Another new exhibit which will no doubt be of, special interest 10 children is a fine lioness (Panthera ea, Linnaeus), the skin. of - which was Kindly presented to the museum. by its sister institution the Heude Museum, Aurora University,—on Avenue Dubail, This animal ha been very well mounted by the museum's taxidermist, and is probably the first Hones to be exhibited, in Shanghai During May there were 8,463. visi tors to the museum, of which 3,611 were ascertained tobe from seventeen, different educational institutions in Shanghai, The reading room of the library was used by 1:197 people consulting works in the latter.
'Three "interesting lectures' were delivered in, the auditorium during May, under the joint auspices of the Society and the International Institute
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