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Museums.—During the past year eee progress has been 
made in generally improving and re-labelling the permanent 
collections. The work of dealing. with ths products received from 
the Japan-British Exhibition was continued and completed, and in 
this connection it may be recorded that 5500 fully labelled 
duplicate specimens have been distributed to 50 institutions, 
including the following :—Avondale Forestry School, Rathdrum, 
co. Wicklow ; Municipal Museum, Warrington ; Natural History 
Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol ; Museum, Botanic Gardens, 
Sydney, N.S.W.; University, Aberdeen ; Royal College of Science, 
Dablin ; Science and Art Museum, Dublin ; ; South Bastern Agri- 
cultural College, Wye, Kent; University, Leeds; and to the 
Directors of Education, Glasgow, Liverpool. Cardiff, Hesatkashewn, 
Hull, London 
Man fivaeatia products have been received from 137 con- 
tributors and placed in position in the collections, and those of 
pers 2 interest have been recorded from time to time in the 
The Museum Staff has been fully occupied in determining 
vegetable economic products, and in giving general information on 
these matters to an increasing number of correspondents. 
Collections were prepared from duplicate material, chiefly of 
subjects bearing upon Forestry, for the exhibit of the Board of 
Agriculture and Fisheries at the Shepherd’s Bush Exhibition, for 
the Royal Scottish Exhibition, rae and for the Bath and 
West and Southern Counties Show, held at Cardiff. 
Individual members of the Staff attotided the above-mentioned 
Exhibitions and Shows, the Royal Show at Norwich, the Meeting 
of the Museums Association at Brighton, and the Annual Excursion 
of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society to the Border 
Country. 
Presentations to Museums.—The following miscellaneous specimens 
abe been received in addition to those previously recorded in the 
tin 
The Right Honourable the Earl of Plymouth, St. Fagan’s 
Castle, Cardiff—Diseased branches of Ash, Larch trunk infested 
Me Aphis. Larch eank injured by Honeyatekla and afterwards 
Canker. Twenty-four photographs of subjects connected with 
Borest 
The Right Honourable the Earl of Reine Chevening, Seven- 
oaks.—Section of wood of Corylus Avellan 
Mr. M. P. Price, Tibberton Court, Gionesatae —Section of stem 
of Saxaul (Haloxylon Ammodendron). Used by Tartars as fuel and 
by Russians on the Central Asian anes to prevent sand drifting. 
The BSS Honourable the Earl of Albemarle, Quidenham, 
Attleborough.—Board of Black Walnut. 
Messrs. — Black and Sons, Berwick-on-Tweed.—Model of 
Creosoting Plant. 
Dr. Tromp de Haas, Netherlands —— International Rubber 
Exhibition.—Gutta Percha extracted from leaves of Dichopsis 
Gutta, Rubber from Ficus elastica, : 
