It will be seen from the annual liist, that while 

 new donors have presented gifts to the Museum, 

 others who have already contributed to enrich it, 

 have shewed fresh instances of liberality. Of 

 these benefactors, your Council are bound to 

 notice particularly, Thomas Benson, Esq., Mr. 

 Thomas Welbank, and Mr. Christopher Crawford, 

 all of London ; Dr. W. H. Foster, Surgeon, 

 R. N., who, as in last year, has presented a large 

 and valuable collection of Shells, Corals, Minerals, 

 and other articles, chiefly from the West Indies. 

 Mrs. Scott, another generous friend, has presented 

 262 Coins and Medals, of various ages and 

 countries. 



With deep regret your Council would record 

 the loss sustained by the Society, in the death of 

 a truly liberal benefactor, Mr. William Turner, 

 late of Calcutta, who has been for several years 

 an Honorary Member, and has from time to time 

 presented munificent Donations. As the last 

 token of his regard for the Institution, he procured 

 before his return to his native country, an excel- 

 lent specimen of the Gavial, or crocodile of the 

 Ganges, which, in fulfilment of his wishes, Mrs. 

 Turner has presented to the Museum. It is a 

 donation the more valuable and interesting, as, 

 among the living species of Saurians, the Gavial 

 is most nearly allied to our fossil crocodile. 



On reviewing the various benefactions received 

 during the year, it appears that, although very 



