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Student of Geology. Many purchases have been made, both in England 
and on the Continent, and a few blanks have been left for typical speci- 
mens which it is hoped may be obtained at some future time. Now the 
work has been completed, it is right to place on record here that Mr. J. W. 
Carr, M.A., did most of the naming, Messrs. A. H. Stokes, F.G.S., and 
H. Arnold-Bemrose, M.A., F.G.S., the greater part of the classification and 
arrangement, while the whole of the mounting has been most intelligently 
and carefully done by our own man, Mr. George Pullen. To one and all 
of these willing helpers I beg to express my deepest obligations. 
The completion of this re-arrangement put a certain amount of case 
room at the disposal of the Committee, and this they have decided to 
devote to specimens of Local Archzology. The few specimens they possess 
have been placed in position, and doubtless other specimens will be 
obtained from time to time, particularly now that the attention of the local 
Archzological and Natural History Society has been called to the matter. 
The Committee will, I am sure, be glad to receive and find room for, 
suitable local specimens from any source. 
A short time since, the Rev. C. G. K. Gillespie, an eminent Egypto- 
logist and Oriental scholar, kindly undertook to see how far the inscrip- 
tions on the mummies in the Museum could be deciphered and devoted 
much time and trouble to that end. He writes me that he has not quite 
finished the work of translation, but he assures me that the mummies are 
of special interest, and that althcugh the inscriptions are not absolutely 
complete or continuous, sufficient is clearly legible to give hope of results 
of a permanently interesting character. 
The principal members of our staff have remained unchanged during 
the past year. To their zeal and efficiency I have always had the utmost 
pleasure in testifying, and now do so again with very great satisfaction. It 
only remains for me to express my personal obligations to the Chairman 
and all the members of the Committee for the kind consideration I always 
receive at their hands, and their anxiety to make my many duties in con- 
neciion with this Institution as pleasant as possible to discharge. 
The usual tables are appended to this Report, and also the Report on 
my visit to the Meeting of the Library Association in Paris, which you did 
me the honour to order to be printed. 
I remain, Gentlemen, 
Obediently yours, 
W. CROWTHER, 
November Ist, 1892. LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR, 
