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Captain R. B. Dent, I. A., for a collection of insects, fish and 

 reptiles from the North- West Frontier Province. 



Mr. F. Hannyngton, I.C.S., for a collection of insects from 

 Coorg. 



Dr. W. C. Hossack for a collection of insects, fish and 

 Crustacea from Java. 



Babu A. K. Maiti for an exceptionally large crocodile skull 

 from the Contai district, Bengal. 



Mr. L. W. Middleton for tortoises from Assam. 



Colonel H. T. Pease, I.C.V.D., for insects from the Jhelum 

 Valley. 



Mr. C. G. Rogers, I.F.S., for a miscellaneous collection from 

 Upper Burma. 



Mr. H. C. Robinson for a collection of reptiles and batrachia 

 from Java. 



Dr. Malcolm Smith for reptiles and frogs from Siam. 



Lieutenant-Colonel J. Manners-Smith, V.C, for a collection of 

 leeches, frogs, etc., from Nepal. 



Captain R. B. Seymour Sewell, I. M.S., for miscellaneous collec- 

 tions from the Gulf of Suez, Aden, etc. 



Mr. T. Southwell for a miscellaneous collection from Northern 

 and Eastern Bengal; 



Mr. C. L. Steele for a miscellaneous collection from the North 

 Canara District, Bombay. 



Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Stevens, LM.S., for a collection of 

 marine fish and Crustacea from Karachi. 



Major F. H. Stewart, LM.S., for a small miscellaneous collec- 

 tion from Hong Kong. 



The Rev. W. S. Sutherland, D.D., for a collection of spiders 

 from Kalimpong. 



Mr. W. L. Travers for a valuable collection of tortoises from 

 the Jalpaiguri district of Bengal. 



Dr. N. W. F. Woodlands for a collection of specially preserved 

 Hexactinelid sponges from Japan. ^' 



A noteworthy feature of these donations is the large area whence 

 they come — from Egypt to Japan and from Siam to Arabia. To 

 some extent, but not entirely, this is owing to the war. The 

 remarkably fine marine collection from the Gulf of Suez and that of 

 reptiles from Aden presented by Captain Sewell were obtained while 

 he was on active service. This is also the case with the specimens 

 from Mesopotamia presented by Major Connor. 



Our anthropological collection, to use the term in its wide 

 sense, has been enriched not only by the two series of photographs 



