Another new exhibit which will no pet be special interest to children is a fine lioness (Panthera leo, 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 has been very well mounted by the museum's taxidermist, and is probably the first lioness to be exhibited in Shanghai, During May there were 8,463 visi-fófs to the museum, of which 3,611 were to be from seventeen diferent 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 Of China, namely, one by Dr. J. C. Ferguson on "Sung Dynasty Porcelain)" on May 1; one by the late Baron R. D'Auxion de Ruffe on "Criminal Procedure in Ancient China" on May 15: and one by Prof, Donald Roberts on the "Interpretation of Chinese History," on May 29, all of which were well attended and provoked lively discussions between members of the audiences the lecturers, On May 29, before the lecture was a general meeting of the tion incréasi; Society was held, at which a resolu-was ing the annual subscription of members from C, N, $15 to C. N. $20 for Shanghai residents, and from C.N. $10 to C.N, $15 for residents in other parts of China, to be effective from January 1 of the present year, This is to help meet the greatly increased cost of running iti the: Society.
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