.),” by SAMUEL
WELLS, F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with lantern illustrations.

DONATIONS.
British Museum Trustees :—

* Four hundred and thirty volumes of duplicate books, 275
Pamphlets and a collection of maps, chiefly from the Ashbee
collection. Published by the Trustees: Catalogue of Arabic
books, by A. G. Ellis, vol. 2; Catalogue of drawings by British
artists, &c., by L. Binyon, vol. 3; Catalogue of early Christian
antiquities, by O, M. Dalton; Catalogue of printed books,
10 vols.; Catalogue of the collection of birds’ eggs, by
E. W. Oates, vols. 1 and 2; Catalogue of the fossil fishes, by

22 LIBRSRIES.

A. S. Woodward, part 4; Catalogue of the Greek coims of
Lydia, by B. V. Head: Catalogue of the lepidoptera phalene,
by Sir G. H. Hampson, Bart., vol. 3, text and plates;
Catalogue of the Sinhalese printed books, by Don M. de Zilva
Wickremasinghe; Coronation exhibition: manuscripts,
printed books, &c., exhibited in the King’s Library; Guide to
an exhibition of drawings and sketches by old masters; Guide
to the Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities; Guide to the
coral gallery; Guide to the department of Greek and Roman
antiquities, 2nd ed.; Guide to the exhibition in the King’s
Library illustrating the history of printing, music-printing,
and bookbinding; Guide to the first and second Egyptian
rooms; Handbook of instructions for collectors; Hand-list of
the genera and species of birds, by R. B. Sharpe, vol. 5;
Monograph of the Culicide, by F. V. Theobald, 3 vols. ;
Report on the collections of natural history made in the
Antarctic regions during the voyage of the “Southern Cross” ;
Waddesdon bequest: the collection of jewels, plate, and other
works of art, bequeathed by Baron F. Rothschild, m.v.

THe Rigur Hon. rue Eart or Crawrorp AnD BALCARRES, K.T.,
LL.D. :—

Bibliotheca Lincesiana: Hand list of a collection of broadside
proclamations issued by authority of the Kings and Queens
of Great Britain and Ireland.

Ricuarp Kastruam, Ese. :—

A series of photographs of Liverpool views and life scenes.

Henry W. Gate, Esa:, J.r. :—
The life of Queen Victeria, reproduced from “ The Times,” with
photogravure illustrations.

Puitie H. Hort, Esa. :—
Egypt Exploration Fund: Archeological report, 1900-1; The
royal tombs of the earliest dynasties, by W. M. F. Petrie,
_ part 2; The temple of Deir el Bahari, by Edouard Naville,
part 4.

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Roserr D. Horr, Esa., v.u., J.P. :—
Turner, by Sir Walter Armstrong. Large paper copy, with
duplicate set of proof plates.

Miss Horney :—

Santa Lucia: monthly magazine in Braille type (12 nos.).

Miss M. L. Hornsy :—
Books for the blind in Braille type (66 vols.).

M. Szvacstna Geza, Mayor or Konozsvar, HunGary :—

Matyas Kiraly Emlékkényvy, szerkesztette, Dr. Marki Sandor.

M. Le Duc pE Lovusat :—

Codex Vaticanus nr. 3773 (Codex Vaticanus B): Kine allmexi-
kanische Bilderschrift der Vatikanischen Bibliothek, Heraus-
gegenben auf kosten Seiner Hxcellenz des Herzogs vou
Loubat. 2 parts.

Messrs. Macmittan anp Co. :—
Hygiene for students, by HK. F. Willoughby; Introductory

chemistry, by L. M. Jones; Geometrical drawing and design,
by J. H. Spanton ; and 9 other works.

P. Mrranavp, Esa. :—
The postage stamps of Switzerland, 1843-1862, by P. Mirabaud
and A. de Reuterskidld.

Prasopy Museum or American ArcH20LOGY AND HritNoLocy,
U.S.A. :—
Codex Nuttall: Faesimile of an ancient Mexican codex belong-
ing to Lord Zouche of Harynworth, England, with an intro-
duction by Zelia Nuttall.

Epwarp Rep, Esq. :—
The Stuarts: being illustrations of the personal history of the
family, by J. J. Foster. 2 vols,

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Messrs. C. I. anp C. STRETTON, C.E. : —
Various books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper cuttings
relating to railways and tramways, with special reference to
early local railways.

Unirep States GovERNMENT :—
18th annual report of the Bureau of American Mthnology,
1896-7, part 2; Aunual report of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey, 1900 and 1901; Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome
and Norton Bay Regions, Alaska, in 1900; and 214 other
works.

Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from
the following donors, for which the Committee again beg to
express their grateful acknowledgments : —

Capt. W. A. Adams; 8. Alexander; American Chamber of Commerce, Liver-
pool; R. 8. Archer; Architects’ Benevolent Society; Argentine Republic
Consul, Liverpool (F. P. Hansen); Army League and Imperial Defence
Association; Astronomical Society of Wales; Australian Museum, Sydney,
N.S.W.; Colonial Secretary for Barbados (Hon. Ralph C. Williams, c.m.G.);
Barrow Naturalists’ Field Club; Charles Birchall; Birkenhead Literary and
Scientific Society; Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead (R. Sydney
Marsden, p.sc., M.B.); Birmingham University; W. G. Black, L.R.C.s.5.;
W. T. Black, u.n.c.s., u.s.4.; Board of Trade, London; Proprietors, Brad-
shaw’s Liverpool Railway Guide; A. K. B. Brandreth; British and Foreign
Bible Society; British Association for the Advancement of Science and Art;
Agent-General for British Columbia (J. H. Turner); British Order of Ancient
Free Gardeners’ Friendly Society; J. A. Bromfield; Brookline Institution
of Arts and Sciences, U.S.A.; National Museum, Buenos Aires; Councillor
T. Burke; Burma Government; Caledonian Railway; the Syndics of Cam-
bridge University; Cambridge University Correspondence College; Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada; Geological and Natural History
Survey of Canada; Canadian Government; Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa,
Canada; Cheshire Lines Railway Committee; Medical Officer of Health for
County Palatine of Chester (Francis Vacher, F.R.c.S., M.R.c.P.); Board of
Trade, Chicago, U.S.A.; Chicago Universify, U.S.A.; Church Missionary
Society for Africa and the East; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A. ;
Cincinnati Museum Association, U.S.A.; W. R. Clark; Joseph A. Clubb,
m.sc.; Cobden Club; College of Preceptors, London; Colonel, Colomb;
Compendium Publishing Co.; Arthur Cook; Miss M. L. Cook; Messrs.
Thomas Cook & Sons; Co-operative Union, Manchester; Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.; Rev. A. L. Cortie; Pierre de Coubertin; John

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J. Coulton; Peter Cowell, ¥.x.u.s. (Librarian, Free Public Libraries, Liver-
pool); Messrs. Crane, Crane & Co.; Cunard Steamship Co.; J. W. Dale;
Dartmouth College, Hanover, U.S.A.; R. L. Davies; W. B. Dickenson;
Dublin University; Durham University; The Principal, Edge Hill Training
College; Edinburgh University; J. Passmore Edwards; William P. Edwards;
Emigrants’ Information Office, London; The Proprietors, Empire Theatre,
Liverpool; Peter Entwistle; Rev. George E. Evans; Fairmount Park Art
Association, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Financial Reform Association, Liverpool ;
M. Fitzpatrick; William Fleming; H. W. Fourie, Jun.; Free and Oren
- Church Association for the Diocese of Chester and Liverpool; W. J. Furnival;
Willoughby Gardner, r.u.s., ¥.R.G.s.; Harper Gaythorpe, F.s.a.; General
Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York, U.S.A.; A. George;
Glasgow and South-Western Railway; Glasgow and West of Scotland
Technical College; Glasgow Atheneum; William Goildstraw; Great
Central Railway Co.; Great Eastern Railway Co.; Great Northern Railway
Co.; Great Western Railway Co.; Samuel S. Green; W. N. Greenwood,
F.R.M.S.; Guildhall, London; Messrs. Guy & Co.; Gustave Haller; G. G. M.
Hardingham; Charles V. Hartley; Hastings Meteorological Council; John
W. Hayward, m.p.; Prof. W. A. Herdman, p.sc., F.R.s.: James Hibbert;
Highland Railway Co.; J. Hodson; C. B. Holinsworth; Misses Hook;
Howard Association; Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction Railway
and Dock Co.; Messrs. Hulton & Co.; Incorporated Society of Musicians;
Secretary of State in Council for India (Right Hon. Lord G. F. Hamilton,
m.P.); Institution of Civil Engineers; Institution of Mechanical Engineers ;
International Arbitration and Peace Association; International Engineering
Congress, Glasgow; Isle of Man Official Board of Advertising; Japanese
Consul, London (Minoji Arakawa); Arthur S. Jennings; Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, U.S.A.; J. A. Johnson; T. Rees Jones; Messrs. J. B.
Jowett & Co.; William P. Kelly; Frank Kirby; Kyoto Imperial University,
Japan; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society; Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Co.; Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory; Union of
Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes; Lancaster Corporation; Medical Officer
of Health for the County Palatine of Lancaster (Edward Sergeant, m.p.);
W. H. Laverock; Messrs. C. and E. Layton; J. Leaver; Leicester Literary
and Philosophical Society; Messrs. Leng & Co.; Joseph Lewin; Library
Reports, &c., have been received from the following Libraries :—Aberdeen.
Accrington. Aguilar, New York, U.S.A. Higginbottom, Ashton-under-
Lyne. Aston Manor, Birmingham. Enoch Pratt, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Barrow-in-Furness. Battersea, Belfast. Birmingham Free Public
Libraries. Birmingham Library. Blackburn. Blackpool. _—_ Bolton.
Bootle. Boston, U.S.A. Bournemouth. Bradford. Brentford. Bristol.
Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. Bury.
Buxton. Cambridge Free Public Library. Cambridge University Library.
Carlisle. Chelsea. Cheltenham. John Crerar, Chicago, U.S.A. Municipal
Library, Chicago, U.S.A. Public Library, Chicago, U.S.A. Chorley.
Cincinnati, U.S.A. Cleveland, U.S.A. Cork. Croydon. Derby. Dunde.,

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LIBRARIES.

Ealing. Eastbourne. Finsbury. Fulham. Triends’, Germantown, Phil.,
U.S.A. Glasgow Public Libraries. Baillie’s Institution, Glasgow.
Gloucester. Gosport and Alverstoke. Great Yarmouth. Grosvenor,
Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. Hammersmith. Harvard University, Camb., Mass.,
U.S.A. Hereford. Holyhead. Hornsey. Hove. Hyde. Jersey City,
N.J., U.S.A. Kettering. Kilburn. Kimberley. Kingston-upon-Thames.
Imperial University Library, Kyoto, Japan. Leeds. Leicester. Liverpool
Library. Los Angelos, California, U.S.A. Loughborough. Manchester.
Middlesborough, Newark, N.J., U.S.A. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Newton, Mass., U.S.A. New York
Mercantile, U.S.A. New York Public, U.S.A. Norwich. Nottingham.
Oldbury. Para, Brazil. Penge. Peori, Ill., U.S.A. Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Plymouth. Portsmouth. Redruth. Richmond. Rochdale. Runcorn.
St. Helens. St. Joseph, Miss., U.S.A. St. Louis, U.S.A. St. Louis, Mercan-
tile Library Association, U.S.A. Salem, Mass., U.S.A. Salford. Shore-
ditch. Southampton. South Australia. Stafford. Stirlings and Glasgow
Public Library. Stoke Newington. Shakespeare Memorial Library,
Stratford-upon-Avon. Toronto, Canada. Tottenham. Tynemouth. Mel-
bourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. Wallasey.
Walthamstow. Wandsworth. Waterloo-with-Seaforth. Watertown.
Mass., U.S.A. West Bromwich. West Ham. Westminster. Whitehaven.
Widnes. Wigan. Wimbledon. Wolverhampton. Worcester. Worcester,
Mass., U.S.A. York. Liverpool Institution and Societies’ Reports, &c.,
have been received from the following :—Amateur Photographic Association.
Architectural Society. Asylum for Orphan Boys. Blue Coat Hospital.
Catholic Children’s Protection Society. Catholic Reformatory Association.
Central Relief and Charity Organisation Society. Chemists’ Association.
Chess Club. Church of England Scripture Readers’ Society. City Mission.
Council of Education. Deutsche Evangelische Kirche. District Provident
Society. Engineering Society. Female Orphan Asylum. Food and Better-
ment Association. Geographical Society. Hahnemann Hospital. Holy
Trinity Ragged School. Hospital Sunday and Saturday Fund. Hydraulic
Power Co. Incorporated Chamber of Commerce. Juvenile Reformatory
Association. Kirkdale Voluntary Industrial (Day) Ragged School. Literary
and Philosophical Society. Liverpool Institute. Liverpool Observatory.
Marine Biological Society. Mersey Mission to Seamen. Microscopical
Society. Naturalists’ Field Club. Peace Society. Penny Savings Bank.
Penny Savings Bank Association. Philharmonic Society. Preventive Home
for Training Young Girls. Royal Infirmary. Royal Institution. Royal
National Lifeboat Institution. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. Sailors’ Home. Savings Banks. School Board. School for the
Deaf and Dumb. School Ship “Conway.” Science Students’ Association.
Seamen’s Orphanage Institution. Shipwreck and Humane Society. Society
for University Extension. Society of Friends and Foreigners in Distress.
Sunday School Union. Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs.
Training School and Home for Nurses. Training School of Cookery. - Train-

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ing Ship “ Indefatigable.” United Gas Light Co. United Trades and
Labour Council. Workshops for the Out-door Blind. Young Men’s Chris-
tian Association. Young Women’s Christian Association; Liverpool] Book-
sellers’ Co.; Liverpool Cathedral Petition Committee; Liverpool Catholic
Publishing Co.; Liverpool Constitutional Association; Liverpool Medical
Officer of Health (E. W. Hope, m.p., p.sc.), Annual Reports; Liverpool
Underwriters’ Association; Liverpool University College; IF. G. Llewellin;
London and North-Western Railway Co.; London Directory Co.; David
Lubin; The Lessee, Lyric Theatre, Liverpool; Messrs. Macdonald & Co.;
John Maclauchlan; J. W. MceWhinnie; James Malley; Manchester Geologi-
cal Society; Manchester Microscopical Society; Manchester Museum, Owens
College; Manchester Statistical Society; Manitoba Historical and Scientific
Society, Canada; Messrs. Mather and Crowther; William M. May; D. P.
Menzies; Mercantile Marine Service Association, Liverpool; Merchant
Venturers’ Technical College; Mersey Conservancy; Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board; Meteorological Council, London; Midland Railway Co.;
Milwaukee Public Museum, U.S:A.; Mrs. Frida Mond; Messrs. Moody and
Co.; Henry D. Muir; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, U.S.A.;
National Association for the Promotion of Technical and Secondary Educa-
tion; National Association of Manufacturers, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; National
Home Reading Union; National Reform Union, Manchester; National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; National Union of
Women’s Suffrage Societies; Vice-Admiral Sir G. 8S. Nares, K.c.u., F.R.S.;
J. Birkbeck Nevins, m.p.; The Lessee, New Grand Opera House, Liverpool;
Agent-General for New South Wales, London (Henry Copeland); New South
Wales Government; University of the State of New York, U.S.A.; Agent-
General for New Zealand, London (W. P. Reeves); Nicholson Institution,
Leek; North British Railway Co.; North-Eastern Railway Co.; Northern
Counties Educational League; Norwegian and North Atlantic Expedition;
Ontario Government Agency, Liverpool (Peter Byrne); Philip R. Owen;
W. R. Owen; Owens College, Manchester; Delegates of the Local Examina-
tions, University of Oxford; Royal Commission, Paris International Exhibi-
tion; Commissioner of Patents, Canada; Comptroller of Patents, London;
Registrar of Patents, Queensland; Registrar of Patents, Western Australia;
Messrs. J. & J. Paton; Peabody Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A.; E. E. Peacock;
Edleston Peers; C. M. Percy, m.x., F.G.s.; Messrs. Phillipson & Golder;
Lionel J. Picton, m.a., m.B.; Messrs. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons; The Lessees,
Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool; W. C. Procter; Queen’s Colleg>,
London; Agent-General for Queensland, London (Sir Horace Tozer, K.c.M.G.) ;
Ragged School Union, London; T. Mellard Reade, F.@.S., F.R.I.B.A.;
Religious Tract Society, London; C. R. Robertson; Municipalité Rosario de
Santa Fe, Argentine Republic; The Proprietors, Rotunda Theatre, Liver-
pool; J. Rowson; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Royal Astronomical
Society, London; Royal College of Physicians, London; Royal College of
Surgeons, London; Royal Colonial Institute, London; Royal Cornwall Poly-
technic Institute; Robert Arthur Theatres Company, Ltd., Royal Court

LIBRARIES.

Theatre, Liverpool; Royal Institute of British Architects; Royal National
Lifeboat Institution; Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Royal Society of
Canada; Royal Society of London; Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia; Royal University of Ireland; St. Bride Foundation Institute,
London; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London; F. Schun; Henry Sell;
The Shakespeare Theatre Co., Liverpool; William Sharpe, m.v.; G. T. Shaw;
Sherwood Press, Elizabeth, U.S.A.; Registrar-General of Shipping and
Seamen; Janet E. K. Shuttleworth; Rev. Walter Sidgreaves, s.s., U.S.A.;
Francis O. Simpson, u.R.c.P., M.R.c.S.; Messrs. G. E. Skerry & Co.; Rev. A.
L. Smith, p.a.; W. Smith; Smith Premier Typewriter Co.; Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, U.S.A.; H. Lloyd Snape; Society for the Propaga-
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; Society of Accountants and Auditors;
Society of Antiquaries of London; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland;
Society of Colonial Wars, New York, U.S.A.; E. J. Burgess Sopp, F.R.M.S. ;
C. C. Soule; South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Co.; Southport Meteoro-
logical Observatory; W. J. Stewart; Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht (Chairman,
Libraries Sub-Committee, Liverpool); Messrs. Stubbs & Co.; Miss M. Stubbs;
Joseph P. Swan; Swedenborg Society; Sydney University ; Sydney University
Engineering Society ; Agent-General for Tasmania, London (Alfred Dobson) ;
Messrs. W. P. Thompson & Co.; College of Science, Imperial University,
Tokyo, Japan; Town and County Directories, Ltd.; Trinity College, London;
George Tutill; Vancouver Board of Trade; J. W. Vickers; Agent-General
for Victoria, London; Victoria University, Manchester; Volta Bureau,
Washington, U.S.A.; University College of North Wales, Bangor; Univer-
sity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff; University College
of Wales, Aberystwyth; University College of Wales, Brecon; Rey. E. A.
Wesley ; Agent-General for Western Australia, London (Sir E. H. Wittenoom,
K.c.M.¢.); Mrs. Whitehead; Messrs. Whittaker & Co.; H. T. Wigforth; F.
E. Williams; Messrs. Wilmer Brothers & Co.; Wisconsin Natural History
Society; Central Society for Women Suffrage; E. A. Wright; G. Lionel
Wright; Miss M. D. Wright; William J. Yeoman; Zoological Society of
London.

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The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c. have been presented
regularly by the respective Publishers, &e. : —

Accountant

African Review

Anglo-Russian

Animals’ Friend

Arms and Explosives

Awake

Bibby’s Quarterly

Bible Advocate

Board of Trade Journal

British Temperance Advocate

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’
Journal

Builders’ Reporter

Canadian Gazette

Canadian Patent Office Record

Cape Argus

Cape Times

Child’s Guardian

Church Family Newspaper

Church Missionary Gleaner

Church Missionary Intelligencer

Church Monthly

Civil Service Aspirant

Civil Service Candidate

Civil Service Competitor

Civil Service Hints

Clerk of Works’ Association, Journal of
the

Clubman

Concord

Co-operative News

Cornish Telegraph

Cowkeeper and Dairyman’s Journal

Crescent

Decorator

Decorators’ and Painters’ Magazine

Deliverer

Educational Times

Electrical Engineer

Electrical Investments

Electrician

English Churchman

Englishwoman’s Review

Esmeduna

Estates Gazette

Fire and Water

Foresters’ Miscellany

Free and Open Association Advocate

Pruit-grower, Fruiterer, Florist, &c.

Gaelic Journal

Guild Gazette

Gwalia a

Herald of Peace

Herald of the Golden Age

Hereford Times

Homeopathic World

Horological Journal

Incorporated Accountants’ Journal

Py

Incorporated Society of Musicians,
Journal of

In His Name

India’s Women and China’s Daughters

Insurance Agent & Insurance Review

Investors’ Guardian

Irish Times

Iron and Steel Trades Journal

Islamic World

Isle-of-Man Examiner

Keefe’s Civil Service Monthly

Labour Gazette

J adies’ League Gazette

Leaves of Healing

Liberty Review

Lichfield Mereury

Life-boat .

Light

Literary News

Liverpool Catholic Times

Liverpool College Old Boys’ Magazine

Liverpool College Upper School
Magazine

Liverpool Courier (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Express

Liverpool Institute Schools Magazine

Liverpool Journal of Commerce

Liverpool Mercury (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Porcupine

Liverpool Post (daily and weekly)

Liverpool Review

Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal

Locomotive Engineers’ and Firemen’s
Journal

London Argus

Machinery Market

Mafeking Mail

Mariner

Midland News

Milling

Mission Field

Mona’s Herald

Musical Herald

Musicians’ Report and Journal

Nature Notes

Naval Warrant Officers’ Journal

New Century

New Church Magazine

New Ireland Review

Noneconformist Musical Monthly

Northampton Mercury

Oddfellows’ Magazine

Official Journal of the Patent Office

Our Programme

Our Western Emire

Oxford Chronicle

Paper Maker

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Paper Makers’ Circular

Patents

Personal Rights Journal

Petroleum Review

Poor Law Officers’ Journal

Positivist Review

Present Truth

Preston Herald

Printers’ Register

Public Health Engineer

Railway Review

Ramsey Weekly News

Reports of Patents, Design, and Trade
Mark Cases

Rescue Notes

Round World

Sanitary Inspector

Seript Phonographic Journal

Sheffield Weekly Independent

Shipping World

Shoe and Leather Record

Society of Chemical Industry, Journal
of

Sphinx

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal

State Correspondent

Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades
Register

Stationery World

Stonyhurst Magazine

Student's Journal

Temperance Chronicle

Textile Journal

Tool and Machinery Register

Trade Journals’ Review

Trade Marks Journal

Training Ship ‘‘ Mercury ” Magazine

Travel

Two Worlds

University Correspondent

Vaccination Inquirer

Vegetarian Messenger

Western Daily Press

Worcestershire Herald

Zoophilist

PETER COWELL,

CuieF LIBRARIAN.

THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Fiftieth Annual Report
upon the conpvct and ProGcress of the Museums.

I.— GENERAL.

Tuer Frere Pusrtic Museums comprise : —

(A) the Lorn Dersy Mvsrum, of which the nucleus was the
collections bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Karl of
Derby. It contains the British Collections, and the general Zoological,
Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical Departments, besides which
there is an Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water
Animals.

(B) the Maver Musxvm, the larger part of which was collected
and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by Joseph Mayer, [sq.,
F.S.A. These collections are specially rich in (a) Egyptian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities ; (b) Medieval European Ivories,
Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts; (c) the unrivalled Brian-
Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection; (d) the Mather Miniatures ; and (e)
the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously rich in Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares. Associated with this Museum, as belonging
more nearly to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to
any large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (/) the Hthnographical
Collections, chiefly of barbaric races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected
at the cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under : —

During January, November, and December .._ from 10 to 4

os February a a Fy Saupe Sale er LA eeh
4 Mareh and October... ng: ig, Sate eee BOD. 2
x April to September ard , nak” eee ea be

Also on Monday Hrenings during January to)

March, and October to December .., [ent 7 to 10

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The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Master- and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met at Belfast under the presidency of Professor
Dewar, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., in September, and at the
Museums Association, which met at Bradford in July.

Since 1896, a period of seven years, 49,020 specimens of Natural
History and 6,790 specimens of Ethnography, totalling close upon
56,000 specimens, have been added to the collection.

II.—VistTors.

During the year there has been a considerable increase in the
number of visitors to the Museums, compared with that of the
previous year, as shown by the averages in the following table:

1901. 1902.
(262 Days) (263 Days)
Total Visitors tds eG ae oie 304,942 a 310,472
Weekly Average... 5 Sc 23 5,864 So 5,970
Daily Average ree ise oa aa 1,163 ose 1,175

The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers has
been well maintained, over 1,200 children and 75 teachers having
availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code, whereby
time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school attendance.
On several occasions school teachers have made use of the Museum
theatre to give special lessons to the children—specimens being
brought from the Museum cases for the purpose. This is found to
be of greater educational value than merely having a general visit
with no specific object. In some cases lectures and demonstrations
have been given by members of the Staff—arrangements having
previously been made with the teachers and masters. .

On the occasion of the annual visit of the Burnley Technical
School, on Saturday, February 22nd, when over 100 adult members,

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with Mr. Ernest Evans, the Head Master, visited the Museums,
lectures and demonstrations were given by Mr. Clubb and Mr.
Laverock, according to a previously arranged programme.

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching may, by application to the Director,
and on giving satisfactory references, obtain tickets enabling them
to enter on Fridays, when there are special facilities afforded them
for study. Tickets were issued, as usual, during the year (chiefly)
to Artists and Students of Natural History, Osteology and Dental
Anatomy, who have made extensive use of the collections. on the days
the Museums were otherwise closed to the public.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during
the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
object: —H. Wallace, University College, London; R. L. Hobson,
British Museum; Dr. O. Vogt, Berlin; Prof. Anderson, Galway ;
C. R. Kastman, Harvard Museum, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.; C. F.
Longfield, Science and Art Museum, Dublin; W. E. Hoyle, Owens
College, Manchester; Prof. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S.; F. Grant
Ogilvie, Director, Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh.

ITI.—Lecrvres.

Twenty-two Lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday evenings, in the Theatre of the Museums. They were
illustrated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides.
The total attendance at the Lectures was 1,885.

The following is a list of the subjects : —

___ A course of four Lectures on “Some of the Plants we eat” was
given by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum, Mr. W. S.
Laverock, M.A., B.Se. :—

Jan. 13th.—‘ The Turnip, the Cabbage and the Cauliflower.” I.
Jan. 20th.—* The Turnip, the Cabbage and the Cauliflower.” IT.
Jan. 27th.— The Apple and the Pear.”

Feb. 3rd.—‘‘ The Pea and Bean.”

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Also three Lectures on “ The Time when the Geological Founda-
tions of Liverpool were laid,” as follows : —

Feb. 1L0th——‘‘ The Rocks that constitute the foundations.” TI.
Feb. 17th.—‘ The Rocks that constitute the foundations.’ TIT.
Feb. 24th‘ The Plants and Animals of the Period.”

Two Lectures on “ Elephants, Living and Extinct,’ were given by
the Assistant Curator of the Lord Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A.
Clubb, M.Se. ¢<—

Mar. 3rd—* Living Elephants.”
Mar. 10th.—* Extinet Elephants.”

Two Lectures on “ New Light on Old Monuments” were given by
the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. Entwistle :—
Mar. 1ith—** New Light on Old Monuments.” I.

Mar. 24th.—* New Light on Old Monuments.” IT.

A Lecture was given by the Director of Museums :—

Oct. 135th—** The Arrangement of the Collections in the Extended
Museums.”

A course of six Lectures on “ Elementary Zoology—the Grades of
Animal Life,” was given by the Assistant Curator of the Lord Derby
Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Se.:—

Oct. 20th.—** Life without Organs.”

Oct. 27th——* The beginnings of Organs.” ay 2
Noy. Srd.—* The beginnings of Organs.” IT.
Nov. 10th—*“ Jointed Animals.” I.

Nov. 17th.—*‘ Jointed Animals.” II.

Noy. 24th—"* Vertebrate Types.”

A course of four Lectures on “* The Natural History of Voleanoes”’
was given by the Assistant of the Lord Derby Museum, Mr. W. S.
Laverock, M.A., B.Sc. :—

Dec. 1st.—** Introduction—W hat is a Voleano ?”

Dee. Sth‘ The Sources and Causes of Voleanic Action.”

Dee. 15th.—* The Products and Phenomena of the Active Voleano,”’
Dec, 22nd.—* The Traces of Ancient Volcanoes,”

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A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
ZooLtoGicaAL DErpaARTMENT.
(a) GENERAL.

The Director has much pleasure in testifying to the care and
attention to duty given by all the members of the Staff.

Several dredging excursions have been undertaken during the year
to the estuary of the Mersey and the Ivish Sea, for the purpose of
collecting specimens for the Local Collection of Marine Fauna, with
which the Museum has for a long time been very poorly provided.
These excursions have been rendered possible through the kindness
of the City Engineer’s Department, the Sanitary Sub-Committee
having given permission for the Director to occasionally place
members of the staff on board the ‘ Beta,’’ when on its periodic visits
to the “ Deposit Grounds,” near the North-West Lightship. This
vessel has heen utilised also for the purpose of bringing fresh sea-
water from beyond the North-West Lightship for supplying the
Aquarium. The thanks of the Committee are due to Captain Griffiths
for his most willing help and courtesy during not only the trips on
which the officers have accompanied him, but on other occasions when
he has brought in objects of interest to the Museum which have fallen
in his way. These excursions have already resulted in the acquisition
of some hundreds of specimens, mostly unrepresented previously in
the collection, including many very rare forms. Among these, one
species of fish (Callionymus maculatus) was taken on several occasions
which had not previously been recorded from the Irish Sea. When
the identification of this species by Mr. Clubb was made known, it
was discovered that specimens had been obtained previously by the
officers of the Lancashire Sea Fisheries, but they had remained
unrecognised, and had been stored away in a jar at University
College, along with the common species (C. Lyra).

In the month of May the new extension buildings were finally
handed over by the Contractors to the Committee, and in July the
bronze-steel cases, designed by Mr. Ashworth (of Messrs. Haigh and

Co.) and the Director, for the reception of the collections, began to
be delivered.

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The upper floor of the Museum is devoted to the systematic
biological and geological collections, as detailed fully in a Report
presented to the Committee in January, 1901. The lower floor is to
contain. the Local Area collections drawn (without any very hard
and fast line) from within the boundaries circumscribed in the map
given in that Report.

Attention has been specially devoted to making progress on the
upper floor with the re-arrangement of the collections, many of
which had to be unhoused owing to the removal of the cases in which
they stood, to admit of the installatien of the ventilating system.
These systematic collections now commence with a series of specimens
arranged to serve as an introduction to zoological structure and
classification. In succession have been placed on exhibition the
main representatives of Man, Anthropoids, Lemuroidea, Chiroptera,
Insectivora and the Carnivora. The remaining orders are being
displayed as rapidly as cases are delivered.

On the lower floor the ‘‘ Local Area” collections have been com-
menced, and illustrations of Local History and Archeology, and
examples of Liverpool Pottery have already been displayed. A
commencement has been made also in exhibiting the local Mammals
in their natural surroundings. The cases already fitted up here
attracted special interest.

During the year a series of cabinets, with interchangeable drawers,
has been erected on a gallery round one of the rooms of the upper
floor in the old section of the Museum, to contain the Study Collection
of birds. In these cabinets nearly 20,000 skins have now been
arranged, and will shortly be available for the use of students. The
erection of an additional study gallery has been arranged for during
19033 on the adjoining transept, to contain the unmounted skins of
the remainder of the birds, of the mammals, and the study series of
the invertebrates.

The Science Cabinets have been distributed to the various
Elementary Schools in the City as in former years, and the appli-
cations have become more numerous for specimens for object lessons
(mainly Natural History), and for the series of Technical Applances

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on loan from the Museums. The increase in the applications for
Museum specimens has necessitated considerable additions to the
loan collections.

The Director, in furnishing to the Committee a Report on the use
of the Collections of the Liverpool Museums made by the Elementary
Schools of the City, to accompany the Specimens of the Science
Cabinets circulated to these schools, exhibited at the Nature-study
Exhibition held in London, on July 25rd, 1902, remarked that
for some considerable time organised efforts had been made by
the Museums Sub-Committee of the City Council to make the Natural
History and other collections of the city of direct educational value
to the children attending the elementary schools—public and private.
In view of the increased appreciation of late years by educational
authorities of the value of Nature Study as part of the curriculum of
elementary school training, a brief account of the arrangements and
facilities afforded by the Liverpool Museums in this direction may
be of interest.

Obviously the two ways of utilizing Museum Collections for school
children are (A) by bringing the school children to the specimens and
(B) by taking the specimens to the school children. In both these
directions facilities are granted in the Liverpool Museums.

(a) The recognition in the Education Code of time devoted to
instruction in museums as school attendance, has enabled teachers to
bring the scholars in classes to our Museums during school hours.
Such visits previously had to be done in other than school hours,
and consequently were not very frequent. A commodious lecture
theatre, existing in the Building, is set apart for their use, to which
specimens required for the lessons may be conveyed; or the classes
group themselves around certain of the cases, from which the public
for the time being are excluded by temporary barriers; or the
Aquarium is visited, and one or more of the living animals in the
tanks forms the subject of the lesson. Occasionally simple demon-
-strations in popular language are given to them by members of the

Staff.

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Each teacher, of course, has his own idea of the better way
to utilize such visits. The more general and probably more efficient
method from an educational standpoint is as follows :—Care is taken
not to endeavour to cover too wide a field, and one or two cases or a
group of specimens, is selected which illustrates some important
facts in Nature. The teacher, or one of the Museum Staff, gives a
brief and simple demonstration, in which these particular facts are
emphasized, and the inter-relation between the specimens pointed
out. The children, with note-book in hand, are then left to them-
selves, with the simple instruction to limit themselves to these
particular specimens, and to make drawings and notes of any of them.
The next day, in school, they are called upon to write a short essay,
with the help of their drawings and notes, on their visit to the
museum. From inquiries made, the instruction thus imparted
is found very satisfactory, and of far greater educational value than
is the case when the class wanders indiscriminately through the
galleries, with no special object. Every encouragement is given to
teachers to make use of the Museums in this way, and it is gratify-
ing to record an increasing appreciation of these facilities by the
teachers.

The Introductory Room io the general collection of animal
groups on the upper floor of the recently completed extended
galleries, is especially suitable for lessons of this character,
and has already been made use of on several occasions by
the schools. Its arrangement is as follows:—On_ entrance
a case is set out, in which, under a tabular statement that
all matter is divisible into inorganic and organic groups, specimens
of rocks and animals are shown under these respective heads. Then
of the organic group of plants and animals (examples of which
are contrasted), taking animals, the chordates or vertebrates are con-
trasted with invertebrates by typical specimens. Next follows a
series of special exhibits, arranged so as to bring before the eye as
prominently as possible the comparative characters of the classes of
the Chordata. In the first case is a series of stuffed specimens—
mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish, &c.—arranged in the
order named one below the other. A concise explanatory label is
attached, drawing attention to the principal points to observe, z.e., the

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external characters of each (hair, feathers, scales, &e.); modifications
of form and structure adapted to different habits of life (legs, wings,
webbed feet, swimming tail), &c. In succeeding cases correspond-
ingly arranged are series of skeletons; bisected skulls and skeletons ;
4 dissections of general abdominal viscera; injections showing blood
circulations; dissections of nervous systems; models of brains, &c.,
of each vertebrate type, each series being accompanied by a descrip-
tive label, drawing special attention, in as simple language as
_ possible, to the points of agreement and contrast. Commencing with
the mammalia, its different orders are treated in a similar manner
along the opposite side of the room.

(zs) The arrangements made for the conveyance of museum speci-
_ mens to the children may conveniently be divided into two sections—
_ (a) by means of circulating cabinets, containing groups of Natural
_ History or other specimens, which are correlated one with the other,
_ and arranged, as far as possible, so as to convey a definite lesson of
educational value—what has been described as a small circulating
museum; and (b) the formation of a Loan Collection, from which
_ specimens are lent out as applied for by the teachers.

(a) It was in the year 1884 that the Museums Committee first
sanctioned the formation of circulating cabinets of Natural History,
for the use of schools, and in consultation with the School Board and
other School Managers a working scheme was organised for their
periodical circulation.

a The cabinets are of the plainest character, made of deal,
strengthened by small black metal clasps, with a hanging down
handle on each side, by which they may be conveniently carried in
n upright position. The majority measure 17 inches long, 174
hes high, and 12} inches deep—a size which is found convenient
most of the specimens. Vertebrates, however, require a larger
ize, and for them cabinets measuring 32 inches long, 17 inches high

trays the specimens are contained in boxes which are of multiple
sizes, fitting the trays. When the specimens are such as cannot be
handled without fear of damage, they are placed in a glass topped

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box, otherwise easy fitting opaque lids are used, and the specimens
may be taken out and handled by the student. The trays are readily
drawn out, and the contents of the cabinets may be displayed with
great facility. Asa rule only one specimen of a species is contained
in each box, and a distinguishing number is placed conspicuously
upon it. The specimen boxes are numbered, and their positions in
the trays bear corresponding numbers, so as to ensure the return of
each specimen to its right box and each box to its right place in the
tray after use. A descriptive label accompanies each specimen, and
a list of the specimens contained in the cabinet is attached to the
lid, with fuller descriptions under numbers corresponding to the
numbers on the specimens, and in addition a sentence or two drawing
attention to the special character of the cabinet as a whole. The
specimens themselves are selected with care, and in no ease are
inferior or non-typical specimens used, and they are arranged in the
cabinet as far as possible t. illustrate some definite fact in nature,
such as, the organic origin of coal, the uses of the animal or its
skeleton in the economic world, or examples of the various ways in
which shells are manufactured into articles of commerce.

There are now 25 of these Natural History cabinets in circulation,
and 78 schools and institutions are receiving them in rotation. The
latter consist of 48 Denominational schools, 25 Board schools and 2
Training-colleges for pupil teachers. For distributional purposes
our area is divided into two districts—a north and a south—and the
cabinets are distributed each month alternately to the schools in the
two districts. The schools are under no expense, both the distribu-
tion and collection being undertaken by the Museums. Notice is
sent to each school a few days before the delivery of the cabinet, and
in the cabinet itself is placed an intimation of the date of collection,
so that each school knows how long the cabinet will remain at its
disposal.

A brief account of a few of the subjects and contents of these
School-cabinets may be of interest.

In the Coal cabinet above referred to (see Fig. 1), the organic
origin of coal is demonstrated by specimens of sphagnum (wood fibre
or Cellulose), peat, lignite, bituminous coal, common coal and

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MUSEUMS. 41

anthracite, arranged in the order mentioned. In addition there are
included specimens of characteristic coal fossils. The cabinet named
“Shells and their uses’ contains specimens illustrating stages in
the manufacture of buttons, knife-handles, &c., together with the
shells from which they are taken (see Fig. 2).

