that miraculous event in the life of our Saviour which is recorded in Matt. xvii., Mark ix., Luke ix. We are there told that he took Peter and James and John up into an high mountain, and was transfigured before them, his face shining as the sun, and his raiment appearing white as the light. Moses and Elias were seen in conversation with him, and a voice came out of a cloud saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." An ancient tradition assigns Mount Tabor as the scene of this event; but as this height is 50 miles from Cesarea Philippi where Christ last taught, it is now generally supposed to have been a mountain much less distant—namely, Mount Hermon. There can be no doubt that one of the objects to be served by this event was to strengthen the faith and encourage the hearts of the disciples, who were destined soon to see Him in whom they believed taken from them and put to an ignominious and shameful death. The apostle Peter, in his second Epistle (i. 17, 18), and probably only a short time before his death, alludes with peculiar satisfaction to the voice from heaven, which "we heard when we were with him in the holy mount."

The following table exhibits the total expenditure of the Tranquebar department, classified as accurately as the character of the returns made to Parliament will permit:

| Year | London Museums and Schools, and General Management | Provincial Schools and Circulating Museum | London and Provincial Institutions, collectively | Irish Industrial Museums and Royal Dublin Society | Edinburgh Industrial Museum | Total for United Kingdom | |------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------| | 1851-52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | 1852, April-December | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | 1853-54 | 23,276 0 0 | 15,050 0 0 | 38,322 0 0 | 50,786 5 10 | 168,599 3 6 | | | 1854-55 | 25,022 8 0 | 20,721 13 3 | 45,444 3 0 | 11,651 17 2 | 7,738 17 6 | 73,395 17 5 | | 1855-56 | 30,706 11 10 | 23,302 10 11 | 46,601 12 7 | 11,647 17 5 | 2,287 9 0 | 60,590 19 0 | | 1856-57 | 17,888 3 | 28,732 10 10 | 62,226 7 6 | 10,928 15 0 | 1,836 18 0 | 75,036 18 6 | | 1857-58 | 21,425 7 6 | 47,461 0 | 62,252 4 4 | 10,882 11 6 | 11,922 2 0 | 85,056 17 10 | | 1858-59 | 31,492 0 6 | 30,762 3 10 | 62,252 4 4 | 10,882 11 6 | 2,723 16 0 | 84,402 16 6 | | 1859-60 | 32,832 4 6 | 37,860 0 0 | 70,692 4 6 | 10,882 16 0 | 2,723 16 0 | 84,402 16 6 | | Total to 1860 | 188,978 14 9 | 100,931 0 2 | 413,650 9 4 | 106,882 2 11 | 26,606 0 6 | 547,138 12 9 |

This item includes the expenditure on the Museums of Irish Industry from its foundation in 1845.