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Mr, Holland, Assistant in Museums.—For the purpose of attend- 
ing the annual meeting of the Museums Association held at 
Dublin. 
Mr. Dallimore, Assistant in Museums.—For the purpose of 
attending the meeting of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 
Society, and in visits to Leicester in connection with the Willow 
industry. 
Museums.—During the past year many interesting contributions 
have been made to the Museums, the more important having been 
recorded from time to time in the Bulletin. 
A considerable number of fully labelled duplicate specimens have 
been distributed to various SS ae including the following : 
Cynfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil ; 
Public Library and Technical Schoole, Worksop ; Borough Poly- 
technic Institute, London; Museum, Florence ; University, Aber- 
deen; Municipal Technical Institute, Belfast; School for the 
Blind, St. Leonards, &c. 
- For the Bath and West and Southern Counties Show held at 
Cardiff, an exhibit was prepared for the Forestry Section, consist- 
ing mainly of duplicate material. 
Though much has been accomplished in the period in generally 
improving the permanent collections, this section of the work has 
been somewhat hampered by the steadily increasing number of 
products received for determination, together with applications for 
general information on the properties, uses, and literature bearing 
upon various vegetable products. 
In Museum No. IV., additional case accommodation has been 
provided in one of the upper rooms, and it is to be hoped that the 
remaining room will likewise be furnished during the present ho 
A third of the cases have been re-polished in Museum No. L,, 
much has been done in generally improving need ‘telabelling oa 
contents of the cases on the top floor of this Muse 
Presentations to Museums.—The following miscellaneous specimens 
have — received in addition to those previously recorded in the 
Bullet 
Mr. SS of wood of Farguharia elliptica from 
Southern Nig 
Mr. Charled “Colanani Rogers, Stanage Park, Brampton Brian.— 
Cones of Abies pectinata and of Abies numidica. 
Mr. A. Bruce Jackson.—Cones of Abies magnifica 
Mr. W. R. Price. eee a camphor wood (Cinnamomum Cam- 
phora) from Kagoshima, Jap 
The Right Hosddisbie De Earl of Moray, a Castle, 
Forres.—Photographs of scenery in wigs Se Fore 
- Messrs. Suarez Hermanos & Co., L a Street, 
London, E.C.—Samples of Bolivian Rubber. | 
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brent- 
ford.—Section of trunk of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) and Cones 
of Taxodium distichum, 