A series of cabinets is arranged so as to exemplify the characters
of the principal groups of the animal kingdom. In the “ Star-fish
and Sea-urchin” cabinet, a descriptive label draws attention
to the essential characters of the group of the Echinoderma, with re-
ferences to the specimens of star-fishes, sea-urchins and sea-cucum-

_ bers, contained in the cabinet. The ccelenterons, molluscs, insects,

crustaceans, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are
similarly treated. Of the other cabinets, some are of a geological
character, illustrating “ Rocks,” ‘‘ Polished Stones,” &e.; and
others of a botanical character, illustrating “Palms and _ their
uses,” ‘“ Dyes and Tans,” ‘“ Textile Plants,” &c. It is proposed
shortly to issue along with each cabinet a type-written or printed
description, which will serve as a guide to the teacher in giving
lessons on the cabinet to the children.

(b) The Loan Collection, from which specimens of Natural Llistory
are lent to teachers on application, consists of a series of the
commoner types, and has gradually been formed according to the
demands made for specimens—any object asked for, if possible, being
added from the duplicate specimens of the main collection, if not
already in it, so that the character of the Loan Collection has been
brought together entirely by the demand. Typical representatives of
the main animal Phyla; the common British species of these groups;
comparative series of bird forms, with nests and eggs; insects and
their life-histories, &c., constitute the greater portion of this collec-
tion. Application is made in writing by Head Masters or Mistresses,
and the specimens are taken away forthwith by their messenger, if
possible, or if not, in the course of a day or two. It is satisfactory to
record here also an increasing demand for specimens, and the Loan
Collection has in consequence been considerably enlarged during the
last year or two. That these efforts to interest school children in
Nature study are producing good results is strikingly demonstrated

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by the way in which school children avail themselves of holidays to
voluntarily visit our Museums—the fact of the occurrence of a school
holiday being of late always unmistakeably indicated by the invasion
of the Museums by school children, who evince a growing interest in
the exhibits.

(b) CONSERVATION,

All the collections on exhibition have been periodically examined,
dusted and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabinets
and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also been
systematically gone over for the purpose of renewing the spirit or
other preservative. The store cabinets have also had constant
attention, the entomological collections especially requiring frequent
examination.

(c) Loans.

The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of study
were made during the year :—

Nine specimens of two species of Sokotran birds were lent to the
Director of the Natural History Museum, Vienna.

Eighty-two specimens of species of Lanius, and the type specimen
of Oriyx pectoralis were lent to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum.

Nine specimens of species of Turdus were lent to E. Hartert, Esq.,
Tring Museum.

The type specimens of Crithagra rendelli g and ?, were lent to
Prof. Reichnow, Berlin.

(d) PRESENTS.

During the year the Museum Collections have been enriched by
a large number of presentations, of which the following deserve
special mention :—

Specimens of a Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus mola) and a Porbeagle Shark
(Lanna cornubica) taken by trawlers off the coast of Ireland, were

presented by Messrs. Harley and Miller, St. John’s Market,
Liverpool.

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The skull, horns and skin of the Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica),
and skins of the Wild Camel (Camelus bactrianus), and Saira Sheep
(Orvis sairensis), were presented by St. George Littledale, Esq.

(e) ACQUISITIONS.
INVERTEBRATES—

Porifera (Sponges).

Eight sponges (Suberites domuncula), from the estuary of the River
Mersey (D. 22. 7. 1902. 24, and D. 21. 8. 1902. 19); trawled by
the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant, from the s.s.
* Beta.”

Coelenterata (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.)

Four Sea Anemones (one Metridium dianthus and three Sargartia
ornata (?))(D. 20.5. 1902. 11 and 12) ; Colony of Zoophytes (Antennularia
ramosa) ; number of Zoophytes (indet.) attached to broken earthen-
ware (D. 4. 6. 1902. 14 and 15); (Antenniularia ramosa) (D. 22. 7.
1902. 16); five specimens of Meduse (Awreli aurita and Cyanea
capillata) (D. 21. 8. 1902. 17 and 18), from the estuary of the Mersey ;
trawled by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant, from
the s.s. “ Beta.”

Echinoderms (Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, ete.)

Six Star-fish Astropecten irregularis, Solaster papposus and Henricia
sanguinolenta (D. 20. 5 1902. 1-3), one Spatangus purpureus (D. 22. 7.
1902. 8), three Common Sand Stars (Ophiura ciliaris), number of
Lesser Sand Star (O. albida), eight Echinocardium cordatum and one
Solaster papposus 'D. 21. 8. 1902. 1-3 and 9); from the estuary of the
Mersey; trawled by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory
Assistant, from the s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”’

One Long-spined Sea-urchin, from the West Coast of Ireland
- (D. 7. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented by Capt. Jennings, steam

trawler “‘ Rambler.”

Vermes (Worms, etc.)

Six Annelids (indet.) and tubes (D. 20. 5. 1902. 13), one Sea-mouse
(Aphrodite aculeata), one Sp. indet. and one Polynoe sp. (D. 4. 6.
1902. 11, 12, 13), one /eptoplana tremellaris, and various Annelids

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with tubes (D. 22. 7. 1902. 17 and 28), three Annelids (one Aphrodité
aculeata and two indet.) (D. 21. 8. 1902. 15, 16), from the estuary of
the Mersey; trawled by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory
Assistant, from the s.s. “‘ Beta.’

Polyzoa.

Specimens of Polyzoa attached to broken earthenware from the
estuary of the Mersey (D. 4. 6. 1902. 15); Colonies of Amathia
lendigera; Gemellaria loricata; Crisia eburnea; Bugula avicularia
and B. turbinata (D. 22. 7. 1902. 17-22); trawled by the Assistant
Curator and Laboratory Assistant, from the s.s. “ Beta.”

Arthropoda.
Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.)

Two Shrimps (indet.) from the Estuary of the Mersey (D. 22. 3.
1902. 1); Hermit Crabs (Eupagurus sp.), Parasitic Cirripede
(Peltogaster paguri), and one Swimming Crab (Portunus depurator),
(D. 2. 7.1902. 1.; D. 17. 7. 1902. 1-2); five Crabs (indet.), and one
Hermit Crab (indet.), from the estuary of the Mersey (D. 21. 8. 1902.
13. 14); collected and presented by Captain Griffiths, of the
“ Beta.”

Five Spider Crabs (Hyas coarctatus), two Hermit Crabs (Eupagurus
bernhardus), one Slender Spider Crab (Stenorhynchus tenuirostris) and
one Hermit Crab (Hupagurus hyndmanni), (D. 20. 5. 1902. 14-17) ; four

Spider Crabs (one Hyas coarctatus and three Inachus dorsettensis), and’

one Galathea neva (D. 4. 6. 1902. 6-8); one Eyeon fasciatus, four
Porcellana longicornis, three Hupagurus bernhardus, six EH. cuanensis,
four L. prideauxii, one Ebalia cranchti, and one Portunus depurator
(D. 22. 7. 1902. 1-7) ; and six Crabs (D. 26. 8. 1902. 13 and 14); from
the estuarv of the Mersey, trawled by the Assistant Curator and
Laboratory Assistant, from the s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”

Crab (indet.), (in spirit) from Iquitos (D. 11. 8. 1902. 1); presented
by D. B. Adamson, H.B.M., Consul at Iquitos.

One Stone Crab (Lithodes mata), from Kirkeudbright (D. 5. 11,
1902. 1) ; presented by Scott Byrne, Fsq., 205, Upper Parliament
Street, Liverpool.

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Tracheata. (Insects, Spiders, etc.)

Spider (indet.), living from West Africa (D. 20. 1. 1902. 1) ; presented
by Mr. H. R. Maggs, 4, Devon Avenue, Liscard.

Saw Fly (Sirea gigas) living (D. 6. 3. 1902. 1); presented by Mr R.
Coupland, 22, Arkles Road, Bootle.

Moth (indet.) from Monte Video, River Plate (D. 12. 8. 1902. 1);
presented by Capt. Cooper, s.s. ‘‘ Orissa.”

Two Beetles (indet.) from Sassandra, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
(D. 4. 4. 1902. 1): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Six Velvety Mites (T’rombidium sp.) from Dahomey (D. 30.5. 1902.1); _
presented by W. Bailey Sharp, Esq., co J. Holt & Co., Porto Novo,
Dahomey.

Poplar Hawk Moth (Smerinthus populi) (D. 8. 7. 1902. 1) and Spider
(indet.) (D. 12. 7. 1902. 1) ; Moth (indet.) (D. 31. 7, 1902. 1), found in
street gas lamp: presented by the Lighting Department.

Six spotted Burnet Moth (Zygena fillipendula) from Colwyn
Bay, North Wales (D. 15. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented by
Mr. C. Merriman, 12a, James Street, Liverpool.

Dragon Fly (Anax formosus) trom Harthill, ncar Sheffield (D. 7. 8.
1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr. Wright Peat, Fir Vale,
Harthill, near Sheffield.

Beetle (Melalontha sp.) from Kamloops, Africa (D. 10. 8. 1902. 1);
collected and presented by Mr. 'T. A. Shackleton.

Thirteen specimens of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenopteta,
one Lantern Fly, one Locust, and one Mosquito (indet.), from Iquitos
(D. 11. 8. 1902. 3-8); presented by D. B. Adamson, Esq., H.B.M.
Consul at Iquitos.

Small collection of Australian Lepidoptera consisting of fourteen
specimens of six species (D. 26. 8. 1902. 1-6) from North Queensland ;
presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson, Aigburth, Liverpool.

Kighteen specimens of British Beetles, viz.:—twelve Aegialia rufa
and six Montura chrysanthemi, from Birkdale and Southport (D. 2. 9.
1902. 1 and 2); collected and presented by Mr, E. J. B. Sopp, 104,
Liverpool Road, Birkdale,

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Spider (indet.) from Wallasey (D. 15. 9. 1902. 1); collected and
presented by Mr. P. Entwistle.

Spider (idet.) and young with nest on Bramble leaf from Ince
Blundell (D. 25. 9. 1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr. W.
Hibbert.

Centipede (indet.) found among eargo of ship from India (D. 27. 9.
1992. 1); presented by Mr. A. Grudgeman, 21, Palatine Road,
Seacombe.

Mollusca. (Shells, ete.)

A eolleetion of fossil shells of the genus Clausilia, consisting of
fifty-five specimens representing the followmg seventeen species :—
C. parcula, C. bidentata, C. biplicata, C. pumila, var. sejuneta,
C’. laminata, C. striatula, C. tenuisculpta, C. plicata, C. corynodes,

C. suturalis, C. buliformis, C. schwazeri, C. levolonga, C. medlycotti,
C. flograna, C. dubia, C. longa, from various localities in England and

Germany, (D. 17. 3. 1902. 1-17) ; purchased.

Four specimens, with animals of Pecten opercularis (D. 16. 5.
1902. 1., D. 16. 7. 1902. 1., & D. 17. 7. 1902. 3) from the Estuary of
the Mersey; collected and presented by Capt. Griffiths of the “ Beta.”

Sea Slug (Doto /ragilis), one Cuttle-fish (Eledone cirrhosus), one
Spiny Cockle (Cardium aculeatum), five Whelks (Fusus antiquus ,
number of small Clams (Mactra ellipticu), one Tellina (Telline
donacina), three Top Shells (T'rochus zizyphinus), (D. 20. 5. 1902. 4-10):
several Anoumia ephippium, Clam (Pecten opercularis), and two Oysters
(Ostrea edulis), (D. 4. 6. 1902. 9, 15 and 16); three Nudibranchs
(Coryphella landsburgi, Archidoris johnstoni, Acanthodoris pilosa),
three Cardium norvegicum, and two Fusus islandicus (D. 22. 7. 1902.
9-13); one Oyster (Ostrea edulis), seventeen Tellina proxima, one
Nucula nucleus, one Lamellidoris prozvima, and one Carolina
arenicola (?) (D. 21. 8. 1902. 4-8); from the estuary of the Mersey,
Trawled by the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant, from
the s.s. “ Beta.”

Hight Land Shells (Clausilia nigricans) from Settle, Yorkshire, (D.
24. 7.1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr. J. A. Clubb.

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Two opereula of Turbo petholatus from Perim (D. 6. 8. 1902.1):
presented by Mr. Richard Whitelock, 106, South Chester Street,
Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Snail (Limax agrestis) from yard of Museums (D, 13. 9. 1902. 1}

Hight Valves of Shells (Cardium costatum) and one shell (Triton sp.)
from Axim, and 9 Valves of Shells (Cardium costatum) from Nana
Kroo, Liberia, West Africa (D. 29. 9. 1902. 1-4) presented by
Mr. A. Ridyard.

Tunicata. (Sea-squirts, etc.)

Two simple Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis) (D. 20. 5. 1902. 18),
(Siyela grossularia) (D. 4. 6. 1902. 10), a number of specimens of
Amaroucium and Leptoclinum spp. (D. 22. 7. 1902. 14 & 15) from the
estuary of the Mersey; trawled by the Assistant Curator and
Laboratory Assistant, from the s.s. ‘ Beta.”

VERTEBRATES.
Fishes.

Two American Cat-fish (Aminrus catus) (C. 26. 2. 1902. 1 and C.

~ 19. 3. 1902. 1); purchased.

One Ray (Raia clavata) (C. 22. 8. 1902. 1); one Great Pipe Fish
(Sygnathus acus) and one plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) (C. 3. 4. 1902. 1
and 2, C. 26. 11. 1902. 1); Yellow Gurnard (Vrigla lucerna) (C.
17: 5. 1902. 1); Dragonet (Callionymus maculatus) and two lesser
spotted Dog-fish (Seyllium canicula) (C. 16. 7. 1902. 1 and 2); Picked
Dog-fish (Acanthias vulgaris) (C. 21. 5. 1902. 1 and C. 25. 11. 1902. 1),
Flounder (Pleuronectes flesus) (C. 26. 11. 1902. 2); from the estuary
of the Mersey; collected and presented by Captain Griffiths of the
* Beta.”’

Fish (indet) from Sassandra, Ivory Coast, W. Africa (C. 4. 4.
1902. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Ruffe (Acerina vulgaris) 2? from the river Alwyn, North Wales
(C. 14. 5. 1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr. Coupland, City
Angling Club, Liverpool.

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Crucian Carp (Carassius carasstis) (C. 15. 5. 1902. 1), and two Tench
(T'inca tinea) (C. 16. 5. 1902. 1.), from Stanley Park Lake ; collected
and presented by Mr. Harthill, 62, Everton Valley, Liverpool.

Wax Model of brain of Trout (Salmo trutta) (C. 29. 5. 19v2.'1);
purchased. :

Block’s Top-Knot (Scophthalmus unimaculatus), nine Dragonets
(Callionymus lyra and *C. maculatus) (C. 20. 5. 1902. 1 & 2,
C. 22. 7. 1902. 2. and C. 21. 8. 1902. 4), two Gurnards (Trigla
gurnardus and T. enenlus) (C. 20. 5. 1902. 4. & C. 4. 6. 1902. 1) Lemon
Dabs (Pleu onectes microcephalus) (C. 22. 7. 1902. 1. and C, 21. 8.
1902. 1); Solenette (Solea lutea), Whiting (Gadus merlangus) (C. 21.
8. 1902. 8 and 4): trawled from s.s. ‘‘ Beta,” N. W. of the North West
Lightship, by the Assistant Curator (Mr. J. A. Clubb).

King of the Herrings (Chimera monstrosa) from N. N. W. Blasquet
Islands, West Coast of Ireland (C. 14. 7. 1902. 1); collected and
presented by Messrs. Harley and Miller, St. John’s Market, Liverpool.

Bream (Abramis blicea) from the river Alwyn, Rossett, North Wales
(C. 26. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr. Fothergill, City
Angling Club, Liverpool.

Small Hammer-headed Shark (Zygaena sp.) from Patani Bay,
Malay Peninsula (C. 26. 8. 1902. 1); collected and presented hy
Messrs. Annandale and Robinson.

Sun Fish (Orthogoriscus mola) from N.N.W, of the Scillies (C. 3. 9.
1902. 1); collected and presented by Messrs. Harley and Miller,
St. Jo''n’s Market, Liverpool.

Nineteen Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri), from Bathurst,
West Coast of Africa (C. 29. 9. 1902. 1); presented by Mr.
A. Ridyard,

Four Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus pungitius) from Wallasey Marsh
(C. 9, 10. 1902. 1); collected for the Aquarium.

Porbeagle Shark (Lamna cornubica) from Instrahull, off West Coast
of Ireland (C. 21. 11. 1902. 1); collected and presented by
Messrs. Harley and Miller, St. John’s Market, Liverpool.

* This is a new record for this species from the Irish Sea.

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MUSEUMS. 49

Amphibians.
Model in wax of brain of frog (Rana temporaria) (C. 29. 5. 1902. 2) ;
purchased.
Dissection of viscera and injected preparation showing blood cireu-
lation of Salamander (S. maculosa) (C. 25. 7. 1902. 1); purchased.

Tree Frog (indet.) from Grand Canary (C. 23. 6. 1902.1); presented
by Mr. George H. Jones, 446, Mill Street, Liverpool.

Tree Frog (indet.) from Iquitos (C. 11. 1902.1); presented by
D. B. Adamson, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos.

Two Frogs (Rana tigrina) from Ceylon (C. 8. 10. 1902. 1);
purchased.
Reptiles.

Six Snakes (indet.) (B. 4. 4. 1902. 6); Skin of Lizard (Varanus sp.)
(B. 30. 9. 1902.1) from Sassandra, Ivory Coast, West Africa;
presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Skull of Alligator (indet.) from one of the Chinqui Rivers, Central
America (B. 12. 5. 1902. 1); presented by Mr. Frederick Alcock,
Shrewsbury Road, Oxton.

Gecko (indet.) from Grand Canary (B. 23. 6. 1902. 1); presented by
Mr. George H. Jones, 446, Mill Street, Liverpool.

Birds.

Model in wax of Brain of Pigeon (B. 29. 5. 1902. 1); purchased.

Dissection of Muscles of Flight and of the Respiratory Apparatus of
Bird (Corvus sp.) (B. 25. 7. 1902. 1); purchased.

Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) from the Aviary at Stanley
Park (B. 4. 2. 1902. 1); presented by the Parks and Gardens Com-
mittee per the Superintendent.

Two Gulls (Larus bulleri) ¢ and ?, from New Zealand (B. 5. 2.
1902.1); purchased.

Black Cock (Tetrao tetrix) ¢, (B. 15. 2. 1902. 1); purchased.

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Two Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) g, and one Greater Black-
backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3, (B. 19. 2. 1902. 1 and 2); Herring
Gull (Larus argentatus) 3 and two Guillemots (Uria troile) (B. 27. 2.
1902. 1 and 2); Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 3 (B. 15. 4.
1902. 1); two Kittiwake Gulls (Rissa tridactyla) 2 (B. 28. 4. 1902. 1
and B. 21. 5.1902. 1); Gannet (Sula bassana) (B. 22. 7. 1902. 1);
from the estuary of the Mersey, collected and presented by Captain
Griffiths, s.s. ‘f Beta.”

Sparrow (Passer domesticus) albino var. (B. 26. 2.1902. 1); presented
by Mr. F. P. Marrat.

Two Asiatic Larks (Alauda tartarica) (B. 27. 2. 1902.1); purchased.

Bird of Paradise (Parotia sp.) (b. 3. 1902. 1); purchased.

Albatross (Diomedea exulans) (B. 16. 4. 1902.1); collected and
presented by Capt. Henning, s.s. “‘ Raeburn.”

Hawfineh (Coccothraustes vulgaris) ? trom Burton Point, Burton,
Cheshire (B. 29. 4. 1902. 1); presented by Dr. Bickerton.

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) albino var. (B. 2. 6. 1902. 1); presented
by A. A. Paton, Esq., ‘‘ Oneida,’ Sefton Park, Liverpool.

Meadow Pipit’s Nest and Four Eggs (Anthus pratensis) from
Wallasey (B. 7. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented by Mr.
P. Entwistle.

Two Nestlings of Peregrine Faleon (Falco peregrinus) from the
Pembrokeshire Coast 'B. 8. 7, 1902. 1); purchased.

Nightjar (Caprimulqus europeus) from Knowsley (B. 9. 7. 1902. 1) ;
purchased.

Hornbill (indet.) from Winnebah, Gold Coast, West Africa (B. 10. 7.
1902. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Nest and Four Eges of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) from
Tynwald Hill, West Derby (B. 12. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented
by Mr. H. Stam, 98, West Derby Road, Liverpool.

Nestling (indct.) from Hoylake (B. 18. 7. 1902. 1); collected and
presented by the Director of Museums.

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Blue Mountain Lory (Z'richoglossus nove-hollandia), Purple
Gallinule (B. 24. 7. 1902. 1 and 2); Nicobar Pigeon (B. 15. 12. 1902. 1)
and Red Crested Cardinal (B. 24. 12. 1902. 1) from the Aviary at
Newsham Park; presented by the Parks and Gardens Committee per
the Superintendent.

Three Birds (indet.) from Iquitos (B. 11. 8. 1902. 1); presented: by
D. B. Adamson, Esq., H.B.M, Consul at Iquitos.

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) (B. 28. 8. 1902. 1); from Knowsley ;
purchased.

Spotted Grieve (Margarops albiventris) from Grenada, West
Indies (B. 3. 9. 1902. 1) ; presented by Rey. Canon Tristram.

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) 3, from Narborough Island
Galapagos Group (B. 4. 9. 1902. 1.); purchased.

?

Nest of Marsh Tit (Parus palustris) in situ, in stump of tree from
St. Leonards (B. 6. 9. 1902. 1.); collected and presented by Messrs.
M. J. Nicoll and A. M. Cox per the British Museum (Nat. Hist.).

Bird (indet.) flew on board s.s. “ Niger ’’ between Sierra Leone and
Bathurst (B. 29. 9. 1902. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Plumes of Peacock (Pavo cristatus) (B. 7. 11. 1902. 1); presented
by Mr. Maddox, St. John’s Market.

Canadian Owl (sp. indet.) from the Aviary at Selton Park (B. 18.
11. 1902.1); presented by the Parks and Gardens Committee, per
the Superintendent.

Mammals.

Dissection of Leg Muscles of Rabbit (Lepus cuniculus), and dissection
of Knee and Tendon of Dog (indet.) (A. 25. 7. 1902. 1 and 2);
purchased.

Wax Model of Brain of Dog (A. 29. 5. 1902. 1); purchased.

Three pairs of Horns of Siberian Roe-deer (Capreolus caprea)
(A. 20. 1. 1902. 1); presented by Mr. Rowland Ward, London.

Twelve Bats in preservative fluid, including Hemiderma brevicauda :
Glossophaga soriema; Phyllostoma hastatum; Noctilio albiventer ;

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Molossus rufus, M. obscurus; Saccopteryx bilineata; from Para
(A. 21. 1. 1902. 1-7): presented by Dr. Goeldi, Curator of the Goeldi
Museum, Para, per the British Museum.

Head of Water Buck from the Sudan (A. 22. 1. 1902. 1): purchased.

British Hare (Lepus timidus) 2, from Cumberland; (A. 23. 1.
1902. 1): Fox (Ganis vulpes) g , ad. from Cheshire (A. 10. 2. 1902. 1):
Two Moles (Talpa europea) 3, 2, from Wither-slack, near Grange-
over-Sands, Lancashire (A. 13. 3. 1902. 1., A. 22. 3. 1902. 1);
purchased.

Skull, Horns, and Skin of Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibiricia) from
the Thian Shan Mountains (A. 7. 4. 1902. 1); Skins of Wild Camel
(Camelus bactrianus), and Saira Sheep (Ovis sairensis) (A. 22. 6. 1902.
1 and 2); collected and presented by St. George Littledale, Esq.

Two Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) 3, 2 (A. 16. 5. 1902. 1); two
Water Shrews (Crossopus fodiens) 3, 2 (A. 27. 5. 1902. 1); three
Dormice (Myoxrus avellanarius) (A. 28. 5. 1902. 1); Fox (Canis vulpes)
@ imm. from Folkingham, Norfolk (A. 30. 5. 1902. 1): Pine Marten
(Mustela martes) 3, from Northumberland (A. 31. 5. 1902. 1);
purchased.

Skin of Squirrel (indet.) from British Amatongaland (A. 9. 6. 1902.
1): presented by W. Spencer Walton, Esq., Durban, Natal.

Stoat (Mustela,erminea) 2 from Bromborough Hall Estate (A. 17.
6. 1902. 1): collected, by kind permission of Sir W. B. Forwood, by
the Museum Taxidermist.

Five Stoats (Mustela erminea) 2 3 and 3 ?, from Knowsley, near
Prescot (A. 18. 6. 1902. 1 and A. 20. 6. 1902. 1 and A. 6. 8. 1902. 1);
purchased.

Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) ? from Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man
(A. 19. 6. 1902. 1); Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) 3, from
Crowden, Woodhead, Cheshire (A. 14. 7. 1902, 1): collected and
presented by Mr. T. A. Coward, Bowden, Cheshire.

Three Bats (Vesperugo noctula) 2 2 2, from Knowsley Hall (A. 21.

6. 1902. 1); Polecat (Mustela putorius) 3, from Aberystwyth (A. 5. 7.
_ 1902. 1): purchased.

ELK, eC CU

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Number of Mammalian Bones and Teeth (indct.) from the “ Blue
Clay,” Leasowe (A. 7. 7. 1902. 1); collected and presented by
Mr. Harold Kellet, Rake Lane, Liscard.

Seven Field Voles (Arvicola agrestis) 23,22,3? imm., and two
Wood Mice (Mus sylraticus), 3, from Knowsley (A. 9. 7.1902. 1 and 2,
A. 6. 7. 1902. 1 and 2); purchased.

Body of a Domestic Dog (A. 28. 7. 1902. 1); presented by the
Superintendent of the Home for Stray Dogs, Walton.

Bat (indet.) from Iquitos (A. 11. 8. 1902. 1); collected and presented
by D. B. Adamson, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at Iquitos.

Two Moles (Talpa ewopea) from Penyfiordd, Flintshire, North
Wales (A. 30. 8. 1902. 1); presented by Mr. T. Hibbert.

Three Squirrels (Scivrus vulgaris) 3, %, 3 juv. from Grange
(A. 26. 9. 1902. 1): purchased.

Mongoose (sp. indet.) living, from Sierra Leone, West Africa (A. 29.
9. 1902. 1.); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) 3, 2, from Suffolk (A. 3.10:
1902. 1.); Rat (Mus alevandrinus) from Great Yarmouth (A, 4.-10.
1902.1); Black Rat (Mus rattus) (A. 5. 10. 1902. 1); Two Moles (Talpa
europea) 8, 3, albino var., from Hawarden (A. 27. 10. 1902, 1);
Water Shrew (Crossopus fodiens) 3, from Suffolk (A. 29. 10. 1902. ft);
purchased.

Collection of Fossil Bones of Pigmy Hippopotamus, from
Madagascar, collected by Dr. Forsyth Major (A. 11. 12. 1902. 1);
purchased.

Fox (Canis vulpes) 2 , from Billingborough, Lincolnshire (A. 24. 12.
1902. 1); purchased.

Two Mammal Skins (indet.) from Patagonia (A. 81. 12. 1902.
1 and 2); presented by Dr. Moreno.

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BorantcaL DEPARTMENT.
The acquisitions in this department are as follows: —
Thirty-one squared samples of Australian Woods, ev Museum of

Economic Forestry, Department of Forestry, Sydney (HK. 20. 1. 1902.
1-31); presented by the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales.

About seventy specimens of dried Plants, representing about forty
species, from Bermuda (KE. 17. 2. 1902. 1-44); collected by Mr. H. B.
Small, and presented by Mr. Robert Powell.

About five hundred and thirty specimens of Plants, representing
about one hundred and ninety species (H. 3. 5. 1902, 1-15: 9. 5. 1902.
1-16; 27. 5. 1902. 1-18; 5. 6. 1902. 1-29; 14. 6. 1902. 1-17; 19. 6.
1902. 1-13; 25. 6. 1902. 1.24; 16. 7. 1902. 1-17; 21. 8. 1902, 1-17;
11. 9. 1902. 1-17; 17. 9. 1902. 1-13; 25. 9. 1902. 1-22); collected for
the Local Herbarium by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum.

A piece of Lace Bark from the West Indies (E. 12. 5. 1902. 1);
presented by Mr. Robert Powell.

_ An abnormal flower of a Fuchsia (KE. 21. 8. 1902. 18); grown and
presented by Mr. T. N. Latham.

The Herbarium of the late Robert Brown, Botanical Referee,
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club, containing British—with a large
proportion Local—and American plants, and consisting of about two
thousand specimens, representing about twelve hundred species

(EK. 1. 9. 1902.); purchased.

Two fruits of the Orange, from Sierra Leone, Africa (E. 29. 9.
1902. 1); presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, s,s.
“ Niger.”

MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT...

The following are the acquisitions in this Department : —

Specimens of various Surface Deposits from Ireland, chiefly from
Dog’s Bay, Galway, along with a photograph of the Bay and Diato-
maceous Deposit from Scotland (I. 20. 1. 1902. 1-11); presented by
Mr, R. Welch. ‘

MUSEUMS. 5D

About a dozen specimens of Rocks from the excavations for the
new Liverpool Reservoir, near Prescot (F. 25. 1. 1902. 1-2; 27. 3.
1902. 1-3; 30. 5. 1902, 1-3; 23. 7. 1902. 1); collected for the Depart-
ment by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum.

Two pieces of Sandstone from an excavation in front of the Picton
Reading Room (F. 15. 2. 1902. 1): collected and presented by Mr.
William S. Laverock.

5» J

Piece of Coal, showing “ slickensides,” from S. Wales (7) (F. 3. 3.
1902. 1); presented by Mr. J. Waugh, per Mr. F. P. Marrat.

About two dozen specimens of Minerals, chiefly Cassiterite and
Orthoclase, from Perak, Federated Malay States (F. 14. 4. 1902. 1-4);
presented by Mr. Cecil Wray.

Three pieces of stalactitic Iron Ore from the mines, Rhydymwyn,
N. Wales (F. 9. 6. 1902. 1; 1. 9. 1902. 1); presented by Mr. F.
Hoyer.

Piece of Coal, striated, from S. Wales (F. 15. 9. 1902. 1); presented
by Mr. F. P. Marrat.

Piece of Rock frem Majuba Hill, and another from the Rand,
S. Africa (F. 15. 9. 1902. 2-3); presented by Mr. R. Powell.

THe AQuaRIUM.

The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
Museum; special interest being taken in the Mud Fishes
(Protopterus) and the Walking Fishes (Periophthalmus).

. The warm water tanks for the accommodation of West African
_ Fishes are far from adequate, both the Mud Fishes and Walking
_ Fishes suffering from the restricted space available for them, but
steps have now been taken towards a much needed extension, whereby
_ the facilities for keeping the various aquatic animals in good con-
dition will be greatly improved.

Important donations of West African species continue to be made
from time to time by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer of the
s.s. “ Nyanga.”

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From year to year specimens of the Rainbow Trout (Salmo ircdeus)
have been hatched and reared in the small Fish Hatchery in the
Aquarium. In April last Mr. Clubb stripped two of the Rainbow
Trout of the 1898 hatch, successfully fertilizing the eggs, which in
due time hatched out, and some of the young are now upwards of
five inches in length. As the fish from the various hatches increase
in size, they become too large for the accommodation available, and
a number of specimens of Rainbow Trout are presented each year
to the Parks and Gardens Committee for distribution in the Park
Lakes, and to local pisciculturists.

Captain Griffiths, of the Corporation Barge ‘ Beta,” has on several
occasions brought living specimens of Marine Fishes for the
tanks, and on the several occasions when the Assistant Curator has
been out on the “ Beta” trawling for marine specimens for the British
collections, the opportunity has been taken of keeping suitable
specimens alive for the Aquarium, all of which efforts have added
greatly to the attractions of this section of the Museums.

The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,
those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report:—

Fresh Water Hydre (Hydra viridis and H. fusca); Sea-Anemones,
The Crass * (Talia crassicornis); * Sagartia ornata ; Plumose Anemone
(Actinoloba dianthus) ; Beadlet * (Actinia equina); Various Starfishes ;
Horse Leech * (Hemopsis vorax) ; Fresh-Water Polyzoa * (Plumatella
repens, Lophopus crystallinus); Edible Crab* (Cancer pagurus) ;
Common Shore Crab* (Carcinus manas); Hermit Crab (Pagurus
bernhardus); Spider Crabs (Stenorhynchus rostratus and Inachus
dorsettensis): Slender Spider Crab (Stenorhynchus tenuirostris) ;
Cleanser Swimming Crab (Portunus depurator); Shrimp (Crangon
vulgaris); Prawn (Pandalus annulicornis); * Palemonetes varians:
Centipede (Scolopendra sp.) : Pecten (P. opercularis) ; Cockle (Cardium
aculeatum) ; Water Snail (Limmeus stagnalis); Fresh Water Eel*
(Anguilla vulgaris) ; Loch Leven Trout * (Salmo levenensis); Rainbow
Trout * (Salmo irideus) ; Crucian Carp* (C. carassius): Common and
Mirror Carp * (Cyprinus carpio); Three spined Stickleback *
(Gasterosteus aculeatus); Minnow*; Bream*; Fresh Water Gudgeon*
(Gobio fluviatilis); Tench* (Tinca vulgaris); Roach* (Leuciscus rutilus);

—_—

MUSEUMS. 57

Pike * (Esox lucius); Perch* (Perea fluviatilis); North American
Cat-fish (Amiurus catus); Central American Fresh-water Fish*
(Heros facetus); Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta pugnax); Electric
Cat-fish (Malapterurus electricus); African Mudfish* (Protopterus
annectens); Walking Fish* (Periophthalmus koelreuteri); Sole* (Solea
vulgaris); Spiked Dog-Fish (Acanthias vulgaris); Lesser Spotted
Dog-fish (Seyllium canicula); Dragonet or Skulpin (Callionymus
lyra); Spotted Dragonet (Callionymus maculatus); Plaice* (Plewronectes
platessa and Pleuronectes microcephalus); Bloch’s Top Knot (Scophthal-
mus uni-maculatus); Common Frog* and Tadpoles (Rana temporaria);
Green Tree Frog (Hyla arborea); Common Toad (Bufo vulgaris);
Italian Toad * (Bufo vulgaris); Crested or Great Water Newt * (Triton
cristatus); Common or Smooth Newt* (Molge vulgaris); Alligator
Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina); Terrapin (Chrysemys rubriventis) ;
Gecko (sp. indet.); West African Tortoise (sp. indet.); Sternothere*
(Sternotherus adonsonii); Young Tartle (sp. indet.); Chameleons
(Chameleon basiliscus, C. teniobronchus) ; West African Crocodiles *
(Mecistops cataphractus and sp. indet.); W. African Squirrel (sp. indet.) ;
West African Mongoose * (sp. indet.).

SumMaRy or ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological.
Porifera sa ia 1 Species... $i) 8 Specimens.
Celenterata ... yy iheat |e Ai ~~ Si 20 %
Echinodermata ah 8) ‘ se 4 30 7
Vermes... ae ¥e i ~ es at 45 ee
Polyzoa ... a2 Pern et () if; + — 20 te
Arthropoda (Crustacea) ,. 22 a we no ie aD. 4
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 31 Md He ae 70 #
Mollusea... vel Jot AG fe sh t..) £50 E
Tunicata bi ® 6 J By es. 30 -
Fishes... i tg bea ea) ‘i _ aor 80 a
Amphibians _... BAS 5 - a a 6 3
Reptiles ... ae eas: 8 ns nod Me 9
mirds ||... ‘de Lamia ss | 31 sf au ith 51 i
~ Mammals ae gedehGee al + ats ib: A 188 Ss
271 675

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Botanical.

Plants .*. A ... 1,462 Species. ... ... 2,535 Specimens.

Geological and Mineralogical.

Rocks and Minerals... “ he rh me 55 Specimens.

B.-MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.

In the Upper Gallery are being re-arranged illustrations of the
history and handiwork of the various families of the Mongolian race.
The balcony of the Main Hall, the Main Hall itself, and the ground
floor of the Mayer Museum are all devoted to illustrations of the
History, Art and Craft of the Caucasian Peoples.

During the past year, wall and other cases have been placed in the
Main Hall, to house the extensive collection of Egyptian Antiquities
removed from the Mayer basement, which has been arranged in
chronological order, from the pre-dynastic to the Roman periods.

The basement is now exclusively devoted to Melanian Ethnology.
Special attention is being devoted to the African collections. In
regard to this department, the special thanks of the Committee
are due to Sir Alfred Jones, and through his personal influence to
the Members of the West African Section of the Chamber of
Commerce, for the great interest they have shown in it, and the most
generous offer they have made to assist in rendering it as complete
a representation as possible of the Kthnology of West Africa, the
region with which Liverpool is so intimately in relation. Within a
short period the West African collection will have been transferred
to their new.location, when the Director hopes to be able to avail
himself of their offer to supplement the existing deficiencies.
Numerous objects from that region have been received, as in previous
years, from Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs.
Elder, Dempster & Co., who have, as for many years past, been
so helpful to the Museum.

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The painting and decorating of the walls and the laying of the
basement with wood blocks in place of tiles, undertaken during the
year, necessitated the closing to the public of the Mayer Museum for
several weeks. The exchange of wood blocks for tiles has most
beneficially reduced the noise from footsteps.

In accordance with the scheme of re-arrangement, all objects illus-
trating Local History and Archeology have been arranged in the first
two rooms of the lower gallery of the Lord Derby Museum, and to it
has been added the extensive collection of Grain Stones formed by
the late Mr. Richard Bennett, and generously presented by his widow.

The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire has, by a vote
of its Council, placed on permanent loan its collection of Antiquities,
many of which are of great local interest. These are also exhibited
in the Liverpool Room of the Local Area Collection.

The extensive series of objects illustrative of the Art work of
the Maoris of New Zealand, which had been deposited on exhibition
for some time through the kindness of Major-General H. G. Robley,
has now been returned to him.

Sir Richard Temple presented through the British Museum to
the Mayer Museum a selection of objects from the Nicobar Islands,
the ethnography of which was not previously represented in the
collection.

Photographs and enlargements for the Ethnological collection still
continues to be taken in the Department. Among others, photo-
graphs of Thakur Bhowani Singh, of Karanli, Rajputana, were taken
from life. A set has, as usual, been sent to the British Museum.

Photographs of ethnographical objects and natural history subjects

have been sent to the undermentioned investigators to assist in their
studies, or to illustrate works on which they may be engaged : —

Gloves and shoes of King Henry VIth, to Mr. W. B. Redfern, for
his work on “ Historic Gloves and Ancient Shoes”; to Dr. Meyer
(Dresden), and Professor Lorenz (Vienna).

