1 Si. ( 'ECOXD SESSlOX.) AUSTRALIAN l\IUSJ~ U~I . (REI'ORl' OF THE TRUSTEE~ FOR l ll~G.) lJrc.;; rn lcb to lhdi.uncnt, ptmmnnl to J\ cl 17 "Die Jl o. 2, srr. 9. 'l'o H P; "E xcr.r.uscY T m: Gon:nxon AXD E"(rcrnn: C'on-err.. The T J•u;~tces of the _ l. u~tr:~lian )[ u»cum, incorpot';\(ecl hy the \ l'l 1 7 \idori:\ ~o. 2, h:n-e t ha honot· lo suhmil.lo yout· E.tedlene~ in <.:ouncil, in a~co•·,lancc with the !>th ~e ·tion of th:tl Act. thi~ their thirty-third Annunl llt•port. 1. The hours during '' hich the )fusNIUl is OJK'n to the public lun-c c•Jnlinue I to be in the past yei\1' :IM in pre1ious yc:1ra, fro111 10 until 5 o'c:locJ, (or in ~ummt>r till G o'doek) clnil~-. except on ) fondap, when it is closccl for the ncccss:try purpo,;c~ of de:~n-.ing, and cxc·cpt on Sunday~." lten tltc hout·s are from 2 o'clock only to G. The record of the number of ,·i:oi!oJ'~ in v.;qQ !>hows n. ~li,;ht im· rease; the lotnl for the year being 127,23L ns ngninst l 2G,.H2 in 183.3. The lar~e><l atlt•JH.Iancc on uned:ty was 1,526, n:tmel.v, on l~asler 1\I onc.by, the 2(ith April; and the largest • unclny ntteml:uwe w:ts l,2l , on the 2;)th April. 'l'he a1·crago daily number of 1·isitors lhroughout the year wn!l :3:!7 on wccl;-clays and 703 on 'nndap•. l t ha!! been gral ifyiug to ob~c r ,·c the orderly conduct. of the ri~ito r~ rm all thc~o occasions, nnd the apparently iulcl ligcnt inloresL taken in the exhibits by ihem. 2. The colledions arc still being increascrl, m:tioly by pu r ,·h:t~t·M, cxc·hangC's, mtd doualions, but also by om eollcct.ing an<l dredging e.\1leditiom;. A li!.il of these ncltlilion:~, uadc·r Hwir ~eparn. ! o hends, wi ll be found in 1\ ppcnclir·o::s TY, Y, Y I, Y If. .Among t hc~e may be Hprr·ittll)" ane u t ioncd Shell>:~ and F ishes new to !.he Museum; Bil'<ll< and l\fammals fl·om .•: ortb-"'cKiem .\ ulllralin; good ttpt•cimcu.; of Porpoises, caught on the c·ousi~ o[ the colony; n large collection o£ :Ethnological ~p<'cimcn~ from the Soutla Sea Island).! ; the t~kl'lctona of a Megaccros Mbcmicus, commoulj kuol\ o a>< .the] ri'h 81k, :tud of nu Ursus spelacus, the l'.\lim:t. <.'al'e J3enr of Europe. 3. A great imprMement and dc.,irable adclitiun In the huiltling has been made hy tho completion of om· new hall. it i:< 70 ft. long, by 30 wi1le, and is :-ut-rountlctl by n t<pnl·iou>~ ~nlk·ry. Tlti:l hall i~; beiug fitteclnp 11 ith show- en-<~" for tltc reception of Etbnolo~ical l'ullcdiun:<; aflt'r the J'eliiO\':ll of which from I he old "ing of the 1I useum, it is contemplated to t·dit th:tl. wmg 11 it h l':l~Cll lluitablc for Geological uncl :\[incrnl collodion:< to bo exdu~:;i.,..ely placc•l there. Uoom~ w11l then be required. for the ~ l nmmah;, whieh arc now temporarily in the old wing. )\olllithst.m,)in!