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Loan Collection. 



The Loan Collection from the Circulation Department 

 of the Victoria and Albert Museum, forwarded in November 

 last, consisted of examples of English, French, Portuguese, 

 Spanish, Italian, and Venetian furniture, illustrative of the 

 workmanship and styles of the 16th to the 18th centuries. 

 The collection also included coffers, chests of drawers, carved 

 figures, and a series of musical instruments of the 16th to the 

 19th century. 



Research. 



During the year the following research work has been 

 contributed to Science by members of the staff : — 



" The Fauna and Stratigraphy of the Kent Coalfield," by 

 Herbert Bolton, M.Sc, F.G.S., F.R.S.E. Trans. Institute 

 of Mining Engineers, Vol. XL1X, pi. 4, pp. 643-702. 



Mr. F. G. Pearcey is engaged upon an investigation of 

 the Foraminifera of the Fringing Reef of Dunk Island, North 

 Queensland, Australia, from material collected by the Director. 



Mr. V. E. Robson, B-Sc, F.G.S., has completed an in- 

 vestigation of the specimens figured by S. P. Pratt in his 

 paper on " Oxford Clay Ammonites " in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. VIII, 1841, pp. 161-165, pis. III-VI. The original 

 specimens are re-figured and re-described, and four new 

 species are created, the types of three of these being 

 possessed by the Museum. 



The following type specimens have been lent to other 

 workers for examination : — 



Loxonema ashtonense to Mrs. I. Longstaff in connection with 

 her researches upon Carboniferous Gasteropods, and 

 Natica canaliculata to Mr. R. Bullen Newton in con- 

 nection with his work on Gastropoda. 