Besides these a large number of lantern slides, to illustrate the
‘Monday evening lectures by the Staff, has also been prepared in the
_ Department. ¢

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(b) Loans anp Deposits.

Two manuscripts (1) “Treatise on Moral Philosophy,” by St.
Thomas Aquinas, German, 15th century (3), and (2) Portion
of the History of Rome, by Eutropius, Italian, a.p. 1528 (43),
have been lent for the use of paleographical students, to University
College, Liverpool.

The sheets of Hieratic Papyri, relating to the trial of tomb robbers
in the XXth dynasty, lent for study to Perey E. Newberry, Hsq., at
the London University, have been returned. The Mayer Museum
sheets formed a portion only of the story, the main portion belonging
io Lord Amherst, of Hackney, who has now had the entire papyrus
published, under the editorship of Mr. Newberry.

(c) ExcHANGEs.

No exchanges have been effected during this year.

(dZ) ACQUISITIONS.
(1.) GENERAL.

A collection of ancient and modern handstones (17.7.1902) for
grinding grain, formed by the late Mr. Richard Bennett, Liverpool,
in connection with the production of the “ History of Corn Milling,”
by himself and Mr. John Elton; presented by Mrs. Bennett. The
collection contains examples of all forms of saddlestones, mortars and
querns, and from almost all localities, as follows :—Saddlestones and
mullers (prehistoric), from Gwerwen, Anglesey; mortars (early
British and Romano-British), from Anglesey; mortar and pounder,
from British Hut Mounds at Bryngwran, near Tycroes, Anglesey,
1898; Scotch ‘“ Knockin’ Stane” and pounder, Stromness, 1897;
Bullan stone (prehistoric), for pounding grain, discovered beneath a
bed of clay in excavations during the laying out of Sefton Park,
Liverpool; Saddlestone, Arauco, Chili, 1898 (modern Indian) ;
Elmina and Accra, West Africa (modern) ; mullers (prehistoric), from
Hissarlik, Troy; metata and muller, from Durango, Mexico; three
piccin stones, West Africa (modern); Roman mortar, found at the
Roman station at Warrington, 1899, by Mr. T. May; mortar and

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pounder (ancient Indian), from Chubut, Patagonia, 1898; mortar
and pounder, Chili; Roman earthenware mortars, found in excava-
tions in Tokenhouse Yard, London.

Pre-historic Pounders (British).—Paleolithic, from ‘Wandsworth,
Barnes, Stoke Newington and Warren Hill; Neolithic, from Warren
Hill, Northfleet, Dover, Culbin, Eastbourne, Icklingham, Mildenhall,
Antrim, and the Pile Dwellings, Thames Mortlake.

Stone pounders and mullers, from Hayti, India, Australia, New
Guinea, West Indies and North America.

Querns:—Upper and lower stones, from Stromness (1897), Iona
(1897), and Aberdeen; upper and lower stone, from Fair Isle,
Shetlands, 1898; quern, found on the island of Innishambo, Lough
Corrib, Galway, in 1836; querns (modern. Irish), from Drumkeeran
and Lugneskeehan, co. Leitrim; Irish pot-quern (Foster Collection) ;
Romano-British quern, Anglesey; lower stones of Romano-British
querns, Anglesey; Norwegian quern, mounted on grinding table,
from a farm near Molde, near Christiansund, 1896; upper stone of a
quern handmill, dug up in the garden of Anne Hathaway’s cottage,
Stratford-on-Avon; quern (modern), Plain of Sharon, Palestine,
collected 1899; model of a woman working quern in the Holy Land
at present day; model of a modern variety of quern in use in the
Holy Land; quern (modern), from Egypt, 1899; quern (modern),
Tangiers; quern (modern), India, with tray for containing the meal,
1899; quern (modern), Hong-Kong, 1899.

Mill pick, for grooving stones by hand, and plan of the grooves cut
in. wood, such as were used at the Aughton Windmill, Lancashire.

(2.) Ceramics.

No Ceramic acquisitions have been made during the present year.

(3.) ETHNOGRAPHY.
PRE-HISTORIC : —

Cast of a Neolithic Stone Celt (12. 11. 1902. 1), found at
Warrington; presented by Mr. R. D. Darbishire.

62 MUSEUMS,
MELANIAN RACE.
Africa.—West and South-west Africa :—
List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard,
Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. : —
Grass cap (1. 4. 1902, 5), Bumba, Mandingo country.

Fly-brush (7. 7. 1902. 1), Gambisarrah, River Gambia.

From Sierra Leone : —
Sifter (1. 4. 1902. 1); bamboo plaited hat (7. 7. 1902. 15).

From Liberia : —
Pair of rattles (7. 7. 1902. 2), Saas Town; carved enema (7. 7. 1902.
1), Cape Palmas; kroo-boy’s rattle (29. 9. 1902. 1).

From the Ivory Coast : —
Juju (Bee Sa) (1. 4. 1902. 2).

From the Gold Coast :—

Reed and healds for a country loom (7. 7. 1902. 4), Jellah coffee ;
seven brass weights (7. 7. 1902. 6-12), used by the goldsmiths at
Kumassi for weighing out gold. The weights are of various forms,
as follows: —A gatling gun, native stool, human figure carrying a
load on the back, a bird eating a snake, two shells, a crab, and a
crab’s claw.

Plaited reed hat (1. 4. 1902. 4), Little Popo.

Earthenware wine vessel (7. 7. 1902. 14). The neck is in form
of a human head, wearing a necklace, used by the late King of
Anamaboe ; presented by King Amoono VY. of Anamaboe, per Mr. A.
Ridyard.

The following specimens have been presented per Mr. A. Ridyard:

Model canoe (1. 4. 1902. 5), Drewin, Ivory Coast; presented by Mr.
L. W. Napton.

Earthenware water cooler (1. 4. 1902. 6), from Bolamo, and a Juju
(1. 4. 1902. 7), from Bolamo; presented by Mr. W. FE. Tunis.

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Earthenware water cooler (29. 9. 1902. 2), from Sin, Foundone,
Senegambia; presented by Mr. W. E. Johnson, Bathurst.

Knife and sheath of leather (29. 9. 1902. 3), from Sassandra, Ivory
Coast; presented by Mr. J. W. Lawless, Sassandra.

Appliances used in the preparation of food stuffs in West Africa,
collected by Mr. A. Ridyard for the late Mr. Richard Bennett, and
presented by Mrs. Richard Bennett (17. 7. 1902), as follows :—Basket
sieve, Gaboon; canoe-shaped wooden bowl, Batanga, Cameroons ;
wooden platter, with handle, Gaboon; wooden bowl or mortar, with
handle, Gaboon ; three piccin stones, West Africa; basket sieve, tray,
and wooden mortar and wooden mortar and pounder, Sierra Leone ;
wooden mortar and pounder, Gaboon; wooden mortar and pounder,
Boma, Congo River; mortar and pounders, from Sierra Leone,
Gaboon, Congo Francais, and Boma, River Congo, 1898.

South Africa : —

Head-dress of ostrich feathers (3. 2. 1902. 205), worn by the
_ Matabele Chief, ‘‘Gambo,” who fell in the battle of Thabasmanha,
June, 1896; purchased.

Stone scraper (5. 6. 1902. 1), dug up, along with an axe and arrow-
head, in Swaziland; presented by Mr. W. Spencer Walton, Durban.

Melanesia :—

Series of photographs (3. 2. 1902. 1-205) of natives of the Pacific
Islands, taken by Dr. O. Finsch; purchased.

__ Pestle and mortars of ebony (17. 7. 1902), from New Guinea, from
the collection of the late Mr. Richard Bennett; presented by Mrs.
Bennett.

_ An important collection of Ethnography (3. 6. 1902. 1-67), from
the Nicobar Islands, presented by Sir Richard Temple through C. H.
‘Read, Hsq., Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities, British
uuseum, contains examples of the following specimens :— Model
eanoe, with outrigger and sails; double canoe; canoe, with leaf and
cloth sails; canoe, without outrigger; palm-leaf petticoats; palm-
leaf fan ; coco-nut rasps; wooden figures of animals; wooden press ;

64 MUSEUMS.

palm-leaf mat; bamboo tubes; fish-traps; wooden baler; model
huts; coco-nut brooms; hat of plaited fibre, covered with cloth;
baskets of various forms and sizes; cloth head-bands; wooden stools ;
wooden bowls; wooden head-rests; palm-leaf boxes and vessels;
coco-nut vessels, balers, bottles, musical instruments, &c.; palm-leaf
head-bands.

MONGOLIAN RACE:—
America.—South :—

Three head-dresses (25. 11. 1902. 1-3) of cane and parrot feathers ;
case of poisoned arrows and bag (25. 11. 1902. 4): cotton garment
(25. 11. 1902. 5), from the Napo and Iquitos, River Amazon;
presented by Miss Jane R. Thornely.

Figure of a deity (7) (6. 5. 1902. 1), Aztec (?); presented by Mr.
F. Alcock.

Photographs (30. 6. 1902. 1-4) of Alaskan drill bows, &e.; pre-
sented by Mr. R. D. Darbishire.

Malaysia :—

Knife in wooded sheath (17. 2. 1902. 1); kris (17. 2. 1902. 2);
kris (17. 2. 1902. 4); knife (17
purchased.

. 2. 1902. 5), with carved horn handle ;

Painted and carved figure of wood (1. 9. 1902. 1); purchased.

Part of a set of wooden painted figures, representing native Indian
castes (15. 9. 1902. 1-18) ; presented by Mr. W.S. Longriggs, through ~
Mrs. A. M. Sawer.

Two Roman coins (15. 9. 1902. 19-20), found at Jubalpore, Central
India; collected and presented by Sergeant W. Cromey, South
Lancashire Regiment.

Two pewter coins (26. 9. 1902. 1-2), = 400 to 1 dollar, struck at
Trengganu; painted clay whistle (26. 9. 1902. 5), from Patani, Malay
Peninsula; collected and presented by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson.

Rice kibbler (17. 7. 1902), Burmah, 1899; from the collection of
the late Mr. Richard Bennett, and presented by Mrs. Benneit.

MUSEUMS. 65

CAUCASIAN RACE.
Egypt :—

Copy of the Papyrus of ‘ Ani’ (7. 7. 1902. 15), with transliteration
of the hieroglyphies, &e., by F. Ll. Griffiths; presented by Mr. T.
Gibson.

A selection of Egyptian Antiquities (16. 9. 1902. 1-57), from the
excavations at the Royal and other Tombs at Abydos, were received
from the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, as follows: —
Karthenware pots; spindle whorl; slate pallette; pieces of a fire-
place ; axe-head; model shell and mortar in alabaster, inscribed with
the name of Tahutmes III.; three metal arrowheads: inscribed lime-
stone, bearing the name of ‘ Uah-ab-ra-Apries *; string of twenty-five
amulets, from the tomb of Zedher; ushabti: beads: paint rubber ;
two earthenware moulds; flint knives, scrapers, flakes, and parts of
knives, &e.

The following casts (10. 4. 1902. 1-4) of Egyptian Antiquities, from
eriginal in the British Museum, were obtained by purchase :—

Statuette of ‘ Betmes,’ a high functionary of the IVth Dynasty ;
statuette of ‘Amen-em-ha,’ a functionary of the XIIth Dynasty;
upper part of an Egyptian Monarch, late period; head of the
sarcophagus of Sebaksi.
» Egyptian bronze pounder (17. 7. 1902), from the collection of the
late Mr. R. Bennett; presented by Mrs. Bennett.

Polynesia :—
Stone pounder (17. 7. 1902), Sandwich Islands, from the collection
of the late Mr. Richard Bennett, and presented by Mrs. Bennett.

_ Europe :—
Writ for debt (29. 4. 1902. 1) issued at Dublin, February; 1836;
presented by Mr. W. H. Quilliam.

Set of Mint proof English coins of Edward VII. (29. 9. 1902), viz.,
£0, £2, £1, half-sovereign, 5s., 4s., 2s., 1s., 6d., and 3d. ; purchased.

SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Ethnography and Photographs... =. «=. «.. 568

HENRY O. FORBES,

Director oF MvsEvMs.

“A CORNISH IDYLL”

By Walter Langley, RL.

Purchased from the Autumn Exhibition, 1902, and presented to the Permanent
Collection by Mr. Alderman T. W. OaksHoTT, J.P.

WALKER ART GALLERY.

Since the last Annual Report, the work of the Gallery has
proceeded steadily and satisfactorily. No Spring Exhibition was
held, and the rooms being thus left available, the opportunity was
taken to re-arrange the Permanent Collection to greater advantage.
The extended space rendered it possible to allow a margin of wall
round each picture, the artistic merit of each work being thus made
more evident and the appearance of the Collection as a whole greatly
enhanced. This re-arrangement shows the necessity for additional
rooms, in order that the City Art Treasures may be adequately
displayed.

Tn addition to this, the rooms have been requisitioned for the display
of the Decorations, by C. W. Furse, for the Pendentives of the Town
Hall; the models and designs for the Liverpool Queen Victoria
Memorial; the Architectural Society’s Dinner; the exhibition of the
original drawings, by famous Europear: painters, for a new Illustrated
Bible by the proprietors of the “Illustrated London News”’;
exhibition of Designs, &c., in connection with the proposed Cathedral
for Liverpool; and Mr. Thomas Pegram’s loan collection of Oil
Paintings and Water Colours. This collection, containing very
beautiful examples of Modern Art, has been accepted on temporary
loan by the Committee, and the opinion has been expressed that other
private owners of valuable pictures would add to the attractions of
the Gallery and the furtherance of Art knowledge, if, when
opportunity served, they would allow their Art treasures to be
displayed in the Gallery in any vacant rooms that may be available.

In the List of Donations will be found a further contribution of
Water-Colour Drawings by John Varley and George Barret,
presented by James Smith, Hsq., of Blundellsands, as the nucleus of
a collection of Water Colours from the time of the earliest examples.
The Water-Colour Section of the City Collection is very meagre in

68 ART GALLERY.

specimens at present, and it is to be hoped that a complete collection,
to be arranged in chronological order, may at no distant date be
acquired either by donations, bequests or purchases.

The permanent Collection has continued to be an object of great
interest, not only to visitors, but in Art circles in the United
Kingdom and abroad.

Numerous privileges for making reproductions have been granted,
and the demand for these privileges still continues.

In publications, such as the “Hundred Best Pictures,” ‘* The
Nation’s Pictures,’ and other works of similar class, the works from
the Liverpool Collection are well represented, and hold their own
with examples taken from the most famous collections in the world.

It will be seen from the return of attendances that about 11,000
pupils of Board and other schools visited the Autumn Exhibition by
invitation of the Committee. Some of the teachers encourage the
scholars to write little essays on the pictures. These are often very
intelligent and interesting, and the practice is well worth cultivating,
not only as calling forth the critical faculties, but as a means of
impressing the works upon the memory of the young people. The
Curator has noticed that lately small classes of scholars have been
brought in charge of teachers to inspect the Permanent Collection,
which seems to be an admirable means of making them familiar with
the works of the artists of the country. It is to be feared that
insufficient attention has been paid to Art in the education of the
people generally, and it is found that an enormous number have no
knowledge whatever of the merits or otherwise of a work of Art; and
having no knowledge, take no interest in the productions of even
great artists. It seems, therefore, very desirable that young people
should be taught early to cultivate the faculty and taste for Art, and
it should be made part of the curriculum in all schools that a know-
ledge of the history and practice of Art should be taught, and thus
act as a refining and intellectual influence upon the nation.

CHARLES DYALL,

CuRATOR.

a a a

“FOREST OAKS—FONTAINEBLEAU ”
By Sir Ernest A. Waterlow, R.A., P.R.W.S.

Purchased from the Autumn Exhibition, 1902.

ART GALLERY. 69

VISITORS TO THE GALLBRY.

During the year the Gallery was open 310 days, excluding
Sundays. The number of visitors was 435,450, or a daily average of
1,416. This total includes 59,590 visitors to the Autumn Exhibition,
besides 10,909 pupils of schools of various denominations, who were
admitted free. In addition, the total attendance on Sundays was

13,343, being an average of 417.

Resutts oF tHe Autumn Exureirion or Picrurss.

. 1901. / 1902
| vga: er aaa by ane eho
Number of Works of Art Exhibited 1,703 — | 1,598 —
Number of Pictures sold setteeneanenencs| 239 — ) 169 —
Amount of sales at Catalogue prices | — | 7,669 17 O —— ATS 1a. 6
Season Tickets sold «.........ces0essesecees | 3,268 | 56910 6 2,853 | 492 2 6
Admissions at One Shilling ............. | 28,396 _ 1,419 16 0 | 24,248 | 1,212 8 O
“ SEEPGNCe gevecteaceeeaancns ) 20,703 . 517 11 6 17,366 ) 434 3 0
Paig Threepence .............. | 12,717 | 158 19 3 15,223 |} 1909 5 9
SIRHALORTION SOIC... 1000s adas0s-0 tyr egeans eae 19,487 | 515 9 O | 18,827 483 15 6
Commission on sales .......:seeceeeeeee: |= | 71210 | — 167 14 5
Miscellaneous Receipts ...........00..005 | — 625 12 7 — 469 14 10
Total Receipts, exclusive of sales...... — 3,808 010 | — / 3,282 6 7

*

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ART GALLERY.

Pictures LENT.

The following Works have been loaned to Exhibitions, &c., as under :-—

TITLE. ARTIST.

“Eece Agnus Dei’’

COU VONSOUE 2, enscanteasce sien seees Mark Antony ............
CC Kenil worn. tarts scasecethe cases J. Constable, R.A. ......
MCAT VOL r roe anesesccescereeeteceses M. Greiffenhagen

‘“*A Pilgrimage ”’
“<The Mar tyr “of the Solway......

wchositg sdaceaneh et A. Chevallier Tayler....,

LENT TO.

| hitechapel Art Gallery,

| London.
| w olverhampton Art and

Industrial Exhibition.

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Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., Aberdeen Artists’ Society.

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Waterloo)” sc ssccutesntecess | Ernest Crofts, B.A....... Cork International Exhibition
¥¢ Joanne deATG. 33,2... cbesseess eee Harold Rathbone oehad ‘ B
‘CA Burgomaster’...ccscnves-sosee- Flemish School ......... Bruges Art Exhibition.
‘‘Triptych’’ (The Crucifixion) | Roger Van der Weyden a 9
‘*And when did you last see |
your datheny? Wicsecccsestceaosl W. F. Yeames, R.A. ...| Preston Guild Exhibition.
“‘ Haymakers resting’? ............ BR; Ay Delobbews.cts..- A be
<Tove’s Datlbles 1 .asssatoeesscon sce! Byam Shaw............+.- - 9
“‘Napoleon crossing the
St. Bernard ’’...| Paul Delaroche ......... | Nottingham Corporation.
OTM AINOIOL Wiad). .sccesweswscseuces oe Be! BE eS DES Se ae ee Aberdeen Artists’ Society.
COSI SEU A AOWEN,. | cceresdseeese| Wis IDBVICSwiacce cece scence Liverpool Exhibition of
Welsh Industries.
“The young Augustus” ......... J. GIBSON, “RsAy. sc.000ees $5 es os
‘‘Cupid in Disguise’’ ............ tee at Ce sree se ns 53 +
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‘““The Ancient Woodman ”’ ...... J. Milo Griffith .........| * si 5
MCUMMISI Cyan aNCING aus. <geesekes:| |e we Geetaare "| | neseereees = “ a
te Stud yok ay Mead. Liec.nsaecsspanse | W. Goscombe John, a - .
A.R.A.
‘* Portrait of John Gibson, r.A.’") John. Partridge ......... Pe 3 ae
OHIVORMIUG | Bessanesrcertuctedenseasc H. Von Herkomer, r.A.| Whitechapel Art Gallery,
London.
Gi Nia Fil Lee serecherchoemnecb ace nccee M. Greiffenhagen ...... Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts
‘The Punishment of Luxury’’) G. Segantini ............|
CPIOMII WOES se crevcecwews arene seas J. Constable, R.A. | Kidderminster Schools of Art
“« Off to the Fishing Grounds’ Stanhope A. Forbes, _ _ Rochdale Corporation.
A.R.A.|
‘‘ Nearing the Needles”? ......... Henry Moore, R.A....... | The Royal Academy.
‘¢One of the Family” ............| ee G. Cotman............! Burnley Corporation.

ART GALLERY.

REPRODUCTIONS.

71

The following privileges for the reproduction of Works in the Per-

manent Collection have been granted during the year.

In no case is

the privilege granted an exclusive one, the Committee reserving to the m-
selves the right to afford facilities to other applicants at their

discretion :—

APPLICANT,

London Electrotype
Agency —

Hartley Aspden ..........60..

A. G. Temple..............000

Rich. Bong
Rey. W. B. Fitzgerald
_C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd...

D. Croal Thomson
Miss H. Twycross
Cassell & Co., Ltd.
Charles Letts & Co.. ke deckite

C. W. Faulkner & Co., Ltd.
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“ Ruth and Naomi”’...............
‘Sponsa de Libano”’..............
‘* Venus and Anchises”’ .........
“* Awaiting an Audience’’
“A Summer Night”’ ............
‘* Napoleon crossing the St.
Bernard ”’

‘© A Select Committee ’’
‘«The Shepherd of Jerusalem ”’
‘* Fast falls the Eventide ”’
‘© Wintry March”? ..isc..2...csscees
‘*Nature’s Mirror ’’..............06
“ Asking the way ”’
‘Top of the Tide” ...............
‘<The Martyr of the Solway ”’...
** Samson ”’

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*« Maiwand—Saving the Guns”
‘*Dante and Beatrice’’............
‘«The road to Camelot’’ .........
‘Ruth and Naomi”’...............
‘*The Martyr of the Solway ”’

“And when did you last see
your Father?”
SOM LGHIUNE casas huseis entre san sesss cos
‘“The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo ”’

‘* Launching the Lifeboat’’...... .
“Table d’ Hote at a Dogs’ home’’|

“And when did you last see
your Father?”

‘The Ancestor on the Tapestry”’

‘* The Evening of the Battle of
Waterloo ””

‘* Maiwand—Saving the Guns ”’

your Father?’

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ARTIST.

Val C. Prinsep, R.A.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

Sir E. Burne-Jones, Bart.
Sir W. B. Richmond, r.a.
Prof. Willem Geets.
Albert Moore.

Paul Delaroche.

| A. Stacy Marks, R.A.

| P. R. Morris, A.R.A.

| B. W. Leader, R.A.

| W..L. Picknell.

- Peter Ghent.

Sir J. Gilbert, R.a.

Walter Bayes.

Sir J.E. Millais, Bart,p.r.a.

| Solomon J. Solomon, A.R.A.

| D. G. Rossetti.

| Val C. Prinsep, R.A.

...| ‘* Psyche in the Temple of Love’’|

..| ‘* Friday ”’
.| ** Venus and Anchises’’

‘*Dante’s Dream "’............0.006

esta She Best of Husbands ’’

Sir E.J.Poynter,Bart.,P.R.A
W. Dendy Sadler.

B. Richmond, R.a.
D. G. Rossetti.

”
| Arthur Stocks, R.1.

“And when did you last see

W. F. Yeames, R.A.

) R. Caton Woodville.

Henry Holiday.
G. H. Boughton, R.A.
P. H. Calderon, R.a.

. SirJ.E. Millais,Bart.,p.r.a.
‘* Dante and Beatrice’’............

Henry Holiday.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

W. Dendy Sadler.
Ernest Crofts, R.A.

Henry Moore, R.A.
J. C. Dollman.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

J. Haynes Williams.
Ernest Crofts, R.A.

| R. Caton Woodville.
“And when did you last see |

W. F. Yeames, R.A,

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ART GALLERY.

APPLICANT,

Joseph Malins

George G. Napier............ |

Clement Shorter

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Henry Williams
The Editor, ‘‘ Strand
Magazine’”’

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The Editor, ‘‘ Studio’’.....

Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.

Andre & Sleigh, Ltd. ......
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Carl Aller
The Editor, ‘‘ London

Magazine’’....

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| ‘* Napoleon crossing the St.

| “ Faithful unto Death”

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| ‘The White Lady of Nurem- |

| “* Cesar and Calpurnia ”’

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_ * Lady Macbeth’’ (Ideal portrait)

‘« Dante and Beatrice’’............

_* Table d’ Hote at a dogs’ home ””
_ The triumph of the Innocents ’’

_ ** Psyche in the Temple of Love =|

_ ‘* Faithful unto Death ”’

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Bernard ”’
‘* Baalbec—Ruins of the Temple
of the Sun”’

** Finishing Touches”’
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‘The Hunted Slaves’’............

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‘* Dante and Beatrice ”’

“Faithful unto Death”’

«Psyche in the Temple of Love’’
‘* Snowdon, from Capel Curig”’
“A new light in the Harem’”’...

‘* How we caught the Pilchards ”
‘*One of the Family ’’

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“The Pedlar ”’
‘« Motherless ”’

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‘The Pilgrimage ’’
‘* Dante’s Dream’
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‘« Samson ”’

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| A. Legros.
| D. G. Rossetti.
| Sir W. B. Richmond, r.a.

| Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,

ARTIST,

Solomon J. Solomon, 4.R.A.

W. Daniels.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

W. Holman Hunt.

Lord Leighton, P.R.A.

Paul Delaroche.

D. Roberts & Co.

Henry Holiday.

| W. Daniels.

W. Brint Turner,.
John Morgan.
R. Ansdell, R.A.

| Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,

P.R.A,
H. Stacy Marks, r.a.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

Henrietta Rae.
Sir J. Gilbert, R.A.

Sir Wyke Bayliss, p.r.B.A.

W. H. Sullivan.

J. T. Watts.

Robert Fowler.

T. Faed, R.A.

A. Dixon.

T. F. Dicksee

Mrs. S. Anderson.

C. Napier Hemy, a.R.A.
Henry Holiday.

W. F. Yeames, R.A.

Henry Holiday.
Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

”
John Finnie.
F. Goodall, R.A.
J C. Dollman.
W. Holman Hunt.
C. Napier Hemy, A.R.A.
F. G. Cotman.
Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

Fred Morgan.

Arthur Stocks.
P. H. Calderon, R.A.

Sir J. Gilbert, r.a.
Solomon J. Solomon, A.R.A.

P.R.A,

APPLICANT.

The Editor ‘‘ Critic ”’
New York

Eyre & Spottiswoode

The Editor, ‘‘ Windsor
Magazine.”’

Clement Shorter

”

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H. Virtue & Co.
Rey. J. Day Thompson ...

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McCorquodale & Co., Ltd.

EKyre & Spottiswoode ......
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The Editor, ‘‘ Windsor

Magazine.”
Rey. Jas. Johnston .........

The Art Union of London
Geo. W. Jones

bes The road to Camelot ”’

| **Samson”

ART GALLERY.

PICTURE.

‘The Punishment of Luxury ”’

‘© A Reverie ”’
‘‘Richard II resigning the
Crown to Bolingbroke ’’
‘ Coriolanus taking leave of his
wife and children ”’
“Juliet”
“* Mark Antony ”’
“« Plorizel and Perdita’’
‘* Ophelia ’
‘* Ariel ”’
‘¢ Ariel”’
‘©Q Mistress mine ”’
‘« Elijah in the Wilderness ”’
CUA TIGI Mey nataadeveidcs vaevereee eset
«The Ante-chamber at White-
hall”’
** Ophelia ”’
‘* Blijah in the Wilderness’’ ...
‘*And when did you last see
your Father ?”’
‘“‘The Triumph of the
Innocents ”’
‘*Tn time of War ’’
“Faithful unto Death ”

eee eee ee eee eee eee Teer errr
eee eee eee eee ee ee Tere e eer es

‘Ruth and Naomi”’
‘¢ Priday”’
**One of the Family ”’
‘* Lorenzo and Isabella”

“The Martyr of the Solway ’’...
‘© Ophelia ”’
“¢ Priday ”’

SETUVENGIO’.- cc-ceverecsecnsctesccnces
POA. SUMIMELINIONG 22-c2c<.0r.-00<0
‘* Lorenzo and Isabella ’’
*¢ Love’s Baubles ’’..............04..
“« Landscape and Sheep’’.........
‘From Green to Gold”’

| ** Rival Grandfathers ’’...........:

‘© A Street in Brittany’’
“* Landscape ’’ 448
449

|The founder of English

Astronomy ”’
‘* Rival Grandfathers ’’............
‘¢ Don’t ’ee tipty toe”’ ............
‘¢ Psyche in the Temple of Love”

“And when did you last see
your Father ?”’

“ Priday ”’

‘Venus and Anchises’’ .........

«oie! Goose Gin?) 2.8 Lo .k bi sie

ARTIST.

G. Segantini.

F.. Dicksee, R.A.
Sir J. Gilbert, r.a-

Unknown.

G. Fontana.
Unknown.

J. Durham, R.A.
Henrietta Rae.
Robert Fowler.

J. A. Fitzgerald.

K. A. Abbey, R.A.
Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Robert Fowler.

EH. M. Ward, R.A.

Henrietta Rae.
Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

W. Holman Hunt.

T. Faed, R.A.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,.
P.R.A.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

W. Dendy Sadler.

F. G. Cotman.

Sir J.E. Millais,Bart.,p.r.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

Sir J... Millais, Bart. ,p.r.s

Henrietta Rae.

W. Dendy Sadler. ,

H. von Herkomer, R.A.

Albert Moore.

Sir J.E. Millais,Bart.,p.r.:

Byam Shaw.

Birket Foster.

Yeend King.

John R. Reid.

Stanhope A. Forbes, A.R.a-

John Constable, R.a.

A.

a
Solomon J. Solomon, A.R.A-
Eyre Crowe, A.R.A.

John R. Reid.

John Morgan.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

W. F. Yeames, R.A.

W. Dendy Sadler.
Sir W. B. Richmond, k a.
Val C. Prinsep, R.A.

74 ART GALLERY.

ADDITIONS. to the PERMANENT COLLECTION.

The undermentioned Works of Art have been added to the
Permanent Collection during the year, viz. :—

By Donations :—

“An Old Castle,” by John Varley; “ View in Wales,” by John
Varley; and “ Richmond Park,” by George Barret; three water
colour drawings, presented by James Smith, Esq., of Blundellsands,
towards the establishment of a Historical Collection of Water
Colours. “ The Lady in Comus ” (oil), by Joseph Wright, of Derby ;
presented by Mrs. Rathbone, on behalf of her husband, the late
William Rathbone, LL.D. Six Proof Mngravings, presented by the
Proprietors of the “Illustrated London News,” viz., “ Queen
Victoria,” after J. J. Benjamin Constant; “ King Edward VIT.,” and
“Queen Alexandra,” after S. Begg; ‘* Helping Grandad,” after Fred
Morgan; ‘Red Riding Hood,” after G. Hillyard Swinstead; and
““Many Happy Returns,” after T. C. Garland. ‘ Early Study of
Sheep” (water cclour drawing), executed by the late T. Sidney
Cooper, R.A., at the age of 14; presented by John Dean, Esq. “A
Cornish Idyll” (oil), by Walter Langley, R.I.; presented by
Alderman T. W. Oakshott, J.P. (purchased by him from the Autumn
Exhibition of 1902).

By Purchase :—

“Ruth and Naomi” (marble group), by the late Warrington
Wood.

By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition of 1902 :—

“Forest Oaks, Fontainebleau” (oil), by Sir Ernest A. Waterlow,
R.A., P.R.W.S.; * Gibraltar, from Algeciras” (oil), by Alfred Kast,
A.R.A.; ‘“ Holland” (oil), by Moffat P. Lindner; ‘A Midsummer
Day ” (oil), by Thomas Huson, R.I.; “ Mysteriarch” (plaster bust),
by George J. Frampton, R.A.; and ‘*Showery Weather in Little
Langdale ” (water colour drawing), by Isaac Cooke, R.C.A.; pur-
chased under the terms of the Lord Derby, Bequest.

“MYSTERIARCH ”
By George J. Frampton, R.A.

Purchased from the Autumn Exhibition, 1902.

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PRESENTED
17 JUN. 1904

FIFTY-FIRST

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COMMITTEE

OF THE

FREE PUBLIC MUSEUMS

OF THE

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st Drcemprr, 1903.

(Reprint of the General Report and of the Museums’ portion only of the
Lteport of the Committee of the Free Public Library,
and Walker Art Gallery).

Museums,

LIVERPOOL :

7 C. Tinting anp Co., Privina Contractors, 53, Vicrorta STREET,

1904,

COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS

for the Year 1903-1904.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT ALFRED HAMPSON, J.P.
LORD MAYOR.

Gomunittee :

ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, D.L., J.P., CHAIRMAN.
ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., D.L., J.P., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.

ALEXANDER ARMOUR, ESQ., MICHAEL E. KEARNEY, ESQ.,
ARCHIBALD BATHGATE, ESQ., | ALDERMAN JOHN LAWRENCE, J.P.,
EDWIN BERRY, ESQ., JOHN LEA, ESQ, J.P.,
LIEUT.-COL. SIR A. H. BROWN, FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ.,

BART., M.P.,
ALFRED 8. COLLARD, ESQ., J.P., ALD. M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, J.P.,
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., i
ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ., PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P., ALEXANDER A. PATON, ESQ.,
FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ., ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,
J. HARRISON JONES, ESQ., LIEUT.-COL. W. HALL WALKER, M.P.

Director of Wusenms :
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of ord Derby Wuseum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Curator of Raver Musenm:
P, ENTWISTLE.

GENERAL REPORT.

My “ foreword” to our annual report must be one of satisfaction
and congratulation. In every department of our work there has
_ been activity and progress, and the Committee’s endeavour to render
_ the important institutions under their charge both instructive and
entertaining, has undoubtedly met with a large measure of success.

A great popular movement must have its critics, some entirely

honest, others (the more numerous class) lack that knowledge of
practical Library and Museum work to make their criticism of much
value; and, perhaps, the greatest fallacy which underlies the
remarks upon our institutions which we read so often in the daily
and periodical press, is that our Libraries are not sufficiently educa-
tional and cater too much for the readers of light literature. Free
Public Libraries ought in the first place to be entertaining and
attractive; it is only when they succeed in this that they can
achieve their second and still greater object, that of being educa-
‘tional and instructive. The first step towards the success of free
libraries is to teach people not only how to read but to love
reading tor its own sake. We cannot do this by placing in their
hands books which do not appeal to them or interest them, but we
can lead them step by step from the simple story of everyday life
which awakens in their hearts chords of responsive sympathy and
mterest, and they will pass on, it may be slowly but surely, to more
Serious reading, that which enters into their daily lives and, perhaps,

assist them to make the fruit of their toil richer and more productive.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in dedicating so much of his princely
Wealth to the Free Library movement, has undoubtedly struck the
very note of what makes for the prosperity of the multitude by

GENERAL REPORT.

In Liverpool we can claim to have led the way in popularising the
Library by striking off as far as possible all red tape. A man can
stroll in from the street and take up a volume of the most recent
literature without anyone asking him a question, and, so far, we are
happy to say, this confidence in our readers has not been misplaced.
Our catalogues facilitating the labour of readers in special subjects,
and our boys’ libraries also with special catalogues, indicate our
desire to extend the usefulness of our institutions; and the large
and growing issues of books prove that this policy is fully

appreciated.

Great progress has been made in arranging the new Museum
galleries; and in the course of a few months the work will be so
far advanced that the extent and value of the material at our
disposal, and the scientific classification which has been adopted in

its display, will alike commend themselves to public approval, for

while the naturalist wishing to pursue original investigation will
find his work greatly facilitated, equally the schoolboy will find
much to encourage and assist him in his holiday rambles in search

of natural history specimens.

The Museum will thus, it is hoped, fulfil the highest mission of a
museum—to popularise and extend a love of nature, and to bring
many of its hidden mysteries within the consideration and reach of
students.

The Council is earnestly asked to consider the necessity of pro-
viding adequate accommodation for the pictures constituting our
permanent gallery. For six months in each year a large portion of
those pictures have to be taken down to make room for the Autumn
exhibition, and not only are the public thus deprived of the pleasure
of seeing them during this long period, but there is always some risk —
in moving works of art, and it is scarcely encouraging to donors
to see their gifts so frequently displaced. The necessary extensions
will cost probably £14,000, and when it is borne in mind that this
grand and unique group of buildings and their contents—the

£

GENERAL REPORT.

Library, Art Gallery and Museum—form a most valuable asset of
the Corporation, which cannot be estimated at less than £800,000
or £1,000,000, and that they are to a very large extent the gifts of
our generous citizens, this further expenditure of money now
required is neither extravagant nor unreasonable.

Mr. Dyall, the Curator of the Art Gallery, has retired after twenty-
seven years’ service. Liverpool owes to him a deep debt of gratitude
for his earnest and successful labours in building up the Permanent
Collection of Pictures, and in establishing the Autumn Exhibitions,
which now hold such a high position in the esteem of the art world.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,

Chairman.

THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Fifty-first Annual Report
upon the conpucr and proGREss of the Museums.

I.— GENERAL.

Tue Free Pusnric Museums comprise : —

(A) the Lorp Dersy Museum, of which the nucleus was the
collections bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Earl of
Derby. It contains both the Local Area ana the Systematic Zoological,
Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical Departments, and in
addition an Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water
Animals, Amphibians and Reptiles.

(B) the Mayrr Museum, the larger part of which was collected
and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by Joseph Mayer, Esq.,
F.8.A. These collections are specially rich in (a) Egyptian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities ; (b) Medieval European Ivories,
Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts; (c) the unrivalled Brian-
Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection ; (d) the Mather Miniatures ; and (e)
the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously rich in Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares, arranged now in the section devoted to tbe
handiwork of Caucasian men. Associated with this Museum, as
belonging to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to
any large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (7) the collections -
illustrating the ethnography of the Mongolian and Melanian races.

The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected
at the cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under: —

During January, November, and December .. from 10 to 4

: February i yi Ad ... 5, 10 to 4-80
S March and October... 74) BERS: ORO eG "5
3 April to September ... x. Sk cies Pb 5 2m 2 fs

Also on Monday Evenings during January to)

March, and October to December Ag 7 to 10

4 MUSEUMS.

The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Haster- and Christmas-Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the British
Association, which met at Southport under the presidency of Sir
Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., in September, but through
ill-health he was unable to attend the Museums Association, which
met at Aberdeen in July.

Since 1896, a period of eight years, 54,199 specimens of Natural
History and 7,043 specimens of Ethnography, totalling close upon
61,242 specimens, have been added to the collection.

Il.—VisiTors.

During the year there has been a considerable increase in the
number of visitors to the Museums, compared with that of the
previous year, as shown by the averages in the following table:

1902. 1903.