{ thc'e alterations, the deficiency of ndcqunto space i.•, and will coutiuue to be, :l n•J•ious d1':tll back [u !Ill' nst'fnlnc:<s of the Iu:;titutiou. :1\l nny of our c.\i~ting collcetions cannot be l'"\laihitccl for wanluf rc~<>lll. The c·r,·clion of the new hall hall enabled lho 1'ruslee:> to j)l'OI idc retiring room~ fen· the at· ·tmtc>daliun of ri:dluJ';-1, the ab,..euce of which from the buil<ling h:tl! always been n. source <>f co111plaiut, equally hy a;!r.tn~··rs n>< by out· 01m towmpeople. J. Catalogues of Ausla·alitln Zoolo!{y are :<[ill in l'Olll':<C uf )ll't'p.uation. The follolling new vublica­ tions will shortly be is~ucd: - Catalogue of llw Library i Catal !I;UC of Hhdl~, rart 1' lly J. Brazier j Catalogue of J ~ggs, hy .\ . J. Nurth; Catalogue~ of 8pun;;C':t nshl ~Jt•du~w, by Dr. .Lcndenfcld; Li~t of A tus lralinn l3inh, by D a·. lhm~ay . 5. 'l'he Tru ijtee~ regret lH\I'iug to ropm·t the dcnlh la~L )'l':u· of !he l ion. "r. A. l3J·udribb, ~l. L.C'., one of the clcctil•e T t·u:sicc~;. H i~ 1)la.co at tuc 13o:u·J h:w hecu filbl hy tlac l't•ct•nt clcdion of EdmuJid 31-A G. 2 6. Annexed to this R eport are the following Appendices :­ I .- Annual Balance-sheet. !I.-Attendance of Visitors. III.-Attendance of the Trustees. IV.-Acquisitious by collection and J)Urchase. V.-Donations. VI.-Exchanges. TII.-Bool•s acquired. The Common Seal of the Museum is nflixed by order of the Board, this fh·st day of Mard•, 1887. s. SINCLAIR, (u.) ALFRED STEPHEN, Secl'etary. Cro"·u Trustee and Chairman. APPENDli 3 APPENDIX 1. l3ALANCE-Sir.EET for the year 1886. £ 8 . d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ ~. d. Dalance from lnat year ................ .. 1,836 6 1 Purohase of specimens ................. From Colonial Troasur('r- 493 6 9 ELhnology ................ .. 360 8 4 St.atutory endowment .... .. .. .... .. l,OOO 0 0 " books .................. .. ... Parliament.ary appropriation ...... 7,-t75 0 0 758 3 0 u SbOW·Cill!es ................ .. 528 6 5 8A75 0 0 , bottles ...................... .. 205 15 10 Collection of spccinJens, including For Guides and Catalogues sold......... 1 12 6 chemicals and spirits of wino .... .. 297 17 8 Cataloguing ................................ :i35 17 0 From Indi~n. and Colonial Exhibition Furnit.ure, &c .............................. 99 12 5 ComllllSstonct-s ....................... 204 4 7 Travelling i:speuscs nud freights .... .. 113 18 5 Ex ponses colllleoted with Fiebories Exhibition ............................ .. 28 10 0 Expenses connected with Colonial and Indian Exhibition .................... 38 3 1 E:q>onscs connected with Now Guinea Expeditions .......................... 31 12 3 Salaries- Cm'lltor ............... £600 0 0 Ticko~·writer nod Re- gistrar ............ 200 0 0 Assistants (3).. .... ... 