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essentially a British one, and shall illustrate the Natural History 

 and Antiquities of our land by good specimens, systematically 

 arranged, under the departments of Zoology, Botany, Geology, 

 Mineralogy, and Archaeology. In addition to this, there will be 

 a collection of rare and curious objects, which may be considered 

 useful for the purposes of scientific teaching, and a large typical 

 series to be used at the lectures and demonstrations given in the 

 College on Comparative Anatomy and other branches of Natural 

 History, The Committee of Management will only accept of such 

 specimens as can be classed under some one of these heads." To 

 this rule we have hitherto adhered absolutely, and I feel little 

 doubt that its adoption will insure the real utility of the Museum, 

 and will make the collections much more perfect than could other- 

 wise be expected. 



Professor Sedgwick sent us last spring one of the best typical 

 collections of mesozoic fossils that I have ever seen (vide p. 31). 

 The gift is in every way most valuable, and it is one of the most 

 useful that the Museum has yet received. The palaeozoic fossils 

 were very imperfectly represented till lately, when a large case 

 was received from the Director-General of the Irish Geological 

 Survey, E. Hull, Esq., E.R.S. Both to him and to W. H. Baily, 

 Esq., Palteontologist to the Survey, our best thanks are due for 

 this welcome donation. The specimens are mostly typical, and 

 are all named. Some of them are of great rarity. 



We are further indebted for large collections of fossils to Samuel 

 Worsley, Esq., of Clifton, and there have been very many other 

 contributors as well. The local series of fossils I consider of 

 especial importance in such a Museum as ours. It is under the 

 superintendence of J. G. Grenfell, Esq., by whose efforts it has 

 already attained considerable dimensions. The expeditions of the 

 Geological Section have been the means of procuring large acces- 

 sions to this collection ; and among individual donors mention 

 should especially be made of J. Eossiter, Esq., and S. G. Perceval, 

 Esq. 



The rock specimens are as yet few and unimportant, but Professor 

 Phillips, of Oxford, has promised to give us shortly a number of 

 duplicates from the splendid collection in the Museum of the 

 University of Oxford. The kindness of a Clifton lady (Miss 

 Wills) has lately furnished the Museum with a complete series of 