(263 Days) (263 Days)
Total Visitors “a ay, ed ae 310,472 ed 499,431
Weekly Average 0.00 ote os 5,970 ps 9,604
Daily Average a oe aes ae 1,175 a 1,898

The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers has
been well maintained, over 1,000 children and 50 teachers having
availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code, whereby
time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school attendance.
School teachers are making increased use of the Museum theatre
to give special lessons to their pupils-——specimens being brought
from the Museum cases for illustrating them. Such a course is
found to be of greater educational value than merely a general
visit with no specific object. On many occasions lectures and
demonstrations have been given by members of the Staff, on
arrangement having previously been made with the teachers and the
Director,

MUSEUMS. 5

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching may, by application to the Director,
and on giving satisfactory references, obtain tickets enabling them
to enter on Fridays, when special facilities are afforded students.
Tickets were issued, as usual, during the year (chiefly) to Artists
and Students of Natural History, Osteology and Dental Anatomy,
who have made extensive use of the collections, mainly on the days
when the Museums were closed to the public.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during
the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
object: —W. F. Wright, United States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, U.S.A.; F. W. Rudler, Geological Museum, London;
Professor M. O. Elton, University, Liverpool; R. J. Ussher, Cappagh,
Waterford; Professor Bashford Dean, New York; Professor and
Mrs. Flinders Petrie, F.R.S.; Dr. Smith Woodward, F.R.S.;
J. Horne, F.R.S.; Mr. H. Balfour, Oxford: Professor Symington,
F.R.S., Queen’s College, Belfast; Myr. J, Garstang; Sir Henry
Howarth, F.R.S., a Trustee of the British Museum; Major
Williams, Madras; Professor Strong; Mr. T. B. Hall; Mr. E.
Dukinfield Jones; Rev. E. U. Savage; Mr. H. Duckworth and Mr.
W. L. H. Duckworth, M.A., Jesus College, Cambridge; Dr. Storie
Dixon, University of Sydney, Mr. H. L. Hobson, British Museum :
Mr. F. G. Apthorpe, Oxford.

ITI.—Lectrures.

Twenty-two lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday evenings, in the Theatre of the Museums. They were
illustrated by specimens from the Museums and by lantern slides.
The total attendance at the lectures was 4,817, average per evening
218, the audiences belonging to a more educated class than
formerly.

The following is a list of the subjects :—-

A course of three lectures on “ Life in a drop of Pond Water” was
given by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum, Mr, W. S.
Laverock, M.A., B.Sc., on January 12th, 19th and 26th.

6 MUSEUMS.

A course of six Lectures on ** Native Lite in New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands” was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer
Museum, Mr. P. Entwistle, from February 2nd to March 9th.

Three lectures on ‘* Egyptian Antiquities” were given by the
Director of Museums, from March 16th to 50th. At the Lecture
of the 30th, the mummy of a lady named Aut-aa of the XXVI.
Dynasty (660-590 B.c.) was unwrapped before the audience to
illustrate his lecture on “The Mummy.” ‘The face was found in
a remarkable state of preservation, the hands crossed upon the
breast, but the flesh had apparently been removed from the limbs
before enswathement of the body. The beautifully manufactured
cloth in which it was wrapped, however, had been used for another
mummy at a much earlier date.

A course of ten Lectures on * The Physiological Functions of
Man and Animals,” was given by the assistant Curator of the Lord
Derby Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Se. :—

Oct. 12th—‘ Man: A Machine.”

Oct. 19th—* The Skin and Skeleton.”

Oct. 26th.—** Muscle and Nerve.”

Noy. 2nd and 9th.—** The Heart and the Blood.”

Noy. 16th and 23rd.—* The Digestive Function.”

Noy. 50th and Dec. 7th—** The Respiratory Function.”
Dec. 14th.—** The Sense Organs.”

A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
ZootocicaL DrvarrMyent.
(a) GENERAL.
‘The Director has much pleasure m testifying to the care and

attention to duty given by all the members of the Staff.

Several dredging exeursions have been undertaken during the
year to the estuary of the Mersey and the Irish Sea, for the purpose
of obtaining specimens for the Local Collection of Marine Fauna,
with which the Museum has for a long time been very poorly

MUSEUMS. 7

provided. These excursions have been rendered possible through
the kindness of the City Engineer's Department, the Sanitary Sub-
Commitee having given permission for the Director to occasionally
place members of the staff on board the “ Beta,” when on its periodic
visits to the “ Deposit Grounds,” near the North-West Lightship.
This vessel has been utilised also for the purpose of bringing fresl:
seawater from beyond the North-West Lightship for supplying the
Aquarium. The thanks of the Committee are due to Captain Griffiths
for his most willing help and courtesy during not only the trips on
which the officers have accompanied him, but on those frequent
occasions when he has brought in objects of interest to the Museum
which have fallen in his way. These excursions have already
resulted in the acquisition of some hundreds of specimens, mostly
unrepresented previously in the collection, including many very rare
forms.

The Science Cabinets, containing properly identified and labelled
specimens, on selected subjects, have been distributed to the various
Elementary Schools in the City as in former years; applications
have also become more numerous for specimens for object lessons
(mainly Natural History), and for the series of Technical Applances
on loan from the Museums. The increase in the applications for
Museum specimens has necessitated considerable additions to the
loan collections.

This educational feature, which has for its purpose the promotion
of scientific teaching throughout the City, is being more and more
appreciated. Numerous applications have been made to the Director
by educational authorities, not only in England but in America
for information as to the working of the system.

It may not be out of place to take here a general survey of what
has been accomplished during the 17 months since the end of
July, 1902, when the extension of the Museums was finally
completed, and the first of the new metal cases for equipping the
enlarged galleries was delivered, the date at which it became possible,
_ at last, after four years of building, to commence the re-arrangement
of the Museums.

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The form and framework of the new cases, which are made of gun-
metal (in two sizes 7ft. Gin. high by 8ft. 9in. long by 5ft. wide, and
7ft. Gin. high by 8ft. 9in. long by 2ft. Gin. wide), has resulted from
the careful examination and study by the Director and Mr.
Ashworth (of Messrs. Haigh & Co., Liverpool) of the most approved
cases in the chief museums of Europe and America, together with
numerous experiments as to the best section of the corners conducted
by the latter in consultation with the Director. The general
appearance of the cases, as can be seen from the views of a single
case in Plate I. and in Plates II. and III. of the newly-arranged
galleries, is extremely light and elegant; but what is chiefly
important, they have proved perfectly dust-proof, their efficiency
in this respect being due to the special design devised for the frame-
work for receiving the single sheet-glass sides and top, and to the
construction of the floor. Each case stands four-square on the floor,
so that its contents may be examined from all sides. Thus the wall-
space is entirely left free--and its value for this purpose cannot
be over-estimated— for the exhibition of diagrams, drawings and
labels. The shelves are in most cases of a single plate-glass sheet,
supported on an almost concealed wrought-iron frame of novel
design. The cases are easily transportable to any part of the
building as required, by being elevated on to a couple of rubber-
tyred wheeled planks, specially designed for the purpose in the
Museum.

On the upper floor of the Lord Derby Museum, the room
formerly known as No. 1 Bird Room, has been re-cased and fitted
up with a series of specimens introductory to the study of the
Vertebrata. This room opens into the long horse-shoe gallery in
which the systematic series are being arranged. By the close of the
year 74 metal cases had been built, delivered and fitted up, and im
these the entire series of the mammalia, the bulk of the non-
passerine birds and part of the reptilia, have been arranged in
systematic order. On the floor beneath, the ceramics and
archeology, and also the entire series of the mammals and part of
the birds, from the Local area, as well as the botany of the same
region have been displayed or, according to circumstances, freshly
arranged in their natural surroundings, for which 16 gun-metal

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cases, newly apportioned, have been built and furnished with
internal fittings. The Herbarium occupying the Botanical room in
the transept to this floor, has also, during the past 16 months, been
entirely mounted on paper as well as fixed in ten wing-frames,
specially constructed for its exhibition.

Iu the Taxidermist’s Department there have been prepared for
display in the lower horse-shoe galleries, 430 freshly stufted and
mounted mammals and birds, 945 others cleaned, relaxed and
partially re-stufted, besides 246 skeletons articulated, repaired
or cleaned. In addition in this Department, over 70 rock-work

sylvan or water-scenes have been planned and constructed, besides
-close on TOO stands appropriately treated for the exhibition of
solitary specimens. In these 17 months, therefore, 1,625 animals

and 770 stands have been dealt with in the 'Taxidermist’s preparation
room.

In the Carpenters’ shops, in addition to all the ordinary repairs
and fittings, there have been made during the same period over
1,950 new stands, large supports or pedestals to receive the results
of the Taxidermists’ work, in addition to the devising and making
of several massive polished mahogany platforms, and the alteration
and reconstruction of numerous old cases, drawers and cabinets.
The floors and inside of the frames of the new cases have all been
“painted, and the stands polished, varnished or enamelled by the
Museum staff.

Encircling two of the galleries on the upper floor an extensive
series of cabinets has been erected to contain the study collections
for the use of students, and in these have, during this period, been
carefully arranged the exotic and British birds, many thousands
number, so as to be now available for use by specialists. They
have already been consulted not only by many local naturalists, but

During the past year a printer has been placed on the establish-
‘nt, whose time has been continuously filled in printing, glazing,
and framing labels for the exterior of the cases indicating their

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general contents. The complete and adequate labelling of the
individual specimens has been necessarily postponed until these
general labels have been completed; but the latter, also, are now
being proceeded with.

Catalogues cannot be compiled in a day, because each object to
be catalogued requires close examination and often prolonged study
before its full history can be set out. It is extremely to be desired
that Guides to the completed sections could be provided for the use
of visitors, but the Director sees little hope of their preparation for
some time to come, as every hour of the present, far from adequate,
staff is already fully occupied in getting the general arrangement
of the galleries blocked out and made presentable.

During the present year also has been published, as a special
Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, wider the editorship of the
Director, The Natural H istory of Sokotra and Abd-cl-Kuri, con-
taining in detail, the scientific results of the Expedition undertaken
in 1898-9 to these islands (ef. Annual Report 1898, p. 29), by the
Director and Mr. W. O. Grant of the British Museum. The volume
contains 598 8vo. pages, 34 full page plates, 24 of them hand-
coloured, and 88 illustrations in the text. Twenty-two distinguished

specialists have greatly obliged the Committee by assisting in —
working out the collections, and contributing each a section to the
work. One hundred and eighty-five species are described in the—
volume as new to science, besides a number of new genera.

It is gratifying to record, that in the various reviews which
have appeared in the Scientific Journals, The Natural History of
Sokotra has been spoken of in terms of high commendation, as “ an
important addition to Zoological Science,” ** due to the enlightened
liberality of the Museums Committee of the City Council.”

(b) CONSERVATION.

All the collections on exhibition have so far as pressure on
the staff has permitted been periodically examined, duste
and kept free from moth or other pest. The store cabine
and tanks, containing specimens preserved in fluid, have also beei
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other preservative. The store cabinets have also had
attention, the entomological collections especially
frequent examination.

constant
requiring

(c) Loans.
The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of scientific
investigation were made during the year :—
Specimen of Coccothraustes rulgaris @, twenty-three specimens of

_the genus Passer and three of the genus Petronia were lent to
or. Hartert, Esq., Tring Museum.

(_) Presents.
a During the year the Museum Collections have been enriched by
a large number of presentations, of which the following deserve

Special mention :—

F, A collection of Exotic Moths (Indo- Malayan) from Assam;

presented by Ernest Swinhoe, Esq., Avenue House, Oxford dedi
p. 14).

__A large collection of Insects, consisting of over 2,500 sp.cimens ;
presented by the ‘Trustees of the British Museum (see p. 14).

_ A collection of Shells representing 142 species ; presented by Dr.
Lawton Roberts, Ruabon (see p. 16).

_ A collection of 8. American Fishes and Reptiles from the River
*

4 ed ee C.B. (see p. 18).

_A collection of mounted British Birds; presented by D. C. Seott,
isq., Oxton (see pp, 18, 19).

(¢) EXcHancEs.

he Veterinary Department, Liverpool University, received
keletons of the Horse, Dog, Cat, in exchange (to be sent at a
ter date) for specimens of West African Mammals: and Prof.
ashford Dean, of New York, personally received a specimen of the
Mud-fish (Protopterus) for an exchange to be arranged later.

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(f) AcQuisrrions.
INVERTEBRATES—

Porifera (Sponges).

One Sponge (indet.) (D. 5. 5. 1908. 7).

Five Sponges (Suberites domuncula), commensal on shell with
Hermit Crabs from the Mersey estuary (D. 7. 5. 1903. 13. and
D. 22. 6. 1903. 8); collected with the trawl from the s.s. ‘‘ Beta,” by
the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant.

Sponge (Halichondria panicea) from Leasowe (D. 27. 7. 1903. 1) ;
purchased.
Coelenterata (Zoophytes, Sea Anemones, etc.)
Three Sea Anemones (T'ealia crassicornis) from Leasowe (D. 5. 6.
1903. 1): purchased.

Hight Ctenophores (Cydippe pileus); three species of Zoophyte
(Antennularia ramosa, Sertularia polyzonias, and Garvreia nutans) ;
a number of Sea Anemones (Actinoloba dianthus) (D. 22. 7. 19038. 4);
Colonies of Zoophytes (Sertularia operculata and Hydractinia echinata)
from the Mersey estuary (D. 18. 9. 1903. 18 and 19, and D. 22. 6.
1905. 7 and 16-18); collected with the trawl from the s.s. “ Beta,” by
the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant.

Echinoderms (Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, &c.)

Two Feather Star-fishes (Antedon bifida), four Star-fishes. (Solaster
papposus) (D. 21. 4. 1903. 6 and 7); ten Brittle Star-fishes (D. 3. 7. 1903.
1), from the estuary of the Mersey: collected and presented by Capt.
Griffiths, s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”

Two Cake-urchins (indet.) from New Zealand (D. 10. 6. 1903. 148);
presented by Dr. Lawton Roberts.

Rosy Feather Star (Antedon bifida) (D. 7. 5. 1908. 12): four species
of Star-fish (Astropecten irregularis, Henricia sanguinolenta, Ophiura
ciliaris (4), and Antedon bifida); and three specimens of Spatangus—
purpureus (D. 22. 6. 1903. 10-13): eleven Star-fishes (Astropecten
ivreguaris, Ophiura ciliaris, Ophiopholis aculeata) (D. 18. 9. 1903.
9-11), from the Mersey estuary; collected with the trawl from the
s.s. ‘ Beta,”’ by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant. .

*

Photograph (platinotype) of rock-pool, showing specimens of Kehini
in situ (D. 21. 9. 1903. 1); purchased.

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Two Sea-urchins (D. 15. 10. 1903. 1): presented by Miss Bell,
283, Canning Street.

Vermes (Worms, etc.) ;

Four Sea-mice (Aphrodite aculeata) (D. 21. 4, 1908. 5, and D. 5. 5.
1903. 5), one Annelid tube, one Sea-leech (Pontobdella muricata)
(D. 5. 5. 1903. 4 and 6), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected
and presented by Capt. Griffiths, s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”

- Mass of Sand tube-worms (Sabellaria spinulosa) (D. 21.5. 1903. 11),
a Gephyrean (Thalassema sp.) (D. 22. 7. 1903. 5), number of Annelids
(Nereis fucata) commensal with Hermit Crabs, and a Sea-mouse
(Aphrodite aculeata) (D. 7. 5. 1908. 15 and 16); collected with the
trawl from the s.s. ‘‘ Beta,’”’ by the Assistant Curator and the Labora-
tory Assistant.

Horse Leech (Haemopsis vorax) from pond in Cheshire (D. 1. 7.
1903. 1).

Polyzoa.

Colony of Vesicularia spinosa (D. 22. 7. 1908. 1) ; Colonies of Cellepora
armata and Idomonea serpens (D. 18. 9. 1908. 16 and 17), from the
Mersey estuary ; collected with the trawl by the Assistant Curator and
Laboratory Assistant.

Arthropoda.
Crustacea (Crabs, Lobsters, etc.)
_ Two Swimming Crabs (Portwrus depurator), each with a Parasitic
Cirripede (Sacculina carcini) (D. 5. 5. 1908. 8), from the estuary of the
coy collected and presented by Captain Griffiths, s.s. “ Beta.”

Twelve minute Porcelain Crabs (Porcellana longicornis), seven
Crabs (Pilumnus hirtellus), and one young edible Crab (Cancer pagurus)
(D. 21. 5. 1903. 8-10).

A number of Hermit Crabs (Zupagurus bernhardus), each with
commensal annelid (Nereis (Nereilepas) yucata); Shrimps (Egeon
fasciatus and sp.); Prawns; Galathea sp.; Spider Crab (Hyas coarctatus)
(D. 7.5. 1903. 7-11); Shrimp (Eyeon fasciatus) ; four Slender Spider
Crabs (Inachus dorynchus); Crab (Pilumnus hirtellus) (D. 18. 9. 1903.
12-15), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected by the Assistant
Curator and Laboratory Assistant by the the trawl from the ss.
“ Beta,”

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—

Grab (Corystes carsirelaunus) from Llanddwyn Bay, Anglesea.
(D. 31. 12. 1908. 17): presented by T. Coward, Bowden.

Tracheata (Insects, Spiders, etc.)
Beetle (indet.) and two Grasshoppers (indet.) from West Africa
(D. 12. 1. 1903. 1 and 2): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Three Lantern Flies (indet.). one Seorpion (indet.), and one Larva
(indet.) from the Amazon (D. 7. 2. 1903. 1-3); presented by Capt.
Wilson, s.s. ‘‘ Mapo,” 53, Ampthill Road, Liverpool.

Five Beetles and one wood-boring Beetle (indet.) (D. 7. 4. 1903. 1,
and D. 2. 6. 1903. 1), one Longicorn Beetle and larva (D. 20. 7.
1903. 1 and 2); presented by Mr. Swan, 10, Viola Street, Stanley
Road, Bootle.

Collection of Exotic Moths (Indo-Malayan), consisting of 120
specimens representing 36 genera and 60 species, from Assam
(D. 11. 6. 1908. 1-60): presented by Ernest Swinhoe, Esq., Avenue
House, Oxford.

Ten larve of Lepidoptera, representing 5 species (indet.) (D. 12. 12.
1903. 1-5) from Florida, U.S.A.: presented anonymously.

Thirty-one specimens of Malayan Lepidoptera from Malay
Peninsula and Siamese-Malay States, representing 8 genera and 16
species, among which may be mentioned Catopsilia scylla g and 2,
Terias hecabe § and ¢, Doleschallia pratipa 3, Papilio malayanus
g and 9, P. helenus, Cyrestis trme-martinei, and C. periander (D. 3b.
12. 1903. 1-16) ; collected and presented by Messrs. Nelson Annandale,
and H. C. Robinson.

Collection of Indian Lepidoptera, consisting of some 234 specimens
(D. 30. 7. 1903. 14): presented by J. Kirk Crooke, Esq., Water Street,
Liverpool.

A number of small Beetles and larvee, found in specimen of Indian
corn from West Africa (D. 31. 7. 1903. 1-4); presented by Mr. A.
Ridyard.

A large collection of Insects, consisting of over 2,500 specimens
embracing Butterflies, Moths, Beetles, Grasshoppers, Flies, ete. 3
5. 8. 1903, 14); presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. —

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Specimens of Mimetie Lepidoptera (Papilio agestor and Danais
lytia, Euploe linnei and Papilio zausa, Epicopeta polydora, Papilio
philoxenus and Papilio aristolochi@) (D. 14. 8. 1903. 1-7): purchased.

Photograph (platinotype) showing brood of Caterpillars of Vanessa io
on nettle (D. 26. 9. 1903. 2): purchased.

Collection of Indian Lepidoptera, consisting of 366 specimens,
representing 69 genera and 136 species (D. 26. 9. 1903. 1-136) ;
purchased.

Ten species of Moths and a Longicorn Beetle (D. 2. 12. 1903. 1-11);
presented by Mr. G. Griffiths.

Mollusea (Shells, etc.)
Twenty-one Shells (7 Haliotis sp. and 14 Spirula sp.) from Las
Palmas, Grand Canary (D. 25. 2. 1903. 1-2): presented by Mrs. E.
Bickersteth, “ Blair Athol,’’ Park Road West.

Thirteen Cuttle-fish (2 Moschites cirrosa, 5 Rossia macrosoma, and 6
_ Sepiola atlantica) (D. 21. 4. 1908. 1-4), ore Cuttle-fish (Moschites cirrosa)
(D. 5. 5. 1903. 1), and six Pecten opercularis (D. 5. 5. 1903. 2), from
the estuary of the Mersey; collected and presented by Capt. Grifiiths,
ss. “ Beta.”

Five Cowries (Cyprea hirundo) (D. 1. 5. 1903); presented by Mr
Pr. P. Marrat.

Three Cuttle-tish (Moschites cirrosa, Rossia macrosoma and Loligo
media), six Shells and Animals of Mactra elliptica (D. 7. 5. 1903. 1-2,
3 and 4), number of Shells and Animals of Tapes pullustra, Saxicara
r gosa, Pecten varius, Trochus zizyphinus, Buccinum undatum, Shell
‘and Animal of Fusus antiquus and one Sea Slug (L'ritonia hombergi)
(D. 21. 5. 1908. 1-7), three Whelks (Fusus islandicus var. propinquus
and F. antiquus), three Cuttle-fishes (Moschites cirrosa and Loligo
nedia, seven Sea Slugs (EKolis angulata and Doto jragilis)
(D. 22. 6. 1903. 1-6), nine Cuttle-fishes (Sepiola atlantica and Loligo
marmore), two Sea Slugs (Tritonia hombergi and Doris johnstoni),
three Clams (Pecten opercularis, P. varius, Natica sp., Astarte falcata),
(D. 18. 9. 1903, 1-8), from the estuary of the Mersey; trawled by the
Assistant Curator and the Laboratory Assistant from s.s. “ Beta,”

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Collection of Shells consisting of 274 specimens comprising 66
genera and 142 species from various localities (chiefly foreign)
(D. 10. 6. 1903. 1-142); presented by Dr. Lawton Roberts.

Tunicata (Sea-squirts, etc.)

Two species of simple Acidians from the Mersey estuary
(D. 22. 7. 1908. 2 and 3), a number of specimens of Stycla grossularia
and Molgula sp. (D. 18. 9. 1903. 20 and 22) ; collected with the trawl
from the s.s. ‘‘ Beta,’ by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory
Assistant.

VERTEBRATES—
Fishes.

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) (C. 2. 1. 1903. 1) from Newsham Park ;
collected and presented by Mr. Arthur Jones, 2, March Road, Anfield.

Wolf Fish (Anarrhichas lupus) (C. 10. 1. 1903. 1) from Dundee
presented by Mr. Perkins, St. John’s Market.

Sixty-four Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri) (33 living) (31
in preservative) (C. 12. 1. 1903. 1 et seq. and 2 et seq.) and forty-
four ditto (12 living, 82 in spirit) (C. 28. 7. 03. 1 et seq.), from Bonny,
West Africa; presented by Mr. Fred Green, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Thirty Fish (indet.) (C. 7. 2. 1908. 1. et seq.) from the River
Amazon: collected and presented by Capt. Wilson, s.s. “ Mapo,”
58, Ampthill Road, Fulwood Park.

One Lemon Dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus) (C. 22. 4. 1903. 1),
one Seald Fish (Arnoglossus laterna) and one Gurnard (Trigla gurnar-
dus) (C. 5. 5. 1908. 1 and 2) and one Sole (Solea vulgaris) (C. 3. 7.
1908. 1.), trawled from the estuary of the Mersey; collected and
presented by Capt. Griffiths, s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”

Two Dragonets (Callionymus lyra), two Gurnards (T'rigla gurnardus),
one Whiting (Gadus luscus var. blotchii), four Whiting (Gadus
merlangus), one Seald Fish (Arnoglossus laterna), one Lemon Dab
(Pleuronectes microcephalus) and one Sand Lance (Ammodytes lanceo-
latus) (C. 7. 5.1903. 1-7); one Sole (Solea vulgaris), one Lemon Dab
(Pleuronectes microcephalus), one Ray (Raia sp. juv.), one Five-bearded

Rockling (Onus mustela) and one Conger Eel (Conger vulgaris)
(C. 21, 5, 1903, 1-5); two Sand Lance (Ammodytes lanceolatus), two

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Seald Fisk (Arnoglossus laterna), three Dragonets (Callionymus
maculatus) and ten Spotted Gobies (Gobius minutus) (C. 22. 6. 1903.
1-4); one John Dory (Zeus faber), number of Spotted Gobies (Gobius
minutus) and two young Cod (Gadus callarius) (C. 22. 7. 03. 1-3);
one Sole (Solea rulgaris) and two Spotted Gobies (Gobius minutus)
— (C. 18. 9. 1903. 1 and 2); trawled from s.s. “‘ Beta’ N.W. of the
Novth West Lightship by the Assistant Curator and the Laboratory
Assistant.

Nineteen Hag (Myaine glutinosa) (C. 10. 6. 1903. 1); presented by
~ Dr. Lawton Roberts, Ruabon, North Wales.

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Eighty-seven Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri) (38 alive and
~ 49 in preservative fluid) (C. 22. 10. 1903. 1 et seq.), from Opobo,
West Africa: presented by Frank Hooper, Esy., per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Eggs of Shark (Cestracion philippi) (C. 10. 7. 1903. 1), presented
_ by Mr. F. C. Marrat ; and (C. 17. 7. 1903. 1), presented by Mr. Alan
Croston, of Yokohama, per Mr. Richmond Smith.

Reptiles.

Forty-four Snakes (indet.), one Turtle (indet.), and one Lizard
— (indet.) (B. 7. 2. 1908. 1, 2 and 8), in preservative fluid, from the
Amazon: collected and presented by Captain Wilson, of the s.s.
~**Mapo,” 53, Ampthill Road, Fulwood Park.

Two Limbless Lizards (Anguis fragilis) (B. 26. 3. 1903. 1), from
Ruthin, North Wales; collected and presented by Mr. A. Pinnington,
318, Stanley Road, Bootle.

Lizard (Lacerta sp.) (B. 7. 4. 1908. 1): collected and presented by
\ r. Swan, 10, Viola Street, Bootle.

— Two young Crocodiles (B. 13. 4. 1903. 1), from Bonny, West
Africa: presented by Mr. Fred. Green, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

~ Common Lizard (Lacerta agilis) (B. 14. 7. 1903. 1), taken at
igburth: presented by Mr. H. Spicer.

Terrapin (B. 2. 9. 1903. 1), found in a Liverpool street ; presented
yy Mr. J. Stoat, 27, St. Michael’s Road, Liverpool.

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Tortoise (B. 11. 11. 1903. 1); presented by Mr. R. Wilson, 179,
Burlington Street, Liverpool.

Spiny Devil (Moloch horridus) (B. 8. 12. 1903. 1), from Kalgoorlie,
West Australia; presented by Mr. Duncan Brown, 330, Scotland Road,
Liverpool.

Snake (indet.) (B. 10. 12. 1908. 1), from Australia; presented by
John Glynn, Esq., 14, Chapel Street, Liverpool.

Skin of Australian Brown Snake (B. 24. 6. 1908. 1), from the
Loddon River, Australia; presented by Mrs. Cammell, 47, Smollett
Street, Liverpool.

Birds.

Three Teal (Querquedula erecea) (B. 17. 1. 1908. 1, and B. 20.

1. 1908. 1); purchased.

Gallinule (B. 10. 2. 1903. 1), from the Aviary at Stanley Park ;
presented by the Parks and Gardens Committee.

Collection of Central African Bird Skins, consisting of 159 speci-
mens, representing 69 species belonging to 66 genera (B. 22. 2. 1903. 1,
et seq.), from South Angoniland, Central Africa; collected and presented
by H. B. Commissioner and Consul-General Alfred Sharpe, C.B., ¢/o
Foreign Office, London, $.W.

Blue Mountain Lory (V'richoglossus nove-hollandie) (B. 4. 3. 1908.
1), from the Aviary at Sefton Park: presented by the Parks and
Gardens Committee.

Four Teal (Querquedula crecca) (B. 5. 8. 1903. 1); purchased.

Collection of Birds’ eggs (chiefly British), consisting of nearly 400
specimens (B. 24. 3. 1903. 1, et seq.) ; purchased.

Collection of mounted birds (25), viz.: one Razor Bill (Alea torda),
one Black Guillemot (Uria grylle), one Common Guillemot (Uria troile),
one Little Auk (Mergulus alle), one Black-throated Diver (Colymbus
arcticus), one Red-throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis), one Great
Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis), one Gannet (Sula bassana), two
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo), one Shag (Phalacrocorax graculus),
one Puffin (F'ratercula arctica), two Gooseanders (Mergus merganser),

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two Smews (Mergus albellus), one Hooded Merganser (Mergus cucul-
latus), three red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator), one Little
Grebe (Podiceps minor), two Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis), one
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps griseigena), one Great Crested Grebe
(Podiceps cristatus) (B. 8. 4. 1908. 1-20) ; presented by D.C. Scott, Esq.,
2, Beresford Road, Oxton.

Mandarin Duck (Dendronessa galericulata) (B. 23. 5. 1903. 1) from
the Aviary at Sefton Park; presented by the Parks and Gardens
Committee.

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), (B. 29. 5. 1908. 1); purchased.

Blackbird (Turdus merula) (B. 2. 6. 1908. 1) from Hoylake;
presented by the Director of Museums.

Nest of Long-tailed Tit (Aeredula rosea) (B. 11. 6. 1908. 1) from
Kent; presented by Thos. West, Esq., Eccleston Place, near St.
Helens.

Martin’s Nest and Six Young (Chelidon urbica) (B. 10. 7. 1903. 1) ;
_ presented by Mr. J. Connely.

Nest of Garden Warbler (Sylvia hortensis) (B. 16. 7. 1908. 1) from
_ Kirkby, near Liverpool; collected and presented by J. Coupland, Esq.,
22, Arkles Road, Anfield, Liverpool.

Skin of Peacock (Paro cristatus) (B. 27. 7. 1903. 1) from India;
_ presented by J. Kirke Crooke, Esq., Water Street, Liverpool.

Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida) (B. 28. 7. 1908. 1) from Otterspool ;
presented by Master W. H. Taylor, 107, Alwyn Street, St. Michael’s,
_ Liverpool.

Jay (Garrulus glandarius) (B. 19. 9. 1903. 1) from the Aviary at
Sefton Park; presented by the Parks and Gardens Committee.

_ Photograph of Rookery at Toombeola, Connemara, Ireland ; pur-
hased.

Clutch of Bearded Tits (Panurus biarmicus) in down (B. 24. 9.1903. 1)
from Hickling Broad, Norfolk; purchased.

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Californian Quail (Lophortya californicis) (B. 8. 10. 1908. 1) from
the Aviary, Sefton Park; presented by the Parks and Gardens.
Committee.

Blue Tit (Parus coeruleus) (B. 20. 10, 1903. 1) from Fazackerley,
Liverpool; purchased.

Eleven Bird Skins, viz., Lycocorax obiense, Dicrurus dohertyi,
Pachycephala obiensis (2), Muscicapicula supererythra, var. pallidi-
pectus, Ehipidura obiense, Piezorhynchus diadematus, Edoliosoma
obiense, Tunysiptera obiense, Lorwus favopalliatus, and Tanygnathus
megalorhynchus (B. 2. 11. 1903. 1-10) from Obi, Molucca Islands ;
received in exchange.

Cat Bird (Hluwrwdus) 2? and Bird of Paradise (Prionodura new-
toniana) 2 (B. 26. 11. 1908. 1 and 2); purchased.

Osprey (Pandion halietus) (B. 27. 11. 1903. 1); purchased.

Mammals.
Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) (A. 10. 1. 1903. 1), from Dundee ;

purchased.

Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) (A. 9. 2. 1908. 1), from
Suffolk; purchased.

Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) (A. 5. 3. 1903), from Somerset ;
purchased.

Two Hares, from Perth and Yorkshire (A. 6. 3. 1903. 1 and 2) ;
purchased.

Common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris) (A. 7. 3. 1908. 1); purchased.

Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) (A. 9. 8. 1908. 1), from Alderley
Edge, Cheshire; presented by Chas. Oldham, Knutsford.

Two Long-eared Bats (Plecotus auritus) (A.10.3.1903.1); purchased.

Skin and Skeleton of Giraffe (Giraffe camelopardalis) (A. 21. 3, 1908
1): purchased,

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Two nests of Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) and a
Bank Vole (Microtus glareolus) g (A. 30. 8. 19038. 1 and 2);
purchased.

Skin of Lesser Shrew (Sorex minutus) (A. 16. 4. 1903. 1); purchased.

Polecat (Mustela putorius) (A. 24. 4. 1908. 1), from Cardiganshire :

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purchased.

Collection of six human skulls and various other human bones, from
/ Patagonia (A. 14. 5.1903. 1); collected by the late Asahel P. Bell, Ksq.,
presented by Miss Ann Bell, 23, Canning Street.

Common House Mouse (Mus musculus) (A. 21. 5. 1903. 1); presented
by Mrs. Wigglesworth.

Domestic Cavy, Abyssinian var. (A. 3. 6. 1903. 1); presented by
Mr. J. W. Cutmore.

Water Shrew (Crossopus fodiens) g (A. 8. 6. 1908. 1) from Kirkby,
near Liverpool: purchased.

Collection of Human Bones consisting of 2 skulls, 3 lower jaws and
various other bones (A. 28. 7. 1903. 1), from Upper Bakana, Southern
Nigeria, Africa; presented by H. P. Cooke, Esq., Agent African
Association, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Bat (Epomophorus) (A. 28. 7. 1908. 2) from Abonema, Southern
Nigeria, Africa; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard.

Fossil Tooth of Horse (A. 8. 8. 1903. 1) from Plas Heaton Cave,
Denbighshire; presented by Dr. Durrant, 21, Brondesbury Road,
Kilburn, London.

Skull of Hippotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (A. 4. 9. 1908. 1)
from Tete, Zambesia; presented by Mr. H. Edwards, Walton Lane
_ Board Schools.

White Stoat (Mustela erminea) (A. 5. 9. 1908. 1); purchased.

Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus niger) (A. 6. 9. 1908. 1); purchased.

~ Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) (A. 20. 10. 1908. 1); presented
by Mr. J. W. Cutmore.

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Siamese Cat (A. 23. 11. 1903. 1); presented by Mr. J. B. Spry,
Canon Road, Anfield.

Two Lesser Horse-shoe Bats (Rhinolophus hipposiderus) (A. 24. 11.
1903. 1) from Cefn, Denbighshire; presented by Mr. T. Coward,
‘* Brentwood,’ Bowdon, Cheshire.

Skin of a Lamb (A. 26. 11. 1903. 1): purchased.

Two Stoats (Mustela erminea) 3 and @ (A. 31. 12. 1903. 1) from
Knowsley; presented by Mr. J. Barnes.

Anubis Baboon (Cynocephalus anubis) (A. 16. 12. 1903. 1) from
West Africa: presented by Mr. George Wright, 43, Park Road,
Liverpool.

BoranicaL DEPARTMENT.

The acquisitions to this department are as follows :—

Collection of dried plants, representing about twenty-seven species
from Bermuda (E. 8. 1. 1903. 1-27); collected and presented by Mr.
H. B. Small, per Chief Constable Powell, Hamilton, Bermuda.

Specimens of Fungus (indet.), from the submerged peat bed, Alt
Mouth, Laneashire (E. 12. 3. 1908. 1): collected (in 1895) and now
presented by Mr. W. F. Price, Crosby.

Thirty-three platinotype photographs of growing plants, flowers,
mosses, ete., in various localities in Ireland (EK. 12. 3. 1908. 2-84);
purchased.

Twenty-nine specimens illustrative of the structure of plants, from
the neighbourhood of Formby (E. 30. 6. 1903. 1-21), and twenty-seven
from the neighbourhood of Overton, Cheshire (EK. 21. 7. 1908. 1-19) ;
collected by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum.

Four plants of Maize trom Egwanga, Opobo, Southern Nigeria
(E. 10. 9. 1908. 1); presented by Mr. J. A. Pickles, Agent African
Association, Egwanga, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Flowering Branch of Veronica (V. spicata), from Newmarket Heath
(E. 15. 10. 1908. 1); presented by Mr. E. T. Sachs, 17, St. Loo
Mansions, London, 8.W.

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Small collection of dried and pressed plants, from the neighbour-
hood of Hoylake (E. 15. 10. 1908. 2-4); collected (15th April, 1900)
and presented this date by the Director of Museums.

Minera AND GronocicaL DEPARTMENT.

The following are the acquisitions in this department :—

Four pieces of Gold Quartz and four pieces of Iron Quartz from the
Gold Mines at Ackrazie, Samvi district, French Ivory Coast, W. Africa
(F. 15. 1. 1908. 1): presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer,
5.8. “ Nyanga.”

Four small pieces of Opal in the matrix (F. 12. 2. 1903. 1);
presented by Mr. F. G. Aplin, 58, Hatton Garden, London, E.C.

Solid Alto-relievo Model of Scotland (F. 12. 3. 1908. 1); purchased.

Specimen of Voleanic Ash from the Mount Pelee Eruption of May,
1902 (F. 6. 5. 1903. 1); purchased.

Tue AQUARIUM.

The Aquarium continues to be one of the chief attractions of the
Museum.

The efforts made to keep the West African Fishes in a healthy
condition have been successful, and the great interest taken in them
both by specialists and the*ordinary visitor is marked.

The Trout tanks continue to flourish, and some new stock was
obtained by the kindness of Mr. Lyon Whittle, Town Clerk of
Warrington, who presented several two-year-old Rainbow Trout and

River Trout, and a number of fry of S. irideus and a cross of S. fario

and S. levenensis. As the fish from the various hatches increase in
size, they become too large for the accommodation available and a
number of specimens of Rainbow Trout are presented each year to the
Parks and Gardens Committee for distribution in the Park Lakes, and

to local pisciculturists.

Captain Griffiths, of the Corporation ‘Barge “ Beta,’’ continues to
bring living specimens of Marine Fishes for the tanks, and on the

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several occasions when the Assistant Curator has been out on the :
‘Beta’ trawling for marine specimens for the British collections, the
opportunity has been taken of keeping suitable specimens alive for |
the Aquarium, all of which efforts have added greatly to the attractions :
of this section of the Museums.

The much needed extension ot the Aquarium has now been com-
menced, and it is hoped that the 11 new tanks will enable desirable
extensions of the various existing attractions, together with the
addition of new features, to be made.