690 0 0 Night watchman ... 100 0 0 Sunday services ...... 200 0 0 1,690 0 0 Secretary, 'l'&ridonuist., &c........ .. 1,659 1 4 General expenses, being fot• 'l'a-.:i­ clermist's materials, ironruoogery, insurance, fuel, nnd snudxics 201 14 9 £ 7M2 7 3 Dnlancc .......... .. 3,474 14 11 £ 10,517 2 2 £ 10,517 2 2 Sydney, 14th March, 1887. Examined and found correct, ROBERT llUNT. FHILIP GIDLEY KING. APPENDIX II. ATTENDANCE OF VISI'rO:RS DURING 1886. \VCOk·d!\)'8. Sundays. January 8,814 3,558 February 6,022 3,090 March 6,358 2,751 April 9,290 4,199 May 7,518 3,381 June 7,435 3,983 July ... 7,963 3,45.,1, Auguat 5,94-8 •J.,.:HH September G,059 :1,087 October G,278 3,398 November U,085 3,207 December 8,202 2,750 85,972 41,259 1.__...,------' Total 127,231 APJ:>E~JJIX APPESDIX Il f. ATTE..'\DAKCE 01>' TilE TRUSTEES DURI~ G 1886. Official T,·us/er8. llis IIonor the Chie£ J ut<liec ..• 0 The Honorable the Colonial Secretary 0 the .A. tlom<'Y-Gcneral 0 TICI lronora ble • 'l'he IIonorable the Colonial Treasurer 0 The .A.udilor-Geueml 5 1'he Collector of Customs 0 The Surveyor-General 0 The Colonial Ard1itect .. · · · · 2 The P resident of the l\Iedical Board 11 Oro!/)n. Ttus/er. The rrouorablc Sir Alfred Stcphcn, G .C'.~ £. 0 ., C. B., ilLL.C. 8 Elective 1!1'/(s/ccs. J. C. Cox, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. 7 J . B cli~ar io, Esq., D . D . ~. 5 A. Livcrsidge, Esq., F .R S . ... 5 The Honornble Jas. Xorlon, M.I ... O. 0 Sir .Alfred Roberts, M.R.C.S., Kut. 2 IT. II. B. Bradley, Esq. 4 Robcrt IIunl, Esq., F .G.S... 10 Charles ) f oore, El<q., }'.L S. 4 C. S. "\Y ilkin~on, Esq., I~.G.S. 4 The IIonorable P. G. King, 1\I.L.O. G The Uonorable '\\". A. BroJribb, )!.L.C. 1 \\'. ,J. Slephcns, Esq., ?!LA. 5 Edmuud }'osber~-. l~sc1. 3 Number of Bllard l\Icciings during tht~ ~ ea•· 13 !';PJmli\IEXS ACQUIRED BY COLJ..EC'I'ION Al'\1) I'UHC II ASK 1\fnmmalt~ :-2 sllccies; 2 specimens ro11ccted. 30 ~<pct·ict~; 3!) t-~pttilllC'JJH Jllll'ehnscd. B~rdK,:-:;32 specJCs; 7.9 specimens collected. 12,3 specie:<; 220 ~pccimeus ptu·chi11:icd. Btrdl! Nests :-9 spectcs; 9 ~pccimcns pmchn~cd. llcptilcs :-4! ~tpecics ; 5 specimens purcl1ascd. J.'iHhcs :-77 species; 210 spccimcm coUccted. 1 nRrcts :-A large number of specimens eollcctctl. 1\J ol!u~t·a :-A large number of >~pceimcns collt•dccl. 2!) ~p<•cil·~; 12!) "l'ccimcns pw·chascd. Ednno.llc~mal:l :·--1 ~pccic~; D specimen:< purcha~cd. lly~~o1ll Zoophyte~:-. \ umn~cr of ><pccimcns collcctt>tl. k( lctonl! :-1 ~pcctcR; 1 !tpecuneu pmeha,..C'd. Skull :-1 t~pcct~s; 1 specimen purchased. sast.~ :-17 ~J>~CLinCill! purcha.>ed. lE o~~•ls1 and· )• l merah;. .-. 1G specnnens· and sunury.1 eo11 cdton!<· pure 1ta:,cu .I . I lllO1 OgJC:l 1'-JlCCllDCUS, all purcha!<Cd :- • 621 Hpecimen>~ U.·om Ad m iralt r l:slandll.