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mens are named, and from the amount of time required for 
that work, owing to the difficulty of determining species, 
we have adopted a similar course to that adopted 
in the case of the foreign shells, The collection of British 
fishes made by the late William Thompson, and which 
has recently been arranged by your curator, as much as 
possible in acccrdance with Yarrell’s work on ‘British 
Fishes,’ has also been labelled and named. Throughout 
the re-arrangement we haye adopted one plan in the 
labelling—giving first the scientific name, then the common 
name (in the case of the vertebrata), next the locality, and 
lastly the donor’s name. In every case we have attached 
a label to the specimen, and in those where we were 
unable to name the specimens, we have left them prepared 
for naming, should opportunities occur of having that 
work done by those competent to undertake it. Though 
we have during the past year, in anticipation of the ap- 
proaching meeting of the British Association, devoted a 
much greater amount of time to the work in hand than in 
any previous one, the work is so extensive we fear we 
may be unable to complete, before that event. all those 
portions of it to which we have referred. We will, how- 
ever, have the local collections, in which strangers cer- 
tainly take most interest, completed in proper time, and 
hope to have the remainder of the work in a forward state. 
“The various donations to the Museum which have 
passed through our hands during the past year are noted 
in the list furnished by your curator. 
“S$, A. Srewarr. 
“ WILLIAM Swanston. 
“Huan Roprnson.” 
From this it will be seen that our local collectionr, 
those illustrating the fauna, flora, shells, and geology of 
Ulster, are now in such a classified condition as to be 
thoroughly available for scientific inspection, As custo- 
mary for the last thirty years, the Museum was opened 
last Easter Monday to the working classes at a nominal 
charge. A very full attendance took place—about 5,000 
—men, women, and children having inspected the collec- 
tions that day. The same scrupulous care to avoid 
injuring the specimens was exhibited as in past years. 
During the last twelve months the Naturalists’ 
Field Club have, as usual, held their evening 
meetings within your walls, arrangements haying 