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The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,
those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report :—

Fresh Water Hydre (Hydra viridis and H. fusca); Sea-Anemones,
The Crass * (Tealia crassicornis); * Sagartia ornata ; Plumose Anemone
(*Actinoloba dianthus) ; Beadlet (Actinia equina): Various Starfishes :
Horse Leech * (Hemopsis vorax); Sea-Mouse (Aphrodite aculeata) ;
Fresh-Water Polyzoa* (Plumatella repens, Lophopus crystallinus) :
Edible Crab* (Cancer pagurus); Common Shore Crab* (Carcinus
monas): Hermit Crab (Hupagurus bernhardus) ; Spider Crabs (Stenor-
hynchus rostratus and Inachus dorsettensis): Slender Spider Crab
(Stenorhynchus tenuirostris) Cleanser Swimming Crab (Portunus
depurator): Shrimp (Crangon vulgaris): Prawn (Pandalus annulicornis) :
* Palemonetes varians: Pecten (P. opercularis); Cockle (Cardium
aculeatum); Water Snail (Limneus stagnalis); Fresh Water Hel *
(Anguilla vulgaris) ; Loch Leven Trout * (Salmo levenensis); Rainbow
Trout * (Salmo irideus) ; Crucian Carp * (C. carassius): Common and
Mirror Carp * (Cyprinus carpio) ; Rudd * (Leuciseus erythrophthalmus) ;
Three spined Stickleback* (Gastrosteus aculeatus); Nine spined
Stickleback * (Gastrosteus pungitius); Minnow*; Bream*; Fresh
Water Gudgeon* (Gobio fluviatilis) ; Tench* (Tinca vulgaris); Roach*
(Leuciscus rutilus); Pike * (EHsox, luctus): Perch* (Perca fluviatilis) ;
Central American Fresh-water Fish * (Heros jacetus); African Mud-
fish * (Protopterus annectens); Walking Fish * (Periophthalmus koel-
reuteri) ; Sole * (Solea vulgaris); Sand Lance (Ammodytes lanccolatus) :
Conger Hel* (Conger vulgaris); Dragonet or Skulpin (Callionymus
lyra); Spotted Dragonet (Callionymus maculatus); Gurnard (T'rigla
gunardus) ; Plaice * ‘Pleuronectes platessa and Pleuronectes microce-

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phalus); various species of Skate (Raia); Common Frog * and Tad-
poles (Rana temporaria): Nattejack Toad * (Bufo calameta) : Common
Toad (Bufo vulgaris); Italian Toad* (Bufo vulgaris); Crested or
Great Water Newt* (J'riton cristatus); Common or Smooth Newt *
(Molge vulgaris) ; Alligator Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina); Terrapin -
West African Tortoise (sp. indet.); Sternothere* (Sternotherus adon-
sonii); West African Crocodiles * (Mecistops cataphractus and sp.
indet.); Limbless Lizard (Anguis fragilis) ; Common Lizard (Lacerta
_agilis); West African Mongoose (sp. indct.).

SuMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

: Zoological.
| Porifera te ny 3 Species... a 8 Specimens.
Celenterata ... a 8 ue im te 20 rs
: Echinodermata 9 e ee 43 !
Vermes ... bee ate 7 a di ra 4] e
Polyzoa ... Se A. 3 a - ~~ 6 2
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 13 - a = 40
3 Arthropoda (Tracheata) 1327 - of we» Bd42 4
Mollusea... Be. ee ges Pe ie Se e oe
~ Tunieata ot at 6 3 ‘At a 30 i
Fishes ... 14 ae) eae 2 Re, UH OAL a
Amphibians... hy ) A er s “as 0 p>
Reptiles... ek Ome: ee nae toa i
mpirds.... pee se eS - oe 2 ee aS: Be
Mammals a at ee Z 51 =
1860 4904
i Botanical.
1 lants ... vez .. ‘115° Species"... ... 261 Specimens.

Geological and Mineralogical.
cks and Minerals ... A= sn ze ie 14 Specimens.

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B._MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.

In the Mayer Museum the collections of Caucasian, Mongolian
and Melanian Ethnology have been re-arranged, and to the
exhibition of the handiwork of each race, separate galleries have

now been assigned.

Progress has been made in the re-arrangement of the Caucasian
Section by the disposal of the Egyptian Antiquities on the floor of
the Main Hall, which, for their accommodation, has been completely
re-furnished with cases, many of them new, in which the collection
is exhibited in chronological sequence of Dynasties.

The copy of the Papyrus of Ani, presented by Mr. J. Gibson, has
been mounted in four large frames and displayed in the centre of
the Hall. Translated and annotated by Mr. LI. Griffith, the
distinguished Egyptologist, at Mr. Gibson’s request and expense,
this donation forms one of the most interesting and instructive
exhibits in the Egyptian Department.

The collection of Kuropean Pottery and Porcelain has been
transferred from its former location to the balcony of the Main Halli.

In the Mongolian Department, to which the Upper Mayer
Gallery has now been assigned, considerable progress has been
made in displaying the collections, numerous specimens being now, :
for the first time, exhibited after being stowed away for many years. |

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In regard to the Melanian Ethnology, the re-arrangement of the
African Section has been completed in the Mayer Basement, and

many specimens here also, which had been long stowed away, have
been brought into the light, and, as will be seen below, numerous
additions have been made to it during the past year, especially by
Mr. Copland-Crawfurd, H.B.M. Commissioner, Nigeria, and by
Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs. Elder, —
Dempster and Co., who has, now for many years, personally and
through his friends on the West African Coast, been most assiduous
in collecting for the Mayer Museum.

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This Department has been enriched also by the acquisition of two
life-sized casts of natives of South Africa, modelled from life by the
Jate Dr. Emil Holub, a view of which is given on Plate LV.

The Local History and Archeological Department has been
enriched by the donation of an old oak canopy, lintel of a fireplace,
mouldings, and quatrefoils, from a Fifteenth century house—known
as Boulton’s—-at West Derby, Liverpool, together with photographs

and plan to illustrate the same, by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe, M.a., F.s.a.

The Bennett collection of grain-stones has been arranged on a

special stand in the same section.

The contents of the American Room (the old Ethnographical
Gallery), removed to allow the Aquarium to be extended, have been
transferred to the Mongolian Gallery in the upper floor of the Mayer
Museum.

A Collection of Eolithic and Paleolithic flint implements was
received from Mrs. Stopes, in exchange for duplicate Egyptian
Flints previously sent to the late Mr. Henry Stopes.

As in previous years manuscripts have been lent to Mr. J.
Sampson, Librarian to the University, for Paleographical study.
~ It is to be hoped that his special knowledge may be secured to make
a descriptive catalogue of the old books and MSS. in the Mayer
‘Museum.

Many photographs of Ethnographical objects and of Pottery have
been taken and sent out during the year, to illustrate various publi-
cations in England and abroad. Numerous enlargements of race
types have been prepared for exchange with the British and other
“Museums.

A selected group of Antiquities and other objects from the
Museums were exhibited, by special permission of the Committee, at
the Town Hall from the 27th to the 29th of May.

(b) Loans ann Deposrrs. ;
Two manuscripts (1) S. Thomas Aquinas’, Summa Theologica,
German hand, 15th century (am), and (2) M. Eutropii Clami
Historici De Gestis Romanorum, libri xvii., Italian, a.p. 1528 <),

lent for the use of paleographical students, to University College,

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Liverpool, have been returned. Three others, (1) A Treatise oi
Moral Philosophy, Italian, 15th century (4); (2) History of the

World, Sacred and Profane, Italian, 13th century (4%), and (3)
Selections from the Fathers, SS. Augustine, Gregory, Anselm, &c.,
English, 14th century (3%), were lent to Mr. Sampson, June 29th,
1903.

(¢) ExcHancEs.

Collection of seventy (27. 4. 1903, 5-74) Holithic, Paleolithic and
Neolithic Flint Implements from Swanscombe, Kent, were received
from Mrs. Stopes in exchange for duplicate Egyptian Flint Imple-
ments (Seton Karr collection) sent to the late H. Stopes, Hsq., March
29th, 1900.

Norfolk faggot cutter’s Account Tally, in use about 1899 (10. 9.
1905. 24.); received from Mr. E. Lovett, in exchange tor a copy of
Washing Tally.

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(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1.) GENERAL.

Oak framing forming a canopy, lintel of the fireplace, applied

mouldings and quatretoil, from a fifteenth century house, known as
Boulton’s, located in Finch Lane, West Derby, Liverpool: together
with a series of photographs showing the house in course of demoli-
tion and the sites of the canopy, applied mouldings and quatrefoils ;
also portion of the Tythe Map of West Derby, made by Jonathan
Bennison in 1835, showing position of Boulton’s House and adjoin-
ing properties; collected and given by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe, M.A.

‘Twenty-five pipes and pipe heads (17. 4. 1903. 4), sixteenth and
seventeenth century, found at Wilderspool, Warrington; given
by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe, M.A.

Three pennies of Barbadoes, 1788 and 1792 (10. 9. 1903, 15-17);
halfpenny of Barbadoes, 1792 (10. 9. 1905. 18); Venezuela
12} centimos, 1896 (10. 9. 1903. 19); two three-halfpenny pieces of
William IV., 1836, and Victoria, 1838 (10. 9. 1903. 20-21) ; presented
by Dr. Durrant. ta

Piece of Birkingshaw’s wrought rail of 1816 (22. 10. 1903. 70);
presented by Mr. Clement E. Stretton.

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Four copper coins (16. 1. 1903. 15-18), vie penny and three halt-
pennies of George IIIL., found at the South end of the Dock Estate ;
presented by Mr. Miles K. Burton.

(2.) Ceramics.

Jug (14. 4. 1903. 17), impressed with mark, ** Worthington and
Green,” Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool; purchased.

(5.) ErHNoGRAPHY.
PRE-HISTORIC : —
Cast of a Neolithic stone celt-shaped implement (14. 4. 1903. 16),
_ from Antrim, Ireland; presented by Mr. R. D. Darbishire.
MELANIAN RACE.
Africa.—West and South-west Africa :—

§
List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard,
Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. :—

From Liberia :—

Kroo-boy’s water-bottle, box and bag (31. 7. 1903. 1-3) from Deabo,
70 miles from Cape Palmas.

3 From the Ivory Coast :—
Dance rattle (15. 1. 1903. 2), from Grand Lahou.

From Sierra Leone :—
Roots of “ Egira,” “ Bobashay,” “ Egboshie,” (31. 7. 1903. 15).

SeFrom the Gold Coast :—

Pair of carved calabashes (15. 1. 1903. 1) from Accra; earthenware
cooler and stewpot (14. 4. 1903. 1-2) from Affarmah village, 9 miles
from Accra; earthenware jug (14. 4. 1903. 3) from Quarjoe village,
3 miles from Accra; earthenware water-bottle (31. 7. 1903. 4) from
Affarmah.

From S. Nigeria :—

~ Mask * Oconco” (15, 1. 1903. 3) from Obogolo, Ebo country ;
Mask ‘ Epo” (15. 1. 1903. 4) from Umbre, near Aqueta, Ebo

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country; three large earthenware vessels (15. 1. 1903. 5-7) -from
Aqueta, Ebo country; piece of carved and painted wood (14. 4. 1903.
4) and wooden painted figure (14. 4. 1903. 5) from Azumini, near
Aqueta, Ebo country; two (old) earthenware nozzles for country
bellows (14. 4. 1903. 6-7) and one new one (14. 4. 1903. 8), from
Bonny; carved wooden head (31. 7. 1905. 5) from Ichopo, Ebo
country; cap (31. 7. 1905. 6), drum (51. 7. 1905. 8), Qua, Ebo
country; drum (31. 7. 1905. 9) taken in the Aro Expedition; grass
bag (51. 7. 1905. 7) from Ishuma, Ebo country; earthenware pots
(51. 7. 1903. 10-13) from Bende, Ebo country; pair of native bellows
with clay nozzle (51. 7. 1905. 14) as used by native blacksmiths,
Bonny.

The following specimens have been presented through Mr. A.
Ridyard : —-

Medicine man’s wand of office in bronze (14. 4. 1905. 15), from
D’gbo, beyond Benin; native gold washer’s outfit, consisting of round
and pear-shaped copper and brass washing pans, scales, weights and
a magnet, a set of native goldsmith’s standard weights with native
names and values (22. 10. 1903. 15-50); presented by P. A. Renner,
Esq., Barrister-at-law, Cape Coast Castle.

Bankeet (15: 1. 1903. 8), from Port Lokko, Timme country, Sierra
Leone; presented by Mr. J. B. Cole, Bathurst.

King’s messenger’s sword (15. 1. 1903. 9), the handle coated with
gold, from Cape Coast Castle; presented by Mr. John Sarbah, Cape
Coast Castle.

Shot belt (15. 1. 1903. 10), from Accra; presented by Mr. E. W.
Q. Papafio, Accra.

Three large wooden ‘Ju-ju” figures (22. 10. 1903. 1-5), from |
Bonny, 8. Nigeria; presented by Chief Squiss Banigo.

Native sponge (15. 1. 1903. 11); presented by Mr. T. Addaquay,
Cape Coast Castle.

Mask (15. 1. 1903. 12), from Ebo country, 8. Nigeria; presented
by Mr. F. C. Mayo. 4

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Brass jug (15. 1. 1903. 13), taken in the “ Bida” war; presented
by Mr. E. A. T. Wilson, Sierra Leone.

Gaming board (15. 1. 1903. 14), from the Ebo country, S. Nigeria ;
_ wooden paddle (14. 4. 1903. 10), from Opobo; wooden figure
| (51. 7. 1903. 17) and mask (31. 7. 1903. 18), from the Qua country,
S. Nigeria; presented by Mr. John Miller.

: Wooden seated figure (14. 4. 1903. 9), with moveable arms, from
_ the Qua country, Opobo, S. Nigeria; stick (31. 7. 1903. 20), from
Kket, Qwa Ebo, Opobo, S. Nigeria; presented by Mr. Frank Hooper.

Carved wooden fetish head (14. 4. 1903. 11), from Ishokpo, Ebo
country, 8. Nigeria; Princess head in carved wood (31. 7. 1903. 24),
from Owerri district, S. Nigeria; presented by Mr. B. T. Woods,
Bonny.

Earthenware country pot (14. 4. 1903. 12), from Bissao; presented
by Mrs. James, Sierra Leone.

Calabash. (14. 4. 1905. 15), from Bissao; presented by Mr. William
Sawyer, Sierra Leone.

Grass cap (14. 4. 1905. 14), from Nigeria; presented by Mr. W.

C.D. Rosenior, Sierra Leone.
Ropes, used for climbing trees (51. 7. 1903. 16), from Egwanga,
Opobo, 8. Nigeria; presented by Mr. J. A. Pickles.

Wooden fan (31. 7. 1905. 19), from an Ashantee village; presented
by Mr. James J. Kuofi.

Native earthenware soup tureen (31. 7. 1903. 21), made at Korlibu,
‘one mile from Accra, Gold Coast; presented by Dr. J. Edward
Mettle.

Two manilla (51. 7. 1905. 22-25); presented by Mr. W. H. Law.

Calabash (31. 7. 1903. 25), with shell covering, from Quitta;
presented by Mr. John Koblavie, Jellah Coffee.

_ Earthenware pipe head (22. 10. 1903. 4), from Akim, Gold Coast ;
Fan hide (22. 10. 1903. 5), from Accra; red and black earthenware
ater coolers (22. 10. 1905. 6-7.), from Manghai, Accra; presented
xy Mr. McDonald G. B. Bruce, Acera.

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Grass Cap (22. 10. 1905. 5), trom Lagos; fly brush of fibre
(22. 10. 1903. 9): native ironwork (hinges, spikes, &e.) (22. 10. 1905.
10); dagger sheath of snake skin (22. 10. 1905. 11): and earthen-
ware bow] (22. 10. 1905. 12), all from N’Kwalla, Imo River, Ebo
country, Opobo, S. Nigeria; presented by Mr. Robert Tannock.

Coral beads (15. 1. 1903. 19), from Benin City; presented by Mr.
H. Ling Roth.

War drum * Ogri”™ (27. 4. 1905. 1), from Otujerimi, 8. Nigeria,
and skulls of a man and a leopard (27. 4. 1903. 2-3) found inside the
drum ; Oguta canoe (27. 4. 1903. 4), used for carrying Government
Mails in the Niger Territories; collected and presented by W. E. B. |
Copland-Crawford, Esq.,H.B.M. Divisional Commissioner, S. Nigeria.

Ju-ju offering (11. 6. 1903. 1), from Horsfall Island, Benin River ;
collected and presented by Dr. Orr, ss. “* Axim.”

Specimens (10. 9. 1903. 1-6) illustrating the spinning and weaving
of cloth from silk as follows: (1) Cocoon of native silkworm, (2)
interior of same, (3) prepared silk fibre, (4) dyed silk fibre, (5) yarn
spun from above, (6) cloth woven on native loom from the yarn, (7)
piece of cloth woven from native cotton: from the district of Kano,
N. Nigeria; collected and presented by Mr. James Pickering Jones.

Canoe (22. 10. 1903. 51), from Cape Palmas, Liberia; collected and
presented by Mr. W. H. Renner.

From South Africa :-—
Casts of natives of the Bechuana and Monkoja tribes (15. 3. 1903), —
modelled from life by Dr. Emil Holub; purchased.

MONGOLIAN RACE :—
America, South.—

Stone Pestle (10. 9. 1908. 23), Patagonia; presented by Miss A.
Bell.

Tibet.— |
Sheets of printed prayers (22. 10. 1903. 52-59); luck flag and hung-_
horse (22. 10. 1903. 60-61); scorpion charm against demons (22. 10,

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1903. 62) ; charm to bind disease-devils (22. 10. 1905. 65): luck flags
(22. 10. 1903. 64-65); scroll (22. 10. 1905. 66): woven bag
(22. 10. 1903. 67); knife (22. 10. 1905. 68); purchased.
Burmah.—
Manuscript (22. 10. 1903. 69); presented by Mr. David Boyd.

CAUCASIAN RACE :—
Egypt.—

Painted Scene from the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
(11. 6. 1903. 2); presented by Sir E. Maunde Thompson, British
Museum.

Flints (11. 6. 1903. 3-4), found in a cargo of Beans from
Alexandria, 1903; collected’and presented by Mr. W. Townsing.

Clay Pipe head (10. 9. 1905. 22) from Egypt: presented by Dr.
Durrant.

Papyri (14. 12. 1903. 1) Notice of removal, a.p. 19-20 (see
Oxyrhynehus Papyri 11, No. 252), and a “Letter from Gemellus
cirea, A.D. 100,” (see Fayum Towns, No. 248); presented by the
Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

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_ FIFTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COMMITTEE

OF THE

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
MUSEUMS,

AND

ART GALLERY,

CITY OF LIVERPOOL,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DercrmBer, 1904.

LIVERPOOL :

C, Trnrine & Co., Lrp., Printine Contracrors, 53, Viorornia STREET

GOMMITTEE “AND. OFFICERS
for the Year 1904-1905.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LEA, LORD MAYOR.

Committee :
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. FORWOOD, D.L., J.P., CHATRMAN.
FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.

ALEXANDER ARMOUR, ESQ., | FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ.,

ARCHIBALD BATHGATE, ESQ., | ROBERT D. HOLT, ESQ., D.L., J.P.,

EDWIN BERRY, ESQ., J. HARRISON JONES, ESQ.,

JOSEPH BIBBY, ESQ., MICHAEL E. KEARNEY, ESQ.,

LIEUT.-COL. SIR A. H. BROWN, ALD. M. HYSLOP MAXWELL, J.P.,
BART., M.P.,

ALFRED S. COLLARD, ESQ., J.P., HENRY MILES, ESQ.,

ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D., PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.,

ARTHUR CROSTHWAITE, ESQ., J.P.,-| WILLIAM PERMEWAN, ESQ., M.D.,

CHALONER DOWDALL, ESQ., ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,

WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P., LIEUT.-COL. W. HALL WALKER, M.P.

Ghief Librarian:
PETER COWELL.

Deputy- Fibrarian :
HENRY #. CORRAN.

Bircttor of Museums:

HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S.

Assistant Curator of Ford Herbn Wuseum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, M.Sc.

Assistant Curator of Raver Ruseum:

P. ENTWISTLE.

Eurator of the Walker Art Gallery:
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.

Assistunt Curator, Walker Art Gallery:
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY,

GENERAL REPORT.

It is very gratifying to note the ever-growing popularity of our
Lending Libraries and Reading Rooms. These institutions, while
largely for the purpose of entertainment, are increasingly used for
the more serious work of education and instruction.

The Committee have recoguised that the time has arrived when
old-fashioned and unnecessary restrictions to the full use of our
books should be removed. The open bookshelves in the Picton
Reading Room have been much appreciated: the books being in
constant demand, and the losses trifling. It is now proposed to
accept one guarantor instead of two for those who wish to become
borrowers from our Lending Libraries, and to allow them to have a
second or student’s ticket, which will only be available for a book
other than a novel. We feel confident that this privilege will be
accepted as a boon, and we trust it will lead to reading of a more
serious character. There can be no doubt that the true policy for
the successful management of a Library is to popularise it in every
way by removing all arbitrary restrictions and by assisting readers
in their selection of books. In so doing you cannot fail to make
- every reader you can secure a better man and more valuable citizen.

The opening of the Anfield Reading Room has not been, so far, an
unqualified success, and in this is only another proof that reading
rooms without the advantages of a lending library are not deemed
sufficient. This is so far gratifying, inasmuch as it indicates that
the people do not merely require newspapers and magazines. We
hope, however, in the near future to form a library for the circula-
tion of books for home reading.

The approaching completion of the Andrew Carnegie and
Kirkdale Libraries seems a fitting time to point out that the
Liverpool Branch Libraries have won a very high place in the

4 GENERAL REPORT.

opinion of Librarians, and are regarded as models of what such
buildings should be. For this we are much indebted to the long
experience and thought of our Chief Librarian.

The Museum has made great strides towards completion, and in a
few months will be practically finished. The extent and quality of
the specimens exhibited, their classification and arrangement, have
been greatly admired by Naturalists. To Dr. Forbes and his
Assistants (Mr. Clubb and Mr. Laverock) the thanks of the Com-
mittee are due for giving us a Museum which, in popular attractive-
ness and successful arrangement, is admittedly only second to the
British Museum.

The Autumn Exhibition of Pictures proved, as usual, very attrac-
tive, and was quite equal to any of our exhibitions in interest and
merit. Further additions have been made to the permanent collec-
tion, and the question of finding additional Gallery space presses
with increasing urgency.

WILLIAM B. FORWOOD,

CHAIRMAN.

LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Ciukr LIprartan’s Report.

The appended statistical tables, showing the work of the Libraries
during the past year, exhibit some remarkable figures. The total
number of volumes issued for perusal, either in the Reading Rooms
of the Libraries or at home, amount to 2,052,896. The magazines
and reviews issued in the Reading Rooms numbered 1,088,713,
the persons who consulted the newspapers are computed at
1,084,168, and those who have attended the free lectures 76,481.
Such figures are unmistakable evidence of the popularity and
appreciation of the Libraries as resorts for mental improvement and
recreation. ‘The fluctuations which take place in the total number
of books issued, and the classes of literature into which they are
divided, are not always easy .to account for. The Picton Reading
Room is essentially a student’s room, for the reader of novels or the
illustrated weekly papers finds no encouragement. Here there
has been a falling off in the books lent of 12,879, but this may find
its explanation in the increased number of books placed so that
readers may help themselves to them without the intermediary of
one of the library officials. Exact statistics of the use of these
books cannot be taken. It is pleasing to state here how few losses
of books have been sustained since these open-access shelves were
instituted; to those engaged in literary work, and to students
_ generally, these standard books of reference, available at pleasure,
are highly appreciated, while the general reader is no less pleased
with the selection of the latest books published placed at his disposal.

The total number of readers who used the Picton Reading Room
— during the year was 228,211, and of these 10,235 were lady students.

The Brown Reading Room of the Central Library is resorted to by
those who prefer recreative rather than studious reading, and for the
various newspapers and directories. The increase or decrease in the
book and magazine issues, and the number of readers referring to the
newspapers, have usually been regarded as indicating, more or less,

6 _ LIBRARIES.

the state of trade in the city, more particularly at the docks. This
last year the reduction in works of fiction issued in this room,
amounting to 56,689, is somewhat remarkable. There has also been
a decline in the magazines issued, and in the number of readers
referring to the newspapers.

It is evident that reading has not been resorted to to fill up
spare time to the extent as heretofore. There have been satis-
factory increases in the issue of books under the heads of History,
Biography, Education, Commerce, and Political Economy. Of the
increased issues made under the two last headings, no doubt, much
is due to the interest which many persons have taken in the Fiscal
Question, and to the special catalogue which was printed of the
books, pamphlets and review articles in the Library on that much-
debated subject.

The Hornby Room for the storing and display of the magnificent
collection of art books, prints and autographs bequeathed by the late
Hugh Frederick Hornby, of Liverpool—and for the erection of
which he also bequeathed a sum of £10,000-—-is now commenced,
and will, when completed, be of considerable architectural merit.

The severance of the official connection of Mr. Thomas Formby as
Deputy Librarian calls for special mention, alike from his long and
faithful services of nearly fifty years, and from his book knowledge
and the assistance he was always willing to render the general body
of readers in the Reference Library. He retires from active duty
with the good wishes of numerous readers and the entire Library

Staff.

The total number of volumes issued in the Lending Libraries
amounts to 1,487,829. This is an increase of nearly 50,000. The
number of volumes distributed in these Branch Libraries for home
reading is 105,764. The readers holding tickets for this purpose
number 25,534. This shows a decrease over the total of the previous
year of 423. The Library Committee, with the object of removing,
as far as they can judiciously, impediments to the use of the Branch
Libraries, have resolved to accept the name of one guarantor, instead
of two as formerly, for those who choose to constitute themselves.

LIBRARIES. dt |

readers. The Committee have also determined to permit each
borrower to hold a second, or student’s ticket. This ticket can only
be used for obtaining a book other than a novel. This is expected
to be much appreciated by many readers who would like to vary their
reading, devoting some portion of the evening to that which is
instructive and educational, and when somewhat tired to that which
is in the nature of recreation.

The general decrease in books issued during the year applies also
to books for the blind, which is 1,407 volumes, or 423 less than last
year. The books on technical subjects lent are 100,000 less one.
Music is represented by an issue of 22,563 volumes. From the care-
fully selected collections of books for juvenile readers between the
ages of 9 and 14, 206,525 volumes have been lent. Among the books
which are reserved by request of our young readers until they come
again to continue their reading, much pleasure and surprise would
be excited by the number of books on History, Travels, Biography,
and Elementary Science to be found among the books reserved.

On the 18th of October was opened, for the benefit of the
inhabitants of the district of Anfield, the Rawdon Reading Room.
The room was principally erected out of trust funds bequeathed by
the late Mrs. Charlotte Rawdon, the original purpose of which were
no longer adapted to the wants of the neighbourhood. Councillor
William Evans performed the opening ceremony, and delivered an
appropriate address on the value and importance of reading. The
substance of the address was emphasized by Sir W. B. Forwood,
Mr. R. D. Holt, Alderman Stolterfoht, and other City Councillors,
and, in the presence of a large and appreciative audience, the fine
and handsomely-furnished room was declared open. The room is
supplied with the principal London and Provincial newspapers, a
2 large number of magazines, reviews, &c., adapted to various tastes,
~ and a selection of some 400 books of all kinds, to which readers have
unrestricted access.

The Andrew Carnegie and Kirkdale Branch Libraries approach
completion, and promise, by their size, plan, elevation and arrange-
ments, to be among the finest of their kind.

yg LIBRARIBS.

PABA Hi".
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

ele Newspaper} Lecture

issued. Visitors. |Attendance.

Volumes
issned.

Reference Library.

Picron ReEapinc Room:
RVOLEIMERMSSIC eect scans weneuctemeeser cnaasache 290,020
Magazines and Reviews ........-..:s.000000 101,625

Brown LIBRARY:

Volumes iSSued 4.5 soa.oxes esac Oradea eed de 128,193
Monthly and Weekly Magazines ......... 204,472
Tllustrated Papers, issued in volumes

(* The Graphic,”’ * Tilustrated

London News,” ‘‘ Punch,” &c.) ...... 56,233
IDITAGHOLION of cart at focnasteha ee cpasacrs tes Snes 99,457
Specifications of Patents for Inventions 41,164
Visitors to the Newspapers ........eceeees 308,678

Lending Libraries.
Volumes lent for Home Reading ............ 918,120

Kensineton Liprary Reaprinc Rooms:
WOMUMES SSU6d ste. cturacatecs-teeeechenesees are 131,479
Magazines and Reviews ..........s.ssssse00 205,042
Visitors to the Newspapers ...........0++ 161,867

Everton Liprary READING Rooms:
Woltimes TSE sc cots suenscstanesessc cess tes 166,193
Magazines and Reviews ........ssceseesenees 199,129
Visitors to the Newspapers ............00+ 152,995

ToxtetH Liprary Reapine Rooms:
WVIGIUIMMESHISSWEG whactecchscadecsdedades§ onsee 158,472
Magazines and Reviews .......:....cseseeeee 193,187
Visitors to the Newspapers.............006 256,931

WAVERTREE LIBRARY READING Rooms:
SOLOS USSUBC reawe ev cakeecptst ces cee tesep eee 37,903
Magazines and Reviews .........seseeeseee 112,409
Visitors to Newspapers ............seseeee 49,614

Watton Liprary READING Room:
WOLGINES ISSUCU sa sostaccer est has steceuseace coe 16,933
Magazines and ReviewS ......ssssesseeeeeees 63,226
Visitors to the Newspapers ...........006 71,546

Rawpon Reapine Room:
Volumes issued .........04 ie me bhe nese scaabee | 8,729
Magazines and Reviews ..........-scsssseeee 9,623
Visitors to Newspapers ........ccsseseese eee 5,025
Evening Reading Rooms. |
Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews...... 77,512

Lectures.
PNUOHUBIICE => cc rectiatcdacscencce evs svenaeesecseers sot 76,481

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LIBRARIES. 9
TABLE II.

Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room : —-

Classification. 1904. 1903,

Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics ... ai ec 19,883 22,878
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &. ... Jn 27,319 27,793
Natural History ... me Ae wr oF ot 10,265 14,644
Science and the Arts ... ee ee * sae 46,407 46,879
History and Biography, &c. ... ae ae Mi 32,949 29,659
Topography and Antiquities eae aan aA 12.680 13,934
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, iflases a “hae 23,480 27,568
Collected Works, Essays, &c. ne aa Rx 36,284 45,088
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ... 3 ; 10,124 10,816
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Baiting a 19,522 15,579
Education and Language... af Bs fe 23,566 22,361
Poetry and Dramatic Literature 3s Hb an 10,970 12,699
Latin and Greek Classics ae He ne sa 2,974 8,282
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... fae we 13,597 9,719
Totals 2%, a ah xr 290,020 302,899

TABLE III.

Shewing the number and classification of works contained in the
Reference Library : —

Classification. Volumes.
Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics... Ea nae a .. 8,585
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, &c. ... ibe 3 2 indy, MALO29
Natural History ve oe ae a are & At noi La
Science and the Arts ” ue oe: ied nase = 22, 18,047
History and Biography, &c. 3 te bale Ses ae pee, Lo, bL1
Topography and Antiquities Be ao ae oh aod Wintel ltsii
‘Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, istates a =o) 6,082
Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Warks,’ es
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes)... pram Loe
Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics nee BA Pa ee LO6OD
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Riou. £5. a. eae ah 3,474
Education and Language ... - e zs 2a ee Svsh 2,945
Poetry and Dramatic Literature... I ce Yee By. ee 4,789
Prose Fiction ... os a Ns se os ee BOS
Latin and Greek Gleick ah irasaitane ve me soe nt 1,067
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference are So .-. 4,985

Total ... Led Se --. 180,413

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TABLE IV.
CENTRAL LENDING AND BRANCH LIBRARIES.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

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Volumes issued in Lend- |

Volumes issued, &. Central

ing Departments ......... 204,554 | 124,929 | 177,248 | 155,489 | 95,208 | 63,812 | 96,885
Volumes issued in General

Reading Rooms.........++ — 91,815 | 128,006 | 85,080 | 16,933 18,022
Volumes issued in Ladies’ |

PRODINIS Vesa septa eee eston sino — 24,457 | 17,793 | 17,769 — -- 1,625
Volumes issued in Boys’ .

FROOTHS We r-tamaancereotadares _— 49,921 | 22,673 | 28,630 ee Wt 18,256
Magazines issued in |

General Reading Rooms) — [135,627 |150,238 140,057 | 63,226 bairEe= 41,945
Magazines issued in .

Ladies’ Rooms ..........++ — | 28,599 | 32,930 | 40,745| — | — | 19,581
Magazines issued in Boys’ 2

ROOMS, Syseiec caaosanvesevinp — 34,903 | 10,019 | 24,240 —- | — 50,933
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General Reading Rooms) — 145,242 |225,188 | 185,153 | 71,546 — 46,309
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Ladies’ Rooms ............ a 7,753 / 81,793 | 26,714 Stee tillinns 3,305
New Tickets issued ......... 2,905 | 1,506 | 2,534 2,165 1.3154 814 1,006
Readers on the Books...... 6,001 / 3,026 5,304 4,277 2,514 1,607 2,805
Books lost or injured and

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Books lost from Lending . .

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IROOM pecisdppins wanesones es ty 16 | 12 14 1 — --
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PEPIGGOM ayo Gaede duvns severe 712 232 234 443 336 43 —

Volumes added ............44 502 428 | 499 523 480 271 485

Total volumes in Libraries | 15,494 | 24,919 | 26,373 | 16,643 8,207 5,671 8,457

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TABLE VI.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.

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Bakers, Butchers, and Grocers ............++- wit 67 LOT 7k | oS 16 37
Boilermakers, Platers, and Riveters ...... 3 Goieegil |S Be 7 1 3
Bookbinders, Printers, and Stationers...... 124 36 | 57 58} 14 4 27
Bookkeepers, Clerks, and Agents ............ 2,312 | 477 | 698 | 549] 870 | 227 | 294
Boot and Shoe Makers 16 7 16 18 | 8 | 3 4
ore Wilkes °c. capse sececcsctoaceste ns teeacated 14 wie 4] 8d) 2) a
Brass, Iron, and Steel Founders ............ 14 6} 10 8 |) 59 ieee
Bricklayers, Slaters, and Masons ............ 17 22 18 18 12 | 2 16
Cabinetmakers, French Polishers, &c....... 52 ri i Re Te 5 4
Carpenters and Joiners ...........:sccec00e0s-| A 36; 65] 53| 34 13 26
Chemists and Druggists ............s0+eseseree0| 32 Talevnot |" 9) 9 3 16
Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers ......... 66 121 B00), 22 12 12 12
Coach Painters and Builders.................. 13 2 | TOW aD — —_ vi
Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses ............ 50 faeaes DS A fa Tied 10; —
Customs’ Officers, Police, Postmen, &c....!_ 187 67 |F d33)| 140) | 75 23 74
DOMESIC SELVANUE. ... decsesaeescceabevetovest ses | 99 29 31 19 3 36 3
Dressmakers and Milliners................00068 143 AD GLE a GT- lee Sit 22 13
Engineers, Electricians, and Machinists... 135 Dies Los. |) Pie 68). ue 39
Farmers and Gardeners ...........000ses0csese 8 sD: 6 a Ra Ee 12
BURA O Ne as cso duets wants vonemeste csc egies weteie ss 1 aa Boi) ety 3]; — if |
LAIVONEESELS fess acs dnvvsaveovwsdauvootceviantnccues 15 oF eae 10 5} —-| 2
(heovevectesststeras) Shee: Gee RRCE ER OACORE note cer ercoe 9 3 | 5 | 2 1 2 | 3
SAD OULGNS...5:nviak iv-ccaqp-aceetede- ts eaoeeaaeeeeet 60] 103} 108} 28 38 3 | 6
Licensed Victuallers, Brewers, & Barmen| 50 15} 19 17 | 8 Te 6
MERINO Pest ons va chnsewdtacaaparek acest casaen chen eas: 10). 39) 4d). 20 7 | 2
Merchants and Brokers ..........cscscessscsees fi 89) t O9))) ag 4 10 6
Messengers, Office Boys, and Apprentices. 337 | 111 | 125} 120; 82 26| 86
NEMS CMMGA CHEERS 13s. vedios coos sce sseefateeduees | - or al | 2} 8 2 6 |
MYMUISTCESUBISS asa vss ves cu shot aeeitvarear we te sooeee ess le 122 ae a 22 23 | 6 2 3
Bee es Gatien: Niapac soaass tes Pec ee | al 12) Bq) 49) + Bo lee 4
Painters, Plumbers, and Gasfitters ......... 1 pots 41 78 36 26 12} 90
Pattern Makers, Moulders, and Turners... 5 1S 9 6 | 2 | 1
GAOT EGOK ONS hae rl ccs sheccacaceeees coactsee eases |} +10 6 15 8 1 a 4
Schoolmasters and Teachers .............0066 | 260] 203) 174] 199| 1382] 106} (88
Students and Scholars ........ssssssesseseeees 163 | 364 | 581 | 486) 134 93 348
Shipwrights, Riggers, and Sailmakers......| 2 12°)8 §16)| i 2 ibe 1
SUTUDS: esses e ea csac eres r cae aitee ee sues mean tuaeoee 6 12h) to 6 8) = 3) 2
Mailorsyand DrApersssoc-/ete-Saterassarsesteos 138 25 | 388} 43 6.| — .8s ee
Telegraphists and Typists ...............00000 | 124 28.1% 59") | pd 36} 19 20
MQ UAGCOMISUS| on ottes eset colascas beteshececnatanes | 45 |. 10°) “12 2); — —
Warehousemen and Storekeepers............ 116 41} ° "74.| <68 10. 4 5
Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians...| 29 yield On| Merete 4 | al 8
MiscellAncoOus” s.d8v<0..-.<. odes d-dh eee eee eee | 302 83} 59}; 186| 144 78 172
No occupation (principally females).........| 759 | 952 2,135 1,657 1,106, 793 | 1,385
Patillsecssascad "6,001 | 3,026 5,304 | 4,277 2,514 | 1,607 | 2,805 '25,584
TABLE VII.-EVENING READING ROOMS.
1904. 1903.
| Attendance. bot Night. Attendance. rom +
Ohatsworth Street Council Schools 306 a 25,982 85 25,724 84
Stanley Road Council Schools ...... 306 days! 51,530 169 48,857 159
77,512 254 74,581 243,

LIBRARIES. 15

FREE LECTURES.

DELIVERED IN THE Picton Lectvre Hatt,
Janvary To Marcn, 1904.

Baker, JAMES, F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S. “ Bohemia of to-day,” with lantern
illustrations. 4

BatuGatr, Councittor ARCHIBALD. “ Bees and bee-keeping,” with
lantern illustrations.

