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colours by J. Syer of Temple and Redcliffe Churches, and a 

 " View of the City from Brandon Hill," by S. Jackson. 



Loan Collection. 



The Loan Collection from the Circulation Department of 

 the Victoria and Albert Museum, forwarded in November, 

 1914, consisted of Examples of English, French, Portuguese, 

 Spanish, Italian, and Venetian furniture, illustrative of the 

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

 collection also included coffers, chests of drawers, carved 

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

 19th centuries. 



Research. s 



During the year the following research work has been 

 done : — 



A paper was read by the Director before the Geological 

 Society of London early in the year upon " Fossil Insects 

 from the British Coal Measures." This paper has been passed 

 for publication, and will appear in the Autumn. 



A second paper has been completed by the Director on 

 " The Mark Stirrup Collection of Insects from the Coal 

 Measures of Commentry, Central France," and now in the 

 Manchester Museum, Manchester University. 



Mr. F. G. Pearcey has continued his research upon the 

 Foraminifera of the coral reef of Dunk Island, North 

 Queensland. 



Mr. V. E. Robson, B.Sc, F.G.S., has in hand the pre- 

 paration of a bibliographic index of Ammonite genera. At 

 the suggestion of Mr. T. W. Stanton, of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, this bibliography is being extended to 

 include all genera of Triassic Ammonites, together with the 

 geological horizon of type species. This has greatly increased 

 the work, but satisfactory progress is being made. 



