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In order to convey an intcllioont idea of the rich contents of the 

 great collections I give, in conclusion, the principal divisions from the 

 Short Guide to the Collections, in the order in which they are there set 

 forth: 



A7't and indust7'i.al dlvi's'iov^ hu-lnding antiquitiei^ and ethnof/rapJiieal 

 collectiouK.- — Greek sculpture; architectural ornaments; Avorks of times 

 after the Rennaissance; Italian; French; casts of statuary; Greek and 

 Roman antiquities; Egyptian antiquities; ethnographical collections; 

 oriental collections, chiefly Indian; Italian architectural ornaments; 

 musical instruments; furniture; Assyrian and other oriental antiqui- 

 ties; enamels; brass and l)ronze; iron; English silver; Irish silver; 

 foreign silver; Leinster collection of postage stamps; Irish antiqui- 

 ties (bronze tools, gold, early Christian art in Ireland); arms and armor; 

 carved ivories; copies of works in ivory, bronze, marble; Japanese 

 art; architectural design; water colors and sketches; miniatures; en- 

 graving and etching; pottery and porcelain; (^hina, Burmah, Ce^^lon; 

 lace; machinery and manufactures. 



Bota^rlcal departnient. — Index room; economic collection; herba- 

 rium. 



Natural Jihtory division. — History of animals collection; geograph- 

 ical distribution collection (general distribution, Australian region, 

 Ethiopian region. Oriental region, Falearctic region, Nearctic region, 

 Neotropical region; Irish animals; injurious insects; general collec- 

 tion; fossil animals. 



Geological and mineralog ical departmenU. — Mineralogical and petro- 

 logical collections; geological collections; collection of Irish minerals; 

 collections of geological survey of Ireland. 



1 have before me the following publications (Department of Agri- 

 culture and Technical Instruction for Ireland; Institutions of Science 

 and Art, Dublin): 



Report of the director for the fifteen months ending 31st March, 1901, with aiijien- 

 dixes. 8vo, 1901, 39 pp. 

 Short Guide to the Collections. 19th ed., s. a. 4to, 10 pp. (half penny.) 

 (luide to the Natural History Department. Series I: Vertebrate Animals (recent). 

 Part I — Mammals and Birds, by A. G. More. 8vo, 1887, 38 pp. (4^ pence.) Series 

 II: Invertebrate Annuals. Part I — Eecent Invertebrates, by A. C. Haddon. Svo, 

 1887, 17 pp. (3 pence.) 



A list of Irish P.irds, by A. G. ^Nlore, 2d ed. 1890, 38 pp. (4 pence.) 

 Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils, by A. McHenry and W. W. AVatta. 

 8vo, 1898, 155 pp. (9 pence.) 



General Guide to the Art Collections: Part I: Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 Chapter III — Greek and Roman Coins. 8vo, 1899, 107 pp. (1 penny.) Part IV: 

 Lace and Embroidery. Chapter I— Lace. 8vo, 1899, 23 pp. (1 penny.) Part 

 VIII: Furniture. Chapter I — Italian Furniture. 8vo, 1899, 11 pp. (1 penny.) 

 Chapter II — French Furniture; also Dutch, Flemish, German, Spanish, and Portu- 

 guese. 8vo, 1900, 22 pp. (1 penny.) Chai)ter III— English Furniture. 8vo, 1900, 

 22 pp. (1 penny.) All tliree by G. T. Plunkett. Part XV: Ivories. 8vo, 1899, 

 49 pp. (1 penny. ) 