Benson, Caprain W. J. P. “Jamaica, the isle of springs,” with
lantern illustrations.

CoatEs, Cuartes. “ The production of a newspaper,” with lantern
illustrations.

Cortiz, Rev. A. L., s.3., F.R.4.8., of Stonyhurst College Observatory.
“Recent astronomical photography,” with lantern illustra-
tions.

Cowenr, Prrer, r.r.u.s., Chief Librarian, Liverpool Public
Libraries. “ Rome, the Eternal City,’ with lantern illusira-
tions.

Ennis, Joun W., u.s., F.E.s. ‘ Wanderings in Wessex,” with
lantern illustrations.

Grxever, Mrs. Inona. “ Vienna: the court and the people,” with
lantern illustrations.

Harris, Rev. Cuarwes, m.a. “ England in the days of old,” with
lantern illustrations.

Hargisox, J. H., Director, Sandow’s School of Physical Culture.
“ Physical culture,” with demonstrations.

Hewson, J. James. ‘ Charles Dickens: actor, dramatist, and the

stage in his writings,” with lantern illustrations.

Hispert, Henry, F.k.G.s. ‘‘ Across Sweden,” with lantern illustra-
tious,

14 LIBRARIES.

Jones, Lewis. ‘Our feathered residents and visitors,” with
lantern illustrations.

Kermopr, J. J. “A tour through Mexico,” with lantern illustra-
tions.

McOviuacu, Rev. H. H., ps. ‘“ Louis Spohr: composer, violinist,
conductor,” with instrumental and vocal selections.

Marcuant, F. W., v.sc., Professor of Electrotechnics, University of
Liverpool. “ The electric motor: its history, development, and
application,” with experiments and lantern illustrations.

Martyn, Rev. James H. ‘‘ Down Shakespeare’s Avon from Naseby
to Tewkesbury,” with lantern illustrations.

Nicuonas, Rev. T. F., wa. vegas. “The glories of Northern
Italy,” with lantern illustrations.

Saxsy, Frevertck W. “ The spider as an engineer,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Waker, Ropert, F.S.4., F.R.G.s. “ Japan,’’ with lantern illustra-
tions.

Wetts, SAMUEL, F.R.G.S., FAI. “ Through Greece,” with lantern
illustrations.

Wirson, Miss Mary. “Old English ballads,” with vocal illustra-

tions.

DELIVERED IN THE Picron LecrurE Hatt,
OcroBerR AND DercemBEer, 1904.
Benson, Carrain W. J. P., ¥.n.a.s. ‘lo the Southern Pacific across
the Andes,’ with lantern illustrations.

Burstatt, Frep. H., r¥.r.c.o., Cathedral Organist, Liverpool.

‘‘ Oratorios, ancient and modern,” with musical illustrations.

Dispiyx, E. Riwsavurr, Curator, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
“The influence of Rossetti upon English art,” with lantern

illustrations.

Frienp, Miss. ‘ The native races of South Africa: their life and

work,” with lantern illuscrations,

aa

LIBRARIES. 15

Ginever, Mrs. Itona. “ Life in the Balkan States,’ with lantern
illustrations.

Grierson, Rev. Joun, r.x.c.s. ‘ The Russia of to-day,” with lantern
illustrations.

GrensteD, Rev. F. F., u.a., Diocesan Inspector of Religious

Education. “ Earth movements and their causes: a study of

_the forces which determine the distribution of earth and sea,”
with lantern illustrations.

HerpMan, W. A., p.sc., F.R.s., Professor of Natural History, Univer-
sity of Liverpool. ‘‘ The work of the Naturalist in the world,”
with lantern illustrations.

Krroope, J. J. “ War ships and their construction,” with lantern
illustrations.

Lee, Joun, B.A. “ The lesser known poets of to-day,” illustrated
with recitals.

Parrott, J. Epwarp, ma., tu.p. “ Through Finland,” with lantern
illustrations.

Wetts, SAMUEL, F.R.G.S., F.AI. “The forgotten isles: Majorca,
Minorca, and Iviza”’ with lantern illustrations.

DELIVERED IN OvTER DrsTRIctTs,
JANUARY TO Marcu, 1904.
CiLeMEenTson Hatt, Breck Roap, ANFIELD : —

“ Jamaica, the isle of springs,” by Cartary W. J. P. Benson,
F.8.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“Life and works of Sir Henry Bishop,” by Axserr E.
Workman; with musical selections.

“Bohemia of to-day,’ by JamEs BAKER, F.R.G.S., F.B.H.S.; with
lantern illustrations.

“ Earthworms: their natural history and economy,” by FRanK
-- J. Corr, Lecturer on Zoology, University of Liverpool;
with lantern illustrations,

16 LIBRARIES.

Derspy Harr, Tursrook :—
‘Vienna: the court and the people,” by Mrs. ILona GINEVER; )
with lantern illustrations.
“The English lakes,” by Lurwertyny Morean, uv. with —

lantern illustrations.

“To Sicily im search of sunlight,” by KE. Rimpavir Dispiy,
Curator, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool: with lantern

illustrations.
“The marches of Wales,” by ApotpH W. Brrr; with laniern
illustrations. -

St. CaTHERINE’s Misston Haut, Ener Hitt: —

‘* Wanderings in Spain,” by Rev. T. F. NicHonas, M.A., F.R.G.S. ;
with lantern illustrations.

‘Strange stories of great musicians,’ by Rev. H. H.
McCcutiacu, B.A.; with vocal and instrumental illustra-
tions.

‘Our feathered residents and visitors: with special reference
to Hilbre Island,” by Lewis Jones; with lantern illustra-

tions.

“To Nuremberg and back, wa the Rhine,” by Rosert 3.
ArcHER; with lantern illustrations.

Everton Brancu Liprary, St. Dominco Roap :—

“ Vienna: the court and the people,” by Mrs. Tnona GINEVER ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Rome, the Eternal City,” by PreTer Cowr 1, r.x.u.s., Chief
Librarian, Liverpool Public Libraries; with lantern illus-
trations.

* The glories of Northern Italy,” by Rev. T. F. Nicnouas, M.a.,
F.R.G.S; with lantern illustrations.

“The life history of a moorland,’ by F. J. Lewis, F.Ls.,
Lecturer on Botany, University of Liverpool; with lantern
illustrations,

LIBRARIES. nt

ReEapInG anD LecturE Room, WELLINGTON STREET, Garston : —

“‘ Jamaica, the isle of springs,” by Caprain W. J. P. Benson,
F.R.G.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“Old English ballads,’ by Miss Mary Witson; with vocal
. selections by the lecturer.

“Bohemia of to-day,” by JAmMEs BAKER, F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Sun-dials, clocks, &c., ancient and modern,” by CovncrILLor
ARCHIBALD BaTuGaTE; with lantern illustrations.

GranBy Hari, Gransy Street, ToxtTeru :—

“Through Greece,” by Samuen WELLS, F.R.G.S., F.AI
lantern illustrations.

SWC

“Old English ballads,” by Miss Mary Witson; with vocal
illustrations by the lecturer.

“ Bohemia of to-day,” by JaAmEs BAKER, F.R.G.S., F.R-H.S.; with
lantern illustrations.

“ Across Sweden,” by Henry H1ppert, F.R.G.s.; with lantern
illustrations.

Grrecson Memoriat Institute, GarmMoyte Roap, Serron Park :—

“Vienna: the court and the people,” by Mrs. Inona GINEVER;
with lantern illustrations.

“Down Shakespeare’s Avon, from Naseby to Tewkesbury,” by
the Rev. James H. Martyn; with lantern illustrations.

“The ruined cities of Ceylon,’ by E. W. Epwarps; with
lantern illustrations.

“The glories of Northern Italy,” by the Rev. T; F. NicHotas,
M.A., F.R.G.S. ; with lantern illustrations,

18 LIBRARIES.

JUBILEE Hau, Burtineron STREET :—

‘A tour through Mexico,” by J. J. Kermope; with lantern
illustrations.

“With a camera in Switzerland and Italy,’ by Wttttam
Harvey; with lantern illustrations.

‘“The Channel Islands,” by Roperr S. ArcHER; with lantern
Ulustrations.

“The Lowlands of Scotland,” by Danien J. Netty; with
lantern illustrations.

Kensineton Brancu LIBRARY :—

‘Rome, the Eternal City,” by PETER Cowett, F.R.u.s, Chief
Librarian, Liverpool Public Libraries; with lantern illus-
trations.

“The English lakes,” by Lizwertyn Morean, u.p.; with
‘lantern illustrations. ‘

“How stones are formed,” by the Rev. F. F. Grenstep, M.a.,
Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education; with lantern
illustrations.

“Through Greece,” by SamuErL WELLS, F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with
lantern illustrations.

Domestic Mission Haru, Mitt Street, ToxtTetu :—

“From Barcelona to the Pyrenees,” by Grorcr E. Tompson ;
with lantern illustrations.

“Some curious customs of the Far East,” by W. Murray
CarrNs, M.B.; with lantern illustrations.

‘“To Sicily in search of sunlight,” by E. Riwspavurtr Dispin;
with lantern illustrations.

“Physical culture,” by J. H. Harrison, Director, Sandow’s
School of Physical Culture; with demonstrations.

LIBRARIES. 19

SKELMERSDALE Masonic Hatu, WrstTMinstER Roap :—
‘‘ Across Canada,” by Rev. Samvuet GaskInG, B.A., F.G.S., F.L.S.}

with lantern illustrations.

“The spider as an engineer,” by FRreperick W. Saxsy; with
lantern illustrations.

“England in the days of old,” by Rev. Cuartes Harris, M.A.;
with lantern illustrations.

“ Jamaica, the isle of springs,’ by Carrain W. J. P. BEnson,
F.R.G.S.; With lantern illustrations. -

Town Hart, WAVERTREE :—
“ Across Sweden,” by Henry Hrispert, r.r.c.s.; with lantern

illustrations.

“Some curious customs of the Far East,” by W. Murray
Cairns, M.B.; with lantern illustrations.

“Recent Astronomical photography,” by the Rrv. A. L. Corrts,
S.J., F.R.A.S., of Stonyhurst College Observatory; with
lantern illustrations.

“On the edge of the Orient: Dalmatia and Montenegro,” by
SAMUEL WELLS, F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with lantern illustrations.

DELIVERED IN OvtTER DrtstRIcTs,
OcropER to DercemBer, 1904.
Crossy Jiomm Misston Hatt, ComMERcIAL Roap :—-

“The Englsh lakes,’ by Liewertyn Morean, u.pd.; with
lantern illustrations.

“The making of the coast of Great Britain,’ by Henry
CROWTHER, F.R.M.S.; with lantern illustrations.

“Michael William Balfe and his musical compositions,’ by
J. Burter Forray; with vocal and instrumental illustra-
tions.

“The Conway valley,” by E. Rrusautr Drspin, Curator,
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.

—

20 LIBRARIES.

St. CATHERINE’s Misston Hatt, UxsripGr STREET, EDGEHILL : —

“Life in the Balkan States,’ by Mrs. Inona GinrveR; with

lantern illustrations.

“New Zealand and the Maoris,” by E. W. Epwarps; with

lantern illustrations.

“Mary, Queen of Scots, and her times,” by Rev. JAMEs

HamiItton, M.A.; with lantern illustrations.

“Rochester and its associations with Charles Dickens,” by the
Rey. James H. Martyn; with lantern illustrations.

Kensineton Brancu Liprary :—

“To the Southern Pacific across the Andes,” by CaprTain
W. J. P. Benson, F.R.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

“Through Finland,” by J. Epwarp PaRrrorvt, M.A., LL.D.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Life in the deepest seas,’ by Henry CrowTHER, F.R.M.S.;
with lantern illustrations.

‘“Meyerbeer: his life and musical works,’ by AtBerr L.
WorkMAN; with musical illustrations.

Domestic Misston Hatt, Mitzi Street, Toxtetru :—

“Life in the Balkan States,’ by Mrs. Itona Grvever; with
lantern illustrations.

“The Russia of to-day,” by Rev. Jonn GLEESON, F.R.G.s.; with
lantern illustrations.

“The life history of a moorland,” by F. J. Lewis, r.us.,
Lecturer on Botany, University of Liverpool; with lantern

illustrations.

“On the track of the Moors in Spain,” by Samurnt WELLs,
F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with lantern illustrations,

LIBRARIES. 21

ReEapinc AnD LecturE Room, WELLINGTON STREET, GARSTON : —

“Karth movements and their causes: a study of the forces
which determine the distribution of earth and sea,” by
Rev. F. F. Grenstep, u.a.; with lantern illustrations,

“On the track of the Moors in Spain,’ by Samuet WELLs,
F.R.G.S., F.A.I.; with lantern illustrations.

“The Russia of to-day,” by Rev. Joun Grexson, F.R.G.s.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Life in the Balkan States,” by Mrs. Inona Grnever; with
lantern illustrations.

St. AmBrosr Mission Hatt, Prince Epwin Street :—

“To the Southern Pacific across the Andes,” by Caprarn
W. J. P. Benson, F.R.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

‘ Mendelssohn and his music,” by Rev. H. H. McCunnaeu, B.A. ;
with musical illustrations.

“Life in an Indian village,” by J. Ernest Nevins, o.B.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Through Finland,” by J. Epwarp Parrott, M.A., LL.D.; with
lantern illustrations.

Town Hatt, WAvVERTREE : —

“To the Southern Pacific across the Andes,” by Capratn
W. J. P. Bryson, F.R.G.s.; with lantern illustrations.

“The production of a newspaper,” by Cuartes Coates; with

lantern illustrations.

“Michael William Balfe and his musical compositions,” by
J. Butter Fortray; with vocal and instrumental illustra-
tions.

“Warships and their construction,” by J. J. Kermonps, late of

Laird’s staff; with lantern illustrations.

22 LIBRARIES.

JuBitEE Harpy, BURLINGTON STREET : —

‘“ Impressions of Northern India,” by S. H. Exiis; with lantern
illustrations.
“In the Derbyshire dales,’ by Aporr W. Brrr; with lantern

illustrations.

“The River scenery of South-Eastern Ireland,” by M.
O’Manony; with lantern illustrations, and vocal and
instrumental selections.

“New Zealand and the Maoris,” by E. W. Epwarps; with

lantern illustrations.

SKELMERSDALE Masonic Hatt, WEstTmMinsTER Roap :—

‘Mary, Queen of Scots, and her times,” by Rev. James
HAMILToN, M.A.; with lantern illustrations.

“ Portugal and the Portuguese,” by Grorce EK. Thompson; with

lantern illustrations.

‘“ Mountaineering in Scotland,’ by Ernest A. Baker, M.A.;
with lantern illustrations.

“Rochester and its associations with Charles Dickens,’ by
Rev. James H. Martyn; with lantern illustrations.

(Cnrist Cuurcy Institute, Lark Lang, SEFron Park :—

“The Paris of to-day,” by Rosperr 8S. ArcuER; with lantern
illustrations.

“ Manners and customs of Ancient Egypt in the light of modern
discoveries,” by Rev. J. O. Coop, m.a.; with lantern illus-
trations.

“Rochester and its associations with Charles Dickens,” by
Rev. James H. Marryn; with lantern illustrations.

“Rome, the Eternal City,” by Prrer Cows tt, F.R.u.s., Chief
Librarian, Liverpoo! Public Libraries: with lantern illus-

trations.

LIBRARIES. 23
Granspy Hau, Gravpy Streei, loxrern :—

“Mountaineering in Scotland,” by Ernest A. BAKER, M.A.;
with lantern illustrations.

“ Meyerbeer: his life and musical works,” by Abert E.
Workman; with musical illustrations.

* The work of the naturalist in the world,” by W. A. Herpman,
D.SC., F.R.S., Professor of Natural History, University of
Liverpool; with lantern illustrations.

“The native races of South Africa: their life and work,” by
Miss Frrenp; with lantern illustrations.

Brxtmont Hatz, Tvrsroox : —

“The native races of South Africa: their life and work,” by
Miss Frienp; with lantern illustrations.

“ Mendelssohn and his music,” by Rev. H. H. McCutnaen, B.a.;
with musical illustrations.

“Wanderings in Wessex,” by Joun W. ELLis, M.B., F.E.S.}
with lantern illustrations.

‘“ Impressions of Northern India,” by S. H. Exxis; with lantern
illustrations.

Grecson Memoria Institute, GARMOYLE Roap, Serron Park :—

“The spider as an engineer,” by Freperick W. Saxsy; with
lantern illustrations.

“The native races of South Africa: their life and work,” by
Miss Frienp; with lantern illustrations.

“The Russia of to-day,” by Rev. Jonn GLEEson, F.R.G.S.; with
lantern illustrations.

“Trish verse and Ivish story,” by Joun Lex, B.A.; illustrated
with recitals.

24

LIBRARIES.

DONATIONS.

Britise Musrum TRUSTEES :—

Catalogue of books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the

Natural History Departments, vol. 2; Catalogue of the collec-
tion of English pottery, by R. L. Hobson; Catalogue of early
German and Flemish wood-cuts, by Campbell Dodgson,
vol. 1; Catalogue of the mesozoic plants in the Department
of Geology: Jurassic flora of the Yorkshire coast, by A. C.
Seward, part 2; Catalogue of printed books, 7 vols.; Franks
bequest: Catalogue of British and American book-plates
bequeathed by Sir Augustus W. Franks, by E. R. J.
Gambier Howe, vol. 1; Guide to the first and second
Egyptian rooms, 2nd edition; History of the collections con-
tained in the Natural History Departments, vol. 1; Intro-
duction to the study of meteorities, by L. Fletcher; Second
report on economic zoology, by F. VY. Theobald; Subject index
of the modern works added to the library, 1881-1900, by G. K.
Fortescue, vol. 3; Supplementary catalogue of Chinese books
and manuscripts, by R. K. Douglas.

Rateyu BrockieBank, Esq., J.P. : —

Pictures and engravings at Haughton Hall, Tarporley, in

possession of Ralph Brocklebank, with descriptive and
biographical notes and an introduction by R. Radelifte
Carter.

Miss R. H. Busx :—

Miss Hornsy :—

Miss M. L. Horny :—

Fabiola; or, the Church of the Catacombs of Rome, by Cardinal

Santa Lucia: a monthly magazine in Braille type for 1904.

Wiseman (in Braille type for the blind), 6 vols.

Books for the blind in Braille type, 84 vols.

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_LIBRARIES. 25

C. H. St. Joun Horney. Esa. :—
Quinti Horati Flacci Carmina Aleaica. Chelsea in edibus St.
J. Hornby, 1903 (Ashendene Press); Quinti Horati Flacei
Carmina Sapphica. Chelsea in iedibus St. J. Hornby, 1903
(Ashendene Press).

Lapy Mrvux :—

Lady Meux manuscript No. 6: The Book of Paradise, being the
histories and sayings of the monks and ascetics of the
Kgyptian desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and others, with
an English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, 2 vols.

Envwarp A. B. Morpaunv, Esa. :—

Various manuscript documents with reference to the accounts
of overseers and constables for the Township of Skelmersdale
between 1762-1786; Testament politique du Cardinal Due de
Richelieu, Amsterdam, 169]; and 9 other works.

Tur are Dr. J. Brrkeecx Nevins (per Dr. J. Ernest Nevins) :—

Biblica Sacra Polyglotta, ed. by S. Lee, 2 vols.; The Koran,
translated with explanatory notes by George Sale; The
Syrian churches: their early history, liturgies, and litera-
ture, by J. W. Etheridge; and 25 other works.

Joun A. E. Rayner, Esa. :—
Liverpool Theatre Royal playbills, 1820-1844, 18 vols.

Mrs. Cuaries Q. Roserts :—
Emanuel Swedenborg, by James J. G. Wilkinson; Oannes
according to Berosus, by James J. G. Wilkinson; and 7 other
works.

Messrs. C. E. anp C. STRETTON :—
Various books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper cuttings
relating to railways and tramways, with special reference to
early local railways.

26 LIBRARIBS: -
Unirep States GoverNMENT : —

Twentieth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
1898-9; Annual report of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey, 1902-3; and 424 other works.

Other Books and Pamphlets, Reports, &c., have been received from
the following donors, for which the Committee again beg to
express their grateful acknowledements :—

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Albany Museum,
Grahamstown, South Africa; Amalgamated Press, London; American
Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.; Architects’ Benevolent
Society; Argentine Republic Consul, Liverpool (F. P. Hansen); A. Lancelot
Artus; Astronomical Society of Wales; Atlanta University, Georgia,
U.S.A.; Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.; Sir William H. Bailey;
Colonial Secretary for Barbadoes (Samuel W. Knaggs); Harold D.
Bateson; Messrs. Bennett & Co.; Berlin Municipal Corporation; Birken-
head Corporation; Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead (R. Sydney
Marsden, p.sc., M.B.); Birmingham University; Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries, London; Board of Trade, London; Bognor Urban District
Council; V. Boussuge; Proprietors, Bradshaw’s Liverpool Railway Guide;
Jules Breton; British and Foreign Bible Society; British Association for
the Advancement of Science and Art; British College of Physical Educa-
tion, London; Agent-General for British Columbia, London (J. H. Turner) ;
British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners’ Friendly Society; R. J. Broad-
bent; J. C. Bromfield; T. N. Brushfield, m.p., F.s.a.; National Museum,
Buenos Aires; Mrs. A. K. Bulley; Councillor T. Burke; Burma Govern-
ment; Caledonian Railway Co.; The Syndics of the Cambridge University ;
Cambridge University Correspondence College; Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, Canada; Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada; Geological
Survey Department, Canada; High Commissioner for Canada, London
(Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, x.c.m.c.); Canadian
Commissioner of Emigration, London; Canadian Government; Chambers’
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PETER COWELL,

Cuipr LIBRARIAN.

THE MUSEUMS.

The Director of Museums furnishes the Fifty-second Annual
Report upon the conpucr and proGREss of the Museums,

T.— GENERAL.

Tue Frer Pusric Museums comprise : —

(A) the Lorp Drersy Museum, of which the nucleus was the
collections bequeathed in 1851 to the City, by the Thirteenth Karl of
Derby. It contains both the Local Area and the Systematic Zoological,
Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical Departments, and in
addition an Aquarium, containing both Fresh and Salt Water
Animals, Amphibians and Reptiles.

(B) the Mayrr Museum, the larger part of which was collected
and presented to the Corporation in 1867, by Joseph Mayer, Ksq.,
F.S.A. These collections are specially rich in (a) Egyptian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian Antiquities ; (b) Medieval European Ivories,
Bronzes and Illuminated Manuscripts; (ec) the unrivalled Brian-
Faussett Anglo-Saxon Collection ; (d) the Mather Mimatures ; and (e)
the very important Pottery Collections, conspicuously rich in Wedgwood
and Old Liverpool Wares, arranged now in the section devoted to the
handiwork of the Caucasian race. Associated with this Museum, as
belonging to the subjects illustrated by it, though not forming to
any large extent part of the Mayer Bequest, are (/) the collections
illustrating the ethnography of the Mongolian and Melanian races.

_ The building, in which these collections are housed, was erected
at the cost of the late Sir William Brown, in October, 1860.

The Exhibition Galleries are open free to the public, as under: —

During January, November, and December ... from 10 to 4
* February ce os se wie thse Lbo-4-30
4 March and October... - ikety | ah ane OU)
* April to September... - eel a ae Te. CO ie

Also on Monday Evenings during January to)

March, and October to December ie OT et pe

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The Museums are closed on Sundays and Fridays (except the
Fridays of Whit-, Easter- and Christmas Weeks) throughout the
year, as well as on Christmas Day, and days of Public Fast and
Thanksgiving.

The Museums were represented by the Director at the Inter-
national Zoological Congress at Berne during August; and at the
Museums Association, which met at Norwich in July, to the Council
of which he was re-elected to serve till 1907.

Since 1896, a period of nine years, 55,971 specimens of Natural
History and 8,005 specimens of Ethnography, totalling close upon
64,000 specimens, have been added to the collection, or on an average
some what over 7,000 specimens per year.

The Director has much pleasure in testifying to the care and
attention to duty given by all the members of his Staff. It
is with deep regret that he has to place on record the
death of Mr. F. P. Marrat, who died on the 5th of November last at
the advanced age of 84 years. He had been connected with the
- Museums partly as an unattached assistant, and latterly as a member
of the permanent Staft for 42 years. He may be said to have died
in harness, for he was actively engaged upon the work he took so
much interest in to within a very short time of his decease. He had a
specially intimate knowledge of Mollusca and of Mineralogy, and in
both groups he did much excellent work for the Museum. In the
former subject he described many new species during the course of
his life. The section dealing with the genus Oliva, in Sowerby’s
“Thesaurus Conchyliorum,’ was written by him. He was,
especially in his earlier days, an active member of several scientific
societies in Liverpool, and often contributed important papers at
their meetings. THis faculties were unimpaired to the end, and his
colleagues can bear testimony to his wonderful memory and the
help he was at all times ready to give in regard to the history of the
collections in the Museums.

The re-arrangement of the Egyptian collections has now so far
advanced towards completion that the preparation of a Guide to the
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account of the specimens, their relation to the history of the dynasty
to which they belong and to contemporary specimens exhibited
elsewhere, is in preparation by the Director, and he hopes to be
able to record its issue in his next Report.

Dr. Philip Nelson and Mr. Samuel Smith, Junr., who have
generously offered their services in the preparation of a Catalogue of
the Coin Collection in the Museum, are far advanced with their

work, and it is hoped that their volume will also be issued before the
end of 1905.

Since the enlargement of the Museums to nearly three times their
former size, no new appointments to the Scientific Staff have been
made. Now the need of at least one additional assistant, with a
general acquaintance with the Arthropoda, and a special knowledge
of one, or perhaps more, of its Classes, is increasingly felt. Large
accessions to this great group—to which the Class Insecta, con-
taining over 250,000 named species, the largest group in the animal
kingdom, belongs—have accumulated during the last few years;
they urgently require attention to prevent their deterioration, and
setting and arrangement to render them available for study—a task
which will oceupy all the time of a competent zoologist for some
years. The Director (in addition to his increasing administrative
duties), together with his two Biological Assistants, is alone
responsible for the determination, arrangement and exposition of the
representatives of every group of the animal and vegetable kingdoms
in the Museums, a range of subjects necessitating in the British
Museum the employment of no fewer than 35 specialists.

The following very important letter by Professor Ray Lankester,
F.R.S., Director of the Natural History Departments of the
British Museum, on the subject of Musrums anp Narvure Srupy,
was, with the very kind sanction of its author, reprinted and
distributed to the Head Masters and Principals of many of the
schools in Liverpool and District by the Director of Museums:

16th March, 1904.
My Dear Str,—I have received a letter from the Rev. Claude

Hinscliff making enquiries as to the Natural History Museum
and nature study.

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In the first place, I wish to say that I have the greatest
sympathy with the desire to make our museums as intelligible
and useful to the people as possible.

A great national museum like that in Cromwell Road is
earried on with two main purposes in view : —

A. The obtaining and. preservation of objects of natural
history to be kept as records for all posterity, and for the
purposes of scientific study and progress.

B. The exhibition of such portions of the collections as are

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fit for this purpose in public galleries for the “ edification ” of
the public. The persons aimed at under this second head are
not merely children or young persons undergoing courses of
instruction, but every fairly intelligent member of the com-
munity. It is to me often somewhat surprising that there are
a large number of benevolent persons who are anxious to
arrange for the visiting of museums by children or young
people and yet have never visited such museums themselves,
and are, apparently, not aware that the exhibitions in the
museums are meant for their delight and instruction, even more

than that of children.

I may say that the two purposes which IT have mentioned are
those which have been from the first recognised by the Trustees
of the British Museum, and are more or less clearly indicated
in the Act of Parliament of 1753. On the other hand, the
Trustees have never aimed at what may be called “ academical ”
or “ scholastic’ instruction, and probably it will be recognised
that they are right in this attitude.

Schools and colleges have their own small collections specially
arranged in connection with class teaching. The ‘Trustees have
never proposed to supply this kind of exhibition; on the other
hand, they open the galleries to all the world for the instruction
and edification which they can give on every day in the year
except Good Friday and Christmas Day. Any teacher may
bring young or adult pupils to the museum and explain the
contents of the cases to his party, but only on condition that he

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or she does not cause any disturbance or inconvenience to other
visitors. It would not do to have the public galleries used as a
sort of free and general lecture hall for unauthorised or even for
authorised lecturers. The contents of the cases are more and
more carefully selected and arranged as years go by, and more
and more skilfully labelled and set so as to convey information.
The specimens set out are not merely such as to be pointed at
and dismissed by a teacher escorting a crowd of children round
the museum, but they are very beautiful and anxiously chosen
things, calling for individual study and comparison by aid of
the labels and guide-books which we provide.

I am not able to speak of the Trustees’ views in this matter;
but, personally, I should be glad to see a lecture theatre
attached to the museum, as in the great Natural History
Museum at New York, where lectures should be given once a
week, free to the public and illustrated by lantern slides, on the
contents of the museum and the way to see and study them.

But such lectures should, in my opinion, be given by the very
ablest members of our staff, or by men specially selected for
their great ability in exposition, and not by any volunteer
teachers or school authorities unconnected with the museum.
That, I say again, is merely a wish of my own, and I am not
able to say whether at any time in the future the Trustees may
consider it worth putting into practice.

The above remarks answer, I think, Mr. Hinsclifi’s inquiries
Nos. 1 and 2 (see copy of Mr. Hinsclift’s letter, enclosed here-
with).

As to No. 3—* possibilities of lending slides and specimens ”

—I may say that there are no slides to lend, but that we allow
anyone to take photographs for slides on application, but we do
not lend specimens. We could not remove them from the cases
without loss and injury and destruction of our own exhibition.
But we give away thousands of specimens every year. Every
university in the country, a great many schools and municipal
museums, and also the London School Board (County Council)
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Trustees’ as fit to receive gifts of our duplicates. And we

give, and are ready to give, to such institutions, from time to
time, as duplicate specimens become available, thousands of
insects, shells, bones, fishes, fossils, minerals, &e. But
this *s important—we do not undertake to send out ready-made

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school collections. We have not the staff for that, and it is not
one of the purposes of the institution. Those who ask for and
receive our specimens must know what they want and how to
use what they get; that is to say, a really qualified teacher or
curator who understands natural history must choose from our
duplicates and know how to utilise what we give him.

As to the last enquiry (No. 4)—‘ aids from the staff available
for teachers ”’—I must say that there is none and ought to be
none. The services of the staft of educated naturalists who deal
with the collections are freely given to assist not only other
naturalists who are experts, but also im identifying specimens
for and helping less instructed members of the public, who
either write to make enquiries or visit the “studies” of the
museum-—the so-called private rooms—making use of a
student’s ticket which is given on application, subject to certain
conditions, much as a reader’s ticket is given at Bloomsbury.
Teachers can avail themselves of such tickets. But the staff
would not be permitted to assist a teacher in teaching in the
galleries of the museum. The staff has other and very onerous
duties to perform.

My own notion (I speak for myself, and not officially) is that
a teacher who would require the assistance of the staff is not
exactly competent. The whole place is arranged and guide-
books are provided so as to render it easy for a moderately
intelligent person to understand what is before him, and a
teacher certainly ought to have visited the place and found out
what it contains before taking others there.

It is a matter for astonishment that though the museum is
very largely visited (about 440,000 persons a year: 48,000 in
last January alone, as against 27,000 in January, 1903), yet
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matter of livelihood to conduct parties round the museum and
explain its contents. There would be no interference on the
part of the authorities with such “ guides,” so long as they did
not act in a way that could annoy other visitors to the museum.
On the other hand, it seems to me that teaching, in the sense of
detailed instruction of a class of young people or children,
should not be carried on in front of the cases in the public
galleries. Such teaching should be done in the classroom of a
school. The visit to the museum should be a less formal thing,
full of surprises, and accompanied by recognition of this and
that, but not the occasion for the teacher to go into great
detail, or to require “ facilities” for putting himself forward.
We, if I may say so, are the teachers at the natural history
museum; we have arranged the lessons by specimens, labels,
and guide-books, and it can all be taken in quietly and
effectively by those to whom it is addressed if they will exercise
a little trouble and attention.

I should like, as I have said above, to reduce this trouble and
exaction of attention to a minimum by having a big illustrated
lecture once a week, on different portions of the galleries, so as
to tell people what to look at in each gallery, what is the
significance of the arrangement, and the importance of the chief
specimens. This could be done better and more easily by a
series of recurring lectures, illustrated by lantern slides, than by
guide-books or by school teachers. It is done by the guide-
books, but it is the nature of visitors to a museum to refuse to
read the official guide-books or the labels attached to the cases.

In conclusion, let me say that the views I have expressed are
my own views, and must not be taken as committing in any
way the Trustees of the museum. And, further, I must point
out that, whilst I hold that the great national museum of
natural history should not be looked upon or even used as a
- school museum, yet I think that /ocal museums and provincial
museums may very properly make the provision of special
educational sets of specimens—adapted to the special require-
ments of school-children and their teachers—a prominent
feature in their organisation. Even when this is done, I think

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that no school or college, however humble, should be without
its own collections of natural history, and that in proportion as
the school is well provided these should be well chosen and well
cared for.

Lastly, I desire once again most emphatically to state my
conviction that the instruction and interest offered by the
collections in museums is by no means of a nature specially
fitted for children’s minds. I doubt very much whether
children should be taken to any museum, except as a treat, and
then only for a very short visit. Museums, whether metro-
politan and national or local, are properly addressed to grown-
up, intelligent people, and, whilst such people do not choose to
give their time and trouble to visiting the museums and
enjoying what they have to give, more harm than good will be
done by dragging unwilling children through museum
galleries under the guidance of wearisome “ teachers.” Nine-
tenths, or even ninety-nine hundredths of the persons who sit
on municipal and other committees concerned in the manage-
ment of public museums know nothing about the contents of
the museums, and never visit them themselves for pleasure or
instruction. In sheer ignorance and misconception they insist
on the educational value of these museums for “ children.”

The child who is taken by an unsympathetic teacher to a
museum, and there severely taught, probably grows up with as
great a distaste for museums as the older generation exhibit.
There is a great deal to be said in favour of letting a museum
teach impersonally, quietly, unforcibly, and unhurriedly; its
impressiveness, aided by a certain mystery and charm in its
unspoken appeal, its dignified silence, and its seemingly
inexhaustible stores of strange and beautiful things.

Iam, my dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) H. RAY LANKESTER,
Director.
Sir George Kekewich, K.C.B.,
President, The School Nature
Study Union.

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II.—Visttors.
During the year there has been some slight decrease in the
number of visitors to the Museums, compared with that of the
previous year, as shown by the averages in the following table:

1903, 1904,

(263 Days) (263 Days)
Total Visitors ah AS At} fas 499,431 Ee 482,910
Weekly Average... ie a are 9,604 iz 9,286
Daily Average oe ace BE Sa 1,898 aS 1,836

The attendance of school children under the charge of teachers has
been well maintained, over 1,600 children and 120 teachers having
availed themselves of the clause in the Education Code, whereby
time devoted to instruction in Museums reckons as school attend-
ance. School teachers are making increased use of the Museum
theatre to give special lessons to their pupils—specimens being
brought from the Museum cases for illustrating them. Such a
course is found to be of greater educational value than merely a
general visit with no specific object. Occasional lectures and
demonstrations have been given by members of the Staff, on
arrangement having previously been made by the teachers with the
Director.

Persons desirous of employing the Museums for the purpose of
research, reference or sketching may, by application to the Director,
and on giving satisfactory references, obtain tickets enabling them
to enter on Fridays, when special facilities are afforded to students.
‘Tickets were issued, as usual, during the year (chiefly) to Artists,
of whom a much larger number than heretofore have availed them-
selves of the advantages the Museum collections afford, and to
Students of Natural History, Osteology and Dental Anatomy, who
have made extensive use of the collections, mainly on the days when
the Museums were closed to the public. ‘The pupils studying at the
Mount Street School of Art attend in a body, regularly once a week.

The following, among others, have visited the Museums during
the year for the purpose of inspecting the collections or other special
object:-—Dr. Storie Dixson, Sydney University; His Excellency,
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Africa; Councillor Roberts, Bradford; Rev. Leonard P. Robin,
Organizing Secretary, Melanesian Mission; Mr. R. Clipston Sturgis,
Architect to the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
U.S.A.; Dr. W. E. Hoyle, Owens College Museum, Manchester ;
Professor Pfeffer, Hamburg; Miss A. B. Gallup, Curator, Children’s
Museum, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.; Mr. Raymond Koechlin,
Societe des Amis du Louvre, Rue de Rivoli, Paris; Mr. Alan H.
Gardiner, Edward’s Library, University College, London; Mr.
White, Museum, Dublin; Mr. Bromley, India; Mr. C. Melville and
Mr. Ty B., Hall,

Il]. —Lecrvres.

Twenty-two lectures were delivered by members of the Staff on
Monday evenings, in the Lecture Theatre of the Museums. They
were illustrated by specimens trom the Museums and by lantern
slides. The total attendance at the lectures was 5,879, average per
evening 176.

The following is a list of the subjects :—
A course of four Lectures on ‘“‘ Flowers of Winter,” was given by
Mr. W.S. Laverock, M.A. B.Se. :—
Jan. 4th.—‘‘ Christmas Roses and Winter Aconite.”
» 1lth—*t Chickweed and Purple Dead-uettle.”
», 18th.—‘‘ Ivy and Gorse.”
5» 25th.— The Daisy and the Groundsel.”

A course of five Lectures on “ The Native Tribes of North and
South America” was given by Mr. P. Entwistle, Assistant Curator
of the Mayer Museum :—

Feb. Ist and 8th_—“ The Eskimos.”
Feb. 29th and Mar. 7th——‘‘ The North American Indians.”
~ Mar. 14th‘ The South American Indians.” __

A course of two Lectures by Mr. W.S. Laverock, M.A., B.Sc. :—
Mar. 21st and 28th.—‘‘ The British Reptiles.”

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A course of four Lectures on “ The Influence of Environment on
the Structure of Animals,” by Mr. J. A. Clubb, M.Se., Assistant
Curator of the Lord Derby Museum :—

Oct. 10th.—Introduetory.
», L7th.—‘‘ Natural Selection.”
» 24th.— Birds that run, and animals that fly.”

5, 3lst..—‘* Dry-land Fishes and Aquatic Animals.”

A course of four lectures on ‘ Coins,” by Dr. Philip Nelson :-—
Nov. 7th and 14th.—* The Siege Coins of England, 1645-1648.”
», 21lst.—‘‘ The Coins of the Isle of Man.”
» 28th—'‘ The Coins of the British Colonies in North
America, prior to 1776.”
A course of three lectures on “ Local History and Archeology,”
by Mr. P. Entwistle, Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum :-—
Dec. 5th.—‘‘ The Art of the Liverpool Potter.”
5, 12th.‘ The Ancient Model of Liverpool.”
», 19th.—‘‘ Relics of Ancient Liverpool.”

