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Curator of tliis department, to present the Society with sonle 

 valuable additions during the ensuing year. 



Some additions have likewise been made to the Annulosa, by the 

 presentation of several rare Foreign Insects, by the Rev. Francis 

 Orpen Morris, and to the British Coleoptcra, by the Rev. Wm. 

 Hincks. The Collection of Foreign Insects has been entirely re- 

 arranged, and named, as far as the Books to which the Curator has 

 had access, have enabled him ; and the Collections generally are in a 

 good state of preservation. 



But that which specially claims the notice of the Society, is the 

 donation of a valuable Collection of British Crustacea, from S. 

 Hailstone, Esq. This Collection was formed by his son, the late 

 Samuel Hailstone, Jun., Esq., and, at the particular request of the 

 donor, is to be preserved as a distinct Cabinet, under the denomi- 

 nation of the " Hailstone Collection," as a just tribute the memory 

 of the Collector. To the Collection of MoUusca and Zoophyta, 

 several donations have also been received. 



In the Botanical department, the diligent Curator of British 

 Botany has been engaged in completing the arrangement of the 

 British Herbarium. This is in a good state of preservation, and he 

 confidently hopes to be enabled during the present year, to render 

 this portion of the Museum available to the instruction of those who 

 are practical admirers of our indigenous Flora. 



In speaking of this department, your Council are painfully re- 

 minded that, within the last few weeks, the Botanists of this country- 

 have lost from amongst their number one of the most indefatigable 

 and distinguished private Naturalists of the last half century ; — the 

 friend of the late Sir James Edward Smith and of Professor Hooker, 

 and one of the founders of the Society's Botanical Collection. The 

 large and valuable Herbarium, containing many Specimens from the 

 Authors of the English and British Floras, is a sufficient monument 

 to the merits, as a naturalist, of the late Rev. James Dal ton, of 

 Croft : and the Council have the pleasure of stating, that through 

 the liberahty of his son, J. Dalton, Esq., the Collection of Lichens of 

 his late lamented Father, is now presented to the Society's Museum. 

 The Society has likewise to regret the loss of W. Middleton, Esq., 

 one of the earliest contributors to the Botanical Collection. 



The additions to the Antiquarian Collection? have consiste 

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