A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
ZooLocicaL Departmen’.
(a) GENERAL.

Several dredging excursions have been undertaken during the
year to the estuary of the Mersey and the Irish Sea, for the purpose
of obtaining specimens for the Local Collection of Marine Fauna.
Through the kindness of the Sanitary Sub-Committee, the City
Engineer’s Department gave permission for the Director to
occasionally place members of the staff on board the “ Beta,”
when on its periodic visits to the ‘‘ Deposit Grounds,” near the
North-West Lightship. This vessel has been utilised also for the
purpose of bringing fresh seawater from beyond the North-West
Lightship for supplying the Aquarium. The thanks of the Com-
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courtesy during the trips on which the officers have accompanied
him, and also for so frequently bringing in objects of interest to the
Museum which have fallen in his way on other occasions.

The Science Cabinets, containing properly identified and labelled
specimens, on selected subjects, have been distributed to the various
Elementary Schools in the City as in former years; applications
have also become more numerous for specimens for object lessons
(mainly Natural History), and for the series of Technical Appliances
on loan from the Museums. ‘The increase in the applications for
Museum specimens has necessitated considerable additions to the
loan collections. This educational feature, which has for its
purpose the promotion of scientific teaching throughout the City, is
being more and more appreciated. Numerous applications have

been made to the Director by educational authorities, not only in.

Iingland, but in America and Australia for information as to the
working of the system.

In the Local Area Gallery, substantial progress has been made,
during the past year, with its re-arrangement and in the mounting
of specimens of the Local Fauna. Representatives of the Red and
Fallow Deer, and of the Ancient Wild Cattle of Britain, are still
desiderata to complete the groups of local mammals. There is
some hope, however, of these being obtained and set up before next
Annual Report. Five groups of the nesting birds of the district
in their natural habitats, with their nests and eggs or young, were
on exhibition at the close of 1903. Thirty additional groups, con-
-sisting of Jay, Starling, Magpie, Robin, Willow-Warbler, Chiff-
chaff, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Nightjar, Whitethroat, Wheatear,
Ring-ouzel, Song Thrush, Missel-Thrush, Blackbird, Great Black-
backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Kittiwake, Black-headed
Gull, Golden Eagle, Mallard Duck, Oyster-Catcher, Long-eared
Owl, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, group of four species of Terns
with Ringed Plover, &e., have been prepared during the
-year dealt with in this Report. Several of the sea-bird
groups have attracted large and interested crowds, many of
whom, not alone those acquainted with the habits of the birds, but
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rare, have expressed the great pleasure derived from the life-like
attitudes of the species, and the accurate reproduction of their
habitats. The collection of British Birds’ Eggs has been arranged
and placed in the open gallery, in a cabinet with glazed and
“stopped ” drawers, so as to be easily and conveniently consulted by
visitors at all times, without application to the Staff.

The preparation of satisfactory examples of the local fishes,
reptiles and amphibians, and the suitable mounting of them for
exhibition in fluid or as dry preparations; dredging excursions to
obtain fresh specimens of fishes with other much-desired marine
forms, their preservation and fixing, or the casting of those fishes
too large to place in jars, in plaster or papier-mache, with the
necessary careful painting of the same, have occupied much of the
time of the Assistant Curator, his Laboratory Assistant and the
Draughtsman during the year. It is hoped that the local reptiles
and fishes will be completely on exhibition before the close of 1905.

In the Upper Gallery, where the systematic collections are
arranged, additions have been made from time to time to the
Mammals, and about 490 representatives of the remaining genera ot
the non-passerine orders of Birds have been mounted and exhibited
in metal cases, similar to those already in the gallery. The general
labelling of the cases and of their contents has also been pro-
ceeded with as rapidly as it could be undertaken by the printer.
During the year, the cases exemplifying the classification of the
Reptilia and Amphibia have been completed, and considerable pro-
gress has been made in preparing specimens to illustrate that of the
Fishes, and so complete the Vertebrate Section of the Animal .
Kingdom. The collection of fishes in the Museum consists chiefly
of stuffed specimens, prepared before taxidermy became the art it
now is, all of them in a very unsatisfactory state, and some of them
(being 40 to 50 years old) practically useless for any Museum
purpose. It will be a considerable time before a really good collec-
tion, properly preserved and mounted for exhibition, can be
accumulated.

The re-arrangement of the Invertebrata has been begun: that of
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again set out in the desk cases in which they were formerly
exhibited. The plan adopted in the Vertebrate groups has been
followed in the arrangement of the mollusca. Examples of the
main genera of each of the families have alone been placed on view,
so that the classification of the group may be more easily grasped
by the student without his being overburdened by a plethora of
species. The bulk of the collection—one of the most complete in
England—is being relegated to the study series, which will in due
course be arranged in glass-covered, ‘ stopped”? drawers in the
cabinets beneath the exhibited series, so as to be always accessible
to the specialist, without loss of time to him and without the
necessity of intruding upon the time and services of an assistant.

The Assistant in the Botanical Department made, as usual,
numerous excursions during the summer into districts surrounding
Liverpool, to collect specimens required to fill up gaps in the British
series in the Botanical transept.

In the carpenters’ shops, in addition to the ordinary repairs and
fittings, twenty-six exhibition cases have been made—sixteen to
accommodate British Bird groups with natural surroundings for the
Local area collection, and ten pillar cases for Egyptian Antiquities
in the main hall. A very large number of stands, for specimens
and other fittings, have also been constructed.

(b) CONSERVATION.

All the collections on exhibition have so far as pressure on the
staff has permitted been periodically examined, dusted and kept free
from moth or other pest. The store cabinets and tanks, containing
specimens preserved in fluid, have also been systematically gone over
for the purpose of renewing the spirit or other preservative. The
store cabinets have also had constant attention, the entomological
collections especially requiring frequent examination,

Three additional taxidermists have been employed during part of
the year on the very urgent work of reducing to flat skins (for
placing in the study cabinets and for thew proper conservation) the
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over after the representative generic series had been selected for
exhibition. Several thousands of specimens still remain awaiting
their turn, and until this work has proceeded much further than at
present, the two galleries which it is necessary now to use as store-
rooms for them cannot be proceeded with.
(c) Loans.

The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of scientific

investigation were made during the year ;—

9 Photographie Enlargements of South African Natives, lent to
Miss F. M. Wetherman, Girls’ School, Park Lea, Sefton Park.

55 specimens of Larks, 26 specimens of Nuthatches (Sttta), and 26
specimens of Parus, lent to Dr. KE. Hartert, Zoological Museum,
Tring, Herts.

3 Circulating School Cabinets (“ Shells and their uses,” “ Insects,”
and ‘‘ Crustacea *), lent to Mr. Charles W. Bailey, B.A., Principal,
Sefton Park School, for exhibition at the Balfour Institute.

2 Circulating School Cabinets (“ Coal” 1 and 2), lent to Miss Hall,
Stepney Borough Museum, Whitechapel, London.

Specimens of Planocera pellucida (Mertens), lent to F. F. Laidlaw,
Wynnthorpe, Withington, Manchester,

Specimen of Mungoose, lent to Mr. Oldfield Thomas, British
Museum, Natural Ilistory, Cromwell Road, London.
(d) Presents.

Among the donations with which the Museum collections have
been enriched the following deserve special mention :

A collection of Bird Skins from Muonionska, Finland, from the
collection of the late R. Meinertzhagen, Esq., presented by Mrs.
Meinertzhagen, Mottisfont, Hants. :

_ Small collections of Shells and Minerals presented by Mrs.
Cookson, Bootle,

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(e) EXcHaNnGEs.
Professor Paterson, Anatomy Department, the University, received
specimens of 20 Mammalian Skulls in exchange for specimens to be
subsequently arranged.

(f) AcQuIsItTions.

INVERTEBRATES—

Porifera.
Two Sponges (D. 27. 4.04.9) from the estuary of the Mersey
collected (with other marine specimens) from s.s. “Beta” by the
Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

Sponges (Suberites domuncula), (D. 25. 5. 04. 4 and 14), from the
estuary of the Mersey: collected and presented by Captain Griffiths
s.s. “ Beta.”

Ccelenterata.

Sea Anemones (Metridiwn dianthus, Tealia crassicornis and Sagartia
ornata) (D. 9. 5. 04. 13), from the estuary of the Mersey: collected
and presented by Captain Griffiths.

Colonies of Sertularia operculata, S. polyzonias and Obelia plicata
(D. 4. 10. 04.7. 8 and 9), and two Jelly-fishes (I?hizostoma pulmo)
(D. 23. 9. 04. 2), from the estuary of the Mersey: collected by the
Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

Echinoderms.
Fossil Echinoderm (indet.) (D. 2. 3, 04. 1), from Winchester,
Hampshire: collected and presented by Master C. T. Cleaver, 10-12,
Hayman’s Green, West Derby.

Rosy-feather Star (Antedon bifida), Sea-urchin (Hehinus miliaris)
and Heart-urchin (Spatangus purpureus) (D. 9. 5. 04. 8-10), from the
estuary of the Mersey; collected and presented by Captain Griffiths,
s.s. “ Beta.”

Echinoderm (D. 27. 4. 04. 8), twenty-five Star-fishes (Ophiura albida
and Astropecten irregularis), and twenty Echinoids (Echinocardium
cordatum) (D. 28. 9. 04. 5-6), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected

by trawl from s.s. “Beta” by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory

Assistant.

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Vermes.

Twenty-three Anneli!s (Aphrodite aculeata and Pectinaria belqica)
(D. 27. 4. 04. 10, D. 23. 9. 04. 7 and D. 4. 10. 04. 1), from the estuary
of the Mersey; collected by trawl from s.s. “ Beta’”’ by the Assistant
Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

Three Annelids (Aphrodite aculeata and indet.) (D. 9.5. 04. 11-12)
(D. 25.5. 04. 1), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected ard presented
by Captain Griffiths.

Arthropoda.
Crustacea.
Crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) (D. 14. 3. 04. 1), from Llanddwyn
Bay, Anglesea; collected and presented by T. Coward, Esgq., “ Brent-
wood,’’ Bowdon, Cheshire.

Four Swimming Crabs (Portunus depurator), three Shrimps (Cran-
gon vulgaris) (D. 25. 4, 04. 1-2), six Crustaceans (Hupagurus bernhardus),
(Pandalus annulicornis and Hyas coarctaius) (D. 27. 4. 04. 4-6),
a Shell-fish (Trochus dorynchus) (D. 27. 4. 04. 7), a number of
Amphipods (Gammarus locusta), one Isopod (Idotea linearis), one
Crab (Portunus variegatus) (D. 28. 6.04. 1-3), one Amphipod (Hyperia
galba) (D. 23. 9. 04. 1), and seven Crustaceans (1 Stenorhynchus
tenuirostris) and six Amphipods (Caprella linearis) (D. 4. 10. 04. 4-5),
from the estuary of the Mersey; collected by the Assistant Curator
and the Laboratory Assistant.

Fifteen Crustaceans (Hyas coarctatus), (Pandalus brevirostris),
(Palemon serratus), (D. 9. 5. 04. 5-7) and four Masked Crabs (Corystes
cassivelaunus) (D. 7.6.04. 2), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected
and presented by Captain Griffiths, s.s. “ Beta.” -

Crustacean (Munidopsis polymorpha) (D. 28. 5.04. 1), from the
Island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands; collected by Mr. G. F. Prevost,
presented by Rev. Charles Yeld, Grassendale Vicarage, Liverpool.

Tracheata.
Four Larve (indet.), four Beetles (indet.), and a Millepede and
Centipede (app. indet.) (D. 2. 4. 04. 1-2, D. 2. 7. 04. 1, 2 and 3,

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D. 2. 8. 04. 1, D. 8.8. 04. 1, and D. 5. 9. 04. 1-2), from timber at
the Liverpool Docks; collected and presented by Mr. W. Swan,
10, Viola Street, Bootle.

Locust (indet.) (D. 26. 5, 04. 1); collected and presented by Mr.
George Burrough, 103, Leopold Road, Liverpool.

British Beetle (Necrophorus vespillo) (D. 18. 8. 04. 1); presented by
Mr. Thomas N. Latham.

Beetle (indet.) (D. 15. 6. 04. 1); purchased.

Sawfly (Sirea gigas) (D. 80. 7. 04. 1); collected and presented by
Mr. John Roberts, Bank House, Menai Bridge.

Insect (Belostoma grande) (D,16. 4. 04. 2) from La Guira ; collected
and presented by Mr. W. S. McMillan, Esq., Maghull.

Two Congregating Moths (Anaphe infracta) and two Cocoons of
same moth (D. 15. 8. 04. 1-2), and Beetle (indet.) (D. 6. 9. 04. 1);
presented by Mr. James A. Weale, Boundary Place, Liverpool.

Centipede (indet.) (D. 27. 10. 04. 1); presented by Mr. Richard
Chamberlain.

'hree Beetles (indet.) (D. 15. 11. 04. 1-2), from Koko Town and
Sepele, Benin, W. Africa, collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard,
s.s. ‘‘ Nyanga.”

Specimen of Bee’s Wax (D. 15. 11. 04. 3), from a Kwitta village,
Gold Coast, W. Africa; collected and presented by Mr. Johnson A.
Active, Jellah Coffee, per Mr. A. Ridyard, s.s. “ Nyanga.”

Mollusca.

Twenty-six Molluses (Sepiola atlantica, Rossia macrosoma, Lobigo
media, Pecten opercularis (shell and animal) (D. 9. 5. 04. 1), Loligo
media, Eledone cirrhosus, Holis papillosa, Doto fragilis (D.11.5.04. 1-4),
Doto fragilis (D. 25. 5. 04. 2), Loligo media (D. 7. 6. 04. 1), Sepiola
atlantica (D. 7. 9. 04. 1), Loligo vulgaris (D. 27. 9. 04. 1), from the
estuary of the Mersey; collected and presented by Captain Griffiths,
3.8. ‘‘ Beta.”

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Seventy-five Molluscs (Pecten opercularis, Natica monilifera and
Fusus antiquus (D. 27. 4. 04. 1), (Syndosmya alba, Mactra stultorum,
Nucleus nucleus and Cardium echinatum shells and animals (D. 23.
9. 04. 8), Pecten opercularis, shell and animal and Loligo media
(D. 4. 10. 04. 1-2), from the estuary of the Mersey; collected by trawl
from s.s. ‘‘ Beta” by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

Two Shells (indet.) (D. 16. 4. 04. 1), from the Bay of St. Lucia ;
collected and presented by W. 8S. MeMillan, Esq., Maghull.

Shell (Cyprea lentiginosa) (D. 19. 8. 04.1), from Dabai, Persian
Gulf; collected by Mr. T. W. Townshend and presented by Mr. J. C.
Melville, Manchester.

Collection of Shells (D. 20. 6. 04. 1, ete.), from various localities,
consisting of upwards of 150 specimens: presented by Mrs. Cookson,
208, Marsh Lane, Bootle.

Tunicata.
Two Ascidians (indet.) (D. 25. 5. 04.1), from the estuary of the
Mersey; collected and presented by Captain Griffiths, s.s. “ Beta.”

Compound Ascidian (indet.) (D. 4. 10. 04. 3), from the estuary of
the Mersey; collected (with other marine material) by trawl from
s.s. ‘ Beta’ by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

VERTEBRATES—
Fishes.

White Bream (Abramis blicca) (C. 80. 1. 04.1), from the River
Alyn, Rossett, N. Wales; collected and presented by Mr. Fothergill,
City Angling Club.

Trumpet Fish (Centriscus scolopax) (C. 6. 3.04. 1) probably from
the coast of Cornwall; presented by Mr. H. J. Barker, 54, Russian
Drive, Stonycroft.

Three Lesser Weevers (Trachinus vipera), two Gobies (Gobius
minutus) (C. 25. 4. 04. 1-2), two Dragonets (Callionymus lyra) 3 and ?,
three Gobies (Gobius minutus), and two Sea Snails (Liparis vulgaris)
(C. 27. 4. 04. 1-8), two Rays (Raia batis), one Ray (Raia maculata),
and one Dab (Pleuronectes limanda) (C. 28. 6. 04. 1-8), four Gurnards

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(Trigla gurnardus), one Seald Fish (Arnoglossus laterna), two Pipe
Fish (Sygnathus acus) (C. 4. 10. 04. 1-3) (C. 28. 9. 04. 1), from the
estuary of the Mersey; trawled from s.s. ‘“‘ Beta’’ by the Assistant
Curator and Laboratory Assistant.

One Spotted Dragonet (Callionymus maculatus), three Butter Fishes
(Centronotus gunnellus), one Pogge (Agonis cataphractus), three
Solenettes (Solea lutea), one Scald Fish (Arnoglossus laterna), four
Lemon Dabs (Pleuronectes microcephalus), two Sea Snails (Liparis
vulgaris), three Montagu’s Suckers (Liparis montagut), three Five-
bearded Rocklings (Onus mustela). and the Megrim juv. (Lepidorhombus
megastoma (C. 9. 5. 04. 1-10), from the estuary of the Mersey; trawled
from s.s. ‘‘ Beta” and presented by Captain Griffiths.

Mediterranean or Six-gilled Shark (Notidanus griseus) (C.80.5.04.1),
captured off the Blasquetts, S.W. Coast of Ireland; presented by
Messrs. Harley & Miller, St. John’s Market, Liverpool.

Lesser Spotted Dog-fish (Scyllium canicula) g (C. 10. 6. 04. 1),
from the estuary of the Mersey; collected and presented by Captain
Griffiths, s.s. ‘‘ Beta.”’

Tope (Galeus vulgaris) (C. 15. 6. 04. 1), from Carnarvon Bay;
purchased.

Pike (sox luctus), painted cast (C. 18.12.04. 1); purchased.

Amphibia.
Two European Salamanders (S. maculosa) (C. 5. 3. 04. 1), brought
from store rooms and now referred to this date.

One Newt, one Toad (Bufo vulgaris), and a Salamander (Salamandra
maculosa) (C. 17. 12. 04. 1); presented by Dr. H. O'Connell, 2, Dudley
Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool.

Reptiles.
Chameleon (Chameleon basiliscus) (B. 3.8.04. 1), from Alexandria ;

presented by Mr. J. H. Evans, 35, Exe Street, Beaumont Street,
Liverpool.

Tortoise (indet.) (B. 5. 5.04.1), from Jellah Coffee, West Africa;
presented by Mr. Thomas Agbffiah, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

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Various Snakes in preservative fluid (indet.) (B. 25.5. 04.1, ete.);
presented by Mr. George Burrough, 103, Leopold Road, Liverpool.

Four Lizards (Seps tridactyle, Uromastix hardwichi, Algeroides
nigripunctata), five Viviparous Lizards (Zootoca vivipara), two Limbless
Lizards (Anguis fragilis), one Chameleon (Chameleon ventralis), two
Terrapins (Clemmys caspica and Chrysemys picta) and one Tortoise
(Emys orbicularis) (B. 17. 12. 04. 1-9), from Southern Europe, North
America and India; presented by Dr. J. H. O’Connell, 2, Dudley
Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool.

Birds.
One Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis) 2 (B. 6. 2.04.1) from the
estuary of the Mersey; collected and presented by Captain Archibald.

Two Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans, Linn.) stuffed, (B. 22. 2. 04. i):
presented by Mrs. Edgar, 20, Ashbourne Road, Aigburth Road, Liver-
pool.

Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus) (B. 11. 3.04.1), Raven (Corvus
corax) (B. 7. 4. 04. 1), and Merlin (Falco esalon) (B. 8.10. 04. 1), from
Workington; presented by George Dickinson, Esq., 10, Water Street.

Starling (Sturnus rulgaris) (B.22.4.04. 1), from Pwllheli, one of a
series from a migratory flight, killed on the cliffs; presented by
Mr. W. P. Owen, 57, High Street, Pwllheli.

Blue Mountain Lory (T'richoglossus nove hollandie) (B. 18.5.04. 1),
Golden Pheasant (Thaumalea picta, Linn.) (B. 7. 9. 04. 1), Nicobar
Pigeon (Calenus nicobarica, Linn.) (B. 23.11.04. 1), from the Aviaries,
Sefton Park, and a Raven (Corvus corax) (B. 20. 9. 04. 1), from the
Aviaries, Newsham Park; presented by the Parks and Gardens
Committee, per the Superintendent.

Blackeock (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.), 2 , with abnormal tail (B.10.6.04.1)
and an Amherst Pheasant (Thaumalea amherstie, Leadb.), 3 ,(B. 18.12.
04.1); presented by R. D. Holt, Esq., C.C.

- Four Hawfinches (Coccothraustes vulgaris), 9 and 2? imm. and ¢ ad.
(B. 27. 6. 04. 1-2); purchased.

Swift (Cypselus apus) (B.2.8.04.1), from Broad Green ; presented by
the late Mr. F. P. Marrat.

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Three Noddy Terns (Anous stolidus) (B. 15. 8. 04. 1), from Akassa,
Southern Nigeria; presented by Mr. A. Ridyard, s.s. “ Nyariga.”

Two Snow Buntings (Plectrophanes nivalis), 3 and ? , (B.29.8.04.1) ;
purchased.

Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans) (B. 6. 9. 04. 1); purchased.

Albino “Merlin (Faleo esalon) (B. 12. 9. 04. 1), from Darwen
purchased.

Collection of Bird Skins, consisting of 111 specimens representing
64 genera and 70 species (B. 13. 10. 04. 1, et seq.) from Muonioniska,
Finland, and other localities: from the collection of the late
R. Meinertzhagen, Esq., presented by Mrs. Meinertzhagen, Mottisfont,
Hants.

Three Photographs (platinotype prints) of nests and young of
Blackbird, Gannet and Lesser Black-backed Gull (B. 14. 10. 04. 1);
presented by Mr. R. Welch, belfast.

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), 3, (B. 19. 12. 04. 1): purchased.
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris) (B. 29, 12. 04. 1): presented.
Ten Skulls of Birds (b. 30. 12. 04. 1, ete.); presented by Miss Tuckwell,

5, Grange Mount, Heswall.

Mammals.

Carcase of Monkey (Colobus sp.) (A. 11. 4. 04. 1), from West
Africa; presented by Mr. W. Seward, Manchester Street, Liverpool.

Civet Cat (Viverra civetta) (A. 5. 5.04.1), from Jellah Coffee, West
Africa; presented by Mr. John Koblavie, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Skin and skull of Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) (A. 11. 5.
04. 1); received in exchange.

Set of Miniature Horns of the female Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
(A. 2. 6. 04. 1), from North America; presented by Mr. N. 8.
MeMillan, 4, Galloway Road, Waterloo.

Stoat (Mustela erminea), white var. (A. 30. 6. 04. 1); purchased.

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Three Human Skulls (incomplete) (A. 2. 7. 04. 1), from New
Guinea; purchased.

Two Seals (Phoca vitulina) (A. 12. 8. 04. 1), captured at Dundee;
purchased.

Pair of Horns of the * Bush Cow” (A. 15. 8. 04. 1), from Sierra
Leone, West Africa; presented by A. Buckle, Esq., J.P., Carlton
House, Pultney Street, Sierra Leone, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Skin of Pangolin (Manis sp.) (A. 15. 8. 04. 2), from Benin,
presented by J. Hadon Raney, Esq., Miller Bros. & Co., Benin,
Southern Nigeria, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Two Scotch Hares (Lepus timidus), @ and @ (A. 16. 8. 04. 1);

purchased.

Hare (Lepus europaeus), albino (A. 11. 10. 04.), from Warrington ;
presented by Mr. Comberbach.

Skin of small Mammal (Arvicola sp.) (A. 13. 10. 04. 1), from
Muonioniska, Finland; from the collection of the late R. Meinertz-
hagen, Esq., presented by Mrs. Meinertzhagen, Mottisfont, Hants.

Bat (Myotis nattert) (A. 15. 10. 04. 1), from Barnsley, York-
shire; presented by Mr. F. A. Coward, ‘* Brentwood,’ Bowdon,
Cheshire.

Skull of Great fossil Aurochs (Bison priscus) (A. 29. 10. 04. 1),
found without register number, from Siberia, and presented by Mr.
St. George Littledale in 1899. Now registered under this date.

Fragment of Skull of an ungulate (indet.) with horns (A. 15. 11.
04. 1), from Lome, Togoland, West Africa, and Skin of Anubis
Baboon (Papio anubis), incomplete (A. 15. 11. 04. 2), from Baywe,
Kwitta, West Africa; presented by Chief James Oeceloo, Kwitta,
Gold Coast, per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Skin of Daubenton’s Bat (J/yotis daubentonz) (A. 24. 12. 04. 1),
from Teddington; presented by Mr. A. H. Bishop.

Water Chevrotain (Hyomoschus aquaticus), imm. ? (A.27.12.04.1) ;
purchased.

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Four Skulls of domestic mammals (A. 28. 12. 04. 1-4); presented
by Miss Tuckwell, 5, Grange Mount, Heswall, Cheshire.

BorantcaL DEPARTMENT.
The acquisitions in this department are as follows : —

Collection of botanical specimens—part of the Herbarium of the
late Robert Brown (E. 20. 1. 1904. 1, &c.); presented by his son,
Mr. R. D. Brown, 33, Peel Street, Liverpcol.

Large specimen of Lunaria biennis (Ki. 22. 1. 1904. 1); grown and
presented by Mrs. Middleton, Raweliffe Station, Yorkshire, R.S.O.

Small clump of Saxifraga tridactylites, with insects, &e., adhering
to leaves, from Kirkby Lonsdale (HE. 14. 5. 1904. 1); collected and
presented by Rev. T. 8. Lea, Kirkby Lonsdale.

Puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum ?) (KE. 7. 5. 1904. 1); brought
from the taxidermist’s department, and now registered under this
date.

Piece of Ambatch from the Blue Nile forming the “ Sudd,”’ piece
of “ Cheese wood” from Colombia, South America (KE. 13. 5. 1904.
1 and 2), and a piece of wood from Lagos, West Coast of Africa
(EH. 25. 6. 1904. 1); presented by James A. Weale, Ksq., Boundary
Place, Liverpool.

About five hundred and eighty specimens cf plants, &c., repre-
senting 192 species, from various localities (H. 4. 6. 1904. 1-12,
9. 6. 1904. 1-11, 16. 6. 1904. 1-19, 23. 6. 1904. 1-18, 28. 6. 1904. 1-13,
27. 7. 1904. 1-9, 12. 8. 1904. 1-19, 20. 8. 1904. 1-20, 25. 8. 1904. 1-25,
10. 9. 1904. 1-16, 15. 9. 1904. 1-11, 23. 9. 1904. 1-8); collected for
the British Herbarium by the Assistant in the Lord Derby Museum.

Small collection of dried plants and ferns (E. 15. 7. 1904. 2, &e.);
presented by Mrs. Cookson, 280, Marsh Lane, Bootle.

Photograph of a Mango Tree (EH. 15. 7. 1904. 1); purchased.

Mesembryanthemum (indet.), in flower, from Cornwall (KE. 18. 7.
1904. 1); presented by Alderman Stolterfoht.

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Four pieces of stem of a Dicotyledon (indet.) (E. 2. 8. 1904, Ls
purchased.

Leaf of “ Okay ” or Potash tree, from between Prohensi Creek and
Fishtown, Benin River (E. 24. 9. 1904, 1); presented by Mr. A.
Ridyard, S.S. Nyanga.

Three specimens of Statice limonium, from the neighbourhood of
Bromborough Pool (BE. 29. 9. 1904. 1); collected with material
for the taxidermist’s work by the Taxidermist.

Small collection of plants, consisting of twenty-seven specimens,
representing fifteen species, from various localities (E. 5. 10. 1904.
1-15); presented by Mr. G. V. @. Last, 78, Tithebarn Street,
Liverpool.

MINERAL AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The following are the acquisitions in this department :—

Piece of Coal with vein of peculiar structure, from coal in

Museum yard (F. 11. 3. 1904. 1).

Piece and three small chips of Jasper, “from the silicified forest
of Arizona, U.S.A.” (F. 2. 6. 1904. 1); collected and presented by
the Rev. William Bramley-Moore, M.A., 26, Russell Square,
London, W.C.

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Collection of Minerals, including some gems and agates (F. 15. 7.
1904. 1, &e.); purchased.

Small collection of Minerals (F. 15. 7. 1904. 2, &e.); presented by
Mrs. Cookson, 280, Marsh Lane, Bootle.

Tur Aquarium.

The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief
attractions of the Museum.

The extension, sanctioned last year, of the Aquarium into the
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approaching completion, will add largely to the attractions of the
Museums, and is certain to give pleasure to Nature students. The
new tanks are 11 in number, and of large dimensions.

Four are to be devoted to marine, and seven to fresh-water
inhabitants. Of the latter four will be at the normal temperature,
while three will be capable (if so required) of being supplied with
water of a warmth suitable for the reception of species from tropical
latitudes.

The efforts made to keep the tropical African Fishes in a healthy
condition continue to be successful, and the great interest taken in
them both by specialists and the ordinary visitor is marked.

The Trout tanks continue to flourish, and a hatch of Rainbow
‘Trout was obtained by crossing with the specimens presented by Mr.
Lyon Whittle, Town Clerk of Warrington, last year. As the fish from
the various hatches increase in size, they become too large for the
accommodation available and a number of specimens of Rainbow
‘Trout are presented each year either to the Parks and Gardens Com-
mittee for distribution in the Park lakes, to the City Angling
Association or to local pisciculturists.

Captain Griffiths, of the Corporation Barge * Beta,” has continued
throughout the year to bring living specimens of Marine Fishes for
the tanks; and on the several occasions when the Assistant Curator
has been out on the * Beta” trawling for marine specimens for the
British collections, the opportunity has been taken of bringing in
suitable specimens alive for the tanks.

The following species have been exhibited alive during the year,
those with an asterisk being alive at the date of this report (new
labels, with coloured drawings of the species living in the tanks have
been affixed above certain tanks) :—

Fresh Water Hydre (Hydra viridis and H. fusca): Sea-Anemones,
The Crass * (Tealia crassicornis); * Sagartia ornata ; Plumose Anemone
(*Metridium dianthus); Beadlet (Actinia cquina): Ringed Deeplet
(Boloceras eques); Various Starfishes: Horse Leech * (Hemopsis

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vorax); Sea-Mouse (Aphrodite aculeata); Fresh-Water Polyzoa *
(Plumatella repens, Lophopus crystallinus); Edible Crab* (Cancer
pagurus); Common Shore Crab * (Carcinus monas); Hermit Crab
(Eupagurus bernhardus) ; Spider Crabs (Stenorhynchus rostratus and
Inachus dorsettensis) ; Slender Spider Crab (Stenorhynchus tenuirostris) ;
Cleanser Swimming Crab (Portunus depurator); Shrimp * (Crangon
vulgaris): Prawn (Pandalus annulicornis); * Palemonetes varians :
Beetle (sp. indet.): Millipede (sp. indet.): Centipede (sp. indet.):
Water Spider: Pecten (P. opercularis); ‘Cockle. (Cardium aculeatum) ;
Water Snail (Limneus stagnalis); Cuttlefishes (Sepiola atlantica) and
(Eledone cirrhosus); Pipe Fish (Sygnathus acus); Three-bearded
Rockling (Motella tricirrhata); Angler Fish (Lophius piscatortus) ;
Lesser Weever (T'rachinus vipera): Fresh Water Eel* (Anguilla
vulgaris): Loch Leven Trout * (Salmo levenensis); Rainbow Trout *
(Salmo irideus) ; Crucian Carp* (C. carassius): Common and Mirror
Carp * (Cyprinus carpio); Rudd * (Leuciseus erythrophthalmus): Three
spined Stickleback * (Gustrosteus aculeatus); Nine spined Stickle-
back * (Gastrosteus pungitius); Minnow*; Bream*; Butter Fish
(Centronotus gunellus); Dace* (Leuciscus leuciscus): Fresh Water
Gudgeon * (Gobio fluviatilis); Tench * (Tinca vulgaris); Roach *
(Leuciscus rutilus); Pike* (Hsox lucius); Perch* (Perca fluviatilis) ;
Central American Fresh-water Fish (Heros jacetus); African Mud-
fish * (Protopterus annectens); Walking Fish* (Periophthalmus koel-
reuteri) ; Spotted Goby (Gobius minutus); Sole * (Solea vulgaris); Sand
Lance (A mmodytes lanceolatus) ; Conger Kel (Conger vulgaris) ; Dragonet
or Skulpin (Callionymus lyra); Spotted Dragonet (Callionymus macu-
latus); Pogge (Agonus cataphractus); Gurnard (T'rigla gurnardus) ;
Plaice * (Pleuronectes platessa and Pleuronectes microcephalus); various
species of Skate * (Raia) ; Large Spotted Dog-Fish (Scyllium canicula) ;
Common Frog* and Tadpoles (Rana temporaria); Natterjack Toad
(Bujo calameta): Common Toad (Bujo vulgaris); Italian Toad * (Buyo
vulgaris) ; Crested or Great Water Newt* (T'riton cristatus) ; Common
or Smooth Newt* (Molge vulgaris); Gecko (sp. indet.); Chameleon
(Chameleon basiliscus); Alligator Terrapin * (Chelydra serpentina);
Terrapin: West African Tortoise * (sp. indet.); Sternothere* (Stern-
otherus niger); West African Crocodile* (Osteolemus tetraspis) and
Egyptian Crocodile (Crocodilus niloticus); Civet Cat (Viverra civetta).

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Summary oF ACQUISITIONS.

Zoological.
Porifera ay ce 3 Species... a 4 Specimens.
Coelenterata ... ee 8 al fe! ae 20 *n
Echinodermata Ss 9 5 id ot 50 et
Vermes ... oe = 4 = hei 25 +
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 18 : + ve 60 9
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 20 Ht se: i 25 re
Mollusea... a ae 71 rs i, Si MEU %
Tunicata e. sm 5 % Be Me 5 *
Fishes ... AL gee, 3 a? . 53 “
Amphibians... A 4 - -é me 4 7
Reptiles ... rae sider oO bs oe a 20 ch
Birds. ~.:. Pe eet) ee ae ary. Loe am
Mammals eh se ae - Se a 27 as

BY 693

Botanical.

Plants... ht .... 250 Species... ... 579 Specimens.
Geological and Mineralogical.

Rocks and Minerals ... aA a ci ... 500 Specimens.

Total additions to the Lord Derby Museum.
Species a sh 567 Specimens... i: 1,772

B.—_MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.

The following is the arrangement of the galleries in this Museum :
In the upper floor illustrations of the history, art and craft of the
various families of the Mongolian Race; on the ground floor,
together with the Main Hall and its balcony, those of the
Caucasians, and in the basement those of the Melanian peoples.

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In accordance with the scheme of re-arrangement all objects
illustrating local history and archeology have been placed on exhibi-
tion in the first two rooms of the Local Area Gallery of the Lord
Derby Museum.

The general effect of the addition of new ceiling lights in, and the
re-painting of, the Main Hall and its balcony in lighter colours,
during the past year, has been to vastly improve the diffusion of the
light, and to render bright and attractive what was long a sombre
and unattractive hall. The substitution of “ Nernst” for the old
type of incandescent electric lamps has also very greatly improved
the lighting in this section of the Museum during the winter.

The Egyptian collections are now, as to the larger specimens, dis-
played .in the wall cases chronologically in a continuous series,
ranging in time from the Prehistoric Period to the Christian Era.
Difficulty was found in suitably exhibiting the medium-sized
Antiquities in the same cases; this has been overcome by the
building of twelve shallow, elegant, pilaster cabinets, 7} feet in
height, which now allow of the objects exhibited in them being seen
to the fullest advantage, and in close proximity to the larger
specimens of the same dynasty. It is hoped soon to add in the same
way a series of shallow frames to receive the large number of textiles
and flat objects still unexhibited.

The arrangement of the Mongolian section on the first floor has
been completed as far as cases permit. The majority of the
specimens have been labelled.

A most interesting collection of Chinese Porcelain of the 17th and
18th centuries, decorated after the Japanese manner, has been
generously lent to the Museum by Mr. John Mellor, Junr.

A donation also of especial interest is the very large earthenware
water-vessel from the Ucayali, a tributary of the Upper Amazon
River, presented by Mr. Alfred A. Booth, of Liverpool.

The Melantan department continues to receive numerous
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interest ; as in previous years, the Mayer Museum is indebted to Mr.
A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer in the service of Elder, Dempster and
Co., who has been most assiduous in collecting. Through the kind
offices of Mr. A. A. Whitehouse, Eastern Divisional Commissioner,
S. Nigeria, the collection has been enriched by the addition of a
large group of Fetish figures and carved wood head-ornaments worn
in the dance, obtained during punitive expeditions in the Ijoh
country, S. Nigeria. The majority of the specimens in this depart-

ment have now been supplied with printed labels.

On two occasions, by permission of the Committee, exhibits of
Napoleonic miniatures, medals, &c., ivories, Saxon antiquities, &c.,
have been lent to the Lord Mayor to display at his ‘at homes,” and
on the occasion of the King’s visit to lay the foundation stone of the
Cathedral, for the inspection of Her Majesty the Queen.

Many photographs have been taken of Ethnographical objects,

pottery, and ivories, &e., to illustrate various publications and for

study and comparison, as follows :

Tahitian objects, for a forthcoming publication by Mr. H. Ling
Roth.

Ancient Egyptian Sepulchral Stele and Hieratic Papyrus, to Mr.
Alan H. Gardner.

Staffordshire Tyg, dated 1612; Slip-ware Bowl; Liverpool Delit-
ware Bowls and Tiles; Turner ware Stone Jug, Sauce-boat, and
Bulb-pot; Leeds ware perforated Basket; and a figure of “ Jupiter”
by Dwight, illustrated in W. Burton’s “ English Earthenware and

Stoneware.”

A selection of Gothic Ivories were photographed by Mr. Raymond
Koechlin, Secretary of the Societié des Amis du Louvre, Paris, for

study.

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(6) Loans anv Deposrts.
Collection of Chinese Porcelain, decorated after the Japanese

style, 17th and 18th centuries; deposited by Mr. John Mellor, Junr.,
June 24th, 1904.

(1) A Treatise on Moral Philosophy, Italian, 13th century (4p);
(2) History of the World, Sacred and Profane, Italian, 13th century
(gin), and (3) Selections from the Fathers, SS. Augustine, Gregory,
Anselm, &c., English, 14th century (7%), were lent to Mr. Sampson,
June 29th, 1903.

(ec) ExcHancEs.

Lid of a Tureen with blue printed illustration of the “ House of
Correction, near Kirkdale, Liverpool” (3. 5. 1904. 1), and print of
same subject (3. 5. 1904. 2); received in exchange for a duplicate
Liverpool-printed tile (9. 12. 80. 10).

(zd) Acquisitions.

(1.) GenERat.

Cast of a Runic stone Monument (11. 3. 1904. 4) from the original
found at Upton; presented by Mr. F. S. C. Webster.

A miscellaneous collection of coins, medallions, medals, &c., in all
conditions and materials, from early Roman times to recent date
(6. 5. 1904. 1-385), five publications on coins (6. 5. 1904. 387-391),
and a model of a hand in bronze (6. 5. 1904. 386); bequeathed by
Mrs. Grosvenor Stopford, 73, Onslow Square, London.

Four water-colour sketches of “ Shaw’s Brow,” by W. Herdman,
Junr., 1860; View of Liverpool, about 1670, by W. Herdman; “ The
Fall-wall Well,’ Lime Street, by W. Herdman, 1884, and the
“ Herculaneum Potteries,” by E. Beattie; purchased.

“ Bill of Mortality for the Town and Parish of Liverpool,” 1801-
1802 (5. 11. 1904. 1); presented by Mr. J. H. Shufflebotham.

Examples of various railway chairs and rails; presented by Mx.
Clement E. Stretton.

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(2.) CERAMICS.
Pottery pipe (10. 6. 1904. 51); presented by Mrs. Cookson.

Cream-coloured mug (10. 6. 1904. 52), printed with “ An. Kast
view of Liverpool Light-house and signals on Bidston Hull”;
purchased.

(3.) ETHNOGRAPHY.
PRE-HISTORIC : —
Flint arrow-head (1. 11. 04. 1), found at Morecambe, 1902;
purchased.

MELANIAN RACE.
Africa.—West and South-west Africa :—

List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Ridyard,
Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. : —

Earthenware vessels (4. 2. 1904. 8-11), earthenware bowls (4. 2.
1904. 12-13), carved gourd (4. 2. 1904. 14), carved gourd ladles
(4. 2. 1904. 15-16), earthenware vessels of various forms (5. 5. 1904.
1-6), from Bissao; earthenware vessel with handle (4. 2. 1904. 4),
from Bolamo; baskets of various sizes and designs (5. 5. 1904. 7-10)
(15. 11. 1904. 1-5), from Port Lokko; earthenware vessel with
handle (4. 2. 1904. 4), from Bolamo; gourd ladle (4. 2. 1904. 7) and
hat (5. 5. 1904. 11) made of plaited and dyed grass, Mendi country,
Shebro; various roots (4. 2. 1904. 50-60) (15. 11. 1904. 32), “ Bobo-
shay,” “Egirra,” “Shaygirra,” “Finger,” “ Spice,” “Yarn,”
“ Alum,” “ Coomback,” “ Bangba,” “ Bubi-water,”’ &c., from Sierra
Leone.

Liberia : —

Pair of nut rattles worn in the dance (5. 5. 1904. 12), Grand
Sisters; country-box made of deer skin (4. 2. 1904. 1), from Paraboo ;
musical instrument (4. 2. 1904. 2), from Wabo, near Cape Palmas;
native horn (4. 2. 1904. 5), from Yirra Robert, near Cape Palmas ;
enema (4. 2. 1904. 21), Cape Palmas

French Ivory Coast :—

Harthenware fetish (?) figure seated on a stool and painted black
(4. 2. 1904. 6), Kinjaboe, near Assinee.

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South Nigeria : —

Karthenware bowl (4. 2. 1904. 17), earthenware water-bottle
(4. 2. 1904. 18), from Azumini, Ebo country; whip, used for flogging
(4. 2. 1904. 19), from Aqueti, Ebo country; painted wooden mask
(4. 2. 1904. 20), Qua country; earthenware water vessel (5. 5. 1904.
13) and two large earthenware vessels, varnished (5. 5. 1904. 14-15),
Essene, Opobo; drum (9. 5. 1904. 16), Savogrika, Ejoli country ;
native brush (5. 5. 1904. 17), Opobo; wooden mask in form of a
goat’s head (5. 5. 1904. 18), wooden mask in form of a human head
(5. 5. 1904. 19), from Qua Ebo; two hide fans (5. 5. 1904. 11-12),
Sobo country; earthenware vessels of various forms and _ sizes
(5. 5. 1904. 13-18), Koko Town, Benin; appliances for the manufac-
ture of salt—Leaves of the Okay tree, ashes from the burnt leaves,
brine, salt (5. 5. 1904. 19-24), from Koko Town, Benin; earthenware
vessels, burnt and unburnt (5. 5. 1904. 25-26), Koko Town, Benin;
bronze figure of a bird (15. 11. 1904. 18), Benin; two carved wooden
paddles (15. 11. 1904. 19-20), Benin River; earthenware vessel with
chevron design (15. 11. 1904. 21), Warri, Benin; drum (lo:olkk
1904. 7), from Warri; wooden comb (15. 11. 1904. 12), Young Town,
Benin; earthenware jugs (15. 11. 1904. 13-15), Koko Town; fetish
in form of a shark (15. 11. 1904. 13), Foreados; specimen of salt
(15. 11. 1904. 17), from Ogbé, Ejoli, Warri.

Gold Coast : —

Native loom for weaving cloth, including frame, yarn, healds,
reed, shuttle and cloth, native seat, heal protector and sledge with
stones for holding the thread taut (15. 11. 1904. 6), Jellah Coffee,
Kwitta; native loom complete (except frame) (15. 11. 1904. 8), bottle-
stand and reel for winding cotton hanks, specimens of cotton thread,
and spindle and whorl for winding “ cops ” (15. 11. 1904. 9-10), from
Jellah Coffee.

Dahomey :—

Two hand clothes decorated with cowrie shells, used in the dance
(15. 8. 1904. 1), two primitive adzes (15. 8. 1904. 2), from Whydah,
Dahomey ; fetishes of various forms and material (15. 8. 1904. 3-10),
from Grand Popo, Dahomey; earthenware bowls (15. 11. 1904.
22-24), Grand Popo.

66 MUSEUMS.

Collected and presented by A. A. Whitehouse, Esq., Eastern
Divisional Commissioner, 8. Nigeria, during punitive expeditions
in the Ijoh country around Wilberforce Island, Akassa Branch,
Niger River, 1903, per Mr. A. Ridyard :—

Group of wooden painted male and female fetish figures, heads of

various forms with wicker-work framing for attachment, ranging in
size from 7 feet to 2 feet (4. 2. 1904. 25-49).

The following specimens have been presented per Mr. A. Ridyard.

Wooden drum (15. 8. 1904. 27), earthenware palm-wine tumbler
(15. 8. 1904. 29) and King’s messenger sword (15. 8. 1904. 30), from
Anamaboe, Gold Coast; presented by King Amanoo YV., of
Anamaboe.

Carved walking stick (15. 8. 1904. 28), from Kwahu, near Accra;
carved wooden soup-ladle (15. 8. 1904. 31), from Pokusai, near
Accra; presented by Dr. J. Edward Mettle.

Knife and sheath (4. 2. 1904. 24), Shebro country; presented by
Mr. E. T. Wilson, Sierra Leone.

Painted wooden mask (5. 5. 1904. 20), from Qua Ebo, 8. Nigeria;
presented by Mr. A. Mensah.

Fan (5. 5. 1904. 21), from Ungwa country, 8. Nigeria; presented
by Captain R. K. Pooley.

Carved wooden head (5. 5. 1904. 22), Qua country, 8. Nigeria ;
presented by Mr. T. J. Mayo.

Three wooden painted male and female figures (5. 5. 1904. 28),
Ibbibio country, 8. Nigeria; presented by Mr. R. Wilson.

Earthenware water-bottle (5. 5. 1904. 29), from Bissao ; presented
by Mr. James Brown, Sierra Leone.

Bundoo Devil head of wood (5. 5. 1904. 30), Mendi country, Sierra
Leone; presented by Mr. G. Phillipian, Sierra Leone.

Trade mirror, bound in leather by the Yorubas (5. 5. 1904. 31);
presented by Mr. W. H. Chapman.

MUSEUMS. 67

Carved calabashes (4. 2. 1904. 22-23), Accra; two earthenware
dishes (5. .5. 1904. 23-24), Accra; two drums (5. 5. 1904. 25-26),
Accra; model canoe (5. 5. 1904. 27), Accra; copper money, in form
of a St. Andrew’s cross (15. 8. 1904. 35), from Katanga; brass
weights, used for weighing gold (15. 8. 1904. 36), Ashantee;
collected and presented by Macdonald G. Bonso-Bruce.

Basket (15. 8. 1904. 32), Port Lokko; presented by Mr. J. E. D.
Green. .

Earthenware bowl (15. 8. 1904. 33), from Sapeli, Benin; pre-
sented by Mr. Sagos W. Aryee.

Two bronze figures of birds (15. 8. 1904. 34), from Benin; pre-
sented by Mr. H. Johnstone.

Earthenware jug, with a head under the lip (15. 11. 1904. 11),
from Darmar village, Accra; presented by King Cudjoe Ababio IV.,
of James Town, Accra.

Miniature double-sword (15. 11. 1904. 28), from Accra; wooden
drum (15. 11. 1904. 27), Adenkum, Accra; presented by Prince
Tackie.

Two carved wooden soup-ladles (15. 11. 1904. 25-26) from Accra;
presented by Mr. Neils W. Lutterodt.

Calabash (15. 11. 1904. 29), Jellah Coffee, Gold Coast; presented
by Mr. John Koblavie.

Two wooden figures (15. 11. 1904. 30), from Jellah Coffee, Gold
Coast; presented by Mr. W. King.

Drum (15. 11. 1904. 31) from Jellah Coffee; presented by Mr.
_S. K. Heyman.

Drum and beater (8. 8. 1904. 1), taken at the battle of Yola, Benne
River; presented by Mr. James Pinnock.

Haussa gown and hat (8. 8. 1904. 2-3), presented by Mr. James
Pinnock.

Musical instrument in form of a human figure (19. 10. 1904. 1),
Varama tribe, French Congo; presented by Mr. F. Boydell.

68 MUSEUMS.

Flint implements (30. 11. 1904. 1-12), Tumba, Congo River;
purchased.

South Africa : —

Horn spoon (10. 6. 1904. 47), wooden spoon (10. 6. 1904. 48), ivory
snufi-spoon (10. 6. 1904. 50), cane ornament (10. 6. 1904. 49); pre-
sented by Mrs. Cookson.

North Africa :—

Fly-flap, made of a giraffe’s tail (10. 6. 1904. 37), cap, worn by
the body-guard of the Mahdi (10. 6. 1904. 38), cap, worn by the
body-guard of the Khalifa (10. 6. 1904. 39), from Omdurman,
Soudan; two coins (10. 6. 1904. 40-41), found in the treasury at
Omdurman; girdle-dress of shells, beads, leather, &c. (10. 6. 1904.
42), Upper Nile; egg-shell charm (10. 6. 1904. 43), Upper Nile;
collected and presented by Arthur Earle, Esq., J.P.

Melanesia :—
New Guinea :—

An extensive collection of Ethnographical objects, acquired
by purchase (10. 6. 1904. 55-343), containing examples of
canoe prows, from Panaietti, Wari, Rogea and Mewstone
Islands; canoe baler, Panaietii; paddles, Milne Bay and South
Cape; steering paddle, sago stirrers, Mewstone Island and
Panaietti; nets, Porlock Bay; floats for nets, Wari and Milne
Gulf; painted wooden ornaments from boats, netting needle, float,
wild-pig net, painted wooden shields, Nuakata Island; neck-
lace of human hair, Nuakata Island; necklaces of various
forms and materials, from Lydia Island, The Trobriands,
Clayton Inlet, Porlock Bay, Jabbering Bay and Discovery Bay;
plume of cassowary feathers, Killerton Island; pans pipes, combs,
head ornaments, three-pronged fork, combs from S. Cape, Lydia
- Island and Panaietti; armlets, S. Cape, Clayton Inlet, Porlock Bay,
Milne Gulf, Maiva; earrings, Louisiades; shell ornaments, arm-
lets, human jaw-bone charms, amulet, Milne Gulf; “ musikaka ” ;
lime gourds, Louisiades and South Cape; wooden betel-nut mortars ;
cocoa-nut water-bottles, Lydia Island, Bentley Bay and Jabbering

MUSEUMS. 69

Bay; girdle dresses of dyed grass, plaited grass caps, netted bags,
spatulas, from Stacey Island, Rabe, Milne Gulf, Discovery Bay;
daggers made of cassowary bone, Fly River; shell nose ornaments,
Koiari; Jew’s harp; sago stirrers from Discovery Bay, South Cape,
Waga Waga and Nuakata Island; pipes, mats, clubs with circular
stone heads, wooden food bowls, charm (Kotsiva), pillow, basket and
lid, Lydia Island; wooden pillows (very rude), Lydia Island;
ceremonial adze, D’Entrecasteaux Island; adzes with stone heads,
Port Moresby; large number of spears of various forms and sizes,
from Panaietti, Nuakata Island and Trobriands; bow and arrows.

Solomon Islands :—

Thirteen arrows (10. 6. 1904. 343) and rudely-carved wooden head
(10. 6. 1904. 362), sheet of tapa cloth (10. 6. 1904. 369); purchased.

Santa Cruz :—
Bow and arrows (10. 6. 1904. 344-345); purchased.

Australia :—
Throw-stick (10. 6. 1904. 370); purchased.

New Ireland :—-

Grotesque wooden painted mask (10. 6. 1904. 366), thwart of a
canoe (10. 6. 1904. 367), painted wooden ornament in form of a bird
(10. 6. 1904. 368); purchased.

Bag (2. 12. 1904. 5); presented by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe.

Timor Laut :—

Bow (10. 6. 1904. 346), ten-pronged fish-spear (10. 6. 1904. 347),
leaf-shaped metal-headed arrows (10. 6. 1904. 348), arrow, iron-
headed (10. 6. 1904. 349), bone-tipped arrow (10. 6. 1904. 350),
arrows with serrated heads (10. 6. 1904. 351), spoons made from
nautilus shell (10. 6. 1904. 356) wooden comb inlaid with ivory
(10. 6. 1904. 352), “soelveli’’ for holding cotton when making
thread (10. 6. 1904. 353), suspender (10. 6. 1904. 354), “ eboer,”
worn by women (10. 6. 1904. 355), nautilus shell spoon (10. 6. 1904,

70 MUSEUMS.

357), and a nautilus shell from which spoons are made (10. 6. 1904.
358), all from Ritabel Village, Timor Laut; purchased.

Cane divining “ pots” (10. 6. 1904. 360-361), Ceram; wooden
head squeezer (10. 6. 1904. 359); purchased.

Polynesia.—

Bone fish-hook (10. 6. 1904. 363), Tahiti; pearl-shell fish-hook
(10. 6. 1904. 364); purchased.

MONGOLIAN RACE :—
America.—

South :—

Large earthenware water-vessel, height 2 feet 7} inches, width
3 feet 44 inches (13. 10. 1904), with painted design, from the

Ucayali, a tributary of the River Amazon; presented by Mr. Alfred
A. Booth, Liverpool.

North :—

Pair of mocassins (10. 6. 1904. 45), Blood Indians; bag for
holding fire-making materials (10. 6. 1904. 46), Indians, N.W.
Canada; presented by Miss EH. L. Brown.

Pair of child’s mocassins (2. 12. 04. 2); presented by Mr. R. D.
Radclifie, F.S.A.

Mexico.—
Four groups of figures, fruit and animal sellers (16. 11. 1904. 1-4) ;
presented by Miss Pearson.

Java.—
Breast ornament of cowrie shells and dyed hair (10. 6. 1904. 44);
presented by Mrs. Maskell.

Thibet.—

Necklace composed of segments of human bone, taken from the
cranium, of deceased priest (13. 8. 1904. 1); top of a human skull
from which beads are cut (13. 8. 1904. 2); presented by Mr. James
Pinnock.

MUSEUMS. 71

China.—
Pack of playing cards (2. 12. 1904. 4); presented by Mr. R. D.
Radelitte.

CAUCASIAN RACE :—

Egypt.—

Wooden head from a coftin (10. 6. 1904. 1), and group of earthen-
ware vessels (10. 6. 1904. 2-36), from Beni-Hasan; presented by the
Committee of the Beni-Hasan Expedition, 1903-4.

Part of the foot of a Colossus of Rameses II., xixth dynasty
(13. 10. 1904. 2), slab with figures of three of the royal children per-
- forming in the sed festival, xixth dynasty (13. 10. 1904. 3), slab
mentioning the sed festival, xixth dynasty (13. 10. 1904. 4), steatite
knife-handles, Roman period (13. 10. 1904. 5-6), fragment of a
glazed bowl (13. 10. 1904. 7) and glass bottle, Roman (13. 10.
1904. 8), from the excavations at Ehnasya; fused mosaic (13. 10.
1904. 9) and fragments of glass (13. 10. 1904. 10), from excavations
at Oxyrhynchus; pottery vase (13. 10. 1904. 11), votive offerings,
heads and figures of the goddess Hathor (13. 10. 1904. 12-17),
inscribed plaque (13. 10. 1904. 18), incense burner (13. 10. 1904. 19),
fragment of a vase (13. 10. 1904. 20), piece of a plaque with royal
cartouche (13. 10. 1904. 21), part of a blue-glazed tile (13. 10. 1904.
22), base for pottery vases (13. 10. 1904. 23), votive offerings
(18. 10. 1904. 24-28, 35), scarab, scaraboids and sacred eye (15. 10.
1904. 29-31), head of Hathor (13. 10. 1904. 32), wooden mallet
(13. 10. 1904. 33), piece of rope (13. 10. 1904. 34), piece of limestone
with sketch of a giraffe on it (13. 10. 1904. 35), fragment of lime-
stone with inscription (13. 10. 1904. 37), part of a ring-base for
vases (13. 10. 1904. 38), base of a blue-glazed vase (13. 10. 1904. 40),
vases from a ring-base (13. 10. 1904. 39), all of the xviiith dynasty,
and found in excavations at Deir-el-bahari; presented by the Com-
mittee of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Breccia bowl (2. 12. 1904. 6), pre-dynastic; cylindrical vase of
alabaster (2. 12. 1904. 7), 14st dynasty; dish, of veined alabaster
(2. 12. 1904. 8), ist dynasty; purchased.

72 MUSEUMS.

India.—
Basket (2. 12. 1904. 3); presented by Mr. R. D. Radelifte.

Cloth cap (2. 12. 1904. 1), Funchal, Madeira; presented by Mr.
R. D. Radcliffe.

SuMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.

Ethnography and Photographs «=. «=. +. +=. 605
Ceramics --- rip i) _ oe ae ar oe oF 9
Coins and Medals ... Jee t¢ as ee st 20) SSS

992

HENRY O. FORBES,

Drrector oF MuseEvMs.

WALKER ART GALLERY.

The Curator has the honour to report that during the year 1904
the Department under the direction of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-
Committee of the City Council has carried on its work on the
accustomed lines, with gratifying success; as is shown by the
statistics which follow. The most noteworthy exceptional event
was the Northern Photographic Exhibition, organised by the Liver-
pool Amateur Photographic Association, acting in concert with the
Leeds Camera Club and the Manchester Photographic Association.
The Exhibition is to be held annually in Liverpool, Leeds or
Manchester, with the important object of making public triennially
in each of these cities all the latest achievements in artistic and
scientific photography. It is gratifying to record that the initial
exhibition was most successful and a large surplus resulted, of which
a moiety was retained by the Photographic Association as a reserve
fund for the 1907 exhibition, while the balance was received by the
Art Gallery as conditional rent.

The Autumn Exhibition, which was open during 101 days and 75
evenings from the 10th September, 1904, to the 7th January, 1905,
was generally allowed to be artistically satisfactory, and the public
appreciation of it is indicated in the statistics as to attendances,
viz. : —

At One Shilling (101 days) ... se ... 26,364
At Sixpence (59 evenings)... A Pati V0 )55
At Threepence (16 evenings) ... big ... 10,445

54,764

Season ticket holders : —

Gentlemen (5s.) ... ot a ay oF 382
Ladies (3s. 6d.) ... Us aay iis BAS 1,445
Students, &c. (2s. 6d.) ... ef Je. bee = 5

and, in addition, complimentary ticket holders numbered 400,
making a total issue of season tickets of 3,360.

74 ART. GALLERY.

The number of Works of Art shown, according to the catalogue,
was 2,042, of which 223 were sold, the catalogue prices of which
amounted to £7,056 10s. Od. In addition to the official catalogue,
an illustrated edition was, as usual, published by Messrs. D. Marples
and Co. The Committee had valuable assistance in the hanging
of the Autumn Exhibition from Messrs. Alfred East, A.R.A., John
Lavery, R.S.A., and Joseph Kirkpatrick (of the Liverpool Academy).

Two season ticket holders’ soirées were held on 4th November
and 9th December, both of which were attended by the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor and various other civic dignitaries. At the first,
the portrait of the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir Robert A. Hampson, by Mr.
R. E. Morrison, was presented to him, and a popular vote was taken
as to the principal pictures in the Exhibition. The result of this
vote was announced at the second soirée, the award for the successful
paper being won by Miss Lily Fothergill, who selected a drawing,
No. 764, by Miss Jennie Utley, as her prize. On this occasion a
special programme of English music, rendered by the Cathedral
Choir, was received with much appreciation.

During the year, rooms have been utilized for the following
Exhibitions, viz. : —

Display of work submitted by Candidates for a special scholarship
offered by the Education Committee.

Exhibition of work by Scholars of various Industrial Schools,
under the auspices of the Home Office Authorities.

Exhibition of Photographic enlargements, appliances, «c.,
including a course of lectures, by the Kodak Company.

Display of Pictures from Mr. J. Reid Walker’s Collection, which
is at present deposited on loan in the Art Gallery.

The Northern Photographic Exhibition, under the management of
the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.

Display of the Elevation Drawings of the Liverpool Cathedral.

ART GALLERY. (03)

For the purposes of the Autumn Exhibition, it was necessary to
remove the Pictures of the Permanent Collection from five rooms, a
fact which forcibly illustrates the urgent need for a considerable
extension of the Gallery.

The question of the proper conservation and exhibition of the
“Roscoe ” Collection of works by Old Masters has received very
special attention, and it is hoped that an agreement may be come to
with the Royal Institution Trustees, the owners, which will enable
the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee to treat the Collection as it
deserves.

The additions made to the Permanent Collection during 1904
include Works of exceptional interest and value, as will be seen
by reference to the subjoined list.

The time has now come when more than ordinary attention must
be given to the material condition of Works of Art in the Permanent
Collection, and it will probably be necessary to expend a consider-
able sum in the repair and re-gilding of frames, the re-lining of
canvases, and otherwise. If a satisfactory agreement is come to
regarding the “ Roscoe” Collection, a further expenditure for the
cleaning, restoration, and re-framing of a number of the Pictures
will be called for. The interior of the Gallery requires repair and
re-decoration, and steps are being taken for the thorough revision
of the official catalogue.

On the 30th April, Mr. Charles Dyall, who had been Curator of
the Gallery since it was opened in 1877, retired. During his long
tenure of office, the success of both the Art Gallery and the Autumn
Exhibition were continuous. The Institution was the first of its
kind under Municipal control, and the methods initiated by Mr.
Dyall have been largely copied by similar institutions which have
since come into existence.

In November, the Chairman of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-
Committee, Mr. Councillor John Lea, J.P., was elected Lord Mayor

of the City, and, in consequence, resigned the Chairmanship with

which his Municipal career has been so closely identified. His

place is filled by Mr. Councillor Robert D. Holt, D.L.

76 ART GALLERY.

VISITORS TO THE GALLERY.

During the year the total number of persons who passed through
the turnstiles was 404,419, viz. :—

Days. | Persons. cae

264 Free Week Days “| 360,278 1,365

50 Fridays (6d. Admissions and Students) 29,111 582

34 Sundays ue: re sd * 15,030 442
18 Sundays and Holidays Closed —_—

366 404,419 1,162

The attendances of students during the year numbered 1965.

After deducting from these figures the 50,163 visitors to the
Autumn Exhibition (to 3lst December), the daily average on free
week days was 1,175, from which, however, a further deduction is
due in respect of the visits of the 3,360 Autumn Exhibition season
ticket holders. The figures are not, however, ascertainable.

Resuuts oF THE AutTuMN EixHrIpition or PicTuREs.

1903. 1904.
No 8s. a\h! No: £384

Works of Art Exhibited.................. 1,785 — 2,042 =

Do. Soldss 24 At: 215 a 223 —
Amount of sales at Catalogue prices — 6,968 1 6 — 7,056 10 O
Season Tickets sold .........0cssseerescoees 2,831 487 17 0 2,960 490 0 0
Admissions at One Shilling ............. 95.195 | 12259115 .0 26,364 | 1,318 4 O
Pr Bixpaencd tsa. .s0-ssebse<0 19,318 482 19 O 17,955 448 17 6
es Threepence .............. 16,142 201 15 6 10,445 130 11 3
Catalogues. sold: :....05..-00c<s-0ene-cnnes- 19,648 505 9 9 17,605 487 6 9
Commission on saleS .........sseeeeeeeees _ 221 6 6 — 254 0 38
Miscellaneous Receipts ..........:...566 — 428 15 8 — 593 14 7
Total Receipts, exclusive of sales...... —_ 8,366 11 11 — 3,468 14 1

ART GALLERY.

Prorurges Lent.

(i

The following Works have been lent to Exhibitions, &c., as under : —

TITLE.

‘Dante and Beatrice’’............
‘Gibraltar from Algeciras ’’
“* Rival Grandfathers ”’............

«* Love and the Mermaid ”’’ ......

“Portrait of a young Nobleman’’| Lucas Van Leyden

“Joseph and the Virgin "’ ......
‘© St. Bernardino Preaching ’’...

‘““The Birth of St. John”’

Seen w eee ween eee eeeeee

eee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee

‘A Nautical Argument ”’.........

“And when did you last see
your father?”
‘« Tristram and Iseult ’’

‘*One of the Family ”’ ............

ARTIST.

Henry Holiday .........

.| Alfred East, A.R.A.......

John Ri Reid \.c..s.se0%0s

Simone di Martini......
Pessellino......... BWarksins
Fillipino Lippi .........
D. Maclise, R.A..........
Henrietta Rae............

G. F. Watts, R.A. ......

C. Napier Hemy, a.R.4.
W. F. Yeames, R.A. ...
ids OPADAE -cunteass sun
Or Ge GORMAN Sc ecaseaise s

LENT TO.

Oldham Corporation.

St. Louis (U.S.A.) *
International Exhibition.

” ” ?

” ” ”

.| Whitechapel Art Gallery,

London.
Burlington Fine Arts Club,
London.

Guildhall Art Gallery,
London.
Scottish Society of Artists,
Edinburgh.
Royal Glasgow Institute of
Fine Arts.

” ”

Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Oldham Corporation.

Bristol Corporation.

*TIn addition to three pictures noted in report for 1903.

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ART GALLERY

REPRODUCTIONS.

The following privileges for the reproduction of Works in the Per-

manent Collection have been granted during the year.

In no ease is

the privilege granted an exclusive one, the Committee reserving the

right to aftord similar facilities to other applicants :—-

ARTIST.

APPLICANT. PICTURE.
Cassell & Co., Ltd. ......... “ One of the Family ”’ ............
A (tame Meet cette ren CU GUDHO Mie Macen wesesscemee scone ee ts «so
Geo. Newnes, Ltd. ......... ‘‘Sponsa de Libano’”’ ............
GaArthur Pearson, Litds.:.| SUM ReCVerie ”” ...cns-c0s-0cexesstaeeee
E. Rimbault Dibdin ...... EGRESS SLAVOLS: Mossresecers geese
The Photocrom Co., Ltd. .| ‘‘ Ruth and Naomi”’...............
Methuen & Co................ ‘‘ Lorenzo and Isabella ’’.........
Raphael Tuck & Sons ...... COSI EU ts ina ingen aeeado caneaor see cnce
TEE O Mibhalll Glo ppoanearocency (They Sulvier ClOUdy eesnccnse ese «=
Bt 2 oohaeaectadt: ‘« The Prisoner of Chillcn”’......
Eyre & Spottiswoode ...... MEEAWRIGVOLIO t tesceacte deceteskaopecres
John Masefield ............++. OO wel ead Fes ahna hey eoeeb eee ener
Banister P. Fletcher ...... ‘* Model of Ancient Rome”’’......
INGO Poss Os ao necinmeens «eres eae ere cotg Us bene A eraeeconreent aso ecoa
Joseph Bibby." .i...0.-a+---- “Faithful unto Death”’ .........
See pense ie aesesencpeene ‘Don’t ‘ea tipty toe” -. 6... ce...
Geo. Newnes, Ltd. ......... ‘‘ Dante and Beatrice ’”’............
Bolak’s Electrotype Agency] ‘‘ Ruth and Naomi’’...............
High Stokes ..1...c00e0esee0ee ‘A Man Overboard”’ ............
Editor, ‘‘ Black & White’’.| ‘‘ Echo and Narcissus ’”’ .........
...| ** Tristram and Iseult’’ .........

”
”

”

Miss M. Hepworth Dixon.
T. C. Gotch
W. Shaw Sparrow

5 ) tealnivaisine

i eer oer.

Andre & Sleigh, Ltd. ......
McCorquodale & Co., Ltd. .

Allan Jeans
Editor, ‘‘ Art Journal’’ ...
S. H. Bousfield & Co. ......
Hodder & Stoughton

[Se O TaN wacene sty ck tres

..| ‘A Street in Brittany ’’
.| ‘‘ Haymakers resting ”’

‘¢ Love’s Baubles”’............0..00«

MRVRGV ALIGN iaeeeenysaescts alee feocees

‘A Pageant of Childhood ’’

‘«The Parable of Forgiveness

‘« The Shepherd of Jerusalem ”’.

“The Triumph of the
Innocents ”’

ES AUC Ville fee sae sc aise s abiscaipedces« on

““And when did you last see

your Father? ’’

SRO STOWAWAY ceccecess veteetuicen

‘‘The Road to Camelot ’’.........

“A Reverie ’’

“The Triumph of the
Innocents ”’

“« Psyche in the Temple of
Love”’

“ Faithful unto Death ”’

“The Triumph of the
Innocents ”’

”

F. G. Cotman.
Henrietta Rae.

Sir E. Burne-Jones.
Frank Dicksee, R.A.
S. Melton Fisher.
P. H. Calderon, R.A.
Sir J. E. Millais.
W. Dendy Sadler.
R. P. Richards.

W. Daniels.

Frank Dicksee, R.A.
A. Legros.

M. Greiffenhagen.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

Fred Morgan.

Henry Holiday.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

T. Somerscales.

J. W. Waterhouse, R.a.

H., J. Draper.

Stanhope Forbes, 4.R.A.

F. A. Delobbe.

Byam Shaw.

Frank Dicksee, R.a.

.| T. C. Gotch.

J. KE. Lauder, B.s.A.
P. R. Morris, A.R.A.
W. Holman Hunt.

M. Greiffenhagen.
W. F. Yeames, R.A.

A. Dixon.

G. H. Boughton, R.A.
Frank Dicksee, R.A.
W. Holman Hunt.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

W. Holman Hunt.

i i me

ART GALLERY.

APPLICANT,

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PICTURE.

ARTIST.

Wake & Dean, Ltd..........
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Miss A. M. Jessen
Miss E. Maguire ............

J. Edward Parrott .........
Andre & Sleigh, Ltd. ......
W. Shaw Sparrow

J. Edward Parrott .........
Hy. Young & Sons .........

Geo. Newnes, Ltd. .........
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Bolaks Electrotype Agency
Cassell & Co., Ltd. .........

Arnesby Brown, A.R.A.

The Berlin Photographic
Co.

Geo. Newnes, Ltd. .........

‘Richard II. resigning the
crown to Bolingbroke ”’
‘“‘ Faithful unto Death” .........

‘Gibraltar from Algeciras”’ ...
‘* Alas: that Spring should
vanish with the Rose’’

‘‘ Rival Grandfathers ’’............
‘Venus and Anchises’’ .........
“A New Light in the Harem”’.
*liove’s Baubles? scvcccocsanse
‘Paithful unto Death”’ .........

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‘Or Mostressimane 2! ...cscccees ene
“ Blanchisseuses ’?........s...00sse
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“ The Sense of Sight’ ...........
“The Reign of Terror” .........
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‘¢The Death of Nelson” .........
‘¢ Faithful unto Death”’ .........

‘‘The Sense of Sight ”’ ............
‘*O Mistress Mine’? ...............
“Ruth and Naomi”’...............
“ Awaiting an Audience”’ ......
‘‘And when did you last see
your Father ?’’

““The Shepherd of Jerusalem”’
““ The Bridge ’’

Sir J. Gilbert, r.a.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

Alfred East, A.R.A.

Mouat Loudan.

John R. Reid.

Sir W. B. Richmond, r.a.

F.. Goodall, r.a.

Byam Shaw.

Sir EK. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

A. Dixon.

EK. A. Abbey, R.A.

Alice Havers.

Mrs. M. 8. Stillman.

Mrs. 8. Anderson.
Louisa Starr.

Mrs. A. L. Swynnerton.
Miss Jessie Macgregor.

D. Maclise, R.A.

Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart.,
P.R.A.

H. Von Herkomer, R.A.

Frank Dicksee, R.A.

Sir E. J. Poynter., Bart.,
P.R.A.

Mrs, A. L. Swynnerton.

E. A. Abbey, R.A.

P. H. Calderon, R.A.

W. Geets.

W. F. Yeames, R.A.

P. R. Morris, A..A.
A. Brown, A.R.A.
P. H. Calderon, R.a.

D. G. Rossetti.

80 ART GALLERY.
ADDITIONS to the PERMANENT COLLECTION.

The undermentioned Works of Art have been added to the
Permanent Collection during the year, viz. :—

By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition :—
“The Widower ” (oil), by Luke Fildes, R.A.
“The Bridge” (oil), by Arnesby Brown, A.R.A.
“The Lonely Watch ” (oil), by the late Richard Wane.
“Nancy ” (oil), by Alexander Roche, R.S.A.

“Ajones en fleurs: bords de l’etang de Berre (Provence) ” (oil),
by Theo. Mayan.

“Sunlight and shadow” (water colour), by W. Follen Bishop,
R.B.A.

“ Snow drifts ” (pastel), by Frederick J. Waugh.

(The two last named were purchased under the terms of the
Lord Derby Bequest.)

Examples of decorative Pottery by the following firms :—
The Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co., Ltd., of Birkenhead.
W. C. Gibson & Co., Ltd., of Scotswood-on-Tyne.

Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co., Ltd., of Clifton Junction, near
Manchester.

W. Howson Taylor, of Birmingham.

By Purchase :—

‘The entry to London of Richard II. and Bolingbroke ” (oil), by
J. T. Eglington.

“At Hale, Lancashire ” (oil), by William Davis.

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A Portfolio of Kngravings in colour—tacsimile of eleven pictures
by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Collection of Earl Spencer, at

Althorp.

By Donation :—

“The Coat of many colours” (oil), by Ford Madox Brown, pre-
sented in memory of William Coltart, of Woodleigh, Birkenhead
(formerly of Lodge Lane, Liverpool), by his widow.

“ Rebekah at the well” (oil), by R. Gavin, R.S.A., and “ Silver
Birches ” (oil), by Bolton Jones, presented by Walter C. Clarke, Esq.

Marble bust of the late Rev. Dr. Norman McLeod, and a Plaster
bust of Prof. Wilson, presented by Mrs. Bertha Stuart.

Portrait of the late Queen, when Princess Victoria, aged 4 (oil),
copied by W. Bright Morris from the original by 8. P. Denning in
the Dulwich Gallery, London, presented by H. Yates-Thompson,
Ksq. ‘ yt

A Needlework Picture (animal and figure subject), presented by
the Executors of the late Henry Holmes.

Illustrated Catalogue of the Pictures at Haughton Ilall,
Tarporley, Cheshire, with introduction and descriptive and
biographical notes by R. R. Carter, presented by Ralph Brockle-
bank, Esq., for the Art Gallery Library.

By Bequest :—

“Naples ”’ (oil), by the late G. F. Watts, O.M., R.A.

“ Promises ” (oil), by the late G. F. Watts, O.M., R.A.

“ Cupid asleep ” (oil), by the late G. F. Watts, O.M., R.A.

“ Horse and Lioness” (oil), by George Stubbs, R.A.

“ King George III.’s Racehorses ” (oil), by George Stubbs, R.A.

Portrait of George Stubbs, R.A. (oil), by Richard Caddick.

“The frightened Horse” (Wedgewood plaque), modelled by
George Stubbs, R.A.

82 ART GALLERY.

Twelve Engravings, after Pictures by George Stubbs, R.A.,
WAZ. > —
“ The frightened Horse,”
“ Pheton.”
‘** Labourers.”
** Lioness and Lion.”
“ Jupiter and Mare.”
“ Horses fighting.”
“The Spanish Pointer.”
“ Bulls fighting.”
‘“* Horse and Lioness.”
* A Bion.”
“A Tigress.”
‘** Phillis—a Pointer.”

All bequeathed by the late Rev. 5. A. Thompson- Yates.

Six Water colour Drawings, by Paul Sandby, R.A., bequeathed
by the late W. A. Sandby, viz. :~-
* Ttalian Composition.”
“Conway Castle, North Wales.”
‘Carnarvon Castle.”
‘A view on the River Dee.”
“Near Old Windsor.”
“Old Farm buildings.”

With reference to the painting ‘‘ The Widower,” by Luke Fildes,
R.A. (a native of Liverpool) it is of interest to place upon record an
extract from a letter written by the artist regarding it :—

‘“T am indeed pleased to hear my small picture of ‘The
Widower’ has been acquired by a Public Gallery, and particu-
larly so by Liverpool, where my pictures in the past have had
much association, and where I have so often exhibited.

“Perhaps next to ‘The Doctor,’ ‘The Widower’ is the
picture I think my best, and though in Sydney it is with friends
and admirers. Still I had a feeling that it was in a sense
exiled from my artistic surroundings, and I conceived the idea
of painting this smaller version, as the probability is the larger
picture would never come to England again.

ART GALLERY. $3

“Though in no obvious way is this version a departure from
the larger one, yet it is a completely independent production
from memory, assisted by the sketches I made in 1875.

‘I am also very pleased to find my work is appreciated so
much in Liverpool, and when an opportunity occurs I hope you
will let the Directors of the Gallery know my satisfaction.”

It should also be recorded that the purchase of this work was only
rendered possible by a gift of £150 from a Member of the Committee
to make up the purchase money.

EK. RIMBAULT DIBDIN,

CURATOR.

ART GALLERY.

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